I can no longer download the free IU software - so that's sad.
But what I really want to know is at what point can I please stop receiving the inane SPEA emails??
Thx!!
xoxo
Stephanie
Friday, November 13, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Expert help needed
Ok, here is our first "request for expertise" post. I need the knowledge of some visual art folks out there. I have 2 images, that I've found on the internet, that my org would like to use in an educational publication, if we can confirm that they are in fact images of the "Great Wagon Road" (related to the history of Appalachian folk music) and we can track down copyright info for them. Does anyone have resources they standardly use to research images? Or can you place the period/style of art or artist? Thanks! -Sarah
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Hello Friends!
Hello Friends - it has been too long! We need to be better about writing to each other - post anything - what you're doing at work that day - I don't care - it's always fun to hear from you all.
I'm still in Washington DC, at the National Council for the Traditional Arts. My job is to assist with the production and logistics of 4 folk and traditional music festivals this season. What this actually means is that I book a LOT of airplane tickets to get stage technicians and sound engineers into our destination cities, and coordinate all of the tech info they need, like stage plots, equipment needs, and schedules, to give them once they're on site. So far, we've done festivals in Butte, Montana; Lowell, Massachusetts; and Bangor, Maine. Our last one will be in Richmond, Virginia, at the beginning of October. We travel out for about a week, but the festivals are just Fri-Sun. I always say that festivals are like summercamp for adults - you make a whole bunch of best friends in a condensed time period. They're good people - the staff is a lot of fun to work with. The office work in the weeks in between gets a bit repetitive, as you go through the same procedure to prepare the artists and staff for each festival, so I tend to live for the weeks of travel. On the academic front, I owe Susan so many update reports, it's embarrassing (soon, I promise!).
Jessica, I looked at that article, and it says Liska is traveling to do the installation the 18-22 - she must be there now! She asked me a few weeks ago to do the museum brochure for Morton Bradley, so I got to learn a little about him. It's still in review for edits among the big folks, though, we haven't reached a final draft. But it's looking good. Liska's colorful words of excitement when I sent it to her really brightened my day :)
On that note, I'm doing more graphic design work all the time, which I really enjoy. IU providing all the new Adobe CS4 software for download to students was a big help to me! My last big project was making light-pole banners, now hanging in 18 locations around the University of Michigan campus (my undergrad). There's a picture on my blog, if you want to see it. (The rest of the blog is lagging a bit - I find the interesting things to write about might be too revealing for the business of wherever I work at the time, and I always feel I owe some loyalty to the organization that employs me, so that's that.) But if you've got graphics projects, send them my way!
My NCTA gig ends in October - so after that I need a new job! So I'm on the hunt yet again....
Hope you're all doing well, and hope to read updates or hear from you all soon, too!
(And if you're in the DC area in the next couple months, let me know!)
all my best wishes,
Sarah
I'm still in Washington DC, at the National Council for the Traditional Arts. My job is to assist with the production and logistics of 4 folk and traditional music festivals this season. What this actually means is that I book a LOT of airplane tickets to get stage technicians and sound engineers into our destination cities, and coordinate all of the tech info they need, like stage plots, equipment needs, and schedules, to give them once they're on site. So far, we've done festivals in Butte, Montana; Lowell, Massachusetts; and Bangor, Maine. Our last one will be in Richmond, Virginia, at the beginning of October. We travel out for about a week, but the festivals are just Fri-Sun. I always say that festivals are like summercamp for adults - you make a whole bunch of best friends in a condensed time period. They're good people - the staff is a lot of fun to work with. The office work in the weeks in between gets a bit repetitive, as you go through the same procedure to prepare the artists and staff for each festival, so I tend to live for the weeks of travel. On the academic front, I owe Susan so many update reports, it's embarrassing (soon, I promise!).
Jessica, I looked at that article, and it says Liska is traveling to do the installation the 18-22 - she must be there now! She asked me a few weeks ago to do the museum brochure for Morton Bradley, so I got to learn a little about him. It's still in review for edits among the big folks, though, we haven't reached a final draft. But it's looking good. Liska's colorful words of excitement when I sent it to her really brightened my day :)
On that note, I'm doing more graphic design work all the time, which I really enjoy. IU providing all the new Adobe CS4 software for download to students was a big help to me! My last big project was making light-pole banners, now hanging in 18 locations around the University of Michigan campus (my undergrad). There's a picture on my blog, if you want to see it. (The rest of the blog is lagging a bit - I find the interesting things to write about might be too revealing for the business of wherever I work at the time, and I always feel I owe some loyalty to the organization that employs me, so that's that.) But if you've got graphics projects, send them my way!
My NCTA gig ends in October - so after that I need a new job! So I'm on the hunt yet again....
Hope you're all doing well, and hope to read updates or hear from you all soon, too!
(And if you're in the DC area in the next couple months, let me know!)
all my best wishes,
Sarah
Thursday, September 17, 2009
campus art takes the world by storm!
Hello, Friends!
I didn't get a chance to read Clare's last post, so I may be a little out of the loop on what's going on with Arts Admin folk...How is everyone doing? I will put together a more detailed update about what I'm doing once I have a little more to update about. In the meantime, I'm working with Liska at Campus Art and having a lovely time doing it.
We wanted to share this article with you. Campus Art doesn't make the headlines terribly often, so we were proud to get some press!
http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/11848.html
Anyway, I miss you guys. Well, mostly Hu...
Just kidding, I miss all of you!
Stay in touch,
Jessica
I didn't get a chance to read Clare's last post, so I may be a little out of the loop on what's going on with Arts Admin folk...How is everyone doing? I will put together a more detailed update about what I'm doing once I have a little more to update about. In the meantime, I'm working with Liska at Campus Art and having a lovely time doing it.
