Moby Dick cards are ready

Moby Dick Fortune Deck  Fedallah's Fortunes
         copyright 2012 JoAnne Spies

                                                                              

copyright 2012 JoAnne Spies
Fedallah's Fortunes
Moby Dick cards

I created card-sized portraits of the characters
in Moby Dick to make fortune cards with quotes 
from each character. I'm looking forward to using
the cards in music and songwriting  games at my summer 
teaching sessions at Becket Arts Camp and the Berkshire Athenaeum.

When making the copies I could see the pictures
would make an interesting painting lined up side by side
in five rows.

Here's a peek at one batch of the cards above.

I invited Lenox, MA artist Paul Graubard to make some 
of his folksy characters to add to my deck. 
We each agreed that making a painting of these miniature characters 
would be a good idea. His spin on my concept
is hanging at Ferrin Gallery. My painting will be 
at an upcoming show at the Book Store in Lenox, MA
curated by Jim Youngerman. 

cd cover JoAnne Spies; oil on paper

                                                       from "Fedallah's Fortunes"
                                                                                                 J. Spies
                                                     

 UpCoMinG:
Saturday, May 12 at 6:00pm
Sunday, May 13 at 1:00pm 

Annual Gala and Fundraiser for

Community Access to the Arts 

at the Founders Theatre

Lenox, MA

Nathan Smith, left and Ben Friedman

 Thanks to all who made this event at the Norman Rockwell Museum such a success!
Here's link to more photos and poems:

blog for Karaoke Confession

photos by Tammis Coffin

JoAnne Spies leading audience through Norman Rockwell galleries in her performance 'Karaoke Confession'

with St.Patrick/Joseph jimmyjangle

main gallery Rockwell Museum call and response

  Gracie Berry by the Golden Rule

                

 UpCoMiNg
March 16, 2:30 pm 
at Norman Rockwell Museum

"Karaoke Confession"   
Using Norman Rockwell's paintings as a launching point, "Karaoke Confession" is a performance by singer songwriter JoAnne Spies that weaves together songs, poems and stories on the theme of forgiveness. Part guided tour and part interactive poetry and song, this program is being created for the Berkshire Festival of Women Writers.

 Karaoke Confession 'Tour Guides':

 Mari Andreyco    Cheryl Luft

Gracie Berry         Kasiya Phiri

Mindy Dow           Eric Reinhardt

Ben Friedman        Natalie Shiras

Jan Hutchinson       Nathan Smith

 click here: Norman Rockwell Museum

->Berkshire Festival of Women Writers

Sunday, March 11th    2pm - 6pm

Fundraiser for Mountain Road School
I'll be joining a wonderful array of bands and musicians at The Abode in New Lebanon, New York. 
  Come support this  school which is a gem and needs our help to grow in its new location.

It's an honor to be featured in Our Berkshire Green's
December - March 2012 issue:

see page 10:

Our Berkshire Green