Ebony Brown, Purchase College SUNY Alumna shares her world! Arts happenings, photography, events and more!noreply@blogger.com (Ebony Brown)Fri, 1 Nov 2024 06:34:01 -0400Blogger http://www.blogger.com131125http://picturepurchase.blogspot.com/en-usnocopyright Ebony brownPurchase,College,SUNY,arts,events,performing,arts,visual,arts,shows,exhibitions,art,and,design,soul,voices,mfa,bfa,music,westchester,purchase,new,york,white,plains,new,york,nyc,emerging,artists,higher,education,state,university,of,new,yLearn about Purchase College arts related events not only in the Westchester and New York City areas but also wherever our School of the Arts professors, staff members and students both current and alumni are showing or performing. Send an email to ebonybrown.nyc@gmail.com for more information.Picture Purchase Podcasts by Ebony BrownEbony Brown Email: ebonybrown.gmail.comEbony Brown Email: ebonybrown.nyc@gmail.comEbony Brown Email: ebonybrown.gmail.comhttp://picturepurchase.blogspot.com/2014/05/my-purchase-college-experience.htmlAlumniPhotosThrowback ThursdayFri, 16 May 2014 22:26:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077076228759010651.post-4556603622153228489Back from hiatus, a very long one, I've decided that although my Purchase College years are long gone,  the memories and photos still remain, dust included. I feel excited and compelled to revisit, release and share my photos here, on a weekly basis, as an ode the Purchase College experience. Throwback Thursday in full effect, Sounds good?  Let's not forget about Purchase Alumni, who 0Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.nyc@gmail.com (Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.gmail.com)http://picturepurchase.blogspot.com/2012/01/6-tips-for-maintaining-social-life-on.htmlFundsGuest Author PostsOff CampusStudent LifeTipsSun, 15 Jan 2012 13:31:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077076228759010651.post-4371929462355557525 Guest Post: Author James Lander is a contributing writer for Couponing, a site that provides coupons and couponing advice. If you’re in college, one of your biggest worries has to do with money. And now that it’s vacation, it can be such a feat toiling to make ends meet while trying to maintain a little semblance of a social life. Without intuitive planning tips and frugal budgeting, your 1Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.nyc@gmail.com (Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.gmail.com)http://picturepurchase.blogspot.com/2011/12/500-names-campaign-be-part-of-list-and.htmlArtsFundingNew York CityReviewsTheater Art and FilmWed, 21 Dec 2011 01:47:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077076228759010651.post-9177287074345967732500 Names, Yes, FIVE. HUNDRED. NAMES. YOUR NAME is needed on the 500 Names campaign list ASAP! Playwright, Performer, Composer and Poet Rock WILK, is raising funds to support a commercial run, a full production of a show that is an absolute MUST SEE; a play that is a culmination of 5 years of his unrelenting spirit and hard work. His incredible, life changing, dream awakening, soul penetrating 0Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.nyc@gmail.com (Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.gmail.com)http://picturepurchase.blogspot.com/2011/11/event-card-design-by-ebony-brown-broke.htmlNew York CityOff CampusTheater Art and FilmTue, 15 Nov 2011 17:11:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077076228759010651.post-2220775737270462206 New York, NY - New York native, Rock WILK, playwright, performer, composer and subway “creative” performs his life’s work, BROKE WIDE OPEN, as a “Thank You” tribute to his audience, supporters and patrons of the arts on Monday, December 12, 2011 at 6pm (doors open at 6pm; show starts at 8pm) located at The Medicine Show Theatre, 549 West 52nd Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10019 (between 10th 0Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.nyc@gmail.com (Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.gmail.com)http://picturepurchase.blogspot.com/2011/09/broke-wide-open-by-rock-wilk-directed.htmlMy WorkNew York CityOff CampusPressTheater Art and FilmWed, 7 Sep 2011 10:44:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077076228759010651.post-1221978309138945706New York native, Rock WILK, actor, playwright, poet, adoptee and subway “creative” brings his life’s work - his play, BROKE WIDE OPEN back home to New York City, from the recently riot-ravaged but resilient London, for the United Solo Theatre Festival, at Theatre ROW, The Studio Theatre, located at 410 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10003 on Monday, October 24, 2011 at 9pm. Written, composed and 0Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.nyc@gmail.com (Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.gmail.com)http://picturepurchase.blogspot.com/2011/08/new-yorks-united-solo-festival-recent.htmlDesignMy WorkNew York