Posts Tagged ‘Film’
Got Art? Hardcore U.S. Based Arts Mags
| Magazine | Published In City or State | Subject | URL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art New England | Massachusetts, Boston | Art | http://www.artnewengland.com/ |
| RADAR Review | Baltimore | Arts & Culture | http://www.radarreview.net/ |
| COAGULA | California | Art | http://www.coagula.net/ |
| Juxtapoz | California, San Francisco | Art | http://www.juxtapoz.com/ |
| Hi-Fructose | California, Richmond | Art, Counter Culture | http://www.hifructose.com/ |
| ART PAPERS | Georgia, Atlanta | Arts | http://www.artpapers.org/ |
| ARTVOICES | Louisiana, New Orleans | Art | http://www.artvoicesmagazine.com/ |
| Constance | Louisiana, New Orleans | Arts & Literature | http://www.weareconstance.org/ |
| BOMBSITE | New York | Art, Film, Theatre | http://www.bombsite.com/ |
| Zing Magazine | New York (with regional coverage) | Art | http://zingmagazine.com/ |
| NY Arts | New York | Art | http://www.nyartsmagazine.com/ |
Please add links in comments to others you may know and think worthwhile. Thanks.
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Important – “Creatives” – Creators, Artists, Performers, Innovators
This isn’t always obvious as we focus on our own specific interests and means of expression, but it’s important to remind ourselves that we are among others out there with very similar aims.
We may always function as a single individual, never collaborating or rarely working with others unless our medium demands it. It’s still important to understand the demands of self promotion and the opportunities available to promote our work via the internet do demand an understanding that the internet is a giant content eating machine. Supporting yourself through your creativity, no matter the specifics of your expression, is no longer something to be concerned about as long as you understand how to use the plethora of options available to you.
As a first step, it is far more important to do three things first:
1. Understand you are one among many in a community of creators, and it’s important to be supportive of the work of others
2. ..and to ask yourself, what is it that you make, do, create and who are those most likely for this to have any appeal to or any meaning for?
The key to this is to consider those who you consider great…Charlie Chaplin? Buster Keaton? both film comics, but entirely different and specific in what they did and how they did it. ..and they both had very specific audiences and people who related to them for specific reasons. The key to attracting following to your work is being very specific about what you’re doing and who you see as the person you’re trying to touch.
The biggest single mistake I’ve come across by creative people is in not considering anyone but themselves when it comes to their creation. We all get good feedback when something we’re doing gains acceptance, and that encourages us to keep doing it, but it’s ultimately about those people who our work is reaching.
The third point is…
3. What do you want your ideal day to be like? or, if you had to describe the circumstances of your average day from now and for the rest of your life, what would it be? …again, in as specific of terms as possible.
Once you describe it, you’ll be a lot clearer on where you are and what needs to change to get there as well as if you’re willing to spend 30 minutes to a few hours a day communicating with your following about your work. Unless you’re genuinely loving what you’re doing, it’s unlikely you’ll be able to manage this for long. If you clearly understand and love what you’re doing, you’ll eliminate everything that doesn’t contribute to it and doing what’s required will be fun.
Maybe all of the above is obvious, but I thought it worth stating before moving on to more detailed discussions and tutorials about that “plethora of options available” I mentioned above.
In the next few days & weeks, this site will be undergoing some changes including a tutorials section to breakdown the first steps “creative” people should be taking to start building a following for themselves and their work.
I hope you find them useful, and look forward to your questions and feedback. Please add your own insights and any queries in the comments.
