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    Plein Air takes a fresh turn at Summit Artspace

    Published July 16, 2014 by

    It’s been four years since local artists have been painting up an urban outdoor storm in the “plein air” style in downtown Akron. This year “Streetscapes: Akron in Plein Air” took a different and refreshing turn with how the exhibit – and the rewards that came from it – were...
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    Disco night at the July 10 Summer Dance

    Published July 16, 2014 by

    By Dayna Martinez, Ordway Center for the Performing Arts Hundreds of people boogied on down to Rice Park on July 10th for Summer Dance – man, it was Disco night! The weather was beautiful, and so were the people, as they learned some ‘far out’ dance moves from the Arthur...
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    Crafted Boca surprises

    Published July 15, 2014 by

    Elaine Reichek's "Painted Blackfoot." In the very back of the ground floor of the Boca Museum of Art is a simple, beautiful exhibit from Elaine Reichek – it could be easy to miss, and you really shouldn’t. Reichek studied at Brooklyn College with abstract master Ad...
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    Tyler McPhee grasps at the vastness and longing of the sea

    Published July 15, 2014 by

    Looking at the distant horizon from shore, the mind has a tendency to wander amongst feelings of melancholy, ideas of immensity, and concepts of faraway places. What fertile ground for the romantic ruminations of human beings in the face of our magnificent planet! Whether the ocean is flat and serene,...
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    ZERO1 2014 BRING IT! Performance Series: John Slepian

    Published July 14, 2014 by

    By Serlin Quah, ZERO1 Is meditation performative when a simple technical system is constructed to make visible the performer's state of mind? This is the question that artist John Slepian asks as he experiments with a new kind of embodiment in the digital world. In Transcendence, the artist is literally...
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    Blumenthal’s Open Mic Night

    Published July 14, 2014 by

    Blumenthal Performing Arts Open Mic. Another Blumenthal Performing Arts’ Open Mic Night is just around the corner, taking place July 18th at 7:30 p.m. in the McGlohon Theater. Open Mic is part of the Whirl initiative to bring local artists to Blumenthal’s stages and encourage greater...
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    Announcing 69 finalists in the St. Paul Knight Arts Challenge

    Published July 14, 2014 by

    Mu Performing Arts is a finalist in the 2014 St. Paul Knight Arts Challenge. This article is cross-posted from KnightArts.org. We are excited to announce 69 finalists for this year's Knight Arts Challenge in St. Paul. This spring, we asked the community for their best ideas for the arts. More than 850 people shared their passion and projects with us. Our panel of 10 local readers — artists and arts leaders from a variety of communities and genres — carefully reviewed each submission before arriving at this list of finalists. These ideas reflect the new St. Paul, a diverse and creative city. We set out to attract arts projects from all corners of the city, from organizations and small collaboratives to individual artists, and to make sure the list reflected the people who live and work and create in St. Paul.  We’re thrilled with the results. Thank you to everyone who submitted an idea and who helped spread the word.
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    The Locust Art Builders (LAB)

    Published July 11, 2014 by

    The Locust Art Builders (LAB) is an innovative and intensive three-week arts program for High School students. The goal of the program is to foster the development of their creative capacities, as well as develop their critical thinking, problem-solving, collaboration and communication skills. LAB 2014 flyer....