The Story Continues...
Wimberley, The Story Capital of Texas...
Wimberley, The Story Capital of Texas...
Wimberley StoryFest 2022 was a rousing success and it laid the groundwork for Wimberley StoryFest 2023. We kicked off the year with a gala event, 'Once Upon a Time...where stories began', at Old Glory Ranch, on January 12th. The focus was on celebrating the night sky over Wimberley with traditional stories, an original musical score and a film, all centered on the topic.
Now, a dynamic team, made up of creative professionals has a new vision…and its BIG! Join us for our ongoing events throughout 2023 and beyond.
Why a new direction?
What are the advantages?
How will it happen?
Our plan is to secure an actual physical space to serve as ‘StoryFest Headquarters’.
Now, a dynamic team, made up of creative professionals has a new vision…and its BIG! Join us for our ongoing events throughout 2023 and beyond.
Why a new direction?
- Following StoryFest 2022 we had a gratifying outreach of artists, donors, sponsors and new patrons wanting to participate in future events and to enlarge the concept.
- We began to think about how to support and access all the various forms of art and their stories in an on-going way: Literary Arts; Performing Arts; Visual Arts; Culinary Arts.
- We began to imagine a whole series of events, spread out over the year, that would support every form of art and story.
What are the advantages?
- Spreading StoryFest events across the entire year allows for significant funding opportunities, venue interests, and artist availabilities that makes this approach compelling.
- Funds for the ‘arts’ become more readily available when events bring tourists to town and especially when visiting tourists stay in Wimberley overnight.
- Having some events scheduled in mid-week supports additional and more manageable tourism (as opposed to having every event on a weekend...)
- Lodging owners are getting on-board to partner with StoryFest to provide discounts for lodging and dining for events scheduled during the week.
- Positioning StoryFest in this on-going way… ‘makes StoryFest a part of people’s lives and part of life in Wimberley’.
- This approach moves the needle in a significant way towards establishing Wimberley as…. ‘The Story Capital of Texas’.
How will it happen?
- Our approach is to create a small ‘action committee’ for each element of the arts, and to establish a much broader ‘advisory group’ of experts, patrons/funding sources (including grants) to brainstorm and direct the activities.
Our plan is to secure an actual physical space to serve as ‘StoryFest Headquarters’.
- ‘A cooperative arts space allowing for the exploration of ‘Story’ through multi-disciplinary community programming….’
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•‘State Cultural District’ designation (Texas Commission on the Arts - 2015)
• ‘Dark Sky Community’ (International Dark-Sky Association – 2018)
.‘Film Friendly Community’ (Texas Film Commission – 2019)
• ‘Music Friendly Community’ (Texas Music Office – 2022)
• ‘Dark Sky Community’ (International Dark-Sky Association – 2018)
.‘Film Friendly Community’ (Texas Film Commission – 2019)
• ‘Music Friendly Community’ (Texas Music Office – 2022)