WHAT STUDENTS DID IN 2008 ARTS CONVENTION - RESULTS

1. MAIN 2008 RESULTS - 9 task forces actually implemented economic initiatives to improve and market the Las Cruces & Mesilla Valley 'Arts Scene.'

   • 1st Arts Convention of Las Cruces & Mesilla Valley held Sept 8, 15, & 22nd 2008 photos & activities page - 9 task forces worked hard for three months to achieve material economic results for Arts Scene
   • PRESS RELEASES (contact: Find attached a press release for the Las Cruces Arts Scene Visual Task Force. The release describes success with the project to date.

   - VISUAL ARTS TASK FORCE PRESS RELEASE Dec 16 08

   - MUSEUM TASK FORCE PRESS RELEASE - Dec 8 08

   - ECONOMICS & GOVERNMENT - Dec 6 08 Videos & Info

   Feb 12 2009 - The Mesilla Valley Arts Convention, the economic development project for the arts led by Dr. Boje was featured last week on KRWG, the university PBS station. Dr. Boje, doctoral student Joe Gladstone, and MBA student Rocio Gamboa were interviewed for the episode, which also featured several graduate and undergraduate business students. The episode described the project and its outcomes to date.

   • Slide presentation to Mesilla Mayor and Trustees Jan 12 2008 View slides
   • FINAL REPORT Dec 8 2008 by David Boje "Las Cruces and Mesilla Valley Arts Scene Forgotten History: An Antenarrative Guide to Socioeconomic Growth" by David M. Boje, Ph.D. founder of TSI - (report submitted by D. Boje as service project to Mayor and City Council of Las Cruces is pro bono, and does not reflect views of any other organization but TSI) - please send comments to dboje@peaceaware.com
     1. Slide presentation 8 Dec (Mon) 1:00 to 1:45PM - David Boje and Joe Gladstone presented 30 minute slide presentation of results of the 9 task forces to Mayor, City Manager, Council Members, and Dept Heads in downtown Las Cruces City Council chambers. Students in Mgt 448/548 course provided 2 slides each indicating main obstacle, recommendation, and accomplishments of ARTS CONVENTION task forces they facilitated.

PHOTO by D. Boje: La Callejoneada event of Economic and Government Task Force of Arts Convention took place Dec 5 2008. It made history by bringing dancing (by Alegria de Folklorico) to businesses on Downtown Mall

1. YouTube 5 DEc 08 La Callejoneada event ART SCENE in front of COAS Bookstore Downtown Las Cruces mall
2. YouTube 5 Dec 08 La Callejoneada event ART SCENE in front of Gallery
3. The purpose of the project was to bring customers into the downtown ARTS SCENE. Ken Miyagishima, Mayor of Las Cruces, lit the Christmas tree at the north end of the Downtown Mall. The shops stayed open and vendors set up food tables and made Kettle Korn for the crowds. Students were assisted by local businesses who generously donated to finance the event. Contributors included Coas’s My Bookstore, Central Loan Co., Big Picture Digital Image Lab & Street Gallery, Mark D’Antonio Law Firm and Be Young Hair Salon. Our thanks to students of the Business College: Rocio Gamboa, Liana Velasquez, Erika Jaquez, Bader Almutairi, and Ayman Ghunaim for their energy, enthusiasm and dedication to making this project happen. Media coverage for the event extended beyond Las Cruces to El Paso, Texas. The students facilitated the Economic and Government task force, as part of the 2008 Arts Convention, working on their project from September to December 2008.

Mike Beckett taking photo of La Callejoneada event in front of Coas Book store. Mike says, "I have opened for evening events before. La Callejoneada brought in more business than in the entire history of the store!"

• Business professor and students assist with La Callejoneada Dec. 6, 2008 by
  Professor Boje and students from his Small Business Consulting Classes facilitated Arts Convention task forces from Sep to Dec, that helped Downtown Las Cruces organize “La Callejoneada,” a Street Party on Dec 5, 2008. Hundreds of residents turned out for the strolling Mariachi and Folklorico dancers.
  

PHOTO: Cindi Fargo (LCDT), David Boje and Grace Ann Rosile (NMSU Business College)

• slide presentation by Boje and Gladstone - 8 Dec City Council presentation
• PHOTOS of La Callejoneada event
• Econ & Government task force slide
• Museums task force slides
• Literary Arts Task Force Slides

• Wide positive press coverage by Bulletin, Sun-News, El Paso Times newspapers and local radio stations helped make this event a huge success for the Arts Scene and local downtown businesses
• 2008 ARTS CONVENTION EVENT Dec 8th - 3:30 to 5:30 PM Task Forces met (Business Complex room 204) to evaluate small business consulting student performance on their class projects.

• 28,000 copies of the First Annual Museum Scavenger Hunt printed 25,000 copies distributed in the Las Cruces Sun-News newspaper on Sunday, November 30, 2008 3,000 copies distributed among the six selected Las Cruces museums, sponsoring businesses, and NMSU campus

• "Heart of the Arts" Film Project documentary film by Ed Breeding with editing by Luis Cruz was shown on Sep 8 2008 at ARTS CONVENTION.
  
  Click here for Heart of the Arts segment - Virginia Maria Romero
  In this clip we showcase the artwork of Virginia Maria Romero in the Las Cruces art documentary Heart of the Arts. Enlightenment Productions founder and director Ed Breeding teamed with up-and-coming filmmaker Luis E. Cruz to create a documentary which promotes Las Cruces, NM, as an art destination.

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