We've had photographers in and out of our space - they love it. Like you said, mostly doing post work. But none as ongoing members as they are on the road more than not.
Chad Ballantyne 705.812.0689 [email protected] Barrie's Coworking Community Perfect for small businesses, startups and entrepreneurs. 12 Dunlop St E, Barrie Ontario, L4M 1A3 Memberships start at $25/mth www.thecreativespace.ca 705-812-0689 On 2013-07-11, at 11:19 AM, Rena Tom <[email protected]> wrote: > Funny, the people we have most are photographers! They all refer us to their > friends. They don't shoot in the space but there is plenty of emailing, > editing, and of course marketing that needs to happen, and they are aware of > it. > > Artists and photographers suffer the same isolation as freelancers, in their > studios. Not all artists share studio space or work in a building that > functions like a collective. Letting them know that different work can get > done (around other humans) is the selling point. > > For example, my friend Lisa is an artist and illustrator. She rents studio > space but its for her creative/messy work only. She comes in to Makeshift, my > space, to work on the book she's writing, to answer interview questions by > email, write blog posts, and sometimes to do preliminary sketching. It works > for her. > > We had considered a "messy" area for makers but we only have 1000 sq ft right > now. > > Rena > > On Jul 11, 2013, at 8:04 AM, Alex Hillman <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Ivan took the words out of my mouth. :) >> >> My biz partner came from an arts background and was the cofounder of a >> pretty successful collective here in Philly. When we sat down to figure out >> the business model for Indy Hall, the art collective was one of the models >> we looked at most closely in terms of strengths and weaknesses, and learned >> a LOT that has served us well. >> >> The twist, of course, is the number of artists that have approached us since >> saying "I want to do something like Indy Hall for artists", and I have to >> break it to them that we stole the idea...from them...and made it better. >> >> The M Night Shyamalan twist is that even though there's been so much >> interest we've had to work hard to become more friendly to the art >> community. Many of our local artists admired Indy Hall, but didn't think of >> it as a place they could work. It took a fair amount of education, not so >> much about what coworking is, but about how to think about their work. >> "Sure, you might do some of your production work here...but what about the >> BUSINESS of being an artist, or working with cross-medium collaborators? If >> they want to improve on either of those fronts (and you won't find many >> artists who won't jump at the chance to learn how to make more money), >> coworking can be a serious boon. >> >> I often point to Sean Martorana, the artist who curates the design of Indy >> Hall and one of the leads behind our http://twitter.com/indyhall_arts >> programming. He had a great interview in this magazine about the business of >> being an artist >> http://thestudio.studiographics.biz/thestudio/BusinessofArtSeanMartoranaFLL.pdf >> and you can read a lot more about his work here: >> http://seanmartorana.com/blog/ >> >> -Alex >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> /ah >> indyhall.org >> coworking in philadelphia >> >> >> On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 10:55 AM, Ivan Pope <[email protected]> wrote: >> I thought artists were the original co-workers - they just call them >> studios. That said, studio space that is shared with large communal working >> spaces are not so common. We are working towards maker/designer co-working >> spaces. >> >> >> On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Kallie Seniff <[email protected]> wrote: >> Is anyone familiar with any coworking spaces that are geared towards artists >> and photographers? I've been talking with some artists in my area that are >> interested in collaborative space but they obviously have some different >> needs i.e they need lots and lots of space for their projects. 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