A reminder - and a request to spread word to your networks - about RICH's FREE Skill Share Workshops. These are all lunchtime workshops from 12 - 1:30 p.m. Participants are asked to bring their own brown bag lunches. RICH will provide beverages and cookies. Thanks for your help getting the word out!
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WORKSHOP # 1
Tuesday, May 12: Slater Mill HIstoric Site, 67 Roosevelt Ave, Pawtucket, RI 02860
Planning Your Exhibition on a Shoestring: Tricks for making your budget exhibition look like a million bucks! Learn what you should spend money on and where you can cut costs.
Presenters:
Marjory O'Toole, Managing Director of the Little Compton Historical Society. Marjory has been involved in four special exhibition projects for the Society in recent years. Each has had a modest budget but produced professional results and generated very positive reactions from the local community. Marjory is a graduate of Brown University and has worked for over 20 years in the non-profit sector raising funds and developing public programs.
Andrian Paquette, Curator at Slater Mill. Andrian has curated and managed several exhibitions for Slater Mill, including the recent Pawtucket Falls exhibition.
Meg Rotzel and Rosie Branson Gill, Co-curators of Art+History, an exhibit currently up at the John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage at Brown University. Art+History is an exhibition and community programming series about the processes of interpreting history. Art+History is a catalyst for conversation about how historical narrative is crafted and a different model for engaging audiences in historical sites and museums through contemporary artwork. Visit the project's website at http://artplushistory.wordpress.com/. Meg and Rosie are recent graduates of the master's in public humanities program at Brown.
Ted Peffer, president, iolabs inc, a Pawtucket-based photographic, fine art and display imaging studio. iolabs has worked with many major museums, organizations and institutions, providing exhibit display and interior photographic panels, event display graphics and interior decor services. Additionally, iolabs provides large and small format archival, printed reproductions and editions of historic or contemporary works of fine art, photographs and illustration.
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WORKSHOP # 2
Wednesday, May 13: AS220, 115 Empire St. Providence, RI 02903
Surviving as a Freelancer: Three project directors under the age of 30 share some tips for making ends meet.
Presenters:
Reza Clifton, Online Publisher, Freelance Writer, Independent Radio Producer; Project Director for Rhode 2 Africa - A Concert Series and an Interview/Podcast Series and Video on RezaRitesRi.com.
Matthew Lawrence, Project Director for NotAbouttheBuildings.com, The Library Show, Adult Spelling Bee, Dead-In and many other literary and arts based community happenings.
Paul McCarthy, Independent Radio Producer for Not Your Classroom and What's What Radio.
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WORKSHOP # 3
Monday, May 18: RI EDC, 315 Iron Horse Way, Providence, RI 02908 (directions/map at http://www.riedc.com/contact)
The Biggest Little: Easy and free ways to promote your organization and project in Lil' Rhody and beyond! Come learn how to enhance your web presence...for free!
Presenters:
Mark Brodeur, Director of Tourism at the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation. Mark is responsible for implementing and managing the activities of the Tourism Division, which includes managing the division's staff, communications, publications, trade events, marketing programs and tourism research. Mark is a 25-year veteran of the tourism and hospitality industry.
Leah Nahmias, is a 2009 graduate of Brown's Masters of Public Humanities program where she researched and co-developed a public humanities toolbox for non-profits to assist in creating great websites using freeware. Leah graduated from Indiana University in 2004 with a B.A. in History, a certificate in Jewish Studies, and a minor in East Asian Languages and Cultures. With all of these incredibly practical degrees in hand and a spirit of idealism in her heart, she joined Teach For America and moved to Charlotte, North Carolina. For three years she taught different versions of U.S. history—standard, ESL, inclusion, AP, IB History of the Americas—and AVID at West Charlotte High School. These various experiences, professional and personal, got her thinking about how individuals and communities think about the past, where they encounter “history,” and the challenges of making these processes accessible and meaningful.
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Thank you to all who answered our Preservation Alert and contacted your state senators and Committee on Corporations members urging them to support 
Dan Santos, Educational Programs and Services Manager at the 
This fall PPS will re-launch its Adult Educational Programs by taking a look at the 
Bookings are still being accepted for our Spring 2009 Children's Heritage Education Tours, which are led Monday through Friday at 10:00 a.m., through June 12. 
Please stop by the Nightingale-Brown House to view the graduate thesis project 
PPS celebrates the 30th Anniversary of its 
Commercial tenant sought for lovely garden-level office space in historic building. Office approximately 400 square feet, it features a row of windows with a view of the tranquil Shakespeare's Head Garden and plenty of natural light. Monthly rent is $650. Terms: Long-term, triple-net lease. Contact Kristi Agniel at (401) 749-5008.
