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ARTSFLASH: Live Arts launches yearlong artist-in-residency program; Fringe nerds rejoice
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| ah, summer. |
There’s a certain wave of sadness that washes over us when the two-week Live Arts/Philly Fringe bonanza wraps up in mid-September. (K. Ross Hoffman wrote about the malaise in our Oct. 1 issue.) We’re exhausted from attending dozens and dozens of shows, but the high of witnessing such innovative dance/theater/weirdo-experimental-whatever is tough to come down from, especially since there’s always one big nasty dreary winter standing in the path to the next year’s fest. Waaaah.
But good news, Philadelphians! The Live Arts Festival folks have just announced that, as of right-now, they’re launching an artist-in-residency program, coupled with free every-second-Thursday performances, in their new studio space in NoLibs, from now till June. Hooray!
Some details from the press release:
The inaugural 2009/2010 Artists in Residency program includes five Philadelphia-based artists: Nichole Canuso (Wandering Alice, 2008 / The A.W.A.R.D. Show!, 2009), Tania Isaac (stuporwoman, 2008), The Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental/ Thaddeus Phillips (THE MeLTING BRiDgE, 2008), Subcircle (Still Unknown, 2007), and Kathryn Tebordo/Workshop for Potential Movement (The A.W.A.R.D. Show!, 2009).
The program provides free work space in the Live Arts Festival’s studio, expanded development time, opportunities for early audience feedback, and additional resources. The support will allow participating artists to take more risks by investigating new processes, methodologies, and ideas, which will yield greater personal growth for the artists and even higher quality final productions.
We’re all for artists taking risks and investigating new processes — but to be honest, what we’re even more stoked about is this second-Thursday business. (Free beer + free admission = best winter ever, as far as we’re concerned.)
Next week’s Second Thursday Series features Thaddeus Phillips, Kathryn Tebordo and Subcircle’s Jorge and Niki Cousineau. Did we mention this is free?
Second Thursday Series, Thu., Nov. 12, 7 p.m., free, The Festival Studio, 919 N. Fifth St., 215-413-9006, livearts-fringe.org.
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