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I need your help

So, Ithacans and those who just want to be Ithacans, I need your help.

Ithaca’s Community School of Music & Arts is hosting the CSMA Post-It® Art Show as part of the Arts for All Marathon from September 28^th to October 24th.

Here’s the idea. All of Ithaca is invited to make art on sticky notes (or more familiarly, Post-Its®). Folks bring (or mail) in the Post-It® art, CSMA displays the art on their gallery walls. Big opening/closing/purchasing night at CSMA on 10/23 when we sell these great miniature works of art for $5 per Post-It. Undercurrent: everyone (ages 1 to 92) is an artist and everyone can collect art, especially at $5 a throw.

On 10/23, crowds of people will jockey before thousands of works of art to be the first buyer of the next big (ok, small) thing. Basically, organized mayhem. Prior viewing hours & days will get people into the CSMA gallery to stake their claims, and, at the appointed hour, we need tight organization on sales.

So, locally, who wants to help me organize this baby? There are so many ways to say "yes."

We’re envisioning thousands of submissions and hopefully hundreds of sales on the night of 10/23. Immediately, we need help in:
– getting the word out starting August 18^th (blogs, e-mail distribution lists, twitter, facebook, Flickr; and
– commitments to staff the purchasing party on the night of 10/23.

Additionally, I (and more importantly, CSMA) needs all your ideas and help as this great Marathon raises scholarship dollars for students who could not otherwise afford the great arts programming that CSMA offers. Please e-mail me with your thoughts, ideas, and offers to proselytize/staff the event at ed@edmarion.com.

Thanks.

The CSMA Post-It® Art Show for the 2009 Arts for All Marathon (Sep. 28 - Oct. 24)

I'm very excited to be participating again in this year's Arts for All Marathon (2009 web update coming soon) to benefit the Community School of Music and Arts in Ithaca, New York.  In 2009, the Marathon will run from Monday, September 28th through Saturday, October 24th.

As part of the Marathon, CSMA will be hosting a Post-It® Art Show inviting all Ithacans to make, view, and buy art on Post-It® notes for a gallery show and opening which will take place on Friday, October 23, 2009.  So here's an easy and great chance to have your art displayed at CSMA for all your neighbors to see.  Take Post-It®, make art on it, get it to CSMA.  Up on the CSMA gallery walls it goes to the first buyer at our opening/closing celebration on Friday, October 23rd.

It will be a great chance, too, for you to see the art of all of your neighbors (hopefully, thousands of them).  Further details to follow.

I'm also assisting in curating the first floor front gallery for CSMA during the Arts for All Marathon.  During the Marathon, a score or more of artists will display their craft and hold mini-marathons of their own in CSMA's first floor gallery.  Interested artists wishing to participate are urged to visit the Arts for All Marathon web site for more details.