A NEW IDEA
In the past month, I've come to understand and appreciate the potential of the STEEM blockchain when it comes to building a meaningful audience for artists, and it got me thinking about what I could do to help the artists in my local area that struggle to gain exposure. If I could do so in a way that would help enrich the Steemit community with their great work at the same time, all the better.
My first thought was just to share what I know about Steem to some of my artist friends, and try to get them onto the platform and earning for themselves. Much to my chagrin, I was not very successful. Because I have not been on Steemit very long, I do not have enough of a demonstrable incentive to show them how Steemit can be worth their time. I realize that I need something tangible to give them, to show them the value of the Steem blockchain.
WHAT AM I DOING?
I have decided to start the Amazing Local Artist Spotlight, a monthly curation series where I will feature a local artist from my community (with their permission of course), who is not currently on Steemit.
In the post, I will conduct interviews with the artists, possibly even a podcast, display their art in whatever medium it may be, and link all of their social media & store information so that anyone can check out more of the artist's work and maybe even buy something!
Then, because it's the right thing to do and because I want them to join us here on Steemit, I am going to withdraw the SBD from the post to an exchange, transfer it back into fiat and give it to the artist! In this way, I hope to be able to fairly reward them for their time and talent and demonstrate the power of the blockchain to them at the same time.
Hopefully seeing the real money paid out to them for their work will convince them to give Steemit a try. In the interest of transparency, I am going to figure out a way to document this, but I'm not entirely sure how that will work.
WHY AM I DOING THIS?
In my current employ as the manager of a small, rural community local arts nonprofit, I run into a certain pervasive misconception that rural communities have nothing to offer, in terms of arts culture, to the larger community or region as a whole. People who live in cities become accustomed to having a smorgasbord of world-class art at their fingertips. Because of this, there tends to be a disconnection in their understanding of where all this art originates from.
For artists, finding a space in which to showcase their art to the world initially can be incredibly difficult, especially in a large city where there is a saturation of creative people all around competing for the same space. Because of this, many emerging artists are forced to look for alternative platforms on which to display their talents. This might mean finding smaller, less well-known galleries, festivals, venues, and markets. Quite often, these artists find those opportunities in smaller communities where there is a better chance to be seen and build some momentum.
Therefore, it tends to be the smaller communities, rather than the larger cities, where much of this talent is first being developed, honed, and showcased. In essence, rural communities and their arts organizations act as the crucible necessary to develop skilled artists that may later go on to bigger success in the city.
HOW YOU CAN HELP!
You can do so much to help these artists make the world a more beautiful place by simply UPVOTING and RESTEEMING. It takes nearly zero effort for you, and the more rewards the post gets, the more money the artists will receive; it's that simple!
If all goes well, I should have the first installment finished in the next week, so stay tuned. Thanks!
If this is successful, I would like to increase the frequency to bi-weekly instead of monthly, as well as eventually expanding submissions to include artists who are already on Steemit but perhaps do not have a large following. However, for the moment, due to time constraints, I'm going to focus on encouraging artists that I think would bring a great value to the platform to give it a shot.
(All the sources for the pictures in this post can be found by clicking the images themselves.)
This post was edited with HastyMarkup!
Wow this deserves to be in trending!
Beep! Beep! This humvee will be patrolling by and assisting new veterans, retirees, and military members here on Steem. @shadow3scalpel will help by upvoting posts from a list of members maintained by @chairborne and responding to any questions replied to this comment.
I'm definitely staying tuned! All the yes! So much yes! 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
Yes I'm excited, and no I have no plans to hide it 👍✨
Thank you! This is gonna be fun for me. I work with many of these people on a regular basis, and Ive wanted to find ways of helping promote their work to the wider world for awhile now. This creates the perfect opportunity to do so. :)
What a super idea!
Just as a suggestion - what if, instead of withdrawing the funds and xfering into fiat (for which I assume there will be a drop because of fees along the way) you create for them their own Steemit a/cs, xfer the funds into it and then present it to each of them? That way they can get a taste of the Steemit potential and if they like it you can xfer ownership of the a/c to them.
Just an idea, anway. :)
As a matter of fact, i give the artist the option. Christina, in this instance, decided that she wants a Steemit account with the funds from this post.
Oh, well that is awesome indeed. :)
waves welcome, Christina :D
What a great initiative and also a good idea to maybe try myself as I also haven't had much luck in convincing my artist friends to join me here on Steemit. :p
I hope you do! If you decide to, reach out and ill help you get started with whatever i learn along the way.
Resteemed to over 10100 followers and 100% upvoted. Thank you for using my service!
Send 0.100 Steem or 0.100 Steem Dollar and the URL in the memo to use the bot.
Read here how the bot from Berlin works. News you will find under the hashtag #resteembotnews.
Please help us grow and use our link to trade #IOTA #BTC #ETH and a lot of more at one of the biggest exchanges. https://www.binance.com/?ref=10230705
@resteem.bot
Vous avez des bonnes idee je vous souhaite bonne chance !
Je vous remercie!
Congratulations, Your Post Has Been Added To The Steemit Worldmap!
Author link: http://steemitworldmap.com?author=wylde
Post link: http://steemitworldmap.com?post=amazing-local-artist-spotlight-a-l-a-s-introduction
Want to have your post on the map too?
Congratulations! This post has been upvoted from the communal account, @minnowsupport, by wylde from the Minnow Support Project. It's a witness project run by aggroed, ausbitbank, teamsteem, theprophet0, someguy123, neoxian, followbtcnews, and netuoso. The goal is to help Steemit grow by supporting Minnows. Please find us at the Peace, Abundance, and Liberty Network (PALnet) Discord Channel. It's a completely public and open space to all members of the Steemit community who voluntarily choose to be there.
If you would like to delegate to the Minnow Support Project you can do so by clicking on the following links: 50SP, 100SP, 250SP, 500SP, 1000SP, 5000SP.
Be sure to leave at least 50SP undelegated on your account.
Great idea. Following now to help this initiative along. Artists and all types of creatives should be rewarded for their efforts in creativity.
This post has been voted on from MSP3K courtesy of @isaria from the Minnow Support Project ( @minnowsupport ).
Bots Information:
Join the P.A.L. Discord | Check out MSPSteem | Listen to MSP-Waves
This post has been voted on from MSP3K courtesy of @isaria from the Minnow Support Project ( @minnowsupport ).
Bots Information:
Join the P.A.L. Discord | Check out MSPSteem | Listen to MSP-Waves