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Event: Andrew Spear, Culture and Cocktails
Friday, April 13th. 6pm
Maitland Art Center, Maitland, FL
Admission to Culture & Cocktails is $5, which includes one drink ticket.
For more info: www.spearlife.com

- 27 February, 2012

Event: Yelp Tweet Up
Nothing beats a Yelp event…except a Yelp Tweet Up! We love getting our social media on and what better way to do that than at the Yelp Tweet Up tonight at The Falcon in Orlando, FL.Check the tweets deets below!Come out Thursday evening to a fabulous new bar: THE FALCON and get your Tweet on. Meet other internet lovers and discover Orlando through our lovely Thornton Park Neighborhood, a fabulous local bar from the owners of Mother Falcon and great people around town!Fish Out of Water Sushi Truck (Cash Only) will be on site for yum yums and Happy Hour is from 6-8pm and it’s $1 off all beer, wine, cider, & saki! YES!Art Show tribute to Blade Runner’s 30th anniversary.Blade Runner is a haunting, eerily prophetic mixture of science fiction and film noir, director Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner boasts one of the most astonishingly designed futures ever put on film - a dark, decaying Lo…s Angeles circa 2019.Artists include:Phil NotoEric AlthinJamie MargaryDres13Pat FaticaHYDRO74Dennis HansburyJim InzielloStephanie Marie SmithSean HartmanKarla RadvakSpectra82Everyone attending will receive some Twitter love, Yelp goodies and amazing connections with fabulous people around Central Florida!Parking: Thornton Park has a ton of street parking or you can use the garage next to City FIsh!About CMYEs: CMYE = Community Manager Yelp Event (that’s me, Colleen B!). These get-togethers are a great way to meet fellow yelpers - you know, those peeps whose reviews you enjoy reading so much - for friendly conversation, lots of laughs and experience new local hangouts. Positive attitudes required.
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Thornton Park Walk of Art
The 3rd Thursday of every month, visitors gather for the 3rd Thursday Art Walk. They come to celebrate art and partake in an evening of sights, sounds, food, shopping, and cosmopolitan fun. On a typical 3rd Thursday Art Walk, non-traditional art venues (think restaurants, boutiques, and salons) spotlight the best of established and emerging Orlando-based artists. Expect the unexpected as each month is uniquely an experience in art and culture. The heart of the walk in on E. Washington Street. Thornton Park Highlights: Graffiti Junktion: Sandra Scheetz-Wise Mother Falcon: Riot Grrrl Art Show Outside of Mother Falcon: Nelson Martin & Dennis Hansbury The Falcon Bar & Gallery: WWJD Art Show & Fish Out Of Water Sushi Truck Outside The Falcon: Morgan Wilson and also YELP Vamp: Jewelry by Amanda Manoski Regalia: Karin Roth Be Boutique: Jewelry and other local goodies!! Lambs Eat Ivy: Brandon McLean & Laura Sommer Creative Mixed Media Nube Nove: Parker Sketch & Eclectic Kitchen Mobile Gourmet Food Truck Aroma Italian Café & Wine Bar: Live Music by JJ Patishall Envi By Design: Ivaldo Robles-“Art from the soul” & performance art by Kourtney Rea Zou Zou: Jeff Wilfong Hue Restaurant will have LIVE Jazz band & drink specials. Urban ReThink: Art based on our fair city: Orlando. Participating artists include Barry Kirsch, Thomas Thorspecken, etc. Cityfish: Complimentary oysters (yum) Though many shops are open earlier, the 3rd Thursday Art Walk officially starts at 6:00 p.m. and runs to 9:00 p.m. with restaurants and bars staying open considerably later. Continue the art experience at City Arts Factory downtown! For a complete listing of all participating venues visit www.orlandoslice.com. Parking: Thornton Park Parking Garage with entrances on North Eola Drive and East Washington Street. Street parking is available if you can find it. See you at the 3rd Thursday Art Walk! Interested artists please email: ThorntonParkOrlando@gmail.com

Art Show tribute to Blade Runner’s 30th anniversaryBlade Runner is a haunting, eerily prophetic mixture of science fiction and film noir, director Ridley Scott’s Balde Runner boasts one of the most astonishingly designed futures ever put on film - a dark, decaying Los Angeles circa 2019.Artists include:Eric AlthinJamie Margary Dres13HORSEBITESPat FaticaHYDRO74Dennis HansburyJim Inziello Stephanie Marie SmithSounds by Q-Burns Abstract Message.All artwork will be available for T-Shirt printing at www.MotherFalconClothing.com.Parking:Thornton Park Parking Garage with entrances on North Eola Drive and East Washington Street. Street parking is available if you can find it.Questions email: TheFalconBar@gmail.com

More American Photographs looks to Great Depression photography to illuminate impact of Great Recession on America
The Museum of Contemporary Art Denver has announced their new exhibit, More American Photographs, which is set to open March 1st with more than 100 works. Director of the Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, Jen Hoffman, will be the curator of the exhibition, which was first exhibited in the fall and early winter of 2011.
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Inspired by the Farm Security Administration’s (FSA) 1930’s and 1940’s program to document the Great Depression’s effects on America’s landscape and people, More American Photographs offers a portrait of America today in the wake of the Great Recession. Incorporating FSA works owned by the Library of Congress, this exhibition vividly and poignantly discloses the diverse effects of the recent economic calamity: environmental disasters, factory-ghost towns, the collapse of the housing boom and a lack of economic mobility. The exhibition’s 12 contemporary artists include Walead Beshty, Larry Clark, Roe Ethridge, Katy Grannan, William E. Jones, Sharon Lockhart, Catherine Opie, Martha Rosler, Collier Schorr, Stephen Shore, Alec Soth and Hank Willis Thomas. Many of these artists, some of whom do not typically work in a documentary style, have emulated the same straightforward and unglamorous style of photorealism the FSA photographers pioneered in the 1930s. Such historical examples from Esther Bubley, Sheldon Dick, Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Russell Lee, Gordon Parks, Marion Post Wolcott, Louise Rosskam and Ben Shahn will also be on view. The exhibition’s title refers to Walker Evans’ American Photographs, one of the most powerful photography books ever produced, originally conceived as a catalogue to accompany Evans’ solo show at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1938.

The December 2011/January 2012 features Lisa D’Amato! As of one of the outspoken personalities on The CW’s “America’s Next Top Model All Stars,” Lisa shares her insights on becoming a brand. Also featured is photographer Matt Plunkett, artist John Starr, singer CeCe Teneal, our holiday gift guide and much more!

6 notes - 7 December, 2011

Unusual Art Show Promises Loads of Fun

Orlando artist Veronika Tuskowski has never shied away from controversial subject matter. From her feature in BRINK over a year ago until now, Veronika has always been an artist taking interesting subjects and putting them out there for the world to see. Now, we have the “Cock and Gun Show” art exhibit. In partnership with several other artists, Veronika will be doing just what the name implies, showing works of all things cocks and guns.

Check out the details below.

Pushing the limits in Orlando - Offensive and awesomely crude. All female artists creating art for everyone to enjoy. Yup, that’s right! - an art show completely devoted to penises, roosters, peacocks and guns. With special guest Arcy spinning sexy tunes, Live art, henna, penis and gun shaped snacks, perverted ladies, surprises, raffles, prizes, and an art auction.

Artists
Dana Irving
Veronika Tuskowski
Maisy May Marrs
Tracy Brown
Tina Santiago
Denise Lefebvre
Body Art by Jessica Suarez.

For more, click here for Veronika’s website.

7 notes - 21 October 2011

20 notes - 17 October, 2011