Refinement of our Process- I am Artist

When ever Lauren and I get together we start brainstorming and we come with tons of new and improved ideas.  I feel are collaboration is like an Artesian Well. 
 

When we first started the I am an Artist series in October 2009 we wanted to create a forum to expand our Art conversations into the world. We are completely interested in hearing as many voices as possible about all aspects of Art. We also wanted to demystify the notion of what it means to be an artist. And that there is a universal pathos that exists in all who choose to create. Also, on another level we wanted to create a web of connection through the Internet and social media with artists around the world.  We really embrace that the Web is an empowering tool for all  Artists of today. 
As we are refining our process Lauren has been updating or website with our  I am An Artist project. Eventually we will have an interactive map  were you can click on the state whose artists you would like to get to know.We hope this series encourages dialog about current events and how they relate to the art world, why art is important to sustain a culture, and what life is like for today's artist.

We began our strategy with making  a Call for Artists to interview on Craigslist. We had some success in Washington State, but as we continued to virtually travel around the country our hits began to peter out. As we progressed to our tenth State we started getting a lot of spam and few hits from are adds on Craigslist. In July we decided to re think our strategy. I recently was asked to do an interview for a graduate dissertation on Women Environmental Artists and I was really flattered and excited at this opportunity. From that peak experience I thought we should shift our strategy. After an energetic conversation with Lauren, we  began the process of inviting artists for interviews from the various States we would be virtually traveling in. We have begun this process for July in Arkansas and we have had a stellar success. In our first week we were so excited to receive national recognition in the Blog by Leslie Newell Peacock of The Arkansas Times.

Lauren and I are wanting  to complete this project by January 2012 and in order to do this we will have to escalate the process and do our artist interviews in two States in every month.  At the conclusion of this project in 2012 we will be producing an traveling exhibition with the artists that we have interviewed. As well as we will be publishing a book with all the artists interviews and work.  We hope you all are enjoying this series as much as we are.

In August Art is Moving will be virtually art traveling to Missouri and Kansas.  As well as, we be introducing a new social media art project . We will keep you posted. We are always evolving.

Thanks for engaging! 
Namaste, Lisa