State of the Art: Austin

The last few months have been quite busy for my team and I as we have been at work on various assignments and recently wrapped up production of our "State of the Art: Austin" photo project.

"State of the Art: Austin" features photographs of nine hip-hop/rap artist/groups from Austin. These nine acts represent only a fraction of the talent that can be found in the city. In addition to the photos, we have produced a behind-the-scenes video documenting the various on location photo-shoots that took place throughout the area.

The "State of the Art: Austin" project and the behind-the-scenes video can both be viewed online at www.luxurymindz.com.

Here is a YouTube version of the behind-the-scenes video. A higher quality Quicktime version available on the project page...



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Destiny by Design

The Narcisse-Banks Community Resource Center's, Destiny by Design, after-school program begins this Thursday at Kealing Middle School. Here is some additional info...


In cooperation with CitizenSchools, the Narcisse-Banks Community Resource Center will teach its Destiny by Design afterschool program, which focuses on hip-hop culture and opportunities for career development within the artform. Weekly classes will be taught by Music Journalist and Narcisse-Banks Co-Founder/ Director Robert Gabriel over the course of the Spring semester and will include local artists as guest lecturers. Guest artists including DJ Baby G, Tee Double, B-Boy and B-Girl City, Lady Legacy, Blacklisted Individuals, Pilarsito, Capoeira da Rua and Dat Boi Drew will provide introductory information as well as direct training in content areas such as music production, performance, dance, and graphic design. Development for the program will be supported by Educational Specialist and Narcisse-Banks Co-Founder/ Curriculum Coordinator Jules Narcisse. While Narcisse-Banks as a foundation will be volunteering its efforts to Kealing students, funding has been raised so that guest lecturers will be well compensated by the foundation for sharing their expertise with students. At the end of the Spring semester, Destiny by Design participants will showcase their newly developed talents at a culminating event on the Kealing campus, so stay tuned!

The Narcisse-Banks Communty Resource Center would like to thank Mr. Alex Hendrex, a Social Science teacher at Kealing, as well as our most generous donors for making the compensation of guest lecturers possible. We believe in paying artists to do what they do best, share their art! In the Fall of '08, Narcisse-Banks expects to continue its work at Kealing and extend its Destiny by Design program to Bedichek Middle School as well. Please visit our website and library lists at www.myspace.com/narcissebanks for further information on the non-profit endeavors of the Narcisse-Banks Community Resource Center.

Destiny By Design "Choose your path, Create your future"

Off Da Radar / Patiently Waiting | Famous

My latest published magazine photograph can be found in the February issue of The Source Magazine. This particular issue has two different covers. One version featuring Rick Ross and the other featuring the late Pimp C. The subject of the photograph is Chamillitary recording artist, Famous aka. Lil Ken.

Another image of Famous I shot, that was published in an issue of Ozone Magazine a few months back.