Posts from the ‘The Pearls’ Category

  • TP - Offical Group Shot

    The Pearls Affair

    August 16th, 2011 | Event Planning, The M Projects, The Pearls | admin | 3 Comments

    PART I: REFLECTING To this day, the event is still reeling in my head. The more I think about it, the event is truly a metaphor of a pearl. It took years of planning and determination to develop the vision in my head. As more ideas were turned into reality, layers were being built. With [...]

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  • Michelle Banks

    Michelle Banks Video Interview

    May 6th, 2011 | The Pearls | admin | No Comments

    MICHELLE: When I was a little girl, about 7 or 8 years old, I remembered watching a great movie called “The Sounder.” It’s known as a Black classic film. In the movie, I saw a powerful Black woman performing. I was puzzled and asked my mom who the woman was. She said it was Cicely [...]

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  • Myrna Orleck-Aiello

    Myrna Orleck-Aiello Video Interview

    April 28th, 2011 | The Pearls | by Sheena | 1 Comment

    SHEENA: You founded TCS Associates with your husband Phil Aiello. What got you involved within the technology field? MYRNA: I want to say that my husband in 1982 – we weren’t married. We were together. Because of my husband being a computer expert and the desire in setting up a business… we thought long and [...]

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  • Mary Rappazzo

    Mary Rappazzo Video Interview

    April 26th, 2011 | The Pearls | by Sheena | No Comments

    SHEENA: Each artist has their own signature. Certainly, you have one. I noticed you tend paint people with orange faces and green hair. Why is that? MARY: The colors are so important when it comes to painting green hair and orange bodies. I wanted that to start a conversation about that. Really, the one eye, [...]

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  • Leah Katz-Hernandez

    Leah Katz-Hernandez Video Interview

    March 24th, 2011 | The Pearls | by Sheena | No Comments

    [CC] WILL BE COMING SOON. SHEENA: Being a leader is one thing, but involved with politics is another thing. What started the whole thing. LEAH: How did it get started? Really, I’ve always been fascinated with politics during my whole life. I was exposed through my family. During 96 elections, I was curious about it. [...]

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