Creative sector hosting meeting on getting through economic slump

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The Charleston Arts Coalition and the Tate Center for Entrepreneurship at the College of Charleston are hosting a town hall meeting called “Nursing Creativity Through the Economic Slump.” It will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Beatty Center at the college.

Staff Report
Published Aug. 21, 2009

The Charleston Arts Coalition and the Tate Center for Entrepreneurship at the College of Charleston are hosting a town hall meeting called “Nursing Creativity Through the Economic Slump.”

The meeting, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Aug. 25, is open to any creative person in Charleston who wants to share ideas and bring awareness to the significance of the area’s creative cluster.

Panelists include:

• Ellen Dressler Moryl, director of the city of Charleston’s Office of Cultural Affairs.
• Mark Sloan, curator at the College of Charleston’s Halsey Institute.
• Karen Chandler, co-founder of Charleston Jazz Initiative and arts management professor at the College of Charleston.
• Sharon Gracie, artistic director and co-founder of PURE Theatre.

The meeting will be held at the College of Charleston’s Wachovia Auditorium in the Beatty Center, located at 5 Liberty St.