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Charlotte Arts
Covid-19 April 24 Update
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Renaissance Lasagna Noodles
Christian’s 6-year-old daughter Bella has a love of nature that drew her immediately to a page from a Renaissance manuscript. Encountering the challenge over breakfast, the family let their imaginations run wild for the brilliant re-creation showed above. See Getty Museum Challenge below.
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COVID-19 guidance is provided at the end of this email, after the diversions!
Monday, April 27, 8:30 a.m. to Noon
Oaks of Devonaire (1423 SE County Road 760A, Arcadia)
Paint in a picturesque country setting featuring red barn, babbling creek, wooden bridge, tropical gardens and majestic oak trees. It is an ideal place to paint in the shade under the mighty oaks. There's plenty of space at the farm, so please practice social distancing.
Directions
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Anyone with a desire to paint outside may join us any Monday October to May. There are no fees and no instruction. For those who wish, at 11:15 a.m. paintings are shared and discussed. This group meets at a different location each week.
The challenge: re-create your favorite art using just three objects lying around home, photograph your re-creation, and share it through social media. Thousands of re-creations later, we’re in awe of your creative powers and sense of humor. The challenge was inspired by the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and a brilliant Instagram account called Between Art and Quarantine, but adapted by the Getty Museum with the invitation to use digitized and downloadable artworks from Getty’s online collection. The only tools you need for this activity are your imagination and a picture of a work of art you like or find interesting. Browse any online Getty Museum collection or other free great online collections, including
LACMA,
The Met,
Cleveland,
Indianapolis,
the Art Institute of Chicago,
the Walters,
the National Gallery, or do your own online search.
New York Times
has compiled locations where verse is happening on Facebook, Zoom, in people’s notebooks, and in our earbuds. Some highlights are a sound artist who is making an audio collage of haikus about the pandemic, weekly book release readings from Copper Canyon Press, and the option to book a live video call with a poet through the Poetry Society of New York.
The husband and wife team of Rachel and Brendan transformed a back bedroom closet into a makeshift theater. Following the philosophy that theater only requires actors, the text and an audience, these professional actors get back to the basics with the help of A-lister playwright pals, writers with projects in development, and students of all ages submitting material for them to read for LIVE audiences via Facebook for free on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9 p.m. (The link is to a Facebook site.)
Florida Rep has launched a free weekly series, every Friday at 3:30 p.m. via Zoom. The live series is limited to 100 participants per session, but they'll post a recorded version of all sessions the following week.
Browse this site to find diverse cultural life from around the world.
For example, digital stages have been opening their archives and broadcasting legendary past performances featuring star actors, boundary-pushing directors and incredible sets and costumes. These online streaming theater, dance and opera shows ensure you have best view in the house, and it’s often for free.
Don't forget. . .
Virtually visit museums and art galleries
The
Google Art Project
partnered with more than 1,200 cultural institutions from around the world to archive and document priceless pieces of art and to provide virtual tours of museums using Google Street View technology. (After following
link
, scroll to about the middle of the options to find the museums and galleries.)
Listen to music online
As more festivals, performances and concerts are canceled due to the coronavirus shutdown, musicians of all stripes and sizes are taking to social and streaming platforms to play live for their fans.
NPR Music
is compiling a list of live audio and video streams from around the world, categorized by date and genre, with links out to streaming platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. Some will require registration or a subscription, but most will be free, often with digital tip jars and opportunities to directly support artists by buying music and merchandise.
The
2020-2021 season
of many Charlotte Arts members will be included in a future email.
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As of March 23, all Charlotte Arts and member events have been cancelled because of the Coronavirus (Covid-19). Many member organizations have cancelled their events and hours of operation for the season and others have cancelled them through April or May. If you wish to confirm the status of any event or organization, please contact the event host.
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Friday to Sunday, July 17, 18, 24, 25 at 7:30 p.m. and July 19 and 26 at 2:30 p.m.
Two difficult, single people, Phyllis and Bradley, get their luggage mixed up at the airport. After a disagreeable first encounter, they form a friendship that eventually leads to the two discovering they are perfect for each other. Cost.
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Support Charlotte Arts
- Become a member of Charlotte Arts. Your membership helps ensure the success and vibrancy of the entire cultural community. Memberships for artists, individuals and families are $50, nonprofit, government and university-based organizations are $75 and businesses are $100. If you already are a member, thank you. Please encourage others to support Charlotte Arts by becoming a member.
- Are you shopping on Amazon? Amazon will donate 0.5% to Charlotte Arts of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases.
- Purchase the "State of the Arts" license plate tags. A portion comes back to Charlotte County to support quality arts and humanities programs, including Arts in Education classroom grants.
- Buy a few community bags at Winn-Dixie.
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Please support
Charlotte Arts!
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If you wish to have information included in the next issue or would like to provide art that provides a moment of joy, please provide it by following the "Submit" button above.
The next email will be released Friday, May 8. By Noon on Wednesday, May 6, please follow "Submit Events, News and Opportunities" link above to provide information for both this e-newsletter (member events only) and the online cultural calendar (all arts and humanities events), member news, and opportunities for artists.
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Solitude by Wanda Carter.
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Wisdom Within by Gina Battle.
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- Please take care and stay healthy.
- Please take a few minutes to fill out a survey from Americans for the Arts to help determine the economic impact of Covid-19 on our cultural economy. This information will help inform the distribution of stimulus funds. We need to hear from ALL organizations and individual artists. https://surveys.americansforthearts.org/s3/CoronavirusImpactSurvey
We know that there are more than five million Americans who make their livelihoods in the broader arts and cultural sector across the country and are potentially at risk. We also know that the arts provide comfort, resilience, wisdom, and the means for self-expression and connection, perhaps even more so during challenging times such as these.
— Mary Anne Carter, Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts
- A compilation of resources with national reach for artists and arts organizations is now available on the National Endowment for the Arts' website. This list will continue to be updated as new resources are announced.
- HowlRound and a group of artists, arts administrators, and others from around the United States held a webinar to discuss how COVID-19 is impacting freelance artists (those who identify as independent contractors) from all disciplines, and where artists can look for support in this complicated moment. The conversation focused on shared resources (legal, advocacy, how to take your work virtual, finding emergency funding, and financial best practices in crisis) and building and grounding our national community. Watch the recorded webinar at your convenience: https://howlround.com/happenings/artists-time-global-pandemic-asl-captioned
- Information on Charlotte County's response to Covid-19 is available at www.CharlotteCountyFL.org, including links to the Florida Department of Health and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
- New: The Charlotte County Emergency Management Office has established the CharCoCares text system to provide local updates related to COVID-19, area resources and opportunities as they become available. Simply text CharCoCares to 888-777 to opt in. The service is free; message and data rates may apply. In addition to CharCoCares text messaging, residents and visitors can find information on COVID-19 by calling the Florida Department of Health Call Center 1-866-779-6121 or emailing COVID-19@flhealth.gov.
- While all events, including music, are cancelled at Fishermen's Village, many of the stores remain open (Monday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday Noon to 6 p.m.) and Village Brewhouse and Good 'Ole Days Coffee are open for carry out only. Call to confirm if they are open before visiting.
We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.
—
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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