Tag: rural arts and culture map

This week Maya was out of town, so just Emily and I met. Emily did a more detailed edit of our first postcards and sent them to Riki for a final check. We spent most of the meeting editing, but we did discuss the plans for the last few weeks of the practicum. Since we haven’t posted our postcards yet, we think we may only finish 2 postcards this term. The priority is make sure the practicum is set up for the next person. We discussed creating official guidelines to be completed by week 10. However, we can’t finish the guidelines till we have experienced posting on Place Stories. We also discussed creating a list of potential artists (both TAAP and non TAAP) for future practicum students. Lastly, we decided that we should adjust the inventories for the artists boxes to include information for this project. These documents will allow the next to practicum to run more efficiently and hopefully generate more postcards rather than research.

I emailed Nathan and got his permission to adjust the inventories. I plan to go to Special Collections next week and look through Box 47 to check my notes before adjusting the inventory. I will also use that time to finalize my list of possible artists. I finished my draft of my 2nd postcard and sent it to Emily and Riki. I was going to post my 1st postcard this week, but Riki didn’t edit it in time. Hopefully that will happen next week. I plan to meet with Maya next week to discuss the inventories, guidelines and artist lists. This process has been somewhat slow moving especially for writing and editing. I think Maya and I should discuss a timeline for the guidelines that would work best for generating postcards including time needed for research, writing, editing and posting.

Emily, Maya and I met on Monday and we discussed our first postcards. Riki looked over them and suggested we edit the tone of the postcards to be more promotional and personal, instead of informational. If the idea of the map is to promote Oregon rural artists and the Oregon Folklife Network, we want the postcards to be a starting off point for more exploration. I had not thought of the postcards like this prior to this meeting, so I had to edit my postcard. I had written my postcard as more of a summary about an artist than a story with a hook. I’m still not sure if my edited postcard fits the tone Riki suggested, but I made an attempt. The revision of the 1st postcard is now posted and I’ve sent it to Emily and Riki to look over.

I also began work on my 2nd postcard this week. I called Tina and I got her permission to post about her on the map. I also told her I would email her the postcard once it is written. I started to write the postcard, but I decided not to finish it till I better understood the style OFN wanted me to use. Hopefully I will be able to finish it in week 8. Emily, Maya and I have agreed that we may not get to post 3 full postcards, but that posting the best model for future practicums is more important. We discussed the guidelines Maya and I wrote and Emily suggested that we write an official document as a resource for the next practicum. Emily also suggested that we make a list of possible artists (including non TAAP artists) for the rural map to be included in the document. I plan to email Nathan and see if we can add a rural category to the inventory. This will help us and future practicum students in the research process. Our hope is to lay the groundwork this term so that the process can be more streamlined in the future.