Comments on: NWA Times: Festivals struggle in tight budget years http://www.fayettevillearts.org/2008/07/06/nwa-times-festivals-struggle-in-tight-budget-years/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:26:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-beta2 hourly 1 By: Curtis Neeley http://www.fayettevillearts.org/2008/07/06/nwa-times-festivals-struggle-in-tight-budget-years/comment-page-1/#comment-32718 Curtis Neeley Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:15:03 +0000 http://www.fayettevillearts.org/?p=751#comment-32718 Well thank heavens! My sorrow was unfounded or at least a few years early! Fayetteville WILL have a FAF in 2008. I do not think they would want to lose such a cultural attraction and I do not believe they will. There will be promotion of fine art ALONG with the HOGS and ALSO with them <em>noisy</em>, shiny motorcycles. The thing about those noisy motorcycles or (BBB) is that it is a festival that features a group that has demonstrated that they will spend money on the unnecessary already. They come and spend money consistently. http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2008/02/09/news/021008azwac.txt /\/\ is an interesting read and the Fayetteville Fine Arts Festival is said to be a plus for keeping the WAC on Dickson. http://jonah-tebbetts.blogspot.com/2008/05/like-frog-in-boiling-water.html Then /\/\ goes on to allege that the WAC is to become an outlying location for where the 'new and enlarged' WAC moves to. With the creation of CB Museum, Alice Walton is trying to bring in nationally known 'signature' artists. She offered 30 million for HALF interest in 101 of Alfred Stieglitz's photos. Have you looked at Stieglitz's photography? I wonder if she has and doubt she could pick more than a few of those 101 from a line-up. She was not allowed to complete the purchase by a court who said it would violate the terms of the dead guys estate. I have no idea what her idea of a 'signature' artist is, but the shear talent you will see in this year's FAF at the Town Center will easily surpass the 'signature' talent of Stieglitz. That is my opinion. I do not see how Alice chose to offer so much for a dead guy's photos when the dead guy never once even flew over AR or shopped in a Wal-Mart. She was showing unfounded respect for one dead guy who took pictures while ignoring the legacy of her mom and dad that could certainly use the 30 million she so casually offered for a DEAD guys photos. I am NOT dead but have come closer to it that most ever will. I take pictures and would sell all of them to Alice for 30 million. I think museum visitors would enjoy them much more. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER: Curtis Neeley suffers from a severe traumatic brain injury that impedes the way he communicates. He is often perceived as blunt, self-centered and rude. Although Curtis has a disability, he is determined to continue performing meaningful art. http://www.CurtisNeeley.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Well thank heavens! My sorrow was unfounded or at least a few years early! Fayetteville WILL have a FAF in 2008. I do not think they would want to lose such a cultural attraction and I do not believe they will. There will be promotion of fine art ALONG with the HOGS and ALSO with them noisy, shiny motorcycles.

The thing about those noisy motorcycles or (BBB) is that it is a festival that features a group that has demonstrated that they will spend money on the unnecessary already. They come and spend money consistently.

http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2008/02/09/news/021008azwac.txt
/\/\ is an interesting read and the Fayetteville Fine Arts Festival is said to be a plus for keeping the WAC on Dickson.

http://jonah-tebbetts.blogspot.com/2008/05/like-frog-in-boiling-water.html
Then /\/\ goes on to allege that the WAC is to become an outlying location for where the ‘new and enlarged’ WAC moves to.

With the creation of CB Museum, Alice Walton is trying to bring in nationally known ’signature’ artists. She offered 30 million for HALF interest in 101 of Alfred Stieglitz’s photos. Have you looked at Stieglitz’s photography? I wonder if she has and doubt she could pick more than a few of those 101 from a line-up. She was not allowed to complete the purchase by a court who said it would violate the terms of the dead guys estate.

I have no idea what her idea of a ’signature’ artist is, but the shear talent you will see in this year’s FAF at the Town Center will easily surpass the ’signature’ talent of Stieglitz. That is my opinion. I do not see how Alice chose to offer so much for a dead guy’s photos when the dead guy never once even flew over AR or shopped in a Wal-Mart.

She was showing unfounded respect for one dead guy who took pictures while ignoring the legacy of her mom and dad that could certainly use the 30 million she so casually offered for a DEAD guys photos.
I am NOT dead but have come closer to it that most ever will. I take pictures and would sell all of them to Alice for 30 million. I think museum visitors would enjoy them much more.

