Try & Make is a new non-profit exhibition venue, art collective, and publishing outfit located near downtown Charlottesville. We are looking to create a space that will be both specific to the local arts community here in town, while also interacting with and participating in a greater artistic discourse at large. We are trying to generate a creative outlet for people who either may not have the resources to obtain an audience for their work, or who feel that existing institutional frames of distribution don’t really suit the work they are making. We hope to do this by making our own breathing, growing headquarters with open doors, easy communication, and big experiments.
Charlottesville’s Art in Action, An Afternoon of Art and Advocacy on the Lawn, will be held Sunday, April 5, 2009, from 1-4pm on the South Lawn at U.Va. The purpose of the event is to celebrate and honor the efforts of Charlottesville organizations by using art to bring the University and Charlottesville communities together.
We are currently requesting donations of original art of any size or form that reflect the efforts of one of these seven organizations: Albemarle Housing Improvement Program, Alliance for Community Choice and Transportation, Charlottesville Community Scholarship Program, Charlottesville Emergency Food Bank, Community Bikes, Shelter for Help and Emergency, or the Music Resource Center. The art will be auctioned off to benefit the organization they represent.
Please submit a paragraph describing the thematic connection to one of these organization by Friday, March 20, 2009, with a short description of your art piece(s), dimensions of the work(s), and any additional display requirements to Vinu Ilakkuvan at ivinu@virginia.edu.
The art pieces themselves can be turned into 36 East Lawn on the Wednesday prior to the event, April 1st, from 6:15pm to midnight.
The success of this event depends on art submissions, and we would greatly appreciate your contribution!
Thank the heavens it isn’t pouring anymore. While last weekend was semi-lame, this weekend we introduce you to many things, from saving 20% at local stores to pub crawls to 2008’s best music. We also have some gift ideas for you, including art that has no status. This is a good preview, let’s rock it…
Summer solstice weekend starts for Club 2:16 with a performance of the famous Lady Bunny midnight cabaret. You can even continue your weekend with a brunch at Fellini’s on Sunday and a 3PM afternoon performance at the Tea Bazaar.
Belmont Block Party! – Not sure if this one is open or not, but Mardi Graves will have its five year anniversary starting at 6ish.
This is the weekend to be hip, why? We have music, dancing, plays, bike rides and more. BTW Lu Sid sent in a lot of these, be sure to buy Lu Sid a drink tonight. Follow the rabbit hole:
the X Lounge is having their “Xpansions” monthly dance experience Saturday night. DJ Lemoor will supposedly entertain all of you. Lemoor if you are listening, cVillains strongly advise if people make non-house recommendations to NOT play house remixes of old sings, mix it up!;
Le Comptoir Zinc is now open on Sundays beginning this coming weekend. Also, they will begin airing the Europe 2008 Soccer Championships starting this Saturday;
Um, I can never beat Shaun to the punch. You are going to miss a lot of sweet stuff if you don’t read his preview over at cvilleMUSE. How do you like these apples? Van Halen (please don’t be canceled), Ryan Shaw, Birdlips and Friday’s After Five (with Eli Cook).
First Friday’s
How could you overlook Pinkie’s amazing preview on cvilleMUSE. She covers every single venue and every single artist, with links to boot! Apparently, there will be MUSE special ops walking around handing out business cards. Try to find them and tell them Thor sent you.
Off the Cusp
If MUSE always kicks my butt on real events at least I can find stuff off the beaten track. If you are a techno-mac-loving-uber-nerd, you should go to BeCamp, which is a part communist, part hippy part electronic festival of computers and crazy ideas like “FOAF,” “Grails,” “Parallel Computing,” “Selenium -web tier testing” and a bunch of other things that scare me.
Besides the lovely complexity of having too much wine this week, we break the story on Pink Paintballs, (hopefully) find a restaurantuer a chef partner, chat with bartenders and break a rumor of a high end steak place. Oh, we also make some rule.
As typical for a cVillain week, things got rather spicy. Last week was about banning things (trans fat, bumper nuts and bags) before Armageddon hit. Between our new mascot and the discussion about platonic boy/girl friendships, it was one of our most diverse weeks yet.
