Flood Mission
Flood Fine Art Center is a non-profit contemporary art institution dedicated to advancing the careers of emerging and mid career artists, as well as educating the public and furthering the understanding of contemporary art and its importance within the community and beyond. We aim to provide a stimulating environment for artists so that they will successively enlighten, challenge, inspire, and elevate awareness for the necessity of art in contemporary culture.
Flood Fine Art Center seeks to be a vital cultural resource for Asheville through providing funding and space for innovative local and national artists as well as curators who stretch boundaries in all media. Through our extensive exhibition schedule, residency program, educational activities, presentations and publications we aim to serve a diverse audience that will in turn enhance quality of life and provide opportunities and experiences that would otherwise be unavailable.
Pangea Day
Saturday, May 10th
1:00PM - 6:00PM
Asheville joins cities around the world on May 10 for Pangea Day, the live global event which aims to bring people together through the power of film. The Media Arts Project and Flood Gallery will be hosting a Pangea Day event here in Asheville on Sat. May 10th from 1pm until 6pm at Flood Gallery located at 109 Roberts Street in the River Arts District.
Pangea Day, organized by T.E.D. Conferences, http://www.pangeaday.org arrives at 2 pm in Asheville on May 10, 2008, with a live 4 hour broadcast from Los Angeles, Rio, London, Cairo, Kigali, and Mumbai. Twenty-four award winning films drawn from 2500 submissions from 100 countries will be shown, along with music performances, and inspirational messages from people like CNN's Christiane Amanpour, Jordan's Queen Noor, and Bob Geldof. Millions will participate in Pangea Day by watching the event broadcast live by satellite, on the Internet, television, and on cell-phones. Creating a type of 'global campfire' experience, the Pangea Day broadcast will also be shown in 1000 other global locations in private and public showings, three in Vancouver, entirely organized by volunteers.