The Wordsmith Collection

Presented byRosanne Canright & Elizabeth Kolsrud

Section # 20079

Presentation OutlineWhere it all beganOriginal staffPortland beginningsStaff and volunteersDatabase collectionDesigning flyerCreating Web site

Humble beginnings…

The Wordsmith Collection began in Missoula, Montana in 1996 by a team of grass root artisans and writers who saw a need to present the works of creative people to the public in an attractive and inexpensive format.The first publication was offered quarterly with a circulation of 300.

Original Staff in Montana

T he W ord smi th C ol l ecti on

D a ve L a S a lleA ss is ta n t E d ito r

B e n G re enA sso c ia te E d ito r & A rt D ire c to r

P ro o fre a d erM a rika G ie son

P ru d e n ce H a w th o rneC o n trib u tin g E d ito r

T im F la n a g anE d ito r & P u b lish er

Wordsmith comes to Portland

• The Wordsmith Collection hopes to go to press, as well as on-line, by the fall of 2002.

• It will be published bi-annually.

• The first edition for Portland will contain 64 pages.

• The Wordsmith Collection will also be offered for the first time on-line and will include music, animation, 3-D art, and film.

• A special feature of the web site will be a virtual Gallery.

From cocoon to butterfly…

the metamorphosis begins

• New staff

• Volunteers

• Building a database

• Designing a flyer

• Setting deadlines• Going on-line• Designing web

site• Gathering items

for first issue

Ongoing tasks

include…

• Establishing a mailing list/contact list

• Contact area art associations to include event information in Calendar

• Contact art associations to solicit Tutor list

• Contact businesses to sell ad space

• Work on fundraising – writing grants and public/private donations

• Design the website a select a server

• Find a free search engine

Building the

Database The first step, and perhaps the most critical, is building a database that includes:

Subscribers Submitters Sponsors Advertisers

The Database…

Beginning with just the Lake Oswego area, we gathered names of artisans, sponsors and possible subscribers, and we entered these names with addresses, contact numbers, and classification into an Access database. To facilitate the first mailing, the database was converted to Excel for mail-merge duties.

Next, we expanded our perimeters to include all of greater metropolitan Portland. This database will be continually revised and added to as we grow.

Excel Filter Feature

Designing First Flyer

Purpose : to announce the birth of this new endeavor in the greater Portland area.

Explain what The Wordsmith Collection is

Solicit support from sponsors

Get artisan submissions to include in first issue

Cover Design

It is our goal to design

The Wordsmith Collection

to have a style similar

to The New Yorker

How they compare…

Magazine components…

• Drawings

• Paintings

• Photography

Illustration from Wordsmith Collection Vol. 1/ Issue 1 page 11

Other items of interest

•Calendar of events

•Tutor Directory

•Virtual Museum

•Advertisements

•List of Local Artists

Table of Contents from Vol.1/Issue1

Some Examples of Art & Prose

So Where Are We and Where do We go Next?

1st Mailing

Server—powweb

Web site Design

Volunteer recruitment and supervision

Putting the new issue together, both on-line and for print!!

Grant Writing

Web address:www.wordsmithcollection.org

Painting by Peter Kurinsky

On the Web… • Pottery

• Sculpture

• Animation

• Music

• Dance

• Short videos

• On-line galleries

Macromedia Dreamweaver

“WYSIWYG” Web Page Creation

Prototype #1

Prototype #2

Prototype #3

Wordsmith Collection Upcoming

events

• Thanks to all of the staff and volunteers for answering all of our questions!

• http://www.make-a -difference.org.uk/bookviews.htm• http://www.users.nexet.net/pmconnect/

Animations.html• http://www.wilsoninfo.com/flow1.gif• http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/Archive/

training/desc.htm• http://www.fineware.com/HTML/Miscellaneous.html• htpp://www.microsoft.com/isapi• “A Deer’s Progress” by Ben Parzbok• “Poem” & Rose illustration by William Carlos

Williams• “Lost Again in the Forest” by Shawna Mesenbrink• “Indian” & “Deer” by Stephen McCandless• “The Waiter” & “Untitled” by Peter Kurinsky

Credits