Art and about: my activities on the creative tip since 3Q 2007

I haven't posted much since my friend Ken died, but I've been busy nonetheless. Here's some of what I've been up to lately "on the creative tip" (as Ken would say). It's posted in no particular order.

Since 3Q 2007, I:

Registered as an official partner in "Art. Ask for More," the national arts education public awareness campaign of Americans for the Arts and the Ad Council.

• Tag line: "The less art kids get, the more it shows."
• Read: "10 Simple Ways Parents Can Get More Art in Their Kids’ Lives."

Updated my Artist's Profiles in the:

• Registry of Artists, Brooklyn Arts Council, and
• Artist's Directory, The Fund For Women Artists

Posted "The Business of Art: the RAC Marketing Toolbox For Artists" to the SCORE Chapter 306 Blog.

Submitted photography to Grace Institute's juried art exhibition for Women's History Month. "Never Routine: Women in the Course of Their Daily Lives" will be on display from March 3-April 25, 2008. Stay tuned for results of the competition.

Co-authored, edited and illustrated a children's puzzle book and added audio and animations to transform it into a multimedia activity packet. The work received a standing ovation when presented to a university children's literature class. Stay tuned for publication and purchasing details.

Served on several grant evaluation panels throughout Greater New York, and made a presentation about the QCAF regrant process to the Queens Council on the Arts Board of Directors. Congratulations to all grantees, especially my pal April Lynn James (whose panel I sat out). NOTE: participating on a grants panel is an excellent learning experience for proposal writers.

Ghostwrote several articles, reviews and papers. NOTE: This is also a great way to expand one's horizons.

Created new interactive works and exhibition pieces, and contacted venues. Stay tuned for upcoming exhbits and events.

Received a scholarship for audio recording and production training. ###

The Lisa Tolliver Show is being rescheduled. Here's what's in the works.

WVOX 1460 AM has reshuffled its lineup and the Lisa Tolliver Show is being rescheduled. Another show will debut today at noon in my old time slot. Stay tuned for the new Lisa Tolliver Show schedule.

In the meantime, I'm preparing programming for two other shows. Here's what's in the works.

On Wednesday, September 12 at 11:30 AM, I will host SCORE Radio: Counselors to America's Small Business.

And then throughout October, November and December 2007, I will be hosting The Big Read radio series, sponsored by the Westchester Library System. The radio series will support the National Endowment for the Arts "Big Read" initiative, for which the Westchester Library System and the Westchester Arts Council will be sponsoring two months of exciting programming. The "Big Read" radio shows will feature interviews with authors, book publishers and celebrities and readings by notable actors of Westchester County's "Big Read" book selection: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston.

For more details about the aforementioned radio shows and my other "four-eyed" programs, visit LisaTolliver.com and click "Come See What's New."

ON AIR (Wed., June 27, '07): Kitchen For Hire co-owner, Priscilla Maddox, and I have cooked up a sizzling 'Lisa Tolliver Show'

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SOME LIKE IT HOT: Tomorrow I'll be hosting two shows back-to-back on New York Radio WVOX 1460 AM. From 11:30 AM until noon, Eastern Time, movers and shakers, Dario Vaccaro and Patricia Burgess, will join me on SCORE Radio to discuss the business of dance.

OUT OF THE FRYING PAN, INTO THE FIRE: From high noon until 12:30 PM (lunchtime!), I will host the Lisa Tolliver Show. In honor of the occasion, Kitchen For Hire co-owner, Priscilla Maddox, and I have cooked up a sizzling menu.

In course one, we'll discuss her business, which you may have read about in "Can’t Stand the Heat? Then Rent the Kitchen" [New York Times] or elsewhere. In course two, we'll share tips for healthy cooking, laced with delectable, scrump-tuous (scrumptious-sumptuous) summer recipes.

SUGGESTION: The show should be meaty; you may want to take notes. Bon appetit!

THANK YOU, SPONSORS. The Lisa Tolliver Show is made possible, in part, through the sponsorship of The Field (they grow artists!), and with funding provided by 360 MERIDIAN (they're all around world class!), and USPS (they deliver!).

