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Market Collective's are all held at the old ANt Hill building on the corner of 2nd ave and 10st NW in Kensington (1 block South from the Sunnyside train station). $3 entry.

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We're all about promoting new, aspiring, or established artists in Calgary online. Thanks and happy blogging!

We've just added 40 new themes that reflect the latest designs and ideas. Check them out in your admin panel. If you aren't a member yet joining is free.

Come join in this wonderful expression of artists, artisans, musicians, and other cool local cultural additions.

Some painters will be over here, photographers on flickr, musicians on Myspace, and so on.

So why bother with joining? How does it benefit you?

CgyArt is a unique chance for local artists of ALL kinds to showcase their talent and express their work to a specific local audience.

How CgyArt benefits you is twofold:

1) The developers behind the project are Distinct SEO, a local web marketing company. They are freely giving their time to this project as a way to give back to the local community. That means you benefit from their expertise of online marketing for FREE. The best ways to send more traffic to this web site and each individual artist blog are being used. They do the legwork and you receive FREE advertising and exposure online!

Many artists are innovative when it comes to their work, but when it comes to connecting with an audience online there's a bit of a learning curve. CgyArt makes it easy to point and click your way to new and unique web site in a matter of minutes. Best of all, it's free! Even better, you get free marketing thus more exposure! Even better than that is a chance to have a professional web presence for community and world to see!

Also, as we start connecting with more artists a new community will emerge online for local talent to connect, express, and muse in one location.

So what are you waiting for? Register for your blog and let your friends know. We're building something unique in this city, come and be a part of our venture!

Wednesday, May 11, 7:00 PM
Engineered Air Theatre /
EPCOR Centre for the Performing Arts
205 Eighth Avenue SE, Calgary, AB

Free & Open to the Public

Reception and hors d'œuvres

Over the Rhine is a critically acclaimed, Ohio-based based band fueled by the creative partnership of husband and wife Linford Detweiler and Karin Bergquist. They have released over a dozen albums and are onPaste’s list of the 100 best living songwriters. Their latest album, The Long Surrender, was produced by the legendary Joe Henry.

A panel discussion after the concert on art, faith, and artistic integrity in the public square will feature: Karin Bergquist and Linford Detweiler of Over the Rhine, Gregory Wolfe, editor of Image, Val Lieske, Artistic Director/General Manager, Fire Exit Theatre, Karen Sudds, Artistic Director of Corps Bara Dance Theatre, and Sharon Graham Sargent, President, Emmaus Fine Art Group. An hors d'œuvre reception will take place before and after the event.

P.S. We're putting in some time and will be fixing some odds and ends on the website (finally!), full release coming soon!

Entry is $2 and the event is located here:

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If you are an artist or musician and would like to be a part of the upcoming MARKET COLLECTIVE, email info@marketcollective.ca