THIS WEEKEND > The National Association of Artists' Organizations [NAAO]

This week, there is a very interesting, and useful for artists event happening.

Check this out. http://www.naao.net/conference.htm

"The National Association of Artists' Organizations [NAAO] is a nonprofit dedicated to serving and strengthening artist-driven groups and organizations. NAAO addresses the field's ongoing struggle with issues relating to artists' rights, organizational stability, working conditions, and professional isolation across all disciplines and communities."

Here are small portion of the hilights for the event....

• Introduction to Public Art, Alan Nakagawa, Metro Art
  

• Getting Your Sh*t Together (Artists), Bari Ziperstein, GYST-Ink
  

• Board Development and Engagement, Michael Royce, NYFA
  

• Doing It All, Mark Allen, Machine Projects
  

• Digital Technology as Super Tools, Anne Bray, LA Freewaves
  

• Individual Artists and Healthcare, Laura Zabel (moderator), Springboard for the Arts

  • Claudia Bach, Advis Arts
  • Kathleen Bitetti, Artists Foundation
  • David Rice, Strategic Policy Concepts
  • Adam Forest Huttler, Fractured Atlas
  • Everything you need to know about health and the arts.
    

• Advocacy,Barry Hessenius
  

• Earned Income Strategies, Jon Lapointe, Side Street Projects
  

• Community Arts Partnerships, Glenna Avila, Community Arts Partnership, CalArts
  

The Artist as Mediator

Randall Packer, US Department of Arts and Technology

for more info,http://www.naao.net/conference.htm

Websites to check out...

Check out what kind of organizations are out there

to help you with your artistic practices in the near future...

Artists Organizations and Affiliates

18th Street Arts Complex, Santa Monica, CA
www.18thstreet.org

Alliance for the Arts, New York, NY
allianceForarts.org

Appalshop, Inc., Whitesburg, KY
www.appalshop.org

Arizona Commission on the Arts, Phoenix, AZ
www.arizonaarts.org/

Artists Space, New York, NY
www.artistsspace.org

Artspace, New Haven, CT
www.artspacenh.org

Asian American Arts Centre, New York, NY
www.artspiral.org/

Beacon Street Gallery and Theatre, Chicago, IL
www.beaconst.org

Bush Foundation, St. Paul, MN
www.bushfound.org

Capital City Arts Initiative, Carson City, Nevada
www.arts-initiative.org

Chicago Artists' Coalition, Chicago, IL
www.caconline.org

Center for Women and Their Work, Austin, TX
www.womenandtheirwork.org

Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
www.cacno.org

COSACOSA art at large, Inc., Philadelphia, PA
www.cosacosa.org

CounterPULSE, San Francisco, CA
www.848.com

Creative Capital Foundation, New York, NY
www.creative-capital.org

CSPS - Legion Arts, Cedar Rapids, IA
www.legionarts.org

Cultural Odyssey, San Francisco, CA
www.culturalodyssey.org

DiverseWorks Artspace, Inc., Houston, TX
www.diverseworks.org

Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc., New York, NY
www.franklinfurnace.org

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY
www.hallwalls.org

Individual Artists of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
www.iaogallery.org

Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, MN
www.intermediaarts.org

Juxtaposition Arts
http://www.juxtaposition.org

Junebug Productions, New Orleans, LA
www.gnofn.org/~junebug/

McKnight Foundation, Minneapolis, MN
www.mcknight.org

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, Baltimore, MD
www.midatlanticarts.org

Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program, Minneapolis, MN
www.artsmia.org/collection/maep.cfm

New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA
www.newlangtonarts.org

Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, OH
www.oac.state.oh.us/

Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Inc., Oklahoma City, OK
www.ovac-ok.org

Organization of Independent Artists, New York, NY
www.oiaonline.org/

Painted Bride, Philadelphia, PA
www.paintedbride.org

Pentacle, New York, NY
www.pentacle.org

Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY
www.phoenix-gallery.com

Project Row Houses, Houston, TX
www.prh.org

Real Art Ways (RAW), Hartford, CT
www.realartways.org

Sculpture Space, Inc., Utica, NY
www.sculpturespace.org

Several Dancers Core, Decatur, GA
www.severaldancerscore.org

Side Street Projects
www.sidestreet.org

Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
www.soex.org

Space One Eleven (SOE), Birmingham, AL
www.spaceoneeleven.org

SPACES, Cleveland, OH
www.spacesgallery.org

Springboard for the Arts
www.springboardforthearts.org

Texas Commission on the Arts, Austin, TX
www.arts.state.tx.us/

The Maine Artists' Space, Portland, ME
www.masonlinegallery.org

The Micro Museum, Brooklyn, NY
www.micromuseum.com

The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
www.bkny.net/rotunda

Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
www.artsfestival.net

Tigertail Productions, Inc., Miami, FL
www.tigertail.org

Transformer, Washington, DC
www.transformergallery.org

Tulsa Artists' Coalition, Tulsa, OK
www.tacgallery.org/index2.htm

Visual AIDS, New York, NY
www.visualaids.org

Walker Art Center
www.walkerart.org

WESTAF/Western States Arts Federation, Denver, CO
www.westaf.org

Artists' organizations are encouraged to add their name to the list! Email us at info@naao.net. And of course joining or rejoining NAAO most appreciated! Click here for more information.

