Rockville Arts Center Hosts Evening to Help New and Emerging Local Artists

ROCKVILLE, Md. - April 15, 2013 - PRLog -- VisArts (Metropolitan Center for the Visual Arts) will be hosting their 2013 F.E.A.S.T. dinner (http://www.visartsatrockville.org/feast) on Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 7:00pm at their facility in Rockville Town Square (155 Gibbs Street, Rockville, Maryland 20850).  F.E.A.S.T. (Funding Emerging Art with Sustainable Tactics) is an annual public dinner designed to use community-driven financial support to fund new and emerging artists.

For a $30/person donation, the first 150 patrons will receive dinner consisting of local, organic food, and a ballot which they will use to cast a vote for their favorite art project proposal.  Proposals will be presented throughout the evening, allowing attendees ample time to review and consider each.  The artist with the most votes at the end of the evening will be awarded a grant comprised of the evening's door money to undertake their proposed project.

F.E.A.S.T at VisArts invites artists, thinkers, and organizations to submit proposals for art project funding (http://www.visartsatrockville.org/call-for-entries/feast) for up to $1,000. Project proposals will address the theme INVISIBLE COMMUNITIES.

In addition to the F.E.A.S.T celebration, two unique exhibitions MIXTOPIAS and ARC (http://www.visartsatrockville.org/gallery) will be concurrently open for view presenting the work of artists who are investigating community.

F.E.A.S.T at VisArts is based on F.E.A.S.T Brooklyn's model for sustaining artist projects directly through community participation.

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For more information about the F.E.A.S.T. dinner, MIXTOPIAS/ARC exhibitions or any VisArts art classes, camps or gallery shows, contact Susan Main at 301-315-8200 or visit the VisArts website at www.visartsatrockville.org.