CityOff CampusTheater Art and FilmSun, 7 Aug 2011 11:10:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077076228759010651.post-15685936225181822My recent design work. (Playbill Ad, Postcard, Web Ad /Newsletter Banner) 0Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.nyc@gmail.com (Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.gmail.com)http://picturepurchase.blogspot.com/2011/07/inside-perfect-circle-odyssey-of-joel.htmlConservatory of MusicNew JerseyOff CampusPerforming Arts CenterPurchase College SUNYTheater Art and Filmthoughts and encountersWed, 13 Jul 2011 12:51:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077076228759010651.post-1953372650268108848Inside the Perfect Circle: The Odyssey of Joel Thome, by True Form Pictures will debut a screening of the film as a part of the NJ Film Festival this September! Who doesn't know composer, professor, Grammy Award Winner, Pulitzer Prize Nominee, sweet heart, and life warrior, Joel Thome?  Music Theory wasn't my favorite class, but Professor Thome managed to become one of my favorite people 0Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.nyc@gmail.com (Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.gmail.com)http://picturepurchase.blogspot.com/2011/05/nyfw-2012-sponsorship-package-designed.htmlDesignFashion WeekMy WorkNew York CityNYFWMon, 23 May 2011 13:01:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077076228759010651.post-5772515352809763272 A day in the life of a purchase college alumni...  THE SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE My recent work includes designing a New York Fashion Week   Sponsorship Package for Lexington Style Magazine. 0Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.nyc@gmail.com (Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.gmail.com)http://picturepurchase.blogspot.com/2011/04/note-of-thanks-earsay-benefit.htmlDonation WorthyEventsFacultyNew York CityNightlifeOff CampusTheater Art and FilmSun, 10 Apr 2011 12:17:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077076228759010651.post-7570515830808990025 Earsay Benefit: Transforming Trauma into Art hosted by WNYC's Brian Lehrer held at the Society for Ethical Culture Center in New York City (one block from Lincoln Center), was an evening of monologues, dance, hip hop, music and poetry with performances by: Universes, Carl Hancock Rux, Judith Sloan, Warren Lehrer, Elise Knudson. Musical guests: Jie-Song Zhang and Krussia of the Stone Forest0Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.nyc@gmail.com (Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.gmail.com)http://picturepurchase.blogspot.com/2011/03/i-see-purchase-people-urban-voices.htmlAlumniBronxOff Campusthoughts and encountersThu, 31 Mar 2011 23:57:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077076228759010651.post-8248446131473693024I see Purchase people! Purchase College SUNY folks are everywhere! Recently, I ran into a fellow alumna at The Art Of Creation event held in honor of Women's History month at El Fogon Center for the Arts located at 989 Home Street in the Bronx. Features for The Art Of Creation included: Lo Anderson-Poet, Paradigm-Poet Peggy Robles-Alvarado-Poet, Amma Whatt-Singer, Passion NoLastNecessary-Poet, 0Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.nyc@gmail.com (Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.gmail.com)http://picturepurchase.blogspot.com/2011/02/nyfw-2011-work-for-lexington-style.htmlEventsFashion WeekMy WorkNew York CityNYFWOff CampusPurchase College SUNYShowsSat, 26 Feb 2011 01:06:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077076228759010651.post-4526061330315795680 Most Purchase College SUNY students are fashion trendsetters, head-turners and innovators of style. Popular questions outside of academics, the arts and grub are, Where did you get that? Buy that? Or find that? Students will often tell you that they made whatever it is themselves, a friend made it, or that they got it from someplace that has an interesting story behind it. On campus, 0Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.nyc@gmail.com (Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.gmail.com)http://picturepurchase.blogspot.com/2011/02/twin-designers-coco-breezys-eyewear.htmlFashion WeekMy WorkNew York CityNYFWOff CampusReviewsShowsthoughts and encountersSat, 19 Feb 2011 14:39:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077076228759010651.post-542555577302553741I had the pleasure of photographing Coco & Breezy's Eyewear & Accessories "Wearable Art" show, Invasion de l'artiste: The Fashion Art Installation C&&B FW11 at Wix Lounge in New York City for Lexington Style Magazine. Here are few photos from the event. View the full photo gallery at Lexington Style Magazine here: http://bit.ly/i3u3ud 2Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.nyc@gmail.com (Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.gmail.com)http://picturepurchase.blogspot.com/2011/02/dont-miss-artist-talks-by-vivian-beer.htmlon campusVisiting ArtistsWed, 2 Feb 2011 01:25:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077076228759010651.post-3460655967297807355 February 9 – Vivian Beer[Image: Vivien Beer, 2004, Filled with Birds and Beasts, detail, (36”x54”x92”each) steel, paint.] Born in Bar Harbor, Maine in 1977, Vivian Beer holds a BFA from the Maine College of Art (2004) and recently completed a three-year residency at the Penland School of Craft.  