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Ganymede. Photo by Grace Schroeder<\/p><\/div>\n

By Hannah Van Vlack<\/p>\n

Marquee Asheville, a design-centric marketplace in the River Arts District, and Blue Ridge Pride, a nonprofit promoting equity, safety and quality of life for the LGBTQ+ and allied Western North Carolina communities, will host Love Is Art<\/em>. This free event celebrating Blue Ridge Pride will be held Thursday, September 19, from 6\u20139 p.m. at Marquee.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is our third year kicking off the Blue Ridge Pride weekend at Marquee,\u201d says Marquee owner Robert Nicholas. \u201cEach year we look for creative opportunities to enhance the event. We spend many months and meetings planning our events at Marquee. We love having special music, exciting surprises and interruptions that make the evening exciting with anticipation of, \u2018what do they have up their sleeve this year?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Love Is Art<\/em> will feature a live body painting demonstration with renowned artist Jeremy Brown\u2019s \u201cLove Is Art\u201d body painting kits. DJ Griffin White will provide music, Saint Brighid\u2019s will be crafting specialty cocktails and attendees can enter to win a $100 Marquee gift card. A portion of the night\u2019s proceeds will go to Blue Ridge Pride.<\/p>\n

\u201cMarquee is honored to host Love Is Art and we encourage all to celebrate with us,\u201d says Nicholas. \u201cWe are proud of our community of creatives under one roof celebrating diversity and inclusion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Marquee is located at 36 Foundy Street in the River Arts District. For more information, visit MarqueeAsheville.com<\/a>. Hannah Van Vlack is a senior at Western Carolina University studying Writing and Editing in Professional Environments and Music.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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