Art Exhibit To Take Place During Life Is Beautiful - ART-Tales

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Ensuring there will be no shortage of beauty inside the Life is Beautiful Festival footprint, organizers are now revealing the details of its gallery-style exhibits, set to take place inside the once iconic Western Hotel. In addition to its previously announced street art and mural program, festival managers have teamed up with art curator Patrick Duffy to present a multidisciplinary pop-up gallery entitled ART-Tales, available all three days (Oct 24-26) for festival attendees.

“To say we’ve transformed the vacant space of the Western Hotel is an understatement,” says Duffy, Las Vegas Art Museum president and chairman of the UNLV Fine Art Galleries. “Though we want to keep the feeling of that iconic bingo hall that this space once represented, our artists will present works that go beyond what you imagine when you think of Vegas, and challenge patrons to search themselves for universal themes and stories.”

Inside the ART-Tales gallery space will be a plethora of artistic mediums across multiple disciplines: from paintings to photography, sculpture, installations, poetry and mixed media. Featured inside the space are many local artists, including submissions from VAST space projects, Trifecta Gallery and students from Las Vegas Academy. Some highlights include:

·         California artist Eric Tillinghast, whose water-based work was featured in last year’s Art Odyssey, will return with a playful and interactive installation of water slides and kiddie pools, entitled “Freefall”.

·         Exploring themes of body and spirit, visual artist Linda Alterwitz - known for her use of scientific imagery- will create an installation juxtaposing large scale images of the Mojave Desert with medical scans of the human body.

·         Multidisciplinary local favorite Jerry Misko will explore the idea of a well-rounded, cyclical life with his installment of ancient and modern depictions of circular works.

·         Trifecta Gallery will bring along a collection of contemporary paintings and sculptures representing themes of religion, survival, heart, fear, dreams and growing up.

·         VAST Space Projects will present the works of nearly 50 artists, a number of them native to Nevada, through new mediums such as digital designs, printed matter, poetry and pop-ups.

·         Students from the Las Vegas Academy of the Arts will have the opportunity to enlighten guests with their visual interpretation of dreams; while they themselves fulfill their dream of showcasing artwork on a professional level.

·         Works from the following artists will also be presented: Audrey Barcio, Matthew Couper, Zak Ostrowski, Gina Quaranto, Camilla Quinn, Miguel Rodriguez, JK Russ, Jesse Smigel, and  Jevijoe Vitug.

Connecting the themes and overall experience of each of the dozens of participants, ART-Tales at The Western will be tucked within a cohesive space blanketed by an aura of light and sound which completes the sensory experience of the festival-goer. When stepping into this “gallery” – and the sub-galleries within – one will be transported to a stirring environment which asks the observer to fill in his or her answer to the question: “Life is ____.” ART-Tales will be available from opening to closing of the festival from October 24-26, 2014 inside the former Western Hotel on Fremont Street.

For more information about the art programming at Life is Beautiful, visit: http://lifeisbeautiful.com/art/

2014 Sponsors & Partners

Sponsors and Partners of Life is Beautiful Festival include Wirtz Beverage Nevada, WEU/ World Trust Foundation, Dos Equis, Zappos.com, the D Las Vegas, KETEL ONE Vodka, The LINQ, Travel + Leisure, Marriott Hotels, Pandora, Las Vegas Events, Silicon Valley Bank, CBS Radio, The City of Las Vegas, Whole Foods, Cirque du Soleil®, Sub-Zero and Wolf and Westar Kitchen and Bath, Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey, Hendrick’s Gin, 7UP, Bacardi, Jim Beam Kentucky Fire, Alex & Ani, Maui Jim, Café Bustello, ORGANIZE, Red Bull, Downtown Project, US Foods, Chef Works, Le Creuset, Dansko, Movember, Airstream 2 Go and online content partner POPSUGAR.

*Sponsors and partners listed are current as of release date.

About Life is Beautiful

Life is Beautiful is an inspirational company dedicated to helping people conquer their fears and chase their dreams. Its signature project, the Life is Beautiful Festival was founded in 2013 and launched in October of that same year as a highly successful lifestyle event featuring marquee musicians, chefs, artists and speakers. Held in the heart of Downtown Las Vegas, Life is Beautiful Festival attracted more than 60,000 patrons in its first year, and is now branching out to an international online forum for social change. For more information on the company’s projects and the latest festival news, visit www.lifeisbeautiful.com, or connect with Life is Beautiful socially at Facebook.com/LIBFestival, Twitter.com/lifeisbeautiful, Instagram.com/lifeisbeautiful and YouTube.com/user/LifeIsBeauitful.