FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Artomatic 419 (Artomatic419.org) is a collaborative effort between The Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, Kick Start Toledo and the area's creative community.

In the fall of 2004 we began the "Meet & Greet" series in order to foster dialog amongst Toledo's diverse creative communities. We asked attendees what they wanted to see in our arts community. They replied: networking, access to spaces and opportunities for professional development.

Our answer was this event, Artomatic 419.

With guidance from Artomatic D.C.'s George Koch, this event is the product of well over a year of planning, coordinating, recruiting and promotion efforts... not to mention cleaning, painting and managing this wonderful 22,000 sq. ft. building. Thank you to our sponsors, our fantastic steering committee, our volunteers and a special thanks to Manos Greek Restaurant for donating this really great building! And, thanks to you—our visitors—for supporting Toledo's creative community.

- Marc Folk, Mr. & Mrs. Dustin Hostetler, Kelly McGilvery and Jim Moore