[Coworking] Re: Additional ways to get movement in your space...and other cool stuff

2008-11-07 Thread Raines Cohen
On this topic, note that SoCoDepot http://www.SoCoDepot.com/ coworking in Sonoma County (CA, North SF Bay Area) is hosting an art opening next week: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1326751 Raines in DC, near the site of the former Takoma Park (MD) coworking, which had a dance studio downstairs,

[Coworking] Re: Additional ways to get movement in your space...and other cool stuff

2008-11-06 Thread BrianR
Great idea! We've been doing something similar. I put up some art I owned and work from friends. I hope to rotate it every few months. Here in Carrboro, NC we have a local art walk that we may participate in. Basically one day a month art galleries/bars/restaurants/studios all over town have a

[Coworking] Re: Additional ways to get movement in your space...and other cool stuff

2008-11-06 Thread Julie
Local art in a coworking space is win win. First Thursday is a pedestrian art night in our neighborhood and we stay open that night for the artist whose work is on the walls that month. We've been doing that since we've been open. Can't say it's translated to business, but that's not why we do

[Coworking] Re: Additional ways to get movement in your space...and other cool stuff

2008-11-06 Thread David K
We've done something similar with rotating exhibits at CubeSpace. What we've learned is that we have limited time and energy, and when we tried to manage the art on our walls ourselves, we failed. We now have a curator. She's more part of the art scene than we are, and every 3 months or so new

[Coworking] Re: Additional ways to get movement in your space...and other cool stuff

2008-11-05 Thread Jacob Sayles
Paul, We have art up from local artists and the idea is to have seasonal open houses to showcase the work and our space at the same time. We've had two rotations already and already have the artist lined up for our winter open house in January. Here's a little bit on our last open house which