May 25, 2011

What is IndianaArts.org?

Many artists and organizations have heard us talk about IndianaArts.org.  Enter your events on IndianaArts.org, integrate your website with it through ACE, market yourself through it, find and post calls for artists, etc...  But, what exactly is it?


IndianaArts.org is a free website for artists and organizations throughout the state of Indiana.  Allow me to take a moment and clarify, we are talking about all arts: Visual, Theatre, Musical, Dance, Literary.  I am also talking to the cultural and historical organizations and individuals.  We are all part of the arts and cultural community.

Now that we have that cleared up... IndianaArts.org was created as an one stop shop online resource for the arts in Indiana.  It is the only statewide online resource.  This resource is even used by the Indiana Arts Commission.  Pretty impressive, huh...  According IndianaArts.org, "there are more than 34,000 registered users, with an average of 25,000 web page views per month from members and the general public."  Those are some impressive numbers.

"The site is owned and operated by Arts Place, Inc., a regional not-for-profit arts council located in East Central Indiana. The program is operating as a collaborative effort, involving over a dozen organizations and agencies across Indiana. Beginning in 1998, Arts Place launched the original centralized online arts database, gradually adding enhancements in collaboration with the Indiana Arts Commission, other Regional Arts Partners (RAP), and Traditional Arts Indiana."

That is all great, but how does all this pertain to me?  Well, organizations and artists both use this site.
Organizations often:
  • post up coming events
  • post calls for artists
  • post job opportunities
  • integrate the event calendar to their website

Artists often:
  • post up coming performances/exhibitions
  • look for calls
  • look for job opportunities
  • list information about them and their art
So, you are wanting to learn to take better pictures of your work.  Check out the classifieds and events to see what workshops are being offered in digital images.  Wanting to learn to dance?  Check out the events to see what classes are listed.  Looking for an artist to hang work in your business?  Post a classified.  This is what IndianaArts.org is.  One place for the arts and cultural communities to post and find information within the state of Indiana.