The daily Astorian., June 01, 2017, Page 23, Image 32

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RAISES FUNDS FOR
DRAMA DEPARTMENT
ASTORIA — Astoria High School presents “Mary Poppins:
The Broadway Musical,” a fundraiser for the high school’s the-
ater department. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children.
Showtimes:
• 7 p.m. Friday, June 2. Buy one ticket, get one free.
• 7 p.m. Saturday, June 3. Say “supercalifragilistic” for $2 off.
• 2 p.m. Sunday, June 4. Wear a British flag for $2 off.
Astoria Visual Arts announces artists-in-residence
ASTORIA — Astoria Visual
Arts spring-summer art-
ists-in-residence are Astoria
residents Tyler Little and
Andie Sterling.
During his residency,
Tyler will be housed at
Studio 11, where he plans to
work on stop-motion videos,
photographs, music and
paintings.
“Recently, I have de-
veloped a love for making
large paintings,” Little
said. “Usually consisting of
disproportionate characters,
fictional landscapes, yada,
yada, yada.”
Sterling, whose fall-win-
ter residency was extended
for four months, will be
working in a new studio, at
Pier 11. She plans to branch
out and explore “untrodden
paths connecting people to
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Andie Sterling
Tyler Little
art in Astoria,” according to
press materials.
“I want to introduce
the element of viewer
interaction to my installa-
tions by creating engaging
sculptural objects to view
my animations inspired by
original moving picture
devices such as the zoe-
trope, phenakistoscope, and
peephole cinema,” Sterling
wrote in her extension
request.
“In continuing to chal-
lenge the idea of traditional
artist exhibition space,” she
continued, “I will be looking
to outdoor public locations
to simultaneously challenge
and broaden the art viewer
demographic.”