Thursday, February 26, 2009

Marginal Arts ten times bigger than last year!


Thanks for a great festival everyone! This years festival had ten times as many attend, reaching our goal of 3,000 people! Photos and videos are available here from enthusiastic participants here in Virginia, around the United states, and over seas. Next year's dates are February 11 to 16 2010, so start planning to attend now, and please contact us with plans for Marginal events, activities collaborations and proposals soon as planning for 2010 and 2011 have already begun.

Friday, February 13, 2009

Blue Mule Times Three!


Check out this outstanding band at any of its three appearances at the Marginal Arts Festival! Silent Films Scored Live at the Jefferson Center Friday Feb. 20 at 8:30, backing Hip-Hop Poet Toni Blackman on Monday Feb 21 at 7 pm, and Starring at the Fat Tuesday Celebration at the Jefferson Center's Fitzpatrick Hall at 7 pm Tuesday Feb 22!!

Friday, February 6, 2009

Marginal Posters and Festival Guides hit the streets Monday February 9!



 

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Festival Schedule -Click on Day links below for details or scroll down to see all the cool events we have planned in more detail

ARTFEAST



First Annual Hoo-Rah Marginal Arts Festival Parade



Silent Films scored by Magic Twig and Blue Mule



Fat Tuesday Celebration and Fundraiser

In the Eclipse of Angkor: Binh Danh



Conceptual Art Auction Now 3pm-5pm

Absurdist Service

Print Action -Jenny Garnett

Green Pedal Event

Monday, February 2, 2009

Power Tool Drag Racing

Community HIgh School Bands with Toni Blackman

Kristin Huffman Sings Musical Rarities

A Balkan Party with Writer Josip Novakovich

Hoo-Rah Arts Explosion: Emerging Artists -Christine Carr

Reed Altemus

John M. Bennett

Matt Ames

Collab Fest

Sheila E. Murphy

Rotty What?



Michael Peters - Vaast Bin

A Tribute to Bob Kaufman- T.J. Anderson

Kathy Ernst

Jim Leftwich



Friday, January 30, 2009

The Post Neo Absurdist Anti-Collective

T.J Anderson



Taking Flack



An Exhibition of the Sweet Science

MARGINS '09

Geoff Conley



Evan Damerow



The Be Blank Consort

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Bradley Chriss


Lee Melozzi


Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Ralph Eaton




Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Megan Blafas



Tomislav Butkovic



Ubu Enchained

Monday, October 27, 2008

Marginal Film Festival



Monday, October 20, 2008

Power Tool Drag Racing Award Ceremony & Exhibition At Wilson Hughes Gallery Monday at 5 pm.



Monday, October 6, 2008

2009 Festival now Accepting Submissions

The Roanoke Marginal Arts Festival is now accepting submissions for 2009.  Selected works will be screened/exhibited during the festival (from February 19 through 24th) at locations around the city of Roanoke, Virginia.  We are looking for work that explores the social, economic and artistic interpretations of the word "Marginal." We differ from "Fringe" festivals in that the work featured in the festival is vetted for curatorial cohesion, but we encourage off-beat interpretations and approaches. 

Film Submissions: Films should be submitted on DVD, accompanied by a completed submission form, and should not exceed 15  minutes in length. Deadline to receive DVD is December 15, 2008

Project Proposals: This festival is interested in providing exhibition possibilities and performance/installation venues for artists who may not have access to these sort of resources ordinarily. Curators with specific projects in mind are invited to submit specific proposals or to assist with projects in hand. Deadline for 2009 project proposals by email is November 16, but submissions for future festivals is open.

Power-Tool Drag Racing: If you are interested in participating in a workshop that will help you build your own power-tool drag racer, we will have a workshop on Sunday November 16th  at Wilson Hughes Gallery, 117 Campbell Avenue, SW Roanoke, VA 24011 at 1 p.m. If this time or date does not suit please contact us and we will try to provide another time. If you have a power-tool completed that you would like to exhibit and race please fill in a registration form and deliver it to Wilson Hughes Gallery, or contact us at brian@communityhigh.net 
Deliver power-tools for exhibition on Wednesday February 11 between noon and 5 p.m.

Mailing Address: Marginal Arts Festival
c/o Community High
P.O. Box 2104
Roanoke, VA 24009-2104

About the Festival

Thursday February 19 Binh Dahn at Hollins University
2009 ARTFEAST at Center in the Square

Friday February 20 1st Hoo-Rah Marginal Arts Parade
2009 Hoo-Rah Art Explosion-Library
Opening at Dialog
Opening at Studio Art Annex
Silent Film Live Score

Saturday February 21 Boxing at Dumas
2009 Performance Art at Water Heater
Green Pedal Event downtown
Marginal Film Festival
A Balkan Party with Novakovich 
Contemporary Dance

Sunday February 22 Absurdist Service at Water Heater
2009 Power Tool Drag Racing on Kirk
Ubu Enchained -Live Theater
Screenprinting Workshop
Conceptual Art Auction
Broadway Star sings Rarities

Monday February 23 Broadway Stars Masterclass
2009 Power Tool Drag Race Awards
Hip Hop Poet Toni Blackman

Tuesday February 24 Fat Tuesday Celebration
2009


Marginal Arts 2010             February 11- 16 Keep the date!