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	<description>art + culture // writing + projects // by diana mcclure</description>
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		<title>ART: Primal Energies &#8211; Jamal Ince and Diana McClure</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 22:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana M.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Primal Energies, a two-person exhibition featuring the work of Jamal Ince and Diana McClure, explores the life-force energy manifesting principle of the universe. Primal Energies will be on view at the Cielo Bar &#38; Lounge gallery space, 474 Myrtle Avenue in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, from June 8 &#8211; July 8, 2013, with an opening party [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Projects: PURPLE Exhibition re-cap</title>
		<link>http://cultureserve.net/blog/2012/10/22/projects-purple-exhibition-re-cap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 02:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Opening night was incredible! Special thanks to Lenny, Tara, Yvette and Freddy for all their help with the installation, Mike (video), Doc (music), and Radeberger Beer! WATCH THE OPENING NIGHT VIDEO HERE PURPLE is on view through November 19th at Causey Contemporary gallery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn featuring work by: Alice Mizrach, Diana McClure, Gilf!, Lady [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PROJECTS: Curator, BRIC Short List &#8211; online FALL 2012</title>
		<link>http://cultureserve.net/blog/2012/10/22/projects-curator-bric-short-list-online-fall-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past summer I was invited by BRIC Contemporary Art Director, Elizabeth Ferrer, to curate a fall 2012 BRIC Short List. A project where, periodically, BRIC invites artists and arts professionals to create a Short List of some of their favorite artists in the BRIC Contemporary Artist Registry. I chose to select specific pieces from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ART: Detail images from PURPLE exhibition Oct 19 &#8211; Nov 19, 2012</title>
		<link>http://cultureserve.net/blog/2012/09/27/art-new-work-for-purple-exhibition-oct-19-nov-19-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana M.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Opens October 19, 2012 6-9pm! For exhibition info click here.]]></description>
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		<title>PROJECTS: Co-curator &#8211; PURPLE @ Causey Contemporary OCT 2012</title>
		<link>http://cultureserve.net/blog/2012/08/01/projects-co-curator-purple-causey-contemporary-oct-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2012 18:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana M.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Purple Eleven female contemporary artists will explore Purple as a color, word and psychological context in a freestyle exhibition where medium, formal strategies and process intersect to create original content.  Purple will be on view at Causey Contemporary Gallery, 92 Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, from October 19 &#8211; November 18, 2012, with an opening [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writing: catalog essay &#8211; Titus Kaphar: Shape-Shifter</title>
		<link>http://cultureserve.net/blog/2012/07/05/writing-catalog-essay-titus-kaphar-shape-shifter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2012 18:08:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana M.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you happen to be in Monaco this summer stop by Titus Kaphar&#8217;s exhibition Behind A Veil of Beauty at Sem Art Gallery. I wrote an essay, Titus Kaphar: Shape-Shifter, for the exhibition catalog that explores the many layers of Kaphar&#8217;s work.]]></description>
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		<title>Art: Open Studio @ WONK &#8212; Fort Greene/Clinton Hill Studio Stroll</title>
		<link>http://cultureserve.net/blog/2012/06/05/diana-mcclure-open-studio-wonk-fort-greeneclinton-hill-studio-stroll-june-910-12-6pm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2012 22:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana M.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; I&#8217;m participating in an open studio in Brooklyn where I will be showing my work at WONK, an eco-friendly custom furniture design company that manufactures in Brooklyn. Click here to download the SONYA (South of the Navy Yard Artists) Studio Stroll Map &#38; Guide. Or visit www.wonknyc.com. &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Writing: Emilio Sanchez Foundation 2012 Progress Report</title>
		<link>http://cultureserve.net/blog/2012/04/30/writing-emilio-sanchez-foundation-2012-progress-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a pleasure working with Ann Koll, Executive Director of the Emilio Sanchez Foundation, on the organization&#8217;s 2012 Progress Report.  To find out more about the art, foundation and career of Emilio Sanchez click here to read the report.]]></description>
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		<title>ART: Collaboration w/ Jaret Vadera</title>
		<link>http://cultureserve.net/blog/2012/02/02/art-collaboration-w-jaret-vadera/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:53:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana M.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Artist Jaret Vadera invited me to collaborate on a piece as part of his winter 2012 Transparent Studio residency at Bose Pacia gallery in Dumbo, Brooklyn. Despite the fact that it was a brisk outdoor winter performance/photograph project, it was a lot of fun to make! &#160; &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Writing + Projects: 2011</title>
		<link>http://cultureserve.net/blog/2011/12/19/2011-news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana M.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2011 I had a solo show in Miami, Cosmic Sheness; contributed an essay, The Metaphysics of Lynching, to the University of San Diego Visual Studies art journal pros*;  and, co-curated an exhibition and programming commissioned by Sarah Lawrence College and the Yonkers Public Library. &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Writing + Projects: 2010</title>
