ART /äRT/
Noun:
A stimulant for the senses that in one way or another induces emotion, impacts society and helps define a generation, and generations to come.
Music, painting/drawing, acting, theater, dance, writing, design.
Observed, created, bought, experienced.
Inevitable and important.
Omnipresent.
What is art? The definition above is my homegrown creation (no offense to Merriam-Webster). You may not agree with it but since the essence of art lies in the beholder, that’s okay too. One thing is certain however: WE NEED ART!
No matter the demographic, art has and will continue to impact life as we know it. Art is consumed every single second of every single day. Sometimes art smacks you square in the face and you don’t realize it. SMACK! It just happened. Did you feel it?
This program and its pieces are forms of artistic expression by a group of young scholars studying Professional Writing at King’s College. Along with those who work at Arts YOUniverse, these students have been working diligently to promote the production you are about to enjoy. In addition to the play, the creative collaboration has developed a means to encourage artistic enrichment beyond the performances of Bunnicula.
In order to encourage a continuation of art within the community of Wilkes-Barre, this collaboration of artists and students is constructing a foundation in order to preserve the very essence of art: The Arts YOUniverse Foundation.
Through its creators, The Foundation is dedicated to providing artistic programming and experiences of all sorts to everyone in the community. Its mission is embodied in the above definition; allowing art to be omnipresent in the community for generations. What does this mean for you? Art classes, dance lessons, more plays and music lessons are available for the entire family! We hope to further encourage students, families and artist alike with our efforts.
Art will impact you. You will take it in, consume it. Let it digest in your cranium; Form an opinion or brush it off, and go about your day. Either way art does something to you. It makes you think beyond the scope of words on paper. But why is all of this important? Why as humans do we need outlets to express this impact life has on us beyond the basic senses?
Without art life is mundane. Art is the glue that binds us to other humans’ experiences. It is the medium between reality and fiction, good and bad, right and wrong, left and right, up and down, black and white. Art is temporal yet timeless, old yet young, rich yet poor, high yet low. Art is inevitable. As long as we as beings have emotions, cognition and imagination the world will always have art. Art allows us to analyze life in an innovative way. Art allows us to truly live, whether it be vicariously through the art itself, or by relation to the art. Art is always around, never stagnant. Without art we cannot relate to one another. Simply put, WE NEED ART!
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