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It was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, won top awards at several other national film festivals and aired on national PBS and CBC Canada. An analysis of the film was also featured in Documentary Media, by Broderick Fox and Sundancing, by John Anderson. Ms. Le Brun has produced and directed a variety of short films that have aired on Rhode Island PBS including “Gone Fishin’ and “Ruth Dealy: A Portrait”. In 2002 Ms. Le Brun founded HARKEN! Youth Media providing filmmaking opportunities to youth. We teach youth to master their environment by learning storytelling, technical skills associated with camera work, interviewing, and editing as well as civic engagement to tell compelling stories. Michelle is also an adjunct professor in the Integrated Arts and Learning Graduate Masters Degree Program at Lesley University and teaches in the Film Media and Communications departments of the University of Rhode Island. |
Since then, Baxter has produced concerts and managed reggae artists Bob Marley & The Wailers, Jimmy Cliff, and Burning Spear. She also co-produced the Grammy-nominated soundtrack album Reggae Sunsplash - A Tribute to Bob Marley. From 1987 to 1999, she produced the Annual AUDELCO Awards which honor excellence in Black Theatre. Before coming to Rites & Reason, Baxter was the executive director of the Frank Silvera Writers' Workshop (FSWW), one of the oldest Harlem-based playwrights' laboratories. She came to FSWW at a critical point in its history and, through her management skills, was able to stabilize and grow the institution. As Producer / Managing Director at Rites & Reason, Baxter produces all of the season's productions and programs. These have included film/stage-veteran Ossie Davis' Sybil, Mule Bone by Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes (which was presented on Broadway by Lincoln Center, NY) and The Disappearance by award-winning novelist Rosa Guy, adapted and directed by veteran actor Ruby Dee and Elmo Terry-Morgan (which was also produced at CrossRoads
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Celebrity Guided Tours + Events
Enjoy a private two-hour guided tour for
FREE.
Celebrity Guided Tours offer the public a chance
to mix and mingle with people who care deeply about art. Guides
run the gamut from the curators and academics who shape opinions
about art to the artists whose life's work is giving form to their
passion.
Six tours offered each Gallery Night : Hop on an Art Bus at the Regency to visit contemporary, cutting edge, design, emerging artists, international, or traditional/historic galleries. Tours start from the Gallery Night info center at One Regency Plaza and leave at 20 minute intervals.
A typical Gallery Night tour might include a conversation with RISD president John Maeda or Channel 12 anchorwoman Karen Adams. Speak with Newport artist Robert Kalaidjian about the artists exhibiting at the Providence Art Club. Sip coffee with John Tessitore, Executive Editor of the Carnegie Council, New York City, on your way from one Wickenden Street gallery to the next. And if the latest trends in art mystify you, spend an evening with artist Nuam Panovsky talking about the social and political content of today's contemporary art. Whether you like traditional art on the wall or prefer a more contemporary interpretation, Gallery Night Celebrity Tours will expand your art horizons.
Take a tour and follow in the footsteps of someone
who thinks a lot about art and enhance your personal point of view. Walking tours (unless noted otherwise)
start from Regency Place at 6:00 pm and 6:30 pm and last about an hour.
Tour will include
stops at various galleries.
All in all, the Celebrity Tours are a lively and stimulating alternative to choosing your own route. Sculptor Kenn Speiser takes you on a mid-summer walk downtown, challenging you to see the artistry, accidental and intentional, vibrating in the urban landscape. Visit with Trinity Rep's artistic director Curt Columbus or managing director of Rites and Reason theatre, Karen Allen Baxter as they bring the dramatist's perspective to the distinctive artistic offerings of the city's best galleries. Listen to historian Nancy Austin as she shares her perspective on the past, present and future of the visual arts in Providence.
Join us each and every Gallery Night for thoughtful original guides and innovative exhibits. It's fun, it's inspiring and it's free!
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