Friday, March 20, 2009

artHAPPENED March 13th 2009 at Thornes Marketplace and Kirkland Ave

In true artHAPPENING fashion an eclectic mix of impromptu performance, collaborative projects and visual art unfolded amidst the creative chaos of spinning cakes, mesmerizing animations, dancing trucks, personal maps, site-specific dance and costumes for all!

With citizen badges and passports in hand everyone who came contributed to making this a fantastic event! Hundreds of people filled the basement of Thornes Marketplace and Kirkland Avenue where they donned outfits at the transformation station and contributed to art-making stations lead by a dedicated team of artHAPPENING conductors.

Thank you to everyone who joined us in celebrating our community and collective creativity! We'll see you at the next artHAPPENING!

Be sure to check photographs of the event on


THANK YOU to all the following community members and businesses for helping to make this artHAPPENING a huge success:

Cornucopia, Northampton Brewery, Our Family Farms & Squash Inc. for donating refreshments The Guild Art Centre, Peter Schlessinger & Reprodepot Fabrics for helping to outfit the artHAPPENING conductors Aliya Bonar & Haley Morgan for tireless commitment and creativity the artHAPPENING Conductors for helping us to create this world. Alan Scheinman, Hampshire Property Managment, James Thompson, Joe Blumenthal & Steve Jasinski for welcoming us into Kirkland Avenue, and especially Thornes Marketplace for donating a fantastic venue!


Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Welcome to Josh Silver

I'm very pleased to announce that Josh Silver has joined our board. As founder and Director of Free Press, a nationally-respected media reform organization (www.freepress.net), Josh brings a great deal of experience and savvy to the C3 leadership team.

Josh co-founded Free Press with Robert W. McChesney and John Nichols in 2002. As Free Press Executive Director, he oversees all programs, campaigns, fundraising and special projects. Josh previously served as campaign manager for the successful statewide ballot initiative for public funding of elections in Arizona and as the director of development for the cultural arm of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. He has served as the director of an international youth exchange program and as a development and management consultant. Josh publishes frequently on media, campaign finance and other public policy issues. He attended the University of Grenoble, France, and Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash.

I'm very excited to have Josh join the C3 board at this important juncture in our development. His experience and know how will be incredible assets as we work to open our Nonprofit Center in the coming year. To learn more about Josh and Free Press, check out this article in the Wall Street Journal and this one from the Broadcasting and Cable website.

Welcome Josh!