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Barbarians at the Gate

April 3, 2012 at 4:29 pm · Filed under Activities and tagged: art galleries, Dance, Destiny Allison Fine Art, The Performance Space

Stravinsky, Diaghilev & the Ballets Russes: An audio/video presentation by Tom Maguire

On Thursday, April 5th, 2012 at 6:00 p.m., a multimedia presentation entitled Barbarians at the Gate – Stravinsky, Diaghilev & the Ballets Russes, narrated by Tom Maguire, will be offered free to the general public at the Performance Space at La Tienda at 7 Caliente Road in Eldorado. This event is presented by Destiny Allison Fine Art as part of the salon series: Art in the 21st Century.

This presentation will offer a detailed look at the time between the first season of Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes in 1909 and Diaghilev’s death in Venice two decades later. Mr. Maguire will examine the artistic forces and personalities that forged a reinvigoration of the art of ballet. The presentation will also explore the effect that the visual artists, composers, librettists, choreographers, dancers and designers associated with the Ballets Russes had, not only on that organization, but also on their own art forms and the cultural life of Europe in general. The presentation will concentrate on the work of composers Stravinsky, Ravel, Milhaud, Satie, Debussy and Prokofiev; visual artists Benois, Picasso, Rouault, Gris, Picabia, Bakst and Braque and choreographers Fokine, Massine, Nijinsky, Nijinska and Balanchine. These artists and their influence on the artistic life of Europe, in general, and Paris, in particular, will be chronicled; along with the aristocrats, members of high society and the business class, donors and sponsors who made their work possible.

Mr. Maguire augments the research he has done on the Ballets Russes with material gleaned from the most recent publications on the subject. Visual and musical materials are selected from several sources including Mr. Maguire’s extensive collection. Barbarians at the Gate dramatically explores the artistic explosion that Serge Diaghilev unleashed on Western Europe as he brought; first visual arts, then opera and finally ballet from mother Russia to the salons and theatres of Paris. In stunning visuals accompanied by music clips, Barbarians at the Gate traces not only the history of the company, but also its effect on all of the arts in the early 20th century.

Please RSVP by calling Destiny Allison Fine Art at (505) 428-0024

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Two Great Events This Weekend

March 20, 2012 at 3:55 pm · Filed under Activities and tagged: community event, Destiny Allison Fine Art, santa fe community event, solar forum, The Women's Tree, who does she think she is

Solar Forum and Solar Home Tour Weekend

March 24th and 25th from 1 to 4pm at the Performance Space in La Tienda. The home tour will be held on Sunday, March 25th from 10 to 3 consisting of 9 homes to give everyone an opportunity to see a wide variety of solar solutions and talk to the homeowners about their system. This promises to be a very instructive and enlightening weekend for anyone who has been considering adding solar to their homes.

Please come early as we expect a capacity crowd!

The forum format will consist of 4 workshops; solar photovoltaics (PV), solar thermal, solar financing and cost benefits, and conservation and usage. Each workshop will be facilitated by specialists in that respective field and will be 45 minutes in duration. Forum attendees can choose any two workshops to attend. After the workshops, the workshop leaders will participate on a panel where they will answers questions from the audience.

Eldorado has an amazing history as a solar community. As we look ahead, we have many great opportunities to move from passive to active solar. The upcoming Solar Forum will help inform and equip Eldorado area residents as we take steps to become more sustainable, more energy independent and to save some green as we GO GREEN!

Come to this educational solar forum and home tour created and organized by SERA (Sustainable Eldorado Residence Alliance) and co-sponsored by the ECIA, the Sierra Club, and La Tienda that will be presented on Saturday, March 24.

THEN ON SUNDAY……

A Warm Invitation… Join us for this riveting documentary!

Five women whose stories will outrage and ultimately inspire you to do the things that bring you joy.

SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2012 from 3:30 – 5:30 p.m.

“A compelling documentary film on women artists – it explores the barriers to the creative process and how art ultimately transforms women’s lives and those around them.” (Cathy Malchiodi, Psychology Today)

A panel discussion and Q&A will follow the film, featuring local artists Destiny Allison, Judy Goldberg, Joan Logghe, and Maye Torres. Admission is free. Donations are welcome.

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Building Community: Women’s Coffee and Conversation

January 17, 2012 at 5:37 pm · Filed under Activities, Classes, Workshops and tagged: community event, Destiny Allison Fine Art, santa fe community event, Santa Fe Mall, santa fe shopping center, women's issues

You are invited to join us on Sunday, January 29 at 2pm for a coffee and some great conversation. This event is facilitated by Christine Wagner and Karen Hodges and will take place at Destiny Allison Fine Art. Read on to understand why this coffee is happening and what it is about:

Dear Destiny,

Congratulations to you in the achievement of the 2011 Businesswoman of the Year award!

We are especially intrigued by your comment about your contribution – “I do what I do because it is the Work I do that feeds my soul.” Far too many women do not have an inkling what that may be for them. Women’s work sometimes can seem very far from the “capital W” Work that refers to a life calling or purpose. Our strengths, our talents, the gifts that light us up seem to remain dormant in the face of the “shoulds” – no, the “musts” – that represent our world. Why?

We are the mothers, the daughters, the housewives, the caretakers. We bring groceries and meals to neighbors who are ill or unable to prepare meals for themselves. This is our work, and perhaps we also do “work” that helps pay the bills…but how much of this work is respected in today’s society?

We are creating the 21^st century roadmap for all women. And there is no roadmap to adulthood for our daughters to follow.

What can we do to trust our unique voice as women and see its importance to the business community and the world at large? What are the gifts and talents that women bring to the table both in business and in our communities? How can we discern our voice as women, individually and collectively?

What message is the media transmitting to our daughters? Feminist thinking is clear that women are much more than one-dimensionally defined sex symbols. Our daughters see images of scantily clad women flaunting their bodies. The message is consistent and repetitive, but untrue. A woman’s sexual self is NOT the only real power women have.

What can we do as women to claim our powers of collaboration; authentic and reflective listening; responsiveness and attunement? The virtues of feminist thinking are widely known and appreciated. At the world peace summit in Vancouver in 2009, the Dalai Lama proclaimed that the world will be saved by the Western woman. How can claiming our own voices and power have world impact? And how can we include our young girls and teenagers to sustain it?

We are energized by the opening your award and response have created — and find the dialogue rich and multi-faceted. We welcome being part of this conversation, hearing the voices and insights of women in our community.

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