FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CUA²RTS ON THE ROAD VISITS SHRINKING CITIES
ANN ARBOR, Mich., February 2, 2007- Join cua2rts, Sunday, February 11, as we travel to the new Museum of Contemporary Art in Detroit (MOCAD) with dinner to follow at the Traffic Jam & Snug.
The MOCAD opened in October and is dedicated to presenting art at the forefront of contemporary culture. Their current exhibition, Shrinking Cities, is a project by Germany's Federal Cultural Foundation, the Kulturstiftung des Bundes, explores a form of urban development that has become a global phenomenon. Starting in 2002, local teams were commissioned in Detroit (USA), Manchester/Liverpool (Britain), Ivanovo (Russia), and Halle/Leipzig (Germany) to investigate and document processes of urban shrinking. In more than fifty exhibition contributions, artists, architects, filmmakers, journalists, culture experts, and sociologists reveal and illuminate the changing realities of these cities.
Tickets are per person and include motor coach transportation, dinner, taxes, gratuity, and non-alcoholic beverages. Admission to the museum is free. For more information and to purchase tickets call the Concordia University–Ann Arbor Box Office at 734.995.7316. Information on the exhibition can be found at www.mocadetroit.org.
The cua2rts program, which launched fall 2005, strives to make Concordia a regional destination for the arts while stimulating the artistic, intellectual and creative experiences of Concordia students and community. The series will include art exhibitions, concerts, lectures, dance performances, book reviews and theatrical performances by artists from around the world and Concordia’s own students and faculty. Now in its second season, the series has expanded to offer cua2rts On the Road which offers chartered bus trips to museums, concerts and other cultural events throughout the Midwest.
Concordia University – Ann Arbor is a liberal arts institution of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. With a distinctly Christian environment and an academic community dedicated to excellence, CUAA offers a broad range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs. CUAA is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA) and by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). For more information on CUAA, visit:
www.cuaa.edu.
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