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ute mural to the Beastie Boys on E. 1st Street and 1st Avenue. Both of these artists painted quick and interesting portraits of women. Marthalicia Matarrita aims to paint decay, savagery and innocence. The painting she produced at the event was of a leopard cub on top of the head of a child, definitely on her favorite themes. In 2006, Matarrita formed M-Squared Art Productions with her 2 brothers. Throughout the evening-artists Lexi Bella, Danielle Mastriion and Marthalicia Matarrita painted in the Lower Gallery and later in the event room. The main course of the event were 2 sets from the all-women's jazz band-- the Camille Thurman Quartet, a remarkable act, headed by the multi-talented Camille Thurman. They played dreamy jazz that I thought would be all instrumental until on the second piece Thurmann started to sing. She played the saxophone, flute and sang, performing together with a string bass player, keyboardist and drummer. Thurman is also a composer and has shared the stage with jazz greats like Dr. Billy Taylor, George Coleman and Charlie Persip. Thurman's vocals range up and down at least 2-octaves, including the light and instrumental-like style called "scat singing." She was a performer in the recent "Black Girls Rock" event, and is excited to announce that she received the 2013 ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Award for a new composition off of her unreleased album, Origins, also entitled "Origins". For more information about events at the Bronx Museum, please see http://bronxmuseum.org or call 718-681-6000.