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October 20, 2016New Comic Book Celebrates Regional Creativity
Capital Region creatives, educators, press, and other interested parties are invited to attend the launch party of Creative Every Day: Tales of Art + Life Colliding, a comic book celebrating the lives of creative people throughout the Capital Region. Comic book creator Ira Marcks and some of the artists in the book will be in attendance to mingle with and talk to about their work.
When: Thursday, October 27, 2016, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Where: Troy Kitchen, 77 Congress Street in Troy
Creative Every Day: Tales of Art + Life Colliding was created by Troy comic book artist and educator Ira Marcks. It includes a variety of Capital Region creative professionals telling the stories of their diverse career choices. For a preview, visit iramarcks.com/creativeeveryday
Creative Every Day was inspired by a 2014 study commissioned by the Upstate Alliance for a Creative Economy (ACE), which revealed that the Capital Region has more than 30,000 creative sector jobs. The comic book will be distributed to more than 15,000 students in area middle schools, high schools, and colleges to ensure young people and their parents are aware of the wide spectrum of viable career opportunities that exist in the region. The Workforce Development Institute (WDI) inspired, produced, and funded this project.
The Creative Every Day project is a creative collaboration between WDI, Proctors, Adirondack Studios, Greane Tree Technology, SAVI, ACE, and local creative advocates. Additional efforts are currently underway by these and other stakeholders to further grow the creative sector.
