About Us: Jobs

Writers: Cultural Travel eGuideBooks: Freelance Partner

We have just opened our eBook publishing house and are accepting submissions for a new series of destination specific cultural travel guides focusing on art and culture for electronic publication.

Writing is done and photographs are submitted on spec and if accepted, you get a percentage of each sale for the shelf life of the eBook. Pricing for our travelguide eBooks is targeted between US $2.99 and up, depending on the destination and the amount of information/number of pages that are invloved, but the upper level is not set in stone and can be negotiated.

GuideBooks must include all original content (both written and photographs), should be thoroughly researched, clearly written and the focus should be the art and culture of a place, plus the getting around information. Culture could include, but not limited to, history, bios of creative historical figures, art (all aspects from looking at it, studying it, creating it), music, nightlife, food/restaurant suggestions, architecture, archaeology, and landscape.

GuideBooks are meant to be an extension, with more details, of the web site.

Regions/Destinations: We will look at submissions for destinations anywhere in the world and are not limited to the regions covered by the blogs on the site. Current eBooks under development are: Berkeley, Cafes of Berkeley and Big Sur RoadTrip.

When thinking about destinations: While we might publish an eBook on Baja, we'd definitely publish a smaller eBook on Todos Santos. Not one on the whole state of New Mexico, but definitely Santa Fe or Taos, or Santa Fe/Taos. Not Italy but separate eBooks on Venice, Florence, Rome, and other individual towns. You get the idea.

Micro-Subjects/Niches: Is your creative or writing focus on one particular subject, medium, or niche? Like food, wine, photography, graffiti, or Italian art history? Have you written a cultural cookbook? We're also interested in small eBooks that focus on just one aspect of a place.

Books, for now, will be made available in PDF format. Books will be required to adhere to a pre-designed style guide that complements the web site.

Planned percentage payouts:

• 50% of each sale to author.

Final draft should be sent in text format with attached photographs.

Updates can be made anytime information changes. Just let us know you'll be sending a new draft.

If you'd like to write for us, but aren't sure if your destination or topic is something we'd be interested in, or if you'd like to really narrow down your subject but want to know what to include and what to toss, just email and ask!

To get more details on submission information: info AT artist-at-large DOT com

Writers: Creative Non-Fiction, Fiction: Freelance Partner

Accepting Creative Non-Fiction, Fiction, Short Story, and Anthology Collection submissions for eBook publication.

Writing is on spec and subject to acceptance. All content should be original. Writing should convey a sense of place, or subject/s should have something to do with culture or art. All submissions will be considered.

Books, for now, will be made available in PDF format. Books will be required to adhere to a pre-designed style guide that complements the web site. Pricing for our eBooks is targeted between US $2.99 and up, depending on number of pages that are invloved, but the upper level is not set in stone and can be negotiated.

Planned percentage payouts:

• 50% of each sale to author.

Final draft should be sent in text format with attached photographs.

Updates can be made anytime information changes. Just let us know you'll be sending a new draft.

To get more details on submission information: info AT artist-at-large DOT com

Writers: ArtStudio eBooks: Freelance Partner

We have just opened our eBook publishing house and are accepting submissions for a new series of art eBooks focusing on art, art history, essays, and how-to/self-guided workshops for electronic publication.

Writing is done and photographs are submitted on spec and if accepted, you get a percentage of each sale for the shelf life of the eBook. Pricing for our eBooks is targeted between US $2.99 and $19.99, depending on the amount of information that is invloved, but the upper level is not set in stone and can be negotiated.

eBooks must include all original content (both written and photographs), be clearly written, artwork included in eBook submission must have proper copyrights for publication, and the eBook submission should be thoroughly researched.

Books for now will be made available in PDF format.

Planned percentage payouts:

• 50% of each sale to author. Book is delivered in text format with attached photographs.

Final draft should be sent in text format with attached photographs.

Updates can be made anytime information changes. Just let us know you'll be sending a new draft.

To get more details on submission information: info AT artist-at-large DOT com

Online Community Manager Volunteer: ArtStudio Forums: Unpaid

This is an unpaid (for now), volunteer internship. Ongoing basis. Start ASAP.

Hours: Variable. Time commitment is up to you, a few hours a week at least, more if you have time.

