SPARKcon map video

Check out an annotated map of this year’s layout. And yes, this is subject to change…

If you want to read the text, it’s best to view this at 480 resolution in full screen mode.

Meet Aly Khalifa on The State of Things with Frank Stasio

Today Aly Khalifa, co-founder of SPARKcon, was on The State of Things with Frank Stasio on North Carolina Public Radio, WUNC. Listen to the broadcast.

The interview, touched on lots of aspects of creativity. Here are some helpful links from the Interview:

• Download the SPARKcon Comment… The write-up results published in the INDEPENDENT after the first SPARKcon
• SPARKcon is now a program of the Visual Art Exchange
• Aly is a co-founder of Designbox
• Aly is Owner and Product & Engineering Director of Gamil Design
• The Teastick and Teastick Gems can be purchased at Gamila Company

We Are Finalists and Need Your Votes!

SPARKcon/Visual Art Exchange are finalists for the What Matters Innovation Award and we need your votes, so VOTE NOW!

SPARKcon/Visual Art Exchange submitted a video for the award, you can view on the Triangle Community Foundation voting page. Voting opens today and will remain open through next Wednesday, April 28 at 11:59pm. You can vote as many times as you want so vote often!

What Matters Innovation Award
from the TCF, What Matters Innovation Award Press Release

“Triangle Community Foundation has chosen five finalists for the 2010 What Matters Innovation Award, a $5,000 prize for an organization using innovative strategies to address growth and diversity in the Triangle.  Each finalist will produce a brief digital video to tell the story of their work.  The public will choose the award winner through an online voting competition on http://www.trianglecf.org April 21–28.”

Special thanks to VAE intern Miles Holst who managed getting the video together and did some magic editing!