| FSC students in Boston exhibit
FITCHBURG -- The work of five Fitchburg State College photography students was included in a recent exhibit at the Photographic Resource Center at Boston University. The students were featured as part of the annual 2008 Student Exhibition. Representing Fitchburg State are senior Ashley Brito with her photo "Ayer High," senior Brittany Durgin with her work "Chili Fest," Lauren Davieau with "Yvonne," junior Kiel Szivos with his photo "Corn Field, Templeton," and senior Stephanie Vieira with "Krakow, Poland." The annual event is a showcase of academic diversity among the center's 17 institutional-member schools, which includes Fitchburg State, Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Boston University, Endicott College, Emerson College, Hallmark Institute of Photography, Massachusetts College of Art, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Newbury College, New England Institute of Art, New England School of Photography, Northeastern University, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Simmons College, University of Massachusetts at Lowell and Wellesley College.
Five ‘don’ts’ when attending business networking events
Networking mixers can be a fabulous way to efficiently and effectively develop relationships and grow your business.
However, knowing what to do is essential. There are a number of articles out there with ideas on what to do. Knowing what not to do can be, and often is, even more important.
1. Don�t sell. First of all, more than 90 percent of the people in this world do not like to be sold to, and when they are in public, they like it even less.
The biggest reasons I come across as to why people don�t like networking mixers or events is that a) they are worried they are going to be accosted and sold to or b) they walk in wanting to sell and don�t have success.
Obviously, these two things are diametrically opposed to one another, so both parties will be unsatisfied.
Posters as art
It happens only three times a year in Chicago, New York and San Francisco. "And it's the only time collectors have the opportunity to see so many posters of different ages and different subject matter at one time," says David Pollack, one of the owners and producers of the International Vintage Poster Fair, which takes place Saturday and Sunday at the Chicago Cultural Center. .
Spain to honor Lt. Gov. with knighthood
OLYMPIA � His name�s Brad, but you can call him Don. Lt. Gov. Brad Owen, the second-longest-serving elected official in the statehouse, is about to be granted the Royal Order of Isabel la Catolica on behalf of King Juan Carlos I de Borbon. Translation: Owen is being knighted by Spain. The impending honor � the ceremony�s slated for April 2 � prompted some ribbing from the Senate last week. Will they have to call him �Sir Brad Owen?� one senator asked. �You will be able to address me as Don Brad,� Owen replied, to laughter. �That is the correct term.� His longtime advisor Antonio Sanchez will also be knighted. Owen said in an interview Friday that the ceremony does not entail a sword. And no, he said, he doesn�t expect that anyone will seriously call him Don.
Native artists depend on ash trees
West Michigan's Native American community has good reason to worry about the Emerald Ash Borer, the invasive species that is killing Michigan's ash trees. To indigenous artists who create black ash baskets, the end of the trees could mean the end of a craft that has been passed from generation to generation. "Since the discovery of the EAB in Michigan in 2002, Michigan has lost over 20 million ash trees and the numbers continue to rise," said Kelly Church, of Hopkins. Church, along with her daughter, Cherish Parrish, and basket weaver John Pigeon are nationally recognized Native American artists. All three learned basketry from their elders and are passing their knowledge to a younger generation. Church and Parrish show and sell their work at the National Museum of the American Indian at the Smithsonian in Washington, the Detroit Institute of Arts and the IAIA Museum in Santa Fe.
Chamber of Commerce News
The Chamber of Commerce will be profiling one or two members each week in the Sounder.
And, the Go Gabriola Brochure has gone to print and will be available at the office in the next two weeks. Please call if you would like copies set aside, 247-9332.
Artworks
Almost everyone on Gabriola knows Kathy Ramsey, owner of Artworks. Her community spirit and support of island artists is nearly unparalleled. On top of being a single mom of three teenagers and owning two Artwork�s locations, she is president of Gabriola Arts Council, on the Board of the Gabriola Radio Society, and the Dancing Man Festival and has previously been on the Chamber of Commerce and Gabriola Co-op preschool Boards. She�s also hoping to expand Artwork�s cheeky little sister, the Bungalow on the Bay, by introducing a whole line of silly �must-haves.
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