#serena wolcott

[bookfirstlinetourney]

Round 1

He began his new life standing up, surrounded by cold darkness and stale, dusty air.

-The Maze Runner, James Dashner

Sam Vimes sighed when he heard the scream, but he finished shaving before he did anything about it

-Night Watch, Terry Pratchett

People who knew Chester and Serena Wolcott socially would have placed money on the idea that the couple would never choose to have children.

-Down Among the Sticks and Bones, Seanan McGuire

#books #polls #reading #round 1 #tournament poll #the maze runner #james dashner #night watch #terry pratchett #down among the sticks and bones #seanan mcguire

[incorrect-wayward-children]

Jill: Sorry Mom, called you by accident.

Serena: No worries. Had you on accident.

#jill wolcott #serena wolcott #wayward children #incorrect quotes #seanan mcguire #source: texts from last night

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Caitlin Fitzgerald as Serena Wolcott in UnReal

#caitlin fitzgerald #caitlin fitzgerald edit #CaitlinFitzgeraldedit #CFitzgerald #cfitzgeraldedit #unrealedit #unreal #unreal s3 #serena wolcott #she's so pretty #apparently i have a lot of gifs i haven't posted yet so i'm catching up

[cherylblossom]

“If you're going on a first date with a guy, there are only three things you need to put on repeat: ‘You are SO right!’, ‘This is a GREAT idea!’, ‘Can you, umm... can you help me?’”

#unrealedit #unreal #serena wolcott #chet wilton #my stuff #mine: unreal #the way she turned it on HIM #i'm actually loving serena

[vidaflxwer]

6! 6! 6! 6! 10, 43 because you said you sleep with three (also, scoliosis suffer too here) and 48. But also 48 version 2 because i want to know the first sentence from your favourite book

6. it’s the color of freshly bloomed forget-me-nots in the beginning of spring, the color of the sky through wispy snow clouds. and i don’t really know how else to describe it so i’m just gonna leave it with those!

10. not really, no! my friends were never really the kind to give each other nicknames back then so i never had one! 

43. one of them is light gray, one’s white with red reindeer and christmas ornaments on it, and the other’s a pastel pink with various pastel colored hearts on it! 

48. from my nearest book, which is down among the sticks and bones by seanan mcguire (i highly recommend it, if you’re comfortable with reading adult novels! it’s like a dark fantasy retelling of jack and girl where they’re twin girls and it’s stunning, i love it so much!), the first line is “people who knew chester and serena wolcott socially would have placed money on the idea that the couple would never choose to have children”

now the first line of my favorite book, which is vicious by v.e. schwab (again, this is an adult novel, so just know that in case you want to pick it up!), the first line is “victor readjusted the shovels on his shoulder and stepped gingerly over an old, half-sunken grave”

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Down Among the Sticks and Bones – Seanan McGuire PEOPLE WHO KNEW Chester and Serena Wolcott socially would have placed money on the idea that the couple would never choose to have children.

#Seanan McGuire

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TAGGED BY: @storiestotell​ TAGGING: @justholybranches @poptartsandparlortricks @wintermae

NAME: Jacqueline “Jack” Wolcott

AGE: 18

SPECIES: Human

GENDER:   Female

RELIGION:  Atheist

ORIENTATION:  Bisexual

PROFESSION: Mad scientist (in training)

BODY TYPE: Tall and thin

EYES: Brown

HAIR:  Blonde

SKIN: Pale, with freckles

HEIGHT:  5′9″

SIBLINGS:  Jillian (identical twin)

PARENTS:  Chester and Serena Wolcott

ANY PETS?:  yes [  ] || no [ X ]

COLOURS: Black, blue, red

SMELLS:  Wolfsbane, electricity

FOOD:  No preference, as long as it’s prepared in a sanitized environment

FRUITS: No preference

DRINKS:  Hot chocolate

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES?  No preference

FAVORITES: Walking along the Moors, learning new things, Dr Bleak, Alexis, resurrecting the dead, studying quietly with no interruptions

SMOKES?  yes [ ]  ||  no [ X ] ||  occasionally [  ]

DRINKS?  yes [ ]  ||  no [  ]  ||  occasionally [ X ]

DRUGS?:  yes [ ]  ||  no [ X ]  ||  occasionally [  ]

DRIVER LICENSE?:  yes [  ]  ||  no [ X ]

#(by the light of a single storm)

[elderlingacademic]

Review: Down Among the Sticks and Bones

Author: Seanan McGuire

Opening Line: ‘People who knew Chester and Serena Wolcott socially would have placed money on the idea that the couple would never choose to have children.’

