On Thursday, August 27th, from 6:30-9pm at the Arts Council will be hosting their Creative Contacts Series. This session will also include something new, the Artist Swap Meet. Arists will bring any art supplies- an old instrument, a bucketfull of shells, yarn, thread or just about any creative material that’s useless to them but could be a treasure to someone else. Everything that is brought, and taken, is free.
Light fare will be served from 6:30-7:30pm. Artists are encouraged to bring examples of their work to share during the networking portion of the evening. The cost is $10 for the general public, or free for artist and organization members. The Orange County Arts Council is located at the Seligmann Estate, 23 White Oak Drive in Sugar Loaf.
Creative Contacts is a series of artist networking events that encourage collaboration, cooperation and sharing resources. Board President Gary Schuster states that, “Orange County is very large and, for the most part, quite rural. Artists spend long hours in the studio by themselves. What the Arts Council hopes to achieve through Creative Contacts is to get the artists out of their studios, meet creative people from other disciplines, initiate a dialogue, and have a little fun while doing so.”
