[Forum] Meeting Notes & List Discussions

[Kurt Kolok]

The difference between First Fridays and Third Thursdays (as I've 
understood it from N. Adams business owners) Pittsfield has city 
resources (staff & money) allocated to supporting the Thursday events.  
I believe First Fridays may have faltered in part because of a lack of 
cohesiveness within the downtown business community.  Thoughts anyone?


Karen Kane wrote:
> First Fridays were / are a great idea.  They suffered from lack of 
> funding, people to work on them (takes a lot of work) . . . etc.   
>  But, as you say, they have the potential to connect people, art, 
> community. 
>
>
> On Mar 6, 2007, at 12:53 PM, Seth wrote:
>
>> On 3/6/07, *Kurt Kolok* <kurt at kolokgallery.com 
>> <mailto:kurt at kolokgallery.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Pittsfield is making it happen:
>>
>>     --June-Oct., the city of Pittsfield will be transformed by art every
>>     third Thursday.  Storefronts will be displaying artwork,
>>     events/performers will begin filling the streets, and artists,
>>     businesses, city leaders, and museums will all be working
>>     hand-in-hand
>>     to accomplish this.
>>
>>
>> This is the sort of thing that brings awareness of local artists; I 
>> think it's not about just building your artist community, so much as 
>> it's about bringing together the rest of the community somewhere they 
>> can appreciate your art. I was going to suggest that First Fridays 
>> would be a great thing to expand on, but it seems to have fallen by 
>> the wayside last year. Nonetheless, the idea is still appealing, as 
>> it recurs more than an annual fall foliage parade. I think if you 
>> connect local stores with local performers with local artists, you 
>> end up with an event that brings the community closer together while 
>> viewing art, which can't help but benefit the local arts community. 
>> At least in theory. (Also, communism works.)
>>
>> --S.
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