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ArtSpark’s Arts Listening Project Launches!
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ArtSpark is excited to launch its brand-spanking-new Arts Listening Project (ArtsLP) in the New Year, 2013. Yeehaw!
ArtSpark is out to discover what artists + sustainability truly means and how it translates into effective action and positive outcomes for art in communities. ArtSpark will facilitate a series of participatory dialogues/discussions in New Mexico and California (ArtSpark is located in ABQ) with different key individuals and stakeholder groups: artists, arts and culture organizations, arts supporters, patrons, community members, grassroots and official leaders, etc. After we’ve collected and analyzed data to identify themes and variations, the project will continue in an online space.
Why are we asking questions about how artists are (and can be!) sustained and supported? Skills and strategies that sustain artists are essential for creative strength and longevity. This equation does, of course, include arts organizations that show/present artistic work, provide artists with skills, plus advocate on behalf of artists and the arts.
The word sustain means “to supply with necessities and support” and “to provide with nourishment.” Yet there is little consensus among different stakeholders and groups around how “sustaining artists” creates a valuable, rich, diverse and reliable arts ecosystem within a community.
ArtSpark has discovered in listening to 150+ artists/arts organizations, arts supporters, patrons and community members that the word sustainability, when related specifically to artists, can mean very different things to different people. ArtSpark sees patterns that are worth pursuing, like social media for audience development/engagement, bartering and exchange, online crowdfunding, and affordable housing, studio space and health insurance. However, to learn more we need to collect more data, allowing for the wisdom of the community to shine through.
A question for you, dear reader: “What does sustaining artists mean to YOU?” We welcome your comments and hope that this conversation continues to engage…
Posted in Arts Listening Project
Tagged Albuquerque, Art, Artists, arts, arts investor/donor, Arts Listening Project, ArtSpark, Crowdfunding, fundraising, kickstarter, Microfunding, online communication, philanthropy, San Francisco, Social Media for Artists, sustainability, technology and the arts
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ArtSpark/Aspiration Tech ISEA Event 9/17/12
The ArtSparker/AspirationTechie Gang
photo by Lauren Rolls
It was a great day all around. Fantastic facilitation by Aspiration’s Misty Avila, and engaged participation from everyone who attended. The space we got to play in was wonderful too: home to the Fusion Theatre Company, The Cell theater in downtown ABQ was a perfect haven (many thanks to Dennis Gromelski).
Our learning was interactive and full of good dialogue. First we created a “mindmap” to focus our day based on questions we’d like to ask another artist (see picture below for some of the questions that came up), followed by Paula Scott presenting on her approaches to audience engagement and social media. Then we had VERY interesting “spectogram” dialogue around the statement “Artists don’t need $ to survive.” At the end of the day, Misty led us through a detailed discussion and presentation around Using Online Tools Sustainably.
- Questions for a favorite artist…
photo by Lauren Rolls
There were also some great online resources shared: www.fiverr.com – assistance on design, logos, etc. for $5! www.verticalresponse.com – email newsletter provider (10K emails/month allowed free for non-profits), www.adobeairstream.com – online arts magazine for Santa Fe, Denver and Austin, www.artspan.org and www.fineartstudio.org – artist websites, www.wsj.com – articles about data transparency, www.eff.org and www.afj.org – Electronic Frontier Foundation and Alliance for Justice – watchdogs for privacy and social justice.
As the sun waned we drank beer from microbrewery La Cumbre and ate yummy stuff from Patrick’s Gedunk foodtruck with invited friends and family. NICE! Thanks to all of you who created such a lovely day. Let’s do it again sometime, yes?!
Sunset over ABQ
photo by Lauren Rolls
NEA Survey + ArtSpark Salon Conversation, OH MY!
ArtSpark’s conversation Salon on August 23rd was an extraordinary event with (very!) passionate participants (thank you Susanna, Chris, Karen, Richard, Burgy and Lauren). Not only did everyone have thoughtful, critical and illuminating things to say that evening, but the conversation … Continue reading
Posted in ArtSpark Conversation Salons, ArtSpark Update
Tagged Art, Artists, ArtSpark, Gift Economy, Lewis Hyde, sustainability
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ArtSpark ISEA Event 9/17/12
Nothing like a major international arts event to encourage another arts event to join the fray. Talking about none other than ISEA, the annual International (truly) Symposium on Electronic Arts that’s landing in Albuquerque in September (19-24). Co-hosted by 516 … Continue reading
ArtSpark in San Francisco: SO much learning!
What a great time we all had in SF! Thanks to Matt Garcia and Misty Avila from Aspiration Tech, lots of good facilitation and information around sustainability in the arts and online communication/social media was flowing. Thanks to everyone who … Continue reading
ArtSpark and Aspiration Tech in SF this week!
ArtSpark and Aspiration Tech are joining forces again for another round of social and learning events for artists and arts organizations. We’ll convene at Aspiration’s headquarters in San Francisco on April 11th and 12th with the amazing (and very fun) … Continue reading
A Kickstarter Rollercoaster Ride
This is a long post, I know, but so worth the read! Congratulations to Reba Hasko, an extraordinary performer (singer/songwriter could describe her but, hey, she’s more than that) who just succeeded at funding her campaign on kickstarter.com. Reba and … Continue reading
ArtSpark and Aspiration Tech team up in SF this week!
Hola from ArtSpark in San Francisco! We’re here with our amazing tech partner, Aspiration Tech, to co-host two events this week on how artists and arts organizations can sustain their work with online and in-person sustainability strategies (e.g., audience development … Continue reading