Expo 2007: See What Community Can Do!

Thu Aug 23 11:06:46 PDT 2007

Greetings!

We are excited to announce the full events, workshop, performance and exhibitor lineup for the Eighth Annual Expo for the Artist & Musician, coming up Saturday, Sept. 15, at SomArts, 934 Brannan Street in San Francisco. You can download the full press release, including all workshop times and locations, here: 

     http://artsandmedia.net/expo/press_kit/ExpoPress2007.pdf
     http://artsandmedia.net/expo/press_kit/ExpoPress2007.doc

Please note that there is still space for exhibitors, and that table fees are just $35 for small nonprofits and community projects. VENDORS (have your permits in order!) and MAYORAL CANDIDATES are also welcome:  

     http://artsandmedia.net/expo/register/

Thanks for your support of the arts in our communities!

The Expo Volunteers
Ellyn, Josh, Melinda, Nadine, Rachel, Rachel, Ron, Stephen

*** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ***

-- Help Create Culture and Community at the Eighth Annual Expo!
-- More than 35 workshops and performances, 75+ arts organizations, and YOU

     *The Eighth Annual Expo for the Artist & Musician*
     Saturday, September 15, 2007, 11am-6pm
     SomArts Cultural Center, 934 Brannan St. @ 8th St., SF

     Contact: 	415/861-5302
     Press Kit: http://artsandmedia.net/expo/press_kit/
     Updates: http://artsandmedia.net/expo/

     On September 15, 2007, the Bay Area's only grassroots connection
     fair for independent arts, music and culture returns to SomArts 
     Cultural Center in San Francisco.

     The Expo for the Artist & Musician is a unique "Free Culture Fair,"
     an all-day extravaganza where the emphasis is on making connections,
     sharing resources and creating culture and community. All are 
     welcome at this community melting pot -- creative folks, fans, 
     patrons, arts and culture workers, hobbyists, producers, youth, 
     adults and families.

     Admission is donation-based and NO ONE is turned away. The Expo
     features dozens of Bay Area arts organizations, free workshops,
     performances, and hundreds of local artists and musicians. 

     Attendees browse tables staffed by local galleries, nonprofits, 
     collectives and small businesses; access services and resources; 
     and join workshops and salons on arts skills, methods, practices,
     history and issues.

EXPO 2007 FEATURES

-- More than 25 free WORKSHOPS & SKILLSHARES on arts marketing, intellectual property and licensing, historical dance, LPFM and Internet radio, burlesque, pinhole photography, film financing, a science-fiction writers' workshop ... and more!

-- EXHIBITORS representing 75+ local arts organizations, service groups, galleries, studios, schools and nonprofits from every corner of the arts and music community.

-- Two FILM SCREENINGS at the Variety Preview Room (Sept. 10) and Dolby Laboratories (Sept. 12), featuring local film-festival picks plus a sumptuous 35mm survey of San Francisco shorts.

-- The Expo 2007 EXHIBITOR RECEPTION & SALON on Sept. 13 ... produced in collaboration with Pandora's Trunk and CELLspace. Theme: Creative works and doing "good deeds" from a non-profit and for-profit perspective. How can artists navigate between maximum freedom and maximum funding?

-- "$56 Million & Where's the Art?" on Sept. 12 ... A panel and audience-led dialogue focusing on SOLUTIONS, that starts with the question: What can San Francisco do to better leverage the abundant community support for the arts? With: reps of the Haas and San Francisco foundations, the SF Arts Commission, the SF Arts Task Force and more.

-- Our Third Annual Community Arts Showcase, featuring local jug bands, soul and gospel vocals, solo guqin (Chinese violin), art-pop and two open mic sessions.

-- A hands-on children's activity area, delicious food and an outdoor beer and wine garden.

ABOUT THE EXPO
Since 2000, the Expo has acquired a diverse and dedicated constituency, stacks of wildly enthusiastic evaluation forms, and a review from the San Francisco Chronicle that dubs us "New Utopians" working for "a better future for San Francisco." As we grow, the Expo remains a low-cost event, firmly embedded at the grassroots, and dedicated to strengthening creative and cultural activity, participation and cross-pollination at the community level.

SPONSORS
Expo 2007 is produced with support from the Zellerbach Family Foundation, the San Francisco Bay Guardian, CELLspace, KUSF-FM, 924 Gilman Street, MyQuire.com and MesArt.com.

VOLUNTEERS!
This year, the Expo is produced ENTIRELY by volunteers! It is a testament to what community can do. We we want to offer heartfelt thanks and admiration for their extraordinary work:  

Melinda Adams for booking the workshop series, Stephen Parr for booking TWO Expo film screenings, Ellyn Parker for overseeing the stage and event details, Katie Hennessey at CELLspace for booking and hosting an extraordinary *week* of additional DIY, hands-on workshops, Rachel Hospodar of Pandora's Trunk for organizing the 2007 Expo Exhibitor's Reception & Salon, Rachel Scott, Nadine D., and Ron Corley for behind the scenes miracle-working, and the many workshop leaders, exhibitors and performers who've made this all possible. 

If you'd like to support the Expo with your volunteer energy, we'd surely be grateful. Register as an Expo volunteer here: 

     http://www.artsandmedia.net/expo/volunteer/

PRESS DATA
Download the full Expo 2007 press release, including all workshop times and locations, here: 

     http://artsandmedia.net/expo/press_kit/ExpoPress2007.pdf
     http://artsandmedia.net/expo/press_kit/ExpoPress2007.doc

And get the latest online: 

     http://artsandmedia.net/expo/

-- 
Coming Saturday, September 15, 2007 .... 

The Eighth Annual Expo for the Artist & Musician
     SomArts Cultural Center, 934 Brannan Street

Be a part of Expo 2007!
     http://artsandmedia.net/expo/participate/