The Artists Group

Power to the Paw

pandadoll — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:46:53 +0000

Long Island Animal Rescue

For Immediate Release Contact – Debra Ann Kasimakis

November 2011 tag@debbydoll.com – 516-931-6849

Clothesline Art Sale to benefit RSVP Animal Rescue

“Power to the Paw”

Locust Valley – New York – Mistretta Galleries in Locust Valley has, once again, opened their doors to a worthy cause. You are invited to attend “Power to the Paw”, a benefit ART SALE and purchase an original piece of art by some of Long Island’s most active, prolific and well known visual artists, artisans and photographers. Each art piece will be sold for $50 – part of the proceeds go to RSVP’s outreach & educational programs specifically related to Long Island, which includes support to pet owners in trouble, with assistance in maintaining their pets, rather than surrendering them into a HIGH KILL SHELTER.

This clothesline style art sale is on exhibit at Mistretta Galleries 435 Forest Avenue in Locust Valley Sunday, November 13 through November 22. We are selling art. Please don’t miss this opportunity to purchase the most unique gift you may ever give. The art is unframed and you may consult the gallery owner if you wish to have it framed. For a truly one-of-a-kind Holiday gift idea, come, buy art, while helping the most innocent of our society to have a home for the Holidays through the rescue and outreach work of Responsible Solution for Valued Pets. You may also, take the chance and buy a few raffle tickets. A selection of three prizes and the winners will be drawn at the close of the show. The gallery is open most days 11AM – 6PM. Call to make sure they are open.

Please, become a FAN on facebook – The Artists Group – Long Island, N.Y. and follow along on twitter – http://twitter.com/Pandadollbaby.

For more information about Mistretta Galleries, call – 516) 671-6070

Ah . . . . now I remember why I don’t blog –

pandadoll — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:31:58 +0000

Thinking I was going to be able to add content, I wandered over to my blog to update. While trying to maneuver the dashboard, I am remembering why I don’t use them. We shall see if this entry apears in a way that is appealing to me & if I can even find it once I publish it – LOL

Fringe Festivals – Long Island Fringe Festival

pandadoll — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:33:40 +0000

I had forgotten I even had this blog – Dah-h-h-h -

Never the less, I’m Ba-a-a-a-ck.

2011 – March – We are posting a CALL to creatives. Applications are available at: http://longislandfringefestival.weebly.com

Fringe performers from Long Island, NY, but, we’re not picky.

Artists, dancers, poets, musicians, sculptors, theater, all disciplines of imagination

Long Island Fringe is in its third year. FRING FORCE 3 will take over the grounds of the School of Visual & Performing Arts (SVPA)

Today there are fringe festivals all over the world. With that in mind we, The Artists Group – Long Island, NY, decided it was about time to hold one on Long Island. So, after our FIRST display at multi-discipline theater in 2008, we continued on a journey in 2009 to bring fringe to Long Island.

We felt that Long Island was the perfect environment to introduce fringe to this area, because of the large volume of talented individuals that have come from the Island and to made their way into entertainment, politics and other high profile lifestyles. Generously endowed with an enormous abundance of creative talent, fringe has been embraced by the creative community here.

Controversy has also, followed us. In our beginning attempts to promote our festival, we were met with obstacles right from the start. NYC FRINGE accused us of “stealing their name.” 2009 we launched fringe for the very first time. Because of the nature of media in this century it is often difficult to strategize how to get the news out to the public.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE –

pandadoll — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:02:46 +0000

Tilles Center for the Performing Arts hosts “Experience Long Island 2009,” a three-day event in the great tradition of the Edinburgh International Fringe Festival. Produced by The Artists Group, this is a one-of-a-kind showcase for innovative music, dance, theater and visual art that highlights the work of many of Long Island’s most creative visual and performing artists. The festival will be held at Tilles Center and at other venues on the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University, September 25, 26, 27, 2009.