She lives and works in Manchester, NH, and teaches and exhibits nationally and internationally.&1Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.nyc@gmail.com (Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.gmail.com)http://picturepurchase.blogspot.com/2011/02/opera-orchestra-and-soul-voices-this.htmlConservatory of Musicon campusSoul VoicesWed, 2 Feb 2011 01:01:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077076228759010651.post-6811420416762780093Monday, February 14, 12:00pm AfterNoon Music (Opera) Recital Hall, Conservatory of Music Hear German Lieder, French Chanson, Italian Art Songs and Operatic Arias sung by Conservatory of Music graduate and undergraduate voice students. No sets, no costumes, just the human voice in one of its most beautiful forms. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Friday, February 18, 8:00pm Purchase 0Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.nyc@gmail.com (Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.gmail.com)http://picturepurchase.blogspot.com/2010/12/broke-wide-open-by-rock-wilk-at.htmlBronxDonation WorthyEventsOff CampusReviewsShowsthoughts and encountersTue, 28 Dec 2010 12:19:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077076228759010651.post-5833968145829804240After seeing Rock Wilk perform at Urban Voices Heard Write Out Loud 2-Year Anniversary event held at El Fogon Center for the Arts in the Bronx, I was officially 'fiend-out' for a second serving of his verbal gumbo soup. Considering the place from which it was concocted, I knew that his words would get stuck in my teeth, making them harder to digest. Words like, "she, nine, repeated, acts, shame,0Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.nyc@gmail.com (Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.gmail.com)http://picturepurchase.blogspot.com/2010/12/few-snapshots-write-out-loud-by-urban.htmlBronxOff CampusPoetryReviewsShowsTue, 28 Dec 2010 12:13:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077076228759010651.post-9196056296099645593Write Out Loud, the spoken word/poetry event series brought to you every second Saturday of the month by the Bronx's own UrbanVoices Heard (UVH), hosted by John "Chance" Acevedo of El Grito De Poetas celebrated it's two year anniversary in it's new home at El Fogon Center for the Arts earlier this month. Present for only the latter portion of the event, the high energy and insane talent was 2Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.nyc@gmail.com (Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.gmail.com)http://picturepurchase.blogspot.com/2010/11/poverty-love-search-for-spiritual.htmlConservatory of MusicPurchase College SUNYTue, 23 Nov 2010 20:04:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077076228759010651.post-5048012098728154277Amahl and the Night Visitorsby Giancarlo Menotti Dec. 1st, 2nd & 3rd @ 10:30am & Dec. 3rd @7pm@the Recital Hall, Conservatory of Music PURCHASE, NY | Purchase College SUNY, Conservatory of Music’s Opera program presents an unforgettable performance of Amahl and the Night Visitors, on Wednesday, December 1-3 at 10:30 am and December 3rd at 7pm. All performances take place in the recital 0Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.nyc@gmail.com (Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.gmail.com)http://picturepurchase.blogspot.com/2010/11/tonight-club-gravitys-1st-annual-artist.htmlBrooklynEventsNightlifeOff CampusThu, 18 Nov 2010 17:02:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077076228759010651.post-9177568691146496943EVENT PHOTOS POSTED:http://on.fb.me/9LfrSJ NOVEMBER 18th!Artist Showcase Competition at Club Gravity, Brooklyn NY! Evite:  http://bit.ly/blo1Hc TICKETS ON SALE NOW $15 Awnty.com presents one of the BEST Showcases Brooklyn, NY has EVER seen, this is going to be the BIGGEST networking event in Brooklyn this year for ungerground artist!!! WHO: AWNYT.comWHAT: Artist Competision WHERE: 0Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.nyc@gmail.com (Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.gmail.com)http://picturepurchase.blogspot.com/2010/11/juilliard-mannes-manhattan-school-nyu.htmlConservatory of MusicEventsMusicon campusStudent BandsThu, 18 Nov 2010 16:38:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077076228759010651.post-7941122110736174223CONSERVATORY OF MUSICSchool of the Arts | 735 Anderson Hill Rd | Purchase, NY 10557 Sat., November 20th @9am – 5pmMain Floor of the Conservatory of Music