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Help with Art 4 Peace

Submitted March 15, 2010, by Graham Watson

Quoted from an email from peacecenter@bsu.edu:

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.

We are collecting items through the end of March.

Thank you for considering this request.

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Water Media Workshop

Submitted March 6, 2010, by Dave Franklin

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.

Registration limited to 15 – Register early!

Contact Person: Yvonne Williams, registrar,  ybwilliams5@comcast.net (765)289-6059

(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.)

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March at Gallery 308

Submitted March 2, 2010, by Dave Franklin

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 19^th 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.

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Cast Your Nominations For The 2010 Grahammy Awards

Submitted February 23, 2010, by Graham Watson

Give recognition to the people and places that contribute to the art, music, theater, and activism scenes in Muncie by casting nominations for the 2010 Grahammy Awards.

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!

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Star Press Article: Arts program helps disabled paint a brighter future

Submitted February 22, 2010, by Graham Watson

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.

http://www.thestarpress.com/article/20100222/NEWS01/2220305/1002/rss/Arts-program-helps-disabled-paint-a-brighter-future