The one to watch -- stream it today!
This is it, y’all, this right here: the art documentary series I’m in is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video!
Nearly a year ago, I was interviewed for the Seattle episode of “The Story of Art in America.” The series takes an in-depth look at artists producing work outside the New York art scene. You might remember the video shoot was at the Northwest African American Museum (NAAM). You — yes, you — voted for me in NAAM’s social media contest to select an artist to represent Seattle’s Black community.
Photo credit: Legit Productions
Would you be willing to help me one more time? I’d like you to go to Amazon Prime Video and leave an honest review of the Seattle episode:
Watch episode 10 of “The Story of Art in America”
Go to the video listing on Amazon Prime Video
Scroll down and click on the “Write a customer review” button
Please keep it simple and to-the-point (Amazon deletes overly positive reviews)
Ask your friends/ family/ followers to do the same: watch the episode, then write an Amazon Prime Video review.
It’s a lot like reviewing a book on Goodreads or Amazon: the more reviews, the more likely people will see the docuseries — and the first weeks are crucial to getting the word out. Enjoy, and remember to tell other viewers what you think about it!
Get out the NAAM vote!
I’m Lisa Myers Bulmash, and I approve of these messages — but only until midnight.
I need your help to get me through the last few hours of this week’s Artist Search at the Northwest African American Museum (NAAM). The museum — and one artist — will be featured in an upcoming Amazon Prime series. So the museum’s asked their Facebook and Instagram followers for help in deciding “who will represent Black art in Seattle!”
HOW TO VOTE
Please go to NAAM's Instagram and Facebook accounts:
Vote for my artworks
Ask your friends/ family/ followers to do the same: vote, then ask others to vote.
Each like, share (must include the tag #naamnw), comment, or save on Instagram and Facebook counts as a separate vote
You know the old saying: “Vote early and vote often.” Don’t wait until 11:59pm tonight: vote now, then hit up all your art-loving friends on IG and FB and help me get out the NAAM vote!
On asking artists to speak at your event
I know we haven’t even gotten to Halloween yet, but I’ve been thinking about January and February 2019. It reminded me of a hilarious comment I heard during an art event:
This person receives tons of last-minute requests to speak at this Black History Month event, or make a presentation at that Martin Luther King Jr. Day gathering. In one sentence, the person made several points:
I am available for (paid) speaking engagements all year round, not just in January or February
Please don’t wait until a week or two before your event to invite me to speak
I am perfectly capable of speaking about topics other than being a person of African descent
I’m not nearly as well known as that person I quoted, but I was invited to speak at five events during January and February 2018. I accepted four of those invitations.
Me speaking at North Seattle College, with artists Gabrielle Nomura Gainor, Elisheba Johnson & Tariqa Waters
Know why I turned down the fifth event? Because the organizer waited until mid-February to ask, and was hoping to compensate me in “exposure” to potential art collectors. Maybe I would’ve said yes anyway… but I was a little busy with events related to my museum show, and curating a group art exhibit.
So here’s your take-away, if you’re going to invite an artist to speak at your event: Ask early, and offer tangible compensation for their time. Even gas money or social media love is better than “exposure.” And yes, now would be a good time to book me for MLK Day or Black History Month 2019.