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DISCLAIMER: Curtis Neeley suffers from a severe traumatic brain injury that impedes the way he communicates. He is often perceived as blunt, self-centered and rude. Although Curtis has a disability, he is determined to continue performing meaningful art.
http://www.CurtisNeeley.com
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]]> By: Curtis Neeley http://www.fayettevillearts.org/2008/07/06/nwa-times-festivals-struggle-in-tight-budget-years/comment-page-1/#comment-32717 Curtis Neeley Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:28:18 +0000 http://www.fayettevillearts.org/?p=751#comment-32717 <strong>It is a disappointment for me to see Fayetteville losing its lead in the area of the fine visual arts. The WALTON Arts Center will be changing soon to be the 'other' small local performing arts venue. It is too small to be a self-supporting theater and designed wrong for visual art shows. I am sure many were disappointed to have lost the drive-in theater too, but it is no less gone. Alice Walton offered 30 million for half interest in 101 of Alfred Stieglitz's photographs to show at Crystal Bridges. A court refused to allow the sale. Ms Walton has decided that Bentonville and CB is now going to be the leader for local and maybe even regional visual art. As a local artist, it disappoints me to watch Fayetteville Fine Arts Festival die. It excites me to see the Pinnacle Hills Arts Festival fill the void that it leaves. Between Crystal Bridges and Pinnacle Hills it appears visual fine art is just going slightly north. Bentonville can be the leader in seeing the work of DEAD artists in a pretty museum. Rogers can be the leader in fine art by LIVING artist at Pinnacle Hills Art Festival. Fayetteville can be the leader in no fine art but RAZORBACK football and a noisy motorcycle festival. </strong> It is a disappointment for me to see Fayetteville losing its lead in the area of the fine visual arts. The WALTON Arts Center will be changing soon to be the ‘other’ small local performing arts venue. It is too small to be a self-supporting theater and designed wrong for visual art shows.

I am sure many were disappointed to have lost the drive-in theater too, but it is no less gone.

Alice Walton offered 30 million for half interest in 101 of Alfred Stieglitz’s photographs to show at Crystal Bridges. A court refused to allow the sale. Ms Walton has decided that Bentonville and CB is now going to be the leader for local and maybe even regional visual art. As a local artist, it disappoints me to watch Fayetteville Fine Arts Festival die. It excites me to see the Pinnacle Hills Arts Festival fill the void that it leaves.

Between Crystal Bridges and Pinnacle Hills it appears visual fine art is just going slightly north. Bentonville can be the leader in seeing the work of DEAD artists in a pretty museum. Rogers can be the leader in fine art by LIVING artist at Pinnacle Hills Art Festival. Fayetteville can be the leader in no fine art but RAZORBACK football and a noisy motorcycle festival.

]]> By: Dan Stiel http://www.fayettevillearts.org/2008/07/06/nwa-times-festivals-struggle-in-tight-budget-years/comment-page-1/#comment-32710 Dan Stiel Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:09:57 +0000 http://www.fayettevillearts.org/?p=751#comment-32710 Having been involved in marketing at over 2,500 special events ranging from triathlons, fairs, NASCAR, to World Cup Soccer and it sometimes seems just about everything else over the past 25 years, the one thing I've learned is that unlike other promotional tools, events allow people to "touch and feel" and connect to sponsors, exhibitors, and the community in a way that no other form of promotion can match. Producing events - however big or small - is not for the faint-of-heart, given our fickle weather, $4+ gasoline, insurance and liability headaches, traffic and crowd control, and the resources and skills required to do it right. However, case studies and experience demonstrate that when done right, marketers and communities can find it very rewarding in increasing awareness, building brands, as well as stimulating long-term job growth and economic development. Having been involved in marketing at over 2,500 special events ranging from triathlons, fairs, NASCAR, to World Cup Soccer and it sometimes seems just about everything else over the past 25 years, the one thing I’ve learned is that unlike other promotional tools, events allow people to “touch and feel” and connect to sponsors, exhibitors, and the community in a way that no other form of promotion can match.

Producing events - however big or small - is not for the faint-of-heart, given our fickle weather, $4+ gasoline, insurance and liability headaches, traffic and crowd control, and the resources and skills required to do it right. However, case studies and experience demonstrate that when done right, marketers and communities can find it very rewarding in increasing awareness, building brands, as well as stimulating long-term job growth and economic development.

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