“Experience Long Island 2009” a trip… into the world of muse. A feast for the senses, every creative discipline is presented at venues ringing the fringe of our mainstage, Tilles Center. This is an opportunity to taste dance, music, poetry and song, to drink in the spirit of form and space during a weekend devoted to art on the edge.

The festival opens Friday night, September 25 with a Tilles Center mainstage show featuring Steve Adelson Stick-Tet. Highlights on Saturday, September 26 include performances at seven venues plus four mainstage shows, one featuring vocalist Eden White in 40, a new musical. Sunday, September 27 is no less packed with artistic excitement. In addition to performances in seven venues throughout the day, the festival finale on the Tilles Center mainstage stars The Suck It Easy Band in Floyd Explosion.

Tickets are immediately available for the performances on the Tilles Center mainstage; tickets for the other performances of “Experience Long Island” go on sale July 31.
For more information about FR_ _ G* 2009 – Experience Long Island

http://experiencelongisland.webs.com

The NEW FAN page on facebook -

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Experience-Long-Island/92711466044

Ticket sales at tillescenter.org or (516) 299-3100
Ticket Info: $10 – $20 -$30 – $40
Buy Tickets
Website: http://www.tillescenter.org

Trailer for “ARTMOSPHERE” – the movie

pandadoll — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 09:20:34 +0000

Spirit of Movement

pandadoll — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 03:27:42 +0000

Spirit of Movement by Debra Ann Kasimakis, is currently on display at Tilles Center for the Performing Arts as part of the continuing art program Art Under Glass. The Atrium is open from 9am-6pm Mon-Fri and is there to enjoy before every performance.

Spirit of Movement

These five flying figures will make you wish you had run away to the circus.

Artmosphere LIVE @ Tilles Center

pandadoll — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:51:01 +0000

Artmosphere was amazing. It was an happening. You don’t see alot of those these days.

I hope we get to do it again somewhere. History in the making, breaking the barrier between Visual Art, drawing & theater…..For those that didn’t get a chance to see it, for whatever reason…..sorry. You missed out on an excursion into theater of the future. Reaction has been extremely favorable. For me, it was rather indulgent. The show was a piece of living sculpture from my mind, developed from my painting for a Designer Showcase – Mansion & Millionaire Caumsett Foundation fund raiser. What a blast.

Artmosphere may happen again…..you never know. If we get another opportunity, you may want to make sure you experience it.

Anyone that got a chance to see it was very taken with the concept. Maybe it should have run longer, so that the audience would have been able to come more than once…..

Thank You to all who were involved and a special Thank You to Joe Satriani for his amazing music & Blue Dream for making my dream come true………

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You. Thank You, to all those that did come. If you missed your chance to purchase any of the memorabilia, you can contact me for your purchase. T shirts, tote bags, bookmarks and the ever popular, ARTMO-SPHERES……they were WILD! You can even get a copy of the fabulous program, that folks are collecting, now…..LOL

Thank You, again……keep in touch, You KNOW I will……

Artmosphere – The Big Bang to the 21st Century

pandadoll — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:35:15 +0000

What event in the Earth’s history sparks the imagination more than the moment of creation? An ongoing debate that has explanations in religion, science and mythology. Now we can add another point of view to that list, “Artmosphere”, the creation of the universe as interpreted by Debra Ann Kasimakis and being brought to the stage of Tilles Center by the talent that is the Artists Group. “It’s funny to think back on it all” Debra said recently,” I was asked to participate in a Designer Showcase and The Kasimakis Karmic Kontainer was born, an “old” wicker trunk that had been rescued, from places hither-to unknown.. A painting was created for the inside lid of the trunk. Parcae & the Birth of the Universe.” From this simple piece of art has developed an amazing show.

