Join Me at PechaKucha: Wilderness

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Join us for an evening of PechaKucha presentations on the topic of Wilderness, hosted by Creative Santa Fe and presented at SITE Santa Fe.

My portraits and poems project, I AM: For the Love of Nature, has been juried into the quarterly PechaKucha presentation, hosted by Creative Santa Fe and presented at SITE Santa Fe. My presentation is titled “When Nature Calls” and it’s not the answer you may first think! 🌿

Here are the PechaKucha Wilderness details:

Doors open at 5:30 PM. The event begins at 6 PM. Light refreshments will be served.

This is a free public event with a suggested donation of $5 per attendee. Proceeds from this event support Creative Santa Fe, SITE Santa Fe, and PechaKucha.

Get your tickets here and now; these events have sold out in the past.

If you’re not familiar with PechaKucha, it is a unique presentation format, developed 20 years ago by two architects in Japan. It means “chit chat” and each speaker has 20 slides, 20 seconds each that auto-advance. Each presentation is exactly six minutes and forty seconds.

It’s a lively and enlivening experience that I first learned about in Hawai‘i near the time it launched. You’ve heard that saying, “I would have written a shorter letter, but I didn’t have enough time.” Well, this format demands the presenter find the time to truly focus on the core messages in a combined audio and visual format.

Our Wilderness speaker lineup is diverse and inspiring! I hope you’ll join us if possible. 🌿

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Please Join Us at the Turquoise Trail Studio Tour

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turquoise trail studio tour announcementSince Shane and I moved out of Santa Fe central, onto 6 acres in the ‘country,’ we’ve discovered an incredibly rich community of artists. We applied and were both accepted to join this year’s Turquoise Trail Studio Tour.

We’re so fortunate to have a 1000 sq ft studio on the property. We’ve spent the past year cleaning it, with Shane painting the entire inside (floor and ceiling as well as walls!) a bright white, and he also installed a heater as we had none. We’ve been busy making art the past several months and spending some time each week cleaning up the property for your visit; it had been neglected for about 15 years. Read more

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Marie Claire Italia and Me

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photo spread in Marie Claire Italia magazine with Roxanne Darling

 

Way back in 1996, I built and published my very first website. I cried the moment I clicked “Publish” — overwhelmed by the idea that anyone in the world could now (in theory) connect with me. I’ve always experienced the internet as an oddly spiritual place, one where like-minded and like-hearted humans connect on even the tiniest and quirkiest of shared interests. Increasingly, we don’t have to depend on lineage or geography, and instead, the power of energy is coming to the fore. It goes along with the drive for increased ‘authenticity’ and a willingness to be more of who you are and less of who you are not. In essence, we are abandoning the need to fit in for the freedom to express our unique desires and points of view. Read more

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Shots Magazine Selection Summer 2020

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Shots Magazine Editorial Selection

I entered work for the Shots Magazine theme, Into the Wild, in late Spring, 2020 — my first submission to a print publication. Having my work accepted? It gave me the “chicken skin” and a heart full of gratitude. You can find me in Shots Magazine, Issue No. 48, on page 23.

I love how they describe their editorial process, so I’m quoting it here, slightly condensed: Read more

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2020 International Juried Exhibition

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2020 International Juried Exhibition

Juror: Aline Smithson, Editor-in-Chief, Lenscratch
Center for Photographic Art
Director: Ann Jastrab
Carmel, CA

I met Ann Jastrab at the CENTER Santa Fe review and she has been a tremendous supporter of my work. For this exhibition, over 2500 images were submitted. 110 were selected by juror, Aline Smithson. (40 in the gallery and 70 in the online show.) Aline is one of our champions in photography. I find her own photographic work technically superb and often whimsical in subject matter, resulting in a large body of work and countless awards. (I’m especially fond of this series she did with her mom.) But that’s only the start as Aline is a beloved fine art photography instructor and also runs the website, Lenscratch, which features a new photographer every single day. Read more

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Poetry and Prose for the Planet

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Poetry and Prose for the Planet

Friday • August 14, 2020
12 – 1 pm EDT

The Cream Literary Alliance and the City of West Palm Beach Office of Sustainability present Poetry and Prose for the Planet, a literary event examining climate change.

This event features the following:
Roxanne Darling: artist and poet
Richard W. Emory, Jr.: author of Fighting Pollution and Climate Change: An EPA Veteran’s Guide How to Join in Saving Our Life on Planet Earth
Eduardo Condes: poet
Ellis Elliott: poet
Amy Dahan: poet
Laurie Kuntz: poet
David Spielberg: poet and writer Read more

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Solo Show and Artist Talk at galleryFRITZ

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I AM: For the Love of Nature

31 January – March 15 2020

EXTENDED for two more weeks!
galleryFRITZ
540 S Guadalupe St
Santa Fe, NM 87501
505-820-1888

Opening Reception: Friday, 31 January

Artist Talk: Saturday, 15 February, 2-3 pm

Project Website: iamfortheloveofnature.com
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Presenting on Climate Change at the Norton Museum of Art

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The Cream Literary Alliance in West Palm Beach is hosting an event on climate change and I’ve been invited as the featured presenter to show my photographs, read a few poems, and discuss how my work is in support of the love of nature. This 90-minute program is part of the Norton’s Art After Dark series — free events at the museum on Friday nights. Read more

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LACP Members’ Juried Exhibition

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Equus Among Us [previously named Mustang Convertible] by Roxanne Darling

About the Exhibition

Opening: August 10th – 6-8 pm
Show Dates: August 10-31, 2019
Juror: Douglas McCulloh
Sponsor: LACP Sixth Annual Members’ Exhibition
Location: dnj Gallery
3015 Ocean Park Boulevard
Santa Monica, CA 90405 Read more

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Juried Exhibition: unconstrained at ASmith Gallery

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Discussing Age at Sunset with a Saguaro

My piece, Discussing Age at Sunset with a Saguaro, was selected for the ‘unconstrained’ juried exhibition at the ASmith Gallery in Johnson City, TX. Since it’s relatively close to home (here in Santa Fe, NM) I used the opening to take my first solo trip in the RV to attend. Let me tell you – I had a wonderful trip from start to finish! I’ve attached a few photos from the trip and really touched a nerve with my RV in the sunset in West Texas. Seems there are many who at least dream of heading out on a solo adventure to somewhere. I am all in favor of it. Read more