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Meeting notes artSPARK august 4, 2009

The abstract artist group wants to use the building above Foundations, 213 Fayetteville Street for a live painting event that will also have a DJ.  Along with the painting event, the group will also create works before SPARKcon that will be auctioned off.  The group would like postcards or posters that could be used as [...]

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Thu, August 6 2009 » ArtSPARK, SparkCon09 » No Comments

artSPARK meeting notes july 22

The picnic ROCKED!!
1.Venues:
-Bobbleheads will have a list of venues hopefully by next week.
-Some venues will be hosts for specific concepts and ideas (for example Busy Bee will be the host for various competitions for different SPARKS.)
-Once the list of venues is finalized each SPARK will have to make connections with the venue.
-Bobbleheads are gathering contact [...]

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Wed, July 22 2009 » ArtSPARK, SparkCon09 » 2 Comments

Some “Calls for Talent” released today

These calls have been trickling in. Please help promote this wide set of calls to your own circles:
http://www.sparkcon.com/call-for-talent/
We will have another big push for “Calls” on July 1.

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Wed, June 24 2009 » ArtSPARK, BazaarSPARK, GroundSPARK, IdeaSPARK, MusicSPARK, SparkCon09, StorySPARK » No Comments

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

All- this was a fantastic experience and certainly the best SPARKcon yet! We connected to more creative talent than ever with a much larger attendance. We certainly ’sparked’ some interest in the media as well and loved the attendee quotes in the N&O article Sunday. It seemed they understood all of our intentions quite well.
We had [...]

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Tue, September 23 2008 » ArtSPARK, BazaarSPARK, BugSPARK, ChiliSPARK, DanceSPARK, FashionSPARK, FilmSPARK, GourmetSPARK, GrafSPARK, GroundSPARK, HealthSPARK, IdeaSPARK, MusicSPARK, SparkCon08, StorySPARK, YouthSPARK, bikeSPARK, yogaSPARK » 1 Comment

City Council Invitation

As per tradition, we will be formally inviting the Mayor and City Council to join us for SPARKcon at their regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday. The meeting starts at 1 pm. We are not scheduled to speak until 2 pm, but they may shift the schedule forward for us. Wear your SPARKcon shirts and represent!

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Mon, September 15 2008 » ArtSPARK, BazaarSPARK, BugSPARK, ChiliSPARK, DanceSPARK, FashionSPARK, FilmSPARK, GourmetSPARK, GrafSPARK, GroundSPARK, HealthSPARK, IdeaSPARK, MusicSPARK, SparkCon08, StorySPARK, YouthSPARK, bikeSPARK, yogaSPARK » No Comments

Quick meet tomorrow night!

It is the week of SPARKcon! It has been a long road of planning, organizing, networking, and preparing. Now it time to enjoy everyone’s hard work!
SPARKcon’s hosting one last meeting tomorrow night at Designbox at 6pm.
Any last minute concerns or questions you may have, this is the opportunity to voice them!
See you then.

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Mon, September 15 2008 » ArtSPARK, BazaarSPARK, BugSPARK, ChiliSPARK, DanceSPARK, FashionSPARK, FilmSPARK, GourmetSPARK, GrafSPARK, GroundSPARK, HealthSPARK, IdeaSPARK, MusicSPARK, News, SparkCon08, StorySPARK, YouthSPARK, bikeSPARK, yogaSPARK » No Comments

Final SPARKcon Meeting Tomorrow Night!

Okay everyone, we are less than two weeks away!
Our final general meeting is tomorrow night at designbox at 6pm!
It is very important that everyone attends so we can work out final details before next Friday.
See you all there!
323 W Martin St
Raleigh NC, 27601

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Mon, September 8 2008 » ArtSPARK, BazaarSPARK, BugSPARK, ChiliSPARK, DanceSPARK, FashionSPARK, FilmSPARK, GourmetSPARK, GrafSPARK, GroundSPARK, HealthSPARK, IdeaSPARK, MusicSPARK, SparkCon08, StorySPARK, YouthSPARK, bikeSPARK, yogaSPARK » No Comments

fundraiser for musicSPARK Saturday Sep 6….

Chico Scott has put together some exciting stuff for this weekend. Check out the details…
First Friday kicks off tonight all around beautiful downtown Raleigh, and as far as I know all the galleries are doing their regular thing tonight in spite of the weather. I’ll be at Flanders Gallery @ Seaboard (6pm) DJing for [...]

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Fri, September 5 2008 » ArtSPARK, BazaarSPARK, BugSPARK, ChiliSPARK, DanceSPARK, FashionSPARK, FilmSPARK, GourmetSPARK, GrafSPARK, GroundSPARK, HealthSPARK, IdeaSPARK, MusicSPARK, News, SparkCon08, StorySPARK, YouthSPARK, bikeSPARK, yogaSPARK » No Comments

fashionSPARK desinger roster online…

Be sure to check out this years list of talented designers who be showing original works on the runway at fashionSPARK 2008!
Visit the fashionSPARK page to view the designers!

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Thu, September 4 2008 » ArtSPARK, BazaarSPARK, BugSPARK, ChiliSPARK, DanceSPARK, FashionSPARK, FilmSPARK, GourmetSPARK, GrafSPARK, GroundSPARK, HealthSPARK, IdeaSPARK, MusicSPARK, News, SparkCon08, StorySPARK, YouthSPARK, bikeSPARK, yogaSPARK » No Comments

Tell Greg what you need….

Attention all SPARK organizers. Greg needs to know what you need to put on your SPARK (shopping list), what your budget is (how much $ you need vs. how much $ you raised) , and what your absolute final schedule is.
Please send this info asap! The sooner it comes, the sooner we can secure all [...]

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Tue, September 2 2008 » ArtSPARK, BazaarSPARK, BugSPARK, ChiliSPARK, DanceSPARK, FashionSPARK, FilmSPARK, GourmetSPARK, GrafSPARK, GroundSPARK, HealthSPARK, IdeaSPARK, MusicSPARK, News, SparkCon08, StorySPARK, YouthSPARK, bikeSPARK, yogaSPARK » No Comments