We wanted to share this article with you. Campus Art doesn't make the headlines terribly often, so we were proud to get some press!
http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/11848.html
Anyway, I miss you guys. Well, mostly Hu...
Just kidding, I miss all of you!
Stay in touch,
Jessica
Thursday, August 27, 2009
SOMEONE needs to update this thing.
Found out today I'm going to be on a panel for a living history conference here in Indy. Mostly focused on Underground railroad re-enactment. I will be sitting alongside Conner Prairie's Guest Experience Manager and a few other local arts admins. Sooo that will be fun.
And if any of you have family, friends, acquaintances that are Indiana principals, they will have received the YA program catalogue this week, edited by yours truly. I mostly worked from last year's template (per my boss's instructions), but it was an interesting challenge using InDesign for the first time. My big excitement now is researching companies that can turn the PDF into a cool digital flip book. The prices range from $20/month to $30/page annually(over $1500 for our catalogue). There seems to be some differences in the services between low range and high range prices. The most expensive have really great keyword search options and options to embed video and audio, but I'm not yet convinced that we need all the bells and whistles. If anyone has suggestions, send them my way.
I would really love to hear from some of you. I will resist my initial thought to list names of people who have yet to blog and just leave it at pleading.
Best,
SH
And if any of you have family, friends, acquaintances that are Indiana principals, they will have received the YA program catalogue this week, edited by yours truly. I mostly worked from last year's template (per my boss's instructions), but it was an interesting challenge using InDesign for the first time. My big excitement now is researching companies that can turn the PDF into a cool digital flip book. The prices range from $20/month to $30/page annually(over $1500 for our catalogue). There seems to be some differences in the services between low range and high range prices. The most expensive have really great keyword search options and options to embed video and audio, but I'm not yet convinced that we need all the bells and whistles. If anyone has suggestions, send them my way.
I would really love to hear from some of you. I will resist my initial thought to list names of people who have yet to blog and just leave it at pleading.
Best,
SH
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
News from Natalia...
Hello! Masters of the Universe,
A twenty-something artist friend of mine told me about the Etsy website, http://www.etsy.com/, which prompted this post from me.
I've decided to work less this next year and barrel through the rest of the MAAA coursework this next year. That means I'll be looking for an internship soon, too. I plan to work in advocacy for the arts when I complete my degree, so an intership with Americans for the Arts (or similar organization) sounds ideal. Any other options you know about and have some experience with would be greatly appreciated. I am willing to move for the time period, if needed.
I attended the Salt Creek Sundance this past week-end, http://sc.saltcreeksundance.com/. Some of you know that my attendance at the Sundance in the summer of 2007 started me on the path that led me to begin the MAAA program with all of you that fall. I am grateful to that ceremony for many things in my life.
One more thing -I also want to encourage all of you to keep your spirits up, even in these uncertain times. You are a wonderfully talented, funny and intelligent group of young people. I can't wait to see what kind of lives you'll dream up for yourselves!
Take care and keep posting! :)
Natalia*
A twenty-something artist friend of mine told me about the Etsy website, http://www.etsy.com/, which prompted this post from me.
I've decided to work less this next year and barrel through the rest of the MAAA coursework this next year. That means I'll be looking for an internship soon, too. I plan to work in advocacy for the arts when I complete my degree, so an intership with Americans for the Arts (or similar organization) sounds ideal. Any other options you know about and have some experience with would be greatly appreciated. I am willing to move for the time period, if needed.
I attended the Salt Creek Sundance this past week-end, http://sc.saltcreeksundance.com/. Some of you know that my attendance at the Sundance in the summer of 2007 started me on the path that led me to begin the MAAA program with all of you that fall. I am grateful to that ceremony for many things in my life.
One more thing -I also want to encourage all of you to keep your spirits up, even in these uncertain times. You are a wonderfully talented, funny and intelligent group of young people. I can't wait to see what kind of lives you'll dream up for yourselves!
Take care and keep posting! :)
Natalia*
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
An update and an NEA document
Hello all,
I am posting some carnivalesque good news, I am employed- there is hope. I will be joining Michelle in Houston come August to work at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft as their Curatorial Fellow. Basically, I will get to work under the Curator of Craft on exhibitions and curate exhibitions of my own in the smaller gallery space.
Secondly, I'm working for a few weeks at the City before leaving town. Mainly I've been doing research on applying for an NEA grant (daunting!) and designing public art signage. Several weeks ago I sifted through NEA information and discovered there is a Freedom of Information Act, (FOIA) that would allow me to ask for copies of successful grants similar made by organizations similar to the City. After learning how to request such information I did so. And then I waited, and never heard back assuming that the government would not pull through. Then today in my inbox there it was - two example grant pdf files! I was so excited! And really thought the only people who would understand would be y'all (I'm trying to embrace Texas).
Hope everyone is having a great start to summer!
AW
I am posting some carnivalesque good news, I am employed- there is hope. I will be joining Michelle in Houston come August to work at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft as their Curatorial Fellow. Basically, I will get to work under the Curator of Craft on exhibitions and curate exhibitions of my own in the smaller gallery space.
Secondly, I'm working for a few weeks at the City before leaving town. Mainly I've been doing research on applying for an NEA grant (daunting!) and designing public art signage. Several weeks ago I sifted through NEA information and discovered there is a Freedom of Information Act, (FOIA) that would allow me to ask for copies of successful grants similar made by organizations similar to the City. After learning how to request such information I did so. And then I waited, and never heard back assuming that the government would not pull through. Then today in my inbox there it was - two example grant pdf files! I was so excited! And really thought the only people who would understand would be y'all (I'm trying to embrace Texas).
Hope everyone is having a great start to summer!
AW
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