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SEPTEMBER
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Beijing – The Year of the Tiger Unleashed
Saturday, September 11th
7 – 10 pm
40 people $75 per person
Cage your inhibitions and travel to the Forbidden City.....The ancient Asian art of Tantra shall awaken you. Our Tantric Fest encompasses beauty and exhilaration through the Arts of eating, drinking, tasting, smelling, seeing and touching.
Be pampered in the arms of a Goddess by the water. Inhale the spirit of Happiness, Fortune, and Good Luck. Encounter the Chinese gods, dragons and other divine creatures. Taste the essence of Asian delicacies and drink of exotic potions. Ticket sales benefit Contemporary Art Center of Virginia.
Hosts:
Ellis Gillespie
Corrine Mastronardi
>For information on all nine parties, click here!
FILM: 35 Seconds by FleshProfitsNothing collaborative and independent artist Nathan b Lewis
September 16-November 7
35 Seconds is a 13-minute documentary film that features nine Haitian people who lived through the country’s devastating earthquake. Three weeks after the 7.0 quake, three American artists, story-tellers, Dustin Miller and Eric T. Hires of the collaborative, FleshProfitsNothing, along with independent artist, Nathan b Lewis , traveled to Port-au-Prince and Petit Goave to tell the tale of survival and horror. The film is entirely in Creole with English subtitles. Additionally, found objects and photographs documenting the destruction in Haiti will be on view in the Museum’s Price Auditorium vestibule.
35 Seconds - Short Stories from Haiti - Teaser from Flesh Profits Nothing on Vimeo.
5:30-8pm, Thursday, September 16
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 September 16:
Opening Reception for Heidi Fowler and John R.G. Roth
Fowler gallery talk from 6:30-7pm, Roth gallery talk from 7-3:30pm
PLUS:
Screening of film, 35 Seconds, a 13-minute documentary film that features nine Haitian people who lived through the country’s devastating earthquake. Donations solicited for Haiti that evening.
A Taste for Art:
Munich – Fun and Gemuetlichkeit
Saturday, September 25th
5-9 pm
40 people $75 per person
Auf geht's zur Wies'n - ”Let’s go to the Oktoberfest”
Put on your Dirndl and Lederhosen and have fun at the Oktoberfest. Dance to a live Oompah Band. Enjoy grilled Bratwurst, pork roast, schnitzel, potato salad, Sauerkraut and more...
Taste German wines and raise your beer steins to celebrate the Arts. Ticket sales benefit Contemporary Art Center of Virginia.
Ein Prosit der Gemuetlichkeit
Hosts:
Honorary Council of Germany
Peter Mueller and Birgit Mueller
September 25
10am-4pm
Enjoy free admission to the galleries all day as part of National Museum Day!
