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Allen Pittman with Students @ The Mask Center Photo: Mitch Birnbaum Allen Pittman Martial Arts Workshops Wednesday, March 23 Session One 7-8 pm Wisdom of the Body for Men and Women 1. - The essential history of the path of humanity to adulthood  - infant movements and animal movements to standing human. 2. - Basic Egyptian Yoga Session Two   8-9 pm Amazon Dance for Women Only 3.- Archetypal Movements and Speaking Phrases "All three sections … together represent the path of the human being into our present time." Allen Pittman Location The Mask Center Little Five Points Community Center 1083 Austin Avenue Ground Floor Atlanta, Georgia 30307 Free Parking No Set Fee Donations Encouraged   I Information sandra@masktheatre.org 404 222 9262

The Johnson Party is ramping up to perform their 3rd monthly Gospel Hour on Sunday March 13th, 5:00pm. Come on down to The Mask Center located in the Little 5 Points Community Center at the corner of Euclid and Austin Avenues in Inman Park, (1083 Austin Ave, Atlanta, GA 30307) for Atlanta's very first non-sectarian non-traditional gospel hour of eclectic wanderlust music. You can sing along if you’d like or just listen and stomp your feet at this Sunday alternative (or adjunct to) traditional church going. The 7-piece ensemble will be playing upbeat tunes with spiritual themes. Listeners can expect to hear folk, reggae, Appalachian spirituals, 70's soul, pop, rock and roll, original music and more. The show is free to all, but donations are encouraged for the host location, The Mask Center. Featuring:  Tom Spach (Bass, Vocals), Kerry Lance (Vocals, Percussion), John Hill (Electric Guitar, Mandotar, Sitarar, Banjitar, Vocals), Justin Duff (Sax, Vocals, Guitar), Erik Johnson (Gu...

Sat., March 5 Martial Arts Allen Pittman Session 1: 7-8 pm Wisdom of the Body for Men and Women  Experience the essential history of the path of humanity to adulthood Session 2:  8-9 pm Amazon Dance for Women Only Archetypal Movements and Speaking Phrases The Mask Center Little Five Points Community Center 1083 Austin Avenue Ground Floor Atlanta 30307 Free Parking No Set Fee Pay What You Can Donations Encouraged To Cover Allen's Travel Expenses and Support his Work To confirm participation: sandra@masktheatre.org                                                  -                              ...

photo: Mitch Birnbaum Martial Arts Training   Allen Pittman Friday, Feb 25   Session 1: 7-8 pm Wisdom of the Body for Men and Women 1. - Experience the essential history of the path of humanity to adulthood as taught in religion and philosophy - infant movements and animal movements to standing human. 2. - Basic Egyptian Yoga Session 2:   8-9 pm Amazon Dance for Women Only 3.-  Amazon Dance, Archetypal Movements and Speaking Phrases  "All three sections; … together represent the path of the human being into our present time." Allen Pittman Amazon Dance Photos  Location: The Mask Center, Little Five Points Community Center, 1083 Austin Avenue, Ground Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30307 Free Parking Free Sessions Donations Accepted Information: sandra@masktheatre.org 404 222 9262

Some of you may have seen a performance of  my play for family audiences about the importance of honeybees at the Bug Out Festival at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta last August and September. A school version of Honeybees Are Important! will be performed Friday, February 25th at 11 a.m. – presented by Young Audiences at the Rich Auditorium at the Woodruff Arts Center in Atlanta. Michael Hickey, Jerilynn Bedingfield and I (Sandra Hughes) utilize masks, music, drama, mime and dance to encourage students to experience, understand, participate and learn about the importance of honeybees to our food supply - as well as their important role as pollinators of  the food eaten by animals. In 2006 after working to help dying honeybees at the Findhorn Foundation in Scotland (with support from the Ford Foundation and Alternate ROOTS) I returned to the U.S. and founded The Bee Project with support from Gateway Performance Productions. The ...