The Artists Group started after a fundraising event for the Hicksville Gregory Museum in 2004, The Art of Paleontology. This event consisted of Long Island based artists & artisans selling their wares, a performance stage with local dance companies, poets, & musicians. But, the highlight of the two day event, which was held in the three days between hurricanes Bonnie & Charlie, was the 12 visual artists recreating Paleolithic images on fiberglass boulders live on the museum grounds. The patrons of the event were amazed to see the creative process and the artists were gratified by the interaction and the immediate response from the public. This core of artists has grown into a collection of talent that includes dancers, poets, photographers, musicians and more. Under the direction of it’s founders, Hicksville natives, Debra Ann Kasimakis and Robert Goida, the group has set up many programs throughout Long Island. “History in Bloom – Gold Coast Gardens” is currently on exhibit at Cedarmere in Rosyln and the group maintains a year round rotational art program at Briarcliff College in Patchogue. “One of our biggest programs, however is “Art Under Glass”, a collaboration between The Artists Group and Tilles Center.” said Robert Goida “The rotational program fills the Atrium at Tilles each season with a new and exciting piece of sculptural art.” So far they have presented the works of Adam Brown, Laurette Kovary and Max Yawney and this upcoming season “Spirit of Movement” by Debra Ann Kasimakis will fill the space. “The way this has come together is kind of crazy.” she said recently. “The art committee at Tilles picked which pieces would be displayed and in which order three years ago, long before Artmosphere was even a thought.”

“Artmosphere” is a display, a live piece of art, a simultaneous participation of several disciplines with the involvement of the visual arts in a dynamic way. What sparked the initial thought was the idea that visual artists never get a chance to perform live. This concept then began to evolve into a collaborative show featuring music, dance and poetry as well as visual art and a performance was born. The audience will feel the air as the dancers whiz right by them, and they too will share the stage for this show. In this way, the sensory experience will surround the audience. Elliott Sroka, Executive Director of Tilles Center, and Dr. Cara Gargano. Chair of the C.W. Post Department of Theater Film and Dance, both embraced the idea for it’s unique and groundbreaking approach to theater. And from this a show was born. “I can’t believe we are actually going to perform this piece of artwork, LIVE ! I have been searching for something similar to “Artmosphere” and there seems to be nothing else that combines all of these elements in one live performance.” Kasimakis said,” When we first thought about doing this it was totally conceptual. But, when we actually got the go ahead, it became very real and serious indeed. We all needed to bring it to from a thought to the stage!” The list of performers in “Artmosphere” span Long Island from north to south and east to west. Artists Andrew Leipzig from Sayville, Alan Semerdjian from Huntington, Laurette Kovary from East Norwich, composers Jane Leslie of Long Beach, Jay Jii from Northport and Joe Satriani, San Francisco by way of Carle Place, demonstrate the reach of this project and its focus, Long Island creativity. “Our dancers and musicians come from Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau and Suffolk, even though some claim that the first two are not really Long Island, they seem to be attached on the map I have.” laughed Goida “This show is a collaboration of many talented individuals and we would like to invite you to become a part of “Artmosphere”. With only 200 seats available for each performance, this is that rare opportunity to be part of theater history.”

“Artmosphere” will have four performances at Tilles Center this September on the fourth through the seventh, all shows are at 8pm and tickets are $30.

Tickets are available at:

http://www.ticketmaster.com

http://www.tillescenter.org

or by phone at Tillescharge 516-299-3100.

For more information about Artmosphere or The Artists Group visit the website http://www.debbydoll.com

pandadoll — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:31:21 +0000

Upcoming Art Event – Artmosphere at Tilles Center for the Performing Arts

pandadoll — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:57:30 +0000

The Artists Group announces:

“Artmosphere” is a display, a live piece of art, a simultaneous participation of all disciplines with the involvement of the visual arts in a dynamic way. In a rare way, the sensory experience will surround the audience. The dancers will be “in the face” of the patrons and the music and sights will wash over them stimulating their senses and drawing them into the performance. This show is a collaboration of many talented individuals and we would like to invite you to become a part of “Artmosphere”.

If you believe in the magic that exists in an artist’s mind, then come with us and make it happen.
As we say “Do it-Be it-Live it”.