An artist’s statement from portrait photographer Joanna Tillman

Hired to record and illustrate my intent and focus of my "Every Painting Is A Story" cross-discipline creative collaborative initiative: Video by T2PTV (Ashley Love and Bruce Nairn)

See also: Creative Collaboration - Elaine Weiner-Reed's Every Painting is a Song Initiative (https://youtu.be/N4w_rIJeX-c ); 3:57 minutes

EVERY PAINTING IS A SONG | EVERY PAINTING IS A STORY

"How do my works SOUND to you? Tell me in word, song, music... in your own true voice."

In 2016 or before, visual artist Elaine Weiner-Reed began asking and wondering: "If my paintings and sculptures were music, how would they sound to you?"

From this, her cross-discipline collaboration initiative "Every Painting is a Song" was born, and over the years musicians and writers have begun to respond, intrigued with engaging creatively across the many arts. Many videos were created based on the songs, music, and poetry inspired by these artists works. This video is an overview of Weiner-Reed's initiative and a gateway to "imagining more!"

In 2018, Elaine and her artist friend, April M Rimpo, collaborated to mount a Summer 2019 two-person art show entitled "Portraits of Life: The Art of Storytelling" which led to a magical merging of creative minds "Every Painting is a Song | Every Painting is a Story." In May-June 2019, Slayton House's Bernice Kish Gallery served as multimedia-cross-discipline exhibition and performance stage.

Visual Artists Elaine Weiner-Reed and April M Rimpo are visual storytellers, exploring relationships, life, shape, and color in different ways to honor life’s journey and individuals they meet along the way. Both artists are inspired by music and musicians in different ways as interpreted in their different styles, but their visions align and converged around the idea of creative collaboration with other artistic disciplines. Believing in the positive energy created when Artists-Inspire-Artists, they took Weiner-Reed’s “Every Painting is a Song” collaboration initiative and expanded into “Every Painting is A Song/Every Painting is a Story” incorporating writers and musicians in two collaboration events at their exhibition: “Portraits of Life – The Art of Storytelling.”

In 2021, Elaine and April collaborated again in their exhibition: Portraits of Life: Once Upon a Story. Art took flight as it found alternative reflections in poetry and music. The professional poets will be honored in separate videos throughout 2022.

Elaine Weiner-Reed: https://www.elaineweinerreed.com/

I created this video.

In her own words: "Each person is a book or medley of memories. Every story is as unique as its players and scenarios choreographed in time."

Elaine Weiner-Reed is an award-winning and published Artist living and working in Maryland. Juried into international shows in Italy, China, India, Hong Kong, Canada, Spain, Poland, France, and at least 25 national and international exhibitions throughout the U.S., she was featured artist in three international shows in New York City. Her work is in public and private collections in the U.S. and abroad.

I created this video.

Masks - Extensions of Identity: Masks have always played an important role in societies. There are masks of survival, ceremony, joy, and defense. In today's modern civilizations, masks continue to play an important role...as timeless and mysterious as always.
Mirrors: Fragmentary and flipped images of ourselves ...at a moment in time. We never see ourselves as the world sees us.
Self & Identity: A complex combination of what we conceal and reveal...
Myself, My Art: My evolving autobiography.

http://www.elaineweinerreed.com

This video shows excerpts from "Portal," a full-length, dance theatre work, as well as portions of the video and poem that are part of the piece.
(Please note: this video was recorded in low light conditions in performance at Y Arts Center, Frederick, MD, June, 2022)

Conception and Performance by Ray Shaw and Kitty Clark/MAD Dance
Poetry by Neha Misra
Soundscore by Cam Millar

Total run-time with poem, video, and live dance is 45:00.

This is an excerpt from "Pond" (Section 3), a meditative piece which incorporates video projection.
Conceived and Performed by Ray Shaw and Kitty Clark
Music by Cam Millar
Video by Kitty Clark
Performed November 2021, War Memorial Building, Shepherdstown, WV

Run time of entire piece (4 sections) is 13:45

Excerpt from "Whale Wall" including portions of the opening and closing videos that are part of the piece. (Note: recorded in low light conditions in performance at Frederick's Y Arts Center).

Conceived and performed by Kitty Clark and Ray C. Shaw (MAD Dance)
Soundscore by Cam Millar with vocal contributions from Laura First
Video by Kitty Clark
Performed at the Y Arts Center, Frederick, MD
November, 2022

Run time (videos and dance): 38:00