This is a very kid friendly event with audience participation possible.

There is a $10 suggested donation. Kids get in free.
There is some parking at the Studio. Overflow parking can be found across Preston Highway at Aldi.

———————–

More information about Creative Mayhem Summits and the participants:

Bart Galloway began presenting what would evolve into the Creative Mayhem Summits back in 1996 while teaching studio fine arts at Mississippi State University in Starkville, MS. In his own paintings and drawings, he was exploring the relationships between the concepts of Cubism, Abstract Expressionism, “Action” Painting and Jazz theory inspired by the music of John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman’s “Harmolodics”, European Free Improvised Music among others.

Bart was curious to see if improvising painters could connect emotionally, intellectually and artistically in the moment with musicians on stage. And would the musicians respond in kind. The answer was an emphatic YES!

It was at this time that Bart was fortunate to come under the mentorship of drummer Alvin Fielder, a founding member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (https://www.aacmchicago.org/). With Alvin’s help, Bart began to produce interdisciplinary performances with the likes of Edward “Kidd” Jordan, Joel Futterman, Davey Williams, Dave Dove, Assif Tsahar and Susie Ibarra.

———————

Misha Feigin was born and raised in Moscow and known as one of Russia’s premier guitarists. He released two albums on the state label Melodiya. Since moving to the U.S. in 1990, Misha has been featured on National Public Radio and BBC. He has toured throughout North America and Europe releasing twelve CDs in America and Germany, and two in Great Britain on Leo Records. Misha shared the stage/recorded with Elliot Sharp, Steve Beresford , Dave Liebman, and Eugene Chadbourne, He performed on many prestigious stages such as Moscow’s Concert Hall Russia, Washington’s Kennedy Center, and Vancouver Jazz Festival.
Misha Feigin won the Thomas Merton Prize for Poetry in 2000 and was awarded the Al Smith Fellowship for Creative Nonfiction in 2002. His books include a novel Searching for Irina and a book of poetry, The Last Word in Astronomy, both by Fleur Publishing. Misha’s, collections of poetry, Abraham’s Bagel, Skippers in Training, and Cloud Letters, all by AvidReaders publishing Group. Misha’s latest book is a free style travelogue Tribal Diaries, a book of lyrical observations. Misha currently lives in Louisville, Kentucky.

————————

Born in Udon Thani, Thailand Jon Silpayamanant is an intercultural multi-instrumentalist, composer, cellist, and music educator based in the greater Louisville and Kentuckiana area.
As a biracial Thai American with musical families on both sides of the world, he has been navigating musical code switching and bimusicality for much of his life and uses that experience to inform his understanding of how music ecosystems interact, hybridize, and create systems of exclusion.

————————-

Luis De Léon studied elementary school in Guatemala and Mexico. In high school, he took some drawing classes, then moved to Guatemala City to study Communication Sciences at Rafael Landívar University. During this time, he took drawing classes with an artist collective in Cerrito del Carmen.

His drawings reflect his search for his own style. His strokes are influenced by Shel Silverstein, Martin Prechtel, and Tim Burton. With his drawings, Luis aims to offer a moment of reflection and provoke more than a few laughs in the viewer. Luis changed his perspective on the world after starting to draw; he finds shapes in things and carries a camera with him to capture images and turn them into drawings.

In addition to playing with Appalatin, Luis is also a member of Hot Coffee Breakdown, Yapa, Tristen Brooke, Joann Bellanova, and Nick Teale. Whether he’s waiting for soundchecks or traveling, he takes advantage of the opportunity to paint and capture those moments.