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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

The Gift of Art this Season

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Happy Holidays!


For those of you who were able to join us at 2nd Saturday, we hope you enjoyed the Friends Choir, the Peace On Your Way Holiday Concert, the paintings and photographs by Carol Mangano, and the many more musicians, visual artists and activities that were available, all free to the community of Media.

Because of generous donors, M.A.C. has been able to keep 2nd Saturday and many other arts events alive for more than five years.  Please help us to keep it going.


In so many ways, the arts benefit us all.  We invite you to give back to the community's arts and culture by making your contribution in 2010.  


Join us in supporting the arts for the entire community of Media. Please contribute to our Holiday Campaign before the end of the year.
  • Give in honor of someone else as a holiday gift this season.  The person you designate can receive a holiday card featuring the painting above by local artist Dorothy Flanagan. (Just donate via PayPal, then send us an email with the person's name and address where the gift card can be sent.)
  • Receive a letter to confirm your tax-deductible donation.
  • Support the arts in Media. We've come a long way in five years and want to keep it going...for our artists and our community!
Your gift will support these opportunities among others:  
  • $50 helps sponsor artists to our Artist Registry
  • $100 supports the M.A.C. Window Gallery for one month
  • $250 supports the Main Event at the 2nd Saturday Arts Stroll
  • $500 sponsors the workshops at the Media Film Festival
  • $1,000 helps sponsor the creation of a public art policy for the Borough of Media
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Thank you for your interest in M.A.C. and for your support of the arts in Media, PA.  Please help us spread the word...

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Thursday, December 9, 2010

Holiday Cheer at Media's 2nd Saturday!

2nd Saturday
Media's 2nd Saturday Arts Stroll

December 11, 2010
6-9pm

Join Us for Some Hometown Holiday Cheer!
The holidays are here! And the season wouldn't be the same without a special 2nd Saturday in everyone's hometown. Whether you're finishing up your shopping or just getting started, enjoying a family gathering or a night out with friends, Media has something exciting for everyone.  Join us! 
Main Event
Friends Choir Holiday Concert
Delaware County Institute of Science (DCIS)
7:00-7:45pmFriends choir
M.A.C. and DCIS welcome back the Friends Choir who performed during 2nd Saturday in January. This gospel choir, composed of dedicated singers from the greater Philadelphia area, was formed in 2003, motivated by the need to bring positive social and cultural experiences to the Chester Upland school district.  They have become a renowned vocal group who has performed throughout the tri-state area with the mission of inspiring a sense of community and spirituality.  All ages are welcome to experience the powerful vocal performance of this choir.
 

Featured Artist
Carol Mangano
Paintings at the Coffee Beanery






"The Post-Impressionist & Impressionist styles often inspire me to paint the essence of the landscapes and fresh flowers. Painting on location adds excitement of the changing shapes of the objects and bold characteristics."

A Special Holiday Concert
"Peace On Your Way"
The Coffee Beanery, 8:00-10:00pm
Original songs by local musicians will light up your holiday.  All proceeds from their CD will benefit the PA Breast Cancer Coalition.

And Much More!
Throughout the day and evening, the you'll find many opportunities to celebrate... A Holiday House Tour (10am-4pm $) and Carriage Rides (3-6pm $) will be hosted by the Media Historical Society. The Media Business Authority will host Holiday Carolers from Hedgerow Theater, Santa's Village at the Franklin Mint (meet Santa!), roasted chestnuts, and more.  Also enjoy ornament-making, various musical acts, unique visual arts and crafts, and many other opportunities for all ages. See you there!
Thank you for your interest in M.A.C. and for your support of the arts in Media, PA.  Please help us spread the word about 2nd Saturday; share this blog post with your friends!
Sincerely,

Media Arts Council

Support M.A.C.

Please contribute to our Holiday Campaign, so we can keep the free arts events going all year long! For more information click here. 




Get the Map!

All events are listed on our handy 2nd Saturday map! Or view our online event listing by selecting "2nd Saturday: More Events."
2nd Saturday businesses open 6-9pm. Free unless noted otherwise.



