Just Picture: A Cross-Art Collaboration
Just Picture: A Cross-Art Collaboration
Join us via Zoom on Wednesday, July 15th, 7 pm EDT
Join us for a conversation and presentation of a cross-art collaboration with composer Jay Batzner, flutist/poet Joanna Cowan White, and photographer Beate Sass
Just Picture showcases a flute against the backdrop of an original fixed-media score by Jay, an original poem by Joanna, who is also the flutist, and video-manipulated photographs by Beate.
The premiere performance of Just Picture will debut at the National Flute AssociationConvention in Portland, Oregon, in August 2026. As the artists continue to develop this collaboration, they welcome insights and feedback from the Kinship community.
Together we will explore the ways that different mediums play with time. And how collaborative time has its own unique qualities and challenges.
Bios:
Jay Batzner is a Professor of Composition and Technology at Central Michigan University. As a collaborator, Jay has created music with numerous choreographers, visual artists, and poets. His works have been performed on all habitable planets in the known universe, including at conventions of the National Flute Association.
Joanna Cowan White is a flutist, recently retired music professor from Central Michigan State, and poet, who records, performs and presents internationally, including as a panel organizer on cross-art collaboration for the largest writers’ conference in the United States, the Association of Writers and Writing Programs. She is also a quilter.
Beate Sass is a photographer and collage artist. As a photographer, Beate frequently collaborates, using her knowledge of visual storytelling to highlight and amplify the voices of those often overlooked. Beate Sass has been a member of Kinship since 2021. @beatesassphoto
