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Near the end of last year, the NEA released a report on arts attendance in the US; the results were not encouraging. According to their findings, the percentage of adults who attended at least one arts event dropped to 34.6% … Continue reading →

Our Development Associate, Jessica Burton, was selected as one of Caldera’s Artists in Residence for the month of February! While we valiantly try fill all of her duties here, she’s off focusing on her choreography and dance in a lakeside … Continue reading →

Right now, Kristan Kennedy – our lovely Visual Arts Program Coordinator – is off in New York City, visiting galleries, studios, and festivals to soak up the New Year in art. Read on for the second part of a photogenic … Continue reading →

Right now, Kristan Kennedy – our lovely Visual Arts Program Coordinator – is off in New York City, visiting galleries, studios, and festivals to soak up the New Year in art. Read on for a photogenic insight into the mind … Continue reading →

Last week, PICA’s Victoria Frey was in New York, attending the Under the Radar Festival with Jessica, Kristan, Erin, and Cathy from the PICA team. We posted her day one wrap-up last week, and now we share the run-down from … Continue reading →

Wednesday kicked off the Sixth Annual Under The Radar Festival (UTR) in New York, and it just so happens that a good half of our staff has flown out to catch the shows. Maybe it has something to do with … Continue reading →

robbinschilds perform C.L.U.E. at TBA:09. Photo: Carole Zoom. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts has awarded PICA a $100,000, 2-year grant in support of the 2010 and 2011 Time-Based Art Festivals. This grant comes in recognition of PICA’s … Continue reading →

You could argue that an idea has truly gained traction when it boasts its own Wikipedia page. Or, perhaps, when it is accredited as a degree. For that matter, being the target of a satirical anti-movement seems as sure a … Continue reading →

And a few of our events from the second half of 2009 A letter from Cathy Edwards, TBA:09 and TBA:10 Guest Artistic Director As fall settles in and we gather sustenance for the winter ahead, I hope that you stored … Continue reading →

Just some of our first six months of 2009 programming A letter from Victoria Frey, Executive Director of PICA This past year we saw the personal, professional, and cultural lives of our community turned upside down. Amid this uncertainty, PICA’s … Continue reading →