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Phoebe showed us this, we got it from her school website. :)



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The next salon will take place on Tuesday 8th March 2011, from 6:30 pm at Franko B's studio - studio 7, P 1 studios block C15,Taylor Place, Payne road, London, E3 2SP.

Testing Presence: The Unfolding Exchange (Keynote Conversation, Track 1), Auditorium, 04.02.2011

FRANKO B – I STILL LOVE
The Nunnery Gallery – 181 Bow Road, London, E3 2SJ
nunnery@bowarts.com
www.nunnerygallery.org

Private View: Thursday 5th May, 18:30-21:30
Exhibition continues: 6th May – 5th June 2011

I Still Love follows on from the artist’s recent solo exhibition at PAC (Pavilion of Contemporary Art) in Milan, and is Franko B’s first solo exhibition in London for seven years.

A bold, eclectic artist, for many years a leading figure on the international performance art scene, Franko B continues to express the beauty of existence in his work, focusing on powerful and emotive imagery.

This exhibition will include a new series of embroidered canvases, never before shown in the UK. The canvases, which depict animals, flowers, portraits, male bodies, as well as images of torture and war, play on the central themes of Franko B’s work – death, eroticism, intimacy, pain and compassion – here brought into a new light through the exclusive use of red cotton.

The fragile beauty of these images, delineated on the blank canvases with bright red thread, is reminiscent of the red blood marks on the whitened body of the artist – which were typical elements of his earlier performance works, and are deeply embedded in the public perception of his practice.

‘I’m essentially a painter who also works with performance. I come from a visual art background, and not theatre or “live art”, and this is very important to me as it informs the way my work is read. Over the last twenty years or so, I have developed ways of working to suit my need at that particular time, in terms of strategy and context, by using painting, installation, sculpture, video and sound.’
- Franko B 2010.

Franko B was born in Milan in 1960 and has lived in London since 1979. He graduated from Chelsea College of Art and Design and has been producing work across a diverse range of media since the early 1990s – ranging from video to photography, from performance to painting and sculpture. He is a visiting lecturer at many arts institutions and universities across the world, and has run several workshops and mentoring schemes for emerging artists. Since 2009, he has been Professor of Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Macerata, Italy.

Franko B has performed at Tate Modern, ICA (London), South London Gallery, Arnolfini (Bristol), Palais des Beaux Artes (Brussels), Beaconsfiled (London), Bluecoat Centre (Liverpool), in Mexico City, Berlin, Copenhagen, Madrid and Vienna, to name but a few. He has presented his visual art work at Tate Liverpool, RuArts Foundation (Moscow), Victoria and Albert Museum (London), Freud Museum (London), PAC (Milan), Contemporary Art Centre (Copenhagen) and many more. His works are in the collections of the Tate, Victoria and Albert Museum, South London Gallery and the Modern Art Museum of Tel Aviv.

For more information, please contact
nunnery@bowarts.com
020 8709 5292

Love speaks two different languages. A women speaks out of emotion & a man speaks out of logical,the irony is putting these 2 forms of languages together to make them clear to translate.The rocket scientist is still trying to figure this one out but how about have patience and learn to listen to each other. Marrage is ministry and ONLY FOR THE MATURE CROWD!!!!

We - JR, Christopher & I - spent about an hour this morning in what we hope will soon be Christopher's new school! :) It was mostly just meet the teacher, see the classrooms, and setup an IEP meeting - which is set for 1:30pm Mon 21 Feb. Ms. Gorham will provide a draft IEP for our review next week, we expect it to say he will benefit from class-based services, and he will be able to start school immediately - Tuesday the 22nd. :)

"And finally, three words: Patience. Patience. Patience. Work to view my autism as a different ability rather than a disability. Look past what you may see as limitations and see the gifts autism has given me. It may be true that I’m not good at eye contact or conversation, but have you noticed that I don’t lie, cheat at games, tattle on my classmates or pass judgment on other people? Also true that I probably won’t be the next Michael Jordan. But with my attention to fine detail and capacity for extraordinary focus, I might be the next Einstein. Or Mozart. Or Van Gogh. They had autism too. The answer to Alzheimer’s, the enigma of extraterrestrial life -- what future achievements from today’s children with autism, children like me, lie ahead? All that I might become won’t happen without you as my foundation. Be my advocate, be my friend, and we’ll see just how far I can go."

