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Mississippi Arts Commission and State Tourism Offer Training Workshops for Festival Coordinators

DATE:             January 3, 2007

CONTACT:     Susan Dobbs, Public Relations Director                                       601-359-6031 or 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 and the Mississippi Development Authority’s Division of Tourism Development are working together to present training workshops for festival coordinators on January 16th and 18th.

The agencies will be hosting the workshops in Natchez (on January 16th at the Convention Center) and Clarksdale (on January 18th at Clarksdale Station). Both meetings will feature presentations aimed at assisting festival coordinators in their work, including sessions on promotions, artist relations, and developing corporate sponsorships. The sessions will be led by experienced festival coordinators who work (or have worked) on nationally recognized events or publications, including the Blues Festivals Guide, the National Black Arts Festival in Atlanta and Bele Chere Festival in Asheville, North Carolina.

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 the workshops, contact Kimberly Green with Office of Tourism at (601) 359-3424 . 

 

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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