Info resource and tracking for organizers
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 [...]
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
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Aug 29, 2008 Raleigh NC
SPARKcon, the creative conference of the Triangle, is building towards bigger and more intense community involvement this year by launching its first “unconference” on September 19.
ideaSPARK, SPARKcon’s workshop component, intends to address specific community issues through a unique “unconference” style approach. Participants are asked to voice community issues that [...]
Fri, August 29 2008 » IdeaSPARK, News, SparkCon08 » No Comments
Most of us have heard about the new bikeSPARK initiative in previous posts. Matt Huffman has rocked out with this idea and has a great concept prepared for experiencing SPARKcon on two wheels.
Check out this schedule of themed group rides planned, and visit the links to the facebook posts that are spreading the word:
Group bike [...]
Thu, August 28 2008 » ArtSPARK, BazaarSPARK, BugSPARK, ChiliSPARK, DanceSPARK, FashionSPARK, FilmSPARK, GourmetSPARK, GrafSPARK, GroundSPARK, IdeaSPARK, MusicSPARK, News, SparkCon08, StorySPARK, bikeSPARK » No Comments
First off, thank you to everyone who contributed to the First Friday efforts here at Designbox! I was really glad to come back and see how wonderfully it all came together.
For those of us who couldn’t make it last Friday, we will have another opportunity to see the show tomorrow night when we come to [...]
Mon, August 4 2008 » ArtSPARK, BazaarSPARK, BugSPARK, ChiliSPARK, DanceSPARK, FashionSPARK, FilmSPARK, GourmetSPARK, GrafSPARK, GroundSPARK, HealthSPARK, IdeaSPARK, MusicSPARK, News, SparkCon08, StorySPARK, YouthSPARK, yogaSPARK » No Comments
After a great meeting with the Raleigh Convention Center, we were able to once again gather their significant and generous support for the large screen, main stage, and lighting for SparkCon Sep 19-21. A logistical condition of this was to have all this equipment located in Moore Square.
This shifts our earlier focus from Fayetteville Street [...]
Tue, June 24 2008 » ArtSPARK, BazaarSPARK, DanceSPARK, FashionSPARK, FilmSPARK, GourmetSPARK, GrafSPARK, GroundSPARK, HealthSPARK, IdeaSPARK, MusicSPARK, News, SparkCon08, StorySPARK, Uncategorized, YouthSPARK, notes, yogaSPARK » No Comments
Beth has finished the design and they are off to the printer!
We have 2,500 coming. The idea here is to get them out to each SPARK once they have arrived. Greg will have envelopes labeled for you at design box and you can come pick them up. Their will be a post once they are [...]
Thu, June 19 2008 » ArtSPARK, BazaarSPARK, ChiliSPARK, DanceSPARK, FashionSPARK, FilmSPARK, GourmetSPARK, GrafSPARK, GroundSPARK, HealthSPARK, IdeaSPARK, MusicSPARK, News, SparkCon08, StorySPARK, YouthSPARK, yogaSPARK » 2 Comments
So here is what we know so far.
Karen from the Farmers Market, and Downtown Raleigh Alliance who was instrumental in organizing a lot of our vendors for bazaarSPARK was able to give some insight on the permit process.
All of the vendors at the Farmers Market have their produce/product inspected by the Dept. of Agriculture before [...]
Wed, June 4 2008 » BazaarSPARK, ChiliSPARK, GourmetSPARK, GroundSPARK, HealthSPARK, IdeaSPARK, News, SparkCon08 » No Comments
We’ve added these videos:
GrafSPARK 07
IdeaSPARK 07 Keynote Speech by Dan Douglas
ArtSPARK 07 spoken word performance by Dasan Ahanu
ArtSPARK 07 spoken word performance by Langston Fuze
ArtSPARK 07 spoken word performance by Mz. Julee
They are on the SparkCon videos page and in the SparkCon YouTube group.
Mon, May 19 2008 » ArtSPARK, GrafSPARK, IdeaSPARK, News, SparkCon07 » No Comments
Check out this article by Rizvana Arinaz in the Indy Weekly.It’s a great review of the work on the runway. Photos were good too. Curiously, the stunning piercings were only shown in photos but not really covered. But it’s great to see local talent celebrated like this!
Wed, October 10 2007 » FashionSPARK, News » No Comments
Articles written on or after Sep 20, 2007
SPARK CON “Facing the Future” on cover of N&O’s City & State section, Sep 23
Article on IdeaSPARK by Peter Zane
“Opera Succeeds on Reaching Out”, News & Observer, Sep 23
Opera about town a success – including its participation in SparkCon. By Roy Dicks.
“Multiform festival sparks varied entries” Daily Tarheel, [...]
Mon, September 24 2007 » News, SparkCon07 » No Comments