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    Artist SPEAKeasy: March 2009

    Presented by Spacetaker at Winter Street Studios

    March 18, 2009

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    Artist SPEAKeasy:  March 2009

    Every third Wednesday of the month at the Artist SPEAKeasy, Spacetaker hosts two to three artists from varying disciplines (visual, performing, literary, etc.) to present, in an informal atmosphere, creative dialogs/talks/presentations about their work followed by a question and answer session where the audience can glean further insight into the artist, the artist's aesthetic and creative process. The evening is designed not...

    Every third Wednesday of the month at the Artist SPEAKeasy, Spacetaker hosts two to three artists from varying disciplines (visual, performing, literary, etc.) to present, in an informal atmosphere, creative dialogs/talks/presentations about their work followed by a question and answer session where the audience can glean further insight into the artist, the artist's aesthetic and creative process. The evening is designed not only to bring together artists and those who appreciate the arts, but also to introduce local artists to each other to encourage conversation and cross-disciplinary collaboration between artists and their chosen media.

    This Month:

    Gwendolyn Zepeda
    Gwendolyn Zepeda was born in Houston, Texas in 1971 and attended the University of Texas at Austin. She began her writing career on the Web in 1997, with her long-running site gwendolynzepeda.com and as one of the founding writers of entertainment site Television Without Pity. Her first book was a short-story collection called To the Last Man I Slept with and All the Jerks Just Like Him (Arte Público Press, 2004).

    Zepeda’s first children’s book, Growing Up with Tamales (Piñata Books) is a 2009 Charlotte Zolotow Award Highly Commended Title. Her first novel, Houston, We Have a Problema (Grand Central Publishing, 2009) won praise from Publisher’s Weekly and Booklist for its wit and upbeat story. Novelist Alisa Valdez Rodriguez calls Zepeda “a master wordsmith.”

    A two-time Houston Arts Alliance literary fellowship winner and award-winning poet, Zepeda regularly lectures at universities throughout Texas. Her upcoming books include another children’s book – Sunflowers (Piñata Books, 2009) – and a new novel from Grand Central Publishing called Lone Star Legend.

    Julia Claire Wallace
    Julia Claire Wallace is an emerging artist born and raised in Houston, Texas. She is currently finishing up her BA in painting at the University of Houston. Her performance based work deals with the body, sexuality, and relationships. She is a leading figure in Houston’s favorite surprise aerobics dance squad, sexyATTACK. She also serves as a facilitator in Performance Art Lab, a Houston Art Collective known for various acts of art mischief.


    Winter Street Studios

    2101 Winter Street
    Houston, Tx 77007

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    Tickets:

    Free and open to the public.


    Times:

    6:30pm


    Location:  Spacetaker ARC, 2101 Winter Street--Studio B11.


    Phone: (713) 416-2633

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