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Arts Daily is The Hub's free resource to help promote arts events and artist opportunities. As the only such
statewide resource, and partnered as it is with South Carolina Public Radio, it has unparalleled visibility. To help you.
Now is the time to add your 2019/2020 arts events to The Hub. Many already have. You don't want to be left out, do you?
Arts Daily wants YOUR calls for art (all media), concerts, performances, exhibitions, readings, openings, and so on.
- Add as much or as little as you want. Familiar with the five W's? They'll do. (Don't forget a link to your event on the web: your website, Facebook event page, etc.). Well-written descriptions, which require less editing time, are more likely to be posted. Which hints at the fact that...
- Not all submissions are guaranteed to be posted. But most are, especially when... they are written well.
- Make sure you add your well-written submission AT LEAST one month in advance of your event. Timeliness also helps submissions appear.
- If you want your event read on our South Carolina Public Radio segments, one month's notice is required. (No exceptions.)
- This is a big one: Please allow our team up to 10 business days to process your submission. Many are the submissions; few are the hands. We do our best.
Go make it happen, and best of luck this season.
Making Money II seminar – speakers added and early-bird price extended
Early-bird rate extended to April 15!
Two new speakers have been added to the lineup for Making Money II: A Seminar for the Non-Profit Arts and Entertainment Industry: Haylee Uecker Mercado, Ph.D., and Bob Heere, Ph.D., an assistant professor and associate professor, respectively, with the Department of Sport and Entertainment Management in USC's College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management. The seminar, scheduled for May 15 in Columbia, will teach participants how to increase income by linking marketing and audience development.
Dr. Mercado specializes in event and facility management. She will present trends in volunteerism and provide techniques to successful recruiting, motivation, and retention of volunteers within your organization. She will also discuss ways to recruit, retain, and effectively utilize your present and future board members.
Dr. Heere, an expert in brand marketing, will present research he has conducted with Columbia's Trustus Theatre and share simple and cost effective ways that your organization can keep and grow a loyal following.
Dr. Mercado and Dr. Heere join featured speakers Donna Walker-Kuhne, president of Walker International Communications Group, Inc., and Armen Shaomian, assistant professor, Department of Sport and Entertainment Management at USC.
Making Money takes place May 15, 2015, from 9 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. at USC’s Capstone Conference Center in Columbia. Early-bird registration is $79 and increases to $99 on April 15.
The South Carolina Arts Commission is partnering with the College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management to offer Making Money II.
Space is limited – find out more and register today!
Image - left to right: Donna Walker-Kuhne, Haylee Uecker Mercado, Bob Heere and Armen Shaomian
Photographers invited to apply for Crusade Engagement Grant
The Crusade Engagement Grant awards $10,000 annually to the applicant with the most innovative idea to create a unique, approachable program that brings new audiences to photography and allows them to engage with art in a meaningful way. Crusade for Art is looking for projects that focus on creating demand for photography and provide a concrete plan to create one-to-one connections between the photographer, the viewer, and the audience.
Any single photographer, project organizer, or group of artists 18 years or older is eligible to apply.
Complete guidelines and the list of 2014 project finalists are available on Crusade for Art's website. Application deadline is April 17.
Also check out Crusade for Art's FOCAL POINT program, which profiles three talented photographers each quarter. All FOCAL POINT photographers receive mentoring from Crusade for Art to think about their work, their target audiences, and how to best engage them. Submissions are accepted.
About Crusade for Art
Crusade for Art is a 501c3 nonprofit organization whose mission is to engage new audiences with art. Our work is about developing and supporting innovative initiatives that create demand for art and opportunities to collect it.
Via: Crusade for Art
Learn how to link marketing and audience development to make money!
The South Carolina Arts Commission has again partnered with the University of South Carolina's College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management to offer Making Money II: A Seminar for the Non-Profit Arts and Entertainment Industry - Linking Marketing and Audience Development to Making Money. Making Money takes place May 15, 2015, from 9 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. at USC's Capstone Conference Center in Columbia. Early-bird registration is $79 and increases to $99 on April 1.