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Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Holiday Happenings during M.A.C.'s 2nd Saturday in December!





2nd Saturday is this Weekend! 
Saturday December 11th

H a p p y H o l i d a y s from the Media Arts Council!


1 The Sporting Gentleman
Children’s “make a fly fishing lure ornament”

2 Media Providence Friends School

3 Azie Restaurant

4 Seven Stones Gallery

5 Shere-e-Punjab Indian Restaurant
Permanent Installation: Original paintings of India

6 Values Into Action
♫ Holiday Carols by Philip De Luca
VIA Holiday Bazaar: homemade blankets, crafts, cards, and homemade holiday food!

7 Delaware County Institute of Science
2nd Saturday Main Event:
♫ Holiday Concert with the  
Friends Choir 7-7:45pm
Museum open to visitors: Cool fossils, early electronics, & much more!


8 Sangha Space
Zumba: Free Hoop Dance Performance and Workshop with Morgan 5:30-7:00pm
Free Tango Jam: 7pm-9:00pm
Free Tango Hop: Intro Lesson Argentine Tango 9:00pm
Tango dancing cont., no partner needed 9:45-late ($12)

9 O’Malley’s Ice Cream
Art by the students of Rose Tree Elementary School
♫ Music by the Creative Living Room and Elizabeth Bromley

10 Ten Thousand Villages

11 Lotus Farm to Table
Permanent Installation: Photography by Courtney Rozsas
♫ Violin by Alisa Cole

12 Kuta Metals & Textiles

13 Coffee Beanery
2nd Saturday Featured Artist/Musicians:
★ Paintings by Carol Mangano
Bastille Day by Carol Mangano
Face Painting Jeff Dougherty $
♫ Peace on Your Way Holiday CD Ensemble 8-10:00pm


14 Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union
Visit with Santa at Santa’s Village
Presented by the Media Business Authority
★ Paint your own ornament by Jolie Shamlian $

15 Tuscarora Lapidary Society

16 Reiki Healing Center
Simple meditation and Reiki-mini-sessions
★ Hand-woven tapestries & giclee prints by Myra Reichel

17 Kimono Sushi Bar
Photography by Ralph Nardell

18 Deals Office Supply

19 Local Home + Gifts
Handmade Jewelry by Amrita Singh

20 Earth & State
★ Mug shots with artist collaboration between potter
Bob Deane & Andrew Arata

21 Sweet Potato Café Open till 7 pm

22 La Belle Epoque Wine Bistro
Fair Trade Wine Sample for all Diners

23 Picasso Restaurant & Bar
★ Paintings By Vincent McLoughlin
♫ Live Music 10:00pm

24 Turning Point Gallery

25 The Plumstead

26 Plum Street Mall

27 Seven Stones Cafe
Photography by Emily Geddes
♫ Live music by Stephanie Cott 7:30-10:00pm

28 Baker Street Tattoo

29 Deals

30 VisitMediaPA.com

31 Bryn Mawr Trust Window Gallery
★ Dragon sculptures and tiles made from local clay by Andrew Arata and Bob Deane
Photographs of the process by Maura B. McConnlee

32 Margaret Kuo’s Restaurant
♫ Singer/Songwriter Michelle Christine Garza

33 Quincy’s Marquet Basquet Gifts

34 1 West Front Street

35 Media-Upper Providence Free Library

36 Media Fire Company

37 Cedar Chest Resale & Retail Boutique

38 Starry Eyed Optical

39 Simply Elegant
20% off of all Holiday Tabletop Items

40 One or Two of a Kind

41 Village Art Shop Open till 7 pm

42 Meredith’s Hallmark Shop Open till 7 pm

43 Trader Joe’s
♫ To be Announced

44 Pennsylvania Veteran’s Museum
Come inside to view the exhibits!

45 Iron Hill
Permanent Installation: Murals by Jeff Schaller

46 Media Theatre $
Annie 2pm & 7pm

47 Court Diner
Photography by Kurt Grotz
♫ Music by Jack Saunders

48 Starbucks Coffee
★ Art by David Gerbstadt

New Additions:

A Selene Co-Op
Free Fair Trade Wine Tasting
♫ Ridley Creek Guitar Circle 7-8:00pm and welcomes musicians to join their improv jam session!

