Blog - 10-2021 Archive

Event: Friday, Oct 29 at 7pm

Erie Arts & Culture and 1020 Collective will collaboratively present a visual art exhibition featuring mixed-media works by artists Ron Bayuzick and David Bordett. The exhibition opens on Friday, October 15, which also marks the return of the Erie Art Museum's Gallery Night. Be certain to include the opening reception for this exhibition as part of your Gallery Night itinerary. 1020 Collective, one of Erie's newest event and exhibition spaces, is located at 1020 Holland Street.

Erie Arts & Culture and 1020 Collective will collaboratively present a visual art exhibition featuring mixed-media works by artists Ron Bayuzick and David Bordett. The exhibition opens on Friday, October 15, which also marks the return of the Erie Art Museum's Gallery Night. Be certain to include the opening reception for this exhibition as part of your Gallery Night itinerary. 1020 Collective, one of Erie's newest event and exhibition spaces, is located at 1020 Holland Street.

Erie Arts & Culture Ignite Arts Grants are designed to support a variety of arts activities in Erie County to help strengthen the vibrancy and vitality of the region and enrich the lives of our residents and visitors through arts and culture.

Erie Arts & Culture invites you to join us for a PRO Network webinar on Oct 27 at 6 PM on Facebook Live and Zoom. Beehive Dramaturgy Studio will present a webinar about giving and receiving creative feedback.

Whether you’re an artist, producer, audience member, or anyone else involved in a creative process, at some point you’re likely to find yourself on one side or another of a feedback session. For many artists, having audiences and observers reflect back to them what they have experienced is useful, but how do you elicit and parse those candid comments? And for those offering feedback, how can you utilize your experience of the work to best support the artist in achieving their vision? Beehive Dramaturgy Studio cofounders Molly Marinik and Jeremy Stoller offer some tips for how to make the most of feedback, including starting things off, developing a shared vocabulary, and approaching feedback in various collaborative contexts, so that everyone is moving forward together in the most productive and seamless way possible.

Artists completed a new large-scale mural, located within Erie’s urban core, that honors Carla Hughes.

The mural, which was started on Saturday, September 18 and completed on Monday, September 27, is located on the north-facing facade of the Erie Center for Arts and Technology (ECAT), formerly the Wayne School, at 650 East Avenue. The mural depicts Carla Hughes, who unfortunately passed away unexpectedly in May of 2021. The reference image for the mural was provided to Erie Arts & Culture by Corey Cook of Cook Media - who was also hired to document the project.

Erie Arts & Culture is happy to announce that through the generosity and support of the Young Erie Philanthropists Fund, Young Erie Professionals, and the Hamot Health Foundation, $15,000 was recently awarded in support of a public mural initiative in the city of Erie.  "This project that we are going to fund through this initiative will engage youth throughout Erie County to come together and collectively and collaboratively work on a mural initiative," said Patrick Fisher, Executive Director of Erie Arts & Culture.

Read on to learn more about the initiative!

Erie Arts & Culture defends the right to arts and culture. In support of the 54th Annual United Arts Fund, EAC unveiled our latest campaign - Arts For All! Every purchase of an Arts for All t-shirt benefits the United Arts Fund.

Why Arts for All?

We believe the arts and humanities are fundamental to society. Together, they foster creativity, beauty, and a deeper understanding of the human experience. They are used to express our values, support lifelong learning, and build bridges by bringing people together regardless of their differences.