Cohousing-L Mailing List: Art in Cohousing

[Communities Magazine (communities]

Hello,

    This is a Call for Articles for our Spring '05 issue of Communities
magazine,  "Art in Community."

    I'm sending this Call to everyone who has written for Communities
magazine in the past, or who has inquired about writing for us. (Or maybe
you're someone I hope might submit an article.)   I'm sending this to the
Cohousing L List as well.

    If you're interested, please tell Guest Editor Scott Horton your article
idea by November 10th, 2004.

    Deadline for completed articles to be sent to Scott is December 1st,
2004.


    I. ARTICLE CONTENT - SPRING '05 "ART IN COMMUNITY" ISSUE

    * How do you and your community integrate art with other aspects of
community : business, recreation, process, etc.
    
    * How does art reflect community living and communicate it to the
rest of the world?

    * How do artists inside and outside your community enhance the quality
of life--in your community, and in our culture in general?

    * Submit ideas for our feature, "101 Art Projects and Events Your
Community Can Do." 

    * Photos (see guidelines below). We want to feature lots and lots of
photos of art, artists, and art-making in community.

    To send article ideas, contact Guest Editor Scott Horton in Oakland, CA:
LaSemillaBesada [at] hotmail.com; 510-433-0894.


    II. PHOTOS. If you'd like to write for this issue, we will need to
either receive exta high-resolution digital photos or borrow hard-copy
photos or snapshots of people and or communities to illustrate your story.
    NOTE: We cannot use most digital photos, unless they come from a digital
camera that allows a resolution of 3 megapixels or more. This will produce
images which  are 300-360 dpi at 5x7 or 8x12 size. This means the images
will be a high enough resolution to use on the printed page.

    The photos can be vertical or horizontal, black & white or color. If you
send hard copies, we return them after the issue is published.

    Important: Please don¹t submit an article unless:

    (1) You can email high-resolution digital images, or mail us hard-copy
photos by or before the article deadline. .

    --or--

    2) You can let me know in advance that you won't have photos.
In this case, if we use your article we'll commission an illustration, but
we need plenty of advance warning to know that.  Thanks!

    If you're going to mail photos, please either email them to Scott Horton
at LaSemillaBesada [at] hotmail.com; or snail mail them to him. Contact him at
LaSemillaBesada [at] hotmail.com or 510-433-0894, for his mailing address.

    III. PERMISSION. Please send the article only when anyone you need an OK
from (such as fellow community members) has already been given. It¹s
difficult for us to get ready to run an article, only to find out that the
author hasn¹t gotten official permission to publish it yet. Ooops.
    --------

    If you¹re interested, please let Scott or I know.  Either of us can send
Writers Guidelines if you don¹t already have them.
    Scott: LaSemillaBesada [at] hotmail.com; 510-433-0894.
    Me:  communities [at] ic.org;  828-669-9702..


    Thanks very much! We look forward to hearing from folks inspired by this
issue theme.


    Diana Christian
    Editor, Communities Magazine


P.S. Here's what we're publishing in early December, in the
Winter '04 issue:  "Life After Student Co-ops."
    Theme articles include "Life After Co-ops," "The Seeds of Revolution,"
"What I Learned Last Summer,"  "And Now I Want to Start My Own . . .," and
more.
    Plus feature articles: Why Does Anyone Ever Do This?" , "The Toughest
Community Issue We Ever Faced," and "Homeschooling with Heart." With columns
on Torri Superiore ecovillage in Italy, traveling "caravan communities"
worldwide, foster parenting in cohousing, and more.