Alexa, Welcome, thanks for the introduction! Happy to have you joining my workshop in a few days.
One thing I have to say is very, very interesting: my partner Geoff and I actually drew LOTS of inspiration from his experiences with arts collectives both in terms of what works as well as learning what doesn't and designing improvements to those problems into our business and community models. I love that our work is making it full circle! -Alex /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 12:17 PM, Alexa Roman <al...@craftwork.la> wrote: > Hello Coworking Community! > > We are Gina Hermosillo and Alexa Roman, coworking advocates working > and living in Los Angeles. We're new to the board and wanted to say a > quick hello. > > We both come from a set design and filmmaking background and are > active in communities that work and play with the realms of dance, > art, film, theater, crafts, and poetry. While there are working > artists able to afford their own studios, we noticed a growing number > of us searching for a flexible studio to practice. > > From holding needlepoint classes to practicing choreography, we have > seen and experienced the frustration that comes from needing (and not > finding) a flexible space and supportive community to call your > part-time home. > > In short (or long), we want to bring your ideas and the concept of > coworking to the arts! We want to provide studio space on coworking > terms, fostering community and collaboration in the same ways that all > of your spaces currently do...but with the ability to get paint on the > floor or hold a dance class. > > We are amazed at this community and its support, guidance and > resources. Alex - I'm attending your workshop later this month, > Angel/Beth - we've read your eBooks...and we are hoping to get more > involved in everything you are doing. > > We are not quite ready to open a space so, on the advice of this > group, we are building community through a few events this fall in > conjunction with an existing artist shared studio in downtown LA. We > will continue to search for ways to participate in the coworking > movement. Please let us know if you know of existing communities that > are in the same vein of what we are doing - we would love any feedback > or guidance. > > With gratitude and excitement, > > Alexa Roman and Gina Hermosillo > > CraftWork Studio > craftwork.la > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
