Montana World Trade Center rep to visit City Club Missoula July 13 – "Moving Montana’s Creative Economy Forward: Exporting Montana’s Culture to the World"

Montana World Trade Center http://www.mwtc.org program manager Geoff Sutton will present "Moving Montana’s Creative Economy Forward: Exporting Montana’s Culture to the World" as the next City Club Missoula Forum July 13.

The event will run from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Downtown at the Park.

Sutton will be discussing programs offered by the MWTC, including vocational training programs that help Montana artists increase their business skills as well as others which facilitate marketing Montana art and culture nationally and internationally.

Sutton has spearheaded international trade missions exporting Montana art to Europe and New Zealand.

Montana artist Monte Dolack and Terri Elander of the Missoula Children’s Theater also will be at the forum to answer questions about their experiences with the innovative trade missions.

Reservations are required for City Club forums, and can be made at http://www.cityclubmissoula.org, [email protected], or 406-541-CITY by noon Thursday.

Participants are asked to indicate if they want lunch at $11 for members or $16 for nonmembers, or the no-lunch option of forum only for $5.

For more information: http://www.cityclubmissoula.org or 541-CITY.

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