163 [S3E10]: The Arts Alliance of Greater Bloomington Acquires "By Hand Gallery" ...and Prepares to Re-Brand Itself

Our guests today are from the Arts Alliance of Greater Bloomington. It serves as sort of an arts chamber of commerce, representing six types of arts genres --  visual, literary, music, dance, theatre/film, and galleries/venues/festivals. Artists or organizations in each genre have very different needs, but all genres are represented on the Arts Alliance's Board of Directors. The organization owns the Arts Alliance Center in College Mall, and has just taken over management of the By Hand Gallery, a 45-year old co-op art gallery on the Courthouse Square.We talked with Alliance executive director Charles Pearce and board president Henry Leck on First Friday about their services, and the organization's formation, in the wake of the 2011 management crisis involving the Waldron Arts Center that led to the demise of the Bloomington Area Arts Council. (This episode was recorded on February 7, also known as First Friday or Gallery Walk Bloomington, the date each month when 14 downtown galleries nearby each other coordinate to stay open until 8 pm to encourage evening visitors.) We also talk about next month's First Friday, when the Alliance will throw an event at Fountain Square Ballroom called "Gala Round the Table", at which they'll celebrate the founders of By Hand,...and announce the Alliance's new name, brand and logo.Support the showA production of Plateia Media ©2024-5. All rights reserved.