by Jinx Davis | Jul 8, 2019 | Views & News |
I reserved going to Phare Circus until I had learned first hand about their elevating social enterprise, roamed the Phare Ponleu Selpak (PPSA) or “The Brightness of the Arts” campus in Battambang, and befriended teachers, students and some of the countless talented...
by Jinx Davis | Jun 22, 2019 | Views & News |
It is a delicate dance. Cambodia haunts you as it inspires you. Next door to the abundantly gardened retreat of our home a hotel is being built. According to locals it is owned by a woman who has to start and stop the construction in order to raise the funds to...
by Jinx Davis | Jun 22, 2019 | Views & News |
I remain astounded by what is happening in Cambodia and tonight the credits go to Batia Sarem Gallery, Martin Phéline, and his guest artists Khvay Samnang and dancer Rady Nget.Not enough can be stated about the courage, skill, and mastery of these artists. Under the...
by Jinx Davis | Jun 6, 2019 | Views & News |
I spoke at length to a vibrant young man last night. He was a stranger, but only for a moment. He opened up about his life story in which he had literally raised himself, worked many jobs, learned 2 languages, stretched his mind and body, and gained confidence. Yet,...
by Jinx Davis | Jun 2, 2019 | Views & News |
The role of the US in the disaster of Cambodia. After one month of arriving in Cambodia, I take a day to myself, get caught up with social media, clean the house, and peruse a few books already read for the purpose of trying to answer some questions friends have...
by Jinx Davis | Jun 1, 2015 | Views & News |
Brochures are ready for the Soul Shoe Project. Are you making your shoes? A child dies every 5 minutes from violence. Make a shoe. Stop the Silence. Use community art to bring awareness. The vast majority of children are killed outside warzones and that...
by Jinx Davis | Apr 24, 2015 | Views & News |
Brandon M Watkins has joined the Board of Directors for the Living Arts Corporation and is serving as our Communications Ambassador. Mr. Watkins is the Administration Manager at SMW Projects, Inc., a full service Project Management firm with offices in Lousiana and...
by Jinx Davis | Apr 2, 2015 | Views & News
Our May, 2015 performance series All Nets Have Holes will include a piece written by Clay McLeod Chapman, who has generously given me the performance rights to his stories in rest area. If you can get to Estes Park, Colorado for the Stanley Film Fest you will have...
by Jinx Davis | Jan 14, 2015 | Views & News
New Year’s celebrations always make us itch. They scratch and tickle and won’t leave us alone. They leave us hankering, yearning, thirsting and aching for another day, another chance, another rebirth. On New Year’s Eve we feel like Ebenezer Scrooge being...
by Jinx Davis | Jan 14, 2015 | Views & News
There is a inaudible and under-examined plight in the world: we are forgetting how to play. Cross cultural studies on children’s play are alerting us to the rapid decrease in children’s ability to enter in fantasy play and a severe decrease in both free play...