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What's New in the
Arts?
Oil City's Arts Revitalization is tapping into the
creativity of long-time residents and attracting the good energy
and fresh vision of relocating artists from all over the country. Visual
artists, filmmakers, musicians, and fine artisans
are coming together here in small-town America, and the momentum is building --
Look at what's going on and get involved!
ARTS Oil City is part of The HUB,
Arts on 8, a regional initiative to promote artists and the arts
www.artsoilcity.com/HUB.htm
EVERY MONTH
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National Transit Art Studios
OPEN STUDIOS
Second Saturdays noon to 5:00 pm
Visit with 20+ studio artists: painters, photographers,
jewelers,
stained glass artists, china painters, mixed media artists.
Watch the creative process at work, browse, chat and enjoy!
206-210 Seneca Street, Second Floor
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DRUM CIRCLE
Tip Jar - Donations will go toward room rental
First Fridays 7:00 pm, First Floor Transit Annex
We have plenty of
found-object drums --
no experience necessary.
Bring your drums if you have them, your good energy, and your friends!
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Oil City Arts Council's
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
2010-2011
Arts in the Transit Concert series
Arts in the Park Concert series
Pipeline Alley Concert series
First Night
Oil Country Bluegrass Festival
Oil Region Indie Music and Art Festival
Jolly July Third
details and dates
here
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Venango Digital Film Festival 2010
September 17-19, 2010
CALL for ENTRIES
Filmmaker's Workshop by Matt Hovis, three-time winner, July 8, 2010
at the Crawford Center in Emlenton.
For details, visit www.vdff.org
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2010 Oil Heritage Art Show
July 19-25
CALL FOR ARTISTS
download entry information here
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Oil Region Indie Music and Art Festival
June 12, 1-9 pm
Seneca Street, Oil City
Drum Circle in Pipeline Alley at noon
Three stages: bands, soloists, electronic: 40-minute sets from 1 - 9 pm
Original music performed by the composers
Art vendors and demos on the street
Graffiti walls: chalk and paint
Food, drink, kids' activities provided by the North Side Business Association
Summer Street Fair
Youth Art Competition in the Annex
Sponsored by the Oil City Arts Council and Venango Campus of
Clarion University.
FREE
SCHEDULE
PIPELINE ALLEY noon- 1:00 : Drum Circle
PIPELINE ALLEY 1-9 pm: Chris Clouser, Pat Troester, Mitch Littler,
Nate Hall, Justin Parson, Jeremy Jack, Nate Miklos,
Brian Stoltenburg, Secretly Plotting Your Burial (40 minute sets)
SENECA STREET 1-9 pm: Alabaster Jar, Come Summer
I'll Be Gone, The Old Hats, Brooke Annibale, Kick Old Man, JD Escher,
Brian Morgante: Dead Horse, Satin Gum, Remora
Deign (40 minute sets)
TRANSIT ANNEX: 5-9
pm: Thunder Will Roll, Policy Overkill.
RAIN LOCATION
Transit Great Room
Noon-5: Open
Studios, artist vendors and demos on Seneca Street, Graffiti walls, food
vendors, etc.
Performers are donating their services -- changes will happen!
www.myspace.com/oilregionindie
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MUSIC and YOGA Event March 21
by InTransit Yoga
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Oil City Arts Council Concerts Winter/Spring 2010
SECOND FRIDAYS
ARTS IN THE TRANSIT
Arts In The Transit is a series of
9 concerts held on the second Friday of each month from September through May in
the Great Room of the National Transit Building on Seneca Street in Oil
City.
The concerts start at 7:30 PM.
Single tickets $8.00 for members of the Arts Council, $10.00
non-members. Tickets for all 9 concerts $55.00 for Art Council members and
$60.00 for non-members.
Tickets for any 4 concerts $25.00 for members and $30.00 for non-members.
The concerts are partially funded by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
through the Venango Center For Creative Development.
January 8, 2010
Darl Weckerly Family Band
February 12, 2010
Mountain Therapy
March 12, 2010
Dan Heasley Trio and a Tribute to Judy Garland
April 9, 2010
Boosel, Evans, Metz and Pearson
May 14, 2010
Max Schang Blues Band
For further information please call
814-676-1509 on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
www.ocartscouncil.com
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3rd annual
Oil Country
Bluegrass Festival
Arlington
Hotel in Oil City
February 19-21, 2010
Raffles benefit United Way and the Oil City Arts Council
For details, contact Ron Shoup at
(814) 676-3465
or e-mail:
rshoup@csonline.net
National Transit Art Studios
will be open to the public February 20, noon to 5:00.
Take a break from the music, and take the Trolley
from the Arlington Hotel to the National Transit Studios!
Free
http://www.ocartscouncil.com/pages/MajorConcerts_Bluegrass.htm
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At The Derrick Deli Gallery-Cafe
(photo
J. Sowden)
March 15, 2010 - June 15, 2010
Linda Lineman - porcelain paintings
Mary Morgan - photographs
Corinne Carbaugh - paintings
Claudia Allen - watercolors
Check out the Derrick Deli music lineup at
www.myspace.com/derrickdeli
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Oil Valley Center for the Arts Classes 2010
Classes resume in March, 2010
For a class schedule
please visit
www.ocartscouncil.com/pages/OVCClassSchedule.htm
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aRT, muSIC, fLASHING lIGHTS, hAVOC, cHAOS, pIE,
pIE, pIE
David Aites/Policy Overkill
at The Derrick Deli Gallery Cafe
January 15, 7-9 pm
Policy Overkill is the musical brainchild of local
artist David Aites.
It is a meaty fusion of rhythm, technology and random melody sausages.
This performance is the kickoff for David's exhibit January 15 - March 15, 2010.
Electronic Music by David Aites
Fractal Art by David Aites
Mixed Media Art by Joann Wheeler
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OIL CITY FIRST NIGHT 2010
http://users.usachoice.net/~firstnight/
Relive Summer and Fall 2009
  
(photos by Stephen West)Mitch
Littler on guitar, Indie Fest
visitors jam in Pipeline Alley, Erin Wincek on pottery
wheel
archive
Check the
Venango Area
Chamber Event
Calendar for complete area event listings.
Check
www.venangago-go.blogspot.com for arts-related events and news in western PA
Check
www.brilliantcolorsoilcity.ning.com for alternative and arts venues in the
Oil City area.
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