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Creative Washtenaw interim director outlines spring and fall programs, invites Art Commission to partner
Summary
Anna Gersh, interim director of Creative Washtenaw, presented the organization’s spring programs and outreach plans — including Traveling Sound Museum dates, an Oct. 15 art party at Washtenaw Community College, and the Power Art utility-box project — and invited commission members to join events and collaborate on promotion.
Anna Gersh, interim director of Creative Washtenaw, presented a roundup of Creative Washtenaw activities and invited members of the Ann Arbor Public Art Commission to partner on events and outreach.
Gersh said the Traveling Sound Museum will visit Odindi Freedom School on May 15 and Ypsilanti Community Middle School on May 22. She also described a members’ art party on Oct. 15 at Washtenaw Community College and said organizers plan an art fair, panel discussion and membership-focused programming. “It’s free and open to the public,” Gersh said of the Traveling Sound Museum dates.
Gersh described Creative Washtenaw as “the only professional organization for the arts and creative industries in Washtenaw County” and listed recent projects, including the Power Art campaign that has placed a total of 47 painted utility-box artworks around the city, 11 of them newly installed. She said Creative Washtenaw has partnered with groups such as House Into Home and with local businesses to secure food donations and community participation.
Commission members asked about outreach and partnership: Gersh invited the commission to the organization’s happy hour on May 28 at Ugly Dog Distillery in Chelsea and to the May 16 cultural leaders forum at the Ruthven office. Several commissioners said Creative Washtenaw could help publicize commission programs such as the Golden Paintbrush and the commission’s planned grants.
Gersh also described connections between Creative Washtenaw and Groundcover News, a local street paper sold by vendors experiencing high levels of poverty; she said Groundcover’s annual arts issue and vendor-support efforts align with Creative Washtenaw’s membership work.
The commission agreed to follow up and consider assigning a working group or individual commissioners to coordinate participation in Creative Washtenaw events and cross-promotion.
