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Photo by Asia Morris of Dan Benedict\u2019s <\/em>Parasolvent for the inaugural MTG.<\/em><\/p>\n

Music Tastes Good (MTG) has officially announced its call for artists and is accepting submissions for the two-day festival, to take place Saturday, September 30 and Sunday, October 1.<\/p>\n

The inaugural event set the bar with five installations<\/a> by Danielle Kaufman, Dan Benedict, Katherine Bingley, Lorna Alkana and Kelsey Cooper, whose large-scale works, from a ferris wheel of parasols to a giant game of tetris, provided points of conversation and reasons to gather and explore during the festival.<\/p>\n

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This year, the theme draws inspiration from shipping ports, more specifically, the Port of Long Beach, with applying artists asked to ruminate on the idea of cultural exchange and the import and export of sounds, flavors and ideas.<\/p>\n

Organizers are looking for projects that:<\/p>\n