Arts Alliance Newsletter 🎨 🎶💃 October 16, 2021

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The Arts Alliance of Greater Bloomington Newsletter
October 16, 2021
This bi-weekly newsletter shares any arts-related updates, artist features, and upcoming classes and events happening in the Greater Bloomington area. Submit content via this Google Form by Fridays at 5pm to be included in the bi-weekly newsletter. Next newsletter date: 11/3/21

The Arts Alliance Center is seeking submissions for their monthly Featured Youth Artist.

The Arts Alliance Center highlights a Featured Youth Artist each month on a rotating basis. Youth Artists must live in the Greater Bloomington area and must be in high school to apply. Featured Youth Artists' work will be revealed on the second Saturday of the month and kept on display for one month.

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We want you!

The Arts Alliance is seeking members for the following positions:

1. Literary Arts Representative- Applicant must have connections to the writer's community and have writing experience.

2. Board Treasurer- Applicant must have a working knowledge of finances, bookkeeping or nfp treasury experience.

If you are interested in increasing your involvement with the Arts Alliance or would like more information about these roles please email president@bloomingtonarts.org

Bloomington Creative Glass Center Presents 12th Annual Great Glass Pumpkin Patch

Saturday October 16th from 10:00 AM- 3:00 PM

The Bloomington Creative Glass Center is pleased to announce that the Annual Great Glass Pumpkin Patch is back!

For the twelfth year in a row, the Bloomington Creative Glass Center will hold its Great Glass Pumpkin Patch on the Monroe County Courthouse Lawn. Since April, over 25 apprentices in our glass program have worked to create the over 700 blown glass pumpkins that will be displayed at the Courthouse. Pumpkins will be spread out on the southwest corner of the courthouse lawn for the public to admire and purchase. People can expect to find traditional orange and green pumpkins, as well as purple, blue, black, polkadot, swirl and more. Pumpkins range in price from $20-$200. The event is free to enter and is open to the public.

**No tickets required. Inside the pumpkin patch, social distance must be maintained and masks are required for everyone over 4 years of age.**

The money raised will go toward the organization's arts education programs.
The Bloomington Creative Glass Center is a nonprofit arts organization based in Bloomington founded by glass artist Abby Gitlitz. In creating the Glass Center, Gitlitz focused on glass arts education, offering classes to members of all ages living in south and central Indiana communities. Through these classes, students are able to learn hands-on various forms of glass arts, further enriching the arts culture of these communities.

WFHB ArtBeat! Episode 60: Un/Comfortable Poetry
Professor Emily Bobo talks with Dr. Filiz Cicek about writing poetry as a way of understanding life and creating meaning, and the discomfort that arises from it at times, and its function, for her and the readers.

Listen to ArtBeat! Episode 60 on WFHB Now

Let’s do the Time Warp again!

Cardinal Stage’s 16th annual screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show is back at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater this October!

Join us for an interactive screening on Saturday, October 23 at 10:00pm. Proof of vaccination or recent negative test required for entry. Masks required! (learn more on the BCT's website) Entry prices increase at the door, so get your tickets in advance to save! (advance: $15 // at-the-door: $20) Prop bags available for a $5 add-on purchase in advance or in the lobby before the show! Devirginization and Costume Contest begin 30 minutes before the screening (9:30PM). This year’s pre-show is hosted by the one and only Oriana Peron! Enter our costume contest for the chance to win some AWESOME PRIZES from local businesses. Suggested entry fee for the costume contest is $5 and will be collected right before the contest begins. As always, all proceeds from the event go to Cardinal Stage’s IU Credit Union Education Initiative, which focuses on nurturing a lifelong passion for the theatre in audiences of all ages, cultures, and economic backgrounds by investing in audiences of tomorrow and increasing access to underserved populations.
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BCT & Cicada Cinema Present: Howling in the Aisles!

We're delighted to dive into the spooky season spirit with a whole day of classic scary flicks at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater! On Saturday, October 30th, we are teaming with the BCT and showing three spine-tingling classic films celebrating Halloween on the big screen: Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, Poltergeist, and The Thing!

Showtimes and links to purchase individual tickets can be found below:

The Birds @3pm
Poltergeist @7pm
The Thing @ 10pm

And, for the brave souls looking to maximize on all of the spooky fun this All Hallow's Eve eve, there are passes giving access to all three features on sale here! We have some fun surprises planned for the whole day, so come on out & enjoy sharing the scares together once again! 🎃

See you at the movies!

** Please take note of the Buskirk-Chumley's current COVID-19 safety measures: wearing a mask is required in the building. Vaccine verification or negative covid test results within 48 hours required to enter the venue.**

Life Long Learning class offered by the Bloomington Writer's Guild: JUST WRITE!

with Shana Ritter
Three Mondays, November 1, 8 & 15
6–8 p.m. ET

More information

Congrats to Patsy Rahn
who has been accepted as a poet in the 5th Open Eurasian Literary Festival of Festivals "LIFT".

We meet. Poet of the world. Patsy Rahn, USA. Встречаем поэта мира Patsy Rahn из США
Check out Patsy's reading for this festival

The festival will take place online, with the grand opening and awards ceremony taking place from 15 to 25 of October 2021 in Istanbul, Turkey. The finalists of the festival will be 200 writers from around the world. Their works will be included in the Living Anthology of the World's Writers.

Ivy Tech Offers Youth Camps and Classes

The Center for Lifelong Learning is excited to welcome you to our Youth Programs! Our staff has worked thoughtfully with your child and family in mind to provide enriching and fulfilling camps and classes. It is our hope that they will bring joy - joy in creation, in connection, and in imagination.

Visit our registration website
or
Click here to learn more

We want you! The Arts Alliance is seeking members for the following positions:

1. Literary Arts Representative- Applicant must have connections to the writer's community and have writing experience. 2. Board Treasurer- Applicant must have a working knowledge of finances, bookkeeping or nfp treasury experience.

If you are interested in increasing your involvement with the Arts Alliance or would like more information about these roles please email president@bloomingtonarts.org

Bloomington Creative Glass Center Presents 12th Annual Great Glass Pumpkin Patch Saturday October 16th from 10:00 AM- 3:00 PM

Let’s do the Time Warp again! Cardinal Stage’s 16th annual screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show is back at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater this October!