Dear Common Dreams Editor:
Next week (May 1) is the end of the first year of my volunteering as artist-in-residence for Common Dreams. Thank you for the opportunity to create and show my images on your important and superb site.
At this point I am not sure what to do. Because of a significant lack of communication, I have had a dificult time knowing if Common Dreams even values my work. I think/hope my images help bring more attention to your site–but I have no way of knowing (aside from the many positive personal emails I have received over the year from your readers). I would like to know how you feel about my work and what you think is the next best step.
I have been working almost full-time making the images which appear on Common Dreams. When I first started, I didn’t realize the nature of the internet and how people can and WOULD just make their own prints of my work. While this project has given me visibility and has helped my personal artistic growth in many ways, I feel the amount of time and effort l spend posting daily images cannot continue without some financial support. If you are interested in continuing to use my images, I would like to talk about a financial arrangement. If you are unable to budget anything for the art, I might be willing to provide you one image/week, (maybe to appear on Mondays and Tuesdays), in return for your continued sponsoring of my high speed internet.
It has been a good year! I would very much like to begin a conversation and reach some sense of resolution before May 1.
Thank you.
Natasha Mayers mayersnatasha@gmail.com
