Welcome
This is a regional network for 'people who work in the creative arts, are involved in the facilitation or production of the creative arts and students/those that aspire to the creative arts'. The Commonty works through this blog, which has been initially developed by a group that volunteered at the Artists Gathering in Rhonehouse in January 2011
Please
have a look around the blog and do contribute to any of the posts - the
whole idea is that this should be something easy, useful and
interesting...we'd really welcome comments and suggestions
You
will see that the majority of the posts on the blog are authored by
'The Commonty' - there is nothing mysterious here. The way this works is
that people send news, ideas, info on events by email to TheCommonty@gmail.com
and there are a few people who have volunteered to administer the blog
by posting submitted material on the site - they do this under the
collective 'author' name of The Commonty...typically you will see 'So
and so sent this in....' at the beginning of a post.
WHAT NEXT?
Please send an email to TheCommonty@gmail.com
and you will then be on a list to receive emails telling you when major
new information has been added to the blog and also invites to Commonty
events etc.
After
that it is up to you.. however little or much you want to get involved -
by commenting on the blog, sending in information to post or making
contact with other creative people in the region to work together on
projects.....or just looking at the blog occasionally for interest.
(If you want to help administer the blog we'd also be delighted to hear from you)
Sending info to be posted on the blog....
Sending info to be posted on the blog....
- Please send written material as a word document or pasted into the body of your email (PDF format is not easy for us...but if that is all you have then better to send it than not!)
- Please send us an image with your material - the visual aspect of teh blog is one of its strengths...if you don't send something then we will look for an appropriate image for you
- Send your material to thecommonty@gmail.com
We
have all enjoyed getting this off the ground so far and are now excited
to see what will happen next - whatever that is, our intention was to
make something that made stronger links throughout the creative
community across the region - hopefully this is something that many
people will see value in and help to happen from here on
How does The Commonty work?
Joining
There
is no selection process for membership of The Commonty – anyone who is
part of any creative endeavour in Dumfries and Galloway can join. (Please note: The Commonty is not a trade association, we are about furthering creativity rather than purely commercial gain)
The Commonty works through a blog site – http://TheCommonty.blogspot.com
To join the network send an email to TheCommonty@gmail.com
You
will receive a ‘welcome’ email back from the group that will also ask
that you consider extending an invitation to The Commonty to the people
that you might collaborate with from other sectors (eg web design,
renewable energy, historians, materials suppliers, community groups
etc).
Operation
If
you have news about a new project or a discovery, an opportunity/ event
or just an insight to share – then email it to the Commonty address and
it will be posted on the site. (NB this may not be instant because all of this is done by volunteers).
Everyone
is free and able to add ‘comments’ to posts on the blog at any time.
(These may be censored if something genuinely offensive is added).
When
a new set of posts is added to the blog then an email will be
circulated to the whole membership informing them that new material is
available online.
TOP TIP...do go to the sidebar of the
blog and click to 'follow' The Commonty, doing this makes you visible to
others as part of the network and is a useful marketing tool for people
to find you and your work online
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