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		<title>What IS this website?</title>
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		<dc:creator>Adrienne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About 15 years ago, I and a couple of young men &#8211; one from NYC the other from San Francisco &#8211; attempted to create a digital magazine on CD-ROM about the underground music scene in NYC. That project later evolved into a broader vision that included a variety of artistic forms that we called Metrozine. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>About 15 years ago, I and a couple of young men &#8211; one from NYC the other from San Francisco &#8211; attempted to create a digital magazine on CD-ROM about the underground music scene in NYC. That project later evolved into a broader vision that included a variety of artistic forms that we called Metrozine. The idea was a decade or two ahead of its time. The partnership dissolved, and we each went our separate ways &#8211; but for me the idea clung to my heart and so I established the domain name Urbanesque.com</p>
<p>For years Urbanesque has been a warehouse for some of my projects, and a launching pad for several others, including:</p>
<ul>
<li>Working Artists LLC [<a title="Working Artists LLC - an arts business incubator headquartered in Portland Oegon" href="http://workingartistsonline.com" target="_blank">http://workingartistsonline.com</a>]</li>
<li>Empty &amp; Meaningless: the Box Project [<a title="Empty and Meaningless the Box Project - an applied arts progrm that touches, moves and inspires" href="http://empty.urbanesque.com" target="_blank">http://empty.urbanesque.com</a>]</li>
<li>My own art [<a title="The Art and Passions of Artist-Entrepreneur Adrienne Fritze" href="http://adriennefritze.com" target="_blank">http://adriennefritze.com</a>]</li>
<li>and many more including Black Ink Mysteries; HandyWomen A-Z; Razor Wire Phoenixes; Journey to Freedom</li>
</ul>
<p>Now I&#8217;m reverting the website to my original intention which was to provide a space for emerging artists, creatives, social entrepreneurs, community activists, and innovators to share their lives and work in a city-centric format that defines the character and meat of their urban home through the work they do.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re interested in participating in this definition I invite you to do so in a variety of ways:</p>
<ol>
<li>by commenting on the blogsites hosted by urbanesque.com, as well as on urbanesque itself;</li>
<li>by applying to have your blogsite hosted here;</li>
<li>by suggesting ways of expanding and improving what is offered here.</li>
</ol>
<p>This is an experiment in fulfillment and meaningful change for me, and I look forward to your contribution and involvement.</p>
<p>To art, creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship!</p>
<p>Adrienne.</p>
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