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Erie Arts & Culture is proud to present this week's Friday Feature, Alex Staley!!

Erie Arts & Culture is proud to present this week's Friday Feature, Amber Love!

Two vendor booths at Celebrate Erie will offer a variety of African craft.

Two presentations will grace the Family Stage of Celebrate Erie on Sunday, August 20. These folk artists represent the rich cultures of the MIddle East and Sudan.

Two presentations will grace the Family Stage of Celebrate Erie on Saturday, August 19. Both are led by former refugees from Africa who now are U.S. citizens. Both artists have been recognized by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts as master traditional artists.

Erie Arts & Culture is proud to present this week's Friday Feature, Doug Eberhardt (@voidboy.art)!!

Erie Arts & Culture is proud to present this week's Friday Feature, Precious Thompson!!

Erie Arts & Culture is proud to present this week's Friday Feature! Ana Balcazar (@anabalcazarbartra) is on a mission to inspire the world to think deeper and reach into the ultimate truth in order to uncover their own passions, and Art is a her chosen vessel to achieve that goal. She's the current guest curator for Erie Arts Museum, and her collection Entre Plantas y Mujeres opened on July 13th. She'll be in residence in late July. 

2024 Lydia McCain Artist Fellowship: Now accepting applications through August 31!!

Erie Arts & Culture recognizes individual artistic achievement and potential through its annual Lydia McCain Artist Fellowship program, which provides unrestricted funding to three artists from Erie County. The Fellowship helps individual artists sustain or enhance their creative process and advance their career in the arts. The fellowship program uses three artist categories: Emerging ($2,000), Mid-Career ($3,500), and Established ($5,500). 

Erie Arts & Culture is proud to present this week's Tuesday New American Entrepreneurial Highlight! Claudine Niyogushimwa and Jeanine Ahonga graciously accepted an opportunity to interview 5 local New Americans to paint a beautiful picture of how they are able to bring the inclusivity and sense of community from their native African soil to their newfound neighborhoods. 

Erie Arts & Culture is proud to present this week's Friday Feature! Ashley Pastore (@ashypastore), founder of Grounded Print + Papershop(@groundedprintshop), uses her strong sense of nostalgic, spacial awareness, and a subconscious investigative approach to inspire all of those who are able to witness her work. As a participant of this year's Views Festival, she contributed her talents for visual graphics to the Erie collective.