Along with fellow recipients Shirley MacLaine, Billy Joel, and opera great Martina Arroyo, ICAP Board members Carlos Santana and Herbie Hancock were awarded the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors on Dec. 8. As the Kennedy Center’s official website explains, the “Honors provide recognition to living individuals who throughout their lifetimes have made significant contributions to American…
Among all species, our human hands are unique – not only in what they can accomplish,but also in how they communicate. Human hands can paint the Sistine Chapel, plunck a guitar, maneuver surgical instruments, chisel a David, forge steel, and write poetry. They can grasp, scratch, poke, punch, feel, sense, evaluate, hold and mold the…
According to legend, anyone who was ill or otherwise ailing could be healed by swimming around Moku Ola (Hawaiian for “Island of Life”; also known as “Coconut Island”) three times. In ancient times, Moku Ola was considered a safe haven, a place for healing and refuge. Today, Hawaii County, home to Moku Ola, hosts a…
In a follow-up to the hugely successful iChoose run in New Zealand earlier this year, ICAP has received the following letter from Ms. Soh Chin Patten, a teacher at Auckland’s Albany Senior High School. [We were] very fortunate to have invited iChoose to perform to all Year 11 students at the beginning of our school…
Wayne Shorter can pluck a note out of an audience member’s mouth and build an instant tune around it. Onstage at UCLA’s Royce Hall a few years ago, following a squeal of approval from someone in the crowd, Wayne mimicked the high-pitched—Weeoooh!—a few times vocally into the emcee’s microphone. He then replicated it with his…
Pasquerilla Spiritual Center—the largest interfaith spiritual center on any college campus in the United States—hosted ICAP’s exhibition, “Artists As Peacemakers.” The exhibition, consisting of brilliant photographs and inspirational quotes from artists around the world, filled the lobby of the spiritual center, allowing students, faculty, and members of the community to explore it at their leisure….
ICAP presented its latest exhibition, “Wayne Shorter and Quincy Jones—Tribute to Claude Nobs,” at Stravinski Auditorium, a high-visibility venue at the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival. On display July 4–21, the exhibit celebrates three artists who not only made a tremendous impact on the music world but who brought people together through the power of music….
On July 12, guitarists and ICAP artists Larry Coryell and Marcus Dunleavy returned to the Prosser Career Academy (high school) on Chicago’s west side, for a dialogue with students. The conversation was held in support of a planning session for Prosser’s annual autumn community-building activity known as “Unity Week.” Marcus Dunleavy began by offering praise…
Jakob Oftebro, star of the 2012 Norwegian blockbuster film Kon-Tiki and the Norwegian Broadcasting System (NRK) series Erobreren (The Conqueror), was born in Oslo in 1986. His other film appearances include roles in Just Bea (2004) and Max Manus: Man of War (2008); and in 2013, he starred in the feature film The Hidden Child….
On May 30, the Prosser Career Academy (high school) on Chicago’s west side, welcomed guitarist and ICAP artist Marcus Dunleavy for a return concert engagement. This time, Mr. Dunleavy—who has been appearing annually at the school since 2008, when he performed in conjunction with Prosser hosting ICAP’s “Artists as Peacemakers” exhibition—was displaying his artistry in…