Getting Art Life Collective started

Hopefully, my brother and I will be able to regularly use this space as both a news and info outlet for the goings on at Art Life Collective, www.artlifecollective.com , and a space for people who are involved with the project to give us feedback on what they think about our work - the site and our own artistic creations.

Most of us involved in this project have day jobs. For instance, I am the managing editor for a small daily in Alabama. My wife is an art teacher, among other things.

My brother is the brainchild of the entire thing, it was his idea and he gets all the credit for www.artlifecollective.com. Also an artist himself, he shares that with his many other talents. When he can tear himeself away from the presses, he has promised to jump in here and give everyone a heads up for what he is doing.

He is also our technical guru, both for the printing press and our computers that make the whole thing possible.

Aside from that, it is his vision that has brought so many different artists and other talent together, his energy, that is making the whole project possible.

As a newspaper editor, I am more of the PR gerbil for the affair. ... Of course, it also gives me a chance to pimp some of my work in the process. ALC is a great outlet, especially for myself, since my art would find little market here in rural Alabama.

So, as we move along, I hope to be able to keep everyone informed about what we are doing and developments with the Web site and the printing operation.
ALC also wants feedback about what we are trying to make happen here. As a self-sustaining artist collective for artists to promote their work, ALC is a great idea, but that does not mean it can't be improved on our that our new Web site may not have a few glitches that beta testing has not caught. So, let us know, here, please.
Graham Hadley,
semi-official PR gerbil for ALC.