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If you are an artist interested in learning more about leveraging web technologies such as RSS feeds, Twitter, and traditional web channels, join Senior Developer Phil Jones and the Hamiltonian Artists for an interactive discussion on web and tech challenges relevant to you.

Phil will be speaking Thursday, October 1^st, as part of the Hamiltonian Artist Speaker Series presented by the Hamiltonian Gallery.

The series is “a succession of lectures given by established artists and art professionals to aid in the artistic and entrepreneurial development of our So-Hamiltonian Fellows and other emerging artists… Hamiltonian Artists is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing professional development opportunities for creative artists in their early careers.”

Phil has a passion for the arts and is excited to be sharing his experience in web technology to support the local artists’ community.  The lecture is at 7 PM, at the Hamiltonian Gallery at 1353 U St. NW, Ste. 101 (across the street from the CITI office!). Free and open to the general artist community.  Local blog DCist mentioned the lecture briefly in their weekly round-up of talks around town.

CITI is pleased to announce the recent launch of the new StreetSense.org website.  Popular local blog DCist featured the site launch on their website.  As many Washingtonians know, Street Sense is DC’s own street newspaper, providing opportunities for homeless vendors to earn money and share their stories and raising “public awareness on the issues of homelessness and poverty in the city.”

Street Sense partnered with CITI to design and develop a new website, built using Wordpress, that incorporates features such as an RSS feed, blog, easily-updated content, greater interactivity, homelessness news from around the web, and links to the Street Sense Twitter and Facebook accounts.  The project work was done at a steep discount, offering a small community organization the chance to affordably implement a new website and better combat and raise awareness of homelessness.  Check out the DCist post and the new Street Sense site!

This recent post on the DCist blog, a great blog for local DC news and infotainment, offers an up-close look at long-time CITI client, the Patricia M. Sitar Center for the Arts. The Sitar Center offers very low-cost art classes to youth in the community, providing a safe place for youth to learn and spend time in the Adams Morgan/Mt. Pleasant/Columbia Heights neighborhood, which “has seen an increase in youth violence in recent months.”

The blog post also mentions that, like many social mission organizations seeking to increase awareness and their base of support, the Center is increasingly using facebook and other social networking sites.  CITI provides network infrastructure support to the Sitar Center.