GIVE LOVE live and online!

GIVE LOVE by Valyntina Grenier
In Plato’s Symposium, Sophocles posits that to love is to desire love. The figures in GIVE LOVE represent various romantic couples. These couples explore Sophocles’ convention, and its opposite, to love without expectation. The subtle gestures of the figures depict natural, iconic moments that occur between two women, two men, and between woman and man.
The pieces are snapshots of lovers engaged. As the titles indicate, the figures are out in the world, perhaps having a picnic or preparing to dance. Or they are alone together, naked, happy or quarreling. Their love is insecure, inquiring, “Are You Mine?” or confident, declaring, “My Love is Yours.” The minimalism of these pieces, as well as Sophocles’ notion of love, leave room for interpretation and conversation. What do you see? How is your love?

These works will be on display February 4th- March 31st 2013. Please join me for the reception Saturday March 9th 6:30-8:30pm at Cafe Passe 415 N 4th Ave. Tucson Arizona 520.624.4411. The cafe is open Sunday thru Tuesday 8am-8pm Wednesday thru Saturday 8am-10pm. OR TO VISIT THE WORKS ONLINE GO TO VALYNTINAGRENIER.COM

Melanie Martinez: "Cough Syrup" - The Voice

THE WATERFRONT (John Lee Hooker)

Melanie Martinez: "Seven Nation Army" - The Voice

Melanie Martinez's Audition: "Toxic" - The Voice

Paul Simon Track 8 - Papa Hobo

Bobby Brown - Roni (Album Version).wmv

Kool and the gang - Too hot (live)

ARROYO CHICO Valyntina Grenier | Issue #17 (October 19, 2012)

Arroyo Chico--Valyntina Grenier from joshuamarie on Vimeo.

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RAVEN'S SONG BY AARON EMBRY

Aaron Embry - Raven's Song from In the Open on Vimeo.

ANNOUNCING ! My NEW Poetry Blog ROCK GODS AND BUTTERFLIES

I'll be posting text and readings from my new manuscript at ROCKGODSAND BUTTERFLIES.WORDPRESS.COM drop by and check it out!

Trickhouse Live: An Integrative Arts and Performance Series

HI, I'll be presenting for Trickhouse Live at Casa Libre W/ Deanne Stillman Tuesday, September 18 7-9 p.m. $5 Suggested Donation 
 
Trick House Live is an integrative arts series that brings together people working with words, images, sounds, videos, and a variety of performances. The series serves as a venue for visiting artists to interact with local artists and for the borders between genres and mediums to be permeable. Trickhouse Live is a physical world extension of the online cross-genre arts journal, Trickhouse.org which is based in Tucson.

 Deanne Stillman is the award-winning author of Mustang, a Los Angeles Times Best Book of 2008, and the cult classic Twentynine Palms, a Los Angeles Times Best Book of 2001 which Hunter Thompson called "A strange and brilliant story by an important American writer." Her latest book, Desert Reckoning, is based on her acclaimed Rolling Stone article, "The Great Mojave Manhunt." She is a member of the core faculty at the UC Riverside-Palm Desert Low Residency MFA Creative Writing Program and currently divides her time between Tucson, AZ and Los Angeles, CA.

LIVE @ Liv

LIVE @ LIV, a new arts & entertainment series is happening THURSDAY September 6th @ 7pm ! Joel Smith will be reading fiction and I'll be reading some new poems ! My visual art will be on display through October 23rd ! LIV at St. Philip's Plaza is open 8am-9pm their bistro hours are 8am to 3pm.

Haley Reinhart - Keep Coming Back (Studio Version Lyrics)

Sloop John B by The Beach Boys live (1980)

NINE CIRCLES MAKE A RAINBOW AND A TARGET

NINE CIRCLES MAKE A RAINBOW AND A TARGET 36" x 36" acrylic and graphite on canvas

$599

EKPHRASIS: NEW WORK INSPIRED BY THE DEVINE COMEDY

“Nine Circles” refers to Dante’s description of Hell. The structure and orientation of the circles in this painting are based on Michael Mazur’s monotype for Canto XI, which appears in Pinsky’s translation of the Inferno. It is not a coincidence that Dante’s circles appear in my painting both as a target and as a rainbow, a symbol for gay pride. Gays are often targets of brutality. The pink arc with red road markers represents the seventh circle, in which Dante houses those who commit sins of violence. The absent road markers in the upper right symbolize a break in the cycle of violence.

TEA PARTY!

 EKPHRASIS new paintings and encaustics

TERZA RIMA 2012 ENCAUSTIC 8" x8" $99

SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL 2012 Acrylic 40'' x 30" $35

 Hi, I'll be having a little tea party at Bentley's August 11th 2pm-3:30pm to celebrate my current show there, EKPHRASIS. I'll be serving iced tea, lemonade and some light savories and sweets- hope to see you there!
To view the show on line go to VALYNTINAGRENIER.COM

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