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WESTAF Update Notes #83 | May 2015 Visit Our Exhibitor Table at the AFTA Convention in Chicago 2015 Arts Festival Conference Presented by ZAPP\u00ae Denver Music Summit Recap Barry\u2019s Blog Turns 10 <\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/strong>From Anthony Radich, Executive Director
\n<\/span>This is the 83rd in a continuing series of updates about the work of WESTAF<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span>Several WESTAF staff will be attending the Americans for the Arts Convention June 12-14, in Chicago. We invite you to stop by our table and say hello! Program, technical, management, and sales staff will be available to answer questions about current WESTAF projects and to provide updates on some of our latest projects as well. This year\u2019s table will feature the recently launched Creative Vitality Suite\u2122, Public Art Archive\u2122, GO: Grants Online\u2122, ZAPPlication\u00ae, CallForEntry\u2122 (CaFE\u2122), and our Independent Music on Tour (IMTour\u2122) project. If you or someone you know would like to schedule a time in advance to talk individually with a staff member about any WESTAF project while at the Convention, please email<\/span> Leah.Horn@westaf.org<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span>The seventh annual Arts Festival Conference, presented by ZAPP, convenes September 24-25, at the Kansas City Marriott Country Club Plaza. The two-day conference will take place in conjunction with the 84th Annual Plaza Art Fair. The event offers attendees a unique professional development opportunity and the ability to experience one of the nation\u2019s longest running art festivals. This year\u2019s keynote speaker is writer and cultural policy commentator Arlene Goldbard. For additional information about the conference, visit<\/span> bit.ly\/zappcon2015.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/strong>In April, WESTAF teamed up with Denver Arts & Venues\u2019 Create Denver initiative to present the third Denver Music Summit. National in scope and local in focus, the three-day summit brought together musicians, industry professionals, civic leaders, and music enthusiasts for educational programming, live performances, and policy engagement. The weekend concluded with an NPR All Songs Considered listening party hosted by Bob Boilen and Stephen Thompson, with collaborators DJ Jessi Whitten (OpenAir, Colorado Public Radio), Xavier Dphrepaulezz (Fantastic Negrito) and Thao Nguyen (Thao and the Get Down Stay Down) sitting in as guest panelists.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span>WESTAF has underwritten Barry\u2019s Blog for 10 years now. The blog was initiated by Barry Hessenius, who, at the time of the blog\u2019s founding, was the recent past executive director of the California Arts Council. In a very short period of time, the Barry\u2019s Blog readership grew to include a high number of avid readers. WESTAF congratulates Barry on the 10-year anniversary of his successful blog and invites our Update Notes subscribers to read Barry\u2019s thoughts on 10 years of blogging about the arts by visiting:<\/span> http:\/\/bit.ly\/barry10<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n