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F*EMZ HOME: Online Launch

Hello! I have some works in the upcoming issue of F*EMS

‘Celebrate the launch of Issue 17 of F*EMS zine with an online exhibition & ‘house party’ of sorts! We will be hosting the event on the F*EMS zine Instagram page (@femszine), on Saturday the 29th of August 2-8pmWe'll be sharing and selling work online from a range of awesome Australian and international artists, & the event will also feature musical performances and readings!Of course, we will have plenty of brand new ‘Home’ themed issues of F*EMS, with copies available to purchase online.’

My works in this issue were created in a series of home-themed exhibitions curated by Jess Dubblu in 2018-19, alongside friends Narinda Cook, Lou Molesworth, Anne Kucera, Jess Dubblu and Hahna Read.

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40th Folk Festival spotlights rich, diverse culture of Louisiana

By Dr. Shane Rasmussen

Photos by Chris Reich, NSU Photo Services

 NATCHITOCHES – The audience at the 40th annual Natchitoches-Northwestern State University Folk Festival held on July 26-27 was entertained and educated about the rich and diverse cultural offerings of the state. The Festival featured traditional Louisiana foods, Kidfest activities, music, traditional crafts, narrative sessions, musical informances, and cultural exhibits. This year’s Festival theme “Vive la Louisiane!” was a great success, with a very happy audience.

 The Festival opened with a rousing dance, beginning with Cajun dance lessons, followed by Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue, and the night closed out with Bruce Daigrepont Cajun Band. Side stage performances included Natchitoches gospel group Joyful Sounds, 50 Man Machine, which includes NSU faculty Paul Forsyth, Collier Hyams, and Oliver Molina, and an open jam with Max & Marcy, Ed Huey, and Cane Mutiny.

 Saturday’s events included performances in Prather Coliseum by 50 Man Machine, Creole la la with Goldman Thibodeaux and the Lawtell Playboys, the Louisiane Vintage Dancers, Brandy Roberts, the Rayo Brothers, Tab Benoit, Jamie Berzas & the Cajun Tradition Band, the Stewart Family and Friends Bluegrass Band, line dance lessons by the Cajun French Music Association Dance Troupe, the Canneci N’de Band of Lipan Apache, zydeco dance lessons by Avila Kahey, Wayne & Same Ol’ 2 Step, Hardrick Rivers and the Rivers Revue Band, Celtic Music with the Kitchen Session of Baton Rouge and a jam session with Max and Marcy.

 In addition to stage performances there were narrative sessions and music informances, including conversations about American songwriting, culture & costumes of 19th century Louisiana, Tab Benoit’s The Voice of the Wetlands Fondoution, and the musical journey of Vanessa Niemann (aka Gal Holiday). Also featured was a music informance by Tab Benoit. Outdoor activities included demonstrations by the Central Louisiana Dutch Oven Cookers, the Red River Smiths, the Southern Stock Dog Association, and Wash Day, presented by the West Baton Rouge Museum. This year the Festival continued a series of free workshops for Festival attendees. Festival goers attended a Cajun accordion workshop by Jamie Berzas and Bruce Daigrepont.

 The annual Louisiana State Fiddle Championship was also held on Saturday in the Magale Recital Hall as part of the Festival. Fiddle Championship judges included Steve Birdwell, Steve Harper, Henry Hemple, and Clancey Stewart. The new Louisiana Grand Champion is Ron Yule of DeRidder. Second place winner was Joe Suchanek of Merryville, with Owen Meche of Arnauldville placing third. Meche also took first place in the 21 and under championship division.

Suchanek took first in the 60 and up championship division, with Yule coming in second, Birgit Murphy of Opelousas in third, Mark Young of Balise in fourth, Wilfred Luttrell of DeRidder in fifth, and Ron Pace of Alexandria in sixth. Luttrell and Yule also took first place in the twin fiddles competition.

 As the new Louisiana State Fiddle champion, Yule also performed on the main stage in Prather Coliseum. Dr. Lisa Abney managed the fiddle championship. Dr. Susan Roach from Louisiana Tech University emceed the championship.

