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 Hannah Grimes
Artisan Focus Newsletter
February 2011
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Events to Help You Connect To Artisans & Other Experts
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River of Words: Stream of Conscience
Sharon Arts Center
March 4 - April 30
Various Venus, Downtown Peterborough
River of Words Stream of Conscience, a monumental art installation, designed by Harrisville New Hampshire artist, Christine Destrempes and created by hundreds of community members will debut at The Sharon Arts Center Downtown Gallery on March 4th.
Events & Programs: Friday, March 4, 5-7pm Opening Reception - Sharon Arts Center Exhibition Gallery Monday, March 14, 7:30pm Water Film Night Film - Peterborough Community Theater Tuesday, March 22, 6-7:30pm Words for Water Day - Sharon Arts Center Exhibition Gallery - An evening of poetry, storytelling, music, and performance with: Peter Tuttle, poet, Khalid Abrahim, rapper, Paul Hertnecky, author and more. Sunday, March 27th, 2-3:30pm Think Globally and Act Locally About Water - Sharon Arts Center Exhibition Gallery - A panel discussion on local and global impacts of water conservancy Sunday, April 11, 7:30pm Water Film Night Film; Peterborough Community Theater Tuesday, April 12, 6-7:30pm Artist Talk:Art for Social Change with Christine Destrempes
Further information on any of these events is available at www.sharonarts.org and by calling 603-924-2787.
Creative Communities Exchange New England Foundation for the Arts Thursday - Friday, May 19 - 20 MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
Creative Communities Exchange is a day and a half of workshops prepared by creative and cultural community leaders. The Exchange is an opportunity to move beyond connecting with peers to learn about model projects directly from those developing creative communities on the local level. Fee: $80 until May 1. Registration at http://www.nefa.org. Interested in presenting? See Workshop Guidelines.
Participants will represent a broad slice of the community including, but not limited to:
- City, state, or regional creative and cultural leaders and arts administrators
- Board and community members of creative and cultural organizations
- Creative economy consultants, funders, researchers, and students
- City planners, Chamber of Commerce leaders, economic developers, and government officials
- Artists, business and civic leaders, creative entrepreneurs, and nonprofit leaders
- Anyone interested in successful creative economy development
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Events to Help You Innovate
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Facebook for Artists
Sharon Arts Center
Saturday, March 5, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Sharon Arts School, Sharon
Join us for an inside look at Facebook and its use as a free, social media tool for artists and art-related interests. Explore ways to engage and inform your patrons, friends, "fans", collaborators and potential customers while you generate new interest in your story, your studio practice, and your work! Check your technological discomfort at the door as we go through each step together and become empowered to join other artists in the Facebook revolution! Fee: Members $40, Non-Members $55. See complete description on page 6 of Sharon Arts Center Winter Catalog. Call today to register 603-924-7256 or email: register@sharonarts.org.
Product Photography Simplified
Hannah Grimes Center
Monday, March 7, Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Hannah Grimes Center, Keene
Are you interested in selling your artwork or crafts online, but tired of fumbling around with confusing camera controls? Andrea Pirkey of Powers Art Glass will demonstrate how to use a digital camera to capture attractive and accurate photographs of your products. If possible, please bring the camera you will be using - to take your photographs - to make sure your camera has the same settings that Andrea will be explaining. Fee: No charge. Register at http://www.hannahgrimes.com or call 603-352-5063.
Understanding What You Need
Your Website To Do For You
Hannah Grimes Center
Friday, March 11, 1 - 2:30 p.m.
Hannah Grimes Center, Keene
New website in your future? Time for website redesign? Think you know what you want and why? Come join us as we explore Jesse James Garrett's Five Planes of User Experience for a website: Strategy, Scope, Structure, Skeleton, Surface. You'll never look at a website the same again! Fee: No charge. Register at http://www.hannahgrimes.com or call 603-352-5063.
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News & Resources to Inform & Inspire
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Upcoming Shows & More
Paradise City Fair of Fine & Functional Art:
Paradise City, founded in 1995, produces award-winning shows of contemporary craft and fine art. Entry deadline: April 1. Details at Paradise City Festivals.
Paradise City, Northampton, MA, October 8 - 11, 2011
Arts in Education Artist Roster:
The Council invites applications from professional artists in all disciplines who are experienced in their field/s and can make a strong personal commitment to working in an educational setting with students, educators, administrators and parents to apply to the Arts in Education (AIE) Roster. Entry deadline: March1. Details at NH State Council on the Arts.
Throughout New Hampshire
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