The Creative Coast’s blogspot is Savannah’s sounding board for local thinkers, innovators, wanderers and wonderers. Guest bloggers share their thoughts, opinions and creative noodling from all over the map. This week’s blog is from Jae Matthews, major cinephile and M.F.A. student at SCAD.  Jae is interning at the Savannah Film Commission and anixously awaits this year’s Savannah Film Festival  (October 29 – November 5)!

It’s been raining for three days now, and I sit at my window like the proverbial wall-flower waiting for my hunk to get me out of here. But I wait for no man! No sir.

I wait for the 14th Annual Savannah Film Festival to begin, and I still have more than two weeks time to anticipate what the fest will be bringing into town.

To be honest, I’m a little nervous, because this will be my first ever all-inclusive festival experience. Already there seems to be too much for me to see, what with the films, the panels and so many honored guests! I remember seeing a lot of pictures from last year and biding my time as a volunteer, knowing that someday I could experience the splendor of festival extravagance. It seems too soon to have the opportunity to experience it one year later, no closer to the status that I figured I needed to acquire. I’m channeling this energy into nervous tension that, hopefully, will lift in two weeks time.

The Creative Coast’s blogspot is Savannah’s sounding board for local thinkers, innovators, wanderers and wonderers. Guest bloggers share their thoughts, opinions and creative noodling from all over the map. This week’s blog on window gazing is from Jake Hodesh, executive director & chief fashion critic for The Creative Coast.  Read on to see who’s been framed….

Hey friends.

Remember a few weeks back when we co-hosted Vogue magazine’s Fashion Night Out here in Savannah?

We partnered with some amazing local artists and filled the facade of the Creative Coast building with an incredible installation.

We wanted to share this crazy mashup recap video with you.

Savannah Windows is an ongoing project with the goal of integrating local art with local business. This video highlights a project that revolved around Vogue magazine’s Fashion Night Out on September 8, 2011. Our hometown of Savannah, GA was selected as a host for this global event. With the help of the Creative Coast, Savannah Windows has partnered with businesses and residents along York street and Broughton street to create window installations celebrating a rich cast of characters from Savannah’s past and present.

Here is the link to the Savannah Windows website.

The Creative Coast’s blogspot is Savannah’s sounding board for local thinkers, innovators, wanderers and wonderers. Guest bloggers share their thoughts, opinions and creative noodling from all over the map. This week’s blog provides updates from Jake Hodesh, executive director & chief rocket launcher for The Creative Coast.  Read on and fire away…..

The past few months have been super busy times at The Creative Coast. In addition to hosting multiple events, we’ve also been developing and launching some really cool new projects. Here’s a peek at some things which will interest you:

Last month The Creative Coast launched DonorCharge, a credit card processing program designed to minimize merchant fees while simultaneously allowing local merchants to help The Creative Coast continue its mission of supporting locally grown businesses and entrepreneurs.

The concept is simple: provide merchants with an alternative to the expensive credit card processing fee systems offered by major financial service institutions. Merchants have the opportunity to pay a lower transaction fee while The Creative Coast, as the sponsor of DonorCharge, receives a small percentage of the transaction fee. Participating merchants save money on processing fees which means more revenue per credit card transaction for them, while The Creative Coast earns a small percentage from the transaction fee itself. The Creative Coast’s cut comes from the transaction fee, not the merchants’ pockets. The merchant keeps more of their money and The Creative Coast generates a little revenue itself. Everyone’s a winner…except maybe the big banks.

The Creative Coast’s blogspot is Savannah’s sounding board for local thinkers, innovators, wanderers and wonderers. Guest bloggers share their thoughts, opinions and creative noodling from all over the map. This week’s guest blogger is social media maven and world jetsetter, Sloane Kelley. Read on for updates regarding Sloane’s favorite weekend – - GEEKEND.

Summer is almost over and that means one thing:  The third annual Geekend is almost upon us.

The Geekend crew and I have been hard at work over the past eight months incorporating feedback and lots of new ideas to ensure this year is even bigger and better than before.

One of the big changes is that we’re taking the show on the road this year. In addition to our main Savannah event in November, we’re also going to be in Boston delivering a mini-Geekend at the Direct Marketing Association’s annual event in October. The hope is that this global stage of 10,000+ attendees will put a spotlight on the Geekend conference, the Savannah area and all of the creative energy in the region.