You Can Support Artist Resource
Improvements | Suggestions | Status Report | Donors | Wish List

If we have informed you, promoted your work, or entertained you,
please support our future. We need your help.

You can help us in 5 ways:

1. If you have been served by our site, you may wish to contribute $5 or more to support our programs.
   Please note that we have acquired non-profit status (thanks to California lawyers for the Arts), and your donation is tax-deductible. You can deduct your donation as (A) a charitable contribution, (B) as a membership fee, or (C) as a publicity expense if you submitted your listing, shows or classes.
   Mail donations to directly to
   Li Gardiner, Webmistress
   Artist Resource
   147-22 20th Road, Whitestone, NY 11357
   Make checks to payable to Artist Resource
   Note on the check that it is a donation, and keep a copy for your records.
   Include your email address, and we will acknowledge your donation by email.

2. Donate your time and skills. If you do, we will create a ‘staff portfolio’ for you online.

3. Host our site. We stayed with Best Internet because they provided good tech support, hired locally, didn't try to control our content, and didn't require us to put ads all over the place. However, that has changed, since Best was eaten by Verio. Verio does not provide dial-up access, so our monthly fees have double. We would love to have a reliable home at an ISP that wants to support the arts. We need about 300MB of space (we host some portfolios) and support for CGI/perl and some database software still to be determined. We need a dependable ISP that won't shut down for maintenance. Do you have a recommendation?

4. Send us listings, news and information. Your letters and comments are also always welcome.

5. Spread the word. Tell your art friends, teachers, co-workers, organization, gallery, and patrons about Artist Resource.

EVENTS AND JOB POSTINGS We are setting up a script that will let you instantly and automatically post your information to the site!

SUGGESTIONS from members:        
adding animation, adding a WAV soundfile with an artist's narrative. The site is currently very low-tech and has few images, to use as little memory as possible, and to load fast for artists with slow modems. But some members want to see more art on the site and others would like it to be structured in a more interesting way, perhaps by using frames.

STATUS REPORT

Okay, no more status reports. It's a bit depressing. Times are hard for non-profits.
We have a funding goal of $50,000. We have received bids on improving our services and expanding to other cites. The bids range from $3,000 to $28,000 in programming and software.

Can you help?

If so, we can send you a proposal to halp you decide which program you would like to support and where your money would be most effective in building community, bringing technological tools to artists, aiding education, etc.

Thanks

to Donors Past and Present:
Tofu, Peggy Snider, Vick Vercauteren, Joe Novak, Cassia Brill,
Johnny Davis, Bev Dittberner, Merrill Mack, Steven Poe Photography,
Paul Baker, Joy-Lily, Yarrow Summers

Thanks for Advice and Past, Present and Future Web Help:
Alan Bamberger, Renee Bareno, Todd Berman, Amy Bond,
Larry Bryson, Tom Chambers, Valerie Corwin, Nan Davenport,
Steve Deiwert, Beverly Dittberner, Kevin Dunn, Lisa Franklin,
Thomas Gregoire, Ari Grossman-Naples, Janet, Lya Lithgow,
Vicky Martinez, Dianna Myers, Mark Nakamura,
Craig Newmark, Susan Sarabasha, Aki Sasaki, Elizabeth Slocum,
Peggy Snider, Lynn Southworth, Yarrow Summers,
Cicely Sweed, Delise Weir, Diane Wren, Sala Wyman

Wish List       

• NON-PROFIT status under the umbrella of a larger arts organization
  10/98   THANKS to Elizabeth Slocum for all her advice on applying for non-profit status, and for continued support.
  
• FUNDING to pay a couple of part-time staffers for site maintenance and development.
  
• SITE MAP RE-DESIGN  We are seeking a graphic artist / web designer to volunteer .
  2/5/99   THANKS to Ari Grossman-Naples  for re-designing the site map!
  
• Studio Space Page Adoption  One area that desperately needs help is the Studio Space page. We have some ideas but need help. How about it?
  2/3/99   THANKS to Amy Bond for adopting this important resource page!
  
• More STORIES from you artists. C'mon, you're filmmakers, teachers, grantwriters, gallery owners, and artists in all media, you email me tantalizing tidbits, and we talked about such interesting and diverse subjects at the Open House last year. . . I know you've got something to say. What about it?
• FORUMS  Set up a number of ‘threaded forums.’ This format lets artists and patrons post topics and reponses on the site, instantly. We hope this will encourage you to share your ideas, complaints, and advice with each other in an open, informal way. Our first six threaded forums are already on the Advice, Forums  page. DONE
• EMAIL DIGEST  Set up a ListServ, to automatically process subscriptions and un-subscriptions. We are also going to tie the Posting script (above) into the ListServ, so digests will be sent automatically. DONE

Sincerely, Li Gardiner, director