Your brand is telling a story. Videography is a compelling way to concisely and creatively showcase what you do, who you are and how you do your thing. Advokate just hired Caitlin (me) of Snarky Aardvark Films and is now expanding into the world of...
Valentine's Day Gift Guide Looking for the perfect something special for your valentine? Check out these options from some of Advokate's clients who are also LOCAL. 1. Book of Hearts by Jessica Kane A Book of Hearts was written for children and their parents to encourage understanding and empathy for all...
We've recently been working on a project for Downtown Glens Falls' Colvin Building. The post below was written by our copy writer, Jessica Chanese. I'm not a native of Glens Falls, or of any of its neighboring towns for that matter. I grew up on...
We're excited to announce the return of The Advokate Boutique! The Advokate Boutique is a pop-up shop featuring locally-crafted gifts and accessories. It will be opening for the months of November and December as a temporary store, upstairs at 16c Exchange Street in Downtown Glens Falls. The Boutique is located upstairs in...
It's worth acknowledging that next week, the Arts in Glens Falls won't be the same. This is the last week for both Erin Coon, Executive Director of The Charles R. Wood Theater, and Ellen Bütz, Executive Director of LARAC. I'm proud to call them both friends,...
It feels like I'm inside a game of Boggle this month, with a weirdly high number of my friends and colleagues shifting from one position to the next, as if someone turned Glens Falls upside-down and shook us. I find myself thinking hard about who might...
Philip Morris, CEO of Proctors Theatre in Schenectady, spoke to a group of people at LARAC yesterday about how the arts can revitalize a community. I was glad to be there. The dude is brilliant. I had no idea what Proctors did for Schenectady, and...
Here's what I said during the 8/19/15 Warren County Town Hall to the Upstate Revitalization Initiative representatives, with a summary of the best ideas that I've heard in my work as a Creative Advocate for the Regional Alliance for a Creative Economy: We need to strengthen, connect and brand...
The eight-county Capital District is in competition with six other regions in New York State for $500 million in economic development investments from the State. The Regional Alliance for a Creative Economy (RACE) has hired 12 Creative Advocates to facilitate the collection of big-picture ideas...
I had this thought in the shower: We are all waves in a rising tide. What we accomplish on our own is significant, but it's because we are part of the whole that we have impact. We don't have to last forever to matter. We...
