"The development of the Resources section was born from requests received from those within the local artistic community seeking to have their organization maintain more of a presence on the artistschair.com directory. Influence to create this section also came from inquiries received from both out-of-town artists and visitors searching to gain a better understanding of the different types of organization that our artistic community is comprised of," says Francis. Introducing this section to the directory will allow us to broaden the resources artistschair.com offers to both its members and users as well as work towards reaching the goal of better unifying the various disciplines and resources of the artistic community within Northeast Ohio."

"Having available a centralized online resource of listings and information of multi-disciplined arts-related organizations in our region has been long overdue, says Toni Gras, Managing Director of Csárdás Dance Company. To systematically have many of our region's arts and cultural organizations represented in one easily accessible resource will help better promote Csárdás Dance Company and our city's artistic community as a whole."

Below is an example of how a listing is posted in the Resources section:

Workshop Players Theater-in-the-Round, Inc.
The mission of the Workshop Players is to welcome all participants to balance work and play in producing high quality theatre in an intimate space. The theatre seats 100 patrons in 2-3 rows completely surrounding a 13' x 21' stage. At 58 seasons, the Workshop Players is the oldest, continuously operating, arena theater in Ohio and tends to produce main stream shows that appeal to diverse audiences. The Workshop Players is an all volunteer organization.

Mailing Address: 44280 Middle Ridge Road, Amherst, Ohio 44001 * Inquiries: (p) (440) 998-9130 (General Information); (440) 988-5613 (Box Office) or (e) trinskimon@yahoo.com * Website: www.workshopplayers.com * Discount: None being offered at this time

Any arts-related organization within Northeast Ohio that is not currently listed in the Resources section has the opportunity to do so by completing and submitting the information form available  on any of the Resources section sub pages.

NEW BULLETIN BOARD CLASSIFIEDS
The newly introduced Bulletin Board Classifieds allow both artistschair.com members and users to post and view notices at no charge in a variety of arts- and non-arts related fields including:

• Auditions and Casting Opportunities;
• Workshops, Classes and Forums;
• Employment & Volunteer Opportunities;
• Discounts, Deals, For Sale & Free Stuff;
• Events, Parties & Happenings;
• Venue Spaces & Locations;
• Housing, Roommate & Travel Buddy Notices;
• Scam and Fraud Alerts; and
• The Unique, Unusual & Everything Else.

Artistschair.com has also collaborated with Fred Sternfeld, founder of Northeast Ohio Performing Arts List Server (NEOPAL) and its sister site NEOPAL Yahoo Bulletin Board on the artistschair.com Sound Off or Seek Information sub page, which allows both  artistschair.com members and users to participate in discussion forums pertaining to various arts-related topics. Further discussions between the NEohioPAL e-mail list service and artistschair.com Bulletin Board Classifieds are also in the process of being discussed.

All Bulletin Board Classified postings are listed in order by date under the appropriate sub page category and both members and users have the ability to choose to receive automatic updates on newly posted notices that are listed in categories that are of interest to them. Each posting  includes the following information:

• Posting Heading;
• A Description of the Posting;
• Contact Name and, if applicable, the Organization's Name;
• Contact E-mail Address and/or Phone Number;
• Date Posted and Expiration; and
• Other Bulletin Board Categories the ad is posted in.

Those posting a notice also have the ability to upload up to one image per notice.

PROMOTIONAL SPONSOR ANNOUNCEMENT
Artistschair.com is proud to welcome Domino's Pizza as a 2005 promotional sponsor. Domino's Pizza has agreed to assist artistschair.com in getting the word out about the introduction of the new Resources section and Bulletin Board Classifieds. Beginning October 19 through November 19, Domino's Pizza stores in Lakewood, Fairview and Avon Lake will make artistschair.com information available at those locations and include artistschair.com postcards with each take out and every delivery order.

FIRST ARTISTSCHAIR.COM NETWORKING EVENT PLANNED
Despite unsuccessful attempts to raise funds through foundation support, artistschair.com Founder and President Jeon Francis and his team of volunteers and members and users are moving forward to host the site's first networking event, entitled Creative Connections, for regional artists and those who hire creative talent and services.

In addition to providing a space for artists and talent seekers to network and co-mingle, artistschair.com is also providing the opportunity for artists who are members of artistschair.com and in need of digital images of themselves to be photographed free of charge by one of two Cleveland-based professional photographers, D.S. Resch and Steve Wagner. Both photographers are artistschair.com members and their talent profiles and samples of their work can be found by clicking on their names above or searching the artistschair.com talent directory.

Entertainment for the event will also include artistschair.com members DJ Deviant (also know as David Christopher of HeadRush Music) and fire performing sensation Aaron Bonk.

Creative Connections will take place Wednesday, November 9 from 6:30-9:30 pm at 1300 Gallery located at 1300 West 78th Street off Lake Avenue. The event is free and open to all artistschair.com members and users and the general public. Those attending are highly encouraged to bring business cards and/or materials relating to their talent, services, arts-related programs and projects. Get the latest information at http://www.artistchair.com/Creative%20Connections%20Latest%20Information.asp

Artistschair.com currently features just over 400 members from all throughout Northeast Ohio and offers 108 different talent fields to search ranging from stage actors, directors and choreographers to photographers, graphic designers and publicists. Services to promote artists or search for creative talent and resources are currently FREE. For more information, log on to www.artistschair.com.

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