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Opportunities for
Artisans There are several ways artists, craftspeople and
performing artists can participate at Artisans at the Dahmen Barn.
- Rent and work in studio space in the art center.
Renters may be individuals or groups. Items sold directly from studios pay no
commission.
- Offer work for sale on consignment in The Shop at
the Barn. A 25% commission is charged, part of which goes back to the
Barn.
- Conduct demonstrations, classes or workshops.
Except for registration overhead, instructor keeps fees.
- Exhibit work in the Hay Loft Hall. A 30%
commission is taken on items sold.
- Perform in the Hay Loft Hall. Space may be
rented or the door may be split with the Barn. See
information page.
- Rent space for rehearsals, meetings and special
events. See information page.
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Comprehensive marketing
strategy to give participating artisans exposure. Artisans at the
Dahmen Barn was conceived to bring exposure to regional visual artists,
craftspeople and performing artists through a carefully developed marketing
program. With the exception of art and craft books and books and products from
the Palouse or about the Palouse, only things created by regional artists and
craftspeople or made from products coming from the Palouse will be for sale at
the art center. The Barn is highly visible on highway 195, where an average of
more than 6000 cars pass each day. The barn is an historic landmark in itself
that has been featured in many magazines, including National Geographic. The
facility is on the Palouse Scenic By-ways route, and will incorporate a visitor
information center. A building behind the barn will eventually become a display
area for restored agricultural equipment.
Artisans working in their studio spaces during open hours
will attract people interested in seeing the creative process. In addition,
programs have been designed to bring the public to the art center. Both
regularly scheduled and special events such as dances and musical performances
will be held and promoted. A barn dance held in October '05 attracted 400
people from as far away as Spokane! In addition to classes resident artisans
will teach, classes, demonstrations and workshops will be regularly scheduled
on the second Saturday of each month.
Promotion will include distributing a brochure to visitor
information centers and hotels within a 100 mile radius to announce the
facility as a destination, marketing the Barn to group tour businesses
operating in the area and providing a website. Each resident artist will get
his/her own page on the web site, and The Shop at the Barn page will list
artists whose work is for sale. The website will be kept in the forefront of
the search engines, and will be linked to tourism sites and sites of similar
art type activities. The schedule of classes and special events will also be on
the website, the address for which will be included in all promotion.
Classes, workshops and special events will be promoted
through news releases and calendar item listings in newspapers and with public
service announcements to radio and TV stations within a 100 mile radius. The
reader board portion of the highway sign will be kept current with activities
happening in the barn.
For more information about the programs
and activities at the barn, contact the Manager of the Artisan at the Dahmen
Barn, Leslee Miller, by email at info@artisanbarn.org or by phone at
509/229-3655
Artisans at the Dahmen Barn
is located in southeastern Washington in the center of the Washington/Idaho
area called the Palouse. The Barn is on highway 195, 16 miles south of Pullman,
at 419 North Park Way in Uniontown, Washington. The barn is open Thursday
through Sunday from 10 to 6 with early closure at 4 January and February. The
phone number at The Shop at the Barn is 509/229-3414.
Web site and all contents © Copyright Uniontown
Community Development Association, 2006, All rights reserved.
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