Press Release | Art Amiss awards $300 grant to Fayetteville’s Egyptr

Unedited release from Art Amiss

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, December 13, 2010

Art Amiss is proud to announce the awarding of a $300 grant to the members of the Fayetteville, Arkansas based band Egyptr to help defray the cost of recording a new album. The awarded funds will go directly toward the costs of the recording session, which will take place over the next few weeks.

Egyptr has been performing regionally and locally in Fayetteville for two years. This will be the band’s first studio recording session, with the exception of a song recorded for the Arkansas Punk compilation, which was released jointly by Art Amiss and KXUA 88.3FM. For more information on Egyptr, contact Zach Wait at [email protected] or 479-283-3593.

Art Amiss is a Fayetteville, Arkansas based artists’ collective with the expressed purpose of giving opportunities to emerging artists living in or working from Arkansas. Art Amiss accepts grant proposals from Arkansas musicians, visual artists, fashion designers, and writers year round. The Art Amiss website is a free and open site for visual artists to upload, share and sell their work online.

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