June 6, 2012
AIR Newsletter
Welcome to the Arts Incubator of the Rockies, AIR, Newsletter:

The Arts Incubator of the Rockies, AIR, is an ambitious initiative of Beet Street, created in partnership with the City of Fort Collins Cultural Services Department, and Colorado State University (CSU) School of the Arts. AIR is a regional arts incubator that serves 10 states and more than 280,000 artists and creatives in the Intermountain West.

Based in Fort Collins, Colorado, AIR is designed to serve both the local and regional cultural workforce by providing professional development classes, entrepreneurial and business training and other skills-based activities through distance learning, internships, collaborations and resource sharing. AIR serves all creative and community members who want to shift the paradigms about art, money, value, and community.  

 

Join us online at www.airArtsincubator.org to comment on the blogs, sign up to receive this newsletter, and participate in the process!
  
Music at Redfish Lodge

 

All across the Rocky Mountain region artists, musicians, writers and performers are getting ready to show the world their passions this summer at amphitheaters, festivals, farms, galleries and stages. 

 


Here are just a few of the events from five of our states (Idaho, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah) to start the summer off and one unique one to plan. ...Read Full Story

  

 

June signals the beginning of lots of things; summer vacation for students, taking a holiday with the family, being able to make sun tea over the course of a nice day on the back porch, and festival and fair season swinging into high gear. From the largest of cities to smallest of towns, Colorado is entering into an event-laden month full of art and music. ...Read Full Story


 

Arts and Drafts Logo

 

On June 20th, Arts & Drafts will be at the beautiful Gardens on Spring Creek on Centre Avenue. Indoor space will be available in the event of inclement weather. Join us for an excellent evening as we unveil the design plans for the Carnegie Library Building, soon to be the home and headquarters of the Arts Incubator of the Rockies (AIR).

 

The Carnegie Building, which was written about in the last blog post, has a lot to look forward to with its retrofitting and rejuvenation, and having a solid design plan is one of the first big steps into getting the project in motion. This Arts & Drafts will act as a public open house to look at and discuss the new building specs. The architects will be on hand to answer questions while they show off their designs. There will also be a discussion about AIR and how it is progressing. 

 ...Read Full Story

 


 

There are many places to visit when traveling through Fort Collins, especially if you are interested in history, knowledge and culture. Colorado State University Campus, The Lincoln Center for the Arts, Front Range Community College, numerous galleries, libraries and museums throughout the city, and The Carnegie Library Building in Library Park.  

 

As the name implies, the building was originally a library, opened to the public in 1903 thanks to philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. It was the sixth public library in Colorado, and it served as a bustling (but quiet) center of knowledge from 1903 to 1974. Think about that; 71 years of story time and mystery novels, book reports and searching for the book you wanted by card index. Considering how long the library was open, it equates to three generations of children and adults growing and learning under its roof....Read Full Story 
In This Issue
Festivals and Fairs for 5 states
Colorado Festivals and Fairs
Arts & Drafts Carnegie Follow-up
Carnegie Library Building
Arts and Drafts
Laramie, WY workshop
Join us for Arts & Drafts!Arts and Drafts Logo
Wednesday, June 20
5:00-7:00pm
The Gardens on Spring Creek

In the event of inclement weather, we'll meet inside in the Gardens classroom. 

Please click here to RSVP on or before Monday, June 18th at 5:00 p.m.

 

Join us for snacks and delicious libations. This will be an exciting evening as we'll be showing the community the new design plans for the Carnegie Library Building, the soon to be new home for the Arts Incubator of the Rockies!

 

Arts & Drafts is a networking event for the Fort Collins and Northern Colorado arts community. Every month arts professionals - writers, actors, dancers, arts administrators, musicians, visual artists, to name a few - get together to share ideas and get to know each other.  


 

Alyson B. Stanfield comes to Laramie, WY

 

Shameless Self-Promotion   
A No-Excuses Art Marketing

 

Saturday June 23, 2012

9:30-3:30pm  

Works of Wyoming
Laramie Plains Civic Center 
7th and Garfield   
Laramie, WY

Reserve your spot! wow@uwyo.edu

307-742-6574  

$100 cost, lunch included

   

About the workshop leader:

Alyson Stanfield is the author of I'd Rather Be in the Studio! The Artist's No-Excuse Guide to Self-Promotion. She is also the founder of ArtBizCoach.com (2002) and ArtBizBlog.com (2004). She has taught artist workshops and been a keynote speaker in 24 states.  

 

For more information and to register please visit  Works of Wyoming 

 

About AIR 

We are a regional arts incubator designed to help you learn about the business of your art, connect with other artists and communities, and gain the support and resources to succeed.

AIR serves the Intermountain West and provides programs for visual artists, writers, musicians, performers, designers, arts administrators, and other creatives.

We invite you to get involved now to help build the promise of AIR.

 

 

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