TODAY: Day of Action in Support of the Arts

Reposted from tpacartsadvocacy.ning.com. Be sure to sign the petition!

The Day of Action in Support of the Arts is finally here! And so begins our efforts in earnest to help the city council use their business sense (in the words of Karen F),  allocate wisely (Paul W.) and be brave (Ted P.) in allocating funding for TPAC.

There are many things happening today:
Arts for All, Coffee Reception, 7 – 9 AM (Arts for All, 2520 N. Oracle Rd)
The Loft Cinema,  Playing PSA videos all day (The Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway Blvd)
Invisible Theatre, Draping marquee, (Invisible Theatre, 1400 N. 1st Ave)

Downtown beginning at 5:30 pm,  there will be:
Jodi Netzer, a running butoh clown (starting at Maynard’s)
Flam Chen/ Critical Stilts (between Maynards and the library)
Jeff Grubic on sax (Pedestrian bridge between El Presidio Park  and La Placita Village)
Mitzi Dasheya Cowell and pals (Scooters in La Placita Village)
Katie Rutterer and New ARTiculations (La Placita Village Plaza)
To-Reé-Neé  (near the griffin at Scott Ave & 12th Street)
Batucaxé  and Acroyoga (near Armory Park, 6th Ave & 12th Street)
Odaiko Sonora & Lorie Heald (on the Diamondback bridge)

Downtown at dusk (approx. 7:30pm):
Denise Uyehara, Adam Cooper-Teran and friends, video projections (Amtrak depot)

We’ll continue to add actions to the artsdayofaction.org site as we find out about them; send your info to tpacartsadvocacy@gmail.com or send a tweet to @tpacartadvocacy.

Participate in a Virtual Action
Donate your Facebook or Twitter status: Let others know you are participating in the Day of Action in Support of the Arts, link to the videos (artsdayofaction.org/video.php) and encourage your friends to repost.

More Actions to Take in the Upcoming Week
Email blast coming soon: On, Tuesday, May 4, the  City Manager will submit his  recommended FY 2011 budget to the Mayor & Council study;  we will be starting an email blast shortly after.  We’ll send an alert to let you know what the city manager’s budget allocates to TPAC,  suggestions for what to say in an email, and who to email.  We’ll also link to a one-stop webpage that will make it easy to send emails to the elected officials.

Show up: Tuesday, May 11 will be the public hearing on the City of Tucson FY2011  Budget… but you already have that on your calendar, right?  We’ll need everyone to show up with a few friends in tow.  We’ll also need few people ready to speak on behalf of the arts.

Blogger’s note: It’s great to some of the ideas come to fruition that were discussed in TPAC’s forums last spring.