Hi Dianne,
I'm not a representative of VIVA. I'm with a nonprofit called Vashon
Events. We are doing the promotion for First Friday Gallery Cruise. I sent
that info to VIVA in case an artist is presenting somewhere in town.
Sometimes the venues don't do the best job of letting me know who they
booked. Each venue selects their featured artists independently and has
their own process for doing that. So if you wanted to show somewhere, I
believe you would need to contact each specific gallery you were interested
and request information on how to do that.
As far as the membership for VIVA goes, again, I'm not a rep of VIVA, but
as a member myself, I believe it is $10 for the whole year. Not bad! You
can sign up at the VIVA website <http://vivartists.com/viva/join-viva/> and
during checkout, click "renewal" versus "new membership."
Sorry for the confusion.
Allison
Allison Shirk
(206) 734-6521
PO Box 2124
Vashon, WA 98070
Co-Director of Vashon Events - www.vashonevents.org
<http://www.vashonevents.org>
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On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 8:49 AM Dianne Grob <diannegrob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Allison. Since I am a new member, could you answer some questions? 1)
do we pick the venue we want to go to? 2) what venues are available? 3)
do we send photos of our work or just descriptions? 4) who do we send this
information to? Thank you.
Dianne Grob.
On Wed, Jan 15, 2020, 6:56 PM Allison Shirk <Allison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Dear Vashon Artists, Galleries & Merchants,
Vashon Events is proud to promote First Friday Gallery Cruise once again
in 2020. Thank you so much for your support and the positive feedback you
provided in the survey. We are looking forward to a great year.
The primary focus of the First Friday Gallery Cruise (FF) is *visual art*.
Our goal in helping to promote FF is to support our visual artists. Our
secondary goal is get more individuals out to support the businesses and
merchants. To accomplish this goal, Vashon Events creates and distributes
posters, postcards with map on the back, and social media posts that
promote the art happenings. We will also put up large banners to remind
people that it is First Friday. To be included in the promotion is
absolutely free of charge.
Format for Submission:
Name of Gallery/Venue
Art Description
The description should be short enough to fit in three inches of space on
one line in 12pt font - about 40 characters.
Example:
Cafe Luna
Photography by Richard Rogers
Due Dates are:
Jan 22
Feb 19
Mar 18
Apr 22
May 20
June 17
July 22
Aug 19
Sept 16
Oct 21
Nov 18
Dec 23
If you would like to be included, please email us with your information.
The deadline for being included on the monthly poster and postcards is 12
business days before FF in order to allow time for printing and
distributing materials. Funding for promotion is provided by the generous
lead sponsorship of John L. Scott Vashon and supporting sponsors Camp
Colvos Brewing, Evergreen Home Loans, Island Insurance Center, and Sue
Carette of Windermere Vashon.
If you have an event to promote that is not related to art, we would love
for you to advertise it separately at www.vashonevents.org/advertise.
The cost for advertising with Vashon Events is $25 per week in our
newsletter and that includes unlimited time on our website’s home page and
social media posts.
Sincerely,
Allison Shirk
Please note this new email address: allison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Allison Shirk
Co-Director of Vashon Events
PO Box 2124
Vashon, WA 98070
(206) 734-6521
www.vashonevents.org
[image: Vashon Events Logo]
