Ready for Prime Time

My time lapse video "Action : Interaction" is included in the Preview Screening Party: Ready for Prime Time Thursday JANUARY 26 7pm - 9pm at CityMac, 755 Biltmore Avenue, Biltmore Village.


The Asheville Art Museum is pleased to present Ready for Prime Time, a preview party celebrating Prime Time: New Media Juried Exhibition, the inaugural exhibition of the New Media Gallery scheduled to open in the Museum's newly-expanded East Wing in March 2012. Ready for Prime Time will take place at Asheville CityMac, located at 755 Biltmore Avenue in Biltmore Village, on Thursday, January 26 at 7:00 p.m. (audiences of all ages are welcome). A $5 donation at the door is suggested to support ongoing exhibitions and educational programming at the Museum.

In the fall of 2011, the Museum invited submissions from North Carolina artists working with screen-based, new media art work, such as video art, experimental animation and time-based media, to be featured in the inaugural exhibition of the New Media Gallery. One work by each submitting artist will be screened during Ready for Prime Time.

The New Media Gallery will be the first of its kind in WNC, offering innovative artists including those featured in Prime Time: New Media Juried Exhibition the opportunity to share their work with the community while developing new audiences and gaining recognition for their contribution to the modern art scene. The Museum eagerly anticipates the artistic developments made possible through the use of this exciting new gallery space.

Ready for Prime Time is hosted by CityMac, with additional support from Appalachian Vintner, the City of Asheville's Cultural Arts Division, the North Carolina Arts Council and the Rotary Club of Asheville. The Museum is also grateful to WNC magazine for their support as the media sponsor of this exciting event that celebrates the innovative creativity of our region and state.

Prime Time: New Media Juried Exhibition and related programs are also sponsored by RTCAR, Cherokee Preservation Foundation, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and North Carolina State University, with additional exhibition support from Blue Ridge National Heritage Area.