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July Updates from Creative Flagstaff

Creative Flagstaff is pleased to share that the Digital Resource Center (DRC) at the Coconino Center for the Arts has released the lineup of classes and workshops for fall 2022 available to the public.

Members save 10% OR MORE on registration fees. Interested in membership? Learn more & become a member here.

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Your Website: A Digital Transformation Workshop

Instructor: Dina Barnese

Websites are critical for nonprofits and small businesses: A good website will set your brand apart and convert visitors into customers, volunteers, or donors. Topics will include information architecture, usability, accessibility, content creation, design, and integrations. You will walk away with the skills to update or build a website that is tailored to your organization’s goals and that captures your target audience and turns them into stakeholders.

Digital Marketing

Instructor: Dina Barnese

The thought of marketing can be overwhelming when you are trying to run your nonprofit or small business. There are so many ways to go about it! Even so, it’s important to understand how digital marketing can play a critical role in your success. In this series, we will explore audience, digital marketing channels, content creation, and learn how to build a marketing strategy.

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Podcast Launch: Six Week Podcasting Intensive

Instructor: Laurel Morales

In six sessions guided by a facilitator with 20 years of NPR journalism and podcast production experience, you’ll find a clear voice for your podcast within a storytelling framework. Through listening sessions, discussions, and hands-on tutorials, you will finish the course with a constructed podcast episode. Participants will give and receive feedback and support in a safe creative environment.

Does it Podcast?

Instructor: Laurel Morales

Join longtime public radio reporter and 2 Lives creator Laurel Morales for a conversation about this intimate medium that 37% of Americans consume. This lecture, listening session, and discussion will explore elements of story, writing for the ear, and finding your voice. She’ll provide insight into how accessible podcasting is and a blueprint for you to decide if your idea podcasts.

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Photographing Flagstaff’s Dark Skies: Astrophotography Basics & Insights

Instructor: John Gartin

By popular demand, we are offering a second session of this NightVisions workshop. Learn approaches to Astrophography in a combined classroom and field-based workshop with Flagstaff astrophotographer John Gartin.

Photographing Flagstaff’s Dark Skies: Astrophotography Post-Processing

Instructor: John Gartin

The course will introduce various editing apps from basic to advanced; the advantages and limitations of file types (JPEG, RAW); how to start post-processing right away with introductory knowledge; and conclude with introductions to several advanced post-processing tips and tricks, including creating a panorama and image stacking.

John Gartin

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Arizona Commission on the Arts Executive Directory Anne L’Ecuyer speaking at the 14th Annual Viola Awards

On June 28th, the state of Arizona legislature passed the Fiscal Year 2023 budget securing a historic investment for the arts in Arizona. The $5 million appropriation to the Arizona Commission on the Arts is the largest investment in the arts in the history of Arizona. Arizona’s per capita funding for the arts is now comparable to neighboring states such as New Mexico and Nevada.

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Upcoming events at Coconino Center for the Arts

NightVisions: Cultural Interpretations of the Night Sky
Now – August 27

NightVisions: Cultural Interpretations of the Night Sky . Gallery hours Wednesday – Saturday, 11 am – 5 pm and by appointment. Members visit for free, $10 suggested donation for non-members. Not a member? Join today! Become a member.

Member’s only NIGHTCAP event
Thursday, July 21, 6-9 pm

Members will enjoy an intimate viewing of the exhibition “NightVisions: Cultural Interpretations of the Night Sky” and twilight viewing of the exterior video installation SKYGLOWPROJECT. Flagstaff Dark Skies Coalition members will be providing telescopes and interpretive star gazing.

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NightVisions: 21 Tiny Dances

Saturday, July 23, 7 – 9 pm

21 short solo, duet and trio dance/movements representing the number of comets Carolyn Shoemaker witnessed near Jupiter. Performers will include guest artists from Flagstaff and greater Arizona. Images of Jupiter will be projected behind and on the dancers.

Damian Jurado with Chris Pureka

Saturday, July 30

8 – 10:30 pm

Presented by Greenhouse Productions.

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Join us for NIGHTCAP
Thursdays: August 4 & 18

Enjoy a twilight viewing experience 6-9 pm on the first and third Thursdays of each month during NightVisions. Evening hours enable viewing of the exterior video installation SKYGLOWPROJECT at dusk, and an intimate exhibition experience in the gallery. $10 suggested donation, free for CCA members. Beer, wine, cocktails, and other refreshments available for purchase.

David Koerner & Dark Sky Quartet

Saturday, August 20, 7 – 8:30 pm

Dark Sky Quartet brings together violinists Allison O’Bryant and David Koerner, violist Kimberly Sullivan, and cellist Mary Anne Bruner to adorn the landscapes and skyscapes of Northern Arizona with befitting works of chamber music. Benefit concert for Coconino Center for the Arts and the Dark Skies Coalition.