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| | | | REGISTER FOR ARTS, CULTURE & TOURISM LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS FRIDAY JAN. 13, 3:30PM |
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| Please register to attend, by Zoom, the first meeting this legislative session of the Arts, Culture and Tourism Legislative Caucus. Included in the agenda is the presentation of the Connecticut Funding Roadmap for Arts, Culture & Tourism, an important first step in turning these proposals, for more substantial and reliable funding for CT Arts, Culture and Tourism from the legislature, into legislation. Please attend if you can.
From Representative Dorinda Borer:
Hello Legislators and Community/Industry Stakeholders- As we get ready to ring in a New Year, our Arts Culture & Tourism Caucus is ready to go! To that end, myself and Senator Heather Somers are excited to invite you to our kick off meeting for the 2023 year! A number of stakeholders across these sectors have been working hard over the last year on developing a strategic roadmap for 2023 and beyond. We're looking forward to diving in with you all and developing our plan for this legislative session! The meeting will take place on Friday 1/13, will be held virtually and run from 3:30p.m. – 5:00p.m. REGISTER FIRST HERE: Here's the agenda: - Welcome and opening remarks - Rep Borer, Sen Somers, Rep Parker
- Arts, Culture, and Tourism Consortium Roadmap Presentation - Jason Mancini, CT Humanities; Frank Burns, CT Tourism Coalition; Brett Thompson, CT Arts Alliance
- DECD Presentation - CT Office of the Arts, CT Office of Tourism
- Proposed legislation and next steps - Sen Somers, Rep Parker
Please note, this meeting is open to all legislators as well as industry supporters. Representative Dorinda Borer & Senator Heather Somers Arts, Culture, and Tourism Caucus Co-Chairs |
| | | CELEBRATE OUR LOCAL ARTS HERO MARICARMEN GODOY WED. JAN. 18, 2023, 6PM INFINITY MUSIC HALL, HARTFORD |
| | | Register here to attend, free of charge, The Connecticut Arts Hero Awards on Wednesday, January 18, 2023 at 6 pm at Infinity Music Hall in Hartford. The event is free and open to the public. The Arts Hero Awards honor and celebrate Connecticut residents who are doing inspiring work in, for, or through the arts in Connecticut.
Congratulations to the Arts Hero for our region: MARICARMEN GODOY of Norwalk.
Maricarmen was nominated by CAFC readers, and selected by a CAFC regional panel: Elaine Braithwaite (Bridgeport Public Library), Frank Derico (Neighborhood Studios), and Megan Quinn (Fairfield Theatre Company).
Maricarmen is a journalist, artist manager and philanthropist. She belongs to the fifth generation of a family of musicians from Ecuador. Maricarmen began singing sacred music from an early age, and made a living as a singer while she finished her journalism degree from Universidad Central de Ecuador. She migrated to the United States in 1997 with her daughter, Angie, who is an award-winning violinist and cultural entrepreneur.
As a citizen artist and cultural promoter, Maricarmen saw a need to advocate for emerging artists who are pursuing their international careers. Her community work began at the Ecuadorian Civic Center in Danbury and she is a founding member for what is now the Ecuadorian Civic Committee of Stamford.
In 2021, Maricarmen founded En Vivo con Maricarmen, a non-profit organization that uplifts Latin-American artists. Throughout the pandemic, her philanthropic work directly supported musicians, sound engineers, and video editors in times when the stages were closed and artists were in crisis.
As a journalist, Maricarmen amplifies community arts and cultural events. She is an editor for La Voz Hispana de Connecticut, a Spanish newspaper based in New Haven, and the anchor of En Vivo con Maricarmen, a Spanish radio news show on 103.5FM La Voz Radio. Maricarmen is a contributor to the Fairfield County Catholic newspaper, where she writes articles in Spanish. She serves as a volunteer bilingual translator and artist liaison for INTEMPO in Stamford.
Other Arts Heroes include:
STEWART WILSON, NEW HARTFORD
SOSSE BAKER, CHESTER
MATT CONWAY, EAST GRANBY BILL GEDDES, WOODBURY
JIM FELICE, RIDGEFIELD
CRISTIN RIVERA, NIANTIC
RICHARD WHITE, COVENTRY
KEVIN DIAZ, NEW HAVEN
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