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| | We focus our August "Spotlight on Arts & Culture" on RiseUP for Arts, a member organization that, though based in Hartford, is active in organizing mural projects around Connecticut, including in our region of Fairfield County. We speak with executive director Matt Conway about how this organization trains artists, negotiates with municipalities and building owners, raises funds and coordinates the completion of amazing murals, often working with young people.
We will also speak with three artists involved in RiseUP projects: Alissa Siegal, Lauren Clayton and John Paul O'Grodnick, as well as with building owner Mitchell Kidd, with The Wellbuilt Company, that has sponsored murals in Stamford, and Marc Alan, with the Norwalk Arts & Culture Commission.
Tune in Monday August 14 at noon at wpkn.org or at 89.5FM to learn about the impact this organization, and the murals it coordinates, are making in our region.
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| | | HISTORICAL SOCIETIES NETWORK MEMBERS! JOIN THE AUG 16th CONVENING
After a successful 6th convening of 15 representatives from 12 historical societies May 9, 2023, at the Norwalk Historical Society (Mill Hill), the historical societies of Fairfield County will convene again August 16 at The Fairfield Museum. The agenda will consist of brief news updates from each of the attending organizations and then division into work groups on topics including Preparations for the 250th Anniversary of U.S. Independence; Membership Issues, Inclusion Strategies, Marketing, Funding, and more.
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| | MARKETING NETWORK MEMBERS! MARKETING ROUNDTABLE SET FOR AUG 23rd |
| | Speaker: Patrick J. Flaherty, Director of Research and Information at the CT Department of Labor
All marketing officers and executive directors of member organizations are invited to attend the next Marketing Roundtable on Wednesday, August 23, 10:30-noon at the Westport Country Playhouse Barn.
The subject for presentation and discussion will be the "Changing Demographics of Fairfield County," with a particular focus on post-pandemic developments.
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