With the reduction of arts, music and writing programs in the schools, three organizations have come together to fill the void.

H2 Advertising, Smashgrabnow, and the Local Artist Foundation, after a year of preparation, opened up the new website at   www.smashgrabnow.com  (See www.lonniehicks.com as well.)

We:

1-Find, identify young talent in these three areas and begin a process of providing materials, support and grooming to them through soliciting donation dollars through our non-profit arm, The Local Artist Foundation.

2-We simultaneously work with performance oriented and those seeking to publish and manage and promote them through our for-profit arm, Smashgrabnow.inc and H2Advertising.

The East Coast operation is ready for viewing at www.smashgrabnow.com. The West Coast chapter is in current operation with a formal web opening planned for on September 15th. It will be accessible via web link at the smashgrabnow site on that date.

A face-to face-meeting is also planned for that date in Berkeley, Ca. Signing up there through meet-up.com is possible. We operate in three states in the East and will operate in California only on the West Coast for the first year.

If interested visit the smashgrabnow.com site take a look and become a member..