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Connecting to Your Community: Part Two

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Isaac | 3 Comments

This article is part of a series addressing the topics discussed during our March 30 Salon Discussion, Connecting to Your Community.

Previously in this series: Part One, Setting the Stage

Identifying Your Motives

HYPOTHESIS
The best way to balance our commodity-driven culture is to contribute to the community through the open exchange of knowledge, ideas and information.

KNOW YOURSELF

Before jumping into a community blind and flailing around without drive or focus, it’s important to take a step back and identify why you are doing this in the first place. And the key to doing that is knowing yourself.
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Registration Open: A World of Free

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Isaac | 2 Comments

Online marketing is often based on sharing various kinds of value with the public for free—blog posts, links, project ideas and tutorials. Historically, this free sharing has been seen as a cornerstone of growing your readership, expanding your customer base, and finding new opportunties for paid work. Continue reading →

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Tagged community, craft, craftypod, diane gilleland, free, portland, professional development, registration, salon discussion, sister diane

Getting Artsy: the Podcast

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Isaac | Leave a comment

Are you interested in showing in galleries but don’t know where to start? Do you have some experience but would like to know ways to improve your presentation? Are you unsure what to do once you’re accepted into a show?

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Tagged chickeney, every day wine, galleries, getartsy, getting artsy, networking, podcast, salon discussion, sam mackenzie

The Value of Visual Biography (aka Scrapbooks)

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Isaac | Leave a comment

What exactly is visual biography and how does our culture and the design world respond to it? There has been a boom over the last two decades in the world of scrapbooking. Some say it’s the new quilting. Others loathe scrapbooking as a crafty abomination. What value does scrapbooking hold in the world of craft?

What about graphic design? Why has the scrapbook industry embraced the 12″ x 12″ format, when every designer knows that squares are notoriously difficult to design well? What about other forms of visual biography? Does tattoo culture serve as a contemporary alternative to traditional personal narrative?

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Tagged craft, design observer, graphic design, hobby, INDIGO, jessica helfand, kate bingaman-burt, obsessive consumption, salon discussion, scrapbooks, special event, visual biography, winterhouse

Connecting to Your Community: Part One

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Isaac | 2 Comments

This article is part of a series addressing the topics discussed during our March 30 Salon Discussion, Connecting to Your Community. Some background information about the subject is available in a preliminary post, Learn to Share.

Author’s Note: I do not profess to be an expert on the subject matter, but I do hold a special interest in this community and a passion for the topic. That said, I am still learning, and welcome any feedback in the comments, be they in agreement with what I’ve said, questions about finer points, or arguments in opposition. This is a conversation, not a lecture.

Setting the Stage

HYPOTHESIS
The best way to balance our commodity-driven culture is to contribute to the community through the open exchange of knowledge, ideas and information.

Continue reading →

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Tagged business tips, collaboration, community, give back, isaac watson, professional development, salon discussion, salon discussions, salons, share