It's not a birthday without a monkey.

Art&Seek is one year old today!

Along with Stephen, Gini, Betsy, Jerome, David, Paul and everyone else here at KERA, I’d like to thank all of you for making our first year such a big success.

That list of folks to thank includes our guest bloggers, the nearly 2,000 arts organizations and venues who contribute to the Art&Seek calendar,  the folks who’ve sent us more than 1,000 Flickr photos, all our Facebook fans, the artists we’ve interviewed for radio, television and Web reports, and all the great bloggers and sites  around town whose work we like to let you know about.

And thanks to you. Art&Seek was started to provide the information you need to live a creative life.  And judging from the response to artandseek.org, that information is important to a lot of people in North Texas.

Moving forward, we hope to continue to grow as a clearinghouse, sending you to the best of arts news and reviews in our area, whether we produce them or others do.  And we’re  also creating a community around culture in North Texas, a place to share ideas and opportunities.  So stick with us, and feel free to join in, let us know what you think.

How are we celebrating? Did we mention our T-Shirt contest? I thought so.