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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Good morning!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">You may have already received this from the Oklahoma Arts Council. If not…..<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Oklahoma Main Street Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">900 North Stiles Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Oklahoma City, OK 73104<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">P: 405.815.5379<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Christina Beatty [mailto:Christina.Beatty@arts.ok.gov]
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 11, 2018 5:38 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Christina Beatty <Christina.Beatty@arts.ok.gov><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Molly O'Connor <Molly.OConnor@arts.ok.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Regional and National Opportunities<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Good afternoon,</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Just wanted to share two opportunities that have come across my desk:</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.rural-design.org/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
is <span class="owaautolink">seeking workshop host communities in 2018</span>. The CIRD program employs design solutions to address economic vitality and quality of life challenges in rural communities and small towns in all regions of the country. CIRD convenes
workshops with design professionals, local leaders, community organizations, and residents to create a plan for tackling issues around three topic areas—multimodal transportation, healthy living by design, and Main Street revitalization. A webinar will be
hosted on Wednesday, January 25 at 3:00 ET (</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001EgWQ9SuPnOiOnOlbu9YEDlfT5rfzDIW2om-J65RT21QKeiKBx08PN_NBwsI4vJrcqBC2L3wnWYOaU64vfRfF6lHbadUF78doJsXk2l9Jbiu075u3fkZr84bWPz9PxlVmwnvdU43KXreoxVO3t5U19l_Oz5KSztr3ihNC76xcWrzmUQcC3TsR0tgyNTUcVwfXYqqk42pelPJ5blS3bNThI8UTcPkAwgXj&c=muqd8j8AVvkDD916JG7lAN9XNDfUi2MUQE1dBRJbIVmLfINYc2TeSA==&ch=9ThSzSu3NOb57ErNorRVdFfqKxuyP8E0_gIgc4UyKTFsr77HvAb3lg==" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#368A9C">register
here!</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">), and
<b>proposals are due February 16</b>.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Oklahoma Arts Council has recently signed on as a partner of the
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.cplsummit.org/southwest"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Southwest Creative Placemaking Leadership Summit</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
to be held in Denver, CO <b>April 6-7, 2018</b>. Key topics will explore entrepreneurship, funding, and equity in mountain communities, frontier towns, and latino communities. Planners, activists, gallery owners, universities, municipal arts departments,
social practice artists, and Main Street Organizations are encouraged to register. Take advantage of the
<b>early bird registration rate through January 20th</b>. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Best,</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Christina</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Christina L. Beatty</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Oklahoma Arts Council</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">405.521.2025</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121"><a href="http://arts.ok.gov/" target="_blank" id="LPNoLP"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">arts.ok.gov</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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