What A Night!
March 7, 2009
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Thank you to everyone – volunteers, attendees, faculty, sponsors, friends - who supported and attended last night’s main event. Wow! The largest crowd ever made there way to DU to support Arts Administration and our quest to send students to National Arts Advocacy Day. Send us your photos and visit our Flickr photostream.
24 Hours and Counting…
March 5, 2009
We’ll see YOU Friday night! March 6th from 7pm to 9pm,at Bossone Research Center for Drexel’s Arts Administration Graduate Student 6th Annual Art Auction.
You’ll enjoy networking, open wine & beer bar, music from the Jazztet, and bidding on awesome art to help support the Arts Administration Graduate Student Association.
Experience the art of business while supporting the business of art! The auction includes artwork made by local artists and the abundant raffles have much to do during Spring Break: almost every arts ticket in town, restaurants, and overnight stays.
$10 Drexel student with current ID | $15 general public
Come, have fun, make connections, and walk away a winner
Bella Italia! Cadance Hinkle
March 5, 2009
Cadance is busy working, behind this flower
Cadance Hinkle joined Pennsylvania Horitcultural Society’s development office in August 2008, and assists with the Annual Fund, upper level membership, and annual Azalea Garden Party.
Cadance is working hard, completing the end of her second quarter of the Arts Administration program AND helping Bella Italia! – her first Philadelphia Flower Show – come to life at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Congratulations Cadance – thank you for your support of the auction and for helping to bring Spring a little early.
Artist Spotlight: Eli J. VandenBerg
March 4, 2009
Eli J. VandenBerg received his BFA in Printmaking from Arcadia University and his MFA in Printmaking at Pratt Institute. He now works as the Gallery Store Manager at The Print Center, a non-profit Gallery in Philadelphia. He has shown both nationally and internationally, including participating in The National Queer Arts Festival and The William Way Gay and Lesbian Community Center’s 30th Anniversary Exhibition.
Eli’s work has also appeared in many books and magazines including the anthology Self-Organizing Men: Conscious Masculinities in Time and Space published in 2006 by Homofactus Press. He most recently concluded a solo show consisting of five years of prints and drawings at the William Way GLBT Community Center in Philadelphia.
Pictured above is the piece donated to the Art Auction – Hewson and Belgrade, 2009, ink on paper. Thank you for this beautiful addition, Eli! Make sure to see more of his work at www.elivandenberg.com.
The Philadelphia Orchestra Association: Jon Hummel
March 2, 2009
Fellow Arts Administration student, Electronic Media Coordinator at the Philadelphia Orchestra, new adjunct professor for the online Graduate Arts Administration Program at Drexel (in Technology and Marketing the Arts), freelance musician: Jon Hummel has certainly made his mark on Philadelphia. Check out more on Jon by visiting his blog.
In his current position as Electronic Media Coordinator, Jon plays an integral role in the development and execution of innovative technological initiatives, including the Global Concert Series. In addition, he is directly involved with production and marketing for the Orchestra’s online audio distribution strategy, podcast production, internal marketing for commercial CD releases, and royalty administration. In the future, Jon plans to become a freelance podcast producer for non-profit arts organizations in Philadelphia and the surrounding area in addition to his position with the Orchestra.
Go Jon! Thanks for all you do and for your generous support of the AAGA Art Auction.
