Pulse of Pittsburgh

administration | artists | arts | awareness | bricks and mortar | collaboration | filmmakers | musicians

This Idea has been incorporated into the Greater Pittsburgh Web Hub.

Idea Overview

Pittsburgh artistic resources for collaboration in corporate use in form of website and central office

Idea Round Up Concept Sheet

Who worked on idea?

Heather Ferri, Sara Eilene Riddle, Michael Knight, Joann Wheeler, Oliver Poppenberg

What is the idea?

Pgh artistic resources for collaboration in corporate use in form of website and central office

How would idea work?

Administrative team - create a website plus storefront to publicize Pgh talent to use Pgh people. Website will link to "artist page"
Create a resource book about Pgh talent that local artist can use for promotion when traveling

Pluses:

Awareness of Pgh artists
Builds community between artists and corporations
Financially we would create more opportunities to attract people to Pgh

Concerns:

Challenge is finding he way to connect businesses and artists
Artists need help in promoting talents - help with presentation material

Community opportunities:

Arts community, equity actors, corporations, educational institutions that train artists

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