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Cheap office space at a great location now available for lease
through the Full Circle Arts Co-op.
$300/month with Internet and
all utilities (except electric) paid. Corner of Jackson & Celia.
Email us today!
Welcome to our brand-new portal for keeping up with the Muncie, IN art / music / activism scene.
This site hasn't been tested in all browsers or on all platforms, so keep an eye out for and please report any bugs that you notice.
The site is still in development and will continue to develop according to the needs of the community indefinitely. That means your feedback is important!
You:
Hey, what's this site all about? Why was it created?
Phantom:
Muncie's art community is awesome enough to deserve a site of its own, so it's getting one. Not for any particular kind of art, either, so theater, music, film, and everything else is welcome. Even the efforts of community organizers and activists are supported, since the foundation of our art community is the city of Muncie, and our tree cannot bear fruit without strong roots.
Apologies for the melodramatic analogy.
You:
Yeah, so the site's for the art community. But what's the real point? Why should I care?
Phantom:
Well, if you're a patron of local arts, a concert-goer, a nighlife adventurer, etc., then you can use this site as a one-stop guide to what's going on in town.
If you're not, then consider it a crash-course in what makes up your community.
If you're a promoter, venue manager, booking agent, performer, artist, gallery curator, or anybody else that needs help getting the word out about what you do, then you need the help of a website like this most of all.
There's no reason why, in this fancy Information Age, we can't engineer a website that makes promotion as easy as possible.
You:
Yeah, but I already read the local newspapers and do the MySpace / Facebook thing. I feel like my bases are covered.
Phantom:
Maybe they are. What I'm thinking is that with some hard work and brainpower, we can identify specifically what we all need out of a community website, how those needs are already met, and how they're not. Then with the aid of some volunteers like myself, we'll utilize the Internet to make Muncie a little awesomer.
You:
Awesomer?
Phantom:
Awesomer.
You:
So enough with the philosophical rhetoric. What's on TheMuncieScene.com?
Phantom:
In short, everything. News, events, flyers, gallery exhibitions, places (venues, businesses), people (performers, artists, organizers, patrons), groups (organizations, bands, theater troupes), projects, festivals, traditions, and feeds from other local websites.
You:
Wait, where?
Phantom:
Well, not all of that is up yet. The groundwork is set up, but we're allowing the site to develop over time instead of delaying its opening for a year or two while everything gets finished up. Anyhow, it's better this way because people get to weigh in on how they think the site should develop, and thus help shape it.
You:
When's everything going to be up?
Phantom:
There's no timeline set up for development. Development is just going to continue indefinitely (or until we manage to build the mythical perfect website).
You:
Sounds great. I would like to give you lots of money.
Phantom:
Oh, neat. I'll get a PayPal donation system set up soon so you can do that with your credit card.
Alternatively, you could just hand over some cash.
You:
AHA! I CAUGHT YOU! This is a heartless, capitalist, money-making operation! The site's going to be full of ads for Viagra and mortgage lenders! I am shaking my fist at you in rage!
Phantom:
All money that comes into this site, through donations or advertising revenue, will go to our local 501(c)(3) not-for-profit, the Full Circle Arts Co-op. The money left over after the site's overhead is paid for will go to fund Full Circle's community projects.
You:
But banner ads make me so angry!
Phantom:
Some sites need to rely on ads to keep running. Some sites don't, but their webmasters like receiving money anyway (who doesn't?). Since this site is being built and managed by volunteers and since content is going to be provided by the general public, it doesn't need much money. Consequently, we're not going to jam ads down your throat, and the ads that we do show are all going to be local and unobtrusive. That way, you know that every banner ad that you see is for something cool in your city that you should know about, and local businesses can get into our ad rotation and not have to compete with a hundred ads for dating websites and rain gutters.
You:
Hm. That sounds alright.
Hey, I need to cut out of here and fight a giant robot that's destroying downtown. How do I get ahold of you if I have any more questions?
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The BSU Center for Peace and Conflict Studies is hosting an online auction event in April entitled "Art 4 Peace." This auction will be part of the "Week of Action" events We are currently looking for any objects that could be placed in the auction.
