Sunday, January 27, 1:30 – 4:30 p.m.
In the Main Gallery… Mbirathon, Live Music!  

Mbira players at locations around the world join to keep traditional Shona mbira music played continuously for 24 hours. Mbira is used in Shona culture (Zimbabwe) for healing, and for communication with ancestors, including those who are the common ancestors of all human beings alive on earth today. The vibration of mbira music is itself healing, whether or not you believe in communication with ancestors. Visit Spiva on Sunday and enjoy this unique tradition in a novel setting—amidst the sculpture on display in Private Eyes/Public Views, the Center’s latest Main Gallery exhibit.

PhotoSpiva 2008 has officially been launched! In a departure from tradition, participating artists will enter online at www.photospiva.org
beginning January 30. Deadline for entries is midnight CST February 15.

Although the entry process is digital, all photographic processes/mediums are eligible, and awards will be determined from actual work once the exhibit is up. The move to digital entry has been under consideration for some time and is seen as a way to open the competition to more artists across the country.

Entering the competition in 2008 will put your images in front of influential photographic expert, Juror Rod Slemmons, Director of the Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College, Chicago.

Mr. Slemmons will be in Joplin for the Juror’s Lecture, Awards presentation and Opening Reception for PhotoSpiva 2008 in April.
 
Challenge 4: The Brilliant Birdhouse
Deadline 5 p.m. Tuesday, February 26
On display March 8 – April 11
 
George A. Spiva Center for the Arts is pleased to announce its fourth area artists’ challenge—to create 3-D birdhouse works of art. Entries will be exhibited in the Regional Gallery March 8 thru April 11 during Spiva’s spring exhibition, Birds of a Feather.
 
Completed Entries must be brought to Spiva during gallery hours before 5 p.m. Tuesday Feb 26. Entry forms are available at Spiva, 222 W. 3rd St. Joplin. Weight restrictions apply, and birdhouses that can be suspended are preferred.
 
Announcing
CONTEMPORARY WORKS…
an exhibition of sculptural and photographic works by June Roys, Assistant Professor of Art, Missouri Southern State University. Thru February 8th, 2008 at the Spiva Gallery on the campus of MSSU. Hours are 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday thru Friday.
 
Early reviews are in: “It's really great—clean, well designed and unique.”
More info: Contact Val Christensen, Gallery Coordinator, 417.625.9631
 
See you soon!

Spiva Center for the Arts, located at Third and Wall in downtown Joplin. is open to the public Tuesday – Saturday, 10 a.m.– 5 p.m., and Sunday, 1–5 p.m. The Center is closed Mondays and major holidays. Admission to the galleries is by voluntary contribution. Suggested donations are $2 per adult and $1 for school aged children.

Gift Bazaar held over through Saturday, February 16, upstairs at Spiva!

George A. Spiva Center for the Arts
222 W. 3rd Street
Joplin, Mo 64801
Tel: 417-623-0183
Fax: 417-623-3805
www.spivaarts.org


See you at Spiva–where imagination lives!