Lex Leifheit » Arts & Ethos http://www.lexleifheit.com Art Things, Considered Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:48:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 ©Lex Leifheit lex@lexleifheit.com (Lex Leifheit) lex@lexleifheit.com(Lex Leifheit) 1440 art, arts, design, theater, painting, photography, Connecticut, northeast The Art Agenda A weekly talk radio show about Connecticut arts culture, hosted by Lex Leifheit. Lex Leifheit Lex Leifheit lex@lexleifheit.com No no http://www.lexleifheit.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg Lex Leifheit http://www.lexleifheit.com 144 144 sfPeek: CATWALK 2009 http://www.lexleifheit.com/2009/04/06/catwalk-2009/ http://www.lexleifheit.com/2009/04/06/catwalk-2009/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:48:12 +0000 lexlei http://www.lexleifheit.com/?p=355 CATWALKCATWALK is an elite modeling competition that caters to the Transgender Community (male to female). Its purpose is “to encourage and empower the TG community to excel in the fast-evolving world of fashion and unique marketing.”

The photo (taken with iphone, wish I’d brought my real camera!) is from this year’s competition at SOMArts Cultural Center, held on Saturday, April 4. More are at the SOMArts Flickr group.

Favorite moment: the finalists had a Q&A. One was asked “What one word comes to mind when you see someone who is intolerant of who you are and your lifestyle?” For me, it was the most suspenseful moment of the show. What is the internal response to systemic intolerance as harsh as that which is meted out to the TG community? What is your knee-jerk, one-word reaction? What would my reaction be in her place?

Her answer? “Challenge.” The moment, and the spirit of the whole event, was very true to SOMArts’ mission to foster an appreciation of and respect for all cultures. Hopefully, CATWALK will return to SOMArts in 2010.

]]> http://www.lexleifheit.com/2009/04/06/catwalk-2009/feed/ 0 Did you just agree to go to Abilene? http://www.lexleifheit.com/2008/08/05/did-you-just-agree-to-go-to-abilene/ http://www.lexleifheit.com/2008/08/05/did-you-just-agree-to-go-to-abilene/#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:48:03 +0000 lexlei http://www.lexleifheit.com/?p=158 Joe Patti, author of Butts in the Seats, addresses the perils of staying with—or straying from—the pack.

]]> http://www.lexleifheit.com/2008/08/05/did-you-just-agree-to-go-to-abilene/feed/ 0 The Role of “Real”: Abortion, Art or Both? http://www.lexleifheit.com/2008/04/25/the-role-of-real-abortion-art-or-both/ http://www.lexleifheit.com/2008/04/25/the-role-of-real-abortion-art-or-both/#comments Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:24:29 +0000 lexlei http://www.lexleifheit.com/2008/04/25/the-role-of-real-abortion-art-or-both/ A quote from Yale student Aliza Shvarts, excerpted from the Yale Daily News:

For the past year, I performed repeated self-induced miscarriages. I created a group of fabricators from volunteers who submitted to periodic STD screenings and agreed to their complete and permanent anonymity …

Commentary roundup:

The Harvard Crimson
Ars Gratia Artis?
By Lucy M. Caldwell
April 25, 2008

Wall Street Journal: In the Fray
Art and (Wo)man at Yale
By MICHAEL J. LEWIS
April 24, 2008

The Huffington Post
Aliza Shvarts Insists Miscarriage Art Project is Real
April 17, 2008

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