WELCOME to "The Life of Riley" which will include periodic chronicles of pop culture and possibilities that flow out of Patrick L. Riley's day. That's me!!! Through blogging (and soon some other technological features on which I'll keep you posted as they launch), I will pull experiences from my busy life to entertain and inspire all of you. Through this site, I will share my observations and insights. Some features to look forward to:
1.) "PATRICK'S POP UP(DATES)" will feature stories from pop culture, music, theater, fashion, and the entertainment industry at large.
2.) "The Life of Riley" will also introduce a "take-a-look-at-your-life" section (READ: sort of an advice column), where I will help readers come up with their own questions and answers around what "ways of being" are working (or not working) to have them acheive their respective goals and live their best lives. This section is called "WHO YOU BE?".
3.) Additonally, there will be a free-flowing, organic section called "TESTIFY" from which I will pull from my own life's journey to share and hopefully inspire. Some of the fare may be new musings and experiences. Other times, I may pull from my journals and past sharings to shed light on some uncomfortable truths that I've experienced and that may perhaps play a role in healing someone else's wounds as the real-life experience did for me. From my experience of covering 9/11 as a freelance journalist to courageously coming out (as gay) to my family, "TESTIFY" promises to move those who choose to read it.
4.) And a section titled "PR" (like my initials, but also like "public relations") will include press clips from any coverage I get.
Entries in BLACK BARBIE (1)
Spelman College & Patrick L. Riley ask: "Who's Your Alter Ego?"
Hi folks,
Spelman College Museum of Fine Art has partnered with my blog "A Day in the Life of Riley: Pop Culture & Possibilities" in the promotion of “Undercover: Performing and Transforming Black Female Identities,” an original exhibition on view through December 5, 2009. As a Morehouse Man, I consider this collaboration with my 'sister alma mater' a total honor.
The exhibit 'Undercover' (detailed in the attached documents) examines the social implications of race, gender, and disguise. And the Museum emphasizes works by and about women of the African Diaspora (and well-known, mid-career, and emerging artists are a part of this exhibit - detailed in the attached documents).
But to put some POP in the effort, the marketing team sought me out to ask some CELEBRITIES and FRIENDS in my social network (and representatives of CELEBRITIES and FRIENDS in my social network) some questions - the responses of which we can sprinkle in my blog and on the exhibit's website.
AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS REPLY TO THE FOLLOWING VIA THIS EMAIL (Nothing formal. Just your answers... and any elaboration you choose to share):
1. WHO IS YOUR ALTER EGO?
2. WHY?
3. IN YOUR OPINION, WHICH AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN HAVE THE BEST (OR MOST COMPELLING) ALTER EGOS?
4. PLEASE PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING:
NAME
AGE <optional>
CURRENT PROJECT(S)
MAILING ADDRESS
EMAIL ADDRESS
PHONE NUMBER
With Chris Rock's "Good Hair", Disney's upcoming African American Princess Tiana ("The Princess and the Frog"), Mattel's new line of Black Barbies, it's clear that Black women are guiding and monitoring themselves throughout the world in a number of image-altering ways. With that, we want some feedback from you... and to see how ALTER EGOs show up in your life and the lives of the women we LOVE and ADMIRE - artistically, in reality, or both.
If you have any pointed questions, please email me at patarack@hotmail.com and/or patarack_riley@yahoo.com. If it's easier for us to talk about it on the phone, don't hesitate to call me at 201.965.7250.
And once I put my entries together for my blog or the exhibit's website, I'll be sure to send you the link.
I look forward to receiving your answers as soon as possible. I will begin to get these responses out to the site(s) by FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23rd and they will continue to run through DECEMBER.
THANKS - as always - for your support!
Patrick L. Riley
"A Day in the Life of Riley: Pop Culture & Possibilities"
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Key Museum Events/Dates: - Thurs., Sept. 10, 6:00pm Opening of Exhibition - Thurs., Oct. 22, 2:30pm Conversation w/Artist Renèe Cox and Art historian Lisa Farrington, Ph.D. @ Spelman Museum - Thurs., Oct. 22, 7:00pm Artist Lecture: Renèe Cox (Atlanta Celebrates Photography, Spelman Women's Research and Resource Center, High Museum) at High Museum of Art, Hill auditorium - Wed., Nov. 4, 4:00pm Undercover Open House @ Spelman Museum - Thurs., Nov. 10, 6:30pm Deep Cover: An Interactive Gallery Walk with exhibition Curators Andrea Barnwell Brownlee, Ph.D. and Karen Comer Lowe - Wed., Dec. 10, 6:30pm Closing Reception Links: View "Undercover" mini-tour on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEzcKXSLuLo Follow us on Twitter@spelmanmuseum Become a Fan on Facebook Learn more at www.spelmanmuseum.org ACP Artists lecture 10/22 - http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/374 Reviews: 1) Arts Critic Catherine Fox’s Blog in ArtscriticATL http://artsatl.typepad.com/artscriticatl/page/3/ 2) Meghan Norman’s Review and Commentary Blog in Burnaway.org http://ow.ly/rnqM
THE LIFE OF RILEY
in ALTER EGO, ATLANTA, BLACK BARBIE, FINE ART, Morehouse College, PATRICK'S POP(UP)DATES/TESTIFY/PR, PRINCESS TIANA, SPELMAN COLLEGE, SPELMAN COLLEGE MUSEUM OF FINE ART
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