Good morning again from the Atlantic Coast, where storms are exciting and the views are above average.

I’m cutting to the “show up” chase this morning. Right to it. On Friday April 17^th 3p.m.-4:30 at the Ramona County Library, I, along with the rest of the County Arts and Culture Commission and San Diego Art Matters, will be out front, and in the wings, hostessing rural creatives to mix it up and bring it on. I’m talking about In Community, same thing I’ve been mentioning here for a few weeks now.

I know from years of grass-roots experience that we organize for arts and culture a lot differently out here in rural San Diego. We rely heavily on free resources and infrastructure, private donations of materials and labor and much less on government funding. We rely on building connections among other rural Creatives, cross-supporting each other’s projects both organizational and individual. The purpose of April 17^th’s event is to expand that cross-support with each other in person. To share, imagine, connect and listen to each other.

The event is FREE, but pre-registration is important. So please sign up and show up. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/in-community-sd-county-district-2-gathering-tickets-1985540716733?aff=oddtdtcreator

See you this Friday,