The sheer snark in the opening sequence of this book is probably enough to sustain me for years. This is the second book in the Wayward Children series – I previously reviewed the first book, Every Heart a Doorway – and McGuire does not let us down.

This story goes back to before the events of Every Heart a Doorway and gives us the full story of the twins Jack and Jill going through their door. As a novella, the story is sparing – but this works beautifully with the gothic setting, creating a sparse and dramatic environment that needs little else to bring it to life.

The evolution of the characters throughout the story is also very well done, and perhaps a point where this story does better than the one before it – you can really see what makes Jack and Jill who they are, and their depiction here adds a great deal of depth to their presence in Every Heart a Doorway. The f/f relationship is not given a great deal of time but nevertheless had me rooting for it.

Overall, a short but enticing read that packs a lot of emotion in its small number of pages. 4.5/5.

You might enjoy this book if you enjoyed: Peter Pan (J. M. Barrie), Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll), Uprooted (Naomi Novik), Mort (Terry Pratchett).

Check out the rest of my reviews here!

#down among the sticks and bones #wayward children #seanan mcguire #every heart a doorway #elac reviews #qreview #4.5/5

[maddiesplaybills]

Hi friends!

I’m seeing the Matilda tour in Minneapolis next week and I’m getting excited and feeling quite generous and I’ve realized that I have a bunch of audio masters from the past year that I’ve yet to share... so here they are, as a gift to you.

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical National Tour 11/28/2015 | Minneapolis, MN (full show) Cast: Abby Mueller (Carole King), Liam Tobin (Gerry Goffin), Becky Gulsvig (Cynthia Weil), Ben Fankhauser (Barry Mann), Curt Bouril (Don Kirshner), Suzanne Grodner (Genie Klein), Ensemble: Ashley Blanchet, Sarah Bockel, Andrew Brewer, Britney Coleman, Rebecca E. Covington, Josh A. Dawson, John Michael Dias, Paris Nix, Noah J. Ricketts, Salisha Thomas, Delaney Westfall, Dashaun Young

Newsies National Tour 02/13/2016 | Minneapolis, MN (full show) Cast: Joey Barreiro (Jack Kelly), Steve Blanchard (Joseph Pulitzer), Morgan Keene (Katherine), Aisha de Haas (Medda Larkin), Stephen Michael Langton (Davey), Zachary Sayle (Crutchie), John Michael Pitera (Les), Ensemble: Mark Aldrich, Josh Assor, Bill Bateman, Joshua Burrage, Kevin Carolon, DeMarius R. Copes, Michael Dameski, JP Ferreri, Sky Flaherty, Kaitlyn Frank, Michael Gorman, Melissa Steadman Hart, Stephen Hernandez, James Judy, Devin Lewis, Nicholas Masson, Alex Prakken, Jordan Samuels, Daniel Switzer, Andrew Wilson, Chaz Wolcott, Iain Young

The Book of Mormon National Tour 05/29/16 | Minneapolis, MN (full show) Cast: Ryan Bondy (Elder Price), Cody Jamison Strand (Elder Cunningham), Candace Quarrels (Nabulungi), Daxton Bloomquist (Elder McKinley), Sterling Jarvis (Mafala Hatimbi), David Aron Damane (General Butt Fucking Naked), Ensemble: Kevin Clay, Eric Geil, Jacob Haren, Daryn Whitney Harrell, Antwaun Holley, Eric Huffman, Kristen Jeter, Oyoyo Joi, Kolby Kindle, Ben Laxton, Will Lee-Williams, Melvin Brandon Logan, CJ Pawlikowski, Dereck Seay, Marcus Terrell Smith, Nichole Turner, Edward Watts

