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(Message started by: Shannon on Aug 11^th, 2008, 9:59am)

Title: Robby and MIA / articles
Post by Shannon on Aug 11^th, 2008, 9:59am

One of Buffalo's best-known musicians was in town on Sunday for a big announcement.

Robby Takac of the Goo Goo Dolls was at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery releasing details of this year's Music is Art Festival.

The annual event will be held at the Albright-Knox next month.

Takac says the Gallery holds special meaning to Buffalo.

"It's a beautiful venue. It's probably one of the most prestigious cultural centers in the whole city and we're incredibly happy to be having it here this year," said Goo Goo Dolls Bassist & Music is Art Founder Robby Takac.

This year's Music is Art Festival will take place September 13th from 11am-11pm.

The Festival will feature local bands, artists, dancers and more.

http://www.wgrz.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=59955&catid=13

For more info on MIA go to ... http://www.musicisart.org/

Title: Re: Robby and MIA / article
Post by Shannon on Aug 11^th, 2008, 10:01am

Here's another article on the same topic....

Music Is Art Festival returns to the city

After a year at the Erie County Fairgrounds, festival finds a home at Albright-Knox Art Gallery

By Brian Hayden NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 08/11/08 10:10 AM

Angela Shoemaker/Buffalo News
Robby Takac, founder of the Music Is Art Festival and Goo Goo Dolls bassist, is pleased that the five-year-old festival will be held at Albright-Knox Art Gallery this year.

After a year�s hiatus from Buffalo, the Music Is Art Festival will return to the city. The sixth annual festival will take place Saturday, Sept. 13, at Albright- Knox Art Gallery. The all-day event will feature live music from 28 bands, as well as art displays and dance performances by nine ensembles.

Festival founder and Goo Goo Dolls bassist Robby Takac is thrilled that Albright-Knox Art Gallery welcomed the event with open arms this year.

�It�s really a dream venue for this type of thing,� Takac said.

The MIA Festival started five years ago in the parking lot of Takac�s Chameleon West Studios in Allentown and was held on the same weekend as the Allentown Art Festival. The MIA Festival grew during its four-year run in the neighborhood, and Takac found himself at odds with the Allentown Village Society, which wanted the event to be held elsewhere or on a different weekend than the art festival.

Mounting pressure from both the society and the city forced Takac to find a new location for the festival. Last year, its new home was near midway rides and tractor pulls at the Erie County Fairgrounds during America�s Fair.

Attendance at the new venue went down, Takac said. The fair�s admission charge didn�t help; until last year, the music festival had been free. Takac said that the entrance fee cut down on his festival�s target demographic group.

�They�re called starving artists for a reason,� he said.

Takac said the America�s Fair staff was very accommodating, but he believes the MIA Festival belongs in Buffalo, where its roots are.

Takac said the Albright-Knox fits more with the festival�s theme of linking music with other art forms.

This year�s free event begins at 11 a. m. Sept. 13, rain or shine, on the Lincoln Parkway side of the gallery. The musical lineup includes local bands Klear, Handsome Jack, Johnny Nobody, Dali�s Ghost and Inlite, winner of the 2008 MIA student Battle of the Bands. Live art creation, a kids� village and a DJ performance area will be included.

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http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/story/411938.html

Title: Re: Robby and MIA / articles
Post by [Joelage] on Aug 18^th, 2008, 6:18pm

I'm glad MIA is still going strong...

I can remember when they did that surprise "exhibit" at the museum!