TO: Nashville Arts Organizations,
18 September 2000
Partners in Tourism shares information resources on line
Partners in Tourism: Culture and Commerce, a coalition among nine national service organizations and four federal agencies, invites interested parties to join its new cultural tourism listserv. Send a blank message to partnersintourism-subscribe@listbom.com to take part in this online forum for the exchange of information about cultural tourism initiatives and opportunities.
The listserv will provide information on marketing plans, funding opportunities, best practices, case studies, economic impact studies, visitor profiles, partnerships, and employment opportunities related to cultural tourism. To post a message to the list, send an e-mail with text to partnersintourism@listbot.com. This coalition encourages dialogue and partnerships among organizations involved in the broad spectrum of arts, humanities, heritage, and tourism.
Also, visit some of the many cultural tourism online sites listed on the reverse side of this Alert! to see how other organizations are using the internet and a tourism slant to promote their programs and activities.
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Microsoft provides support for technical assistance
Microsoft Corporation plans to donate $10 million in cash and $15 million in software to non-profit groups, the Wall Street Journal reported in its September 13 edition. The cash gift is the company's largest, and is being made in connection with Microsoft's 25th anniversary of their founding. The funding will expand NPower, a program that helps nonprofits with their technology needs, such as computer training and consulting. Microsoft hopes this will enable these organizations to improve performance and be more accountable to its donors.
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Submit on line: October 1 deadline for NARAS grants
The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc., (NARAS) will award $300,000 in grants this year to organizations and individuals to support efforts that advance:
- the preservation and recorded sound of heritage of the Americas
- research implementation projects related to music, such as teaching methodology in early childhood and the impact of music study on early childhood development
- the medical and occupational well-being of music professionals
Grant applications are available on the Academy website: www.grammy.com/grantprogram. The deadline to submit proposals for the 2000-2001 grant cycle is October 1, 2000.
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Out on the Webway!
Clicks for the traveler
www.festivals.com Gets about 7,000 hits per day and is targeted to festival fans and cultural tourists worldwide.
www.hiddenamerica.com A site dedicated to on-the-road Americana. Provides information on activities and places that lie off the beaten path and beyond the interstate.
www.seeamerica.org Offers one-stop shopping information to anyone interested in travel in the United States. The site is an information clearinghouse that consolidates in one place the thousands of sites that already exist for U.S. travel and organizes them in a searchable database.
Tools for the practitioner
www.silosandsmokestacks.org/resources Professional Heritage Resources online is a service of Silos and Smokestacks, Iowa's national Heritage Area. The site offers free downloadable publications, such as The Country Heritage Community Field Trip Guide and Touring for Success.
www.artgsmarketing.org An online project of Arts and Business Council, Inc., funded by the American Express Company. The site provides arts marketing information and resources, including an extensive webliography, and has links to other marketing sites.
www.presstrips.com Media Travel Marketing's site is designed to offer both the travel media and the tourism industry a forum for developing travel editorial coverage and press trip opportunities. The site includes subscription information for Media Connector Newsletter, which provides editorial placement leads and publishes requests from the media for press material and/or press trips.
www.OhioTourism.com/industry/heritage This site's FAQ section will soon include a listing of state cultural heritage tourism coordinators. Please check your state's listing and e-mail any updates to rvarasso@odod.state.oh.us.
Models for everyone
www.mtsu.edu/~then The Heritage Education Network (THEN) offers ideas, lesson plans, activities, resources and links on heritage education. The site is designed to help residents and visitors connect with the history in communities.
www.historytoday.com In preparation for the forthcoming re-launch of the site in the fall, historytoday.com is seeking profiles of museums and other heritage institutions. Forward material and direct any queries to Felicity Jones at f.jones@historytoday.com.
www.arts.state.ms.us/crossroads/main.html The site for Crossroads of the Heart: Creativity and Tradition offers a glimpse of Mississippi's rich cultural traditions in music, quilting, narrative, maritime art and handmade objects, incorporating streaming audio and narrative descriptions.
www.heartlandproject.org The Heartland Project features a series of international exhibitions on the cultures and the histories of the heartlands on both sides of the Atlantic—the American Midwest and Central Europe. With three exhibitions as a foundation, this site will become a gateway to arts and culture in the Midwest, with significant educational and international connections.
Don't forget! Electronic versions of Cultural Tourism News are available in PDF format at www.nasaa-arts.org/new/nasaa/artworks/pubs.shtml. Please share this resource with your colleagues.
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Public Art Forum series begins November 9
Sculptor Kenneth Snelson, who popularized the concept of tensegrity, opens this series Thursday, November 9, 2000. More in our next issue.
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New rainbow art license plate debuts
The Tennessee Arts Commission has released the new Rainbow tag with the quotation "art is ... a rainbow," designed by Burton Callicott. The Tennessee Arts Commission receives 40% of the profits for the ABC grants program. Buy a plate and support the arts.
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