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State Arts Commission and Tourism Department offer Training Workshops for Festival Coordinators

DATE:            January 3, 2008

CONTACT:     Larry Morrisey, MAC Heritage Director

                   601/359-6036 or morrisey@arts.state.ms.us

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

JACKSON— Mississippi’s arts and cultural festivals are an important tool in community development. That’s why the Mississippi Arts Commission and the Mississippi Development Authority’s Division of Tourism Development are working together to present training workshops for festival coordinators on January 22nd and 24th.

The agencies will be hosting the workshops in Starkville (on January 22nd at the Historic Chester Hotel) and Gulfport (on January 24th at the Jefferson Davis campus of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College). Both meetings will feature presentations aimed at assisting festival coordinators in their work, including sessions on promotions, increasing volunteers, and developing a crafts component for an event. The sessions will be led by experienced festival coordinators and entertainment industry professionals who have worked on nationally recognized events, including Memphis in May and The Tennessee Craft Fair.

The event is free of charge for individuals who coordinate Mississippi-based arts or cultural festivals, but reservations are required. The brochure for the workshops (which includes the full agenda and response card) is available online on the Arts Commission’s website at: www.arts.state.ms.us.

For more information on registration, contact Leigh Portwood with Office of Tourism at (601) 359-3061 . 

The Mississippi Arts Commission is a state agency, funded by the Mississippi legislature, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Wallace Foundation, and other public and private sources.

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Festival Brochure - PDF(382 KB)

Registration Form - Microsoft Word (48 KB)

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