100 Artists/100 Dreams
February 2-28, 2011
Curated by La Leona Arts' Sadee Brathwaite

100 Artists/ 100 Dreams is an international dream exploration project focusing on the recurring, prophetic and creative dreams of visual artists, performers and musicians.  The project poses the question if artists are the visionaries of our communities, what do their dreams say about our society? And are artists in the United States having similar dreams to artists in other countries?  What do these dreams say about our global society?

100 Artists/ 100 Dreams, curated by artist and arts advocate Sadee Brathwaite, was conceptualized as a result of Brathwaite's participation in Ione's Annual Dream Festival for the past six years. Brathwaite says, "I was looking to produce a long term multicultural project that would be a great addition to the wonderful global community events that the Dream Festival features."

The project consists of a film, an exhibit and an installation.  The Film will debut during this fall's 16th Annual Dream Festival.  The exhibit opens the following year and features live performances, video and music from participants.  The installation, a dream like interactive environment that documents the journey of the project, is an ongoing aspect that will showcase at various locations proposed by the participating artists.

Featured artists include Michael Murphree & Rodrigo Pedrolli of Alien Nature, Ximena Alarcon, Anna Bardi, Colette Aimee Burmester, Karen Capobianco, Horacio Carrena, Christa DeLacy, Virginia Erdie, William Evertson, Donna Faranda, Patti Gibbons, Lindsey Graham, Faheem Haider, Ron Herrema, Lisa Barnard Kelley, Harriette Lawler, Katie Lobel, Matthew Maley, Moya Marcelino, Grace Marquinhos, Kathleen McHugh, Francisco Rubiel Osorio, Suzanne V. Paddock, Shirley Parker-Benjamin, Eleana Pellegrino, Joe Pimentel, Antonio Rendeiro, Toni Thomas, Susan Shulman, Sharon Stelluto, Sharon Renee Stewart, Suzy Sureck, Melissa Toth, Bardet Wardell, Gisela Weimann, Julia White and Many, many more.

Artist submissions accepted until May 1, 2011.  To participate contact Sadee@LaLeonaArts.com for more information.

 La Leona Arts is an arts organization dedicated to promoting and supporting the Arts through various creative initiatives.  Founded in 2007 by Artistic Director Sadee Brathwaite, La Leona Arts has collaborated with other arts organizations and galleries within the Hudson Valley and beyond to create and build a global arts network. 

Gallery slideshow created by DLI's Jaclyn Heyen.

Presented by Deep Listening Institute, Ione’s Annual Dream Festival takes place during the month of October.  The festival is dedicated to celebrating the deeply creative aspect of dreams and the phenomenon of dreaming itself.  Music, dance, visual arts, performance, dream telling, literary readings take place in "real" spaces in many countries and virtually with an ongoing Dreamers’ Blog, live streaming broadcasts and telematic performances.