[drupal-docs] Drupal for Artists [feedback appreciated]

[Robin Monks]

> 
> 
> Based on the comprehensive findings of the Urban
> Institute's 2003 artist survey [1], there are six
> major challenges that almost all artists [2] face as a
> community:
> 
> 1) Validation
> 2) Demand & Markets
> 3) Material Supports
> 4) Training & Development
> 5) Communities & Networks
> 6) Reliable sources of information about artists,
> artist communities, and resources available to them
> 
> While all six dimensions are integral to an artist or
> musician's career, it is necessary to prioritize these
> needs by surveying artists further. By finding out
> what are the immediate challenges, solutions can be
> prioritized by need.



I take it by "artists" you mean web/graphics designers and not someone 
hovering easel? These kind of problems are also similar to what web 
developers need in Demand, Markets, Information, etc.

...
> 
> By determining which aspects are most important to the
> average artist, we can then begin to see how Drupal
> can meet those needs and prioritize development, or
> readily create a document that explains how to use
> Drupal "as-is" to meet those needs. I am drafting up
> a web survey to be distributed to different artist
> communities to gather such data but would like your
> feedback first.


I'd rather see the documentation with minor changes or modules instead of 
changing the core to suit the needs of just a portion of our user base.

Robin

Thanks,
> Farsheed
> 
> 
> 
> [1] Investing in Creativity: A Study of the Support
> Structures for U.S. Artists
> http://www.usartistsreport.org/docs/pdf/comprehensivereport.pdf
> 
> [2] For this purposes of this project, an artist is
> defined as someone who has artistic skills, has had
> either formal or informal education and training,
> attempts to derive financial income from their skills,
> and is engaged in creating artwork and showing it to
> the public.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> __________________________________
> Discover Yahoo!
> Get on-the-go sports scores, stock quotes, news and more. Check it out!
> http://discover.yahoo.com/mobile.html
> --
> [ drupal-docs | http://lists.drupal.org/listinfo/drupal-docs ]
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://drupal3.drupal.org/pipermail/documentation/attachments/20050614/5ea69aa5/attachment.htm