Mayor’s Cultural Town Meeting Highlights The Art and Tourism - October 7th, 2008
by Admin ~ September 24th, 2008. Filed under: Baltimore Press Releases.FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 23, 2008
MAYOR’S CULTURAL TOWN MEETING HIGHLIGHTS THE ARTS AND TOURISM
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Mayor Sheila Dixon, Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts and the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance invite residents, artists and community leaders to the seventh annual Mayor’s Cultural Town Meeting. This year’s meeting reveals the important role the arts play in Baltimore’s tourism industry. The meeting takes place Tuesday, October 7 from 7-9pm at The Walters Art Museum, 600 North Charles Street.
During the Mayor’s Cultural Town Meeting, Sam Rogers, executive vice president and chief marketing officer for the Baltimore Area Convention & Visitors Association, unveils the organization’s fall/winter campaign and cultural tourism initiative. Afterward, Mayor Dixon discusses the state of the arts in Baltimore. The evening concludes with Mayor Dixon answering questions from the audience.
The Mayor’s Cultural Town Meeting is free and open to the public. Seating is available on a first-come, first served basis.
The Walters Art Museum is internationally renowned for its collection of art, which was amassed substantially by two men, William and Henry Walters, and eventually bequeathed to the City of Baltimore. The collection presents an overview of world art from pre-dynastic Egypt to 20th-century Europe, and counts among its many treasures Greek sculpture and Roman sarcophagi; medieval ivories and Old Master paintings; Art Deco jewelry and 19th-century European and American masterpieces.
For more information on the Mayor’s Cultural Town Meeting, call 410-752-8632 or visit www.promotionandarts.com.
