[FAC] FCASH Weekly Update

[Cynthia Cooper]

FCASH is changing its format on mail information to cultural arts providers,
community, business and public partners to a weekly mailing of the  FCASH
Weekly Update.

Once a week we will mail out Announcements, Upcoming Meetings, News and
Events.  If you are interested in receiving Funding Updates, you can
subscribe to receive information on grants, foundations and related
announcements.  To be an arts advocate subscribe to the Cultural Arts Action
Network.

Upcoming Meetings
March FCASH General Meeting (2nd Tuesday of each month)
Tuesday, March 10th, 8 ­ 10 am
Fresno Metropolitan Museum, 4th Floor
Presentation: High-Speed Rail and the Selection of the Fresno Depot - Gina
Vivian, URS Consulting

24th Annual Horizon Awards
April 9, 2009, 6-9 pm
Fresno City Hall
The Fresno Arts Council awards recognizing the contributions of artists and
art supporters in the Fresno community in the areas of: artist, business,
citizen, educator, special and youth.

April FCASH General Meeting (2nd Tuesday of each month)
Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 8 ­ 10 am
Fresno Metropolitan Museum, 4th Floor

Articles and Update
Today is a listing of post from the last several months.  From here on, the
weekly FCASH Update will only list posts from the previous week.  To read
articles as they are posted, check the FCASH website daily.

    * Suburbs Not Most Popular, But Suburbanites Most Content - Pew Research
Center Article 
    * The New Reality: Constant Disruption....Is Equilibrium a Thing of the
Past? - Harvard Business Publishing
    * Applying for the Fresno Regional Foundation Arts and culture grants
    * Increasing Number of Nonprofits Seek Bankruptcy Protection
    * The Arts Need Better Arguments - By Greg Sandow, The Wallstreet
Journal
    * Songs help Valley kids learn English - by Anne Dudley Ellis at the
Fresno Bee    
    * Actor to start in Fresno movie   - The Business Journal
    * Arts Organizations on the Brink Are Turning to Michael Kaiser,
president of the John F. Kennedy Center for Advice
    * Online video content isn¹t just for Generation Whatever anymore.
    * Saving Federal Arts Funds: Selling Culture as an Economic Force
    * The Alliance for California Traditional Arts Living Cultures Grants
Program    
    * Nassim Nicholas Taleb's Book Black Swan
    * National Endowment for the Arts Announces New Acting Chairman
    * Are You a Tribal Leader? Download a FREE Copy of the 2008 Cultural
Arts Conference Keynote Speaker's Book, Tribal Leadership
    * Fresno Design Alliance Explores the Line Between Art & Design
    * Brandeis President Apologizes for Mishandling of Museum Closing
Announcement    
    * Foundations Could Face Tax Fines for Investing With Madoff
    * Nonprofits Seek Approval to Tap Endowments
    * FCASH's Work in Reedley
    * U.S. House of Representatives approved their final version of the
Economic Recovery that includes $50 million for the NEA
    * Does Selling Off Art Demonstrate its Value? Or its Lack of Importance?
    * Thinking of Discounting Tickets? ArtsJournal blog article by Jim
McCarthy       
    * The Arts Need Money, Charles R. Schwab writes in Forbes, 12.23.08
    * Arts and City Success: Remembering Leonardo - San Jose's ³Global
Leadership Forum on Economic and Cultural Development²
    * CookingLight.com Features the Central Valley - Arte, the Fruit Trail
and Wonder Valley  
    * The Cultural Arts Renaissance in Fresno by Vic Bedoian, the Community
Alliance 
    * An American Paradox
    * Text Messaging for Social Change
    * Americans Still Giving, Despite Economic Meltdown
    * Learning from the Obama Campaign Model
    * Majority of voters (88%) believe that an education in and through the
arts is essential to developing imagination
    * $120 million In Economic Activity & Nearly 3,00 Jobs Generated
Annually by NP and Culture Industry in Fresno County
    * Fresno Bee Editorial on the Economic Impact of the Cultural Arts
    * Poets & Writers Magazine puts Fresno and the Valley on the literary
map       
    * Creative Industries Reports
    * The Role of the Arts and Culture in Economic Development
    * The MFA Is the New MBA
    * The Creative Economy is the Antidote to Wall Street Woes

If you would like to receive the weekly cultural arts updates, please let me
know.

Cynthia Cooper
Executive Director
Fresno Coalition for Arts, Science & History
1401 Fulton Street, S-904, Fresno, CA 93721
559 485 1100 office
ccooper at fcash.org email
http://www.fcash.org  web




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