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February 1, 2007
Places of the Heart 2007
Friday, February 9 to Saturday, February 24, 2007
The Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ
Mapping Flagstaff Through Art and Story
Certain places leave a mark on our lives. They define the spirit of our community and help to shape who we are as individuals. These places are much more than just spots on the map. They are special, even sacred. They are "places of the heart". This event is sponsored by the programs in Community, Culture and Environment and is open to all ages. Come visit this month and see an entry from the Olivia White Hospice Garden.
When Frances B. McAllister established an Endowed Chair in Community, Culture and Environment, her generosity made possible The Program in Community, Culture, and Environment (CC&E) at Northern Arizona University. The program she fostered is an extension of her commitment to civic life, to the role of the arts in culture, to the natural environment, and to collaborative, cross-disciplinary problem solving.
For the past five years, the Places of the Heart exhibit has celebrated Flagstaff’s most treasured sites through locally-produced visual art and creative writing. In 2007, the exhibit will expand to include displays on a number of place-based projects, each of which use the written, spoken, visual, and audio-visual arts to explore what the Flagstaff region means to us.
Places of the Heart 2007 will feature:
A collection of artwork that “maps” our favorite Flagstaff places through visual and written pieces by local artists of all ages. Photo and narrative selections from Northern Arizona University’s Oral Histories project. A video piece on “Home” by 5th-graders from Sechrist Elementary School and their Artist-in-Residence, Debra Edgerton.Visual and written works from the NAU Honors Program’s Flagstaff As Text semester, a program modeled after the City as Text project. Two video-installation works from Reconstructing Home by local artist Debra Edgerton and Canadian artist Marc Siegner. The Places of the Heart exhibit will run at the Coconino Center for the Arts from February 9th – February 24th. The public is invited to an opening celebration on February 9th from 5:30pm to 8pm. The evening will include readings by selected exhibit participants. Refreshments will be served.
Deadline for entries was January 26, 2007. For more information on this project, please contact Tamara Ramirez at (928) 523-0499 or Tamara.Ramirez@nau.edu.
Loni Shapiro
Posted by maxmaddy at February 1, 2007 6:15 AM