  Amazon Dance Theatre - Development  Workshop Gateway Performance Productions - The MASK Center Allen Pittman in Collaboration with Jerilynn Bedingfield, Gwyneth Bragdon, Lynn Hesse, Sandra Hughes Photos: Mitch Birnbaum World Class Martial Arts Instructor Allen Pittman met with Theatre and Dance Artists at The MASK  Center in Atlanta, Georgia on January 22 & 23, 2011 to workshop his performance design based on the Amazon form he's developed, nine feminine archetypes and the enneagram. The Greek Goddess Athena Gwyneth Bragdon Magdalene, The Initiatior L. Gwyneth Bragdon R. Lynn Hesse Sword Strategy C. Sandra Hughes - L. Allen Pittman - R. Lynn Hesse, Gwyneth Bragdon The Initiator - Variation L. Allen Pittman - R. Gwyneth Bragdon 

Erik Johnson, Tom Spach and other members of the the Johnson Party have generously offered to do a gospel music fundraiser for Gateway Performance Productions' venue - The MASK Center - on Sunday, December 5th. This event fits perfectly with Gateway's goal to expand music programming in support of our emerging 21st Century Art Space. Please help get the word out to others -especially those who may not yet associate music events with The MASK Center. Below are the details from Erik. Join the Johnson Party on Sunday, December 5th at 5:00pm at The Mask Center located in The Little 5 Points Community Center at the corner of Euclid and Austin Avenues in Inman Park, (1083 Austin Ave, Atlanta, GA 30307 ) for Atlanta's very first non-sectarian gospel hour of eclectic wanderlust music. Please bring your voice to sing or just your ears to this sunday alternative (or adjunct to) traditional church-going. The 6 piece ensemble will be playing tunes that cut across the American songbook...

Carolyn Renee of Women Helping Others Advance invited me to do a visual art workshop for The Artist's Way Group she currently facilitates on Tuesday nights at The MASK Center in Atlanta. The workshop focused on a process that explored boundaries, collaboration and individual expression. Here's Carolyn at work and a triptych created by five p articipants.  photos: Sandra Hughes

Two time Grammy Winner India.Arie performed at The MASK Center tonight in A Black Girl's Song - a production conceived and directed by Hilda Willis - the Producing Artistic Director of Living Your Art and a recent performer in Gateway's production of The Heart of Rumi. Tonight's performance was designed to prepare India for her Broadway debut in For Colored Girls . It was a hush-hush event with guests told the location only after they agreed to keep the venue a secret. One of the NY producers from the For Colored Girls' "dream team" attended. The MASK Center was pleased to have the opportunity to add its support to India's career.

Company co-founder Michael Hickey and I met at The MASK Center to finalize artistic plans for two new productions next year. While I organized my sketches and outlines Mike fell into a musical mood and noodled on his Irish tin whistle. ... Half the items in this studio will soon have a new home at the Sandra L. Hughes Theatre Collection housed at the Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Institute at Ohio State Univeristy.

The Atlanta flamenco dance community gathered at The MASK Center to refine their skills with a focus on the interaction between dancers, musicians and singers. Ulrika Frank , founder of Perla Flamenca in Atlanta, instructed dancers. Marija Temo , flamenco guitarist and singer, played, sang and discussed the dynamics of working with dancers.

The planning meeting with Ahzjah Simons for the Conscious Kids Camp Summer Camp at Panola Mountain State Park (20 minutes from downtown Atlanta) was an inspiration. The camp will offer Creative Arts, Culinary Arts, Marial Arts, Healing Arts (Yoga), Cultural Arts, Earth Connections, Fitness and Life Path Awareness. I've been invited to teach during the month of July as one of the guest artists  at the camp teaching visusal arts. Students will create a large scale mural of endangered species that incorporates sculptural elements.

I attended a conference in Washington D.C. hosted by the National Performance Network in 2002. Since it was post 9/11 there were plenty of new topics that included - the ongoing importance of individual artists and small performing arts groups as creators of some of the most meaningful community arts projects in this country and the sense of isolation many of these same artists experience. I'm part of the artistic leadership for a small arts organization based in Atlanta called Gateway Performance Productions. The company's 34 years old and has toured performances, residencies, workshops and mask exhibits to 30 states in the U.S. and 12 other countries with a nu mber of programs created for Public Television to its credit. I'm also an individual artist for internationl, national, regional, statewide and local residency programs. Each year I perform for and teach thousands of people from diverse backgrounds with a special commitment to under-served and low-income populations...