Call for Entrepreneurs, Artists, and Inventors
#1Spark! to celebrate all things entrepreneurial and creative in Spartanburg
Chapman Cultural Center is calling all creative and entrepreneurial people -
such as, but not limited to, artists, inventors, business start-ups, craftsmen, and food vendors -
to attend its #1Spark! festival Saturday, Sept. 6, in downtown Spartanburg.
#1Spark! -- where creativity and innovation collide - is a festival of ideas - bringing together all the creative
forces of the community, especially those associated with business and the arts. The goal is to ignite creativity
and innovation by connecting people and ideas. Chapman Cultural Center is seeking artists, entrepreneurs or inventors, who are looking for opportunities to interact with the public or who desire feedback from potential customers in a low-risk environment in product/service development.
Jennifer Evins, Chapman's President/CEO, said: "Spartanburg is already known throughout the region as a
vibrant arts community. We are known nationwide as a pro-business community. What better way to celebrate
two of our most valuable assets than to combine them into a single concept and event? It will be a unique experience, and one that I'm sure the general public will find informative, creative, and fun"
To be a creator (entrepreneur, artist or inventor) and to have a booth to demonstrate and/or sell goods or services
is a simple application process and a $30 fee. To apply, please call (864) 591-5604 or email
[email protected].
The outdoor festival will start at 11 a.m. and end at 5 p.m. between Chapman Cultural Center and "The George," along North Liberty Street. Major partners in the festival include USC Upstate's The George (the Johnson College of Business and Economics) and the Iron Yard, the downtown business accelerator.
"We are about entrepreneurship. We're about art. We're about education. We're about ideas.
What better way to encourage innovation and creativity than to bring arts and business together," Evins said.
Padenrich Station to play at The Little River Coffee Bar
Saturday, August 9th at 7:30pm
at 188 West Main Street in downtown Spartanburg
"Folk Trumpet? Is that a thing?"
That's what Marie Wright wondered when her music partner, Jamie Hill, asked her to play trumpet in the folk duo they had formed almost 20 years after losing touch. All that time ago, Marie couldn't have imagined she'd be pulling out her high school marching band trumpet so she could play it with Jamie in a local bar. And Jamie could scarcely know that the organic melodies and tendril acoustic arrangements he had been nurturing for the past decade would intertwine with Marie's fireside lyrics and crystalline vocals.