FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Former artists of the present defunct Chris Sorensen Studios are going to beryllium hosted during July's Art Hop astatine The Grand 1401 successful Downtown Fresno, officials announced connected Tuesday.
Officials accidental this is pursuing past month's unexpected closure of the Chris Sorensen Studios, which displaced implicit 60 artists. Because of this, absorption astatine The Grand 1401 says they decided to measurement successful to connection their enactment and supply a abstraction for them.
Earlier this year, officials with The Grand 1401 accidental they visited the studios portion conducting probe for the 100th day of their historical building, the San Joaquin Light and Power Corporation Building.
"I loved the ambiance determination erstwhile I visited successful January. When I heard the workplace was closing, I
knew we had to bash thing to enactment the artists," said Alma Matehuala, lawsuit manager astatine The Grand 1401. "Providing them with a venue to show their enactment during Art Hop is our mode of giving backmost to the assemblage and ensuring that these artists proceed to person a level for their creativity."
The lawsuit volition beryllium hosted successful The Grand connected 10 Ballroom, located connected the 10th level astatine 1401 Fulton Street successful Fresno connected Thursday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. The nationalist is invited to be this lawsuit and enactment the artists.
Artists from the erstwhile Chris Sorensen Studio who would similar to showcase their creation during this lawsuit are encouraged to interaction Richard Escareno astatine 559-266-8000 ext. 226 oregon email info@thegrand1401.com.