Fun Home National Tour 12/16/16 | Minneapolis, MN (full show) Cast: Kate Shindle (Alison), Alessandra Baldacchino (Small Alison), Robert Petkoff (Bruce), Abby Corrigan (Medium Alison), Susan Moniz (Helen), Pierson Salvador (Christian), Lennon Nate Hammond (John), Karen Eilbacher (Joan), Robert Hager (Roy/Mark/Pete/Bobby Jeremy)

Matilda Broadway 01/01/17 I figure that most people that want this audio already have it, but if you don’t, here’s mine! (full show) Cast: Willow McCarthy (Matilda), Bryce Ryness (Miss Trunchbull), Jennifer Blood (Miss Honey), John Sanders (Mr Wormwood), Lesli Margherita (Mrs Wormwood), Joseph Medeiros (Michael Wormwood), Phillip Spaeth (Rudolpho), Karen Aldridge (Mrs Phelps), Michael Minarik (The Escape Artist), Jennifer Bowles (The Acrobat), Michael Fatica (Party Entertainer/Sergei), Geoff Packard (Doctor), Evan Gray (Bruce), Serena Quadrato (Lavender), Gavin Swartz (Nigel), Brooklyn Nelson (Amanda), Ian Saraceni (Eric), Akira Golz (Alice), Talia Ryder (Hortensia), Trey Middleton (u/s Tommy), Ensemble: Colin Isarel, Marisa Kennedy, Travis Waldschmidt, Wesley Faucher Final performance of Matilda on Broadway

Sweet Charity Off-Broadway 01/02/17 (act 1 / act 2) Cast: Yesenia Ayala (Betsy/Panhandler/Daddy’s Assistant), Darius Barnes (Thomas/Marvin/Doorman), James Brown III (Man with Dog/Daddy’s Assistant/Barney), Sutton Foster (Charity Hope Valentine), Asmeret Ghebremichael (Nickie), Shuler Hensley (Oscar), Sasha Hutchings (Elaine/Rosie), Donald Jones, Jr. (Ice Cream Vendor/Philip), Nikka Graff Lanzarone (Carmen/Ursula), Emily Padgett (Helene), Joel Perez (Charlie/Herman/Vittorio Vidal/Daddy Brubeck), Cody Williams (Walter/Maitre D’/Manfred)

Falsettos Broadway 01/03/17 (full show) Cast: Stephanie J. Block (Trina), Christian Borle (Marvin), Andrew Rannells (Whizzer), Anthony Rosenthal (Jason), Tracie Thoms (Dr. Charlotte), Brandon Uranowitz (Mendel), Betsy Wolfe (Cordelia) This performance of Falsettos was filmed for PBS and includes a brief pre-show speech by the director

Dear Evan Hansen Broadway 01/04/17 (full show) Cast: Ben Platt (Evan Hansen), Laura Dreyfuss (Zoe Murphy), Rachel Bay Jones (Heidi Hansen), Jennifer Laura Thompson (Cynthia Murphy), Mike Faist (Connor Murphy), Michael Park (Larry Murphy), Will Roland (Jared Kleinman), Kristolyn Lloyd (Alana Beck)

Waitress Broadway 01/05/17 (full show) Cast: Jessie Mueller (Jenna), Joe Cassidy (t/r Cal), Caitlin Houlahan (Dawn), Charity Angel Dawson (Becky), Dakin Matthews (Joe), William Popp (Earl), Henry Gottfried (u/s Dr. Pomatter), Christopher Fitzgerald (Ogie), Cate Elefante (Lulu), Ensemble: Thay Floyd, Molly Hager, Aisha Jackson, Anastacia McCleskey, Jeremy Morse, Stephanie Torns, Ryan Vasquez Joe Cassidy’s first performance as Cal

Matildapalooza 54 Below 01/06/17 (full show) Featuring Sophia Gennusa, Oona Laurence, Bailey Ryon, Milly Shapiro, Paige Brady, Ava Ulloa, Eliza Holland Madore, Tori Feinstein, Brooklyn Shuck, Fina Strazza, Mattea Conforti, Rileigh McDonald, Mimi Ryder, Alexandra Vlachos, Ava Briglia, Willow McCarthy, Aviva Winick

As always, let me know if there are any issues with the links and please enjoy!

Side note: does anyone have any idea of how the rotation works for the Matilda tour? I’d love to see all three girls in the role but since I’m completely clueless as to how the rotation works I’m not sure if I’ll be able to. Thanks in advance for any info!

