Hi Paul, Sounds like a lovely series!
I'm a graphic designer in my non-dance life, and the first thing I would recommend you consider is this: do you actually need a logo? Here's a great article that talks more about that: http://www.mcwade.com/DesignTalk/2011/11/does-this-need-a-logo/. Perhaps you just need a consistent look to your flyers — our dance series in Montpelier, VT, doesn't have a logo, but has an effective flyer design that's been consistent for many years. Our regular dancers could all probably pick our flyer out of a table-full of flyers at 50 yards! :) I don't know if David Kaynor's on this list, but he creates beautiful, often hand-lettered flyers for his dances in Greenfield. Very elegant, old-fashioned feel that might fit really well with your historic spaces. I'd also be happy to work with you! I'm not an illustrator, but I do like good typography. Send me a private message if you're interested. You can see some of the stuff I've done here: http://danadwya.daportfolio.com/. Good luck with the series! Dana Dwinell-Yardley Montpelier, VT On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 12:00 PM, Paul Rosenberg wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I'm looking for suggestions for clipart, or for someone who is a good > graphic designer I could pay to make a design for a new dance series that I > am creating. > > The two series that I organize are family dances and community (easy, all > ages welcome, longways, squares, circles) dances. > > In addition to these series, I am hired for some special events that are > open to the public. My email list for of interested dancers is well over > 300 subscribers. For a while now, I've had an idea of getting people > interested in coming to these "extra dances" that are not part of my > regular series. Many of these dances are in beautiful, unique spaces. > > For example, in 2 weeks we are playing in a hall that is over 100 years > old, and very much looking like it probably did in 1900. Lots of nice > woodwork, pretty stage, etc. Then, 2 weeks later, we are playing in the > "Octagon Barn", built around ten years ago (it's about 100 years newer than > the other hall). Gorgeous floor, ceiling, windows, etc. We have some > other annual or occasional or one-nighter events like these in all sorts of > incredible spaces. > > So, my idea is to have a series of dances with a name like "Unique Spaces > for Delightful Dances" or something like that. Any ideas for a better > title? > > Does anyone have a nice design they can share that we could use as a logo, > clipart, or does anyone want to create one that I can use? > > Paul Rosenberg > Albany, NY > www.homespun.biz > 518-482-9255 > >
