The County’s Community Development Department will host three public workshops on the elements of Creative Industries, CI through October.
Source: Doña Ana County
CI refers to a sector that includes various businesses originated in an individual’s creativity, skill and talent to make or further develop the arts and cultural professions.
“We designed three innovative hands-on, free workshops on different aspects of CI,” Economic Development Administrator and Creative Industries Project Manager Denisse Carter said. “We will discuss how the sector can help arts businesses, entrepreneurs, creatives, community members and organizations in Southern New Mexico to improve, expand and diversify their art, cultural business or profession,”
The workshops are free to participants and sponsored by a $100,000 grant from the New Mexico Creative Industries Division in the state’s Economic Development Department. Doña Ana County is one of 18 New Mexico municipalities awarded the grant to create activities, programs or events that help advance the Creative Industries business sector.
Guest presenters include local, regional and statewide experts, artists or administrators in the fields of creative industries, cultural and arts organizations, tourism and economic development.
The limited-seating workshops will be held at the Doña Ana County Government Center, 845 North Motel Blvd. in Las Cruces.
Workshops
- #1 Introduction to Creative Industries is a participatory session which integrates the performing, literary, visual, and culinary arts with practical examples to advance
creativity, business creation and economic development.
9 a.m. to 12 p.m., Sept. 13 in Multipurpose Room 111. Limit: 30. - #2 Who’s Who’s in the Creative Industries in Southern New Mexico. Connect and network with a group of professional artists and creatives, and arts/cultural organizations, educators, business owners, and community members in the fields of arts, culture, creativity, innovative thinking, animation, and technology.
9 a.m. to 12 p.m., Sept. 27 in Multipurpose Room 113. Limit: 30. - #3 Art is in the “Eye of the Beholder” Meet with leaders and artists in public art who produce, purchase, fund and exhibit the best public art in Southern New Mexico in public and private venues. View examples of the public art in the county; discuss what public art is – monuments, memorials, murals, sculpture and site-specific art, along with street or graffiti art. Who funds public art and how does the community select it?
9 a.m. to 12 p.m., Oct. 11 in the County Commission Chambers. Limit: 200.
To register, please contact Creative Industries Artistic Director Irene Oliver Lewis at iolewis@icloud.com.
For more information about the Doña Ana County’s Creative Industries Project, please contact Denisse Carter at 575-525-6175.
