I attended the Creative Massachusetts: The Artists Congress 2009 – Welcoming Artists of all Disciplines to a Discussion of Our Creative Future on Saturday at the BPL. Ja-nae Duane coordinated the whole event. I attended sessions about How to Create Community, Network and Networking Tools, Free and Low Cost Technology Tools For Artists and Artist Run Businesses/Projects and Grants and Resources. The panelists included Panelists: Jessica Burko, artist, curator, arts marketer, Founder of Boston Handmade
Brian Handspicker, President of the Berkshire Artists Colony; Chair of the Eclipse Mill Gallery
Bea Modisett, artist and founder of This Collective Pull events Imani McFarlane, owner and fashion designer of Boston’s House of Tafari, Chloe Gracia-Roberts, Masspoetry.org Norah Dooley, MassMouth and Kelly Bennett, artist and Massachusetts Cultural Council/Artists Programs Department
The next event is http://www.artistsunderthedome.org/home.html Nov 19th.