Events for Thursday, July 3, 2008

10:00 AM-5:00 PM Unchained Memories: Readings from Slave Narratives Community Folk Art Center
6:45 PM Hello: My Name is Death Acme Mystery Company
7:30 PM Disney's High School Musical The Talent Company

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In the News

18th Annual Street Painting Festival and Sidewalk Chalk Art Contest
Manlius Library Fine Arts Rental Program
Lipe Art Park is Looking for a Summer Art Show!

A summertime tradition at the Syracuse Arts & Crafts Festival, the Syracuse New Times Street Painting sidewalk chalk art contest is in its 18th year. It will be held in a new location this year -- sidewalk squares on the 200 block of Montgomery Street, from the Hills Building to City Hall, over to L'Adour Restaurant.

The festival will take place on Sat., July 26, 9:00am-3:00pm. Rain date is Sun., July 27. This is part of the downtown ARTS WEEK celebration.

Space is limited to 125 artists and fills up fast! All ages are welcome. Each entrant receives an assortment of colored chalk at registration, but is encouraged to bring his or her own as well. Also, entrants should bring lacquer or hairspray to preserve their work.

Cash prizes will be awarded for all age groups and judging will be by professional artists. Festival goers can also vote for the People's Choice Award.

Application and more information available from Syracuse New Times.

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For over 20 years, the Manlius Library has sponsored a unique fine arts rental program that helps to add funds to its budget. The income is used for programming, purchases of print and digital media, as well as other improvements. Anyone with a library card can select a hanging work, all done by well-known local artists, and for a small monthly fee, rent the piece to display in their own home. All 2-dimensional media are represented, and the work can be purchased, with any previous charges going toward the sale price. The Library keeps all rental proceeds, but when a work is sold, the artist gets the selling price minus a commission, which also goes to the Library. The rental program is located in the reading room, which is open during all Library hours. The exhibit of available new work opens Sun. June 8.

The Library is located in the Manlius Village Center, at 1 Arkie Albanese Way, next to the Swan Pond, off Route 92. Please call 682-6400 for hours.

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Formally an abandoned train yard, Lipe Art Park is located along West Fayette Street in the Warehouse District of Syracuse. It is the city's first art park and public green space open for the development of, display, performance and appreciation of all forms of art, in order to facilitate public/community engagement with the ecological and cultural life of the city and beyond.

This summer Friends of Lipe Art Park is looking for artists interested in hosting a show in the park. There is roughly $5,000 allocated for this project to be used by the artist. If interested, please download the Request For Proposal (RFP).

The deadline for the RFP is Mon., June 16. Please e-mail completed RFPs or any questions to Christine Elliott at celliott@40belowsummit.com. They hope to have a show installed by late July.

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About SyracuseArts.net

This site is a collection of information about the wealth of performances, exhibits and visual and performing arts organizations in Syracuse and Onondaga County.

The calendar page gives you a month-by-month display of events, while the directory has a listing of area arts groups. On the search page, you can find events and ensembles by date, by performer, by location - whatever you're looking for on the site, our search page should find for you.

We hope this will become an invaluable resource, and to help us reach that goal, let us know if we've missed anything! Please contact us at web@syracusearts.net with your comments and suggestions, or to have your events listed on our calendar.