Featured speakers include Donna Walker-Kuhne (pictured above, left), president of Walker International Communications Group, Inc., and Armen Shaomian (pictured above, right), assistant professor, Department of Sport and Entertainment Management at the University of South Carolina.
Acknowledged as the nation's foremost expert in audience development by the Arts & Business Council, Walker-Kuhne has devoted her professional career to increasing access to the arts. She has raised more than $14 million in earned income promoting the arts to multicultural communities. She is currently vice president for Community Engagement at New Jersey Performing Arts Center and works to develop and deepen relationships with targeted communities through partnerships, special events and group sales.
Dr. Shaomian has an extensive background in performing arts, education and project management consulting. He is the founder and CEO of Armenize, Inc., an arts consulting agency specializing in nonprofit arts management and foundational strategies. His prior work includes programs manager/associate producer for the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA) and its signature YoungArts program.
Space is limited - find out more and register today!
Young patrons are a “Remix” for Charleston Symphony Orchestra
Charleston City Paper reports on a new effort by the Charleston Symphony Orchestra to revamp classical music's image with a young patron's group.
If classical music makes you think of old, Austrian men with funny wigs who wear knee-grazing britches, let the Charleston Symphony Orchestra remix that for you. The CSO’s new young patron group — appropriately named Remix — wants to show you that classical music has a story to tell, and that tale isn’t stuffy.
That’s a pretty big task in itself. But that doesn’t scare Hugh McDaniel, a Remix committee member. He’s passionate about the CSO, about music, and about Remix.
Remix is going back to some of classical music’s roots, which seems kind of counter-intuitive. Using history to bring the music of wigged old men into modern times seems like it would just induce more snores, but Remix wants to utilize the fun part of the history. And yes that does involve parties, but not ragers. Instead Remix will reintroduce the salons of 18th-and 19th-century Europe, which were ways for people to gather, listen to music, and discuss cultural events in small, private settings. Remix’s salons will do the same, with the first one scheduled for Sept. 27 at Redux featuring the Remix Quartet. They’ll perform amid Gwyneth Scally’s nature-inspired exhibit, which is currently hanging in Redux’s gallery. By offering classical music in an intimate setting, Remix will be able to explain how the composition came to be and make it relatable. “Our generation is just not very open to paying good money for symphony tickets to sit in a dark hall and stare at a bunch of musicians on stage,” says McDaniel. “I love it, we love it, but unfortunately our generation just doesn’t do that as a common habit. So what we want to do is to really bridge that gap.” Sometimes those explanations will be about how Beethoven was inspired by Haydn, but other times they could be more personal, like how the composer was dealing with heartbreak or death. These backstories can resonate with listeners and help them hear the music in a new light. “Context makes a piece so much more relative, and we want to give listeners a key to understanding the music,” McDaniel says.
Jonathan Gray, a musician, Jump Little Children bandmate, and a Remix member, has always been a fan of the CSO, but he’s really excited to see how Remix can bring the orchestra musicians into different types of venues with new audience members. “Even if the music is 300 years old, it can still relate in today’s world,” he says. The CSO just needs to present it to audiences in ways that can show that, which is what Remix’s events will do — and why Gray is so hopeful and happy to be part of it.
Another element of Remix’s programming, called Fusion events, involves collaboration with other artistic groups around town. They’ve already teamed up with the Charleston Library Society and have plans to work with the Charleston Historic Foundation. McDaniel is a big fan of working with a wide range of organizations. By intermingling, it’s easier to reach different audiences. And it doesn’t hurt to learn how other groups handle events and fundraising efforts.
One of the key differences between Remix and other young patrons’ groups is its dedication to hosting family events. This is a two-fold win. By making events more inclusive, Remix has an edge over other more networking- and party-focused groups around town.
