The Arts Alliance is a membership organization of individual artists, performance ensembles, arts-related organizations, arts advocates and arts-community stakeholders working together to promote and protect the global interests of all artists in the greater Bloomington area by providing a forum for networking and advocacy.

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If you wish to contact a Steering Committee member, have questions about the Arts Alliance or about the arts in Bloomington in general, or wish to participate in Arts Alliance activities please email us at info@bloomingtonarts.org.

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Artists After Hours will meet Wednesday, May 23 at 5:30 pm at the Monroe County Library, room 1-c.

The topic this month is Pursuing one's artistic passions upon retirement, presented in conjunction with the Creative Aging Festival with Julie Hill.

The next Steering Committee meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday, June 6th at 8:00 pm at the Allison-Jukebox Community Center.

All Arts Alliance meetings are open to the public. All artists and arts stakeholders in the greater Bloomington arts community are invited to attend.

Strategic planning for the AAGB will begin May 15 with Michael Shermis as facilitator. For more information, and if you would like to participate, please contact us at info@bloomingtonarts.org.

The Steering Committee has formed the following action committees:

Governance Committee

Finance Committee

Membership/Programming Committee

Website Committee

If you wish to get pro-actively involved, please email us at info@bloomingtonarts.org.

 

The current Steering Committee representatives for each arts genre are:

Advocates:

Kerry Conway

At-large Artists:

Guy Hardy, BCB, BSO, SIWE
Alycin Bektesh, WFHB

Festivals, Venues & Producers:

Gail Hale
Aaron Steele

Music:

Kim Stephans, BCB, BSO & SIWE
Jeffrey Huntsman, Voces Novae

Theatre & Dance:

Erin Parks-Garvey
Georgiana Dent

Visual Arts:

Joanne Shank, VAGUE
Adam Nahas, Trained Eye Arts

Writers:

Tony Brewer
Michael Simmons, Writers Guild

If you wish to contact a Steering Committee member, have questions about the arts in general or about the Alliance, or wish to participate in Arts Alliance activities please email us at info@bloomingtonarts.org.

 

Download a membership application here, and bring it to the Steering Committee meeting
OR mail with dues to:

Arts Alliance of Greater Bloomington
PO Box 3294
Bloomington, IN  47402

Membership categories:

$25 students & over 65
$35 individual
$45 organization

Benefits of membership will develop to include:

1. Helping form the unified voice of all artists in the Greater Bloomington Area.
   
2. Access to networking and advocacy opportunities.
   
3. Inclusion in the Arts Alliance individual artist and arts organization directory online, (coming soon!).
   
4. Discounts & other benefits as they become available.