The Shadow Makes Another Appeal for Jill Carroll

Within the past couple of days, Kuwaiti television broadcast another appeal from kidnapped American journalist Jill Carroll.

Kidnapped journalist Jill Carroll as she appeared on Kuwaiti television on Friday
(Photo courtesy CNN.com)

In her latest appearance, Ms. Carroll stated that a "final deadline" had been established for the United States to release all Iraqi female prisoners. The United States, as a goodwill gesture, released some of the prisoners earlier this month.

According to Ms. Carroll, the final deadline is February 26, 2005.

The Shadow again calls for Ms. Carroll's immediate and unconditional release. He has stated in several posts on this blog that Ms. Carroll should not be a bargaining chip in these negotiations.

But, absent that, there is only one other solution. The Shadow now calls for the United States to release the final female prisoners in its custody in Iraq. Only then can this innocent woman's life be spared.

The Shadow will continue monitoring this situation.

The Shadow Views Conversations

Completing a three-week tour of artists receptions from ARTworkSF, The Shadow had the opportunity recently to attend yet another reception. This one was entitled: “Conversations in Color: Monochrome”.



Yellow Woman with Dog by artist Jeung Hee Kang

The artists featured at this exhibit are:

• Johnny Davis
• Lois Llewellyn
• Pauline Crother Scott
• Suzun Hughes
• Jeung Hee Kang
• Nick Wightman
• Vladimir Vitkovsky
• Pete Petrochko
• Natalia Bortolotti
• Melissa West
• Michael Childs
• Heather Hanan
• Marius Starkey
• Genea Barnes

The Shadow with artist Melissa West

The Shadow with artist Suzun Hughes

This show was very aptly named – it is composed of “works composed of single and closely related colors balanced and visually soothing compositions.”

The exhibit will be shown at Polarity Post Productions, 69 Green Street (at Front Street) in San Francisco. Exhibit hours are 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

As always, all of the work shown in the exhibit are available for purchase or rental (for a three month period).

For more pictures from the exhibit, click here.

And Now.....Feature Attraction

This past Wednesday, The Shadow had the opportunity to enjoy the work of more San Francisco artists. The Shadow was at the Hotel Triton in San Francisco for another artists reception hosted by ARTworkSF. The title of this exhibit was "Feature Attraction".


Calypso by artist Lisa Feather Knee
(The lighting does not do this picture justice untortunately)

The exhibit featured the following artists:

• AnneKaren Glass
• Barbara Elliott
• Carmen Wolf
• Jeff Codori
• Jeung Hee Kang
• Jo Farrell
• Katalina McGinley
• Lisa Feather Knee
• Lynn Friedman
• Michael Childs
• Nick Wightman
• Thomas Hyman
• William Urich
  

The theme of this exhibition was "Artistic interpretation delves beyond physical features to show the essence of a person". From what The Shadow experience at this exhibit, the theme was definitely reached.

Turban by artist Carmen Wolf

The exhibit will be shown at the Mezzanine Gallery at the Hotel Triton, 342 Grant Street (at Bush) in San Francisco. Hours are 24/7.

The Shadow and artist Jeung Hee Kang

As always, all of the work shown at this exhibit is available for rent (for three months) or sale. For more information, go to ARTworkSF's website.

To see other pictures of the reception, click here.