The Second Annual Artists Under the Dome Event
2008
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Massachusetts State House's Great Hall
A Free Event for Massachusetts Artists Working in all Disciplines
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The First Annual Artists Under the Dome Event
November 8th,
2007 from 10am to 3pm
Massachusetts
State House's Great Hall
A Free Event for Massachusetts Artists Working in all Disciplines
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts invited Massachusetts artists working in all disciplines (visual arts, literary, performing, crafts, new media, etc.) to the State House on Thursday, November 8th to thank them for all they contribute to our state's economy and quality of life. A 100 artists attended the event!
Our individual artists are corner stones of the foundation of our culture and our creative economy. This all day event, Artists Under the Dome, will become an annual event for our state to honor our individual artists and for artists to become more engaged with state policy makers.
The day included remarks from legislators and other state officials who want your participation in the legislative process! There was a networking brown bag lunch, artists visited their legislators' offices, and State House tours.
This event was brought to you by the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development, the Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies, Treasurer Tim Cahill, the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development, and the Artists Foundation.
Event Schedule See what officials spoke at the event.
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Note: Artists were welcome to attend, even if they could only attend some of the scheduled events (ie they could only attend the brown bag lunch, etc.)- but were urged to rsvp!
Directions and Parking Information:
The State House is a public building and you can visit it during its public hours anytime you want to! There are free public tours of the building.
The Street Address of the State House is 24 Beacon Street Boston MA 02133. It is the building with the large gold dome as pictured on this website. Due to the lack of parking, the use of public transportation is encouraged.
There are three public entrances to the State House: (1) Hooker entrance on Beacon Street at the front of the building (2) Bowdoin Street entrance (handicapped accessible) in front right corner of the building (3) Ashburton Park entrance (handicapped accessible) off Bowdoin Street near rear of building. We are asking artists (who can use stairs) to use the Hooker entrance.
The event took place in the Great Hall on the Second Floor of the State House.
For more detailed directions and parking information: http://www.sec.state.ma.us/trs/trsdir/diridx.htm
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The Artists Foundation would like to thank the following:
Chairman Turkington for reserving the Great Hall for this event and his support; Chairman Senator Joyce, Chairman Representative Bosley, Chairman Senator Hart, Treasurer Cahill, and Secretary OšConell for their support of this event; Suzette Waters for her help and guidance; the Staff Members of State House Working Group: Tara Rendon, Leanne Martin, Alexis Zukowski, Matt Gaines, Sarah MacDonald, Monica Garlick, and Allyson Holmes; Chairman Turkingtonšs Staff: Jodi Lanza, Jon Wilson, Mark Robbins and Kate Cone for all of their help; Liz Nofziger and Ean White for their help on the website: www.artistsunderthedome.org.; all the Members of the Artists Foundation Board- especially Alexis Dunfee, Liora Beer, and Craig Bailey, and members of our Advisory Board: Leika Akiyama, Matt Barron, Jeff Carpenter, and Kathy Hart.
Thank you also to Image Production Services of Worcester. Especially to Darren Lussier and Tom Barrows of Image Production Services in Worcester for the donation of their sound equipment and expertise. www.imageproductionservices.com 508-757-3331
Posters for the event were donated by Patricia Sands, President of the Sir Speedy Summer Street Team located in the Fort Point artist neighborhood at 266 Summer Street, Boston. www.sirspeedy8119.com 617-451-6491
