* a handmade didgeridoo and two CDs from The Dreamtime Project
* a pair of tickets to see A Fairy Tale Gathering or the Mainstage One Performance by the Charlottesville Ballet
* a pair of tickets to the Pinter Festival at the Hamner Theater, featuring performances of A Slight Ache, Landscape, Silence
* a pair of tickets to a “Schubert: Late Masterworks” concert by the Staunton Music Festival

Many thanks to The Local for donating a percentage of bar sales during Art Drinks to support PCA!

For more information about this event, please contact Sarah Lawson.

Artists should submit proposals within his or her artistic genre, in response to the creative prompt, “Telling Charlottesville’s Stories.” Collaborative, multi-artist projects will also be considered. No more than 3 proposals may be submitted by one artist.

A panel will select four proposals based on feasibility, past experience with youth, artistic excellence, quality of response to the creative prompt, and other criteria as defined by PCA staff. Selected artists will be notified by February 24.

Each selected artist or multi-artist project will receive one $500 stipend. Artists must cover the cost of their materials, but basic supplies may be available through PCA and partner groups. Workshops will be scheduled to take place in March, April, June, or July.

For more details, see Submission Guidelines or email Sarah Lawson. All submissions must be received by February 6.

This project is funded by the Bama Works Fund of Dave Matthews Band in the CACF, and will be promoted as part of Charlottesville’s year-long Celebrate250! campaign.

* tickets to see Dutch master drummer Han Bennink in concert, sponsored by the Charlottesville Jazz Society
* Belly Dancing Classes with Fire In The Belly Dance Co.
* a pair of tickets to a January concert of your choice at The Southern
* a limited edition catalogue from the Second Street Gallery exhibit of works by local artist Dean Dass

Many thanks to The Local for donating a percentage of bar sales during Art Drinks to support PCA!

Barbara Bernstein is an artist and has exhibited her work internationally. She has been awarded grants for her work from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, among others. Since 2007, she and her husband have been Resident Artists at the VCCA. She has led grant workshops for the College Arts Association, Hollins University, and many other organizations.

Enjoy drink specials and lively conversation with area artists and arts enthusiasts, as well as the chance to learn more about what PCA’s been working on and enter the raffle to win exciting prizes including:

* a gift certificate for a Date Night pottery class at City Clay
* tickets to the only locally-produced performance of The Nutcracker by the Charlottesville Ballet
* a signed copy of the new collection of short stories, Breaking and Entering, by local author Laura Jones

Thanks to Zocalo for donating part of Art Drinks bar sales to PCA.

This event is FREE and open to the public. Hope to see you there!

The Crescent Hall Quilters formed more than nine years ago, inspired by an idea from public housing resident Teresa Stinnie. She envisioned community members learning to quilt and growing as neighbors. Teresa shared her idea with now Vice Mayor Holly Edwards, who found the group’s quilting teacher, Del Horan. Group members started out learning the basics of quilting by hand. Now, they are able to understand measurements and master even the most difficult quilt patterns. Francine Payne and Helen Stevens currently provide guidance for the group.

Crescent Hall is one of Charlottesville’s seven public housing sites. Constructed in the 1970s for the elderly and disabled, it is now slated for rehabilitation.

All quilts in the exhibition were crafted by the Crescent Hall Quilters and are for sale. The exhibit will be on display through December 30, 2011. For more information, please contact Sarah Lawson.

Attendance is FREE for PCA members, $10 for non-members. If you are not currently a PCA member, please consider joining as a way to support this and future programs. Pizza and beverages will be provided for all attendees.

This workshop will be held at CitySpace and free parking is available in the neighborhood. REGISTRATION REQUIRED. To register or find out more details, please email Sarah Lawson.

Enjoy drink specials and lively conversation with area artists and arts enthusiasts, as well as the chance to learn more about what PCA’s been working on and enter the raffle to win exciting prizes:

* Little Big Form, a handmade, limited edition comic poetry chapbook from the Virginia Arts of the Book Center (VABC)
* a handwoven scarf by local artist Andrea Korotky
* two tickets to see Frank London perform with the UVa Klezmer Ensemble on November 10

Thanks to Zocalo for donating part of Art Drinks bar sales to PCA.

This event is FREE and open to the public. We hope to see you there!

Enjoy drink specials and lively conversation with area artists and arts enthusiasts, as well as the chance to learn more about what PCA’s been working on and enter the raffle to win exciting prizes:

* pair of tickets to the Live Arts season opener, Superior Donuts
* two five-film passes to the Virginia Film Festival
* pair of tickets to the 2011 Words & Wine Event at WriterHouse

Thanks to Zocalo for donating part of Art Drinks bar sales to PCA.

This event is FREE and open to the public. We hope to see you there!