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of the Red River Valley
A guide to the area’s arts and culture
march/april 2013
This is the FINAL print edition of ARTSpulse. Visit theartspartnership.net/artspulse to follow our digital version via email and social media. Enjoy!
hello world Taking ARTSpulse digital full-time
By Kris Kerzman ome 40 years ago, in the early days of computer programming, a simple snippet of code was devised that would output the phrase “hello, world” to a display. It’s a sentiment that still has incredible value as the computer and its cousins, the smartphone and the tablet, have since revolutionized the way we communicate with each other and gather information about the world around us. The computer says hello to us, often on behalf of our closest family and friends, and we can use it to give the entire world a fond hello any time we wish. That’s a spirit we like to keep in mind as we bid farewell to the print version of ARTSpulse and turn our full attention to our digital version at theartspartnership.net/ artspulse. Since launching the blog in July, we’ve been able to cover and promote arts and culture in our area much more efficiently and with greater expediency than we could ever imagine with only a bimonthly print edition. We’ve expanded our potential
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A screen capture of the ARTSpulse at theartspartnership.net/artspulse.
Art enthusiasts:
get ready for season II of the CSA
By TAP staff ast year, The Arts Partnership launched the Community Supported Art (CSA) program to great success. TAP juried the artists’ applications and selected nine finalists. When the shares went on sale in late winter, we sold all 50 in 36 hours. If you followed TAP on Facebook, you know we were deliriously happy watching those numbers go up and up. It works like this: 50 people purchase a CSA share, which includes nine pieces of original art given out over the course of three wine and hors d’oeuvres parties at Primary Partner locations for shareholders and a guest. Entertainment and brief artist talks also happen at each party.
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The artists selected for this year’s shares include Karen Baake, the FM Area Youth Symphonies, Stevie Famulari, Eric A. Johnson, Jill Johnson, McCal Joy Johnson, Meredith Lynn and Erika Lorentzsen, Tangerine Life, and Emily Williams Wheeler. Dates for this year’s CSA parties are May 7, July 9 and September 10. The shares go on sale April 9. Go to theartspartnership.net for more information. The CSA program was purchased from Springboard for the Arts in St. Paul and adapted to fit our community’s needs
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