Our friends form Arlington Cultural Affairs will offer a new service - online artist directory - to Arlington based artists starting in the spring of 2010. Check their guidelines below and visit their new web site.

At the heart of Arlington’s thriving arts community is arlingtonarts.org, the website of and for the arts in Arlington.  Newly redesigned, the site is the place to find a performance, event, class or other arts opportunity.  The site is a service to the public and to arts organizations, and, along with the new look, Cultural Affairs Division is currently in the process of expanding arlingtonarts.org to include an online directory of individual artists of all disciplines, 18 years of age or over, who live or work in Arlington. 
The potential for individual Arlington artists to reach a large audience with a body of work represented on the arlingtonarts.org  website will soon be realized as the second phase of the website.  While presently many artists expose their work by way of their own web sites, or on sites such as MySpace or Etsy, they will soon have the opportunity for additional exposure through a site that is familiar to the general public in Arlington, and will be able to direct traffic to their more detailed personal sites.
 

What:  Upcoming online artist directory on arlingtonarts.org  (If you have not checked out the new website, what are you waiting for?  Do it now!)

Who:  Individual artists of all disciplines, 18 years of age of over, who live or work in Arlington; musical groups (bands) who are not formal non-profit arts organizations and who are not represented by an agent.

When:  Directory pages will launch spring 2010

What you will get:  The structure of each directory entry will be in the form of a template on which artists may post: name, contact information, description of art, artist statement (limited to 150 words,) work samples (three images—sorry no audio files) and hyperlink to the artist’s site. 
Fee:  $25 for a one year presence in the online directory ($15 for students enrolled at an accredited school or university: $40 for bands.)

Pre-register now for less!!  At this time we are calling for artists who are interested in reserving their page in the directory.  Artists who respond to the address below before November 25, 2009 with payment for their first year’s membership are eligible for a discounted first year fee of $20 ($10 for students enrolled at an accredited school or university and $30 for bands.)  To pre-register, send your name, discipline (This will help to structure the search options of the database.) contact information and payment.  If a student, please note where you are studying.  Online payment is not available at this time.  You may send cash, or a check made out to Treasurer, Arlington County.  Unless you direct us to do so, your check will not be cashed until it is time for you to upload your information onto the directory.  At that time you will be notified and given instructions for uploading.  Your year membership will begin on the date the directory launches. 

Send the above information with payment to:     Artist Directory
Arlington Cultural Affairs
3700 S. Four Mile Run Dr.
Arlington, VA 22206