September 2005 First Friday

The Arizona Print Group and the Writers' Bloc presented:

Urban Legends - What's your Story?

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Urban Legends: What’s your Story?

Our modern folklore is important in explaining the world around us. We name our fears by forming compelling tales out of them. Telling stories is a great tradition. From our ancestors and family stories; the scary stories at sleepovers; the guy on the street that stops you to just tell his story; stories that we make up to amuse, entertain or compel. We all have a story, we hear them and tell them. Generally speaking, an urban legend is any modern, fictional story, told as truth, that reaches a wide audience by being passed from person to person. Urban legends are often false, but not always. A few turn out to be largely true, and a lot of them were inspired by an actual event but evolved into something different in their passage from person to person. More often than not, it isn’t possible to trace an urban legend back to its original source – they seem to come from nowhere.

Art tells the story, in different styles, mediums, which can be interpreted by the viewer into their own story. The viewer’s interpretation is sometimes different than the artist’s intent. That is the beauty of art.

In this exhibit, eighteen (18) printmakers worked with a writer who composed a legend that interprets their art and it will be displayed in a format that complements their prints. It can be one that stretches beyond the art, takes the reader/viewer on a different journey. We feel that combining art and legends would be a compatible exhibit for the library.

Where: @Central Gallery at the Burton Barr Phoenix Public Library (1221 N. Central Ave, downtown Phoenix)

When: Exhibit ran from September 1-29

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