Write a MINIMUM of 250 words describing the cultural opportunities in your area. Write separate paragraphs or blurbs for each opportunity. Include events that take place at other times of the year, even though you will not be able to attend for your cultural road trip this term.

Assignment – Cultural Road Trip Resources

The Cultural Road Trip is an opportunity for you to explore arts resources near where you live or, if you happen to be traveling, near your destination. The first step is exploring what opportunities are available to you. This week, as a first step, you will research what art galleries, museums, public art, concert halls, theaters, dance and live music venues, libraries and books stores are near you and create a short guide to these opportunities.

Instructions:
1. Use an online search engine, such as Google, to search for the terms above in your area. For example, you might search for “Jacksonville live music”; “Fort Meyers readings”; “Melbourne art galleries”; “Brevard museums”; “Culter Bay Theater.” You can also try searching for a local “arts calendar” or “events calendar.”

2. Look through your local newspaper for an events calendar.

3. Call your local library to ask about local arts events. Ask the librarian if they have any books by local authors. If there is a bookstore in your area, call there as well. Even if there is not a reading (where authors read there books to the public), you can check out or purchase a book by a local author and write about that.

4. If you have a local record store or music store, call to see if they can recommend any local musicians. You might be able to find there recordings online. Search for local bands online.

5. Call your local chamber of commerce or municipal government to ask about arts events as well as public art — local statues, monuments, and notable architecture count as art too!

6. Search for art cinema in your area. These are theaters that show what are called art films. Also, see if there might be a local film festival in your area. Sometimes mainstream movie theaters will show one or two art films as well. Now sure if a film you are thinking about counts as an art film or a local film? Check with your instructor.

7. If you or a family member or friend owns an original work of art or is performing in a recital at a school or in a community venue — that counts too!

8. Stumped? Contact your instructor for help.

9. Do your best to identify at 3-5 potential opportunities for your cultural road trip. If you cannot, describe your efforts and what they turned up (or did not turn up).

10. Write a MINIMUM of 250 words describing the cultural opportunities in your area. Write separate paragraphs or blurbs for each opportunity. Include events that take place at other times of the year, even though you will not be able to attend for your cultural road trip this term.