Hello west 7th artists, writers, music-makers, activists, advocates et al. Creativity is in the air--I'm hopeful that we will be infected with this new spirit as a loosely based collection of west-end dreamers (and subsequent do-ers). I walk and ride through these neighborhoods often and sometimes rue a lack of connectedness to the place. I know the area is a treasure trove of his and her stories. The potential to make our community more livable and lovable lies, I believe, in discovering how we can connect-- art can be a powerful means to bring people together to mine the riches.
Some connecting possibilities:
A multi-generational dance-party
Art displayed in empty storefronts
Public signage that carries one word/thoughtful messages sprinkled throughout the neighborhoods
A youth-based, youth only coffee/art house
A fund for granting smaller art projects/groups throughout the West 7th community
An art tour of, by, and for west-enders
A series of small events - one Thursday eve per month, for example, or Sunday afternoon (a reading, hour of music, a film, demonstration, art activity...)
Okay...gotta go, board meeting -- anyhow, it's your turn.
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Great ideas! It makes me want to add "progressive dinner" without the dinner. I've never been on one, but I quite fancy the idea of going to one place for 30 or 45 minutes, letting the resident artist do (to us) whatever they want, and then moving on, en masse, to the next joint. I bet the host(esse)s like the temporariness of it all, too.
Let's do something. Anything. Soonish. -AMH
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