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New on the site:
The
ORBI Web site is moving and changing. The ORBI site will become
an interactive Web log in the near future. We are now in a
transition period to our new home and features. Here is the link
to our new address at http://orbiartsnetwork.wordpress.com/.
Once
the transition is complete, we will transfer the www.orbi.org domain
name to the new blog. We will be adding all new information to
the new blog during the transition process. We are trying to keep
all of our pages essentially the same, but it will take some time to
modify html formatting and to move all our forms and graphics to the
new location. Whenever you come to this old site, be sure to
click on the link above to find out what is new on the blog.
Updates
to this old site will be minimal during the transition. See you
at the new ORBI blog site!
ORBI has a new grant program for arts organizations designed to jump start or try out
accessibility innovation. Go to the ORBI News page to find out
details.
Results of the 2009 ORBI grant program are now posted on the News page
along with comments by the Project Director about this year's panel
process. If you are planning to apply for a 2010 grant, look at
the 2009 grant awards and comments to give you an idea of what kinds of
projects we fund.
If you would like to have your
events listed on the ORBI Web site, please call the ORBI Project
Director at 304-655-8255 to get ORBI's email address. We only
accept calendars and announcements for posting by email.
Unfortunately, our Email ORBI links throughout this Web site have
generated huge amounts of spam. We are discontinuing all
references to the ORBI email address on the site, as well as any
references to other email addresses. The spam situation, and
spider programs that constantly search the Internet "harvesting" email
addresses from Web site programming, are the new dark side of life on
the Web. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes, but you
can still contact ORBI by phone at 304-655-8255 and we will be happy to
give you ORBI's current email address if you need to send link or other
information.
The link above for our mailing list form will still take you to that
form, but you will have to print and mail it to the address on the
form. You will no longer be able to email your request directly
to ORBI from the form. You can also be added to the mailing list
by calling ORBI at 304-655-8255.
Learn about ORBI's impact on people and communities from the several
new stories posted on the ORBI Stories page.
Check out the
Mural
Resources page. The ORBI Mural Team shares their experience and
ideas with you about creating community murals.
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The ORBI Arts Network is a
communications tool for the arts community in the Ohio River Valley
created by the Ohio River Border Initiative. ORBI is a joint
project of the West Virginia Commission on the Arts and the Ohio Arts
Council.
If you are an artist, musician,
craftsperson, community arts activist, civic leader, business person,
gallery owner, teacher, or anyone else interested in the arts on the
West Virginia/Ohio border, this site is a way for you to help you plan
new projects, share resources and find out what others in the region
are
doing. We have designed this site with minimal graphics to help
it run as fast as possible for slower computers and modems.
The ORBI Arts Network has
sections that you navigate using the buttons on the left.
- The ORBI Arts Bulletin Board
where you can post ideas, projects and resources. Use the Bulletin
Board
to find help, locate future partners or tell others about new project
ideas.
- Links to the Ohio Arts
Council and the West Virginia Commission on the Arts and other Web
sites
that offer help or useful information for the arts community in the
Ohio
River region. These links will include Web sites by artists, arts
businesses and arts organizations on the Ohio/West Virginia border.
- ORBI News with information
about new ORBI projects and plans
- ORBI Stories has
descriptions of the impact of ORBI-funded programs on people and
communities in our region.
- Grants with
information that will be useful to you when you apply for an ORBI grant.
- A section with answers
to some of the Questions
about
ORBI.
You can also find out more
about ORBI at About ORBI .
If you want to know more about ORBI or want to get on the ORBI mailing
list, you can find out
more
or contact the Project Director at 304-655-8255.
This program is presented with financial assistance from
the WV Division of Culture and History, and the National Endowment for
the Arts,
with approval from the WV Commission on the Arts.
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to
get on ORBI's mailing list.