Don't Starve. Make Art.

KUNM | By Spencer Beckwith

Published January 31, 2015 at 7:00 AM MST

A new research center in Albuquerque is working to provide practical business support and education to New Mexico's artists and arts organizations. The Keshet Ideas and Innovation Center (KIIC) opened last July in the Keshet Dance Company's Center for the Arts. KIIC's goal is job creation for New Mexico; as the Center's Director, Marla Wood, says, a "thriving arts and culture environment is a precursor to strong economic development."

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A longer version of the interview in which KIIC's Director Marla Wood speaks in detail about the Center's programs and the variety of ways in which local artists can participate.

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Spencer Beckwith

Spencer Beckwith reports on the arts for KUNM. For ten years, until March of 2014, Spencer was the producer and host of KUNM's "Performance New Mexico," a weekday morning arts program that included interviews with musicians, writers and performers. Spencer is a graduate of the acting program at the Juilliard School, and, before moving to New Mexico in 2002, was for many years a professional actor based in New York City.

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