#broadway audios #beautiful the carole king musical #newsies #the book of mormon #fun home #matilda #sweet charity #falsettos #dear evan hansen #waitress #matildapalooza

[growlegalweed-blog]

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UN Drug Commission Delays THC Rescheduling at 61 Session in Vienna, Austria

The UN’s Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) failed to reschedule cannabis at the 61st Session in Vienna, Austria, last month, bucking the expectations of activists. Per an anticipated recommendation from the World Health Organization (WHO), many believed the CND would remove tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) from Schedules I and IV, and make the cannabinoid a Schedule II, or perhaps deschedule it all together. Fentanyl, tramadol, and synthetic cannabinoids were castigated by all, but cannabis containing more than one percent THC will remain a topic of debate until March 2019. That’s when the CND reconvenes to update UN narcotics conventions from 1961, 1971, and 1988 that guide drug policies for member states.

UN narcotic conventions recognize that cannabis, opium poppy, and coca leaf can be used for medical purposes, but mandate that signatories work to eliminate illicit cultivation. The WHO serves as an advisor to the CND by assessing the dangers “of prevalent and harmful psychoactive substances” on an annual basis. Representing the WHO’s Expert Committee on Drug Dependence, Gilles Forte broke the news.

“As far as cannabis is concerned, the necessary clearance process is ongoing,” Forte said. “I regret that I must inform you that the necessary clearance process to communicate this information could not be conducted in time for this meeting.”

Julian Stobbs, of the South African advocacy group Fields of Green for All, typified the general feeling of disappointment. “On Thursday we went to the UN to listen to the WHO say, ‘Cut to the chase, THC isn’t as bad as you think, reschedule.’ And I thought I was going to see some history being made. Instead, it was, ‘I’m sorry we couldn’t sign it, we haven’t got the time.”

After a 2011 bust, Stobbs and his partner Myrtle Clarke (also known as the Dagga Couple) sued the South African government—who criminalized cannabis in 1878—for enacting unconstitutional cannabis laws, opening the door to personal use and cultivation in private spaces.

CBD Flowers at Mr. Nice (John Veit)

Last June, the WHO recommended that cannabidiol (CBD) be descheduled. A report released in November 2018, however, makes it difficult to understand why activists were hopeful THC would be next. The WHO report acknowledged some of cannabis’ therapeutic effects while providing academic and scientific data on its toxicology, association with respiratory problems, impairment to motor vehicle use, brain damage suffered by young people, and an array of other problems.

During the session, a representative from China expressed the most vociferous objections to de/rescheduling. “Globally cannabis is not used as a frontline clinical drug and it can be completely replaced by other drugs. We are worried that if we relax the control on cannabis, we most likely would send the wrong signal to the international community and mislead the public, especially the youth.”

Russia, Pakistan, and ASEAN (Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, Myanmar, Cambodia, Philippines, Singapore, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam) all backed China’s objections.

As the CND’s meeting came to a congenial close, US Ambassador Jackie Wolcott poisoned the atmosphere by objecting to the election of Iran’s Kazem Gharibabadi as CND Vice-Chair. She complained that Iran was “a state-sponsor of terrorism” and regurgitated a litany of gripes about Iran and Syria that had nothing to do with drug policy.

While the Iranian and Syrian delegates voiced their objections, Wolcott bee-lined to the bathroom. When she emerged she refused to answer any of High Times’ questions and rushed off “to get to another meeting.”

In a brief interview, Syria’s delegate Monia Al Saleh described Wolcott’s performance. “CND is a technical forum where we only negotiate issues relative to drugs and crime. We already know their position with regard to Iran. Mentioning Syria in her statement is not acceptable.”

Toni Straka, director of Austria’s Hanf Institute, explained why Vienna was an ideal setting for a cannabis conference. “Austria is the only EU country where the sale of seeds and seedlings are allowed,” she told High Times. “There are a lot of home grows, guaranteeing the highest quality weed all over Europe, because it is all growers who don’t grow for any kind of black market. It is like when you make tomatoes in your garden, you just want to have the best for yourself.”

