Sorry I’ve been away from the blog for a while, but SO MUCH has been going on with work, especially trying to get some deadlines accomplished before the holidays. Then it snowed Friday. Well, that last one actually has let me get back to blogging where I have time to tell you of some damn good news.
We’re excited to start the New Year off with our New Online Sponsor - Richmond.com – the Region’s number one online source for all things Richmond!
This was a hard decision. There are so many great online resources in RVA, with some being lead by friends. But the content that Richmond.com will offer can not be beat and we think we’ve made a great decision since this will allow visitors to find information easy and the participating sites will receive ample marketing!
This new online guide will launch at the end of December in time to remind you that the January First Fridays Art Walk will be held on Friday, January 8, 2010 – a move necessitated by the New Years Holiday. The guide will soon be found under the ARTS drop-down menu on Richmond.com, and will feature monthly articles and information making experiencing Richmond’s most popular arts and cultural event even easier, such as:
. Articles on featured venues and performers
. Interactive map of First Fridays Art Walk area
. List of nearby restaurants
. Video and photos from Art Walk events
. Updated weather forecast
. Designated Twitter hashtag feed (#rvaff)
Developing an online guide for First Fridays on such a prestigious site as Richmond.com was a perfect match to our program’s growth. We hope to help augment this useful and powerful site by bringing everything you always wanted to know about First Fridays to a much larger online audience. From helping to promote the diverse creative venues, to showcasing “must see” exhibitions and events and helping to guide visitors “off the beaten path”, the new “Richmond.com First Fridays Guide” will be a powerhouse of cool images, video and information. No other program or event has this type of coverage, so collaborating with Richmond.com as our Official Online Sponsor of First Fridays Art Walk 9th Season was a partnership we couldn’t pass up!
Rick Thornton, Chief Connector at Richmond.com, says that, “First Fridays is one of those events that makes you proud to be a Richmonder. We’re very pleased to play a larger role in helping grow First Fridays. We’ll engage our audience with useful and entertaining information about First Fridays. We want to better connect our viewers with the region’s arts scene, and this partnership helps us do that.”
Since 2000, First Firdays Art Walk has put Richmond, Virginia on the national radar as an arts and cultural town, and over the last six years, Curated Culture (that’s us!) has been the nonprofit working behind-the-scenes making First Fridays happen.
Through our mission to inspire community and economic development in the Richmond Region by expanding awareness of and appreciation for arts and culture, Curated Culture has forged many important relationships to expand on these goals in support of Downtown’s creative community and its over 30 diverse businesses and organizations that participate in First Fridays.
We couldn’t do anything though without the generous support of our Presenting Sponsor – UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND!
And the additional support of:
Venture Richmond
Style Weekly – our Print Media Sponsor
Community Idea Stations – Broadcast Media Sponsor
CenterStage
MetroRMedia – the folks that make us look great online!
Tags: Richmond.com
#1 written by JOE February 5th, 2010 at 12:36
You are sadly mistaken if you believe Richmond.Com is all things Richmond…Huh…come on now. Richmond.Com is a corporate joke of a media source for frat boys and sorority girls. I.E. they could care less about art!
#2 written by Christina February 5th, 2010 at 15:04
Oh Joe, I approved your comment so I could say you’re wrong. Sure, not every website’s great, but Rich.com has improved their coverage of the arts and cultural community, providing a wealth of content to its coverage. We greatly appreciate their support of First Fridays and the devotion to our program and helping us with our marketing efforts. I hope you will reconsider your feelings if only alone on helping our organization. Thanks for checking out the blog.