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Breaking News
Arts Alliance Again Serves as a Regranter for MCACA's Minigrant Program.
The Minigrant program is a grants-giving partnership funded by the State of Michigan through the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA) and administered by agencies in each region of the state.Minigrants provide up to $4,000 for locally developed, high quality arts and cultural projects, which are special opportunities to address local arts and cultural needs and increase public access to arts and culture. Please visit our Minigrant page for more information.
Convergence 2009 - Resources
Missed the conference or just want to follow up? Below are the resources, contact information, and websites of those who presented. Click the names to email the individual, the other links are to related sites.
Welcome to A3arts.org
Presenters: Skidmore Studio; Justin Fenwick, The Arts Alliance
Arts Education: What's Next In Washtenaw County?
Presenters: John Weiss, The Neutral Zone; Deb Polich, Artrain
Moderator: Angela Martín-Barcelona
Kalamazoo Education For The Arts
Cultural Master Plan – Arts Education pg. 26
Arts Spaces – Creative Use of Space, Resources & Community
Presenters: Susan Badger Booth, Eastern Michigan University Arts Management Program; Brandy Mathie, Miller Canfield
Moderator: Melissa Milton-Pung, Department of Strategic Planning, Washtenaw County
Strengthening the Creative Economy in Washtenaw County: What's Happening?
Presenters: Sandra Xenakis, Art Meets Business; Nate Zeisler, Arts Enterprise
Moderator: Lynne Friman, Envisions Design, Ltd.
Art Meets Business Informational Document
Art Meets Business Registration Form
Washtenaw County Creative Economy Powerpoint
Miller
Canfield: Legal Information for the Arts and Cultural
Community
Presenters:
Lawyers from Miller
Canfield.
The Future of Arts & Cultural Fundraising
Presenters: Donald Harrison, Ann Arbor Film Festival; Mel Drumm, Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum
Moderator: Phil D’Anieri, Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation
Our Endangered campaign fully archived,http://aafilmfest.org/endangered/
And, in relation to Mel's talk about earning income for what you do, we're now selling our 2nd DVD collection which supports the filmmakers and the AAFF. It's on our website, with a preview video, here: http://aafilmfest.org/store/dvd/vol2.php
What’s Up with Art Walk?
Presenters: Margaret Parker, Art Walk
Making the Most on Social Networks & Online Marketing
Presenters: Linh Song, NEW; Sara Billman and Jim Leija, University Musical Society
Moderator:
Bonnie Valentine,
Whole Brain Group
Keynote Address:
Stuart Rosenfeld, Regional Technology Strategies, Inc.
Local Talent:
If
you were interested in the artistic components of the conference,
please contact the following people who helped make it a
reality.
Leslie
Sobel, intersection between artistic, personal understanding and
scientific knowledge. website
Ken
Kozora, composer – educator – environmentalist, bio
Christina Sears Etter, Artistic Director of People Dancing.
Amanda
Stanger-Read, Director of Arts
in Motion Dance Studio
Chris
Lord, poet
Artists showing their work included: Lynda Cole, Margaret Parker, Barbara Thomas Yerace, Laura Seligman, Candace Compton Pappas, Martha Ceccio, Anne Savage, Connie Cronenwett, Rick De Troyer, Francsc Burgos, and Barbara Carson.
New Website & New URL coming!
The Arts Alliance is currently building a new online portal for all things relating to arts and culture in Washtenaw County. This new website – www.a3arts.org (Ann Arbor Area Arts) – will include comprehensive information about artists, venues, organizations, and events, as well as allow users to actively participate and get involved in the site. Please stay tuned for updates on the process and look for future announcements about upcoming educational opportunities for the new website. The site is expected to be available in early 2010.
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Our Mission and Commitment
The mission of the Arts Alliance is to support efforts to increase participation in arts and cultural activities, and strengthen the cultural community and organizations that provide these programs, thereby ensuring that all citizens benefit from our outstanding cultural resources.
The Arts Alliance works to create an environment in Washtenaw County where creativity and culture can flourish and the arts are accessible to all.
To realize its mission, the Arts Alliance is committed to support/create projects and services that Communicate - Facilitate - Educate - Advocate - and Celebrate the arts and its community!
Join the Arts Alliance Facebook group!
Advocacy Update
Local Candidates’ Survey – Opinions on arts and culture
The Arts Alliance has contacted all candidates running for elected office in Washtenaw County to obtain their views on arts and culture in this region.
All responses (and lack thereof) are listed in the 2009 Candidates’ Survey.
From Rust Belt to Artist Belt
Recently, Justin Fenwick of The Arts Alliance and Milan artist Leslie Sobel attended the From Rust Belt to Artist Belt II
conference in Cleveland, OH. The conference covered the industrial Midwest’s unique mix of assets to reimagine the
“Rust Belt” as the Artist Belt. Take a look at the Community Partnership for Arts and Culture's executive summary on
the topic here (3Mb).
Full Report here (14Mb)
Washtenaw County Cultural Plan Update
Although things have been quiet, lots has been happening on the cultural plan.1. County-wide Web Portal: We'll be moving forward very shortly with designing the website. Stay tuned for future updates.
2. Customized Cultural Working Plans: The customized cultural plans for Chelsea, Dexter, Manchester, Milan, Saline & Ypsilanti) are completed! The Saline plan is now available. Stay tuned for more information about the Ann Arbor customized plan. To view each plan, click here.
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