ARTS/West: Athens Community Gateway to the arts is a part of the City of Athens Arts, Parks and Recreation department. The mission of ARTS/West is to make facilities, resources, and opportunities available to arts organizations, individual artists, and community residents. ARTS/West harnesses community focus for all individuals engaged in the creation, performance and exhibition of the arts and promotes activities preserving the beauty, heritage and culture of our town. ARTS/West strives to provide premier facilities, instructors, programming, and technical equipment for the performing arts in our community. Vision of the Athens Community Arts, Parks and Recreation Department: As a regional center of excellence, we are the premier facilitator of recreational, performing art, and wellness programs providing activities and facilities that improve the quality of life of area residents. Through collaboration with our Advisory Committee, Athens Municipal Arts Commission, City Administration and an extensive network of civic-minded partners and organizations we strive to include all people as participants and volunteers in our diverse offerings.
Music
ARTS/West is proud to incubate the Aquabear Legion-Mission:
Based in Appalachian Ohio, The Aquabear Legion provides a community network for creative people. We are dedicated to supporting and enhancing independent music and art in our community and elsewhere. We focus on collaborative relationships to create opportunities for independent musicians and artists.
Athens, Ohio - for those who don't know - has a happening music scene. Noise and experimental music thrives along with many others.
The last Sunday of the month at ARTS/West on W. State St (past the cemetary) is Noise Night.
Here is a sample recorded by dogstarvideo.com
About me: I am a community performing arts facility. We regulary host community theaters, musicians, noise shows and are pretty much awesome. check out our blog www.artswest.blogspot.com
Who I'd like to meet: Any and all artists!
The ARTS/West Facility has hosted: Anne Randolph, “Squeeze Box”, Humble Play: Appalachian New Play Festival, Music Together ® in Athens, Appalachian Regional Theater Company (ARTCO), The Actors’ Moveable Theater, The Athenian Players Theater, The Lost Flamingo Theater Company, The Studio for Young Actors , The Athens Photographic Project , Aquabear Legion, Front and Center, Wayang Kulit, the Inlet Dance Theatre of Cleveland Ohio, the Ki-en Crew, Planned Parenthood of South-eastern Ohio, ART/oberfest, The Ohio Valley Summer Theater (OVST), Factory Street Dance Studio, The Athenian Players Theatre, Athens Vineyard Fellowship, Hocking Valley Nature Conservatory, The Farm DIY, Noise shows, Westside Community Association, ANNNA, South Side Community Association, etc.
ARTS/West has received support from the following individuals and organizations: The Ohio Arts Council, The Athens Foundation, The OU Credit Union, Magic Video, The OU School of Music, Gene Jennings, The Guthrie Foundation, The Hocking Valley Bank, The O’Bleness Foundation, Athens County Convention and Visitors Bureau, Jagers and Sons Funeral Home, our Olympian Founders.
Visit our costume store in person for your Halloween costume! We have some of the most unique Halloween costumes & accessories anywhere. As a gift to you, print this coupon and redeem it this month!
Hi, ARTS/West! A limited number of Special Edition Benny Mardones collector's packages are being offered to Benny's friends on MySpace! Check it out on Benny's page!!!
Hi, ARTS/West! A limited number of Special Edition Benny Mardones collector's packages are being offered to Benny's friends on MySpace! Check it out on Benny's page!!!
For those who may have missed the sublime, 3-hour concert with Holly Near and friends at ARTS/West last night---or who just have to have MORE---the whole entourage will be in Marietta, on Sunday at 2:00, with John McCutcheon joining them! (It looks like the impressive Torres Sisters are going back to Portland, Maine, for an appearance tonight .) If for some unknown reason you aren't interested in the politics, let me assure you the music is so stupendous you'll want to go just for that.
Since Holly singled out Heather Cantino in a special thank you from the stage for her organization skills, let's send her congratulations and gratitude. We all needed more time to buy the CDs however, but I'm on my way to shop the Internet for them anyway. [I'm especially interested in Holly's reissue (and expansion by 13 songs, including Singing With You, to a double set) of the HARP concerts (1984). HARP stands for Holly, Arlo Guthrie, Ronnie Gilbert, and Pete Seeger, and that's who the group was!] Thanks also to ARTS/West for providing the space and tech---although we know they have to have NOT sponsored or endorsed Sing Out The Vote Ohio.
The appearance Sunday is FREE (but bring money---you'll want to donate) at Marietta College. The link Spruce is sharing says the location is the lobby of the Hermann Fine Arts Center. Hopefully that will be big and comfortable enough.
Remember to vote early for your candidate---especially if his name rhymes with "Yo' Mama," Richard
For those who may have missed the sublime, 3-hour concert with Holly Near and friends at ARTS/West last night---or who just have to have MORE---the whole entourage will be in Marietta, on Sunday at 2:00, with John McCutcheon joining them! (It looks like the impressive Torres Sisters are going back to Portland, Maine, for an appearance tonight .) If for some unknown reason you aren't interested in the politics, let me assure you the music is so stupendous you'll want to go just for that.
Since Holly singled out Heather Cantino in a special thank you from the stage for her organization skills, let's send her congratulations and gratitude. We all needed more time to buy the CDs however, but I'm on my way to shop the Internet for them anyway. [I'm especially interested in Holly's reissue (and expansion by 13 songs, including Singing With You, to a double set) of the HARP concerts (1984). HARP stands for Holly, Arlo Guthrie, Ronnie Gilbert, and Pete Seeger, and that's who the group was!] Thanks also to ARTS/West for providing the space and tech---although we know they have to have NOT sponsored or endorsed Sing Out The Vote Ohio.
The appearance Sunday is FREE (but bring money---you'll want to donate) at Marietta College. The link Spruce is sharing says the location is the lobby of the Hermann Fine Arts Center. Hopefully that will be big and comfortable enough.
Remember to vote early for your candidate---especially if his name rhymes with "Yo' Mama," Richard