 Four musicians and a renowned filé maker were inducted into the Louisiana Folklife Center’s Hall of Master Folk Artists. Inductees included Louisiana Music Hall of Famer Tab Benoit, who also served as honorary Festival Chair, Cajun musicians Jamie Berzas and Bruce Daigrepont, filé maker John Oswald Colson, and country singer Vanessa Niemann.

Dr. Shane Rasmussen, director of the Louisiana Folklife Center, led the induction ceremony, assisted by State Representative Kenny Cox and Dustin Fuqua, Chief of Resource Management at Cane River Creole National Historical Park. In addition, the honorary award of Folklife Angel was given to long-time Festival crew chief James Christopher Callahan, an NSU alumnus.

In addition to 4 book signings and 8 exhibits by such groups as state parks and archives, over 70 craftspeople displayed their traditional work on Saturday. These craftspeople demonstrated and discussed their work with the Festival patrons. Craftspeople displayed accordion making, beadwork, baskets, Czech Pysanky eggs, filé making, flintknapping, folk art, knives, music instruments, quilting, pottery, spinning & weaving, tatting, walking sticks, whittling and needlework, wood carving, and more. 8 food vendors provided a cornucopia of traditional Louisiana foods to the Festival audience.

 Support for the Louisiana State Fiddle Championship and the Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival was provided by grants from the Cane River National Heritage Area, Inc., the Louisiana Division of the Arts Decentralized Arts Fund Program, the Louisiana Office of Tourism, the Natchitoches Historic District Development Commission, the National Endowment for the Arts, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation, and the Shreveport Regional Arts Council.

Much needed support also came from generous sponsorships from Acme Refrigeration of Baton Rouge, C&H Precision Machining, Chili’s, City Bank & Trust, the City of Natchitoches, Cleco, John Clifton Conine, Atty; CP-Tel, Domino’s Pizza, the Donut Hole, El Patron, Family Medical Clinic, Grayson’s Barbecue, Hardee’s, the Harrington Law Firm, D. Michael Hayes, Atty; JB & M Enterprises, Jeanne’s Country Garden, La Capitol Federal Credit Union, McCain Auto Supply, Jason O. Methvin, Atty; Morning Star Donuts, the Natchitoches Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, Natchitoches Regional Medical Center, NSU Men’s Basketball, the Pioneer Pub, Pizza Hut, Raising Cane’s, Ronnie’s Auto Glass, Save A Lot, Sonny’s Donuts, Southern Classic Chicken, Natchitoches Super 1 Foods 604 and 613, TOTO, Inc; Trailboss, UniFirst, Walmart, Waste Connections, and Weaver Brothers Land & Timber. In addition, numerous newspapers, online venues, and radio and TV stations assisted the Festival by generously printing articles, airing interviews, free promotional PSAs, and/or participating in on-air ticket giveaways.

 The success of the Festival was made possible due to the many volunteers from NSU’s faculty and staff, who gave generously of their time and talents. The Louisiana Folklife Center is grateful to Phyllis Allison, David Antilley, Kay Cavanaugh, Corieana Ceasar, Jason Church, Sherrie Davis, Matt DeFord, Christine Dorribo, Michael Doty, Bruce Dyjack, Alexis Finnie, Ashlee Grayson, Charlotte Grayson, Dr. Hiram F. “Pete” Gregory, Dr. Greg Handel, Wesley Harrell, Jackie Hawkins, Diana Hill, Kristie Hilton, Carla Howell, Leah Jackson, Dr. J. Ereck Jarvis, Melissa Kelly, Suzanne Kucera, Dr. Chris Maggio, Barbara Marr, Terri Marshall, Coach Mike McConathy, Byron McKinney, Valerie Meadows, Gwendolyn Meshell, Dr. Jim Mischler, Melinda Parnell, Julie Powell, Kathy Pylant, Charles Rachal, Chris Reich, Stephanie Stanton, Bethany Straub, Anna Vaughn, Randi Washington, Mary Linn Wernet, David West, Taylor Whitehead, Emily Windham, Dale Wohletz, and Sharon Wolff. NSU students included Francisco Ballestas-Sayas, Caleb Callender, Makayla Fisher, Valentina Herazo-Alvarez, and Ina Sthapit. NSU alumni included Michael Cain, Michael Taylor Dick, Hammond Lake, Greg Lloid, De’Andrea Sanders, and Daniel Thiels. Many thanks are due to the Louisiana Folklife Center staff, including administrative coordinator Shelia Thompson, student workers Macey Boyd, Jalima Diaz, Heather Jones, Caitlin Martin, and Taylor Nichols, and graduate assistants James Harrison and Erica McGeisey.