SUPPORT THE SHOW & PATRONIZE THE ARTS: Contributions are tax-deductible. And you can double, even triple your money! Learn more, contribute here.###

ON AIR: On June 27, '07, Lisa Tolliver and Movers and Shakers, Dario Vaccaro and Patricia Burgess, will discuss the business of dance on 'SCORE Radio'

Dancers do it with rhythm, and often in groups. So do choreographers, musicians and composers.

Their performances, often seemingly effortless to spectators, can require months - even years - of training and preparation, not to mention substantial sweat equity, support and collaboration. Those subjects, and the muses that move dancer/composer Dario Vaccaro (Argentina's Cultural Ambassador) and musician/composer/producer Patricia Burgess (Creative Director of Watermoon Arts), will be the focus of the SCORE Radio program I’m hosting on June 27, 2007 at 11:30 AM, Eastern Time.

Read the rest.###

Tomorrow's 'Lisa Tolliver Show' features DRESS FOR SUCCESS and the DARIO VACCARO DANCE PROJECT

Come turn us on! Hear and share in to tomorrow's Lisa Tolliver Show from noon-12:30 PM, Eastern Time.

Make a splash with us! Tune in New York Radio WVOX 1460 AM, listen live online at www.wvox.com, or hear and share via telephone call-in line: (01) 914.636.0110. If you're listening, we're listening. Talk with us!

Here's who's making waves:

• Lisa Tolliver Show Arts & Culture Correspondent Patricia Burgess (the musician/composer is also Creative Director of WATER MOON ARTS). She deserves to be heard!
  
• DRESS FOR SUCCESS Bronx Regional Director, Regina Howard. What a suitable guest!


• DARIO VACCARO DANCE PROJECT Founder, dancer/choreographer Dario Vaccaro. He's one moving dude!###

Air's free for breathing, but not for broadcasting. Did you know: you can now support my "four-eyed" broadcasts (whose mission is to inform, instruct, intrigue and inspire listeners) tax free? To contribute or purchase advertising now, click here.

A word for my sponsors: today's show was made possible, in part, by support from The Field (they grow art!) and USPS (they deliver!).

My next broadcasts will be back-to-back on Wednesday, June 27:

• 11:30 AM - Noon, Eastern Time: SCORE RADIO: COUNSELORS TO AMERICA'S SMALL BUSINESS. Visit my SCORE profile.
• Noon - 12:30 PM, Eastern Time: THE LISA TOLLIVER SHOW. Who's Lisa Tolliver?

The SBA offers a new, free, online course for aspiring entrepreneurs

You can't get too much of a good thing. The United States Small Business Administration (SBA) must agree; the agency's distance learning curriculum (already over 25 courses strong) is constantly expanding. The most recent addition is a self-paced "Small Business Primer" entitled Strategies for Success: Guide to Starting a Small Business.

HispanicBusiness.com reviewed the primer in: SBA Offers New Free Online Course For Aspiring Entrepreneurs (April 30, 2007). The course landing page describes the class as "easy to use and comprehensive. It can be completed in about 30 minutes."

I recommend the course and other SBA resources to all small business owners. I also recommend the free and low-cost offerings provided by the SBA's non-profit volunteer arm: SCORE: Counselors to America's Small Business.

DISCLOSURE: I rotate as host and producer of SCORE Radio, sponsored by SCORE Westchester, Chapter 306. I have also taught seminars for the SBA, SCORE and other government and entrepreneurial organizations, in addition to for-credit undergraduate and graduate business courses.

Don't let this glitch in time black out these broadcasts

If you've been keeping current, then this MSNBC.com Tech News and Reviews report won't surprise you: Daylight-saving glitch threatens mini-Y2K. I hope you'll take a stitch in time to avoid suffering adverse effects (like these or these) or miss hearing and sharing in my March 14 radio broadcasts.

The February 28 and March 28 Lisa Tolliver Show segments, which will air at high noon, Eastern Time on New York Radio WVOX 1460 AM and WVOX.com, won't be affected, but my back-to-back March 14 broadcasts could. (On March 14, I'll be hosting SCORE Radio: Counselors to America's Small Business at 11:30 AM, DST (Eastern) followed by the Lisa Tolliver Show at noon.)

Here's what's happening. Spring's dead ahead, and one of the season's rites has been revised.

