Verge Center for the Arts – Contemporary Arts Center in Sacramento

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Immaculate Misconceptions

Pippa Garner

June 1 - September 25, 2022

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Print Sale + Zine Fair

Myrtle Press

Saturday & Sunday, July 9 & 10

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Wheel Thrown Pottery Workshop

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What’s Happening At Verge

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE VERGE REGIONAL

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE VERGE REGIONAL RESIDENCY PROGRAM!⁠
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We are excited to announce our newest opportunity, the Verge Regional Residency Program! The purpose of the VRRP is to give meaningful support to emerging and career artists from the Sacramento region. Our residency program provides visual artists financial support along with the time and space needed to concentrate on their work. ⁠
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This program aims to nurture local artists from a diverse range of backgrounds and disciplines. The VRRP provides artists with free workspace as well as a financial stipend in order to help them invest in their practice more deeply. Residents may evolve an existing body of work or embark on a one time special project that requires additional work space and financial investment. Visual artists working in all mediums and disciplines are welcome to apply. ⁠
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This program is made possible through the generous support of Katie Thomas and Richie Lawrence.⁠
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SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION BY JULY 20, 2022⁠
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🏺 Join us during the month of July for a four-s

🏺 Join us during the month of July for a four-session introductory wheel throwing class Thursday afternoons! ⁠
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Over the course of four weeks, beginner potters will be guided through the entire process from throwing on the wheel to the final glazing stage🔥⁠
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🏆 This course is geared toward beginners, but is also appropriate for anyone who needs a refresher and would like a more extensive introduction to the facilities at Verge’s Clay Lab.⁠
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WHEN: July 7, 14, 21, and 28, 2022⁠
TIME: 2:00-4:30pm⁠
PRICE: $175 / $155 for current Verge members / $145 for our BIPOC community (Black, Indigenous or People of Color)⁠
WHO: Adults, Teens⁠
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⏰ New Class Alert 🚨⁠ ⁠ 📚 This book str

⏰ New Class Alert 🚨⁠
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📚 This book structure is a dynamic concertina that will wow the viewer. Sewn to ribbons and a concertina and then pamphlets, the pamphlets collapse when you are through reading them and the ribbons are pulled shut 🎀⁠
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WHEN: Saturday & Sunday, July 30 & 31⁠
WHERE: Myrtle Press inside Verge Center for the Arts⁠
TIME: 10am-2pm⁠
PRICE: $120 (Materials are included)⁠
WHO: Adults and teens⁠
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About the instructor: ⁠
Nikki Thompson is a book artist (aka Deconstructed Artichoke Press) and poet. With an MFA from the California College of the Arts, her art explores architecture, feminism, and the politics of work through the mixed media of bookmaking, printmaking, and photography. Her work has been awarded First Prize at Gallerie Renee Marie and a Purchase Prize at 23 Sandy Gallery. She has also been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and received the College Book Arts Association Project Assistance Grant. She currently resides in Sacramento, California, with her husband and daughter.⁠
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💥 This course will introduce students to Web3 m

💥 This course will introduce students to Web3 mechanics, Web2 extensions required for integration into the decentralized Web, NFTs, and a broad overview of the tech-based creator economy🧨⁠
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👀 Students will leave with an understanding of the concepts, methods and uses for Web3 technology as well as a primer on generative art 💻⁠
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WHEN: Sundays, July 31, August 7 & 14⁠
WHERE: Verge Center for the Arts⁠
TIME: 1–2:30 PM⁠
PRICE: $90 General, $70 Verge Members (Must bring own device with Google Chrome)⁠
WHO: Adults and teens⁠
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Opening reception is tonight, 5-8 for Immaculate M

Opening reception is tonight, 5-8 for Immaculate Misconceptions.

Regular gallery hours: Thursday-Saturday, 11am-5pm.
Sunday, 12-5pm.

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Have you ever wanted to make your own ceramic tile

Have you ever wanted to make your own ceramic tile? 🤔⁠
Check out this workshop taught by resident Verge Artist Ianna Nova Frisby 💠⁠
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There is no experience necessary for this introductory ceramic workshop. You will leave this class with a plaster mold of your tile design and at least four pressed tiles!⁠
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Click our Linktree to register for this class.⁠
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