Business Alliance of Kingston Hosts MAD Breakfast

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The Business Alliance of Kingston (BAK) hosted a yummy breakfast at PAKT Restaurant on September 21 to introduce Midtown businesses to the growing Midtown Arts District. "BAK is committed to strategies to improve business and accelerate revitalization,…

Presentation for Common Council Tour

Power Point for Council Tour 10-26-15

Follow-up meeting to Kingston candidates tour of 10/26 Arts District

A meeting was held on 10/26 in which current Common Council members, County legislators, mayoral candidates, and candidates for the first two positions were invited to hear a presentation from with a core group of the Midtown Arts District committee…

Kingston Arts District Subcommittee Meeting Minutes 9/15/2015

Kingston Arts District Subcommittee Meeting Time and Date: September 15, 2015.12:00-1:00 Location: Green Room at UPAC Kingston, NY Chaired by: Ruth Ann Frank, DOD Bardavon/UPAC and Anne Bailey, Principal, Bailey Pottery Equipment and Ceramic…
The Invisible Dog

A New Kind of Interdisciplinary Arts Center

The Invisible Dog Art Center in Brooklyn opened in October, 2009, a raw space in a vast converted factory building with a charmed history and an open-ended mission: to create, from the ground up, a new kind of interdisciplinary arts center.…

Advocacy & Liaison Meeting Minutes 8/21/2015

Kingston/Art District Advocacy & Liaison Meeting Meeting: August 21, 2:30-4:00 pm (Friday) R&F Handmade Paints Attendees: Linda Marston-Reid, Arts Mid-Hudson; Jordan Scruggs, Assoc. Pastor & Director of Outreach at Saint James United…

Programming/Events/Public Art/Education Committee Meeting Minutes 9/13/2015

Events Walking tours Utilize the already existing venues - The Anchor, Keegans, 721, Lace Mill, UPAC, Art Bar, Tony’s Green spaces closing off Broadway Pop Ups - utilize empty store fronts Public Art Murals Sculptures Tech and art…

Midtown Arts District Communications & Branding Workgroup meeting minutes from 7/29/2015

Below in the meeting minutes are some discussion points that came up during our face to face meeting on 7/27 and they ranged far and wide. However, we did decide that we should utilize two mechanisms to communicate privately as a group for now,…

Planning, Concept, Vision/Boundaries subcommittee status

Attached report that Ray and Kitty put together for the Aug. 21 meeting of the Planning, Concept, Vision/Boundaries subcommittee. I will shortly be sending out the report on the Advocacy and Liaison subcommittee meeting that was also on the…

Nashville City Branding: Beyond the Music of the Music City

Branding a city is about investing in a long-term and practical approach to articulate the image and reputation of the place. To do this requires assessing a city’s specific strengths and policies, and aligning them towards a single big idea.…

Identity for East London Art Walk

Here's a good example of branding and the supporting visual design system. The Beautiful Meme has created the identity for The Line – a new art walk in east London that links the 02 and the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. The walk includes a…