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davis_square2010-04-08 03:25 pm
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Spread the word about SOS
If you've been in S'ville for a few years, you're probably already familiar with the annual Somerville Open Studios. If you're new in town, you're in for a treat!
Right now we NEED YOUR HELP getting the word out, inside and outside of Somerville, so people from surrounding towns will come and visit local artist in their studios (and maybe even buy work?!). A lot of people here could help with a small individual effort that would add up to making a *huge* difference.
Here's the deal: Over 350 Somerville Artists are participating in Somerville Open Studios this year. We have published 20,000 map-booklets that show the locations of all of the participating artist-studios across the city, and the route of the free-trolley that will run that weekend. We'll print a couple thousand flyers to go up in windows around the city and surrounding communities. Artists will be going out daily and filling the map-book-stands that you will see soon near the T-stops, bike-path, and major intersections-- BUT WE NEED MORE HANDS.
If you work or go to school or live in an area that you think might be a good place to promote SOS, you could help by simply taping a few flyers up, and bringing a stack of maps with you and putting them in a publicly-accessible area during the next three weeks. Cafes, shops, movie-theaters, libraries, hotel or B&B lobbies? Any place might do. Think about your daily commutes or the places you frequent during the week. Where do people who might be interested in local art frequent? Ask the owners/managers First. Can I put these map-books here to promote this volunteer local-artist event? Can I tape a flyer in your window? If every person on the davis square LJ list hit two locations we wouldn't otherwise hit? Actually I have no idea how many places that would be... but it would be AWESOME!
If you can help, if you find a good place or two to post a flyer and place maps, please drop an email to Jon Rich at maps@somervilleopenstudios.org. Tell him where you are thinking would be convenient to cover, and he'll hook you up with the materials (he lives near Davis and has them on his back-porch near the bike-path). Mention this posting on the Davis-Square LJ.
Thanks everyone for helping with New England's Largest Open Studios Event!
Right now we NEED YOUR HELP getting the word out, inside and outside of Somerville, so people from surrounding towns will come and visit local artist in their studios (and maybe even buy work?!). A lot of people here could help with a small individual effort that would add up to making a *huge* difference.
Here's the deal: Over 350 Somerville Artists are participating in Somerville Open Studios this year. We have published 20,000 map-booklets that show the locations of all of the participating artist-studios across the city, and the route of the free-trolley that will run that weekend. We'll print a couple thousand flyers to go up in windows around the city and surrounding communities. Artists will be going out daily and filling the map-book-stands that you will see soon near the T-stops, bike-path, and major intersections-- BUT WE NEED MORE HANDS.
If you work or go to school or live in an area that you think might be a good place to promote SOS, you could help by simply taping a few flyers up, and bringing a stack of maps with you and putting them in a publicly-accessible area during the next three weeks. Cafes, shops, movie-theaters, libraries, hotel or B&B lobbies? Any place might do. Think about your daily commutes or the places you frequent during the week. Where do people who might be interested in local art frequent? Ask the owners/managers First. Can I put these map-books here to promote this volunteer local-artist event? Can I tape a flyer in your window? If every person on the davis square LJ list hit two locations we wouldn't otherwise hit? Actually I have no idea how many places that would be... but it would be AWESOME!
If you can help, if you find a good place or two to post a flyer and place maps, please drop an email to Jon Rich at maps@somervilleopenstudios.org. Tell him where you are thinking would be convenient to cover, and he'll hook you up with the materials (he lives near Davis and has them on his back-porch near the bike-path). Mention this posting on the Davis-Square LJ.
Thanks everyone for helping with New England's Largest Open Studios Event!
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