Note: I will be compiling events which (I hope) will help students from various arts disciplines connect with business students to form innovative opportunities to collaborate and build creative knowledge. While my goal is to list as many resources as possible, I realize that many Madison area events may slip through. Please feel free to post a comment with amendments and/or additions to my Arts Enterprise Madison Arts Events Roundup post. Occasionally, I will include some regional and national events as they pertain to feedback I have received from students.... if you have anything to add, please don't hesitate to add to our list! Enjoy!
Musicians' Wellness Day, UW-Madison, 1321 Humanities
This past weekend saw a fantastic new event at UW-Madison in the School of Music titled 'Musicians' Wellness Day'. Sponsored and hosted by the UW-MTNA Collegiate Chapter, this interactive event saw over two dozen participants engage with faculty, staff, and student leaders from the music, dance, recreation/fitness, and nutrition departments!
We explored creative ways of defining musical movement through out own physical instrument, delved into a lecture/demonstration of the Feldenkrais method (if anyone is not familiar with this technique, check out the following site: http://www.feldenkraisinstitute.org/), and closed the day off with forty-five minutes of yoga. Oh, and I almost forgot the healthy, home-made treats afterwards which proved a satisfactory reward for all the effort.
After four-plus hours of physical activity we were all exhausted, but also invigorated with a renewed energy and awareness of the physical link between our bodies and music-making. I hope everyone who attended enjoyed the day as much as I did. Please post a comment about what you enjoyed about the event, and anything you'd like to see added or investigated again in future events. You can also check out the UW-MTNA page at: http://www.uwmtna.com/.
Looking ahead to the next few weeks one will find a wide range of events in the Madison arts calendar; I have a goal to create an AE Madison Events Roundup, with a full schedule of our upcoming meetings and sponsored events. This would ideally be a collaborative effort, so if you have arts events in Madison you'd like AE Madison to keep up with, please let me know!
Keep on the lookout for that as we develop our projects and event offerings. For now, though, check out these two exciting regional events which promise more opportunities for exploring the fun stuff that we all got a glimpse of at the AE Symposium earlier this month.
1) SEA North Conference, North Central College, Lisle, IL Feb. 27-28th 2009
This sounds like a great conference, one which is both highly student-centered and offers valuable opportunities to meet, mingle, and receive feedback. Artists, musicians, and entrepreneurial-minded students will have the opportunity to engage in a series of activites including: Inside the Industry Panels, Artist Led One-on-One Sessions, Performances, Art Show, Journal Blog, Jam Sessions, and more. For registration information, check out the website at: http://www.seasource.org/register.php
2) Springboard on the Road, Beloit Arts Incubator, Beloit, WI March 13-14th 2009
Springboard will present two workshops including one on "Marketing for Artists" and another for "Pricing Your Work: Getting Paid for What You Do." Don't miss these exciting events literally on Madison's doorstep! Springboard was here for the AE Symposium and people were raving at how helpful, knowledgeable, and creative the staff is. Springboard Website: http://www.springboardforthearts.org/Workshops/Workshop.asp
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