[Forum] Open Studios Website

[Howard Cruse]

Hi. Two things in response to Jason's query.

I enjoyed participating in the first Open Studios and do expect to do  
so again. But my participation will depend on my access to both wall  
and table space at 107 Main Street (or its similarly central  
equivalent) for the event, as I did this fall. My home workspace is  
to small and inaccessible to serve the Open Spaces purpose.

I assume other artists will have similar concerns. Can we assume that  
nailing down such accommodations will once again be a priority for  
the OS organizers?

Also, I've got a procedural question about this forum. With other  
listserve's that I participate in, when one hits REPLY, the resulting  
message is automatically directed to the entire list of participants  
rather than to the email address of the person (in this case, Jason)  
who sent the message one is replying to. This did not automatically  
happen with this email—or at least, there was no evidence that it  
would happen in the email's TO: field.

As a way of eliminating uncertainty, I have manually added a copy to  
the address we've been given for the Berkshire Artists. Confusingly,  
the readout of this address, in my iMac's address book as Berkshire  
Artists Forum, is Kurt's Kolok Gallery. This leaves me less than  
certain that this message will be shared with the entire listserv  by  
virtue of either email address, or that private email I might send to  
Jason or Kurt will NOT be sent to the entire listserv.

It's possible that my computer is handling these emails  
idiosyncratically. But if others have the same experience, shouldn't  
the process be clarified so that when one replies to email with a  
subject line beginning with [Forum], the reply will be clearly  
directed to the Forum and not to an individual?

How one does this is beyond my area of geekish competence, but I  
assume there are standard ways to setting things up that way, since  
other online forums do so.

Just a suggestion. My apologies if this message arrives in everyone's  
email inboxes twice as a result of my uncertainty.

Howard Cruse

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On Feb 19, 2007, at 9:05 AM, Jason Morin wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> 	The planning phase for the website for the North Adams Open  
> Studios is currently underway. Among other things I would like to  
> include information about as many participating artist as possible.  
> This information should include a short bio, a brief explanation of  
> technique, and perhaps some some feelings you would like to share  
> about the Open Studios event.  Up to 8 visual examples of your  
> works are welcomed, please .jpg format roughly 800px x 600px. If  
> you have difficulty photographing your work or reprocessing image  
> size please let us know. We also will include a link back to your  
> personal/portfolio website if you have one.
>
> 	Video interviews for the site are also planned, as I mentioned at  
> the forum on the 13th. These interviews will be centered around the  
> Open Studios event concentrating on the impact this event has on  
> the local community and economy. They will be conducted on an  
> appointment basis.  The number of interviews will be limited. If  
> you are interested, please respond as soon as possible so we can  
> schedule appropriately.
>
> 	Please submit all materials as soon as possible. Email is best.
>
> 	Send To:
> 		Jason at mediaxpro.com
>
> 	If you do not have access or email capabilities, information may  
> be delivered to:
>
> 	 	175 Eagle St. #2
> 		North Adams MA	
> 				01247
>
> 	Thank you for your time and effort. At MediaX Productions, we look  
> forward to working with you on this project.
>
> 	I understand that not all participants for this event are on this  
> mailing list so if someone could be so kind as to print and post in  
> common areas that would be very helpful.
>
> Thanks again
>
>
> -Jason M. Morin, Sr. - www.mediaxpro.com
>
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