In case you haven’t seen already, we’re online now at our new digs: pdx.makrs.com! Artists, bands, musicians, galleries, venues… all are welcome to stop by and create a profile on our site.
We’ll be discontinuing all posting on this Tumblr, but really, check out our new site. It has almost everything you could think of, and more!
Hop on over to our Facebook page and let us know!
Lots of progress is being made developing the PDXmakrs site… launch plans and announcements are being put together, and news is forthcoming. I realize it’s been a little bit of a wait from seeing the PDXist site to getting this one up and running, but I can say that the new one will blow the socks off of the old one in terms of what is being offered and how.
Big thanks goes out to all who have been following us here and/or on Twitter & Facebook, your support is much appreciated! Also, our Facebook page just got enough Likes to qualify for an official username, so if you haven’t already you can Like us there now at this easy-to-remember address:http://www.facebook.com/pdxmakrs
ARTISTS: Don’t forget to join our Flickr group at http://www.flickr.com/groups/pdxmakrs/ and add your artwork/photos to be considered for one of our very first featured artists posts!
Finally, don’t forget to reserve your MAKRS username now at http://pdx.makrs.com.
MAKRS is coming soon… stay tuned!
-stephen h
Excited to see some great artwork already being added to our brand new PDXmakrs Flickr pool!
PORTLAND ARTISTS: Don’t forget to join the group and add your images and/or video to be considered for a featured artist spot on our homepage when our site launches. It’s completely free, and just takes a few clicks to add works you already have posted on Flickr. Check it out!
Artists & Photographers: Join our brand new Flickr group & add your images now to be considered for one of our first artist features when our site launches!
Hit up the link for details… it’s free(of course)!
We’re sharing art news and artists’ resources links from our Facebook fan page. Go like our page and follow along!
You can now reserve your username online, and get an invitation as soon as your account is ready! Visit the site @ http://pdx.makrs.com and follow the username reservation link from there.
On our site, we describe ourselves as “a new city-local social network, marketplace & resources site for artists & art lovers of all disciplines”… but you could be asking yourself ‘what does that mean?’
First, a Short History
The MAKRS network began here in Portland, Oregon under the name PDXist, as a website that was built to offer social networking(with profiles, portfolio albums, forums, etc.), free website building for artists/galleries/organizations, event listing an artists’ resources blog(listing calls for art, grant/residency/job/freelance opportunities, and other inspiration/resources links) and more. During the beta, some necessary organizational changes occurred that changed the focus of the project, and thus, MAKRS was born.
The Present & Future
Currently, MAKRS is in development, preparing for a beta launch this upcoming month, and a public launch planned for this spring. Some features will be launching sooner though, like an artists’ resources blog(opening in 1-2 weeks) and our social networking accounts(see links on our page below) which are already online and will be sharing general interest art events and resources in the meantime.
For the future, the features being developed for the MAKRS website network include:
The MAKRS Mission
The development, nurturing, and support of artists and art-related groups & organizations is the primary goal of the MAKRS organization and website network. Creation of online city-local network websites to act as a comprehensive listing and celebration of the city’s cultural offerings are the primary objective, enabling artists, galleries and other organizations & groups to find local art-lovers and vice versa, fostering a greater awareness and appreciation of local arts & culture.
MAKRS will be incorporated as a not-for-profit organization. No donations are being solicited at this time. Calls for volunteer board members and community advocates will be forthcoming in the near future.
More information coming soon!
-stephen h
Founder/Director,
makrs.com
After making the renaming announcement yesterday, it’s so nice to see that not only have apparently all of the followers of @PDXarts on Twitter stuck with this project through the name change, the project is still gaining followers slowly but surely! Portland artists sure are an agreeable crowd to work with. :)
Anyhow, moving forward. The project’s official URLs are as follows below… feel free to bookmark any/all of them!
Yikes, that’s a lot to remember. Good thing there’s not a test later.
-stephen h