Location: Telecommute

You: More than a passing interest in the arts. Could be an arts student seeking online community management experience or a person of any age who is interested in the arts, between jobs and wants to keep their skills fresh. It's an excellent summer opportunity for an Art Educator who might want to learn new technologies.

The Community Manager will be in charge of:

• Reviving The ArtStudio Forums (registration and login required)
• Driving traffic and new members to The ArtStudio.
• Moderating and adding to the discussions in the forums.
• Adding and moderating Calendar items.
• Creating content within the context of the community.
• Being a positive force within the forums.

Intern Requirements:

• Interest in the arts.
• Must be self-motivated
• Must be patient with ability to be diplomatic with users.
• Can be a good example of "right" behavior within the forums.
• Comfortable with having an online presence and leading the community.
• Verbal and written communication skills.
• Written command of the English language.
• Understanding of how discussion board software works or at least a strong interest in learning.
• Eye for detail.
• Interest in learning the ropes of running a multilevel web site.
• Must be reliable and able to fulfill commitment to the site.

While the site doesn't have a budget for employees, what you will get is intern experience, mentoring, an entry on your resume, a reference, posting under your own name, and your name added to the contributors' list.

Send resume and cover letter stating why you want this internship with artist-at-large.com in email. Please note in cover letter where you are located, how familiar you are with arts related topics and discussion boards, why you like the site and want to work on it, your experience (if any) in using and administering discussion board software, and when you can start.

More details and information: info AT artist-at-large DOT com

Editorial Intern: Unpaid

This is an unpaid, minimum three-month internship. Start ASAP.

Location: Telecommute

Hours: Variable / negotiable (roughly 10 - 15 hours per week)

You: A student seeking experience and a job reference or someone of any age who is between jobs and wants to keep up their skills.

"In the News" is the category on the site where events and noteworthy cultural news is posted. "In the News" consists of gallery and museum exhibition openings, food and wine event announcements, music event announcements, hotel openings, and anything of cultural note for our readers who are visiting one of the regions we write about.

The Intern will hunt down news items and write the entries (either from press releases or from scratch, depending on what's available) and post them in the appropriate WordPress blog.

Intern Requirements:

• Interest in the arts.
• Verbal and written communication skills.
• Written command of the English language.
• Understanding of how blog software works.
• Eye for detail.
• Ability to research online.
• Interest in learning the ropes of running a multilevel web site.
• Must be reliable and able to fulfill commitment to the site.

Nice To Have:

• Interest in travel.
• Interest in geography.
• Interest in or knowledge of European languages.other than English
• Ability to resize images in photoshop.

While the site doesn't have a budget for employees, what you will get is intern experience, mentoring, an entry on your resume, a reference, posting under your own name, and your name added to the contributors' list.

While living in the SF Bay Area is not a requirement, as 99% of the job will be telecommuting, it would be helpful for face to face meetings.

Send resume and cover letter stating why you want this internship with artist-at-large.com in email. Please note in cover letter where you are located, how familiar you are with the regions covered on the site, why you like the site and want to work on it, your experience (if any) in using WordPress, and when you can start.

Resumes and applications will be kept on file for consideration in subsequent three-month cycles.

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There is no reason to invest in expensive photo printing equipment when Shutterfly produces professional quality prints out of the site's photographs.

Travel Services? Kayak, Travelocity, Hotwire, and CheapTickets do it much better than we ever could.

T-Shirts and coffee mug swag? CafePress.com

Phone service? Skype.com VoIP

And in 2009 we're looking forward to producing our first coffee table books by using the environmentally correct method of print-on-demand services of Blurb.com.

The web is a large and intricately linked tangle of businesses and services that, when we put them to good use, enhance the artist-at-large.com experience.

That gives us time and energy to focus on the writing, the inspiration, and helping in the planning of your next project or journey.

And that is how we do business!

Enjoy!

artist-at-large.com is about art, culture and travel. Good for both the trip researcher and armchair traveler, you will find travel stories, travel information, quirky survey questions, photos of the day, and listings for exhibitions and open studios and events in each region on the site. The stories and information presented on the site are written in a way that are meant to be valuable over a long period of time, like an art or travel magazine or guideBook that you keep by your desk and flip through when you need information, or just want to daydream. The site also fosters online art education in its ArtStudio and promotes artists from around the world in The Artist Directory.

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