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Free Building and Sustaining Creative Community Collaborations April 30th in Bridgeport

The Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County, The New England Foundation for the Arts, CreativeGround.org and The Bijou Theatre PRESENT:
 
CreativeGround/Common Ground: Building and Sustaining Creative Community Collaborations
 
Bijou Theatre
275 Fairfield Ave, Bridgeport
Thurs. April 30, 2015
9 a.m. - 12 noon. Free.
 
What is the Creative Economy and What Makes it Tick?
This is a community discussion, organized by the Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County, to explore what holds artists, cultural nonprofits, and creative businesses together in the engine that drives the creative economy of Fairfield County. The objectives of the discussion are to:
  • Achieve a better understanding of the links between the culture industry and our regional economy;
  • Create a more engaged connection between artists, cultural nonprofits and creative businesses;
  • Outline means to create a number of pilot programs for collaboration among artists, cultural nonprofits and businesses.
 
This event also offers the opportunity to discover the resources and funding opportunities available through the New England Foundation for the Arts, notably the CreativeGround Directory of creative enterprises and artists, spotlighting the rich range of creative people and places at work in the six New England states. 
AGENDA
 
 
 
9am, Session One:The Cultural Community:
What Holds Us Together. Needs, Resources and Collaboration.

Welcome: Christine Brown, The Bijou Theatre
Moderator: David Green, Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County

  1. Dee Schneidman, New England Foundation for the Arts:
    What is the Creative Economy? Why is it a Good Idea to Collaborate?
  2. Katharine Kern, Comradity, A Co-work Space, Stamford:
    What is Collaboration?
  3. Adair Heitman, Visual Artist, Fairfield
  4. Kristen Graves, Musican and CT State Troubadour
  5. Dylan Cotton, Hotspot Glass Studio, Fairfield
  6. Christine Brown, Bijou Theatre, Bridgeport
  7. Peter van Heeren, Quick Center for the Arts, Fairfield University
  8. David Kennedy, Westport Country Playhouse, Westport
 
 
 
10am, Session Two: The Creative Economy and the Wider Community: The Role of Artists, Creative Businesses and Cultural Nonprofits in Building a City:
  1. Bill Finch, Mayor of Bridgeport:
  2. Jackie Lightfield, Norwalk 2.0 and Stamford Partnership
  3. Philip Kuchma, Kuchma Corporation, Bridgeport
  4. Nia Rhodes Jackson, Mill River Collaborative, Stamford
 
 
 
11am, Session Three. CreativeGround Workshop: Resources & Marketing
 
Dee Schneidman, Research Manager, New England Foundation for the Arts:
The CreativeGround Directory: What it offers and how to participate
CreativeGround is a directory of profiles of New England cultural nonprofits (from theaters to arts councils to community centers), artists of all disciplines, and creative businesses (from galleries to design and marketing firms). Key staff from the New England Foundation for the Arts will guide individuals and organizations through the process of creating and updating a comprehensive profile, maximizing the profile’s search ability, as well as how to use CreativeGround to to find partners and to market your productions.
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