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Join Piedmont Council for the Arts for Art Drinks on Wednesday, May 9th! Join us at their new location for May, June and July: the Maya Restaurant and Bar.
Enjoy drink specials and lively conversation with other arts enthusiasts, plus the chance to win exciting prizes like:
// a colorful screen-print by local artist Patrick Costello // tickets to see indie folk band Horse Feathers at The Southern // a gift certificate to Cappellino’s Crazy Cakes // tickets to Spring For The Arts, an annual celebration to support PCA!
Maya is hosting, donating 10% of bar sales at Art Drinks to PCA, and serving an off-the-menu cocktail just for Art Drinks: a grown-up take on that childhood favorite Strawberry Lemonade.
This event is FREE and open to the public. Join the event on Facebook for sneak peeks and updates.
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Join The Bridge on Saturday, May 5, at the Black Market Moto Saloon for their Revel fundraiser, art auction, and party!
There are drinks and food at 8pm, a live art auction at 9pm, and an Afterparty from 11pm t0 1am, with a silent art auction going on from 8pm to 12am.
Join them for an evening of Kaprow-esque happenings, food, drink, music and art in support of our mission to bridge diverse communities through the arts.
Go here for tickets to the Revel and the Afterparty!
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Spring For The Arts is an annual celebration to support Piedmont Council for the Arts (PCA), with a silent auction, gallery exhibition, and live performances!
The silent auction features original artwork by Dean Dass, John Borden Evans, Kristin Reiber Harris, Tim O’Kane, and other local artists.
Additional auction items include tickets and arts-related items from the American Shakespeare Center, Chroma Projects, Leah Stoddard Consulting, Live Arts, LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph, Virginia Film Festival, Virginia Arts of the Book Center, Wintergreen Performing Arts, and more!
Guests will also enjoy a gallery exhibition and live performances by Beleza (formerly Beleza Brasil) and the Charlottesville Ballet, with signature drinks and hors d’oeuvres by Harvest Moon Catering and wine selections from Market Street Wineshops. Free ‘Spring For The Arts’ cocktails will be available with dinner at Commonwealth Restaurant after the event.
$40 for PCA members; $60* for non-members
*Includes a complimentary one-year membership for new members
Tickets are now available at www.charlottesvillearts.org/rsvp.
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On Friday, April 13th, Founders Day, at 5:00 pm, Tom Tom will be launched from the steps of the McGuffey, the historic school house that has served as the central civic art institution for decades. The perfect spring day and the first outdoor concert of the season, there will be a block party, a street food fair, children’s activities, public art exhibition, and prominent local bands playing from the front steps and inside the studios.
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Get ready for PCA’s next Art Drinks! at The Local on Wednesday, April 11 from 5:30-7:30pm.
Don’t miss your monthly chance to mingle with Charlottesville’s creative community and win raffle prizes, including: a photograph by Peter Krebs, tickets to an upcoming performance at Live Arts, and two tickets to The Revel Afterparty from The Bridge PAI.
This event is free and open to the public.
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PCA co-presents an ongoing series of seminars with the Virginia Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, navigating the legal processes for arts-related issues.
On Wednesday, April 25th, from 6:00–8:00 pm, as part of the series, Richmond lawyers Ian Titley, Esq. and Kirk Schroder, Esq. will lead this helpful seminar for artists on the topic of copyrights. The presenters will speak on the topic and answer questions from attendees. Pizza and beverages will be provided for all attendees.
$5 for PCA members, $10 for non-members.
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Join the Charlottesville Photography Initiative for a Photo Walk of our very own C-Ville! On Saturday, March 24th, at 2pm, meet up at the CPI, then go on a walk that includes UVA grounds, Downtown, and a sunset shot, then light dinner fare.
The event is open to CPI supporters–(a great reason to join!). See their website for more info.
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Join theRockfish Wildlife Sanctuary, March 17th, 5:00- 8:00pm at CitySpace, for an evening of art, food, and fun and help RWS raise matching funds for our exciting expansion plans.
Don’t miss the opportunity to buy the best wildlife art in this area, from many well-known artists and photographers.
The $10 cover includes food and drink.
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On Wednesday, March 14 from 5:30-7:30pm, Piedmont Council for the Arts invites the Charlottesville area arts community to Art Drinks at The Local!
Enjoy drink specials and lively conversation with other arts enthusiasts, plus the chance to win exciting prizes including a pair of tickets to see the Golden Dragon Acrobats at The Paramount Theater, a locally-designed t-shirt from Firefish Gallery, and more!
Many thanks to The Local for donating a percentage of bar sales during Art Drinks to support PCA!
For more information about this event, please contact Sarah.
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New City Arts Forum: April 20th-22nd at the Haven.
While the landscape of the arts community is always changing, many questions remain the same, questions such as What is the responsibility of the artist? and What is good art? New City Arts has organized an April forum to engage both the newly emerging and the perennial issues—of art, city, and society—faced by artists as they pursue their curious vocation.We have invited top-notch presenters and paired them together based on their expertise, interests, and relationships. As you visit exhibits and attend performances, you will experience, not just hear about, great artwork. (And there will be a fancy, secret dinner in beautiful downtown Charlottesville.)
We invite you to join this conversation and this community. Come listen as practitioners and philosophers address contemporary questions of our collective, creative world, and become part of a still-forming community that seeks to be attentive to the life and profession of the artist.
Look here for our schedule, and here for more information about the presenters, which include: Dean Dass, Howard Singerman, Nicholas Wolterstorff (author of Art in Action), Dan Siedell (author of God in the Gallery), a representative from the National Arts Endowment, the CEO of National Arts Strategies, and performances with Benjamin and Isaac Wardell.