On 3/6/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Kurt Kolok</b> <<a href="mailto:kurt@kolokgallery.com">kurt@kolokgallery.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Pittsfield is making it happen:<br><br>--June-Oct., the city of Pittsfield will be transformed by art every<br>third Thursday. Storefronts will be displaying artwork,<br>events/performers will begin filling the streets, and artists,
<br>businesses, city leaders, and museums will all be working hand-in-hand<br>to accomplish this.<br></blockquote></div><br>
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.)<br>
<br>
--S.<br>
_________________<br>Seth Brown<br>The Pun Also Rises:<br><a href="http://www.RisingPun.com">www.RisingPun.com</a>