[Artmurmur] Art Murmur membership

[Eddan]

Since the subject of Sudo Room membership in the official Art Murmur
program has come up several times - let me point people to where the
conversation was left off on the Sudo Room mailing list.

Though it is not necessary and perhaps a distraction to discuss for
planning this Friday, the fact that it's come up every time gives me
the sense that people have strong opinions about it.


http://lists.hackerspaces.org/pipermail/sudoroom/2012-July/000622.html

Tracy et al. Sudo Artists -

Did we end up doing anything further about being members of Art Murmur
after your message below? Do Sudo artists think it's worth being
officially connected? According to the Art Murmur membership
guidelines  (http://oaklandartmurmur.org/images/stories/docs/oam-membership-guidelines-application.pdf),
 galleries or mixed-use spaces participating in First Fridays receive
the following benefits:

  * Representation on the Art Murmur map and postcard, which will be
printed as needed.
  * Representation on the Art Murmur website, with ability to update
your events.
  * Access to post on the Oakland Art Murmur Facebook page.
  * Opportunity to participate in Saturday Stroll, which is marketed
with its own postcard, ad campaign, program listings, and press
campaign.
  * Opportunity to participate in the annual Murmurama event, which
takes place on the third Saturday in May.
  * Opportunity to lead a guided tour of OAM galleries, which is a
great way to bring new people to your venue.
  * Sticker to identify you as an Oakland Art Murmur member, and
temporary signs that wrap around poles, to install when you are open
or on First Friday.
  * Networking and press opportunities as they arise.

As Tracy described in her earlier email below, the only real obstacle
to our joining is the cost - $100 one time application fee and then
$175/year membership.

If we do join (and probably even if we don't), it seems like a good
idea to create some way of regularly organizing events around Art
Murmur.
There was an ad hoc list of a few people who expressed interest in
helping out, but there wasn't much of a coordinated effort. Tracy's
set-up in the box office was awesome last month, but we're going to
need
more reliable participation for this to work. While an ad hoc group
makes sense for particular projects, I think some kind of stable, but
dynamic group of Sudo folk, even if just a few people, could really
help round up participation for displaying the art people make anyhow
as well as other coordination as required. I propose we form something
like a Dynamic Association for Displayed Art (DADA) that rotates
active contributors each month based on the particular installations
and projects are going on. Documenting how we go about it each month
on the Sudo Wiki would also be really helpful for coordinating future
events more efficiently.

Given the Ferro Fluids phenomena transpiring in Sudo Room and now the
arrival of a giant papier-maché cruise-ship, we should get some Sudo
folks on a cc:ed list to communicate about the Aug. 3 Art Murmur. This
group can solicit people's art, make sure projectors, etc. are set up,
make sure there are cups to accompany the wine, make sure teenagers
don't exceed their turn playing Frogger, and other logistics evidently
requiring organization.

I want to put together a 'happening' connected to the box office
maximum occupancy experiment on Aug. 3, if anyone else wants to help
out with
that. And with the Ghostbusters showing at the Paramount - it would
also be great to get some help with the 8.5 ft. inflatable Stay Puft
Marshmallow Men (which ended up taking more than three hours to hang
from the roof of 2135 Broadway, even with the landlord George's
assistance.)

So since the August First Friday Art Murmur is now coming upon us in a
week and a half and with the possibility of also doing something for
the Saturday Stroll, we should find out who's interested in being in
the DADA committee for August. Following up on yesterday's meeting
minutes
about Art Murmur (https://pad.riseup.net/p/sudoroom), please let Tracy
(kinetical at comcast.net
<http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/sudoroom>) and/or me
know and we'll start off the planning discussion.

-Eddan
[7/2012 DADA collaborator]


On 6/23/12 5:37 PM, Tracy Jacobs wrote:
>* Welcome Hilary!*>**>* So about the Art Murmur membership, I don't see anything on here that *>* would exclude us, it might require some small time committments from *>* people to have the "gallery" open.  In theory the gallery could just *>* be the box office, with a rotating show.*>**>* http://oaklandartmurmur.org/get-involved/become-a-member-gallery*>**>* The other thing though is there is a fee, it's pretty cheap for an *>* organization, but too much for me to pay alone.  $100 one time *>* application fee and then 175 a year membership.  Perhaps we can *>* consider this at a future business meeting.*>**>* I have yet to hear from any of you about your plans for the July 6th *>* Art Murmur?  Is anybody working today ?*>**>* Tracy*
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