Five Years and Counting

​Sonoran Arts Network began publishing in May 2013. That means that May 2018 marked the fifth full year of publication.
 
When I began publishing Sonoran Arts Network, it was my intention to provide a community service. The idea was to get the word out about art exhibits and books and about artists and writers that normally are ignored by the local media. The Arizona Daily Star almost never writes about visual arts, and it stopped publishing book reviews by local authors some time ago. The Tucson Weekly does write about local artists and art exhibits (thank you Margaret Regan!!!) but the emphasis is almost always on downtown Tucson. The rest of us are mostly overlooked. The two monthlies, Zocalo and Desert Leaf, provide some coverage but Zocalo also emphasizes downtown and The Desert Leaf is for Foothills residents.  All these publications have extensive advertising to stay afloat.
 
I want to express my gratitude to those of you who have donated and supported this publication financially and in other ways, too. Thank you! However during the past five years, I have been unable to acquire sufficient funding through grants or donations to pay for the expenses associated with publishing Sonoran Arts Network.  Advertising has not been an option either for several reasons.

The bottom line here is that people are accustomed now to getting a lot of free news on the internet. That includes most of the readers Sonoran Arts Network.  But free news isn't really free.  
 
In the future, Sonoran Arts Network will come to you at a more moderate pace. That means you’ll get an email newsletter less often and there will be fewer interviews and reviews to read. Also I will be deleting the Calls page soon. Take a look at it now to get links to three sources of Calls to Artists that you can rely on to find places to show your artwork.  

Meanwhile, I invite you to subscribe to my personal email newsletter which covers three topics: art (mine but not just mine); books and film (not just my books), and the natural world – trees, bees and bugs, the monsoon, the desert, all that makes life worth living.  Subscribe here: cjshane news

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