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Erie Arts & Culture will host the 31st annual Fall for Arts & Culture Appreciation Awards on Wednesday, October 23, 2019.

Guest blog series, A Look Through Erie's Creative Lens, by Erin Maloney, continues this week with an interview with Ian Gefert. Ian is a woodworker who creates unique wands and walking staffs. 

Dutch artist Zedz arrives in Erie and begins transforming the exterior facade of 121 West 12th Street, a building owned by Zaphiris Family Limited Partnership.

Erie Arts & Culture 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.

Our blog series Seven Steps to Scale your Career as an Artist continues, as we discuss the importance of artists' goals and commitment to seeking opportunities for career growth.

A bride floats down an aisle on her big day, a beautiful picture in pure white, while a violinist plays her strings. Courtney Vargo has played the violin for years and has established a reputation as the Erie Violinist through word of mouth and positive feedback.

Erie Arts & Culture, through its New Horizons initiative, has an active call to artists for a paid opportunity to work as an understudy on an upcoming public art project.

Local artist and entrepreneur Ashley Pastore launches “Restore The Core” project to help with revitalization efforts in downtown Erie.

Erie's Public Arts Projects move full steam ahead.

Heart pounding, she scanned the crowd for her middle son. The other four were by her side, but where was Brian? After a frantic search, she found him surrounded by a circle of people, sculpting a dinosaur from the sand by the playground at Liberty Park. At eight years old he was already drawing people in with his exceptional sculpting abilities.

Erie Arts & Culture's Executive Committee approved the Grantmaking Committee's recommendation to establish an additional $2,500 fellowship for 2019. This is open to emerging artists 19 years of age or older. All artistic disciplines are welcome to apply.

Erie Arts & Culture is hosting an Artist Classroom at Erie’s Blues & Jazz Festival August 2-4, 2019! Drop in anytime to make and take an art project, or to move and groove. Classes are instructed by professional teaching artists who work closely with Erie Arts & Culture’s Arts in Education Program.

The City of Erie is accepting qualifications from an artist or team of artists residing in Erie County for a public art opportunity located in Downtown Erie’s Perry Square Park.

Erie Arts & Culture is excited to announce receipt of a $15,000 grant from the PNC Foundation for Arts Smart Kids, which will provide professional arts instruction to about 400 pre-K children in Crawford, Mercer and Warren counties.

The fourth installment in our Scale Your Career as an Artist Series takes an in-depth look at how to build a strong network and remain connected about what's occurring broadly in the arts world.