Low Key Arts

At Low Key Arts, we believe that artistic expression is essential to the growth and development of people of all ages. We seek to offer all individuals opportunities to experience, understand, and engage in artistic expression across a diverse range of media.

We believe that individual artistic development supports a positive community. By offering educational, experiential, and volunteer opportunities, we bring individuals together in support of a common cause and create an environment which nurtures community bonds.

Our goal in developing a community is to foster an exponential energy which we feel improves the world around us.

We believe that exposure to artistic innovation that challenges its audience to see a wider world promotes further creativity by broadening understanding and possibility. Performances from a wide variety of cultures provide people of all ages within our community encouragement to create and share their unique stories, feelings, and perspectives.

Our volunteers, donors, and sponsors are the foundation of this organization. Community members who generously share their time and resources are the lifeblood of Low Key Arts and the programs we offer.

Low Key Arts connects people and inspires creativity by providing tools, education, and opportunities to experience musical, cinematic, and artistic innovators from around the world.

	September 2020
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		1 Graphic Arts with Sonny Kay Graphic Arts with Sonny Kay September 1, 2020 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Online Learn to create powerful graphics and marketing/social media tools in this study of two-dimensional (2-D) digital design with Low Key Arts’ executive director, Sonny Kay. Emphasizing the visual communication process, this course will draw largely from the rich parallel universes of the album cover and the event poster. We’ll study basic design terminology and principles, and the essentials required to create effective visual language. Becoming familiar with Adobe Photoshop and InDesign, participants will learn what makes a great logo, how to choose fonts, how to build multi-page documents, how to create and edit images, avoid common mistakes, export projects for web and printing, and much more. This course will lay a solid foundation for advanced courses in design. Students will Learn: • Working knowledge of Photoshop and InDesign essentials and integration of the two • Effective marketing and visual communication skills • Creative problem solving NOTE: All classes will be taught virtually on Zoom and students must have own computer with access to Adobe Photoshop and InDesign. See more details •	2	3 Graphic Arts with Sonny Kay Graphic Arts with Sonny Kay September 3, 2020 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Online Learn to create powerful graphics and marketing/social media tools in this study of two-dimensional (2-D) digital design with Low Key Arts’ executive director, Sonny Kay. Emphasizing the visual communication process, this course will draw largely from the rich parallel universes of the album cover and the event poster. We’ll study basic design terminology and principles, and the essentials required to create effective visual language. Becoming familiar with Adobe Photoshop and InDesign, participants will learn what makes a great logo, how to choose fonts, how to build multi-page documents, how to create and edit images, avoid common mistakes, export projects for web and printing, and much more. This course will lay a solid foundation for advanced courses in design. Students will Learn: • Working knowledge of Photoshop and InDesign essentials and integration of the two • Effective marketing and visual communication skills • Creative problem solving NOTE: All classes will be taught virtually on Zoom and students must have own computer with access to Adobe Photoshop and InDesign. See more details •	4	5
6	7 Home Recording Using Logic with Harry Glaeser Home Recording Using Logic with Harry Glaeser September 7, 2020 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Online Home Recording Using Logic with Harry Glaeser is a four week intensive studio engineering course that attempts to acquaint the student with the often esoteric world of Digital Audio Workstations (DAWS). These are the versatile tools behind everything from the platinum studio records on pop radio to the hi-fidelity music of film and advertising. With an emphasis on the fundamentals of audio compression, equalization, distortion, limiting and more, Home Recording Using Logic will make one's studio space less daunting, bringing out the potential of even the most amateur producers. The course will be limited to Logic Pro X (although Logic is not required; participants are welcome to take the class regardless, but will not have access to hands-on lessons). It will be taught by Harry Glaeser, founding member of banzai florist, and a producer with years of experience in engineering and producing. NOTE: All classes will be taught virtually on Zoom. See more details •	8 Graphic Arts with Sonny Kay Graphic Arts with Sonny Kay September 8, 2020 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Online Learn to create powerful graphics and marketing/social media tools in this study of two-dimensional (2-D) digital design with Low Key Arts’ executive director, Sonny Kay. Emphasizing the visual communication process, this course will draw largely from the rich parallel universes of the album cover and the event poster. We’ll study basic design terminology and principles, and the essentials required to create effective visual language. Becoming familiar with Adobe Photoshop and InDesign, participants will learn what makes a great logo, how to choose fonts, how to build multi-page documents, how to create and edit images, avoid common mistakes, export projects for web and printing, and much more. This course will lay a solid foundation for advanced courses in design. Students will Learn: • Working knowledge of Photoshop and InDesign essentials and integration of the two • Effective marketing and visual communication skills • Creative problem solving NOTE: All classes will be taught virtually on Zoom and students must have own computer with access to Adobe Photoshop and InDesign. See more details •	9	10 Graphic Arts with Sonny Kay Graphic Arts with Sonny Kay September 10, 2020 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Online Learn to create powerful graphics and marketing/social media tools in this study of two-dimensional (2-D) digital design with Low Key Arts’ executive director, Sonny Kay. Emphasizing the visual communication process, this course will draw largely from the rich parallel universes of the album cover and the event poster. We’ll study basic design terminology and principles, and the essentials required to create effective visual language. Becoming familiar with Adobe Photoshop and InDesign, participants will learn what makes a great logo, how to choose fonts, how to build multi-page documents, how to create and edit images, avoid common mistakes, export projects for web and printing, and much more. This course will lay a solid foundation for advanced courses in design. Students will Learn: • Working knowledge of Photoshop and InDesign essentials and integration of the two • Effective marketing and visual communication skills • Creative problem solving NOTE: All classes will be taught virtually on Zoom and students must have own computer with access to Adobe Photoshop and InDesign. See more details •	11	12
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Welcome to Low Key Arts

Low Key Arts is a 501c3 public charity. With the help of dedicated sponsors and volunteers, Low Key Arts has been presenting original, forward-thinking and independent music and art in the town of Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas since 2005.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

September 2020

What’s Happening with LKA?

Low Key Arts Announces a New Slate of Digital Arts Creativity Workshops for Summer 2020

Inception + YouTube = 😍

VOV 2020 Opening Reception – Sonic Youth Rockumentary Double Feature

Support Low Key Arts

OUR PROGRAMS

You can help Low Key Arts grow by donating as little as $10 a month! This donation helps us expand existing programming, make improvements to our performance space, hire new staff and bring in more artists, while we cultivate and support more of the creative people that live in our community.

Support for Low Key Arts is Provided in Part By: