"Live Coverage" at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (UICA) has been many things over the years, and that is, in part, rooted in the design of this popular event that celebrates 15 this year.
What sets
UICA’s annual fundraising event apart from all the others is the activities that happen within it each year, as area artists gather to showcase via their tiny pop-up studios the works they have created over the course of the night.
But this year, on the occasion of the arts center’s 40th anniversary, it is shaking things up by making a few tweaks to an event you think you know by now.
For starters, this event will take place not at its new space on the corner of Division and Fulton, but at the ArtPrize Hub, the site of UICA’s former home at 41 Sheldon Blvd.
As in years past, this year’s artists will still be invited to create live works of art for auction in front of attendees. But, this time around, gathering artists will be be turning their spaces into mini galleries where you can buy a work of art.
A portion of the art sale proceeds go to support UICA and its diverse programming.
In addition to great food and generous drinks, guests are encouraged to don 70s fashion and enjoy the rock music of Jesse Ray and the Carolina Catfish.
Tickets: $25 for the public and $10 for UICA members. Go
here to purchase tickets.
Disclosure: Tommy Allen of Rapid Growth will be one of the 40 artists participating at Live Coverage.