From: jodi netzer [mailto:netzer@voicenet.com]
Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 3:08 PM
Subject: CREATE YOUR CITY ART PARTY August 21!
CREATE YOUR CITY ART PARTY August 21!
Creative City and Parasol Project present the Create Your City Art Party on Friday, August 21, 2009 to celebrate and advocate creativity in Tucson and welcome the re-opening of the 4th Ave. Underpass. Events begin with the "Re-Connection Pre-Show” on the Winsett Park Stage at 6:30pm (free)( Fourth Avenue between Sixth and Ninth streets) featuring puppets, clowns, stilt-walkers and dancers. At 7:30 pm a festive parade extravaganza with performers from Winsett Park will lead people to the Rialto Theater. The Art Party at the Rialto will start at 7 pm with eight bands, performance installations, interactive arts, vending and so much more! “Be art, bring art” is the motto. Join in this family-friendly, all ages event- bring instruments and colorful costumes.
Schedule:
6:30 – 7:30 pm – Re-Connection Pre-Show at Winsett Park (North 4th Ave. & 8th St.), FREE
7:00 pm – Doors open at Rialto Theatre (318 E. Congress), $10-$25 suggested donation
7:30 pm – Re-Connection Procession from Winsett Park to the Rialto Theater
Create Your City Art Party at the Rialto Theater featuring local bands:
Mata Leau * Combo Westside * Michelle Blades * BATUCAXÉ * Tom Walbank & the Ambassadors * Ensphere * PLOY * Flagrante Delicto * Mr. Free & the Satellite Freakout
Advance tickets ($10) available at Rialto Theatre (www.rialtotheatre.com). Tickets night of show: $10-25 sliding scale.
For more information, visit: www.creativecity.org or contact Michael Schwartz, 520-791-9359, mbsarts@aol.com or Jacqueline Pollard, 520-762-4947, contact@4thand4th.com
About the organizers: Creative City, “Creativity, Community, Renewability,” is a new consortium of creative individuals and organizations in all fields. We collaborate to match unique, creative ideas that build self-sustaining community with opportunities toward a unique, healthy and vibrant community. We seek to promote awareness of the integral nature of creative work, and as a force for problem solving and policy development, to strengthen and promote creative ways of being, to model a creative green economy and increase awareness of the role creativity plays in our everyday lives.
Founded in 2009, Parasol Project is a community-based arts and performance organization that engages and builds unity through avenues of expression including participatory and spectacular arts. Parasol in the Lost Barrio is a new venue for classes, workshops, exhibitions, performances, affordable rehearsal hours, and community gatherings. Through outreach and partnerships we are connecting to Tucson’s people, culture, and vitality, contributing to a strong and sustainable city.
Other coalition members include National Campaign to Hire Artists, 4th and 4th, The Drawing Studio, Opening Minds through the Arts, TuScene.org, Tucson Artists and Musicians Healthcare Alliance, Rhythm Industry Performance Factory, Tucson Arts Brigade, Tucson Puppet Works, Many Mouths One Stomach, Arts Marketplace, Odaiko Sonora, Development Center for Appropriate Technology, Casa Libre, Dinnerware Artspace, Play, Thom Lewis Dance, local artists and many others.
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JODI NETZER + THE CONSCIOUS COLLECTIVE
Participatory Performance & Design
520.791.9359 (home/office)
267.334.7857 (mobile)
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