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Houston Arts Alliance MetLife Foundation National Arts Forum Series presents “T3: Tech, Tools, & Tips on Web 2.0 / Social Media”

About the Workshop:

The Houston Arts Alliance presents a follow-up series of workshops on the MetLife Foundation Arts Forum Series on the RENGEN.  The goal of these workshops is to teach non-profit organizations and individual artists about new technologies and how to use tools to maximize productivity, build capacity, and develop audiences.

The series of workshops – T3: Tech, Tools & Tips – will cover three (3) broad categories:

Wed.  08/27/2008  | Workshop 1.1  | Web 2.0 & Social Media Primer

Wed.  10/29/2008  | Workshop 1.2  | Work Your Online Networks: MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

Wed.  11/19/2008  | Workshop 1.3  | The Blogosphere & Micro-blogging

Click here for more information about these workshops.

Workshop Fees:

$35 per workshop.

$25 per workshop if you book all 3 workshops by August 27, 2008.

Click here for a workshop registration sheet.

Or Register online now at www.t3workshops.eventbrite.com

For more information about how to enroll, contact:

Jerome Vielman, Assistant Director of Grants & Services

(713) 527-9330  ext.117  |  jerome@haatx.com 

This program is made possible through the generous support of MetLife Foundation and is part of Arts & Business Council of Americans for the Arts’ MetLife Foundation National Arts Forum Series.

Houston Arts Alliance Announces the FY09 Touring-Neighborhood Arts Program

FY09 Guidelines and downloadable application for 2009 Touring-Neighborhood Arts Program are now available. The Touring & Neighborhood Arts Program (TNAP) is designed to provide broad access to arts projects in neighborhoods and communities inside Harris County, with priority to activities outside of the Houston City limits within Harris County. The program is funded by Harris County and Texas Commission on the Arts.

Click here for more info.

Opening August 21, space125gallery at Houston Arts Alliance (HAA) presents Heroes Alter Egos, a multimedia exhibition incorporating painting, photography, collage and installation art. Click here to learn more.

On Thurs., August 14, 2008, Jerome Vielman and Houston area poets and writers will bring the power of the spoken word to the Houston Arts Alliance (HAA) Literary Salon.  Click here to learn more.

City of Houston/Houston Arts Alliance Special Initiative Grants Update

Newly revised Guidelines and Application for Special Initiatives are now available.  Please note new deadlines and read Guidelines carefully.

Houston Arts Alliance Annual Meeting Presentation

Houston Arts Alliance hosted its Annual Meeting, Friday, June 27 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. 

Click here to view a PDF overview of the presentation from this meeting.

Houston Arts Alliance: Economic Impact of the Arts Positioning Paper

The Arts have a unique power to entertain, educate, inform and inspire.  Amid shrinking public resources and pressing needs in other sectors, however, it has become increasingly difficult to secure adequate funding for cultural programs.  Arguments against Arts funding typically focus solely on cost while completely ignoring the powerful economic incentives for supporting a robust Arts industry. 

The attached white paper examines the dramatic economic impact of the Arts industry in the Houston-Metropolitan area and makes the case that the Arts are indispensable to the region’s continued growth and prosperity.

Houston Arts Alliance Presented the MetLife Foundation National Arts Forum Series featuring Patricia Martin, author of RenGen: Renaissance Generation—The Rise of the Cultural Consumer, Wednesday, May 21, 2008. 

For more information about the Renaissance Generation and/or about Patricia Martin, please visit the RenGen website. (www.therengen.com).  

Cultural Impact Study

AMS Planning & Research was commissioned in 2005 to undertake a Cultural Impact Study for Houston. A broad-based Steering Committee of arts, business, government, civic and education leaders was appointed to provide guidance and feedback to the consultants. The overall goal of the study is to document the impact of arts and culture on the economy, and overall quality of life, in the Houston area. 

The data collected between March and November 2005 for the Cultural Impact Study make it the most comprehensive research ever undertaken in Houston with the city’s arts and cultural sector.

Download Report (3.7mb doc)

Houston to host 2008 NAMP (National Arts Marketing Project) Conference

City of Houston Civic Art Annual Capital Plan Report
Fiscal Year 2006-2007, Fiscal Year 2007-2008 Projected
Download Report (pdf, 1.4mb)

Opportunities listed on ArtsHound.com

For other special funding opportunities, check out ArtsHound.com.  Click here for the "call for artists" listings.  Click here  for the "grant opportunities" listings.

Regulatory Issues

Want to know what federal accounting changes are being proposed and how to use your 990 as a marketing tool? Click here.