@CStamp There's never been any big, meaningful, progressive societal changes, nor any successful citizens led revolutions - without #art & #artists - from many different creative areas & mediums. Art is an essential part of activism actions & always has been. #Creatives are natural born #changemakers.
We had the entire patio to ourselves 🙂
At Brown's Social in downtown #VictoriaBC with my friend, Natalie. She's a horticulturalist, living in Deep Cove. We had some eats & drinks before going across street for PechaKucha Night VOL. 20.
They played #GenX tunes, the whole time we were there. We lucked out on getting street parking, one block away. Then lucked out on empty patio, on arrival. We had our own fire table 🥰
We had a fun time at #PechaKucha Night VOL. 20, at #TheVicTheatre in downtown #VictoriaBC this evening. Fabulous variety of speakers & slideshows. Emma Gilchrist, founder of @thenarwhal was one of the presenters tonight.
12 BRAVE LOCAL #CREATIVES, #ENTREPRENEURS & #CHANGEMAKERS will inspire, entertain & educate us with dynamic and captivating presentations (PKN-style: 20 slides x 20 seconds) with a wild variety of topics!
Art is a HUMAN thing. Art isn't artificial or created by programs.
Seek out PEOPLE artists that use their minds to create art. And then share our work! We REALLY appreciate it!
Guess I should probably do an #introduction! Names Alex (they/ze). I'm a university student currently studying #English and #Creative Writing in hopes of being an author one day! I'm currently residint on the east coast of Turtle Island. I enjoy #crocheting, #knitting, drinking #tea, and #vampires. Would love to follow queer #artists and other queer #creatives on here!
LB: if you buy from Etsy, which sucks and is pretty hostile to the creatives who sell on the site, please consider using https://artisans.coop instead. It’s a co-op in the truest sense of the term, in that the organization is run and governed by the artists on the platform. Spread the word!
With the news that Amazon/Audible is now offering an ai narrator conversion beta for books in KDP Select...but that the resulting audiobooks will be offered in an all-you-can-eat Audible Plus subscription model, means that author royalties will likely take another dive (just like musicians have experienced with streaming on Spotify). That's not even taking into account the effect on narrators. More in my blog.
It seems like it's very early days for the project, but please check it out and, if you're into it, find out if there's anything you can do to support. 😄
Creatives: Would you like to better understand why writers & authors (+ musicians and artists) are being squeezed? The impact Amazon has had on the publishing industry, the chequered history of DRM, the dirt on copyright? How about 'how news got broken', 'why streaming doesn't pay' & what people in the creative industries can actually do about the current state of affairs? Highly recommend Choke Point Capitalism (by Rebecca Giblin & Cory Doctorow) as a read. Please ask your local library to get it in too so more people can have access.
#IATSE's #contract expires next summer, and if the issue of #residuals for the "#creatives" is resolved fairly, that could help the "below the line" workers when it's their time to negotiate with the #studios.
It's time to freak out!
We're launching the Were-House Art Market in #Aurora, #CO, and it's free to attend!
Our venue is #queer friendly, has onsite food and shopping access, and encourages #fursuiting, so come support local #creatives, and have a howl with us Oct 14th+15th!
For creative folks, here's a thread with a couple dozen grant, fellowship, residency, etc. opportunities 🧵
GRIN S+T+ARTS RESIDENCY ($40K)
Open to artists internationally, this residency is looking for artists who can provide critical reflection and envision future potential and solutions that can address the digital and ecological transition in Europe.
Bertha Foundation is excited to announce the launch of the fifth Bertha Challenge: an opportunity for activists and investigative journalists to spend a year working on one pressing social justice challenge and to deliver a body of work at the end of the Fellowship year.
OC Creatives of all kinds: check out this delightful list with dozens of FOSS creative tools for artists, photographers, film makers, game devs, musicians, and more! (codeberg.org)
A curated list of delightful tools for digital creatives in a variety of mediums.