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Mike Marriott, The Arts Promoter, has almost two decades of experience in arts administration, management, marketing, promotion, development, public relations, & publicity. Mike is the Owner/Director of Opportunity Arts. He also serves as the Executive Director for New York City based Davalois Fearon Dance. He has guest lectured at both Michigan State University & West Texas A&M University. His clients have been featured in such publications as The New York Times, Dance Magazine, & The New Yorker, & have performed at prestigious venues such as The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, The Joyce, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and The New Victory Theater in Times Square. Mike graduated with a Master of Arts in Marketing, Management, & Performing Arts from West Texas A&M University. He is a member of the Arts Council of Greater Lansing, and serves on the Mayor’s Arts & Culture Commission for the City of Lansing.

Find out more about OPPORTUNITY ARTS at: www.opportunityarts.org

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In this episode we meet Mike Marriott from Peoria, Illinois who found is way to Lansing, Michigan by way of New York City and Long Island, New York. Partly because somewhere along the way he became a Detroit Lions fan. This will be an ongoing series about the arts & entertainment world, aka 'show business' and how it pertains to what's happening in Metro Lansing.

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Mike Marriott, the Arts Promoter, had a successful stint in New York City. However, his love of art and affordability lead him and his wife to move to Lansing, Michigan. In this episode we explore the cornucopia of fun stuff in Metro Lansing. Arts Council of Greater Lansing's Arts Night Out event, Lansing Art Gallery, Happendance, The Poetry Room, The Robin Theatre, The Loft, Open Mics - The Blue Owl, Loud Space, ceramic studios - The Crack Pot Tour, Dance studios, Cedar Street Art Collective... Oh you get the idea. Here's the podcast that will give you a long list of events and places for you to find and enjoy.

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In this episode Mike Marriott talks about Happendance, which is mid-Michigan's only professional dance company. Each year it presents four major productions

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Mike Marriott talks about how Arts & Entertainment surrounds us. There's a reference to "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X. And Metro Melik talks about the genre that Johnny Cash should belong. There's a little nod to Varhaus. Mr. Marriott speaks on how business can invest in art as well as artist and why that is good for business. Metro Lansing is an emerging mostly blank canvas of where artist can find many opportunities to partner with business in order to be able to help facilitate in their art production.

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Mike Marriott goes into depth of what is the Arts Council of Greater Lansing and what it does to promote in Metro Lansing. It is also an organization that can help you with your artistic goals. We talk about the cool app "517 ARTsearch". We touch on why the campus of Lansing Community College is great for enjoying art.

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