Collaborative effort among area arts groups results in Sakonnet Arts
Network!
EverythingWestport.com
Tuesday,
July 15, 2008
The Sakonnet Arts Network was pleased to mark its launch by
sharing in sponsorship of Photo Day at Pardon Gray, May 17 and 18, with several
Tiverton organizations --- the Land Trust, Arts Council, Open Space Commission,
Tiverton Prevention Coalition and the Tiverton Schools. Participants in the event were very “focused”
as shown in this photo by Wayne Browning.
The
Sakonnet Arts Network is a new nonprofit organization based in Tiverton,
Rhode Island that will provide a spectrum of arts resources to Tiverton and all
surrounding communities. The group will
offer programs year-round that enable community members to explore their creative
sides, whether through a watercolor workshop, a music jam session, or a cooking
class.
The organization's website will go live on July 18th.
The
Sakonnet Arts Network also hopes to provide a forum for regional artists to
connect with one another via the organization’s website which will feature a
community arts calendar highlighting upcoming arts events. The network will
sponsor discussion sessions and offer additional art classes for adults and
youth. It will bring community members together through music and theater
performances. Finally, it will encourage cooperation among regional arts
groups. Upcoming offerings include
a summer arts enrichment program in July for children entering second through
fifth grades that will be held at the new Ranger School. A series of
workshops for adults are being planned for the fall.
The
Sakonnet Arts Network has developed over the past year as a collaborative
effort among area arts groups as diverse as Friends of Arts in Tiverton, the
Tiverton Arts Council, ArtsExpress, Theater Direct,
and representatives of the Tiverton Schools. A Strategy Grant award of
$45,000 from the Rhode Island Foundation is supporting this process through
2008.
If
you are an artist, an advocate for the arts, or just curious about the newly
formed Sakonnet Arts Network, please stop by and meet representatives of the
organization at the Four Corners Art and Artisans Festival, in Tiverton, Rhode
Island on Saturday, July 19 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
For
more information, please contact Carolyn Winter at (401) 316-8272 or visit the
Network’s website at http://www.SakonnetArts.org
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