Artist to Watch: Christopher Brian King

Christopher Brian King is a graphic designer and illustrator based in New York who specializes in creating cover art for books. As he describes it, “I help people tell their stories using words and pictures,” essentially encapsulating the book in a single image. We asked Christopher about his process and inspirations.

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Writing the Tony Awards' closing rap

Tony Awards host Neil Patrick Harris’ closing rap is stirred up quite a buzz Sunday night. Many of us were left scratching our heads, wondering how writer Lin-Manuel Miranda (Broadway’s In the Heights) was able to pull together such an up-to-the-moment summation of the night seemingly on the spot. Miranda has posted a fun behind-the-scenes video shot backstage at the Beacon Theatre during the awards that provides some insight. Harris and the night’s heartbreaker, Nikki M. James (winner of Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance in Best Musical winner, The Book of Mormon) pop in as well.

An interesting glimpse into putting together an engaging live show.

Asa at Rockwood Music Hall, NYC

stated caught Nigerian singer/musician Asa at Rockwood Music Hall Tuesday night in NYC. She put on a great show and is clearly about to break in a big way. Her music draws on R&B, reggae, soul, world, funk, and pop to create a unique sound all her own. 

We managed to capture a bit of Tuesday’s show. Here’s “Maybe”.

Asa - “Maybe” Live at Rockwood Music Hall, NYC | Stated Magazine from Stated Magazine on Vimeo.

Visit Asa at:
www.asa-official.com
www.myspace.com/asaofficial

PictureStart Awards in NYC

The rooftop crowd enjoys the sunset prior to the film screening at XVILast night, stated attended the 15th Annual PictureStart Awards in NYC, held at XVI Lounge’s gorgeous midtown rooftop lounge. The PictureStart Film Festival (formerly known as the NYC Home Film Festival) “seeks to showcase short films of quality”. Filmakers from any genre were invited to apply for inclusion in the festival, which spanned two nights, Sunday June 5th & Monday June 6th. A lively artistic crowd was treated to an eclectic mix of fourteen short films, created by filmmakers from all over the world.

For information about next year’s festival, visit: www.picturestartfilmfestival.com

Post Plastic Project

This Sunday, June 5th at Littlefield NYC (622 Degraw Street, Brooklyn), is an art event worth attending. Live music, amazing art and an excellent cause.

Did you know plastic has been slowly accumulating in the NW Pacific to form a garbage mass roughly twice the size of Texas?! The Post Plastic Project is a night of art and music to reverse the spiral and combat the plastic vortex. Proceeds benefit projectkaisei.org, an organization that, through expeditions, research and education, is finding ways to reduce its size and keep plastic from entering the ocean in the first place.