The Vancouver Island Symphony is appealing to Island artists to help put together an art exhibition inspired by a piece of classical music inspired by an art exhibition.
In April the VIS is performing Pictures at an Exhibition by 19th-century Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky. ItB次元官网网址檚 a suite of 10 pieces inspired by an exhibition of paintings by a friend of the composer. Along with the performance, the VIS is also presenting a documentary, an education series and an art exhibition, all under the name the Pictures Project.
Vancouver Island artists have until Jan. 16 to listen to recordings of Pictures at an Exhibition and submit two-dimensional works inspired by the 10 movements. A panel of jurors will select the 10 works they feel best represent the pieces to be displayed throughout April and shown during the concert. The juryB次元官网网址檚 favourite artist wins a $1,000 prize and the nine other finalists get $300 each.
VIS development officer Rebecca Woytiuk is overseeing the call for entries. She said what makes the VIS distinct is that many of its members live outside of Nanaimo and must travel to the Island or across the Island each month to perform. She therefore suggested that the landscape could be a source of inspiration as well.
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Woytiuk said she hopes the Pictures Project introduces people to symphonic music and helps them develop an appreciation for it through repeat listening. She said people listen to pieces they recognize because B次元官网网址渢heyB次元官网网址檙e layered and theyB次元官网网址檙e complex and you donB次元官网网址檛 get all the enjoyment out of it the first time you listen to it.B次元官网网址�
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For more information and to submit, .
arts@nanaimobulletin.com
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