Louise Steinman
Roving Cultural Correspondent.
Co-Curator, PEN World Voices Festival

The booming of the big guns woke him up from sound sleep. Some of the men did not take off their shoes for a whole month. They slept in all their clothes. They kept puppies and monkeys for pets. A skinny white horse wandered through their camp one night, and it was a wonder it was still alive because “they throw grenades at shadows after all.” #memorialday #25thinfantry #ww2 #luzon #thesouvenir
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Mosaic murals (by Richard Haines) in Los Angeles Federal Building. (site of immigration court.) Welton Beckett Bldg built in the '60's. Immigration courts are in this building. People going for their scheduled immigration hearings afraid they'll be detained. Afraid they'll be separated from their families. Titles of Haines' artworks: "Celebration of our Homeland" and "Recognition of All Foreign Lands."

in honor of "The Pelican Gala," for @rauschenbergfoundation, photos from "Homage to Rauschenberg's Pelican," Captiva Island, Rauschenberg Residency, Pilot #6, Jan 29, 2013. Performers: Susan Banyas; Lucinda Parker; Louise Steinman; Lavinia Vago; @katewallich. Libretto: L. Steinman. Set and rollerskates: "Ancient Incident," Robert Rauschenberg. Technical assistance: Matt Hall. Photos: Carrel Courtright. Note: don't try this at home!
PELICAN LIBRETTO
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MALIA HELD
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#rauschenberg
#captiva
#ancientincident
#dance
#sculpture

in honor of "The Pelican Gala," for @rauschenbergfoundation, photos from "Homage to Rauschenberg's Pelican," Captiva Island, Rauschenberg Residency, Pilot #6, Jan 29, 2013. Performers: Susan Banyas; Lucinda Parker; Louise Steinman; Lavinia Vago; @katewallich. Libretto: L. Steinman. Set and rollerskates: "Ancient Incident," Robert Rauschenberg. Technical assistance: Matt Hall. Photos: Carrel Courtright. Note: don't try this at home!
PELICAN LIBRETTO
OSPREY
OSPREY
ROAM FREE
OSPREY
………
CHAR IS MA TIC
MEG A
FAUN A
IBIS!
IBIS!
CHAR IS MA TIC
MEG A
FAUNA A
SIN IS TER COILS COILS COILS
OSPREY
OSPREY
ROAM FREE
OSPREY
IBIS!
IBIS!
…….
MALIA HELD
A PELI
CAN
PEL A G IC!
PEL AAAAA GIC!
MALIA HELD
A PELI
CAN
RESCUE AT SEA!
OSPREY ROAM FREE
#rauschenberg
#captiva
#ancientincident
#dance
#sculpture

in honor of "The Pelican Gala," for @rauschenbergfoundation, photos from "Homage to Rauschenberg's Pelican," Captiva Island, Rauschenberg Residency, Pilot #6, Jan 29, 2013. Performers: Susan Banyas; Lucinda Parker; Louise Steinman; Lavinia Vago; @katewallich. Libretto: L. Steinman. Set and rollerskates: "Ancient Incident," Robert Rauschenberg. Technical assistance: Matt Hall. Photos: Carrel Courtright. Note: don't try this at home!
PELICAN LIBRETTO
OSPREY
OSPREY
ROAM FREE
OSPREY
………
CHAR IS MA TIC
MEG A
FAUN A
IBIS!
IBIS!
CHAR IS MA TIC
MEG A
FAUNA A
SIN IS TER COILS COILS COILS
OSPREY
OSPREY
ROAM FREE
OSPREY
IBIS!
IBIS!
…….
MALIA HELD
A PELI
CAN
PEL A G IC!
PEL AAAAA GIC!
MALIA HELD
A PELI
CAN
RESCUE AT SEA!
OSPREY ROAM FREE
#rauschenberg
#captiva
#ancientincident
#dance
#sculpture

Had the good fortune to see the @trishabrowncompany at @thewallisbh in a tribute to Bob Rauschenberg (who did the sets.) In Trisha's choreography, the superb dancers reminded me of the Etruscan statues i've been drawing, if they began to move.. #trishabrown #dance #bobrauschenberg #etruscanart #drawings
LSdrawings2026

Had the good fortune to see the @trishabrowncompany at @thewallisbh in a tribute to Bob Rauschenberg (who did the sets.) In Trisha's choreography, the superb dancers reminded me of the Etruscan statues i've been drawing, if they began to move.. #trishabrown #dance #bobrauschenberg #etruscanart #drawings
LSdrawings2026

Had the good fortune to see the @trishabrowncompany at @thewallisbh in a tribute to Bob Rauschenberg (who did the sets.) In Trisha's choreography, the superb dancers reminded me of the Etruscan statues i've been drawing, if they began to move.. #trishabrown #dance #bobrauschenberg #etruscanart #drawings
LSdrawings2026

Had the good fortune to see the @trishabrowncompany at @thewallisbh in a tribute to Bob Rauschenberg (who did the sets.) In Trisha's choreography, the superb dancers reminded me of the Etruscan statues i've been drawing, if they began to move.. #trishabrown #dance #bobrauschenberg #etruscanart #drawings
LSdrawings2026

May 1 PEN World Voices Festival. Metabolic Studio. honored to have curated this remarkable conversation "The Water Remembers," with Yurok memoirist and lawyer Amy Bowers Cordalis; Lauren Bon, and Emma Robbins. What does it mean to "re-member" water? What does it take to bring down a dam and restore a historic salmon run? These artist-activists show the way. #metabolicstudio #penworldvoices #lariver #klamathriverdam #yuroktribe

May 1 PEN World Voices Festival. Metabolic Studio. honored to have curated this remarkable conversation "The Water Remembers," with Yurok memoirist and lawyer Amy Bowers Cordalis; Lauren Bon, and Emma Robbins. What does it mean to "re-member" water? What does it take to bring down a dam and restore a historic salmon run? These artist-activists show the way. #metabolicstudio #penworldvoices #lariver #klamathriverdam #yuroktribe

May 1 PEN World Voices Festival. Metabolic Studio. honored to have curated this remarkable conversation "The Water Remembers," with Yurok memoirist and lawyer Amy Bowers Cordalis; Lauren Bon, and Emma Robbins. What does it mean to "re-member" water? What does it take to bring down a dam and restore a historic salmon run? These artist-activists show the way. #metabolicstudio #penworldvoices #lariver #klamathriverdam #yuroktribe

May 1 PEN World Voices Festival. Metabolic Studio. honored to have curated this remarkable conversation "The Water Remembers," with Yurok memoirist and lawyer Amy Bowers Cordalis; Lauren Bon, and Emma Robbins. What does it mean to "re-member" water? What does it take to bring down a dam and restore a historic salmon run? These artist-activists show the way. #metabolicstudio #penworldvoices #lariver #klamathriverdam #yuroktribe

a few sketches from the wonderful Matisse show today LSdrawings2026 #matisse #sketchbook

a few sketches from the wonderful Matisse show today LSdrawings2026 #matisse #sketchbook

Who owns beauty? What belongs in a museum? what are the ethics of return and rematriation?A topic explored by a novelist (Peruvian author Gabriela Wiener), a playwright (Mohegan playwright Madeline Sayet) and Meghan Bill, Curator and Coordinator of Provenance, Brooklyn Museum. Tomorrow night! #penworldvoicesfestival
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