I’ve been unforgivable slow in helping to get the word out about a new publication in town that shares the focus of this blog by helping to raise the profile of local art and artists who are not found on the typical Santa Barbara art radar. A month or so ago, I had the pleasure of meeting Adam Gray who is the Captain Kirk of this Enterprise. Adam is a passionate and ambitious art lover with an infectious energy that you can’t help admiring. His publication is called Stateside Magazine. Print publications are a very brave venture in these days of digital media, but Adam and his team of dedicated minions have an intelligent vision. Even so, they will need the support of all of us who produce, collect or just appreciate this kind of art. Keep your eyes out for Stateside Magazine while you are out and about downtown. The mag contains a great monthly calendar of events around town to help you keep in the loop. If this is the kind of thing you are into, I encourage you to check out their website and consider lending your support. I’ve posted their call to arms below.
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Here is a great chance for an artist you may know to get the exposure they deserve. Stateside Magazine is dedicated to helping and promoting the local talented people of Santa Barbara. Stateside Magazine is meant to be a canvas for artists to showcase their work and get exposure to help them thrive and inspire to create more. But we need your help.
Here’s what a local artist had to say about Stateside Magazine and your support:
“I create and express myself through what I do. It is an outlet for me to feel great in many different ways and I want to share it with the world. I have found an amazing opportunity through Stateside Magazine to showcase my talent. They have developed a way that is free for artists to display their work through Stateside’s online gallery at www.statesidemagazine.com as well as hosting an art show at least once a month at their “town meetings”. But what I would really like is to be featured in the magazine. Stateside is free and I have no doubt that they will feature me eventually (because I am so good at what I do), but you can help me solidify a spot by sponsoring me.”
Stateside Magazine is different that most publications out there, they do this in a couple creative ways:
They ask that you do not throw it away. Instead, give it to a friend and tell them the same, or return it to one of the select stores that carry it. At the end of the month, Stateside will go around and recycle the leftovers.
Stateside Magazine is a firm believer in freedom of speech and wants it’s publication to reflect what the people want. They hold their “town meetings” every month and invite anyone and everyone to come and discuss what they would like to see in this publication.
Please help by sponsoring an artist for $200 and have a “sponsored by:” your company name in the magazine as well as a thank you on the web site. Its a great way to help support the arts of Santa Barbara. People are treating this with a higher value than other publications, and many people keep the magazine for the art.
They will also take their already super-low advertising rates for a half page and cut the cost in half if you sponsor an artist. It is a monthly publication, so ads have longevity and at $10 a day its a great way to promote your business. If you sponsor an artist it is only $5 a day for the ad plus the sponsorship.
Sponsorship = $200/month
Sponsorship and a half page ad (4.25” by 5.5“) as well as the web site = $200+$150= $350/month
Half page ad = $300/month
Full page ad= $500/month
Thank you for your support,
Local talented artists and