July 7, 2009

This is the day when four of us call on a friend for advice for local artists. As I've said, there is nothing about Burke Couonty that could be interpreted as "artist friendly." We see the need to change this, as there are as many artists in these hills as there are anywhere. Our friend is a businesswoman who has worked for the city for years. She is also someone who supports the arts on a personal level and thinks they are important.

She's going to have us articulate our short term goals and our long term goals and then advise us on how to go about meeting them in, for, and with the help of this community. Since she's kind enough to have us in her home, we're bringing salad.

Maybe we can get something together and maybe we can't. We've been talking about doing this for years--if it doesn't go anywhere, it'll sit on a back burner for another 10-12 years until someone else wants to bring it forward and try again. There's something to be said for an idea whose time has come.

PW