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FILM: Scott Ligon--Escape Velocity
through September 5
Ongoing film in CAC’s Price Auditorium
Prints from Ligon’s book, Digital Art Revolution: Creating Fine Art with Photoshop will be on view in the auditorium vestibule
24-minute running time, looped continuously during regular Museum hours. Film will not be on-view during scheduled Student Art Start tours and facility rental events. Free with gallery admission through 8/22; completely free after 8/22.
Scott Ligon’s first animated short film, Escape Velocity, explores the connection between A.D.D. and creativity using the artist’s own self-deprecating and humorous examples. Escape Velocity has played in festivals and theaters all over the world, including performances in London, Toronto, Moscow, San Francisco and Los Angeles. The film has won several awards including “Best Experimental Film” at the USA Film Festival in Dallas. Ligon has accepted a distribution offer for Escape Velocity from Shorts International, the world’s leading short film brand, with offices in London, New York and Los Angeles. The film is currently being marketed for television and should be available to purchase soon as well.
Book Signing:
Digital Art Revolution: Creating Fine Art with Photoshop
Ligon will appear at CAC for a lecture and book signing on August 19, 2010. Books are available for $29.99. Additionally, students from the Museum’s digital photography classes will be selling their prints the night of Ligon’s lecture. Proceeds from these sales support CAC’s digital lab.
Third Thursdays at CAC
5:30-8pm, Thursday, August 19
Third Thursdays at CAC feature FREE admission and a cash bar, and will offer rotating events such as films, guest artists, and entertainment. Complete your evening with dinner at Croc's Ecobistro, where you will get a 20% discount for attending Third Thursday at CAC!
On August 19: Lecture and Book Signing with Scott Ligon
with Scott Ligon, author of Digital Art Revolution: Creating Fine Art with Photoshop
Thursday, August 19, 2010
6:30 gallery going & mingling, 7-8pm lecture and signing. Free and open to the public.
Complete your evening with dinner at Croc's Ecobistro, where you will get a 20% discount for attending Third Thursday at CAC!
On Thursday, August 19, 2010, 6:30-8pm, please join CAC for a presentation and book signing by Scott Ligon, artist and author of the nationally-acclaimed book Digital Art Revolution: Creating Fine Art with Photoshop.
Digital technology like Photoshop has created a revolution in the possibilities available to artists, allowing for endless experimentation, duplication, and the opportunity to create and distribute art to a much larger audience. Digital Art Revolution: Creating Fine Art with Photoshop offers essential guidance to creating original digital artwork that takes Photoshop beyond the technical and into the creative realm, for artists at all skill levels.
In his presentation, digital artist, Cleveland Institute of Art faculty member and author Scott Ligon will discuss the new landscape that intersects digital technology and fine art. Ligon will also demonstrate some of the varied and amazing creative potential of digital art from a truly fine art perspective.
“Digital Art Revolution” goes beyond simply using Photoshop to alter photographs or imitate various historical painting styles; instead Ligon teaches readers how to use the software as an expressive tool to develop their own unique style. The progressive structure of the performance and book appeal to a broad audience – from the eager beginner just learning Photoshop, to the technically advanced digital artist looking to expand the possibilities of the medium. Welcome to the revolution!
Digital Art Revolution: Creating Fine Art with Photoshop is available in the Museum Shop for $29.99.
FREE Family Fest
Sunday, August 22, 2010
2-4pm.
Join us for refreshments, scavenger hunts, hands-on artmaking activities and free admission to our exhibitions!
This is the last day that our current exhibitions will be on view--see them before they're gone!
Elizabeth Huey: Invisible Affect
Our Museum Evolution: Select Works from the Boardwalk Art Show Collection
Sponsored by: 
Istanbul--Turkish Delights
Saturday, August 28th
7pm
2584 Landview Circle, Virginia Beach
40 people $75 per person
Turkish Delights await you during an evening in Istanbul. Nibble on mouth watering Turkish dishes including a variety of mezes, different kinds of boreks and turkish desserts, Relax by the pool listening to Turkish music (perhaps indulge in a mini Turkish massage) Toast the summer evening by the open hearth fire, enjoy a glass of raki and watch a belly dancer perform. As the Turkish people would say "Insallah Gorusuruz”! We hope to see you there! Ticket sales benefit Contemporary Art Center of Virginia.
Hosts:
Dr. Petra Snowden and Dieter Steinhoff
Tijen and Dr. Michael Ireland
>For information on all nine parties, click here!
