Art Menius

Current

• Director at Appalshop

Past

• Marketing Director at MerleFest
• Manager at The Folk Alliance
• Executive Director at IBMA

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Education

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Non-Profit Organization Management

Websites

• My Company

Art Menius’s Summary

Currently Director of Appalshop, the 38 year old multi-disciplinary arts center in central Appalachia.
Marketing and Sponsorship Director of MerleFest, 1997 - 2007
Conference Manager for The Folk Alliance, 1991 - 1996
Executive Director, International Bluegrass Music Association, 1985 - 1990

Art Menius’s Specialties:

event marketing, non-profit organization leadership, sponsorship, fundraising

Art Menius’s Experience

• Director

  Appalshop

  (Motion Pictures and Film industry)

  July 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)

  Appalshop, founded in 1969, is a nonprofit multimedia arts and education center in Whitesburg, KY in the heart of central Appalachian Coal Fields. Appalshop operates in three major divisions - theater, film & TV, and community radio station WMMT. Appalshop includes the Appalachian Media Institute, a youth leadership program, and the media justice initiatives Thousand Kites and Community Media Institute. It depends upon grants and donations to do its work.

• Marketing Director

  MerleFest

  (Entertainment industry)

  July 1997 — June 2007 (10 years)

  Handled sponsorship, marketing, and media relations for annual event hosted by Doc Watson each spring at Wilkes Community College in NC, drawing 80,000 participants over 4 days.

• Manager

  The Folk Alliance

  (Entertainment industry)

  April 1991 — June 1996 (5 years 3 months)

  I was the first volunteer president in 1990 and then the first employee the next five years.

• Executive Director

  IBMA

  (Entertainment industry)

  November 1985 — December 1990 (5 years 2 months)

  Trade association for bluegrass music. I was the first ED. I received its Distinguished Service Award in 2008.

Art Menius’s Education

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  BA, MA , History , 1973 — 1982

  Activities and Societies:

  Phi Beta Kappa
  Chess Team

Additional Information

Art Menius’s Websites:

• My Company

Art Menius’s Groups:

The Folk Alliance, International Bluegrass Music Association, Whitesburg (KY) Rotary, Americana Music Association, NARAS

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Art Menius’s Honors:

Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame, 2008
IBMA Distinguished Service Award, 2008
Print Journalist of the Year, International Bluegrass Music Awards 1990

Art Menius’s Contact Settings

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