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First Fridays – Date with an Artist

February 7 @ 4:30 pm - 7:30 pm EST

First Fridays Youngstown “Date with an Artist” will be held on Friday, February 7, from 4:30pm-7:30pm at The Butler Institute of American Art. Enjoy an evening of art in the ambience of evening lighting, music, food, drinks, mingling, and a “Date with an Artist” where you’ll have the opportunity to get acquainted with the artists of The Butler Institute of American Art through a docent-guided tour or a self-guided tour using the gallery guides provided. Show your love by taking a cutout heart and placing it next to your favorite work at the museum.

Featured art at The Butler Institute of American Art:
Black History Month Exhibition: Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. “The Art is on the Wall, Not the Posters” in Segall Print Gallery in Butler North.
85th Area Artist Annual Exhibition
Charlee Brodsky- “The Audacity of the Mundane”
Pastel Society of America’s 52nd Annual Exhibition- “Enduring Brilliance!”
Art activities will align with the Sally Weber & Craig Newswanger “Entangled Attraction” light installation, Charlee Brodsky photography exhibition, and Black History Month exhibition.

Featured Live Artist: Daniel Rauschenbach who will be creating art on site during the event.
Featured Musicians: Violinist- Erick Ramos and Pianist- Aaron White

In addition, across the street:
McDonough Museum of Art (Open till 4pm) will be featuring their Spring Exhibitions:
Julia Betts | The Dams are Broken
Anna Chapman | Underworld/Otherworld
Emerging Artist Abby Cipar, | Sometime, Somehow, For You
Will Hutnick | QUEER HORIZONS
Sidney Mullis | Caught Skies and Pillowed Pines (Black Forest)

Solomon Gallery – Cliffe College – Department of Art – YSU (Open till 7:30pm) will be featuring a Black History Month Student Exhibition:
Crystal Miller- Adornment

The Ward Beecher Planetarium 8:00pm-9:00pm
We are Stars Planetarium Show

All ages welcome, free and open to the public. For more information, visit the First Fridays Youngstown website.

Venue

Butler Institute of American Art
524 Wick Ave.
Youngstown,OH44502United States
Phone
330-743-1107
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