Steve Barr's Blog (9)

Hey All, First I want to thank you all for joining our Facebook group and ask you all to please take a minute to click through to our primary website listed at the top of the group and register there as well. http://www.rehabartsstudio.ning.com I'd also like to remind you that I'll be presenting my plan for RAS tonight via live global podcast at the Ignite-Phoenix event which you are all invited to attend as follows: Time and Place Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm Loca… Continue

So far here's where we stand: Stephen Barr - Executive Director Dr. Paula Artac - Member Board of Directors (Fine Arts) Barry Schwartz - Member Board of Directors (Sculpture) More to be announced soon but things are moving along ahead of schedule and I expect to file the incorporation papers later this week and complete filling enough board positions to be able to hold our first meeting in early November to establish our by-laws or an organizing document, such as a charter or declaration of tr… Continue

I received a friend request and note on Myspace from this man in Italy and we have been emailing back and forth on this glorious autumn Sunday afternoon and I am elated to introduce you all to someone very special who I hope will be a very big part of this project. Raffaele Schiavo (Siracusa, Italy): eclectic musician, music therapist (Quadrennial Course of Music Therapy in Assisi/Perugia) and research, qualified in Canto at the Conservatory of Music A. Corelli in Messina, he studied piano and… Continue

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We are in the final running to present our plan at Ignite Phoenix at the end of the month. We will see if we make the cut on Monday! Cross your hearts!! http://www.ignite-phoenix.org/ (scroll down to see our entry) Continue

So, I have been driving around down in the Roosevelt Row section downtown and am writing this post from a hip little bistro called "Carley's" located at 128 E. Roosevelt and it's 11:00 pm on a Friday night and I really am digging the vibe and energy going on down here. I'm about 2 blocks N. of McKinley and just spent the past 2 hours or so driving around with the top down and jotting down addresses and phone numbers of potential locations that are either vacant/boarded or with for lease signs on… Continue

I am currently in the process of assembling an interim board of directors to facilitate the formation of the Nonprofit Articles of Incorporation pursuant to A.R.S. 10-3202 and 501(c)(3), prepare an initial funding budget and obtain said funding through a combination of private and public funding sources, draft a mission statement, conduct site location surveys and secure a suitable location and generally get the ball rolling here! No strict requirements; however, I would prefer that we get indi… Continue

I've done my research and consulted with several advisors and community leaders and have decided to move forward with Rehab Arts Studio! I'll be assembling an interim board of directors and filing articles of incorporation over the next few weeks as well as soliciting public and private funding and doing site location scouting down in the newly chartered Grand Avenue Arts, Culture and Small Business District overlay area but have already identified several promising locations in historic buildin… Continue

During my 7 week stay at The Sundance Center I really loved Dr. Paula's expressive art therapy classes. So much so that I decided to start this project. If drawing two circles and a line on a blank piece of paper can ignite the creativity within this old, beatup & street worn addict then think of what a project such as this can do for other addicts out there!! As per my usual style, I've kinda got the cart before the proverbial horse and current funding for this undertaking is limited to th… Continue