Source: Piedmont Council of the Arts
Is Charlottesville doing enough to market itself as a regional destination for patrons of the arts? What else can be done to ensure that the visual, performing and literary arts not only survive, but thrive? Those are just a couple of the questions explored during the second Creative Conversation organized by the Piedmont Council of the Arts.
Representatives of various groups were invited to Charlottesville’s CitySpace meeting room on the Downtown Mall to discuss the topic “Marketing Charlottesville as a Creative Community.” The event was held on January 13, 2009 in the City Space Meeting Room at the Charlottesville Community Design Center. We’ve condensed the two hour discussion into a 45 minute podcast.
The participants were:
- Mary Beth Aungier The Paramount Theater
- Allie Baer Convention and Visitors Bureau (CACVB)
- Nancy Bass Local Artist
- Olivia Branch UVA Engineering Foundation
- Elizabeth Breeden Art in Place
- Wendy Brown Center for Nonprofit Excellence
- Erik Curren American Shakespeare Center
- Chris Engel Charlottesville Office of Economic Development
- Jane Fisher Charlottesville Community Design Center
- Liz Flynn John Paul Jones Arena
- David Hopper Virginia Film Festival
- Lindsay Howerton Arts and Cultural Council of Staunton
- Kirby Hutto Charlottesville Pavilion: Red Light Management
- Annie Jacobs Albemarle Public Schools
- Rob Jones Migration: A Gallery
- Dabney Kerr Consultant: Sagacious Solutions
- Hollie Lee Charlottesville Office of Economic Development
- Morgan MacKenzie- Perkins Sage Moon Gallery
- Kevin McFadden Virginia Festival of the Book
- Jane Norris Charlottesville Daily Progress
- Kyle Redinger Spicy Bear Media
- Jim Respess Local Artist
- George Sampson UVA Arts Administration Program
- Sherri Smith Lander Creative, Artisans Center of Virginia
- Jessica Thayer Consultant/Artist Services
- Katharine Vlcek The Paramount Theater
- Kathryn Wagner Local Artist
- Lyn Warren Les Yeux du Monde
