Comments on: How I Collaborate

By: Clare O'Neill

Mon, 02 Jul 2012 15:05:38 +0000

Thanks Alyson!

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Mon, 02 Jul 2012 04:38:07 +0000

Liza: What a fantastic collaboration! I’m sure it feels good to have been a part of such an undertaking. Congratulations.

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Mon, 02 Jul 2012 04:36:55 +0000

In reply to Dorothy Lorenze.

Nice, Dorothy! It might lead to a more formal collaboration in the future.

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Mon, 02 Jul 2012 04:36:19 +0000

In reply to Clare O\’Neill.

And it’s a beautiful book!

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Mon, 02 Jul 2012 04:35:19 +0000

In reply to Ron Gafron.

I appreciate that, Ron, and look forward to hearing more.

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By: liza myers

Mon, 02 Jul 2012 03:08:51 +0000

In reply to liza myers.

The power of collaboration is twofold. Mixing axioms and metaphors: many hands make light work, of course, but also the bar is higher when the group sets it and eggs each other on.

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By: liza myers

Mon, 02 Jul 2012 03:07:27 +0000

Currently I’m mostly on a solo flight. But over the years collaborations have been exceedingly helpful. In 2003 a collaboration formed the Brandon Artist Guild. Working intensely as a small group we raised $188,000 for the guild, producing a fabulous community wide art event we dubbed the Really Really Pig Show. 40 artists enhanced 40 fiberglass pigs which were auctioned off in live auction and on E-Bay.We bought our building and united a divisive community with the arts. It was an astonishing event.
My main current collaboration is participating in the Artist Conspiracy, although not as much as I want to. It’s incredibly helpful to take the challenges to heart and share the process with other members.

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By: Dorothy Lorenze

Mon, 02 Jul 2012 02:51:21 +0000

I reconnected with a couple of artist friends during a recent show. We really enjoyed sharing stories about our artistic dreams and directions. We have been getting together to paint ever since and it’s been a great way to share ideas and encourage one another. We are not collaborating in the sense of working on a mutual project, but we are enthusiastic about each others ideas, efforts, attempts and successes! And knowing that we count on one another keeps us focused and committed. It’s been great to work in this supportive “community”!

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By: Clare O\'Neill

Sun, 01 Jul 2012 19:51:42 +0000

Last year I started a project called Open to Interpretation – it’s a juried book competition bringing together photographers and writers. I had no idea how much fun this project would be. Nor how collaborative. I find my days now filled with communicating with photographers, writers, editors, judges, book designers, printers, book stores, journalists, and mentors. I couldn’t possibly publish this book series without all these wonderful and talented people – and when I reflect on the project I find it’s really the collaboration that brings me the most fulfillment!

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By: Ron Gafron

Sun, 01 Jul 2012 18:25:10 +0000

In reply to Alyson Stanfield.

I was purposely trying not to be too “salesy” in my post, but since you asked :-), the long awaited new release is nearly done. A major re-architecture of the system to not only support all of the existing features, but set us up for a lot of major future improvements as well, to take advantage of new technologies. I’m just beginning to post information on our website about the new release, and will have more information soon.

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