About
Oakland Art Murmur - http://oaklandartmurmur.org was started by the makerspace collective http://rpscollective.com down the street. It occurs on the first Friday of every month.
Few people know that Saturday morning/afternoon there is a Saturday Stroll (ex http://oaklandartmurmur.org/events/saturday-stroll-2013-12-07/) and it's actually easier to look at art and talk to the gallery owners, shop owners during this time.
Projects
- User:Romyilano is working on SudoSquare, possibly with Tracey. This will be an iPhone mobile location-based app that will send passersby art pieces, videos when they are geographically close to SudoRoom. We're looking for collaborations.
Iterating Art Murmur
Invite People to SudoRoom After the Art Murmur
Problems: hard to get foot traffic to SudoRoom during art murmur
- It is generally difficult to get people to go to SudoRoom during the Art Murmur, but very easy to get them to come to SudoRoom after (around 10pm) when Art Murmur shuts down. I think it's best to do an after party at SudoRoom. This tends to draw the most crowds, and people are itching to go to a community-based space to visit. It would also be a good way for newcomers to get acquainted with the space.
Saturday Stroll
Few people know that there is a Saturday stroll. http://oaklandartmurmur.org/events/saturday-stroll-2013-12-07/
We generally never have people here for Saturday Stroll
Sautrday Stroll is generally better for:
- people truly into art for its sake and the galleries, not just there to socialize
- children, parents
- introverted visitors
Any ideas or solutions?
Monetization
If we want to sell Booze at art murmur can get a permit.
- $35 for both hard alcohol and others / day.
- 3-day authorization required.
- Must buy hard alcohol at retail.