B Sphere

C Jigsaw Home Solutions
★ Mixed media Indian art by Rinal Parikh
Mixed-Media by Theresa Camerota
♫ Music by Randall Rook

D Media Pizza and Grill
Roman inspired self portraits by the 3rd grade students of Media Elementary
♫ Music by Jim Hobson and the Dollar Band

E Sligo
♫ Fair Trade Irish Rock and Roll

F Healthy U
Free Facials, and samples of healthy smoothies and healthy energizing tea!
♫ Acoustic Vocals and Guitar

G Mad Poets Society (Borough Hall Mansion, Parlor)
“A Little Winter Madness” Poetry Reading Featuring Thaddeus Rutkowski, Diane Lockward, Gloria Parker, and Jason Fritz. Benefits the food bank for CityTeam Ministries, your ticket is a non-perishable food item.
♫ Music by Peace on Your Way Holiday CD Musicians Tom Mullian and Silver Wind

Extra Holiday Happenings around town:

Special day of events with the Media Historical Society:
  • Holiday House Tour 10am-4:00pm $ Tickets available at Quincy's, Kenny's Flower Shoppe, & The Coffee Club. Ticket includes free carriage ride, and discounts at participating businesses.
  • Carriage Rides, Courthouse on Front Street 3-6:00pm $

Additional events with the Media Business Authority, on 2nd Saturday 6-9pm
  • Roasted Chestnuts, Courthouse on Front Street
  • Strolling Carolers from Hedgerow Theatre
  • Santa at Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union see map#14
Hope to see you there! 

    Saturday, November 27, 2010

    Join Us...Support the Arts in Media

    Keep the Arts Alive in Media!


    Join us in supporting the arts for the entire community of Media, by contributing to our Holiday Campaign
    We've appreciated your participation this year in the monthly 2nd Saturday Arts Stroll, Bastille Day, The Media Film Festival, the Media ICONS photography exhibit, This Space 4 Rent, and more.  With your help, Media Arts Council events have brought the arts to our hometown for all to enjoy, and have provided valuable exposure for the many creative talents in our area.

    What would Media be like without the arts? Let's not find out.  Please donate to M.A.C. and support ongoing arts opportunities in Media.


    M.A.C. is a volunteer-based non-profit organization that works with the businesses and artists in Media and the larger community to coordinate events, advocate for the arts, promote local artists and more.

    Donations from people like you enable M.A.C. to offer FREE opportunities to the community.  A donation of any amount is welcome. Your gift will support these opportunities among others: 

    • $50 helps sponsor artists to our Artist Registry
    • $100 supports the M.A.C. Window Gallery for one month
    • $250 supports the Main Event at the 2nd Saturday Arts Stroll
    • $500 sponsors the workshops at the Media Film Festival
    • $1,000 helps sponsor the creation of a public art policy for the Borough of Media
    Brent Monahan of "The Jollies"
     
    Give a M.A.C. donation as a holiday gift

    If you would like to contribute in honor of someone else, please make your donation via PayPal, then send us an email info[at!]mediaartscouncil[dot]org with your name, the date you made the donation, the person's name who will be receiving the gift, and the address to which you would like the donation card sent.

    The gift card will feature this painting, "Winterwoods" by M.A.C. Registry Artist Dorothy Flanagan. Minimum suggested donation to recieve the gift card is $20.

    If paying by check, please include this information in your envelope.
    Thank you for your interest in M.A.C. and for your support of the arts in Media, PA.  
    Please help us spread the word...

    Share this blog post with your friends!

