K.A. Laity's Blog, page 20

Betye, Izzy, QoE & Me in Boston

I ran up to Boston with the Queen of Everything AKA the fabulous Stephanie to catch the Betye Saar exhibit at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. I think I first saw her work when I was living in L.A. but I don’t recall a whole exhibit devoted to her. What magnificence to see so much... Read More

Welcome, Claverack Giant!

Who is the Claverack Giant? I am happy to reveal that I have received a CREATE Artist Grant for 2023 for a digital media art project ‘The Claverack Giant’ which is inspired by local folklore, archeology, a little fanaticism, poetry, and a good dollop of mystery. From my application: Did giants roam the Hudson Valley... Read More

Last Week to See STEPPING OUT OF HISTORY

CREATE Council On The Arts is honoring and celebrating women’s artists in tribute to International Women’s History Month with an incredible constellation of featured work. These are just a few of our 26 participating artists –don’t miss this spectacular collective exhibit! “Stepping Out of History: Telling Our Own Story” ends April 9th. Featured artists include:... Read More

Pomegranate @NYSWI Albany Film Fest

This Saturday the Albany Film Festival runs most of the day with a big variety of screenings, speakers, and events. My film ‘Pomegranate’ will be screened during the Experimental Shorts slot 12:15-13:00 in the Campus Center West Boardroom (see map at link). Pomegranate is based on my six-sentence story of the same name and deals... Read More

John Laity 1935-2023

John Laity 9 Oct 1935-6 Mar 2023 John Wesley Laity died Monday March 6th 2023 from the myriad complications of Alzheimer’s disease. Born in Lansing, he was the son of Edith Sippola Laity and Wesley Wilbur Laity, who predeceased him as did his older sister Helen Laity Hearp. He grew up on Clark Road and... Read More

Pomegranate at Albany Film Fest

Wow, my first fest film! My experimental short Pomegranate will be part of the NYS Writers Institute Albany Film Festival on April 1st (yes, really — despite that date). This is exciting for me. Maybe I shouldn’t have turned down that filmmaking scholarship all those years ago (long story) but as with all things that... Read More

Stepping Out of History

The new exhibition at CREATE Gallery opens this weekend celebrating Women’s History Month and including a broad variety of women and women-identifying artists and work in every format and medium. I have two pieces in it! A digital photo ‘She Dances’ — an impressionistic portrait of the moon — and my short film ‘A Fire... Read More

Leonor Fini at the Kasmin Gallery

Fabulous jaunt to the city with art partner in crime, Stephanie, to see the Fini works at the Kasmin Gallery and enjoy a nice long chat over a fab lunch at the Mermaid Café and a little Chelsea thrifting. Here’s the list of all the works on display. It was verrrrrry cold so not a... Read More

Crime Fiction Studies: Cornell Woolrich Issue

Crime Fiction Studies v4n1 Cornell Woolrich and Transmedia Noir Thanks Rob King for editing the collection which puts together a variety of topics, My essay: Transforming Black Alibi‘s Jaguar into The Leopard Man K. A. Laity 4(1), pp. 62–77 Abstract | Full Text | References | PDF/EPUB If your library doesn’t have access, let me know and I can get a copy of my... Read More

#Tarot #Noir: William Lindsay Gresham’s Nightmare Alley – MARCH 2

TAROT NOIR: WILLIAM LINDSAY GRESHAM’S NIGHTMARE ALLEY (This time for sure!) It’s no surprise that Guillermo del Toro sought for years to make his own neo-noir version of Gresham’s novel. The heady combination of the occult, tarot, the carnival and grifters in the ‘spook racket’ made the original novel a bestseller and led matinee idol... Read More