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Arts-Photography “39th Annual Student Art Show Opens Sunday - HamptonRoads.com” plus 2 more

Arts-Photography “39th Annual Student Art Show Opens Sunday - HamptonRoads.com” plus 2 more

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39th Annual Student Art Show Opens Sunday - HamptonRoads.com

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 07:28 PM PDT

The Visual Arts Center of Tidewater Community College presents their 39th Annual Student Art Show.  The event features over 200 works by more than 100 students, media include drawing, painting, photography, glass, ceramics, sculpture, computer generated imagery and mixed media.  

The works for this show were created for art classes since last May, and represent program courses in Fine Arts, Photography, Graphic Design, Pottery and Glassblowing. 

Two images by artist Kristoffer Adams (shown right), Bomani & Panya (animation still, 2009) and artist John Gregor (shown below), Plane and Chisels (colored pencil, 2009).

The show opens March 28 and runs through April 25, 2010.   Brian Kreydatus, Associate Professor of Art, and Chair of the Department of Art and Art History at The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, is this year's judge.

The Awards Presentation will take place Saturday, April 10, 2010, 11 a.m., at The Commodore Theatre, 421 High Street, Portsmouth.  During the event, Kreydatus will present over $4,600 in awards in recognition of artistic excellence. The Opening Reception will follow the presentation of awards at noon at the Visual Arts Center.

 

Complementary programming for the exhibition includes illustrated lectures by a Visiting Artist and a Visiting Art Historian.  The dates are: 

Tuesday, April 6 - Newport News artist, John Miles Runner, will present The Making of Situation Normal.

Wednesday, April 14 - Alexandra Hunter, Museum Educator, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, will present The Glass Lens: Narratives in Photography and Studio Glass.

Programs will begin at 12:30 p.m. and will be held in rooms 208/209 of the Visual Arts Center.

Sponsors include: Anonymous; Brutti's; Chrysler Museum of Art; Darrell & Sally Craig; Hartung Gallery and Art Supplies; Jerry's Artarama; Everett & Ann Johnston, Mr. & Mrs. Mearl A. Kise; Peninsula Fine Arts Center; Portsmouth Museums; Richmond Camera; & Tidewater Art Alliance and One Eleven Art.

The Visual Arts Center is located at Tidewater Community College, 340 High Street, Olde Towne Portsmouth.

 

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Guare & Mosher Offer Master Classes for YoungArts Award ... - Broadway World

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 09:34 AM PDT

Tony Award-winners John Guare and Gregory Mosher are just some of the renowned theater artists who will teach and offer Master Classes to the nation's most talented teenage actors and playwrights as part of Young Arts In the Studio Week, April 17 - 23 in New York City.

Thirty seven of the nation's top high school student actors, musicians, singers, dancers, writers, photographers, visual artists and filmmakers will travel to New York City for an intensive week of interdisciplinary artistic workshops and performances, sponsored by YoungArts, the core program of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. The students, YoungArts Gold and Silver winners from all across the country, will perform and exhibit at the Baryshnikov Arts Center and Affirmation Arts Gallery during the 2010 In the Studio Week, a Celebration of YoungArts Gold and Silver Winners.

While in New York, the students will participate in master classes and be mentored by renowned artists. The theater teachers include Gregory Mosher, John Guare, Jerry Ruiz, Heidi Miami Marshall, Joan Lader, and Tom Vasiliades, The Jazz teachers include Ted Rosenthal, Ron McCurdy, Justin DiCioccio, Ronald C. McCurdy and Nestor Torres. Other mentors include Melissa Manchester (Voice), Matthew Rushing (Dance), Rebecca Stenn (Dance), Ron McCurdy (Jazz), Jean Shinn (Visual Arts and Photography), Eddye Pierce Young (Voice) and Jlove (Writing)

This week-long intensive program includes a public studio performance and exhibition on Wednesday, April 21, 2010. The performance begins at 7p.m. at the Baryshnikov Arts Center, 450 W. 37th Street, by the Jazz, Dance, Theater, Voice, Classical Music, and Writing winners, followed by an exhibition by the Visual Arts, Photography and Cinematic Arts winners at Affirmation Arts gallery, 523 W. 37th Street.

Note to media: Master classes for In the Studio are closed to the public but will be open to the press. Interviews and photos with master teachers can be facilitated. Contact Helene Davis at helene@helenedavispr.com (212) 354-7436 or Nicolle Ugarriza, nugarriza@youngarts.org 305.377.1140 x 1201.

These YoungArts winners were among a group of 142 high school seniors from across the nation who came to Miami for YoungArts Week 2010, a five-day intensive training and performance program with world-renowned artists. The young artists were selected from an original application pool of up to 7,000 students.

In conjunction with the 2010 In the Studio week, on Thursday, April 18, HBO will air the first of its 9-part series, MasterClass a documentary on YoungArts featuring Placido Domingo, Frank Gehry, Liv Ullmann, Bill T. Jones, Julian Schnabel and other former YoungArts Master Teachers. The series tells the story of nine world-class creative artists who shared their art and life experience with YoungArts students who represent the best of a new generation of talented artists in America.

YoungArts is the core program of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. It is the signature national organization that recognizes and supports America's most talented 17-18 year olds in the visual, literary and performing arts. YoungArts is the sole nominating agency for Presidential Scholars in the Arts. The foundation provides emerging artists with financial support and life changing experiences with internationally renowned artists. YoungArts alumni go on to become leading professionals in their fields and include Vanessa Williams, Raúl Esparza, Adrian Grenier and Josh Groban.

Tickets for the April 21 performance and exhibit are $20 for adults and $10 for students and are available at (212) 279-4200 or www.ticketcentral.com. For further information on In the Studio Week, call 305.377.1140 or email inthestudio@youngarts.org. For further information on YoungArts, visit www.youngarts.org.

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Local merchants to give away 21 Easter hams - Elgin Courier

Posted: 25 Mar 2010 08:29 AM PDT

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