Art Work Newspaper Distribution

I went to Japantown to distribute my stack of newspapers and upon arriving found out that there was to be a convention that weekend. Anime on Display is what it was, bringing a crowd of people that I thought would work towards my distribution. I decided to start by walking around with the newspapers in front of my chest while describing the content, hopefully generating some interest. Much to my disappointment though, the few people who I did catch weren't very interested in the issue at all. After about an hour of trying to get people to at least pick up the newspaper and open it, I decided to leave the papers in several empty newspaper stands, hoping that somebody would pick one up and read it at a later time.

Perhaps a different approach would have worked better for that convention had I known that it was occurring. Maybe somebody who attempts to do the same thing in the future will have more success than me.

ArtWork Distribution by Jose Qwistgaard

When it came time for me to distribute ArtWork, I felt somewhat discouraged to distibute it to strangers around the street. Having had previous experiences working at canvassing jobs and quitting after a day, I knew how much I hated being turned down by people who lack interest in social issues. Doing this alone also did not help either, but I knew I wanted to spread the word and distribute the magazine. So on Sunday I took a walk around my block and decided to stick a copy of ArtWork inside people's Sunday paper. This way I figured: If they are interested in the news and read the paper, they will have time to at least skim through this. With this theory in mind I started passing them out, the more I did it the more exciting it got, it sort of became a rush at towards the end. I only had 10 papers so, I had to spread it as much as I could. Honestly, it was fun, it almost made me wish I could have interacted with people, but for the type of person I am, it takes a lot for me to walk up to strangers and do that, if you are a person who likes to do that, then I admire that. I hope at least one of the people found their paper, or people are still interested enough to read the Sunday paper. As I approached a doorstep, I asked a man if I could stick it in his mailbox, which to he replied that he was gonna throw the paper out anyway. I hope most people are not like that. I hope at least one person picked it up and read it. It would certainly be interesting to do this at a larger scale. Maybe while some people talk and distribute I can do this method. In the end I hope more people become connected with their world, and artists gain more respect here in this country. Im sure if we continue like this though that will someday happen, we just all need to keep an open mind at what is going on in the world, and not stay confiined to just our personal lives.



Route of Distribution -

Adding a little extra information to Sunday's paper -

art WORK

Bazaar Cafe is a host to local struggling artists. Many of the patrons are artists in the truest sense of the term: they are extremely artistically talented, but cannot support themselves through their art. They sit in the cafe writing code for website applications, grading high school history papers, etc. and occasionally "just for fun" will pull out their sketch pads and embroidery hoops and make some art. Every artist that I talk to that comes in tells me to learn web design or advertising if I insist on being an art student. One such patron, Shane is the most talented embroiderer that I have ever met. Her unbelievable skills, patience, and creativity have many times inspired me to pick up my embroidery needle. When I gave her the publication we had a discussion about how she was supposed to be having an art show in a local venue to showcase her new embroidery and hand-made clothing line. She said that she had multiple discussions with the art coordinator and in the end he simply refused to communicate with her through any way other than email. Shane doesn't have email, and thus lost out on the space. Apparently, you need a computer to be an artist.
sylvia is a local website designer. she told me she's still waiting for payment for a website she created for a christian university in the east bay. There are no regulations on how much someone gets paid or when. The arts are not considered a respectable or important career where standards should be set. Sylvia went to art school in Europe and says that all of her art school friends are making livings for themselves there. Also, they receive social security and will actually be able to retire sometime.

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