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ARTS
& CULTURAL COUNCIL FOR GREATER ROCHESTER
LOOKING FOR A NAME AND LOGO
FOR THE MILLENNIAL FESTIVAL OF ARTISTS
The Arts & Cultural Council's Artists Issues Committee
will be staging a "Virtual Festival" of local
artists (literature, film & video, dance, visual arts,
music, web & new technology, and arts education) during
the months of September, October, and November 2000.
We
need a name and a graphic symbol (logo) that can be used
to feature the festival. Anyone participating in the activity
will use the name and logo on their publicity.
Here's
the concept: The Arts Council will promote all projects
that feature local artists during the festival on our
Web site, in ArtScene, our newsletter, and through a media
campaign. We want to bring attention to artists, arts
groups and community arts projects and demonstrate that
artists and the arts flourish in Greater Rochester. The
more inclusive we can make the project, the more successful
it will be. The synergy of a lot of activities happening
at once is what will make this an exciting project.
Name
of event: We need a name. Be creative and short, but memorable.
For example: Arts Fusion: celebrating artists of the 21st
Century.
Logo
criteria includes:
- Wit and universality, an inclusive image
- Unique to the Rochester region
- Artistic merit
- Simple with recognizable impact, connected to Rochester
- An image that is recognizable from a distance,
flexibility of dimension (large or small), and reproducible
in black and white, as well as color
Deadline
for ideas and preliminary designs: Thursday, April 27,
2000.
Please
share this information with others who you think might
be interested. In the future, if you would prefer to receive
an email instead of a flyer, please send us your email
address.
For
more information, email your ideas to Ginna at gm@artsrochester.org;
call
716-473-4000, ext. 203; or mail to Arts & Cultural
Council for Greater Rochester, 277 North Goodman Street,
Rochester, NY 14607.
Some of the projects already happening during September,
October, and November 2000 include:
- Festival of Black Arts and National Conference of
Artists, working to bring recognition to artists of
color. The local chapter of the National Conference
of Artists is interested in seeing the Festival of Black
Arts grow and happen again in June 2000. (Call Faruk
Kaiyum, 442-9892, or Terry Chaka, 232-2930)
- RAPA would also like to see a visual & performing
festival week happen during 2000, and is looking for
artists that would like to participate. (Call Judi Andreano,
325-3366)
- ARTWalk sponsored by Neighborhood of the Arts is
inviting artists to participate in planning ARTWalk.
The goal is to promote safe pedestrian accessibility
by creating a series of sidewalks connecting the major
cultural institutions in the neighborhood using sculptures,
benches, installations, poetry walk, fragrance garden,
audio projects, time-capsules, etc. (Email Richard Margolis
at artwalk@artsrochester.com, or call 473-0070)
- Golden Link's Turtle Festival in September (Call
Alan Hopkins, 428-6062)
- National Blackstorytelling League Conference - November
(Call Sylvia Barker, 328-4869)
- Dance Rochester's Composer/Choreographer Concert
and the National Dance Task Force/Nazareth Arts Center
Collaboration (Call Jennifer Banfield, 872-0466)
- For artists that would like to know more about interdisciplinary
art work, performances in response to visual arts, or
performing and visual artists working together, (Call
Elissa Quinn, 243-4109 )
- Galleries Night sponsored by RAAD - September
- Hispanic Heritage Month - September / October
- Hispanic, Caribbean, Afro-Brazilian Dance Workshops
sponsored by Ibero-American Action League and Movida
Dance Company - November.
- Dance Company Collaborative - October
- SUNY Brockport - Dia DeLos Muertos (Day of the Dead)
- an installation by Antonio Cruz Zavaleta - October
30 - November 1
- Maybe feature artists with studios - Artists could
open their studios and produce a map.
- What other kinds of projects would you like to see
happening in celebration of Millennial Events? How can
we encourage and engage city, county, arts organizations
and business participation? How can we include businesses,
and restaurants? What can we do to engage and help support
some new ventures featuring local artists?
- Many other arts organizations are also planning activities
during this time period as part of their regular schedule.
For arts organization contacts, or the arts calendar, see
the Arts Council's Web site at artsrochester.org. If you
are looking for artists to participate in your project,
email information to gm@artsrochester.org
and it will be listed on our artist opportunities section
of our Web site.
Arts
Council artist members are also invited to enter his/her
exhibitions, performances or workshops directly onto the
Arts Calendar. Contact the Arts Council, info@artsrochester.org
to obtain your pass code.
For
more information about the artists issues committee or
the millennial project, contact Ginna Moseson at 473-4000,
email gm@artsrochester.org,
or Tom Markusen, Chair of the Artists Issues Committee,
at 659-8001, email markusenmetal@worldnet.att.net
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