Contributions may include any type of art piece or cultural activity that promotes nonviolence, peace, the arts and/or diversity. Some examples of items are: paintings, ceramics, sculptures, pottery, weavings, event tickets (e.g., ballet, theatre), gift cards (art supplies or music equipment), and lessons (art or music).
If you are interested in donating an item, please contact the Peace Center's graduate assistant, Elizabeth Earl at eaearl@bsu.edu or peacecenter@bsu.edu.
Gallery 308, 308 E. Main St., Muncie, Indiana Presents
“New Direction in Watermedia: The Beautiful, The Personal, the Inappropriate” 3-day workshop taught by Marilynn Derwenskus Ball State Art Professor Emeritus
March 29 – 31, 2010, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Each Day
Place: Oakhurst Gardens Educational Building, Minnetrista Cultural Center, Minnetrista Parkway, Muncie, IN
Sponsored by: Gallery 308, 308 E. Main St., Muncie, IN 47305
Workshop Fee: $200 payable by check or money order to Gallery 308. Mail fee, with your name, postal address, email, & phone to: MARCH WORKSHOP/ GALLERY 308/ plus the street address, city, zip listed above.
Registration due March 18. Upon receipt of paid registration, you will be mailed a workshop supply list furnished by the instructor, directions to workshop, including free parking, & suggested lodging for non-local participants.
Workshop Refund Policy: Written or phone request for refund minus $30 must be received by contact person (listed below) by March 22, 2010.
Workshop will be catered with morning & afternoon snacks & beverages. Lunch on your own. Car-pooling to nearby eateries will be arranged for those who do not wish to “brown bag” lunch.
(Please do not call the gallery; we are open just four days each week and your call may not get attended to promptly. Further, our docents are not assigned to tasks related to this workshop.)
Photographic Impressions: A Photography Exhibition
Gallery 308 presents the photography of Jill Skupin Burkholder and Dan Burkholder on view March 4 – March 26 at 308 E. Main St., Muncie, Indiana, gallery hours Wednesday-Saturday noon-5:30. An opening reception with the artists is scheduled for Thursday, March 4 from 5 pm – 8 pm. Admission is free.
Jill’s work, featured in the main gallery,is printed using the bromoil process – a 19th century photographic technique that uses brushes and lithography ink. The photographs share the look of a drawing or etching. The original bromoil prints are then scanned and printed using archival pigmented inks. The artistic rendering moves the images beyond a literal photographic presentation and captures a more emotional, evocative interpretation of each subject. The show will also include some of Jill’s encaustic pieces that combine photography with hot beeswax, giving each piece an intriguing surface and density.
Dan Burkholder’s newest work is reminiscent of the Hudson River School of American landscape paintings and is captured and processed using an Apple iPhone. Combining new technologies with classic imagery and aesthetics is a recurrent theme in this artist’s approach. These fine art prints are beautifully crafted and elegantly presented.
Jack’s Camera is hosting a series of workshops related to the exhibition. Jill Skupin Burkholder will be teaching a 2-day Encaustic for Photographers workshop on March 5-6. This workshop is an introduction to using beeswax or encaustic techniques with photography.
Dan Burkholder’s popular One Day Digital Blitz workshop on March 6 will cover tips for Photoshop CS4 and Lightroom plus other digital techniques used in creating his fine art prints. Dan will teach a 1-day iPhone Artistry workshop on March 7 that will present his latest methods for making fine art on the iPhone.
For more information and registration, call 518-678-7186 or visit danburkholder.com.
The Grahammys are a new annual awards banquet organized by the Full Circle Arts Co-op. This year, they will take place at Doc's Music Hall on Thursday, May 6th. More details coming soon!
Read this recent Star Press article and learn about VSA Arts:
VSA Arts is an affiliate of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, working to provide people with and without disabilities a chance to "learn through, participate in and enjoy the arts."
Through partnerships with Cornerstone Center for the Arts, ECI school districts, juvenile justice programs and others, teaching artists work with children and adults, with disabilities and without, to see art as a way to learn about each other.