Info resource and tracking for organizers
Gang,
We’re excited to announce a new effort for SPARKcon 2009 – a Yearbook! Beth and Britt are looking for your best 10-20 photos from each SPARK. Based on the quality and quantity of images, we can figure out the layout and amount of pages. Our intention is to give everyone a chance to relive their [...]
Mon, October 5 2009 » ArtSPARK, BazaarSPARK, DanceSPARK, FashionSPARK, FilmSPARK, GamingSPARK, GrafSPARK, IdeaSPARK, MusicSPARK, SparkCon09, StorySPARK, poetrySPARK » 1 Comment
There are not enough words in my vocabulary to describe how thrilled I was to work with all of you and to see each group accomplish such wondrous results over the past few days. Beyond a truly ambitious roster of events with record participation, we saw many people achieve things that really stunned the community.
Speaking [...]
Mon, September 21 2009 » ArtSPARK, BazaarSPARK, DanceSPARK, FashionSPARK, FilmSPARK, GamingSPARK, GrafSPARK, IdeaSPARK, MusicSPARK, News, SparkCon09, StorySPARK, bikeSPARK, notes, poetrySPARK » 1 Comment
Thans to all of you for your incredible work this year. This will certainyl be the best SPARKcon ever! Newspapers, weeklys, radio and TV have all been covering the event, so we’re hoping to have a good crowd this weekend.
Please note: we hope to have all of you at the kickoff meeting at 6 on [...]
Mon, September 14 2009 » ArtSPARK, BazaarSPARK, DanceSPARK, FashionSPARK, FilmSPARK, GamingSPARK, GrafSPARK, IdeaSPARK, MusicSPARK, SparkCon09, StorySPARK, YouthSPARK, bikeSPARK, poetrySPARK, yogaSPARK » 1 Comment
SPARKcon Photography Policy
Given the growing nature of SPARKcon, photography of the event will be organized differently this year. Cheryl Gottschall and Bryan Regan will be our Overall Photographers. Their purpose will be to capture a few great shots of the whole event. As a result, they will not be documenting each and every work, artist [...]
Thu, September 3 2009 » ArtSPARK, BazaarSPARK, DanceSPARK, FashionSPARK, FilmSPARK, GamingSPARK, GrafSPARK, IdeaSPARK, MusicSPARK, SparkCon09, StorySPARK, bikeSPARK, poetrySPARK » 4 Comments
50 bands – 14 venues! The biggest MusicSPARK ever! Congrats Mary, Ann Marie, and the whole team!
See attached PRELIMINARY schedule. Please DO NOT distribute. This may still change quite a bit.
musicspark 09 lineup venues
Mon, August 31 2009 » MusicSPARK, SparkCon09 » No Comments
Just a heads up: Derek Anderson would like to cover the SPARKcon planning process, and so will likely drop in on the following meetings tomorrow:
1. MusicSPARK meeting at Humble Pie
2. FashionSPARK meeting at Designbox
3. ArtSPARK meeting at the Visual Art Exchange
4. FashionSPARK party at Mosaic afterwards unveiling the new chosen lineup
Please welcome Derek in to document [...]
Tue, August 25 2009 » ArtSPARK, FashionSPARK, GamingSPARK, MusicSPARK, SparkCon09 » No Comments
First, I wanted to say that if there are any of you on this list that haven’t found a chance to help out but still want to, it is NOT too late! I need someone to help me type up several things/email some people/do a little easy legwork, and don’t want to burden the same [...]
Tue, August 25 2009 » MusicSPARK, SparkCon09 » No Comments
“firestarter” initiatives to make SPARKcon a greener event
Members:
Matt Tendam (mtendam77@gmail.com)
Todd Delk (Todd.Delk@kimley-horn.com)
Ryan Cummings (rcdec@earthlink.net)
Michael Gilchrist (mrg123@earthlink.net)
The greenSPARK team has been working since our kick-off meeting on 7/2/09 to put the following ideas into motion, with the appropriate event tie-in and contact person in parentheses:
·Recycling stations (eventwide – Matt Tendam)
We are acquiring bins/cans/etc. to provide 4-6 [...]
Mon, August 17 2009 » ArtSPARK, BazaarSPARK, DanceSPARK, FashionSPARK, FilmSPARK, GamingSPARK, GrafSPARK, IdeaSPARK, MusicSPARK, SparkCon09, StorySPARK, poetrySPARK » 3 Comments
Below is the information needed for us to be able to update the public SPARKcon site with your events. It is duplicated in the sheet you should have received at the General Mtg this past monday.
Please post the information here at plan.sparkcon.com and email it to dave@visualartexchange.org
For organizational reasons please title your posts
xxxSPARK EVENT INFO: [...]
Thu, August 13 2009 » ArtSPARK, BazaarSPARK, DanceSPARK, FashionSPARK, FilmSPARK, GamingSPARK, GrafSPARK, IdeaSPARK, MusicSPARK, SparkCon09, StorySPARK, poetrySPARK » 7 Comments
The last meeting at Humble Pie was more focused on discussing the current Raleigh music scene, where it stands versus other cities in the nation, the pool of resources musicSpark has through local musicians, and the hopes of musicSpark as a slowly growing uniting force in making Raleigh’s music scene more accessible. Thanks to Chico [...]
Wed, July 8 2009 » MusicSPARK, SparkCon09 » 1 Comment