Creative Co Working 2

So I went online and I found some links to website for co working groups. They are located all over the US. Some are even for designers and people that work in games. I even found a location in Kansas city that rents space to people with great purks!

http://officeportkc.com/kc/

Located in the heart of the Crossroads Art District and the heart of the River Market, OfficePort KC has shared office space.

OfficePort KC @ Crossroads: 208 W 19th

OfficePort KC @ River Market: 500 Delaware

Amenities include:

T1 Internet service
Virtual service telecommunication package
Printing, faxing and scanning services
IT support
Intranet service
Herman Miller furniture
Conference room with AV equipment
Large meeting rooms
Shipping and receiving services
Kitchen with Roasterie Bar
Lounges
Office ports for 1 to 10 people
Private offices for up to 4 people.
Affordable, open-ended leasing.
Free access to JavaPort.



I thought I would share some of the links for those that had an interest in the topic on other examples of this.

http://gangplankhq.com/


http://station-c.com/

http://wiki.coworking.info/Coworking%20Brooklyn

http://coobric.com/

http://www.indyhall.org/pricing/

http://citizenspace.us/pricing/

http://hivecoop.pbworks.com/FAQ

http://www.thenetworkhub.ca/

http://www.oncoworking.com/

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New book coming out soon you can Pre-Order here. Book showcases African American Artists artists from all over the US. Book was created by John Jennings and Damian Duffy.
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First Black Female Cartoonist

Many people don't know about Jackie so I wanted to share some information about her and the Ormes society. Please take time to visit the Ormes Society website which showcases artwork of pioneering young Black women working in comics!



This lecture was given here in my home town in Kansas City!

30 min sketch

I am doing 30 minute quick sketches each day at least once a day. This will include commissions so if I am doing a sketch for you expect to see it very soon.

Once a week I pick a character this week I chose Harley cause I have a harley commission to finish up. Next week will be Topless Harem Girls.

Creative Co-working

So I was up early today and was watching a new show where they were talking about a new thing called Co-working. What this is, is people that usually work at home get together in a communal space where they are able to work in a office environment that is outside there home.

Based on the research I did, it is spawned from meet up groups and groups like my Drawing Frenzy where people literally meet at a cafe just to work and have some human interaction while doing so. The only difference is that it isn't in a cafe. It is in a space that has things like a photocopier, desks, computers if you can't provide your own and all the great benefits of working with other people in an office so you don't have to spend all your time alone in your house.

One of my biggest hang ups of working at home is I never leave my house. I literally spend all my time in one small space and there is no one to talk to. On have long wanted to rent a studio space but it costs about $2 - $300 a month but you are still pretty much by yourself unless you are renting from a place that rents to multiple people. But in my opinion it i still expensive cause the people owning the building are the ones charging the fees. so even if there were multiple people using the space they can still charge you guys individually an arm and a leg.

I think it could really be a cool thing though if you rented an office space and everyone payed a fee to make sure that things like lights and gas and water and copiers and etc are all available. then you just Work.

It is also a great way to share ideas and get opinions from people you are working with, as well as it can be a creative work space for people of like mind and industry.

There is a group called Gajin Studios which follows a similar model. They are a group of Comic artists that all rent a space together and they work on all the same things they would work on at home but in a studio environment. Everyone pays to be there and they have there own tools and so forth but the benifit of a being able to share ideas and sometimes workloads when necessary.

I have always wanted to do this. Only thing is finding reliable people that are professional and serious about maintaining the space.