		<link>http://cultureserve.net/blog/2010/12/19/2010-news-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Dec 2010 15:42:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana M.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2010 I worked as a professional development consultant in the arts and continued art writing on DaWire.com. I was also a guest at the ARCO Madrid art fair, where I documented my trip in a piece for DaWire. Read it here.]]></description>
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		<title>Writing + Projects: 2009</title>
		<link>http://cultureserve.net/blog/2009/12/19/2009-news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana M.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In January 2009 the Cultureserve.net blog was announced as a 2008 Finalist for a Creative-Capitol Warhol Foundation Arts Writers grant. In 2009 I was also a member of the Curatorial Committee for Photo Miami, a contemporary art fair for photo-based art, video &#38; new media, and profiled Brooklyn artists in the Living Arts column for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Featured Artist: Shizu Saldamando</title>
		<link>http://cultureserve.net/blog/2009/02/01/featured-artist-shizu-saldamando/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 01:53:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana M.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Precision. Clarity of line. Mood. All of these elements stand out in the portrait work of artist, Shizu Saldamando.  The intense dedication to detail and focused execution of personalities in the moment give each subject a de-objectified identity.  Even with this respect to individuality in her work there is a deep sense of the collective [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VIDEO: Rashaad Newsome &amp; Kalup Linzy at The Kitchen</title>
		<link>http://cultureserve.net/blog/2009/02/01/video-rashaad-newsome-kalup-linzy-at-the-kitchen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 01:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana M.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On February 12th and 13th, 2009 curator Rashida Bumbray of NYC&#8217;s, The Kitchen, and artists Rashaad Newsome and Kalup Linzy, will be premiering new work that continues to explore the possibilities and intersection between video, performance and music. Newsome&#8217;s latest work, Shade Compositions, is a live performance featuring a chorus of more than twenty black women. Influenced by improvisatory orchestral music and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FLAVOR: Michelle Obama</title>
		<link>http://cultureserve.net/blog/2009/02/01/flavor-michelle-obama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 01:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana M.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Image: Lisa Marie Thalhammer, Michelle Obama, 2009, oil on canvas, 86 inches x 67 inches.) Like they say: Behind every good man, is a fantastic woman. In this case, beside. Nuff said. This work was part of the MANIFEST HOPE: DC Art Exhibit held on Inauguration weekend 2009 in Washington, DC.]]></description>
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		<title>Art + Culture Diaries: Gold Rush Awards</title>
		<link>http://cultureserve.net/blog/2009/02/01/art-culture-diaries-gold-rush-awards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 01:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana M.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brothers Russell, Danny and Joseph Simmons, founders of the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation, and Derrick Adams, Curatorial Director of Rush Arts Gallery, are at it again. The Gold Rush Awards, another star studded celebration of the arts is on tap for Tuesday, February 10th, 2009 in New York City.  Over the last decade the organizations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PUBLIC ART: Galeria de la Raza &#8211; San Francisco, CA</title>
		<link>http://cultureserve.net/blog/2009/02/01/public-art-galeria-de-la-raza-san-francisco-ca/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 01:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Located on the corner of Bryant Street and 24th Street in the Mission District of San Francisco, California, Galeria de la Raza, an interdisciplinary Chicano/Latino space for art, thought &#038; activism, has always been at the center of art as a tool for social justice, community building and celebration. Founded in 1970 by local artists [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FEATURED ARTIST: Marthalicia Matarrita</title>
		<link>http://cultureserve.net/blog/2009/01/01/featured-artist-marthalicia-matarrita/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 01:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana M.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marthalicia Matarrita is a brilliant painter.  Nothing else really needs to be said &#8211; although there is plenty to her story.  Her passion is sparked and sustained by the fundamentals of hip-hop and live painting. However, the depth of her work in texture, mood and content reveals much more. With a family background that includes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VIDEO: DANCE &#8212; MEMPHIS JOOK vs. SOUTH AFRICAN KWAITO</title>
		<link>http://cultureserve.net/blog/2009/01/01/video-dance-memphis-jook-vs-south-african-kwaito/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 01:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Early 21st century African Diaspora inter-continental dance moves are mysteriously similar.  The Memphis (not Egypt, Tennessee) Jook and South African Kwaito styles need to battle it out on the global stage an show &#8216;em how it&#8217;s done.   Check it out&#8230;. Kwaito >>>>> watch! Memphis Jook >>>>> watch!]]></description>
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		<title>FLAVOR: SUPERFERTILE / HUNGER</title>
		<link>http://cultureserve.net/blog/2009/01/01/flavor-superfertile-hunger-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 01:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kali Arulpragasam/SUPERFERTILE has done it again. Another line of jewels that illuminate global issues through beauty and creativity.  Her latest line, HUNGER, highlights the global food crisis. Through the use of staple foods like wheat, chick peas, rice, beans and lentils, recreated in gold and silver, the HUNGER line highlights the priceless nature of essential [...]]]></description>
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