    Thank you,




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    Thursday, November 11, 2010

    Pre-Season Merriment at Media's 2nd Saturday - November 13, 2010

    2nd Saturday

    Music, Marine Art, and Merriment!

    Join us in downtown Media for this month's 2nd Saturday Arts Stroll, where you'll have opportunities to experience the arts in a free, family-friendly setting, while enjoying unique restaurants and shopping.


    Main Event
    Philadelphia Mandolin Orchestra

    Delaware County Institute of Science

    7:00pm


    Enjoy the music of mandolins, mandolas, mandocellos, and guitars with this delighful ensemble. They will perform selections from their repertoire of classical and folk music. This is a concert for all ages.

    Crystal BenoitFeatured Artist
    Crystal Benoit
    Oil Paintings at Kimono Sushi Bar

    "My work is my personal expression as to how I view the world around me," says the artist. "Some works may seem simple, others more complex. Currently, my focus is on marine life."

    Get Warmed Up For the Holidays with a Preview Concert!

    Local musicians perform holiday selections from their CD titled "Peace On Your Way" at the Coffee Beanery at 8pm. This CD has become a hometown favorite. All proceeds from CD sales benefit the PA Breast Cancer Coalition.

    And Enjoy "20 On the Town!"

    A new tradition has begun...The Media Business Authority is sponsoring "20 On the Town," a special all-day shopping event in which businesses throughout Media offer discounts and specials centered on the number 20. Look for this logo and ask about discounts.

    And Even More...

    Enjoy blues, folk, piano, paintings, drawings, photography, student artwork, jewelry, hand blown glass, hand woven tapestries, paper creations, tango and special cakes. Artwork by the Hometown Collective will also be on view in the M.A.C. Window Gallery at Bryn Mawr Trust.


    Get the Map! Look for our map at many Media businesses.

    2nd Saturday businesses open 6-9 pm
    Free unless noted otherwise.






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    Monday, November 8, 2010

    Bryn Mawr Trust Window Gallery - November 2010

    Hometown Collective November 2009
    Hometown Collective in the Bryn Mawr Trust Window Gallery

    The Hometown Collective is a group of artists who have been working together for 15 years. Their major show and sale is at Providence Monthly Meeting on December 4th.

    Seeking to illustrate her own artist book, Sara Forster discovered that cutting and pasting colored paper pieces gave her the materials to create collage images that were splashy and spontaneous.

    Lesley Nelson’s art quilt designs incorporate strong structure and luscious color choices obviously influenced from her exposure to high fashion fabrics and furniture by her architect-father.

    Nature is a profound source of inspiration for Sandra Webberking and her metal sculpture. The woods have been a treasure trove for her imaginative whimsical creatures that she re-incarnates from waste metal found in Amish farm equipment yards.

    Book artist, Sarah Bourne, writes, illustrates and creates charming story books, and crafts beautiful hand-bound journals. Using her inspired imagination she has re-introduced the “flip book” with genuine humor.

    Award-winning Dorothy Flanagan’s paintings are inspired by color and light grounded in reality. She works in watercolor and collage, influenced by her journeys to Italy, Kenya, Greece and the American southwest.

    Heidi Hammel uses her creative imagination to produce one-of-a-kind wearable fiber from reclaimed wool, silk, cotton and polar-fleece. Along with warm and comfortable mittens, hats and handbags, come see her new “tie bags”.

    Inspired by the color in nature, basket maker Bette McCarron hand dyes reed to produce her own color palette and paints with the dyes to create unusual color blends on the same reed. With the many variables of reed size, color, pattern design and shape, every basket is a unique creation.

    Lorri Primavera’s jewelry designs combine precious and semi-precious stones with sterling silver. Continually adding new creations, she believes in “less is more” and her juxtaposition of color and forms give her work a quirky beauty and diversity.

    Chris Starry uses her hand-dyed yarns of tencel, silk, and bamboo and recently learned techniques has woven exciting, elegant scarves and shawls. She also creates Temari balls, an ancient Japanese craft with designs woven and stitched onto a ball.

