Posted by Larry Field on January 31, 2017, 11:35 am Edited by board administrator February 1, 2017, 3:30 am
As coordinator of ArtWalk 2017, I would like to thank the following people for making the event the huge success it was.
* Rennie Holley: for her tireless work at many tasks too long to list, including design and production, registration, venues, children's art, flyers. * Katherine McCollough: for registration, finances, name tags and much more. * Pamala Field: for children's art programs, T-shirt distribution, and much more. * Brian Johnson: for the huge job of advertising, design and production, and T-shirt design and production. * Lynda Earley: T-shirt production. * La Catalina Foundation Staff (Alberto, Lorena, Gardenia): for organization of student volunteers, coordination of manufacture of fridge magnets and personalized crafts, setup the student art displays, T-shirt design contest, and various other pick up tasks. * Annie and Dick Olson: poster distribution, name tags * Mazinka Rutherford: setting up and removal of signage. * Stephanie Wunner: coordinating children's art contest. * Anne Wheeler, Carol Lopez, Ani Mac: poster distribution. * Linda Koenig: Children's art contributions and set up of displays, poster distribution. * Susan Davenport: bus coordination, Art Walk storage space. * LaManzanilla.info (Daniel), Visitlamanzanilla.com (June), Tomzap.com (Tom): for posting announcements and ads, and downloadable maps. * Aby and Staff of Galeria La Manzanilla: handling registrations and displaying/selling ArtWalk T'shirts. * La Catalina Scholarship Students: assisting with student art displays, distribution of flyers and posters, making fridge magnets, and staffing the donation tables. * Business Sponsors: 20 generous contributors of venue space and funding contributions. These are listed in the brochure. * People of La Manazanilla: who, nine years in, continue to enthusiastically support Art Walk.
Next week we will post a financial statement and explain our plan for distribution of funds in support of children's art.
I had the privilege, honour and pleasure of having my first exhibit in the 2017 Art Walk. The extensive acknowledgement from Larry is testament to the success of this event. At my booth, I met people making the trip for the Art Walk from Santiago and Melaque. The word of mouth reports may be another catalyst in putting this hidden jewel of a town on the map. oops..
I am proud to call this community my home-away-from-home.
I second that, and thanks so much to you, Larry, let's not forget you!
It takes a lot to plan this, manage it, and look after all the details. It can be really stressful, at times, making sure nothing is overlooked. But when there is commitment, it all comes together as a beautiful event.
I am grateful, as are all the citizens and businesses here. We better be careful, we might even put our village on the map!