Downtown Massillon - APRIL 26th - Art Displaced

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View the video Promo here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ9dOp7ayqc)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ9dOp7ayqc

So I was talking with Scot this weekend, and OMG, is Massillon in for a big suprise. Scot is lives, breathes, eats and craps the artist's lifestyle! Scot has a positive and motivating energy like no other artist I've met. Scot's work is fascinatingly experimental. He continues break down peoples ideas about what is art and what it can be. Just when you think you understand art, Scot pushes you into a whole new place of understanding. I am so excited for this event!
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Scot Phillips is one of the most inspired and motivated artists to graduate from Washington High school here in Massillon. His studies of Art History and fine arts at Kent state have led him to incredibly obsessive expressions of relationships between people, work an Machines. His work is new ideas on very old materials, often employing found objects, and other thrown away items. Paintings, canvas constructions, silk screen prints and ready-mades make up a fascinating body of work called the Blak Horse Gallery. Phillips' compulsive use of symbols on everything from wood planks to t-shirts and buttons make for both fashionable and conceptual artwork.
visit http://www.theanadacenter.org/artdisplaced for more info

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Both March's event and the upcoming one get a mention from Rep entertainment writer Dan Kane.
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With Canton's First Friday celebrations pulling crowds downtown the first Friday of each month, is it any wonder that downtown Massillon is following suit?

An innovative arts-showcase series titled Art Displaced: Neighborhood Natives is happening in Massillon the last Saturday of each month. It's a floating party, held in a different vacant commercial space each time with a local artist, live music and refreshments. Admission is free.

The first one, on March 28, spotlighted work by visual artist Ron Copeland and musician Jherrid Reed.

"We had a phenomenal turnout, almost 200 people, and most of them were younger people," enthuses Nicole Garlando, executive director of the Ananda Center, which organizes the series with funding from Arts in Stark.

"It was wonderful. There was music, the artist was there, it was packed," enthuses the Massillon Museum's Mandy Altimus, who attended. "Canton gets a lot of spotlight for the arts. We'd like to bring some of that here."

The next Art Displaced event will be April 26 from 7 to 10 p.m. at 44 and 48 Charles Ave. SW, a former antique shop, in downtown Massillon. Artist Scot Phillips will display prints, silkscreens and canvas constructions in what he is calling the Blak Horse Gallery. The musical act will be announced. Admission is free.

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