<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><font color="#808080" face="trebuchet ms, lucida grande, lucida sans unicode, lucida sans, tahoma, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size:18px" class=""><font color="#808080" class="">Fellow Artists:</font><br class="">
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<a href="http://www.summitlive365.com" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(38, 171, 226);" class="">SummitLive365</a> is a FREE resource for artists, arts/culture organizations and venues throughout Summit County. Essentially, it is:</span></font><br class="">
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<strong class=""><span style="font-size:18px" class=""><span style="color: #FF6600;" class="">THE place where YOU want to be...</span></span></strong><br class="">
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<font color="#808080" face="trebuchet ms, lucida grande, lucida sans unicode, lucida sans, tahoma, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size:18px" class="">Yes, the site is an <a href="http://www.summitlive365.com/event/?keyword&start_date&end_date&term&event_location&event_city=0&save_lst_list&view" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(38, 171, 226);" class="">events calendar</a>, but it is much more than that. You can create a <a href="http://www.summitlive365.com/artist/sarah-treanor/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(38, 171, 226);" class="">profile</a> to feature your artistic work, post <a href="http://www.summitlive365.com/classified/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(38, 171, 226);" class="">classifieds</a> and even find <a href="http://www.summitlive365.com/classified/job-posting-activities-coordinator-15-00-per-hour-based-on-experience/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(38, 171, 226);" class="">jobs!</a><br class="">
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We are also a community. Our purpose is to help <em class=""><strong class="">you </strong></em>become
as successful as possible while achieving your artistic goals and
dreams. And, once you join, we will leverage all of our resources – from
social media to our mailing list (which is close to 1000 subscribers
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For example, in the last month, we helped <a href="http://www.summitlive365.com/organization/summit-artspace/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(38, 171, 226);" class="">Summit Artspace</a> double enrollment in a workshop (in just 2 days!), found a <a href="http://www.summitlive365.com/artist/kevin-smalley/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(38, 171, 226);" class="">Kevin Smalley</a> an illustration gig and helped <a href="http://www.summitlive365.com/venue/mustard-seed-market-cafe-highland-square/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(38, 171, 226);" class="">Mustard Seed Market</a> find 3 artists for a gallery show (<a href="http://www.summitlive365.com/artist/bronlynn-thurman/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(38, 171, 226);" class="">Bronlynn</a> and <a href="http://www.summitlive365.com/artist/emily-s-durway/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(38, 171, 226);" class="">Emily</a> sold pieces within a week of the show going up!)<br class="">
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If that's not enough, we offer "hands on" technical support. I am always
available to have a meeting to teach you how to navigate the site,
answer questions or offer advice.<br class="">
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Again – it's totally, completely and absolutely FREE. Do you know why? </span></font><br class="">
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<strong class=""><span style="color: #FF6600;font-size: 18px;line-height: 20.8px;" class="">The arts are IMPORTANT! </span></strong><br class="">
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<font color="#808080" face="trebuchet ms, lucida grande, lucida sans unicode, lucida sans, tahoma, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size:18px" class="">Which, of course, I don't have to tell you.<br class="">
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But I just wanted to throw this fact out there:<br class="">
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In 2014, <a href="https://www.arts.gov/news/2016/arts-and-cultural-production-contributed-7042-billion-us-economy-2013" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(38, 171, 226);" class="">arts and culture</a> added $704.2 <u class=""><strong class="">BILLION</strong></u><strong class=""> </strong>to the economy. Yes. That's BILLION with a B.<br class="">
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And our mothers told us to "get a real job."<br class="">
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Summit County is <em class="">literally </em>bursting with things to do every day of the week (figuratively, of course.) As one recent guest shared: </span></font><br class="">
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<em style="color: #808080;font-family: trebuchet ms,lucida grande,lucida sans unicode,lucida sans,tahoma,sans-serif;font-size: 18px;line-height: 20.8px;" class="">"I've lived in Akron for five months in the valley. I kept seeing a sign for <a href="http://www.summitlive365.com/organization/weathervane-playhouse/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(38, 171, 226);" class="">Weathervane Playhouse</a> and never did any research to determine what it was all about. Then I went to <a href="http://www.summitlive365.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(38, 171, 226);" class="">SummitLive365.com</a>
and I see that Dracula is playing with links to their ticket page. Now I
have two tickets for tomorrow night! How awesome is that?"</em><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 150%;" class=""><br class="">
<strong class=""><span style="color: #FF6600;font-size: 18px;line-height: 20.8px;" class="">Don't Miss Out - Join the Fun!</span></strong><br class="">
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<font color="#808080" face="trebuchet ms, lucida grande, lucida sans unicode, lucida sans, tahoma, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size:18px" class="">Create a FREE profile. </span></font><a href="http://www.summitlive365.com/login/" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', 'lucida sans', tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 20.8px; color: rgb(38, 171, 226);" target="_blank" class="">F</a><a href="http://www.summitlive365.com/login/" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', 'lucida grande', 'lucida sans unicode', 'lucida sans', tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 20.8px; color: rgb(38, 171, 226);" target="_blank" class="">ollow this link</a><span style="color: #808080;font-family: trebuchet ms,lucida grande,lucida sans unicode,lucida sans,tahoma,sans-serif;font-size: 18px;line-height: 20.8px;" class=""> to register for an account which will allow you to set-up a profile as an artist, organization, venue or arts supporter! </span><br class="">
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<font color="#808080" face="trebuchet ms, lucida grande, lucida sans unicode, lucida sans, tahoma, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size:18px" class="">If you do not live or work in Summit County, you can:<br class="">
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1.) Check <a href="http://www.summitlive365.com" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(38, 171, 226);" class="">SummitLive365.com</a> to discover new and exciting events to attend!<br class="">
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2.) Use this occasion to reevaluate your life choices and ask yourself, "why don't I live in Summit County?"<br class="">
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3.) Take the first available opportunity to move here and join our
amazing arts and culture community. Probably the best community in the
WHOLE ENTIRE WORLD. </span></font><br class="">
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<font color="#808080" face="trebuchet ms, lucida grande, lucida sans unicode, lucida sans, tahoma, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size:18px" class="">Click <a href="http://www.summitlive365.com/login/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(38, 171, 226);" class="">here</a> to register for the site and create your profile. Please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions.<br class="">
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Benjamin Rexroad<br class="">
SummitLive365 Coordinator<br class="">
<a href="mailto:benjamin@artsnow.org?subject=SummitLive365%20Question%21%20" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(38, 171, 226);" class="">benjamin@artsnow.org</a></span></font></p></body></html>