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After almost a year as the Director of Marketing & Communications at Americans for the Arts , I will be leaving the organization to become the new Director of Marketing & Communications at Arena Stage in Washington, DC. Arena Stage is the largest of the six major non-profit professional producing theatres in the metropolitan area. They currently operate three venues under LORT "B+," "B," and "D" contracts and see roughly 275,000 patrons per year. They are very close to finishing a $120 million capital campaign to build the Mead Center for the American Theatre , a 250,000 square foot, three-theatre complex to be opened in 2009-10. I will be responsible for leading their marketing, communications and public relations teams. Most exciting to me is the opportunity I will have to work on some amazing projects at a truly legendary theatre. This is a bittersweet moment for me because I love Americans for the Arts. The organization does some amazing work...

In the next few months, I have a couple of speaking engagements lined up. If you are in the area, I would love to see you at one of these events: 2007 Delaware Division of the Arts "Arts Summit" October 1, 2007 Keynote Presentation: "Communicating in a Whole New World," Chad Bauman , Americans for the Arts Other Speakers: Elena Park, Metropolitan Opera; Mark Brewer, President of the Community Foundation of Florida; JD Hixson , Patron Technology; The Honorable Ruth Ann Minner , Governor of Delaware St. Louis Regional Arts Commission Marketing Training August 31, 2007 Presentation: "The Role of Technology in Reaching Generation X & Y"

By now, most people have heard of Second Life , the virtual world sensation that is sweeping the whole world and has attracted millions of visitors. It has also attracted the attention of some prominent artists, including Molly Smith, Artistic Director of Arena Stage , who spoke about Second Life at the TCG National Conference in Minneapolis this summer. The past couple of months have seen some really exciting projects come to "life" in this virtual reality: Second Front Performance Art Group Jeremy Owen Turner, also known as Wirxli Flimflam, is an online performance artist and a front man for Second Front , a group that stages events and performance art pieces in Second Life. Second Front is a pioneering performance art group in the online avatar-based VR world, Second Life. Founded in 2006, Second Front emerged as the first performance art group in Second Life and quickly grew to its current 8 member troupe with artists from around the world including Italy, St. Johns, C...