Arts Jobs Growing, Legal Issues in Film, St. Michael's Drive, Creative Mayors Wanted

September 20, 2011

Midsummer Night's Dream at Santa Fe University

of Art and Design. Photo: Eric Swanson

A recent NEA report projects higher job growth in several arts professions by 2018 than the average for other occupations.

The artist occupations with the highest projected growth rates are museum technicians and conservators, curators, landscape architects, and interior designers.

Architects, writers and authors, and actors are also projected to increase at faster than the average rate. Read more.

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You're Invited!

New Mexico Lawyers for the Arts

and NMedia Present:

Legal and Business Issues in Film Summit

October 6 and 7, 2011

A Two-Day Special Event on the Film Industry in New Mexico

with Six Special Lectures and Two Evening Panels

Download the entire two-day schedule here. Daytime lectures are $10 admission.

Location: Zane Bennett Contemporary Art Gallery, Santa Fe

435 South Guadalupe

Santa Fe NM 87501

Special evening panel presentations are free admission.

Thursday, October 6 at 6:30 pm

Social and Economic Impact of Film Festivals on Our Community

Panelists include:

Santa Fe Independent Film Festival's Jacques Paysner
and representatives from:

The Santa Fe Film Festival

The Southwest Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

The New Mexico Department of Tourism

The Albuquerque Film Festival.

Friday, October 7 at 7 pm

The State of New Mexico's Film Industry: Where Do We Go From here?
The Impact of the Film Industry on New Mexico and the Effect of Recent Legislation and Policy on New Mexico's Film Industry.

Panelists include:

Peter Touche of NMmedia
Jim "Grub" Graebner, Director, CNM Film Program
Rick Clemente, CEO of 1-25 Studios
Alton Walpole, Mountainair Films -- Film Production Company and Industry Professional
Gina Constant, Esq., Rodey Law Firm

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September Green Fire Times

St. Michael's Drive: A Sustainable Urban Village?

The September issue of Green Fire Times considers the future of St. Michael's Drive. You can see the concepts presented when the city of Santa Fe's Long Range Planning Department commissioned six "envisionings" of a transformed St. Michael's Drive.

Guest editor Brian Skeel pulled together ideas from throughout the community to consider: What if St. Michael's Drive/Boulevard became a showcase; a demonstration site of a Sustainable Urban Village?

You can download the entire issue here.

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John Eger

Mayors With a New Vision of Creativity

and Innovation Wanted

Almost 20 years ago, when San Diego Mayor Susan Golding was just elected, she had the foresight to launch a "city of the future" committee. San Diego really didn't know what a city of the future looked like, but knew then you had to have fiber optics -- lots of bandwidth in the ground. So it was fiber optics and bandwidth that was on everybody's lips.

Today, understanding the challenges of the new global economy and knowing what it takes to succeed in the workplace of the future, we know it is not bandwidth in the ground that is so important as the bandwidth in people's heads.

It is time Americans know the road they must take. It's also time we talk candidly about the connections between art, commerce, education and economic development and importantly, what communities everywhere must do to be successful in what is being called "the creative and innovative economy." Read more.

John Eger is a columnist for Huffington Post. His article appears with his permission.

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Kris Swedin

505-989-9934

info at creativesantafe.org