{"id":1787119,"date":"2019-02-26T08:46:43","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T13:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1787119"},"modified":"2019-02-26T20:31:18","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T01:31:18","slug":"festival-of-personal-geographies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/02\/festival-of-personal-geographies\/","title":{"rendered":"Festival of Personal Geographies"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Festival of Personal Geographies<\/a> explores the use of art in creating personalized maps. Running until March 19 at several venues in Ames, Iowa, the Festival consists of an exhibition<\/a> (“‘Index to a Place,’ an exhibition of prints, drawings and paintings that use the graphical languages of maps as a starting point in their creation”) and four workshops on personalized mapmaking.\u00a0The event is organized by local artist Tibi Chelcea and hosted by ISU’s Design on Main Gallery<\/a>. Free admission, free registration.<\/p>\n

Previously:\u00a0Personal Geographies<\/a>;\u00a0Art and Personal Mapmaking<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Festival of Personal Geographies explores the use of art in creating personalized maps. 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