If you are familiar with Grand Center, Inc, then you may have heard of the Visionary Awards. These awards honor women for their contributions to the St. Louis arts and culture community. And I quote from grandcenter.org, "Grand Center's Visionary Awards is one of the most prestigious recognitions in the local arts community. The women selected not only demonstrate a mastery of their fields, but a vision that furthers the arts in new and innovative ways, thereby inspiring and promoting positive change in our community." The event will take place on May 19th at the Sheldon Concert Hall.
And the awards go to:
Major Contributor-Alison Ferring
Successful Working Artist- Susan Slaughter
Outstanding Arts Educator- Lee Nolting
Emerging Artist- Celia Shacklett
Arts Professional-Renee Franklin
Lifetime Achievement- Sally Bliss
I would love to go more in depth about each of these amazing women, but I'll save that for a later post.
Back to work related things...Cheri Hutchings, the event planner, came in last Wednesday (23rd) for a meeting where she went over details and the Run of Show......and I got to sit in on the meeting along with Rachel, Peg, Cheri, and Kelly. Pretty cool. Although I've had experience planning events before, I have never had to plan anything quite so detailed. Anyway, an interesting new look at the grown-up side of event planning.
Cheri came in with a three-page checklist, which we went over in detail. We went over programs & name tags, guest lists, sound & lighting, florist, catering, and entertainment. It seemed like most of the details were in order, which is awesome since we have about a month to finish preparing.
So far it looks like my role will be: keeping track of RSVPs and donations, who gets VIP parking, and pretty soon I may be working on name tags. Not super glamorous, but still important details to help with the flow of the event.....
Current update: I'm a little nervous that the RSVP excel sheet I was working on Wed (21st) is now missing Mon (26th). I'll let you know when it shows up.
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