Hanf and Hanf is a large grow shop across the Danube from the UN. While forbidden from selling flowers or oils containing more than one percent THC, their greenhouse is well stocked with clones and seedlings that do. Mr. Nice Guy across the street sold a wider variety of CBD flowers that, in our opinion, smelled and tasted better than Hanf and Hanf’s. The employees attributed the higher quality to the fact they grow their flowers themselves instead of relying on outside sources.

The CND meeting was followed by a weekend-long conference and trade show dedicated to sustainable cannabis production sponsored by FAAAT (For Alternative Approaches to Addiction Think and Do Tank. Panels covered human rights, environmental issues, gender disparities, medical use, hemp technologies, cooperative business models, and youth. Missing, however, were the voices of young people and representatives from developing countries. Unlike any other cannabis conference/trade show, FAAAT provided awards for cannabis businesses based on sustainability.

Konopex’s Hemp Beer (John Veit)

Tony Silvaggio, a Humboldt State University sociology professor and contributor to Where There’s Smoke: The Environmental Science, Public Policy, and Politics of Marijuana, began the conference with a bit of a downer. He explained that California’s registration fees and regressive taxes have incentivized large-scale grows while putting smaller, sustainable cultivators out of business. Like many panelists, Silvaggio’s conception of sustainability goes beyond environmental concerns. “There are sustainable communities, sustainable economies, sustainable agriculture,” he said. “It is a very expensive term.”

While he didn’t win any awards, the most innovative and potentially impactful hemp product was presented by Canada’s Carl Martel, who invented batteries made from carbonized hemp waste that can potentially be used to power vape pens, eliminating a major source of cannabis-related toxic waste.

While not on the ballot, Italy’s Serena Caserio and Virgilio Catanzano from Nonna Canapa should have received some votes for their comic book about a grandmother recounting the history of cannabis. Each book comes with a hemp seed stuck to a bookmark. After presentations in schools, children are then to take the book home, read it with their parents, and plant the seed in their gardens.

It was the general consensus that too much plastic packaging surrounds cannabis products. Konopex, a Czech company, supplied free hemp beer all weekend and vowed to stop using single-use plastic cups.

Myrtle Clarke, the other half of South Africa’s Dagga Couple, was glad her country didn’t medicalize marijuana. “With the medical thing you are wanting a bottle of medication with a barcode and standardization, thousands of rules, and a three-meter-high electric fence.”

She further lamented about the lack of younger voices at the conference. “Children in our rural areas are very much brought up with the cannabis economy because they need to help the old people out because there is no middle ground, everyone else has gone to the city,” Clarke said. “I met those people from Nonna Canapa yesterday and they gave me the comic book with the bookmark that you stick in the ground. You know, isn’t that the way to go? And all we ever hear is, ‘It’s going to make you schizophrenic!’ or ‘What about the children!?’ Yes, what about the children? This is also for the future of the children.”

For now, the adults are still in charge.

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#Austria #Commission #Delays #drug #Rescheduling #Session #Vienna

[incorrect-wayward-children]

Serena Wolcott: Sometimes I feel like I have failed as your mother.

Jack and Jill: SOMETIMES???

#serena wolcott #jack wolcott #jill wolcott #wayward children #incorrect quotes #seanan mcguire #source: unknown

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#unrealedit #Unreal #unreal s3 #3x01 #serena wolcott #serenawolcottedit #caitlin fitzgerald #caitlin fitzgerald edit #CaitlinFitzgeraldedit #CFitzgerald #cfitzgeraldedit #ily

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[fotopadova]

160 donne, 160 foto

di Andrea Scandolara

  --- Fare una mostra di fotografie scattate solo da donne potrebbe sembrare inopportuno in un clima nel quale si cerca la parità di genere; ma vedere che una singola mostra raggruppa 160 autrici che hanno contribuito alla storia della fotografia fa cambiare subito opinione; il loro numero indica già una parità e non da oggi ma già dai primi anni del 1900, ben prima della rivoluzione femminista degli anni ’60 e ’70.

Encomiabile l’operazione che hanno fatto Silvia Bianco, Ken Damy e Walter Liva, i curatori della mostra Donne&fotografia appena aperta a Udine dal CRAF in una centrale chiesa sconsacrata della città.

