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Special Events

FIRST FRIDAYS

Visit the Art Center for Art After Hours. Free admission from 5-8pm. 

Auburn’s First Friday is sponsored by Auburn’s Historic & Cultural Sites Commission, Auburn Downtown Buisness Improvement District, Columbian Foundation, Inc., and Everett Charitable Trust.

For more information, please contact Auburn Downtown BID at (315) 252-7874.

 

May 3: Family Yoga & Dance with Absolute Dance Company

Join us for First Friday on May 3 and participate in family yoga and dance activities presented by Absolute Dance Company at 6pm and 7pm and Fiber Fridays. Fiber Friday is a opportunity for visitors to help make knitted tree bands that will decorate the Art Center (see below for more information). Visitors are also invited to view the current exhibitions Made in New York 2013 and Vintage Impressions: Cyanotypes by Victoria Miller. Refreshments will be served. First Friday is free and open to the public.

FIBER FRIDAYS

Knitters & Crocheters Wanted! Schweinfurth Art Center will be “banding” the trees around the Art Center with knitted bands in celebration of our summer exhibit Innovators & Legends: Generations in Textiles & Fiber.

How to Participate:

Work on your own or join others in work sessions during Fiber Fridays at Schweinfurth Art Center and All Tied Up Yarn Shop. Bring your own “band” or work on a community “band” that is in progress.

           

Art Center:  Fridays, April 19 - May 17, and June 7- 28, 2013 from 3-5 pm

                        First Fridays, May 3, June 7, & July 5 from 5-8pm

All Tied Up Yarns: 1st & 3rd Fridays April 19- June 28, 11am-1pm

How the project will work:

Bright colors & patterns are encouraged.  Any type of yarn, size, or gauge is acceptable. Items can be knit or crocheted.  Groups working together can connect several smaller sections together to create a band. For example, a string of granny squares can be connected to form a band.

Bands are needed 50"- 60" long and 8"-10" in height. Note: it is better for the bands to stretch tightly around the trees than to be too loose, so plan accordingly.  Each band will be wrapped around the tree and the ends will be stitched together. Multiple bands will be stacked on the trees.

Installation will take place the last week of May 2013 for the opening of the exhibit, and then weekly as bands are submitted.  Volunteers will be needed to help with installation. Bands will not be returned. 

THURSDAY EVENINGS ART & THEATER

June 20 - August 8, 5-7pm

In conjunction with the Finger Lakes Musical Theater Festival, the Schweinfurth Art Center will be hosting a special reception Thursdays June 20 – August 8, before the PiTCH performance at Theater Mack. Stop by the Art Center between 5-7pm for wine and refreshments and to browse the summer exhibition Innovators & Legends: Generations in Textiles and Fiber. Then walk next door to Theater Mack where doors will open at 7pm for the PiTCH.

Part of the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival, the PiTCH is a brand new forum created to develop new works of Musical Theatre. Accompanied by piano, teams of three will receive 40-50 minutes each night to ‘pitch’ their newest ideas in front of a live audience. See vignettes of each show – including songs, scenes and maybe a few dance numbers. See what works…and what doesn’t. To purchase tickets to the PiTCH, visit  fingerlakesmtf.com or call the box office at 315-255-1785 or toll free at 1-800-457-8897.

Calendar of Events
May 8, 3:45-5pm Art After School: I ART New York
May 9, 7:30pm Making Movies at Auburn Public Theater
May 12, 5pm Made in New York closes
May 15, 3:45-5pm Art After School
May 16, 6-8pm MakeShift: Wire and Flatwear Rings & Bracelets with Betsy Menson Sio
May 16, 7:30pm Making Movies at Auburn Public Theater
May 17, 11-1pm, 3-5pm Fiber Friday- Morning at All Tied up and afternoon at the Art Center
May 24, 3-5pm Fiber Friday at the Art Center
May 22, 3:45-5pm Art After School
May 25, 4-7pm Opening Reception of Innovators & Legends w/ 6pm Lecture
May 29, 3:45-5pm Art After School
May 30, 6-9pm pARTnership: Printmaking with Jessie Reich
May 31, 3-5pm Fiber Friday
June 5, 3:45-5pm Art After School
June 7, 11-1pm, 3-5pm Fiber Friday- Morning at All Tied up and afternoon at the Art Center
June 7, 5-8pm First Friday and Fiber Friday
June 12, 3:45-5pm Art After School
June 14, 3-5pm Fiber Friday at the Art Center
June 19, 3:45-5pm Art After School
June 20, 5-7pm PiTCH reception
June 21, 3-5pm Fiber Friday at the Art Center
June 27, 5-7 PiTCH reception
June 28, 11-1pm, 3-5pm Fiber Friday- Morning at All Tied up and afternoon at the Art Center
July 5, 3-5 pm Fiber Friday
July 5, 5-8pm First Friday
July 11, 5-7pm PiTCH reception
July 14, 11:30am-5:30pm Quilting by the Lake Quilt Show, Allyn Hall at OCC
July 16, 7-9pm Quilting by the Lake Quilt Show, Allyn Hall at OCC
July 14-26 Quilting By the Lake at Onondaga Community College www.quiltingbythelake.com
July 18, 11am -4pm Quilting by the Lake Tour with lecture at 2pm by Cynthia England
July 21, 11:30am-5:30pm Quilting by the Lake Quilt Show, Allyn Hall at OCC
July 23, 7-9pm Quilting by the Lake Quilt Show, Allyn Hall at OCC
July 25, 11am-4pm Quilting by the Lake Tour with lecture at 2pm by Carol Ann Waugh
July 25, 5-7pm PiTCH reception
July 24, 6-8pm Folk Arts at Market Street Park
August 1, 5-7pm PiTCH reception
August 2, 5-8pm First Friday
August 8, 5-7pm PiTCH reception
August 14, 6-8 Folk Arts at Market Street Park
August 15, 5-7pm PiTCH reception
 

 

 

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