The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT) has mandated a schedule change to stretch the daylights out of North America's energy resources. Consequently, in the United States and Canada, Daylight Saving Time (DST) will arrive three weeks earlier and leave one week later this year than we're used to.

Clocks will spring forward one hour on the second Sunday this March (at 2:00 A.M. on March 11, to be exact) rather than on the first Sunday in April. Then on November 4, time will fall back one hour at 2:00 A.M.

Why do this? WebExhibits provides this quickie explanation: "Daylight Saving Time gives us the opportunity to enjoy sunny summer evenings by moving our clocks an hour forward in the spring." The site also digs deeper, shedding light on why Benjamin Franklin originated the concept in 1784 and on the subsequent history and logistics of Daylight Saving Time worldwide.

Why tamper with the Daylight Savings Time-table? Associated press (AP) reports: "Congress decided that more early evening daylight would translate into energy savings."

AP and other sources discuss the problems this might present and suggest solutions. If you're not ready for March 11, then they can help you get set.

I'm gearing up, too. For example, I'm downloading updated intelligence for my smartphone and other gadgets, dusting off the atomic clocks my father gave me, and preparing media messages to ensure my audiences won't snooze and lose out on anything.

In the mood for love? Come turn me on at noon.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Are you in the mood for love? Whether the answer is "Yes," or "No," today's guests (Tony Muzzo, of the USPS and fellow radio host, Steve Pal) and I will have a song for you and some tender words, too.

Come turn me on at noon, Eastern Time for my very special Valentine's Day broadcast. It'll be a quickie, from noon - 12:30 PM, Eastern Time.

Meet us here: NY Radio WVOX 1460 AM and www.wvox.com.
Or phone the show at (01) 914 636 0110.

CAUTION: I may be a bit punchy; I'll be participating in the Valentine's Day match between SCORE Counselor Chuck Auerbach and champion middleweight boxer, Doug ("the Cobra") DeWitt from 11:30 AM - noon.

I dedicate both broadcasts to the ones I love. You know who you are!
xo SWAK xo

SCORE Radio’s next guest is a knockout: boxing champion-turned-entrepreneur, Doug (”the Cobra”) DeWitt

It’s going down! “It” is the Valentine’s Day match of 2007.

In one corner will be: three-time middleweight boxing world champion/trainer/actor Doug (”the Cobra”) DeWitt. In the other: SCORE Chapter 306 counselor, Chuck Auerbach. The men will face off across mics, not mats.

The venue: New York radio WVOX 1460 AM, not a ring. The time: 11:30 AM to high noon, Eastern.

For some, going rounds with the Cobra has been a challenge, if not a TKO. But this is a sweetheart of a match that Chuck (a heavy-hitter with SCORE Westchester) can handle. You see, Chuck will be interviewing Doug about the prizefighter’s “boxer’s workout” training program.

Here’s how Wikipedia\Doug_Dewitt describes the boxer’s business, Doug DeWitt’s Boxing Studio:

He offers extensive work on speed bag, heavy bag, and wall bag. The focus is to improve hand speed, coordination, and strength. Technique, punch combinations, and defensive movements are taught one-on-one with hand pad contact.

Incorporated into the training is an intensive cardio workout with jump rope repetition, lightweight training, and use of the medicine ball. Footwork and ring movement are also taught.

Class format is specifically designed to be a “boxer’s workout.” The training for both men and women is modified to each individual’s capabilities.

Among those trained [have been]: Doug LaBassa, Anthony Scagleone, Tim Herlihy, John Norrison, Julien LaScala, [and] Mario Penzarri.

Doug trains both children and adults. DougDeWittBoxing.com, describes the children’s classes thusly:

The Ultimate Way To Build Confidence, Self-Esteem, Develop Self-Discipline, Self-Control, and Athletic Skills, While Having Lots of Fun!

DeWitt’s site describes the adult classes as “a complete workout for men and women. […] Classes are offered in a group setting or scheduled one-on-one to accommodate the student’s schedule.”

Come join the fray. Tune your radio to WVOX 1460 AM, listen live online at WVOX.com, or phone the call-in line: (01) 914.636.0110.

The countdown has begun. Get ready to rumble!

[This is a reprint of a SCORE Chapter 306 blog post by Lisa Tolliver.]