Raccogliere 160 foto di autrici internazionali non deve essere stato facile: il prestito è stato accordato da una decina di privati, gallerie e fondazioni, una di queste della Repubblica Ceca; ma tutto fa supporre una eccellente conoscenza della storia della fotografia, per lo meno per il periodo che va dal 1900 ad oggi.

E non deve essere stato facile creare un percorso espositivo trattandosi di foto a colori e in bianconero, di corpi, paesaggi e oggetti, di periodi ben diversi tra loro. Proprio questa eterogeneità ha imposto accostamenti per epoche precise (decenni) all’interno delle quali le differenze dei generi fotografici si scatenano.

Il percorso, assai complesso, tocca differenti epoche e culture d’Europa, delle Americhe, Africa, Asia, Australia. Le frontiere non esistono, nemmeno i confini per la creatività, questo è il miracolo della fotografia.

Tuttavia qui non è in gioco il riscatto del genere femminile impegnato in una professione un tempo prevalentemente maschile, ma per dirlo con le parole di Ken Damy “il vero scopo di questa importante esposizione è di verificare se le differenze stilistiche e di contenuto siano poi così evidenti”.

E’ innegabile che esista un modo femminile di guardare al mondo e questa già potrebbe essere una delle risposte. Il concetto è rafforzato dalle parole di Angelo Bertani, presidente del CRAF di Spilimbergo: “nel campo della fotografia la sensibilità femminile si esprime sopratutto nel saper dare la dovuta importanza agli stati d’animo più intimi e di conseguenza anche ai dettagli più nascosti e apparentemente trascurabili.”

In virtù di una diversa sensibilità della donna si dovrebbe riscontrare “una minor rudezza d’approccio alle cose, una gentilezza di tratto anche là dove l’impegno documentario è maggiore, una pietas più difficile da rintracciare altrove, un’attenzione non retorica per il corpo femminile, analizzato senza eccessivi e timorati pudori.”  (nota 1)

D’accordo, ma ci vorrà impegno nel guardare le fotografie, spesso queste differenze non sono così evidenti.

La mostra è imperdibile: 120 anni di capolavori messi insieme, autori opss... autrici capisaldi della fotografia, le cui opere abbiamo ammirato più volte su libri e antologie, non lasciano dubbi sull’importanza dell’iniziativa.

Le sorprese del Friuli non si fermano qui. Alla Galleria Tina Modotti di Udine (ex Mercato del pesce) è aperta fino al 29 ottobre, sempre a cura del CRAF una mostra di Newsha Tavakolian, giovane fotografa iraniana dal 2015 membro della prestigiosa Agenzia Magnum. Altra fotografa, peraltro presente nella collettiva di cui sopra, impegnata nei reportage, compresi quelli in zone di guerra, molto richiesti dai periodici internazionali. Sono in mostra immagini a colori di grande formato dove il soggetto è trattato con una sensibilità diversa che dichiara apertamente un approccio che va oltre quello documentario. E’ un messaggio che non arriva soltanto dal soggetto ma anche dallo stile, un suo stile inconfondibile.

Tavakolian a 36 anni è già richiestissima dalla stampa internazionale e i riconoscimenti per i suoi lavori non si contano più. Ma è curioso un episodio che non fa che aumentare la stima che abbiamo per lei. Nel 2014 vinse un premio messo a disposizione da una fondazione di un banchiere francese: 50.000 euro più una mostra e un volume con le sue foto. Il lavoro descriveva le condizioni di vita in Iran di coloro che erano stati adolescenti durante la rivoluzione komeinista. Il banchiere chiese alla Tavakolian di cambiare il titolo al lavoro e di togliere il testo che lei aveva preparato a corredo. “Non sono un fiore delicato, voglio solo prendermi la responsabilità del mio lavoro”, fu la risposta mentre restituiva il premio compreso l’importo in denaro. Successivamente ha usato parole pesanti e decise in merito all’influenza del mondo occidentale nel tentativo di condizionare l’arte iraniana e di conseguenza i suoi lavori. Coerenza.

 (nota 1) Romano Vecchiet, Dirigente del Servizio Integrato Musei e Biblioteche

 Donne&fotografia

dal 30.09.2017 al 7.01.2018 - Chiesa di San Francesco, Udine - orario: venerdì e sabato 15.00-18.00, domenica 10.30-12.30, 15.00-18.00. Ingresso libero. 

