Arts After Hours

Artists, writers, musicians, actors, dancers, performers, arts educators and employees and board members of local arts organizations are invited to our quarterly Arts After Hours (AAH) potlucks.

The idea for AAH grew out of ACT’s strategic planning process in the spring of 2009, which included an event at Tin Mountain attended by many artists, teachers, and representatives of local arts organizations. Much of the discussion centered on finding more ways, particularly in a challenging economy, to collaborate with one another, pooling our diverse strengths and capacities in support of our often similar missions. One realization, however, was that not all members of the arts community know each other, or are aware of each other’s strengths and capacities. Wouldn’t it be wonderful, ACT board member Dennis Quinn said, to have a way to meet and interact regularly, to get to know each other and in an informal setting share ideas and inspiration?

The plan for this year is to have quarterly events, sponsored by ACT and each hosted by a different organization or individual. ACT’s hope is that if these events are beneficial to the arts community, participating organizations and individuals will continue to share responsibility for hosting and organizing the events.

Arts After Hours is a potluck supper; participants are requested to bring a potluck dish to share and, if they wish, additional beverages or dessert. Beer, wine, coffee and tea is provided.

AAH is also an opportunity for working artists of all sorts (visual, performing, literary, etc.) to share work and work-in-progress with the arts community. Artists are requested to bring something they can share in no more than a few minutes: one piece of visual art to speak about briefly, one short song, a poem, a very brief monologue, and so forth.

Upcoming Arts After Hours will be held Sunday, May 16, place and time TBA.