Honey:

When working with business's the real key is what you to help them
achieve their goals.  If they see what you are doing as helping them
to increase sales (or whatever), they will support you--and the more
concretely you can articulate the benefits to them, the more they
will support you.

Local businesses may well be excited about more upscale visitors to
the downtown area. Bigger companies are increasingly attracted to
"lifestyle" attribute that can help attract desirable employees.
They may eventually become excited about contemporary art.

Good luck,

Guy

>Hi all! I am looking into getting some input on broadening our
>targeted audience in San Antonio at ArtPace A Foundation for
>Contemporary Art.   Basically we are located in the downtown
>district of a community that does not really have the fire burning
>under them about the arts.   My task at hand is to contact downtown
>businesses in the area, and welcome them into our galleries for a
>brown bag luncheon discussion where we provide everything, to get
>them excited about Contemporary Art and about the downtown area.
>What I am asking is basically if someone could guide me (as I am a
>lowly undergrad intern =) ) into the right direction of what types
>of companies I should really be looking at, i.e.  who is most
>excited/interested about contemporary art, and also who will be
>leading these businesses in the future.   If anyone could help me a
>huge thanks in advance!
>
>Honey Tondre
>
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Guy Hermann
Mystic, Connecticut
Home: 860-536-2994
Office: 617-437-6262
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