FARMINGTON — Dan Woodward will be the guest speaker for MUSE, a networking and discussion group for creatives, when they meet from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 6, at Henderson Memorial Baptist Church on Academy Street.
MUSE is open to all creatives for a time when creatives may dialogue about their similar processes, challenges, and goals regardless of the type of work they do and network with one another as they exchange resources and knowledge.
Participants’ work or interests may include visual art, music, writing, dance, theater, research, business, invention, fund-raising, advocacy, math, science and philosophy. Some topics for discussion include work and work process, time, space, beginning completing, motivation, focus, inspiration, resources, contacts, marketing, fund-raising and administration.
MUSE was started in Portland in January 2002 by artist and writer Amy Stacey Curtis. The MUSE meeting held monthly in Farmington is the first expression of several being started by creatives throughout the nation.
Woodward has been involved in the Farmington area music and theater scene for many years. He has sung with the UMF choral program, Mount Blue Chordsmen barbershop chorus, Continental Harmony Chorus, and is a member of Northfield, an early music vocal group. He has assisted and appeared in many Sandy River Players productions. He is currently the director of the chancel choir at Henderson Memorial Baptist Church and the 2003 Continental Harmony Chorus. His most recent creative efforts have been in the area of composition and choral arrangements.
The MUSE meeting will begin with a time for casual networking from 3 to 3:20 p.m. followed by open discussion and the guest speaker. Participants may also present or supply articles, quotes, book titles, excerpts, resources which were helpful or may spark conversation.
MUSE meets from 3 to 5 p.m. the first Sunday of each month at Henderson Memorial Baptist Church. The church is handicapped accessible. A $2 donation per MUSE participant per Sunday is requested for the use of the space. For more information, call Robin Ann Barron at Foxhollow Studio at 778-3202.
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