 Thanks also go out to Andy Adkins, Myranda Adkins, Alexandria Arens, Robert D. Bennett, Jennae Biddiscombe, Rebecca Blankenbaker, Derek Boyt, Erin Boyt, Melanie Braquet, Sherry Byers, the Central Louisiana Dutch Oven Cookers, Don Choate, Jr., Catherine Cooper, Hailie Coutee, Helen Dalme, Cameron Davis, Eli Dyjack, Sheila Dyle, Adam Edwards, Justin French, Jennifer Gallien, Reagan Guillory, Grace Hardy, Dr. Don Hatley, Sue Hatley, Lani Hilton, Ed Huey, Peter Jones, Leonard King, Michael King, Abagael Kinney, Dan Martin, Deron McDaniel, Ivan McDaniel, Charity McKinney, Sheila Ogle, Sara Parnell, Kimberly Perry, Audrey Rasmussen, Gidget Rasmussen, Susan Rasmussen, Wyatt Rasmussen, the Red River Sanitors, Sukrit San, Rick Seale, Lorie Speer, Lori Tate, Margaret Thompson, Sara Vaughn, Emily Ware, Briton Welch, Justice Welch, Shirley Winslow, and the Natchitoches Parish Detention Center trustees and officers Derek Booker and Larry Willis.

 Natchitoches Area Convention and Visitors Bureau staff members included Arlene Gould, Kelli West, NSU students Anne Cummins and Megan Palmer, and NSU alumna Heather Dougan.

Special thanks go to Craig Routh for his generous permission to use his painting, Dixieland Jazz Fleur-de-Lis, for the Festival t-shirt.

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The @trocaderoartspace fundraiser for 2021 is now live! Running from 15-29 October. Funds raised from the sale of artwork and donations will directly contribute to Trocadero’s new space in 2022. 10% of all profits will go to Seed Mob (www.seedmob.org.au) Visit: https://trocaderoartspace.bigcartel.com Contributing artists: Aaron Billings, Anne Kucera, Annee Miron, Anneke Wood, Caoife Power, Cassandra Tytler, Chelsea Arnott, Chunxiao Qu, Georgia Banks, Hannah Beilharz, Janice Gobey, Jennifer Rooke, John Derrick, Josh Hattam, Karyn Linder, Kathy Sarpi, Katie Sfetkidis, Ken Wentworh, Klari Agar, Lou Molesworth, Madeleine Thornton-Smith, Merryn Trevethan, Michael Brennan, Narinda Cook, Nicholas Burridge, Paola Balla, Patrick Zaia, Rachel Morley, Rolando Garay-Matziaris, Sue Dodd, Tegan Iversen and Zara Sully. (at Trocadero Art Space) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVEs0zeBaKg/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Kiss Adds Zelina, Ulicny To Recruit Class

Kiss Adds Zelina, Ulicny To Recruit Class @StClairSaints1

Kirsten Zelina (L) and Anna Ulicny committed to the St Clair Saints on 17 May 2017. Photo courtesy of Ted Beale/St Clair Saints.

(WINDSOR, ON) – The St Clair women’s basketball team found some more weapons, adding 5’ 10” forward Kirsten Zelina, from Wallaceburg, and 5’ 5” guard Anna Ulicny, of Belle River, to their incoming 2017-18 recruiting class.

