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Jan/Feb '12 Featured Artist Member - Loretta Tryon Lehigh Valley Arts Box Office A message from the Executive Director Jan/Feb '12 Featured Artist Member - Loretta Tryon My work seeks and translates forms found in nature and designs I create. I thrive on the spontaneity of creating one design that leads to the next in my work. I’m inspired by the human form, organic forms, patterns and my drawings. Positive and negative spaces play a prominent role in designing. By creating new templates and exploring the enduring qualities of metal I create jewelry and sculpture, balancing between chance and control. In the process of hammer forming metal the flat sheet changes into subtle transitions creating a sense of movement... See images of Loretta's work and read more here... Lehigh Valley Arts Box Office Chamber Music Society of Bethlehem 02/11/12 - Leipzig String Quartet 03/16/12 - Manhattan Piano Trio 04/13/12 - Borciani Winners Moravian College Music Institute 02/05/12 - A Baroque Recreation: Gems of the Era Played on Period Instruments 02/24/12 - Wind Ensemble, with Clarinetist Melissa Zerkel 02/25/12 - Songs of Love -- from a Soprano’s Point of View 02/26/12 - Moravian College Community Orchestra, with Pianist Martha Schrempel 03/25/12 - Moravian College Women’s Chorus 04/01/12 - Music for Three 04/13/12 - “Friggatriskaidekaphobia” - Wind Ensemble 04/15/12 - Moravian College Community Orchestra 04/20/12 - Treasures from the Vault Moravian College BIG Band 04/21/12 - Elijah by Felix Mendelssohn - Moravian College Choir Moravian College Theatre Company 02/02/12 - 02/05/12 - Frankly Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra 03/24/12 - The Singing Violin Repertory Dance Theatre 03/31/12 - Coppelia WDIY Radio 02/18/12 - Who Shot Rock & Roll Party A message from the Executive Director Why arts research? Throughout 2011, the Lehigh Valley Arts Council gathered data for Arts & Economic Prosperity IV, our fourth economic impact study of the region’s nonprofit arts industry since 1997. (I am pleased to report that 88 cultural nonprofits participated.) Data collection and analysis are essential advocacy tools because the information a community learns can chart the growth of an industry over time, identify current trends and help shape public policy. SAVE THIS DATE: On June 7, 2012, the Lehigh Valley Arts Council and the Lehigh Valley Partnership will convene a public forum, Whose Business is the Arts?, to announce the findings. Ben Cameron, Program Director for the Arts at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, will deliver the keynote address. The forum presents a unique opportunity for arts, government, and business leaders to confront a changing arts and cultural landscape. The economic stagnation and declining participation in the arts of the past few years indicate nonprofits can no longer depend on 50% or more of unearned income to balance their budgets. After a decade of expansion in arts facilities, communities must now turn their attention to serious issues of sustainability and finding ways for nonprofits to be more entrepreneurial. The event will take place at Cedar Crest College in Allentown. Stay tuned for more program details. Randall Forte Executive Director Lehigh Valley Arts Council Lehigh Valley Arts Council 840 Hamilton Street, Suite 201 Allentown, PA 18101 www.LVArtsCouncil.org connect with us   This e-mail was sent from Lehigh Valley Arts Council Immediate removal with ® Secure. To forward this e-mail to a friend or colleague, . To change your e-mail address or update preferences, .