Zakar Art by Chris Carter ( no longer referred to as Zakar Art)
The Zakar Art Movement began in the Restaurants and Pubs in Easton,
Pennsylvania, encouraged by the singer/songwriters who lived in the
area and often attended the Open Mic sessions at Porters' Pub and the
Indian Rock Inn. Small paintings could be found drying atop glasses of
beer and wine, spreading out across the room as the hours passed and
the music pulsed through the souls of those gathered to listen, play,
sing, dance, drink, and to paint. Word spread and soon I was painting
at openings for art exhibitions, dance performances, dance rehearsals
and yoga classes.
I no longer refer to my "painting live" as Zakar Art.  My inspiration is still
music and movement.  My focus has expanded to include an attempt to
capture the individuality and energy of musicians.  Todd Wolfe's Blues
Jam occurs on Tuesday evenings at Black and Blue in Easton, PA. Big
I will post new paintings on my blog as well as on my Flickr account.
Zakar Art was the result of the live arts collaboration between musician,
artist, and dancer/model. The term Zakar is based on a Hebrew word
meaning both celebration and remembrance, referring to a
remembering that prompts action, comparable to the mythological
Muses who inspire and whose name means 'the reminders'. Founded
in August 2004, by Pat Sonne, Chris Carter and Peter Stolvoort. Zakar
is a celebratory art that fosters simultaneous exchange between artists
of different disciplines and grants a rare perspective of art at the
moment of creation.