Building a Better Modesto: The Role of the Modesto Art Museum
It is no secret that Modesto has serious urban problems. It is consistently
ranked the least or one of the least livable cities in the country.
In response, the Modesto Art Museum has organized a new program,
Building a Better Modesto, to explore the place of the visual arts in
creating a more livable Modesto. In particular we will explore architecture,
landscape, public art, and urban design through exhibits, talks, tours, online
resources, movies, and the Modesto International Architecture Festival.
We will give special attention to Modesto's rich
architectural heritage, to issues of transportation and aesthetics, and to the
American Institute of Architects'
10 Principles for Livable Communities.
For more details, see the following sites:
Building a Better Modesto
Modesto
International Architecture Festival
If you are into ARGs,
alternate reality games, there is one for you, the Building Imagination ARG,
designed to stimulate creativity about Modesto’s future. Find it at
http://liquidneon.net/modestoARG/
Building a Better
Modesto is made possible in part, by a generous grant from the Teichert
Foundation, and the generosity of the members of the Modesto Art Museum. Thank
you!
Food Movie Lineup Complete
Seven wonderful movies about chocolate, soda pop, pizza, the lust for food, and much more from Sweden, France, United Kingdom, and USA makeup the 4th annual Modesto Reel Food Film Festival. We recommend you buy your ticket early for what will be a popular event. Tickets, only $12, are available now at the State Theatre. And save the date, Sunday, October 3, 2010, 2 pm. Thanks to the California Poultry Federation for sponsoring the festival.
The Modesto International Architecture Festival Will Wow Your Senses
Three days of amazing events including movies, exhibits, tours, talks, and more
are coming to downtown Modesto, October 21-23, 2010. The festival opens Thursday
evening at the State Theatre with a free multi-media extravaganza that will wow
your senses. Tickets are available for individual events or a festival pass
allowing entrance to all events is only $25.
http://modestoarchfest.com/index.html
Airmail 100 Opens January 18, 2011
In February 1911, the
citizens of Modesto voted to accept a city council resolution passed the
previous fall giving Modesto the first municipal airstrip in United States. That
same month, planes and flyers in California and India took off for the first
official airmail flight. Though the plane in California took off first,
complications delayed the completion of the flight until the following day. The
Indian flight was the first to successfully complete its delivery of mail by
air.
The Modesto Art Museum
is celebrating these great events in the history of aviation with an
international mail art exhibit and an exhibit of artifacts from the early days
of international airmail including the first airmail stamp, January 18 to March
6, 2011. This is the museum’s last international mail art event. Find full
details about the exhibit, and how you can participate at
http://modestoartmuseum.org.
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