State Department – Rulon Brown

RESTLESS – Rulon Brown’s Portrait of The American Dream

May 30, 2013December 13, 2013 by R B

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Rulon was inspired to create art about the American Dream during a 2011 artist retreat in Costa Rica. He fell ill and received emergency medical care from a Costa Rica clinic (publicly funded universal healthcare system). The emergency care cost him the equivalent of $20 USD. Meanwhile back home in Seattle, one…

Nicaragua International Jazz Festival

January 24, 2013July 21, 2013 by R B

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JUST ANNOUNCED: The U.S. Department of State, Embassy in Nicaragua will host Rulon Brown at the Nicaragua International Jazz Festival, February 20 - 23, 2013. Rulon's band features three of Seattle's brightest talents including the celebrated interdisciplinary artist Paul Rucker (cello, electric bass), experimental improviser and composer Bill Horist (electric guitar), and Rulon's long-time rhythm collaborator Jeff Busch (world…