Monet Clark

A performance, video and photographic artist working on both sides of the camera in wryly humorous, semi-autobiographical, feminist pieces.

Excerpts from Flying Blind, A Life-ist Performance Interview with Linda Montano, Monet Clark and the wind, will screen for Linda Mary Montano’s BIRTHDAYRAMA 1/18-1/19/2022

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Click this link to RSVP and for the full schedule! https://franklinfurnaceloft.org/linda-mary-montano-bday I will be screening in the 7-8pm EST time slot excerpts from FLYING BLIND A Life-ist Performance Interview with Linda Montano, Monet Clark and the wind, from October 2021

INVOCATION DEMOCRACY Artist Talk 2 with ANN McCOY, EDGAR FABIÁN FRÍAS, DARRIN MARTIN, live performance by LINDA MONTANO, & moderated by curator Monet Clark (video)

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Live performance by ‘life is art’ legend LINDA MONTANO and a presentation of the panelist’s work, moderated by curator Monet Clark.

Discussion revolves around the role of the mystic & the subconscious, in these artist’s practices & physical lives; animism; Indigenous culture and contemporary art; art ancestor Joseph Beuys; reflections on multi-cultural American ancestors; biases of The Frankfurt School, and its strengths; elitism and populism in the millennial generation of artist’s audience engagement; the liminality of art practice; disability studies; mysticism; & our democracy.

With: alchemy expert, art critic and NYC artist ANN McCOY known for her large scale drawings and sculpture; Los Angelino non-binary, Indigenous Wixárika, multi-disciplinary artist & psychotherapist EDGAR FABIÁN FRÍAS; and performance video, sculpture & multi-channel installation and photographic artist DARRIN MARTIN whose work explores the synesthetic qualities of perception.

Recorded Sunday December 6th, 2020
INVOCATION DEMOCRACY A Political and Mystical Virtual Exhibition is up in 3D galleries through Inauguration Day January 20, 2021 Presented by Pro Arts, Oakland and curated by Monet Clark

To see go to: proartscommons.org/invocationdemocracy Be sure to visit galleries 2 and 3 for the full experience.

Thumbnail images from Linda Montano’s 14 Years of Living Art Collaboration of drawings by Linda Montano and photographs by Annie Sprinkle of the artist, and design by Katherine Gates

INVOCATION DEMOCRACY Artist Talk 1, EDGAR HEAP of BIRDS, PENNY SLINGER, JOHN DILEVA HALPERN, JENNIFER LOCKE, & moderated by curator Monet Clark (video)

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Lit 🔥 inspired ✨ artist talk discussing the interplay between climate justice, misogyny, Indigenous culture, human and animal rights, mysticism and our democracy; the liminality of artistic practice; and art as social activation; the legacy of Joseph Beuys; the Tibetan mystic studies of Marcel Duchamp; the impact of Marjorie Cameron, Hilma af Klint; and more.
 
With mystic surrealist feminist artist Penny Slinger in L.A.; Native American artist and history interventionist Edgar Heap of Birds in OK; cultural activist and Buddhist performance artist/filmmaker John DiLeva Halpern in NYC; performance, video, body artist and SFAI’s New Genre’s Dept Chain Jennifer Locke in SF; and moderated by curator and eco-feminist Artist Monet Clark in Nevada City, CA; with cameos by ‘life as art’ activist Linda Montano, and Lady Monster, also exhibitors in the show, INVOCATION DEMOCRACY A Political and Mystical Virtual Exhibition.
 
The exhibition is up within 3D galleries, through Inauguration Day January 20, 2021, holding vigil for a peaceful transition of power and the democracy we envision, and presented by Pro Arts Commons, Oakland and curated by Monet Clark.
 
To enter INVOCATION DEMOCRACY go to: proartscommons.org/invocationdemocracy and be sure to visit galleries 2 and 3 also for the full experience.