[IMC] Organizing Monthly Urbana Art Walk

[Cinema Gallery]

I apologize that I don't recognize your name, so tell us what connection
you have to the arts.  You must not have been
downtown recently: Heartland and Eclectic have closed, and I think Living
Yoga Center is moving elsewhere soon if they haven't already. You neglected
to include International Galleries and the Urbana Museum of Photography in
your list of venues, and you should also contact C4A to see if they want to
participate; I don't have their email address, but I added the other two in
the header above.

If most of the others are interested in doing this, I'll consider
participating for one Friday a month in June, July and August, but we have
tried this kind of thing before without much success. We would need to meet
with you to hear your plans before agreeing to have you put this together
on our behalf; nothing is worse than giving a party and having nobody come,
so it would have to be well planned and publicized. 

Carolyn Baxley
Cinema Gallery  


On Sat, 10 May 2014 12:27:50 -0500, Shawna Arnesen
<shawnaarnesen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Urbana Art Community Member,
> 
> I am writing Urbana art venues to assess local interest in organizing a
> monthly art walk downtown. Ideally, the Urbana Art Walk will take place
on
> a first or last Friday of every month, from approximately 6-10pm, with
> various openings/closings/special events taking place at as many
downtown
> venues as possible throughout the evening. The various venue events will
be
> coordinated and collectively advertised as part of the monthly Urbana
Art
> Walk, which will have a website and printed maps and advertisement
> distributed throughout the city via a variety of media. I am currently
> trying to identify public funds to cover cost of printed material.
> 
> I envision this as a collaborative effort to increase sales for local
> artists, generate new business for downtown venues, and provide Urbana
> community members with an enjoyable way to spend a Friday night. I hope
you
> share an interest in developing and be part of this project. Please let
me
> know if you do and if you have thoughts, suggestions, or ideas. Once
> interested venues have been identified, we can begin coordinating a
first
> monthly Urbana Art Walk for June.
> I look forward to hearing back.
> 
> Cheers,
> Shawna Arnesen