InternationalArtAdventures
InternationalArtAdventures
1545 W. Morse
Chicago, IL 60626
ph: 773 507 1300
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About Us
Marianna Buchwald, artist, teacher, interpreter, translator, director, guide for international and city tours.
Ms. Buchwald directs an international ensemble of artists and dancers, produces art and multi media. (Performances last few years: Color- Form- Dance at Peter Jones Gallery, 2007,Black bird and Vagabonds, Color Form Dance,Chicago.The Lying Leopard August, 2006 at Bucktown Arts Festival. Dream Journey, Australia. 2004&2005, in Germany.The Magic Bell, Ghana for the Columbia College and Beverly Arts Center Theater,Chicago. The Fate of the Magician,Mexico for the schools in Chicago. Moremi, Nigeria; Aztec Rituals, Mexico, A Flor da Lua, Brazil. Dream Journey, Australia, The Royal Game with the SCHARNIERTHEATER HANNOVER, Germany and many more performances.
Mission statement:"We aim to create a dialogue between cultures, using our many different art forms. We express the unique and specific flavor of our language, art, poetry and tradition as part of our contemporary selves."
Our Business
Ms Buchwald teaches art, movement and mask theater.
Recently, Ms Buchwald taught at the Galaxie, the Community Covenant Church, the Phoenix Mental Health Care Center,the SHARNIERTHEATER HANNOVER in Germany. Ms. B.also taught movement theater at Victory Gardens Theater, the Chicago School for Theater and Dance, residencies for the Illinois Arts Council, the Goethe Institute, Art Resources in Teaching and Youth Guidance.
Photo:Steven Gillam:Marianna Buchwald:Work in Progress 2008
Who We Are
April-September 2007, Claudia Finn lead an educational outreach project, Saturday afternoons"The Creativity Masterclass" for teenagers at the Galaxie, which gave teenagers the opportunity to study many art forms, including aerial dance, mime and visual arts. (Claudia in "Urban Climbing Project 2007")
Photo:Steven Gillam:Urban Climbing Project with Claudia Finn and Friends,2007
Claudia Finn writes about some of the members:Ching Yin and Shanti Kumari -Johnson:
“26 yards of fabric stretched between China and Mexico binding two women together.
Two lines creep out of vastly different background, across space and through time to
find themselves entangled in each other’s dreams, joys, sorrows- and sharing a single passion: to dance.
Ching and Shanti are members of the International Art group of Rogers Park, two of the many people from all over the world, who have used the forum to reveal their thoughts and experiences, and to develop a deeper understanding of other cultures through sharing their art. Ching’s feet trace intricate patterns on the floor, her ink brush dances the delicate strokes of Chinese character on rolled out rice paper.
Hillary’s pen, tip as fine as a beading needle, traces the fragile forms of women, transforming into winged creatures of men with cloven hooves of delicate leaves, bubbles, glistening spider webs, and bridges spanning vast expanses of gleaming water
to a shore so distant as to be almost invisible.
Marianna’s canvasses laugh, cups and figurines dance together, figures and faces appear and disappear in halos of gyrating colors. In front of these large backdrops, Marianna’s body echoes the sweep of her brushstrokes, her rich voice submerging the audience in a cascade of German and English poetry, that explains, wraps around and bounces off the painted images like a playful child. Often other dancers spring in and out of Marianna’s performances, wearing the giant animal masks her father makes for the festivals in Hannover,Germany. “
Marianna Buchwald, Hillary Jirka and Wencke Braaten of the International art Group taught master classes and engaged in exciting art activity and events.
Alan Emerson- Hicks; artist, performances, curator
Wencke Braaten: storytelling, performances,
Hillary Jirca: Illustrator
Sandra Simonson: Painter
Steven Gillam: Photographer
Annie Holm: knitting installations, curator
Deirdre Fox: Installations
Tim Jackson: Cartoons
Pascal: Cartoons
David Elmer: Paintings
Sharon and Benjamin Giles: Storytelling
Claudia Finn: Painter, Aerial Dancer, Mime
Shanti Kumari-Johnson: Dancer , Poet, Musician
Ching Yin: Dancer, Calligraphy
InternationalArtAdventures
1545 W. Morse
Chicago, IL 60626
ph: 773 507 1300
marbuchw
