Tracy,

There was some discussion of getting more First Friday traffic into SudoRoom. I think it was at one of the meetings--I think there was talk of possibly having the public terminal downstairs (?) and slightly outside on the street.

I think Jenny was working with substack on a possible "5 minutes of fame" during First Friday. This would bring more people and possibly motivate the artists. There could be a projector closer to the street?

problem is: we don't have a permit to stand on the street, might annoy our landlord
Potential security issue as someone has been robbed at gunpoint

the main room is hidden from the main street and kind of forlorn. There's not a streetfront. This is a lot of competition with First Fridays which is a highly social event.
Maybe you can make the art event more social? Mix it up with an art opening (they're showing films) or a fashion show? I'm not sure.

I personally see Saturday Strolls as more interesting, and there's less competition with the big social gathering and peacock strutting that goes along with with First Fridays. Most of the people that go to the art murmur are cool, but they are very distracted with socializing, hanging out with friends. It might not be interesting to them to go to the SudoRoom unless you could find a way to make it interesting to someone who is on a date/ out drinking with people?

On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 6:19 PM, Tracy Jacobs <kinetical@comcast.net> wrote:

Hi Romy,

I know about Saturday stroll, it would be nice to be open then too, but I can't personally commit to being there every Saturday. I think it would be great to get an official Art Murmur membership too, if we have enough people interested in sharing that expense and the responsibilities that come with it. I'm glad you're here now and interested in the Art possibilities! I like your charicatures so much, do you have some ready to show?

It's harder than I thought to get people to bring in work to show there. I tried for a few months and gave up, because I felt overextended. Still, we always manage to have some fun event or other on the First Friday, and the space has potential for showing/selling art for sure. We should talk more about what to do with it.

Really happy to have your input/enthusiasm.

Tracy

On Jun 29, 2013, at 5:56 PM, Romy Ilano <romy@snowyla.com> wrote:

Tracy

There's not only the art murmur but also the Saturday Stroll... [the morning after]
http://oaklandartmurmur.org/events/tags/saturday-stroll/

There's an art gallery downstairs in the same building, and they are always open during the Saturday Stroll. I don't know the name of
the gallery but it might be cool to check with them. They are certainly open during art murmur. Maybe it would be good to coordinate with them as well?

On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 2:10 PM, Tracy Jacobs <kinetical@comcast.net> wrote:

Anyone thinking about stuff to do for Art Murmur, on the 5th? It is definitely still happening, though the city can't afford to close the street; I guess it costs like $25,000 per each event! I'm planning to go in and clean the community room a bit beforehand, and if I can, bring some art. If I can get all the parts ready, I'd like to set up a
zootrope with a turntable and strobe light, so that people can make their own claymation. It's super fun for all ages.

If anyone else has ideas or stuff to bring that would be awesome. Hope to see you all there.

Tracy
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