Category: Arts
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Famous Mural Artist Rebukes Local Weekly for Insinuating Her Work is Racist
What happens when a world famous mural artist, commissioned recently by Bono on behalf of Paint (RED) to help raise awareness in the fight against AIDS, whose was selected earlier this year to paint murals at Dr. Maya Angelou Community High School in South L.A. as part of a week-long Maya Angelou Mural Festival in…
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2018 Best of the DTM Awards
Downtown Mall aficionados have spoken! Here are the 2018 winners. DTM’s Best Coffee Shop 1st Place – Mudhouse 2nd Place – Java Java Cafe 3rd Place – Lone Light/Pie Chest DTM’s Best Retail Shop 1st Place – O’suzannah 2nd Place – Rock Paper Scissors 3rd Place – Consignment House DTM’s Best Music/Night Spot 1st Place…
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Responding to A12: DTM public art prize draws entries from around the world
After the events of August 12 last year, Bushman Dreyfus Architects sought to address the idea of monuments and memorials in contemporary civic life by creating the BDA Prize design and ideas competition, inviting architects, artists, and designers to come up with works of public art or architecture that would address some of the many…
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On day of “crying nazi” hearing, knitted “kudzu” shroud covers Court Square statue
Before sunrise this morning what looked to be a shroud of kudzu covered the Confederate Statue Memorial in front of the Albemarle County Courthouse, the result of a “guerrilla knitting” effort to send a message about Confederate statues on the day “crying nazi” Christopher Cantwell is scheduled to have his first preliminary hearing. The “guerrilla…
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Snapshot: Biking inspired wall art on Market Street
The new bike-themed mural along West Market Street gets underway, courtesy the Charlottesville Mural Project. You can read more about it here.
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Legalized extortion? DTM music venue owners sound off on licensing fees
Ask most people, even those who like to listen to live music on the DTM, what ASCAP, BMI, and SESACO are, and you’ll most likely get a blank stare. Ask a DTM music venue owner, however, and you’ll get an earful. And don’t be surprised if there’s some gnashing of teeth and clenching of fists.…
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Ephemeral mural: Indian mural to remain, but obscured by new hotel
The iconic mural of two Indian chiefs that graces the side wall of the Afghan Grand Market on West Main Street will remain as a new Marriott Residence Inn goes up beside it, but it will be largely obscured from view, say City officials. The mural was commissioned by former Random Row Books in 2011 and…
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Picture This: Indian mural stands alone as Charlottesville hotel goes up
Well, work on one downtown hotel is commencing, as crews lay the ground work for the new Marriott Residence Inn on the corner of West Main and Ridge/McIntire. This mural, captured recently by Hawes Spencer, was commissioned by former Random Row Books in 2011 and painted by a group of Tandem Friends School students, a response…
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The Mind of Russell Richards: The local artist on his new short film “Fiji Mermaid”
In a spare bedroom of his Belmont house, the McGuffey artist-in-residence Russell Richards stands next to one of the stars of his latest short film, a grotesque stop motion model he built by hand. A replica of a 19th century phenomena called a Fiji Mermaid, the foot-and-a-half figure is grey-skinned, with shriveled breasts that hang…
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March First Fridays art exhibit line-up from the PCA
Of course, the first Friday of every month means that DTM art galleries open up their new and on-going shows to the public. It’s a tradition. Go see some art! First Fridays: March 7, 2014: Angelo 220 E. Main St. “New Work: Marsh and Ocean,” paintings by Robin Braun. 5:00-7:30pm. The Bridge PAI 209 Monticello…
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