“Dream Walking” Rudy Gutierrez with DK Dyson
May 29, 2025 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
$10.00 – $15.00
Walk Your Path (Recorre Tu Camino)- Join husband-and-wife team Rudy Gutierrez (Artist, Illustrator, and Educator) and DK Dyson (Author and “Yogini Sonic Songstress”) for an inspiring exploration of art and music. Rudy and DK are “Dream Walkers” traveling independently and together towards their visual and sonic missions. They are dedicated to following their dreams without fear while balancing the real in search of validity in a never ending pursuit of creativity with spiritual, cultural and social responsibility on a daily basis, no matter the challenges of living this path! This event offers a special opportunity to learn how they navigate challenges while pursuing their lifelong creative missions.
Rudy Gutierrez is an award-winning American Artist / Illustrator and Educator born in the Bronx, NY, of Puerto Rican heritage. He has created artworks for films and performances, U.S. Postage stamp, book covers, posters, picture books, and LP / CD covers and exhibited internationally. His artwork for Santana’s hit album “Shaman” was used as a set design at the 2002 Super Bowl half-time show, and his paintings were commissioned for the film “Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary.” His awards include the Dean Cornwell Recognition Award, Distinguished Educator in the Arts Award and a Gold medal from the Society of Illustrators, as well as a Caldecott Honor Award, African Book Award and Pura Belpre Award for his Children’s books. He is a Tenured Professor at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY and has lectured at various institutions internationally. His paintings are featured in various public and private collections and his art is included in those of musical icons Carlos Santana, Clive Davis, and Wayne Shorter.
Photo courtesy of Rudy Gutierrez
DK Dyson is a Vocalist, Songwriter, Musician, Griot and Educator whose recordings and live performances have been seen and heard worldwide with the band Living Colour, Vernon Reid, Ornette Coleman, Steve Coleman, Don Byron, Geri Allen, Hank Roberts and Birds of Prey, Badal Roy, Bill Laswell, Nona Hendryx, Gregory Hines, Arto Lindsay & The Ambitious Lovers, Michel Camilo, Caetano Veloso and the The Jazz Passengers where she performed with Mavis Staples, Jeff Buckley and Debbie Harry. Her own bands, Eye & I and Brooklyn Blessings garnered her much media praise and she was nominated for a NY Music Award for best new Vocalist! She has composed and performed the television theme songs for the nationally syndicated shows “Our World” and “Black Business Report.” Her voice has been heard on various jingles including Budweiser, Finesse, and Coca-Cola. She is also a trauma informed yoga teacher and new author of the picture book “Window Fishing.”
Photo courtesy of Rudy Gutierrez
