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Charlotte Arts
Covid-19 May 8 Update
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Have you always wanted to draw?
Author and illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka, best known for his
Lunch Lady
series of graphic novels, is hosting drawing sessions on his
YouTube channel
every day. He’s been teaching basic illustration techniques, like how to draw a face and its expressions, but also shares anecdotes about growing up as a kid who loved to draw.
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As of March 23, all Charlotte Arts and member events have been cancelled because of the Coronavirus (Covid-19). Member organizations 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.
COVID-19 guidance is provided at the end of this email, after the diversions!
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Monday, May 11, 8:30 a.m. to Noon
Chadwick Park Englewood Beach (1855 Gulf Blvd.)
Join us for views of boats, water, tiki huts, etc.
Directions
. Stay for lunch at the nearby SandBar Tiki & Grille.
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.
Wednesdays beginning May 6, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
ZOOM, 824 East 3rd Street, Englewood
The theme in May is "Florals and Abstraction." We will take inspiration from artists such as Georgia O’Keefe, Henry Matisse, Vincent Van Gogh, but create our own compositions and paint an abstract creation during class. We will discuss background application, composition, color choices, placement, dynamics, etc. Please have your acrylic paints ready as well as your paint brushes, a palette knife, a table easel (not essential), a small foam roller, and organic sponge, old rags and water of course. The canvas size is your choice. Cost.
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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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With so many of our cultural partners temporarily closed, let us bring the humanities directly to you! Tapping into the immense talent and knowledge of our Speakers Directory, Florida Humanities is excited to announce its new weekly
Florida Talks: At Home
series! Tune in with your computer or smart device as we connect you with some of our state's preeminent historians, authors, storytellers, and scholars.
Above & Beyond: JFK and the Florida U-2 pilots During the Cuban Missile Crisis
Thursday, May 14, Noon
Best-selling author, Michael Tougias, discusses the little-known story of U-2 pilots who flew from Orlando to Cuba to secure photographic proof that the Soviets were installing nuclear missiles on Cuba, sparking an international crisis that brought the U.S. and the Soviet Union to the brink of war. One pilot was fatally shot down.
Oh, Florida!
Wednesday, May 20, 6 p.m.
To some, it’s a paradise. To others, it’s a punchline. It’s actually both, as you’ll learn from veteran journalist and New York Times best-selling author, Craig Pittman. Pittman's book, Oh, Florida! How America’s Weirdest State Influences the Rest of the Country, embraces those contradictions and shows how they fit together to make this the most interesting state in the union.
Documentaries funded fully or in part by Florida Humanities with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities are available for viewing on the Florida Humanities website.
Don't forget t
he diversions included in earlier eblasts.
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.
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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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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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 22. By Noon on Wednesday, May 20, 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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- 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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