Ulicny is a product of the very successful St…

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'Keep our culture alive': First Nations travel to Sydney Opera House for Dance Rites

‘Keep our culture alive’: First Nations travel to Sydney Opera House for Dance Rites

Updated November 26, 2018 08:47:19

Photo: Sand on the steps: Traditional dancers entertain the crowd at the Dance Rites event. (Sydney Opera House/Anne Kucera)

An internationally acclaimed Aboriginal dance troupe have won the $20,000 prize for an Indigenous dance competition held at the Sydney Opera House over the weekend.

The competition is held at the site’s forecourt each spring and…

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Gender Differences

“A new study has found a sizable gender gap among economists in Europe, with women and men holding different views on a broad range of issues such as austerity policy, regulation of high-risk financial transactions, renewable energy, hydraulic fracturing, drilling in the Arctic Refuge and genetically modified crops. ’These results are significant because they demonstrate the importance of including women and men when economic policy is being debated and developed,’ says David Kucera of the International Labour Organization (ILO), one of the authors of the study titled Gender and European Economic Policy: A Survey of the Views of European Economists on Contemporary Economic Policy.”

International Labour Organization, February 5, 2018: “Survey of European economists finds sizable gender gaps in opinions”

Kylos, January 11, 2018: “Gender and European Economic Policy: A Survey of the Views of European Economists on Contemporary Economic Policy,” by Ann Mari May, Mary G. McGarvey, and David Kucera

“As the judiciary becomes more diverse, scholars are trying to gauge whether and how a judge’s gender might impact his or her decisions. ... A new study looks at how male and female federal district court judges handle lawsuits alleging workplace sex discrimination. ... Matthew Knepper, a research economist with the U.S. Department of Commerce, examined lawsuits that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed in federal district court. The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting various types of workplace discrimination. ... Because only a small fraction of such cases make it to trial, he focused on the choices that judges, plaintiffs and defendants make prior to trial and whether those choices differed under female and male judges.”

“’Evidence suggests that female judges are better able to perceive less egregious forms of sex discrimination … While one would expect that male and female judges would reach the same conclusions in clear-cut cases, it could be that the more marginal cases account for the overall difference in settlement and plaintiff compensation rates.’”

Journalist’s Resource, January 31, 2018: “Sex discrimination cases more likely to settle under female judges,” by Denise-Marie Ordway

Journal of Labour Economics, forthcoming: “When the Shadow Is the Substance: Judge Gender and the Outcomes of Workplace Sex Discrimination Cases,” by Matthew Knepper

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Available@ https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/david-kucera/bennett-prince-ziemia/

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UPCOMING EXHIBITION - Ghost Without a Home

Flying into the year with an exhibition straight up!!! ‘Ghost Without a Home’ - a group exhibition, opens January 16th at Rubicon ARI. Some words from curator Jess Wilson below.

‘Ghost Without a Home’

Underbelly blew up my house. My childhood home was a location for Fat Tony & Co. (2014). It played a  meth lab, which mum chose not to take personally. In early 2018 my childhood home was demolished (for real this time), to celebrate I invited my artist friends to create a loving sendoff. For one evening my parents opened up their home of over 30 years to some old friends and some strangers. We called it a ‘House Party’.

Now that the house is gone, our artworks have been cast adrift. 'Ghost Without a Home’ temporarily rehouses and reworks our artworks in a gallery space.

Artists: Jess Wilson, Narinda Cook, Hahna Read, Lou Molesworth, Shae Rooke, Anne Kucera

Image: Shae Rooke

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NEW WORK: The Dream and The Nightmare

‘The Dream and The Nightmare’ - a wall installation created from collaged images of deflated twisted balloon characters. This floating collection of surreal Franken-creatures explores how memory and experience mish-mash into the bizarre stories of our slumbering minds. 

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Exhibited at HOUSE PARTY, a group exhibition in a private residence. Curator Jess Dubblu invited artists to create ephemeral artworks to farewell her childhood home before it was demolished. Artists responded with works referencing themes of the home, nostalgia, memory and destruction. The artworks will remain in the home during demolition, then the debris of the destroyed artworks will be collected and archived.  

Featuring the works of Anne Kucera, Narinda Cook , Fay Lois as Louise Molesworth, Jess Dubblu, Shae Rooke and Hahna Blanc.