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About >> ArtEntity >> Definitions and FAQ Definitions
FAQ
Art: Any expression of creativity (e.g. music, painting, sculpture, writing, dance, theatre) Love Offerings: Whenever possible, we provide contact information for each artist who posts work here. We ask that as visitors enjoy the art here, they let the creators of those works know by sending an email or a letter, and as able, a bit of financial assistance. We suggest a $1 donation to each artist for each of their works that is downloaded. We also suggest a $1 donation for each time that work is copied and distributed (see Mindful Distribution). We believe in direct support of artists, so each $1 goes directly to each artist, NOT to ArtEntity. There are other ways to give to us. Mindful Distribution: Mindful Distribution is about sharing. All artwork displayed on our websites is available to be freely downloaded and distributed (see Love Offerings). It's all about the love. We DO NOT condone stealing. Stealing is allowing one's self to benefit at the expense of another. Love is sharing without concern for personal gain. We encourage visitors to download and share the art found here. We ask that all sharing be done with mindfulness and responsibility. We demand that anyone interested in using anything found on this website for any commercial purposes--this is any instance where any money is collected in any amount for any rendering of any work posted here--contact the artist who originally posted the work before doing so. Self-supporting community: A group of people (artists) who, through their collective work, are able to sustain and support the group as a whole. Literally, we want to be able to pay our bills without incurring any debt, while producing artwork exclusively, or at least more frequently than we do now. We're not looking to get rich here. We just want to be happy. Support: We use a very specific definition of support. We mean, to provide the necessities and comforts of life (emotional, spiritual, and physical), while allowing an individual to pursue their chosen artistic endeavor. For an artist to be 'supported,' they must have community, shelter, a healthy and adequate supply of food, the ability and encouragement to engage in their chosen spiritual practice (if any), and the tools and materials of their trade. Venue: A collaborative platform for all stages of the artistic process. A place where artists may work together, share resources, produce, perform, display, and distribute their work. At present, this website is the main ArtEntity Venue. We are looking for a physical location which would provide space for storefront, theatre, gallery shows, audio production, and desktop publishing. Are you already part of a Venue? How do I get my Artist Package produced? First, submit your art. Once art is submitted to our websites, it will be eligible for inclusion in any number of promotional publications. Before your art is published, we will contact you (so be sure to keep your contact information current). When your art is published, you will receive an undetermined number of the publications for you to keep or distribute as you wish. If we or the community or the viewing public (or various combinations of the three) are particularly moved by your work AND if we have funding available, we will begin planning a package together. As we grow in size, of course, the number of packages that we are able to produce will grow as well. What happens during that process? This will vary from artist to artist. Anything is possible, and it depends on the type of project that we are producing together. One thing remains constant--the artist who is in process has complete creative control over the project being produced and may invite as much or as little collaboration as s/he wishes. That project can take many different shapes from recording a CD to producing an art show, a play, or a film. If we do not know how to do what the artist is looking for, we will learn or find someone who knows. Our desire is to do as much as we can do by ourselves through cooperative learning in order to keep our costs down. But in order to retain the artistic integrity of a project, we will seek out qualified professionals and we will do as much learning as we can from them. No matter what the type of art brought to ArtEntity, there is one guiding principle that remains the same. No money changes hands on the first project. The artist brings their art to the Entity representative, or the artist is approached by a representative. There is an agreed-upon "package" that will be produced. The agreement between the Entity and the artist is simply that the artist keeps 2/3 of the product created and the Entity retains 1/3. This 1/3 of the product will be offered for sale to the public by the Entity as a fundraiser. The artist is free to distribute his/her 2/3 in any way s/he chooses. Once the package has been produced, the artist will be encouraged to provide a service to the Entity. By encouraging this participation, we hope to ensure the completion of the circle of giving. Perhaps the artist who has just finished the first process will have something to share about it with an artist who is just beginning. Perhaps during their process the artist developed connections that would help with the distribution of other artists' work. At its core, the Entity is about Artists Serving Artists. How do you plan to fund this whole venture? We could feasibly do just about anything we wanted to do in order to make money for the Entity. We will attempt to locate funding for specific projects by seeking out grants for the individual artists as well as for the Entity itself. ArtEntity is also interested in encouraging artists to get together and start small businesses which would put their talents to work for the community-at-large. These businesses could also provide services to ArtEntity as a donation or at discounted rates (consider the tax write-offs for each business which contributes). We have imagined a number of possibilites and are considering our own for-profit venture as well. It is a dream of ours to eventually establish a trust fund that will be available proportionally to artists who are members of ArtEntity. The trust fund would ideally provide subsistence-level income for those members so that each artist would be able to create art without worrying about where their next meal or next month's rent is coming from. We desire to engage in profit sharing with all of the artists as much as possible. 'Profits' could be food, other art works, or, yes, even cash. Featured Art:
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