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Cultural Perspectives: My Home, Your Home, Our Home

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Cultural Perspectives: My Home, Your Home, Our Home
Artists Reveal Personal Perceptions of Home and Community
 
June 1, 2010 – Burnsville, MN –
The International Festival of Burnsville and Burnsville Performing Arts Center are proud to present Cultural Perspectives: My Home, Your Home, Our Home at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center. The exhibit, curated by BPAC Art Gallery Director Alejandra Pelinka, includes two-dimensional, three-dimensional, and textile artwork that explores values, traditions, and meanings of home and community, and which displays a unique insight into the artist’s perspective of home and community. Artwork on display entices viewers to reminisce walks in Minnesota’s forests with loved ones, imagine the fragrance of an Indian feast preparation, empathize with the morning rush in a West African community, view scenes of Ojibwe stories passed down for generations, and more. The objective of this exhibit is to celebrate both the differences and similarities that exist between people and cultures.
The free and public opening reception for Cultural Perspectives will take place at the Burnsville Performing Art Center’s 2,000 square foot art gallery on Thursday, June 17, from 6:00 – 9:00 pm. Refreshments will be provided, and visitors will be encouraged to mingle and discuss artwork with the artists. Cultural Perspectives will also be open for an artist meet-and-greet from 3:30 – 5:00 pm in the art gallery during the International Festival of Burnsville on Saturday, June 19.                          
Participating artists include Bounxou Chanthraphone, Steven Edmundson, Marcia Haffmans, Laddavanh Ladda Insixiengmay, Megan Jackson, Smitha Katti, Annette Lee, Mary Lingen, Shakun Maheshwari, Nuwa Nyanzi, Paul Gbolade Omidiran, Dan Petrov, Gera Pobuda, Alison Price, Deborah Ramos, Rabi Sanfo, and William Wilson. Students participating in BrushWorks School of Art’s youth art class “Art Around the World in America” will also have their artwork on display.
This activity funded, in part, by the Minnesota arts and cultural heritage fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.
 
Event Details:
Cultural Perspectives: My Home, Your Home, Our Home
Burnsville Performing Arts Center
12600 Nicollet Avenue
Burnsville, MN 55337
 
 
Event Details (cont.):
Exhibition Dates: June 17 to July 31, 2010
BPAC Gallery Hours: Monday through Friday 9:00 to 5:00 pm, Saturday 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
 
Opening Reception: Thursday, June 17, 2010 – 6:00 to 9:00 pm
Artist Meet-and-Greet: Saturday, June 19, 2010 – 3:30 to 5:00 pm
International Festival of Burnsville: Saturday, June 19, 2010 – 3:00 to 9:00 pm
 
All events are free and open to the public.
Artwork available for purchase during the opening reception or by contacting Pelinka at (952) 895-4685.
 
International Festival of Burnsville
This year marks the fourth annual International Festival of Burnsville in Burnsville’s Nicollet Commons Park on Saturday, June 19, 2010 from 3:00 to 9:00 PM. During this six-hour event, guests peruse food and vendor tents, and admire cultural displays. Dancers, musicians, and other entertainers exhibit our city’s diverse population and traditions. It is the mission of the International Festival to eliminate prejudice and discrimination by conducting a fun community event designed to promote and celebrate cultural diversity through the sharing of art, food, and music of various cultures.
 
Burnsville Performing Arts Center
The Burnsville Performing Arts Center (BPAC) opened in January 2009. The center has two theatres; a 1000 seat Proscenium Stage, and an intimate 150 seat Black Box. The lobby is two stories tall, featuring an all-glass facade, and a sweeping view of Nicollet Commons Park, the Minnesota River Valley, and the Minneapolis skyline. In addition to the theatres, the Center has a 2000 square-foot art gallery, meeting rooms and a large rehearsal room. Presentations at the BPAC range from classical music to comedy, from jazz to Christian rock, from country to rock and roll. There are dramas, comedies, dance, local arts organizations, diverse gallery exhibits, and national touring artists. There is something for everyone at the BPAC.
 
Free parking is available for events and performances at the adjacent parking structure on the north side of the venue.  The address for the venue is 12600 Nicollet Avenue in Burnsville, Minnesota.  Patrons are urged to turn west off Nicollet Avenue onto Travelers Trail to access the parking structure.  Disabled Parking is available on the top level of the garage, follow the signs.
 
*Please note: Construction on Burnsville Parkway from Aldrich Avenue to Parkwood Drive will take place between May and September 2010. Closure of the on and off ramps from I-35W are also expected during the project.