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VALLEY INSTITUTE OF VISUAL ART
SUMMER 2009
VIVA Gallery • 13261 Moorpark Street • Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 • 818. 385.0080 • www.vivagallery.org
"Full House For The Poet’s Gallery"
VIVA is getting a reputation as the place to be on a Saturday nig...
Milwaukee's Spicuzza writes a love letter to Italy
By Bobby Tanzilo
Managing Editor
Feb. 24, 2009
Jeanne Marie Spicuzza has lived in L.A. for a decade now, but her ties to Milwaukee are as strong as ever.
The poet, writer, artist and performer...
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- About Me:
- Jeanne Marie Spicuzza is a writer, filmmaker, actress, herbalist, tarot reader, activist, painter and illustrator. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The founder of arts collective Seasons & a Muse, Inc., Ms. Spicuzza is published in Shepherd Express, Poets Against War, Poetry Motel, Poetic Diversity and others. She has featured internationally at Ladyfest, Lollapalooza, Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Pabst Theatre and more, and on television and radio such as MATA, NPR, BBC, WSUM and ROR Italia. She portrayed the fortune-telling Toyota Yaris on the 2006 Dew Action Sports Tour. Her films have screened at festivals, like Wisconsin and Portobello Film Festivals, worldwide. She has received awards and nominations from the National Organization for Women, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Vatican Division of Arts and Culture and others. Her collection, beautiful terrible & true, is in its second printing through Libri Publishers. Her self-titled CD received a nomination for the Golden Headset Award. Ms. Spicuzza's audio and visual work may be found on permanent exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum and at the David Barnett Gallery. She travels whenever she can.
- Website:
- http://www.seasonsandamuse.com
- Favorite Poet or Author:
- Stephanie Strickland and Soren Kierkegaard
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VIVAnews
VALLEY INSTITUTE OF VISUAL ART
SUMMER 2009
VIVA Gallery • 13261 Moorpark Street • Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 • 818. 385.0080 • www.vivagallery.org
"Full House For The Poet’s Gallery"
VIVA is getting a reputation as the place to be on a Saturday night! It was standing room only in the front gallery at our second evening of poetry reading and the overflow of attendees didn’t seem to mind that they had to watch and listen from the 2nd gallery. Dori Marler was our hostess and mistress of ceremonies w… Continue
SUMMER 2009
VIVA Gallery • 13261 Moorpark Street • Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 • 818. 385.0080 • www.vivagallery.org
"Full House For The Poet’s Gallery"
VIVA is getting a reputation as the place to be on a Saturday night! It was standing room only in the front gallery at our second evening of poetry reading and the overflow of attendees didn’t seem to mind that they had to watch and listen from the 2nd gallery. Dori Marler was our hostess and mistress of ceremonies w… Continue
Posted on July 6, 2009 at 9:00pm —
Milwaukee's Spicuzza writes a love letter to Italy
Milwaukee's Spicuzza writes a love letter to Italy
By Bobby Tanzilo
Managing Editor
Feb. 24, 2009
Jeanne Marie Spicuzza has lived in L.A. for a decade now, but her ties to Milwaukee are as strong as ever.
The poet, writer, artist and performer comes from a prominent arts family in the city; the same family that gave the city post-Impressionist painter Francesco Spicuzza, Jeanne's great-uncle, and her aunt Sylvia, also a painter.
A few years ago, Spicuzza married her boyfriend, former… Continue
By Bobby Tanzilo
Managing Editor
Feb. 24, 2009
Jeanne Marie Spicuzza has lived in L.A. for a decade now, but her ties to Milwaukee are as strong as ever.
The poet, writer, artist and performer comes from a prominent arts family in the city; the same family that gave the city post-Impressionist painter Francesco Spicuzza, Jeanne's great-uncle, and her aunt Sylvia, also a painter.
A few years ago, Spicuzza married her boyfriend, former… Continue
Posted on May 27, 2009 at 5:26pm —
'MY ITALIA' by JEANNE MARIE SPICUZZA hits the shelves in December
For Sicilian-American author, actress and filmmaker Jeanne Marie Spicuzza, MY ITALIA serves up drama, adventure and humor.
(Los Angeles, CA) MY ITALIA, the second much-anticipated collection by internationally acclaimed, award-winning poet Jeanne Marie Spicuzza, makes its way to the shelves in December. Selections include "Sicilian Monopoly," "Italian Theatre," "Confession," and more. Spicuzza weaves tales of family, food, passion and travel with ironic wisdom. A collection… Continue
(Los Angeles, CA) MY ITALIA, the second much-anticipated collection by internationally acclaimed, award-winning poet Jeanne Marie Spicuzza, makes its way to the shelves in December. Selections include "Sicilian Monopoly," "Italian Theatre," "Confession," and more. Spicuzza weaves tales of family, food, passion and travel with ironic wisdom. A collection… Continue
Posted on November 15, 2008 at 4:30am —
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