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Utah Senate Announces Visual Arts Scholarship Competition for 2019
SALT LAKE CITY — The 5th Annual Utah Senate Visual Arts Scholarship Competition for 9th – 12th grade students is now open. The 2019 theme is INSPIRED UTAH. The Competition is sponsored by Senate President Stuart Adams and the Utah State Senate.
Twenty – five scholarships will be awarded. Scholarship awards of $5,000, $3,000, $1,000, $500 and $300 will be deposited into accounts for the students at the Utah Educational Savings Plan. The winning entries will be featured on the third-floor corridor of the Capitol through the 2019 Utah Legislative Session. The 1st place work remains in the Utah Senate suite.
The students will receive their awards in the Senate Chamber during the 2019 Legislative Session and Arts Day on the Hill, Thursday, February 21st. The work will be exhibited outside the Senate Chamber on the third floor of the Capitol Rotunda.
This competition is facilitated by the Arts Education Program of the Utah Division of Arts and Museums. The deadline for student submissions is Friday, January 11th, 2019.
Competition guidelines are available online at artseducation.utah.gov. For questions, contact the arts education office at (801) 236-7557 or email jirwin@utah.gov.
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Premiere Music Video for
"Make It Out Alive"
Exclusively with Billboard
Photo Credit: Niles Gregory Gibbs
"As the gritty, Fight Club-style clip makes clear,
there's a lot of dark to slug through before
finding even a hint of life." - Billboard
Recently Released EP Chapters
Available Now on Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music
Merch Bundles Available Here
November 20, 2018 - Inland Empire, CA - Assuming We Survive have dropped the intense music video for "Make It Out Alive" today, premiering exclusively with Billboard. The video combines performance shots with an intense "Fight Club-style" storyline that echoes the cycle of abuse Lead Singer Adrian Estrella experienced as a child. "I wanted to show in the video the struggle of battling through your problems but holding the things that mean the most to you very dear, protecting those things with everything you have." shares Estrella in an exclusive interview with Billboard.com. Fans can check out the video and complete interview here.
The track originally premiered with Substream Magazine, who called the track "high-energy catchy rock." It, along with other stand out singles like "Just So You Know" and "California Stoned," help make up the band's latest EP, Chapters, which was released earlier this Fall via Third String Records. The EP, produced by Tyler Smyth (Danger Kids, Bless the Fall), delivers a wide range of energy and emotions while taking the well-known passion, fun and energy of Assuming We Survive to the next level. Chapters is available for purchase and streaming today via Spotify and Apple Music, while merch bundles are available here.
Chapters Track listing
1. Make It Out Alive
2. Just So You Know
3. Tear Me
4. Searching
5. Let You Down
6. California Stoned
It's a wave of momentum and positivity that has catapulted Assuming We Survive into the Top 50 on the New Artist charts and more importantly into the hearts and minds of a burgeoning crew of like-minded supporters and believers, from the kids who share their love for the band on social media to the band's contemporaries sharing stages with them at Vans Warped Tour, Self-Help Festival, and Monster's Aftershock. Get ready to get involved, because Assuming We Survive aims to energize the whole world, one show at a time, channeling energy back and forth with every single fan.
Assuming We Survive is Adrian Estrella (Vocals), Johnny Silva (Guitar), Kris Pasos (Drums) and Phil Adams (Guitar). For more information, please head to http://assumingwesurvive.com/.
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TONKS
Premieres Living Room Session
"St. Charles Place"
Now on Alternative Press
Debut Album
Windows Down & Dying
Out Now Apple Music & Spotify
Recently featured on Billboard
"...TONKS delivers raw humanity and compelling vulnerability through
tender songs full of warmth and sincerity." - Atwood Magazine
"'Running Downhill'...sounds heartbreaking yet hopeful - created by subtle
yet effective guitar work, and Foley's ability to masterfully croon out his lyrics
to paint something delicate and exciting." - Substream Magazine
November 20, 2018 - New Jersey - South Jersey-based singer/songwriter TONKS is sharing an intimate new Living Room Session video for "St. Charles Place," off his recently released debut album, Windows Down & Dying. Fans can watch it now on Alternative Press.
On the new video, he shares: "I wrote the main riff to St. Charles Place in an airbnb in Idaho, but i wrote the lyrics while sitting on the couch you see in this video. That couch is where a majority of the record was written."
The solo acoustic project of Dryjacket bassist Ian Foley, TONKS offers an introspective collection of songs set to brightly shimmering melodies - amidst a quiet and unassuming melancholy. Windows Down & Dying was released last Friday, November 16th to acclaim from Billboard, Atwood Magazine, Substream Magazine, and more. It is now streaming via Apple Music and Spotify.
Foley, a multi-instrumentalist who recorded the violin, piano, and vibe as well as the guitar and vocals on his debut record, celebrated the album with a series of local album release shows. For additional information on the new record, as well as info on all upcoming shows, please visit: http://www.facebook.com/TonksNJ
For Additional Information, Please Visit:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/TonksNJ
Twitter: www.twitter.com/tonksnj
Instagram: www.instagram.com/tonksnj
Windows Down & Dying Track Listing:
1. The Great Idaho Fire
2. Water Damage
3. Running Downhill
4. You Aren't Missing Anything
5. Pictures of Privilege
6. Through the Daylight, the Moon Appears
7. Garden State Blue
8. St. Charles Place
9. Paris
10. Giles Corey
Upcoming Album Release Shows:
12/22 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Barbary
