Notes from initial Blink Cincinnati event meeting

BlinkNotes.md

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+# Blink Notes
+4-6-17  
+[Blink Cincinnati](http://www.blinkcincinnati.com/)
+
+## Initial Meeting for Artists - Opportunity for funding and filling venue spaces
+* [Artists Application for Installations](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/560ec0e5e4b0cd75a6b3a0c5/t/58e69bf3893fc08fb5f6557b/1491508217438/BLINK+Light-Based+Sculpture+%26+Installations+Call+for+Artistic+Concepts_Guidelines.pdf)
+* Submission Deadline 5-1-17
+* Other opportunities - Parade, private venues - Timing TBD
+
+## Links to other events like Blink Cincinnati for inspiration:
+
+* http://www.lights-in-jerusalem.com
+* http://lichtrouten.com/?lang=en
+* https://light-building.messefrankfurt.com/frankfurt/en/besucher/events/luminale.html?nc
+* https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=luminale-frankfurt+images&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
+* http://festival-of-lights.de/en/
+* http://www.fetedeslumieres.lyon.fr/en
+* https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuit_Blanche
+* http://whatson.leeds.gov.uk/lightnight/Pages/default.aspx
+* https://visit.brussels/fr/sites/bright/listpage/bright-festival
+* https://plus.google.com/+vividsydney
+* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps8K_lylYes

CincyPy meeting notes 041217

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+CincyPy
+
+April 12, 2017
+
+Lisa Koepke
+Jim Paul
+Akeem 
+Lisa ran into Ann on the way out
+
+Met at Wunderbar
+1132 Lee St, Covington, KY 41011
+This meeting was held to inform the group about the Blink Cincinnati Event.
+"Running October 12 - October 15, BLINK Future City will be light, street art, murals, and live performance. It will spread across twenty blocks of Cincinnati; rising up from The Banks, stretching through Downtown and Over-the-Rhine to historic Findlay Market, reimagining our city as a stage.
+BLINK will spotlight emerging and renowned artists from around the globe, bringing them to Cincinnati to collaborate with the talented creatives who call this city home. This is an invitation-a challenge, perhaps-to join the collaboration and "plug in".
+
+Deadline for light installations and sculpture grants is May 1.
+
+Funding will be awarded to about 20 project ranging in value from $250-20,000.
+Lisa has posted information in the CincyPy github: https://github.com/LisaKoepke/LightBright/blob/master/BlinkNotes.md
+
+If you'd like more information contact Blink Cincinnati http://www.blinkcincinnati.com
+or email Lisa Lisa@LisaKoepke.com
+
+Jim, Lisa and Akeem discussed some possibilities for the CincyPy group in general:
+1. It sounds like there is enthusiasm for a "Northern CincyPy".
+2. Some of us are more likely to stay with the Northern Kentucky (NKy) CincyPy, perhaps focusing specifically on the "LightBright", or creative coding aspects of python.
+3. We agree the group would benefit from some leadership, common goals, scheduling and meeting format. For example: Explore using Processing.py. Each person learns something and shares it with the group. The meeting format could be weekly meetings:
+20 minutes of sharing either a project, or some area of interest
+20 minutes helping others, or demonstrating
+20 minutes planning next steps - working towards a larger goal, like the Blink event.
+Ann agreed to post on the Meetup site about regular meetings at the NKy site.
+4. Since Patrick initiated the LightBright focus, Lisa will ask him to weigh in on leadership.
+5. Better communication tools will help the cohesion of the group. 
+
+Lisa will not be at the April 19 meeting.