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AiR is proud to announce that: A wonderful commendation arrived by mail the other day. Susan Wyngaard, Head of the Wexner/OSU Fine Arts Library wrote to say, among other things, "I've viewed several of these [AiR] videotapes and thought them so worthwhile that I purchased the entire set for our Fine Arts Library. Unlike other video tapes about artists, your videotapes provide an experience with the artist." Susan goes on to write, "You have taken advantage of the medium (video) to demonstrate that artists are ordinary people who have learned to take chances. Beyond showing how it is done, the tapes show that it can be done. The experience of being with the artist encourages the viewer to release the artist within. For that reason I would recommend these tapes to viewers of all ages, from 9 to 90 and beyond." Thanks so much, Susan, for your kind words of encouragement! For the full text of the letter please click here As part of the BOTA small business makeover (detailed below) Cliff Ennico featured AiR in his weekly nationally syndicated column. Thanks Cliff! For the full text of Cliff's article please click here We Won a Small Business Makeover! Jane Applegate, the writer of a nationally syndicated small business column, called recently to announce that AiR had won the opportunity of a small business makeover. As part of Applegate and AmTrak's cross-country series of workshops to promote small business after 9/11, Back on Track America (TM), AiR was selected due to a winning essay about the video series. Frequent visitors should begin to see changes as AiR consults with Cliff Ennico, co-host of PBS' Money Hunt show; Nancy Michaels, president of Impression Impact; and Susan Solovic. Chris will receive his award at an SBA breakfast to be held in Washington DC on May 9. Stay Tuned! In consultation with numerous classroom art teachers through the Getty Foundation's ArtsEdNet, AiR is engaged to create a parallel to it's offerings: a special classroom "Teacher's Edition." Selected tapes will be edited into 15 minute stand-alone segments making the tapes easier to use in classes with restricted time frames. Thanks to all the teachers from across the country and Puerto Rico who are participating in the evaluation process. At a recent meeting of the Ohio Educational Media Consortium, the board  has decided to purchase duplication rights to 23 AiR titles for its 26 member school and library systems and arts centers. Lee Ekleberry of the Grandview Heights High School is currently using two of the artinres titles in his studio arts classes: Dawson Kellogg's Rhapsody in Glass and Ron Dahline's reflections in Mud. Lee will soon also have a title in the series as he demonstrates techniques in teaching watercolors in the classroom. Mark McGuire of the Fort Hayes Arts High School has purchased several titles and is looking forward to including many more in the Columbus Public Schools arts media collection. James Shannon of at Very Special Arts of Ohio is working with AiR to identify award-winning disabled artists to include in the series. Shannon is also communicating with VSA's national and international headquarters to see if AiR might assist in their work to establish artists residencies in public schools. AiR is collaborating with Ray Hanley and the staff of GCAC to help promote Columbus as a center for the arts. This will include incorporating past recipients of GCAC Individual Artists Fellowships in Visual Arts into the AiR series. GCAC organizes one of the largest and most respected juried arts festivals in the Mid-west, the Columbus Arts Festival. Through an arrangement between Richard Peck, Executive VP and editor of Nursing and Long Term Management Magazine and Sunrise Assisted Living At Tucker Creek, AiR has provided a variety of titles to see how Sunrise residents respond to our "behind the scenes" approach to the arts.