BuildingPurchase College Day of PercussionIf you’re interested in what’s in the diverse world of percussive arts, come to Purchase College on November 20th where the best will gather to share their talents and expertise. Registration begins at 0Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.nyc@gmail.com (Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.gmail.com)http://picturepurchase.blogspot.com/2010/11/percussion-ensembles-symphony-orchestra.htmlBFA StudentConservatory of MusicEventsMusicon campusStudent BandsMon, 15 Nov 2010 06:43:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077076228759010651.post-8913196784358163855  CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC School of the Arts | 735 Anderson Hill Road | Purchase NY 10557 Thurs., November 18th @8pm @Conservatory of Music, Recital HallPurchase Percussion Ensemble Our Fall Ensemble concert will feature "Bright Light" a new percussion quartet written for the Purchase Percussion Ensemble by composer Eric Nathan. Also on the program: Mario Davidovsky's "Synchronisms0Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.nyc@gmail.com (Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.gmail.com)http://picturepurchase.blogspot.com/2010/09/dangerous-imagination-purchase-symphony.htmlEventsMusicon campusPerforming Arts CenterTue, 21 Sep 2010 16:49:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077076228759010651.post-3133782461469490820 Conservatory of MusicSchool of the Arts Presents...  Purchase Symphony Orchestra   Friday, October 8, 2010 8:00pm Performing Arts Center (Recital Hall) Tickets: http://bit.ly/bgtyMUBox Office: 914-251-6200 The Purchase Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Michael Adelson present "DANGEROUS IMAGINATION," the opening concert of their 2010-2011 season. Beginning with Wagner's 0Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.nyc@gmail.com (Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.gmail.com)http://picturepurchase.blogspot.com/2010/09/wed-922-630pm-artist-talk-by-roberto-de.htmlEventson campusPurchase College SUNYVisiting ArtistsTue, 21 Sep 2010 16:28:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077076228759010651.post-1729655400270329961  Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich is principal of his own design firm in NYC specializing in publication design, branding, motion design, and self-authored projects. He speaks frequently on typography and type design. He is the author of several books featuring his own work. His most recent book, Men of Letters and People of Substance, was selected as one of the AIGA’s 50 best books of 2008. He0Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.nyc@gmail.com (Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.gmail.com)http://picturepurchase.blogspot.com/2010/07/vogue-china-immortalizes-purchase.htmlon campusPurchase College SUNYThu, 22 Jul 2010 07:03:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077076228759010651.post-99965972196754661 VOGUE China and fashion photographer, Camilla Akrans immortalizes Purchase College? Despite the campus's ongoing renovation, Purchase College SUNY smiles and poses with model, Liu Wen for VOGUE China's August 2010 edition. Talk about "picturing purchase," all the craze is usually about the talented students, incredible faculty and everso super-human support staff. It's hardly the case 0Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.nyc@gmail.com (Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.gmail.com)http://picturepurchase.blogspot.com/2010/07/urban-voices-heard.htmlEventsOff CampusPoemMon, 12 Jul 2010 15:37:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077076228759010651.post-7967289622261587086 Every second Saturday of the month, Z'novia's (restuarant/bar) in the Bronx is filled with energetic, rhyme spewing, truth spit'n, haiku drop'n, word twist'n spoken word artists and the folks who love them. As resident photographer, I had the pleasure of  photographing an Urban Voices Heard's open-mic poetry event "Write Out loud" hosted by John "Chance" Acevedo of El Poetas and 1Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.nyc@gmail.com (Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.gmail.com)http://picturepurchase.blogspot.com/2010/05/five-alive-exhibition-opening-thursday.htmlAlumniEventsMFA StudentOff CampusShowsTue, 18 May 2010 19:04:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077076228759010651.post-5759883744444819874Five Alive! School of Art+Design MFA ExhibitOpening Reception: Thursday, May 20, 2010, 6pm - 8pmOn View: May 20th - June 5th, Tuesday-Saturday 11am- 6pm[free and open to the public]Facebook RSVP: http://bit.ly/butEJnNew York, NY - Five Alive! School of Art+Design Exhibit at Monya Rowe Gallery presents the work of five Purchase College SUNY, School of Art+Design Master of Fine Arts degree 0Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.nyc@gmail.com (Ebony Brown Email: ebonybrown.gmail.com)