This week’s post is taking a bit of a different tone, instead of talking to you about some aspect of business in the art world, I will be using the platform to make an announcement. If you are unaware of my project Omni Open Studios, this may be a little confusing. Omni Open Studios is a project that I started back in September with the goal of supporting artists by offering them a platform to connect to their communities online. If you would like to learn more about Omni Open Studios please visit the about page.
Changes to Omni Open Studios
I am making some big changes to the way I host Omni Open Studios. During the pandemic I had the bulk of my living expenses covered by family, and I could put my time to use in any way that I saw fit. A lot of my time went into organizing, interviewing and editing Omni Open Studios content and events.
Now it is time for me to resume my life, but I do not want to see this project disappear so I have made some decisions to help shape the future of Omni Open Studios as a project under the umbrella of StudioGwyneth.
I will be putting out the last of our Artist Videos in June, and discontinuing the Omni Open Studios Patreon community at that time. I will however, be starting a StudioGwyneth Patreon, which will still support Omni Open Studios as one of my projects. I am starting an Omni Open Studios podcast that will come out monthly, and I will still be hosting an annual live event online through Zoom each September. Both of these efforts will offer representation to artist at no monetary cost to them.
If you are a current supporter of the Omni Open Studios Patreon, I want to say thank you for supporting our goals. So many artists have had a chance to participate in the opportunities that Omni OS provides and I really feel that we made a difference to their lives this year. I hope you will consider continue into to support Omni Open Studios by supporting the StudioGwyneth Patreon.
Goals of the Podcast
Since I started the Omni Open Studios project, I have had the opportunity to speak with several artists about their work. For the most part our interviews are focused on the work they are doing, their lives or causes that they support. Though, I would really like to expand on these topics. During the unrecorded parts of our meetings we often talk about issues affecting artists in our community, problems that we may have encountered on the administrative side of our art businesses and so many other topics that people outside of art communities may not even think about.
Another aspect of this podcast that makes it stand out, is the fact that we are interviewing artists that are not well know, or well established. Many of our artists are at the beginning of their careers or have chosen to pursue another career outside of the arts, but create on the side. This gives them a unique voice, that is also extremely relatable.
I can not wait to begin recording our first episode. If you are an artist, wether you have participated in previous Omni OS opportunities or not, I encourage you to sign up to be part of this podcast. We will plug your shop, your classes and your causes. Fill out the form and I will contact you to set up a time to record.
The Podcast will be hitting the web this July, I will be posting on the usual podcast platforms, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts as well as the soon to be created StudioGwyneth Patreon.
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