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MAC Partners with Mississippi Development Authority to Offer Training Workshops for Festival Coordinators

DATE:          January 5, 2009 

CONTACT:    Susan Dobbs, MAC Public Relations Director

601/359-6031, sdobbs@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 (MAC) and the Mississippi Development Authority’s Division of Tourism Development are working together to present training workshops for festival coordinators on January 27th and 29th.

The agencies will be hosting the workshops in Ridgeland (on January 27th at the Mississippi Crafts Center) and Indianola (on January 29th at the B.B. King Museum & Delta Interpretive Center). Both meetings will feature presentations aimed at assisting festival coordinators in their work, including sessions on planning, fundraising and utilizing new media for strategic promotion. The sessions will be led by experienced festival coordinators and entertainment industry professionals who have worked on nationally recognized events, including the Juke Joint Festival, Crossroads Film Festival, and Huntsville’s Big Spring Jam.

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 at: www.visitmississippi.org/music/.  For more information on registration, contact Leigh Portwood with Mississippi Development Authority 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, Donna & Jim Barksdale, The Phil Hardin Foundation, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation, the Mississippi Endowment for the Arts at the Community Foundation of Greater Jackson and other public and private sources.  MAC is the official granting and service agency for the arts in Mississippi.  The agency serves as an active supporter and promoter of the arts in community life and in arts education.

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