Opening Receptions

Here are listings of shows going on now- I just got these off of the LA Weekly Site:

http://www.laweekly.com/index.php?option=com_lsd&task=venuelist&attr=Galleries&Itemid=108

Most of these are opening this weekend.

Avan and I will meet to plan an itenerary asap.

If any of you have preferences, post a comment to this post, and we will work it in.
I chose events that I felt were of particualr relevence to us- I will try to elaborate on this as the Itenerary is solidified.

emerge : art : log 2nd meeting Report

emerge : art : log
2nd meeting 04.11.2007
Location : Otis Galef 209 (5 – 6)
Report>>

Please use this information for your advantage!
For more information about each idea, I put the names of people to contact with, so you can ask them what the idea is about, and if interested, you can offer to help them make the idea happen together.
*If you think your name is missing on the topic that you are involving with, or if you have any questions, please contact Mika Soma at mikanorange@mac.com or 626.367.7788. Thank you-*


1: introduction/Report to the new people

a. Report from last meeting (ideas for our group activities)

*Group critiques (everyone) (once a month so far)
*Opening group visits (Avan)
*Blog/Website (Aaron, Robert, Mika Soma) Yahoo Group (Linda/Marjan)
*Image Pool of the members’ art works (Marjan, Aaron)
*Artist lecture series (Krista, Linda, Mika Soma)
*Book/reading club (Aaron)
*Group Exhibition (Anna, Mika Soma)
*Grant Application Workshop (Marjan)
*Field Trip to “Art City” by Mary Beth Adler (Marjan)
*Empty Home exhibition (Krista)
*Stolen Food Dinner(Natalie)
*Online/group publication (Robert)

b. Report from last meeting (Suggestions for improvement)

*Send email list to everyone (Aaron)
*Get other people involved through group meetings
*Getting involved with other groups (Mika Soma, Linda, Marjan)
*Places to meet (Krista>House in close to the beach,
Mika Soma>Dorit Cypis’s office in China town)
*Record note, meeting hours if decided to generate NPO in the future (Marjan)
*Look into LAAA members & gallery 825 membership (Linda)
*Alternate exhibition locations for our group exhibition, such as a tobacco shop (Marjan)

2 : Additional ideas from new members

a. Additional ideas for group activities

*Workshop with school kids (Mackenzie)
*Final Otis Critique/First group activity Critique
on the “EXITVISION” show-on May 5th :the day before the show opens
(Holly, Natalie, Mika Soma)
*Bringing Mexican Artists to have a panel(?) (Delia)

b. Additional suggestions for improvement

*On our Blog, create sections to post possible meeting spaces (Mackenzie)
*Use Yahoo Group instead (?)
*Make hard copies of our contact list
*Talk to Jerry Allen for opportunity advice(Tom)
*Free exhibision space near LA Fashion district (Sharron)




Committees:
Name of the committee ------ Activity status : Core coordinators
Opening visits ------------------ Starting this week( 2nd week of Apr 07)
:Avan, Aaron, Mika Soma
Artist Lecture Series ---------- Need discussion :Mika Soma, Linda, Marjan
Book/Reading Club ----------- Need discussion(?) :Aaron
Group Exhibition --------------- Need discussion / Need more coordinators
:Anna, Mackenzie, Robert, Mika Soma,
…I can’t remember who else?



Meeting Location search: (suggestions)
*Krista’s house close to the beach
*Dorit Cypis’s office in China Town


Exhibition Location search:(suggestions)
*Free space in LA Fashion district, reserve year in advance (Sharon)




Next group activity scheduled:
{Group Critique on “EXITVISION” }
core coordinators : Holly, Natalie, Mika Soma)
Our first group activity is going to be a 12 to 24 hour long group critique on Otis senior show, “EXITVISION.”
>> May 5th (Sat) after all the installations are completed


Next monthly meeting date:
May 15th (Tue) (Post Otis!!!)




Next meeting Ideas:

*Discuss the ways to get other people involved in the group
*Hugo’s talk?
*Jerry’s talk?

How about get as many faculties as possible to ask for final advice to their students?

Nice Subscription sites

Please use this topic to post your recommended subscriptions.

Opening/Events Info

Please us this topic to post any opening/Events info that you think you should share with other people.

"Galleries, Museums -- Participations wanted"

I don't know, maybe this blog is not the best blog to use...??
but it's still a test run, if anyone has any suggestions on how to build a website or pragmatic use of a blog, pleeeease contact us.

Anyway, I have some info to share with you, so I am starting this topic....
Please use this topic to post any info about

>>Galleries or Museums looking for help or participations<<