ArtServe Michigan's Arts Alive Day 2004; Arts Advocates Focus on Ways to Build Support for Arts and Culture in Michigan.Business Editors SOUTHFIELD, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 3, 2004 Arts advocates from around the state will meet in Lansing for ArtServe Michigan's Arts Alive Day 2004, Tuesday, March 9 at 9:00 a.m. The meeting held at the Lansing Center The Lansing Center, officially the Lansing Convention Center, is the primary and largest convention center in Lansing, Michigan. The center is located along Michigan Avenue, with its western facade fronting the Grand River, which includes a riverfront plaza that hosts outdoor will bring arts advocates together to work on ways to develop partnerships with state and local officials and organizations in an effort to build support for arts and culture in Michigan Michigan (mĭsh`ĭgən), upper midwestern state of the United States. It consists of two peninsulas thrusting into the Great Lakes and has borders with Ohio and Indiana (S), Wisconsin (W), and the Canadian province of Ontario (N,E). . In February at the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs' "Creating Cool" conference Governor Granholm laid out her vision for the future of arts and culture in Michigan and called for the arts and cultural community to use their unique capabilities to increase support for the arts in Michigan. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Barbara Kratchman, president of ArtServe Michigan, host of Arts Alive Day 2004: Imagining the Power of Arts and Culture in Michigan, "We have heard the Governor's message and we understand what we need to do to make arts and culture a vital part of Michigan's communities." Kratchman continued "Arts Alive Day will give us the opportunity to meet as a group and map out strategies that will help the arts and cultural community survive during this time of budget deficits and decreased funding." "The arts and cultural community has always been great at creating new ways to get revenue and support. It's something we have learned to do over the years, so we are ready to meet this new challenge head-on," she stated. Helping the advocates address this challenge will be Robert McNulty, president of Partners for a Livable liv·a·ble also live·a·ble adj. 1. Suitable to live in; habitable: a livable dwelling. 2. Possible to bear; endurable: livable trials and tribulations. Community and keynote keynote /key·note/ (ke´not) in homeopathy, the characteristic property of a drug that indicates its use in treating a similar symptom of disease. speaker for Arts Alive Day 2004. McNulty's group has worked throughout the country helping communities revitalize re·vi·tal·ize tr.v. re·vi·tal·ized, re·vi·tal·iz·ing, re·vi·tal·iz·es To impart new life or vigor to: plans to revitalize inner-city neighborhoods; tried to revitalize a flagging economy. themselves through arts and culture. At the Arts Alive Day meeting, representatives from government, industry and academia will focus on prioritizing partnership and advocacy efforts to ensure that the arts and cultural community can effectively meet the Governor's challenge. The public is invited to attend Arts Alive Day 2004, as well as sign the newly released Michigan Accords for Arts, Culture and Humanities at the event in Lansing or online at www.artservemichigan.org. People interested in attending Arts Alive Day 2004 should contact George Orban at ArtServe Michigan's Lansing office (517/272-2336) by Monday, March 8. For more information about Arts Alive Day 2004 on the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the , including an agenda, visit: www.artservemichigan.org ABOUT ARTSERVE MICHIGAN ArtServe Michigan, www.artservemichigan.org, is a statewide arts advocacy organization that supports and advocates for the arts and cultural education in the state of Michigan. ArtServe Michigan accomplishes its mission by working with artists, educators, cultural organizations, businesses, volunteers and others through statewide programs, services and a variety of collaborative efforts. STATEWIDE PARTNERS FOR ARTS ALIVE DAY 2004 Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, city (1990 pop. 109,592), seat of Washtenaw co., S Mich., on the Huron River; inc. 1851. It is a research and educational center, with a large number of government and industrial research and development firms, many in high-technology fields such as Public Schools, Department of Fine Arts and Physical Education Arts at Michigan, University of Michigan, University of, main campus at Ann Arbor; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1817 at Detroit as the Catholepistemiad, or Univ., of Michigania, rechartered 1821 (as Univ. of Mich.) and 1837 (when it was relocated at Ann Arbor). Michigan Michigan Art Education Association Michigan Association of Community Arts Agencies Michigan Humanities Council Michigan Museums Association Michigan Music Educators Association Michigan School Vocal Music Association |
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