From Darrell.Bulmer at maine.gov Mon Oct 15 15:59:00 2007 From: Darrell.Bulmer at maine.gov (Bulmer, Darrell) Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:59:00 -0400 Subject: [MACcommunity] Last Reminder for Community Arts Conference Message-ID: <199FFF7DB0D4724FA7630DEA667E838A032A1F86@SOM-TEAQASMAIL1.som.w2k.state.me.us> Last Reminder for Community Arts Conference Dear Community Arts Artist/Leader/Volunteer This is a reminder that the Crossroads for Community Arts Conference is on October 18, 2007 in Lewiston. The conference is filling up fast and if you have already signed up for Crossroads, thank you, if not please sign up quickly to ensure you are able to participate. Crossroads will provide the opportunity to learn, network, fund and advocate. Four tracks are offered on Marketing, Funding, Sustainability and "Hot Topics" of Creative Economy and Cultural Tourism. Networking will allow you to meet your peers, explore opportunities, share ideas, collaborate and learn from one another. Funding strategies come from the National Endowment for the Arts represented by Patrice Walker Powell http://www.nea.gov/about/Directors/Powell.html and Felicia Knight, Director of Communications. All this is offered in an affordable one-day conference. It is a packed agenda for people who are busy. Opportunities expand for those who can stay over or commute to the conference. Add-ons to the conference include a reception at Gallery 5 < http://www.laarts.org/visual/gallery-5.htm>, Lewiston on the eve of October 17. This is a chance to meet presenters and your peers in an informal setting. Stay to network, dine and relax on Thursday October18 in the evening-and hear Canadian fiddle sensation April Verch < http://www.aprilverch.com/>in concert. Stay over night and attend business and arts breakfast on Friday morning to hear from Fuel < http://www.fuelmaine.com/>restaurant execs about how they support the arts. Registration is affordable at $80 for first registrant from any organization and half price of $40 for second person from same organization (staff/board/volunteer). Find all the details, including signing up, at www.fiveriversartsalliance.org. > A PDF of the entire conference is attached with a Word Document containing the same information. This conference is made possible by a major grant from the NEA, co-sponsored by Maine Arts Commission and Five Rivers Arts Alliance. We look forward to seeing you all in Lewiston. Darrell Bulmer Communication Associate Maine Arts Commission 193 State Street, 25 SHS Augusta, ME 04333-0025 207/287-6746 Direct Line 877/887-3878 TTY/NexTalk User ID: darrell.bulmer 207/287-2724 General Office Line 207/287-2725 Fax darrell.bulmer at maine.gov MaineArts.com building Maine communities through the arts -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.informe.org/pipermail/maccommunity/attachments/20071015/038b9c5b/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 5 River Arts Conference.pdf Type: application/octet-stream Size: 120933 bytes Desc: 5 River Arts Conference.pdf Url : http://mailman.informe.org/pipermail/maccommunity/attachments/20071015/038b9c5b/5RiverArtsConference-0001.obj -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Community Arts Conference scheduleweb.doc Type: application/msword Size: 41472 bytes Desc: Community Arts Conference scheduleweb.doc Url : http://mailman.informe.org/pipermail/maccommunity/attachments/20071015/038b9c5b/CommunityArtsConferencescheduleweb-0001.doc