Detroit Arts On The 50/50 Split

Ann Gordon at Detroit Arts has great post and discussion on her blog about the 50/50 split. she has not only done the insane amount of work on her blog but is now experiencing first hand the amount of work it takes to run a gallery. Very few of the people criticize the "exploitive role of comercial galleries seem to want to try a hand at it themselves with their own time and money.

Blog Becomes Gallery In Detroit

The seems to be a little trend of people taking virtual identities from blogs into the real world. Ann Gordon, the 26 year old artist and art nut behind the great Detroit Arts blog will be trying her hand at curating and running a gallery for the summer. Needless to say she will likely a lot more known and connected in the scene there and likely has a pent up audience eager to see her shows as well as a lot awareness of local artists.

Ann's goal of mixing Detroit and non Detroit artists will also be helped by the following and support her blog has developed out of town. Ann will have some of her own work in my upcomming blogger show.