JR & I (& Christopher) are meeting with an FCPS Special Education Preschool teacher at 1015am Friday morning to initiate the development of Christopher's Individual Educational Program (IEP). Ms. Giatra Gorham teaches at very nearby Terra Centre, presumably an FCPS special education preschool. Christopher's IEP is due by 3/03 (which is a Saturday, so will be done before then). I still have no good indication whether he will receive in-home services or class-based services.

FREE poster available now. The poster is A1 size, printed in full colour on both sides and includes texts by Michele Robecchi and Franko B. It marks Franko B's forthcoming solo exhibition at the Nunnery Gallery in London.

Do you find yourself around people who cannot embrace the new you?
Do you constantly try to convince them you are a different person?
Answer this question, WHY?

I use to try to please others just to be accepted by their standards. I did not realize how draining this was for me. I would leap through hoops just to let them know I have changed. But I realized it did not matter because they wanted to me to feel guilty instead of forgiving me. If people cannot forgive you for the past person you use to be give them their divorce papers and let them walk. You have to understand life is too precious to allow others insecurities defeat the victory in you.Be cautious of people who do not accept your change and continue to dwell on who you use to be. These particular people will keep your life in a choke hold because they cannot see your growth. Do not become prey to their unforgiveness but rise up and walk on to the next community. When you go to the next community you will find people who will love you for who you are and embrace you. We spend to much time trying to convince others of our change and in the end we are unhappy. If you have changed for the better and others cannot embrace the new you then wipe the dust off your feet and move on..."Forgiveness does not hold guilt over your head forgiveness wipes our trangressions into the sea of forgetfulness"

The meeting Thursday was a simple discussion about whether or not the team agrees that Christopher would benefit from specialized individualized instruction. We/They all agreed he would. He's eligible for Fairfax County Services. We will meet next week with the curriculum planners, they have thirty days to develop a formal IEP, but they said services could start after the first meeting. I had thought it would be just preschool, but the more I look into it, it could include other more intensive therapies, maybe in-home if it would be more beneficial. We'll see.

Last weeks' elegibility committee meeting was postponed due to the snow, we're re-scheduled for this Thursday at 10:20am. JR has been pouring over the screening report and the internet, and is convinced Christopher has autism. I will wait for an actual diagnosis, so will find and schedule a developmental pediatrician, but can easily see how/why JR thinks autism. Christopher exhibits some degree of many autism indicators. But he doesn't exhibit them all, and the ones he does exhibit - he doesn't seem to exhibit very strongly, so if he does wind up being diagnosed on the autism spectrum, we're hopeful it would be on the higher functioning end. Meanwhile, as we continue to educate ourselves, and grapple with the possibilities, we keep coming up with more and more questions, and we're just not far enough into the process to have answers.

Have you ever had a test?
How did you feel about the test?

Well, if you are like most people taking a test can be stressful and frustrating. However, when you take a test your mind is focused on passing or failing. When you take a test orchestrated in the spiritual realm it is all about how you maintain your attitude. The past four months have been a test of my faith,stamina, patience and joy. I have endured in a season of pruning and the process was not comfortable. God began to peel away layers so he could build a better foundation to promote me to the next level. I never thought I would encountered a season quite like this one. Nevertheless, each level of pruning help me relinquish things in order to receive a greater reward. The issues I were married to would destroy my advancement to the next level. I had to painfully divorce those issues that were laying dormant. The test was not easy but it prepared me for a greater harvest. Sometimes in life we are tested and tried but understand with each test comes a lesson.

The first couple of months I was screaming, crying and fighting but then I recognized that the resistant would make the test longer. I decided to humble myself, become submissive and let God walk me through the process. During my last two months I was peaceful and joyful inspite of my circumstances. There was a lesson behind the test. The test was a sign of gorwth and maturity.

So, remember do not focus on the test but endeavor to change the way you look at the circumstances. All test are not meant to stress you out but in them find the maturity and wisdom to walk gracefully through what God is doing for you. "Grace Saves Face..."

Note:"Sometimes we forget if we are going through it is for a reason and if God wanted us not to got through it then he would allow us to come out of it. But if He does not take us out of it then there is a reason for the process. He is God he can do anything..."