Le autrici sono: Fatima Abbadi, Berenice Abbott, Umida Akhmedova, Laure Albin Guillot, Lola Alvarez Bravo, Diane Arbus, Eve Arnold, Marina Ballo Charmet, Letizia Battaglia, Shobha Battaglia, Inez Baturo, Marina Berio, Ruth Bernhard, Rosangela Betti, Lynn Bianchi, Jelena Blagovic, Irena Blühovà, Hou Bo, Claude Bodier Batho, Margaret Bourke White, Marianne Brandt, Marilyn Bridges, Barbara Brooks Morgan, Lynn Butler, Marcella Campagnano, Lisetta Carmi, Ghitta Carell, Frances Aretta Carpenter, Carla Cerati, Denise Colomb, Augusta Conchiglia, Gabriella Csozso, Imogen Cunningham, Judy Dater, Liliane de Cock Morgan, Pamela de Marris, Diana Y Marlo, Delphine Diallo, Desiree Dolron, Gertrude Duby, Rena Effendi, Angele Etoundi Essamba, Gertrude Fehr, Trude Fleishmann, Rosa Foschi, Barbara Forshay, Martine Franck, Gisèle Freund, Susan Friedman, Toto Frima, Toni Frissell, Enikô Gàbor, Serena Gallini, Flor Garduño, Nan Goldin, Dorothee Golz, Henriette Grindat, Anne Marie Grobet, Shu Hamaura, Ester Havlová, Annemarie Heinrich, Florence Henri,Majlinda Hoxha,Regina Hübner,Zann Huizhen Huang,Elizaveta Ignatovic, Connie Imboden, Irina Ionesco, Graciela Iturbide, Monique Jacot, Bruna Kazinoti,Uma Kinoschita, Jaschi Klein, Sabine Korth, Germaine Krull, Dorothea Lange, Rebeka Legovic, Annie Leibovitz, Gerda Leo, Jana Leon, Elaine Ling, Monia Lippi, Mari Mahr, Rebecca Major, Mary Ellen Mark, Cindy Marler, Paola Mattioli, Marie Maurel de Maillé, Ruth Mayerson Gilbert, Janice Mehlman, Sheila Meitzner, Susan Meiselas, Manuela Metalli, Lee Miller, Tina Modotti, Lucia Moholy, Edit Molnar, Daniela Monaci, Sarah Moon, Inge Morath, Galina Moskaleva, Eleni Mouzakiti, Maria Mulas, Shirin Neshat, Jeanine Niepce, Cristina Nunez, Eleonora Olivetti, Cristina Omenetto, Elizabeth Opalenik, Ana Opalic, Orlan, Lina Pallotta, Slavka Pavic, Lynwood Pelham, Dita Pepe, Anna Pisula Mandziej, Marion Post Wolcott, Joan Powers, Lieve Prins, Agnese Purgatorio, Bettina Rheims, Leni Riefenstahl, Ursula Richter, Andre Rogi, Louise Rosskam, Ernestine Ruben, Marialba Russo, Katarina Sadowski, Sara Saudkova, Jane Schreibman, Cindy Sherman, Dayanita Singh, Sandy Skoglund, Viera Slavikovà, Vee Speers, Camila Sposati, Elisabeth Sunday, Karin Székessy, Brigitte Tast, Newsha Tavakolian, Joyce Tenneson, Olga Tobreluts, Naomi Toki, Ivana Tomanovic, Giuliana Traverso, Linda Troeller, Deborah Tuberville, Doris Ulmann, Carla van de Puttelaar, Danielle van Zadelhoff, Tereza Vickovà, Verena von Gagern, Sabine Weiss, Katarzyna Widmańska, Alice Wielinga, Susannah Wilshire Torem, Wong Wo Bik, Wanda Wulz, Mariana Yampolsky, Madame Yevonde, Yva, Cristina Zelich, Erszebet Zinner, Maria Zorzon. 

Newsha Tavakolian

dal 29.9 al 29.10.2017 - Galleria Tina Modotti (ex Mercato del pesce), via Paolo Sarpi, Udine - orario: venerdì e sabato 15.00-18.00, domenica 10.30-12.30, 15.00-18.00. Ingresso libero.

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