PHXations, January 9, 2010
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Modified Arts reopens next Friday, a Third Friday. It’s the first event under the auspices of Adam Murray and Kim Larkin, the couple who took the place over from Kimber Lanning. On Friday there’s an opening for “Modified Arts: Looking Back to the Future,” a survey of twenty prominent or influential local artists from the last half-century.
From the gallery:
Some of the artists highlighted include Phillip C. Curtis, founder of the Phoenix Art Museum; Fritz Scholder, a Native American artist; Janet deBerge Lange, former Phoenix Artist Coalition president; and members of the artist group, 3 Car Pile Up. The exhibition will also display ephemera from some of Phoenix’s defining institutions such as the Icehouse, Alwun House, Barlow and Straker, Radax, and the Movimiento Artistico del Rio Salado (MARS) art group. The voices and memories of some artists and influential individuals will be shared with the public through multi-media video and audio recordings on the Modified Arts website, as well as in the text for the exhibition. Many participating artists will also be at the opening reception to share their stories in person.
The event begins at six and it’s free. On Saturday is the revamped space’s first music show, with experimental jazz from Static Announcements. Also on the bill: “A collaboration between free-form instrumental Americana group TownCraft and singer-songwriter Michael Krassner”; and the imrovisational group Dr. K’s Acoustic Playground. Doors at 6:30 p.m.; it’s $7.Complete schedule here.
The Downtown Voices Steering Committee has a meeting this Saturday, at 9:30 a.m. It’s at Roosevelt Commons, 825 N. 6th Ave.
From the group:
Agenda items to discuss include (1) U.S. Census preparations, (2) update on the Downtown Code and Urban Form Project, (3) possible closures of University and Verde Parks, and (4) last minute details on Downtown Voice’s five-year retrospective and strategic planning forum on Saturday, January 16, at the A.E. England Building at Civic Space Park.
Details here.
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