    Doug Starry uses traditional Shaker’s technique of no glue and using only four nails for rocking chairs. The combination of the woods he harvests from his own property and his high level of craftsmanship transforms each piece into a cherished functional object of furniture.

    Elaine White has been making classically shaped wheel-thrown pottery for over 20 years. Textured and recessed designs invite and encourage the viewer to reach out and touch these beautiful and useful items.

    Exciting! Creative! Fun! The Hometown Collective’s 15th Annual Show will be on Saturday, December 4 from 10:00 am - 5:00 pm at the historic Providence Friends Meetinghouse at 105 North Providence Road, Media, PA.


    Hometown Collective November 2009

    Wednesday, October 27, 2010

    Call for Entries: Media Film Festival - Deadline November 15, 2010


























    View all of the details on the  

    Call for Entries

    The Media Arts Council (MAC) of Media, Pennsylvania, held its first Film Festival in February, 2008. Owing to its great success then and in 2009 and 2010, we are continuing it a fourth year. The Call for Entries continues to be directed to local, national and international filmmakers. We have set the date and are now calling for entries from local and other filmmakers.  
    Respecting the mission of the MAC, Media and Delaware County resident directors, producers and artists will be given a special category of submission. This year the invitation is open in four classifications to other entrants as well. 

    Films will be accepted in four categories -- Narrative, Documentary, Animation, Experimental, and three lengths -- Feature Length (40 to 90 minutes), Short (5 to 40 minutes) and Short-Short (under 5 minutes).  

    Each entry will be reviewed and judged by at least three members of the MAC and Film Festival Committee, which includes artists, filmmakers, film enthusiasts, and film critics. The criteria for judging will be a standard evaluation, including the following categories: theme, writing, plot, direction, acting, cinematography and music. (Read More...) This is a local and international competition for filmmakers.


    Congratulations to the 2010 winners!

    Best of Show... Warrior Queen

      View the 2010 Film Festival Video Recap!
    $1,000 certificate from Allied Pixel

    Director: Hezekiah Lewis
    Writer: Hezekiah Lewis
    Producer: Heather Denehy
    Cast: Mary Tirenkti, David Dontoh, Richard Ohenemeng, Darren, Lenz, Steve Flood
    Music: Jim Lathan


    2010 & 2011 Film Festival prizes sponsored by:

    Award Sponsor: Allied Pixel

    Find the Media Film Festival on Facebook!
    Media Film Festival

    Wednesday, October 13, 2010

    Film Fest Benefit at Iron Hill

    Media Arts Council

    Support the Media Film Fest with Dinner 
    at Iron Hill! 

    Tuesday, October 26, 2010
    5:00-10:00 PM
    Have a great dinner now, and support a great Film Fest taking place in March! 

    Please join us for a Media Film Festival benefit, hosted by Iron Hill Brewery in Media. When you present a special M.A.C. coupon on Tuesday Oct. 26 (any time 5:00-10:00PM), Iron Hill Brewery has agreed to donate 20% of the proceeds to M.A.C. to support our annual Film Festival. This is a great way to enjoy a casual dinner with friends, family (or your favorite starving artist!), and to support the arts in Media. 


    Please print the coupon, feel free to pass them along to friends, and be sure to bring them with you to Iron Hill. (You can also pick up a coupon at the Media ICONS exhibit this week!) 

    We look forward to seeing you there! 


    (Please note that all are invited, and you can attend at any time between 5pm and 10pm.  This is not a private event and does not require registration.  Iron Hill will donate 20% of proceeds from all meals accompanied by this coupon. Coupons will not be distributed at the restaurant--please bring it with you.)
      
    Sincerely,

    Media Arts Council

    Media ICONS Photography Exhibit

    Going on this week at 1 W. Front Street, Media.  Come see the best of local photography.
    Click here for gallery hours.

    Mark Your Calendar...

    The Media Film Festival will be held March 4 & 5, 2011.  As always, this will be a celebration of local, national and international filmmakers.
    For more information,
    Thanks for your support!

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