Second, they’re introducing classical music to the next generation. “We’re out to inspire the next generation of symphony supporters, and we’re doing that through innovative programming with a younger audience,” says McDaniel. While it may be a while before the kids at a Peter and the Wolf family event can financially contribute, it’s never too early to familiarize people with classical music.
And with a busy fall and spring season planned, Remix has a pretty good idea of where they see themselves in the future. Sure, they want membership to grow (currently they have about 50 members), but they don’t want the events to grow too large or lose intimacy. “We’re all about the music, first and foremost,” McDaniel says. Well, play on Remix, play on.
Remix’s first fall event is at Redux Contemporary Art Studio on Sept. 27. Their first family event is Sept. 29 with a performance of Peter and the Wolf at Charles Towne Landing. Individual tickets are available for the event, or join Remix for $100 ($150/couple) and receive a discounted ticket price to both events. To learn more, visit charlestonsymphony.com/remix.
Via: Charleston City Paper
Register by May 15 for “Making Money” workshop
Space is limited! Register by May 15!
On May 17, the South Carolina Arts Commission is partnering with the USC Department of Sport and Entertainment Management to teach nonprofit arts organizations how to generate more income.
Making Money: Audience Development and Marketing for the Nonprofit Arts and Entertainment Management Industry will explore how successful audience development and marketing strategies can generate greater income. Participants will learn how to develop an organization-wide focus on audience development; analyze their current situation and market; set audience development objectives, implement strategies and measure success.
Who should attend: Staff responsible for marketing, audience development, box office management, ticketing and database management, as well as executive directors and board members.
Featured speaker Sara Billman, marketing and communications director for the University Musical Society at the University of Michigan, will address consumer behavior theories to explore what influences patrons.
The workshop takes place May 17 at the USC Capstone Conference Center in Columbia. Registration is $79 or $89, depending upon size of organization.
Find out more and register today!

Making Money seminar for nonprofit arts organizations
Do you need to generate more income for your nonprofit arts organization? Are your audience development and marketing efforts related to your artistic and financial objectives?
The South Carolina Arts Commission is partnering with the USC Department of Sport and Entertainment Management to offer Making Money: Audience Development and Marketing for the Nonprofit Arts and Entertainment Management Industry.
This seminar will explore how successful audience development and marketing strategies can generate greater income. Participants will learn how to develop an organization-wide focus on audience development; analyze their current situation and market; set audience development objectives, implement strategies and measure success.
Who should attend: Staff responsible for marketing, audience development, box office management, ticketing and database management, as well as executive directors and board members.
Featured speaker Sara Billman, marketing and communications director for the University Musical Society, will address consumer behavior theories to explore what influences patrons.
The seminar takes place May 17 at the USC Capstone Conference Center in Columbia. Early bird registration is just $69.
Find out more and register today!
Stories for Change: expanding access to the arts for newcomers and older adults
Newcomers and older adults are two of the fastest growing populations, and communities across the country are grappling with a demographic makeup that is increasingly diverse and proportionally older than in the past. Arts and cultural organizations have the opportunity to reach out, to increase resources in the community and to engage populations that are at risk for being overlooked.
Stories for Change, a report by Partners for Livable Communities, offers nearly 50 examples of how many types of organizations have increased access to arts and culture for older adult
and immigrant populations. Included are best practices implemented by museums, libraries, community development organizations, theaters, orchestras, dance ensembles, universities and more. These organizations are located in rural, mid-size and metropolitan settings, and many of the strategies can be easily implemented without a major overhaul of staffing, operations or an organization’s mission.
The report includes the well-known Alzheimer’s Project of the Museum of Modern Art, which has been adapted to museums around the country, and Circle of Care, a unique ride-share program that partners young people with older adults to attend free arts performances in Boulder, Colorado.
Stories of Change is available as a free download from Partners for Livable Communities' website.
Via: Partners for Livable Communities