Vincent Leong, The Exhibition That Was, 2007, Installation

ARTERI’s relaunch signals a renewed commitment on our part to continue what we set out to do a year ago, mainly to blog about what we like best about contemporary art and culture in Malaysia and Southeast Asia. Over the past year, this would not have been possible without the generous support of many collaborators (we regard everyone, including our readers as partners in this project!) who have spent time contributing, reading, and commenting on our blog, not to mention those who have taken time to provide us with compliments as well as criticisms. These suggestions that have helped us create a much more vibrant art community that while engaged in local issues and concerns, is also aware of the immensely creative undertakings across Southeast Asia.

On the many long and drawn-out editorial meetings that we had, one of the commitments that we very much like to see through is the sustainability of ARTERI as an online blog that makes the enjoyment and understanding of contemporary art in Malaysia and Southeast Asia possible and FREE to the broadest range of visitors. For the past one year, the blog has been entirely staffed by volunteers who juggled between ARTERI and their rent-paying jobs. We realise that while this is fueled by our passion and enthusiasm, there might come a time when the burn-out happens. In order to ensure ARTERI’s sustainability we will need your help. We want you to come on as collaborators on this project of ours, to be part of our fun, dynamic, crazy, art-loving team.

Just what type of collaborators are we looking for?

Vincent Leong, The Exhibition That Was, 2007, Installation

VOLUNTEERS
If you have a few hours to spare each week, we would love to have you come on board to help us run the blog. You don’t have to be a writer to be a volunteer! Volunteers can help us in a lot of areas, from marketing and publicity to managing our events calendar, from data-entry to covering art events around town (we love photos afterall). Volunteers need to work independently, just like how most of us work anyway, and what’s good about it is that it’s a great way of contributing to our growing art scene without letting it take over your life!

EDITORS/WRITERS/CONTRIBUTORS/BLOGGERS
But wait, you say you want to take on a much more active role? How about joining us as an editor? Blogger? Contributor? Blogging about contemporary art and culture around Malaysia and Southeast Asia can be really fun! Besides it’s a good excuse to catch shows and events that you put off because of laziness. You don’t have to be an artsy fartsy intellectual to write for us. We’re a blog and we want to write for people who are interested in the arts, not put them off art for the rest of their lives! If you’ve a relatively good command of English, Bahasa Malaysia or Mandarin, and can come up with creative content that you would like to share with everyone, we want you on board!

ADVERTISERS
Are  you looking to promote your business to the art public? With a readership of more than 10,000 unique visitors a month ranging from collectors to curators to artists alongside our accessible content that appeals to the growing number of art audience today, we are able to highlight your event/product to a vibrant art community. More importantly, all proceeds help fund ARTERI as a non-profit initiative and allow us to follow art wherever it goes! And we have very attractive rates too! For more info, please click here.

SPONSORS
Sponsorship goes a long way in ensuring that the growth and development of ARTERI becomes a long term investment. Your on-going support is critical to the growth and development of our not-for-profit initiative. Proceeds will be channeled into website maintenance, hiring a full time editor/manager, developing editorial projects and new media content, strategic marketing and audience development, collaboration with regional partners, as well as running our collateral programmes. Your generosity will also make the enjoyment and understanding of contemporary art and culture in Malaysia and Southeast Asia possible and FREE to the broadest range of visitors. Every cents count. We even accept Paypal Donations now. Click here to find out how you can help us achieve our goals!

So what are you waiting for? Write to us already! info AT arterimalaysia DOT com

Vincent Leong, The Exhibition That Was, 2007, Installation

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(SS)

Photos taken from Vincent Leong’s blog.