Comments on: Go to 2040 http://oldtownschool.org/connect/blaug/2008/09/03/go-to-2040/ The latest news from “the Big Cheese” - Executive Director Bau Graves. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Libby http://oldtownschool.org/connect/blaug/2008/09/03/go-to-2040/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Libby Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:43:49 +0000 http://oldtownschool.org/connect/blaug/2008/09/03/go-to-2040/#comment-5 I've often wondered if it would be of use to have an independent weekly for the folk arts. Whether its an actual print piece or an online collection of all things folk, it would be a great way to get all of the events, performances, etc. listed in one place. It would allow funding institutions to see beyond the larger folk organizations in the city to smaller, active groups. But perhaps what the Census bureau really needs is a liason who can help guide them in the right direction to create a strategy for gathering census stats for the folk arts community. I'll have to ponder your second point. It seems to me that, to a great extent, commissions, cash grants and awards pave the way for many works of art. Perhaps we could head in the direction of supporting artists outside our existing community. Connecting people to the school and people to other people in this way might help to create a web of collaboration and creativity necessary to ensure the vitality that you speak of? I’ve often wondered if it would be of use to have an independent weekly for the folk arts. Whether its an actual print piece or an online collection of all things folk, it would be a great way to get all of the events, performances, etc. listed in one place. It would allow funding institutions to see beyond the larger folk organizations in the city to smaller, active groups.

But perhaps what the Census bureau really needs is a liason who can help guide them in the right direction to create a strategy for gathering census stats for the folk arts community.

I’ll have to ponder your second point. It seems to me that, to a great extent, commissions, cash grants and awards pave the way for many works of art. Perhaps we could head in the direction of supporting artists outside our existing community. Connecting people to the school and people to other people in this way might help to create a web of collaboration and creativity necessary to ensure the vitality that you speak of?

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