Call for Programming: 2010 Create Denver Week & Expo

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Call for Programming:

2010 Create Denver Expo and New Create Denver Week

April 10-17

DENVER, CO ­— DECEMBER 15, 2009 — The Denver Office of Cultural Affairs (DOCA) invites individuals, organizations and associations to submit happenings, workshops, lectures and other programming ideas for Create Denver Week, a new project, which kicks off with the fifth annual Create Denver Expo on Saturday, April 10, 2010.  Information on both projects follows below. 

Create Denver Expo

The fifth annual Create Denver Expo will kick off Create Denver Week on Saturday, April 10, 2010 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Wellington E. Webb Municipal Office Building. 

DOCA seeks exhibitors and workshop presenters for the Expo, offering Denver’s creative community a “one-stop” opportunity to learn about the various City, nonprofit and commercial resources available to help grow and stabilize creative businesses.  The Expo attracts approximately 400 attendees, representing a wide array of artists and creative businesses. 

The 2010 Expo will include approximately 30 exhibitors and more than 20 workshops and panel discussions.  Consultants, affinity organizations and experts in creative industries who are interested in having a presence at the Expo may learn more and submit proposals at www.DenverGov.org/CreateDenver.  The deadline for submission of a proposal is Friday, January 29, 2010.

Create Denver Week

Create Denver Week is a week-long program that exemplifies Denver as the Creative Capital of the Rocky Mountain West by providing a platform that:

• showcases Denver’s talented and dynamic creative community, including individuals, associations, organizations and businesses;
• recognizes the contribution that the creative sector makes to Denver’s vibrancy and economic vitality;
• catalyzes the creative community to consider itself a cohesive collective and economic sector; and
• grows the creative sector through educational programming, inspirational dialogue and ideation.
  

Individuals, organizations and associations are invited to submit programming that they will implement and will be marketed as part of Create Denver Week.  Programs should be consistent with the goals of Create Denver Week.  All programming ideas will be vetted by the Create Denver Advisory Committee for inclusion in the Create Denver Week calendar of events.  Some remuneration may be available for signature programming concepts.  For more information about Create Denver Week, suggested programming ideas and to submit a proposal, visit www.DenverGov.org/CreateDenver.  The deadline for submission of a program proposal is Friday, January 29, 2010.

Create Denver is an initiative of the Denver Office of Cultural Affairs. Create Denver seeks to strengthen the overall health and vitality of Denver by supporting the growth and development of the creative sector, including creative enterprises such as film, music, art galleries, art districts, fashion, graphic design and individual artists.  Create Denver is a sector-based strategy that includes policy recommendations, programmatic initiatives, technical assistance and advocacy.