Energy Update Summer2019

AIR IS MORE THAN A WORKSHOP AND MORE THAN A WAY FOR BUSINESS

PEOPLE + CREATIVE TYPES TO SHARE SKILLS. IT IS A MODEL FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO FOSTER ECONOMIC + COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FROM WITHIN + STRENGTHEN PATRICK COUNTY’S SENSE OF COMMUNITY ACROSS ALL BOUNDARIES.

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE AIR PROGRAMS BY VISITING www.airinstitute.org

AIR SHIFT WORKSHOP Facilitators lead small groups through exercises that produce hands-on experience in collaboration, planning, and challenging mental models about art, business, money, and community. It’s totally unique in bringing together emerging and professional creatives and business folks for a collaborative learning experience. Shift Workshop participants work together quickly to design and plan implementable projects for their community that focus on raising the value of arts and creativity. Projects have a one-year timeline and less than $10,000 budgets to ensure their local success.

“When Virginia Tech embarked on bringing the AIR Shift workshop to Virginia two years ago, it was seen as a great tool to develop grass roots, community development. I was thrilled that Patrick County was the place chosen to serve as the pilot project and it has been such an incredible success.” JULIE WALTERS-STEELE DIRECTOR OF REYNOLDS HOMESTEAD