FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How does SF Flamenco support the flamenco arts and artists?
SF Flamenco is a one man show, and volunteer project. For the flamencos, by the flamencos. There are many free and contractual services available to flamencos of all levels. Read the Resources for a full list of things that can serve you. (becoming available throughout the summer of 04.) Read the SF Flamenco Mission.

Why are you doing this?
I strongly belive that the Arts and Artists should be a respected, recognized and primary driving force in the direction of society. I also believe that the aesthetics of a culture are specific and reflect it's ideology and content, which gives it a particular style. As artists, we are in the dialogue of reflecting and creating the world around us, yet here in the U.S.A. we suffer the hard mix of capitalism and the arts. Does the phrase "starving artist" ring a bell? Health insurance, stability, rent, food, a political voice. These are things we need.

How can I help SF Flamenco?
FLAMENCO ENTHUSIASTS
Go to the shows! Go to the tablaos and tell the restaurant that you came for the flamenco! Try a class! Your patronage directly supports flamenco artists and that is how the arts thrive.

ARTISTS
If you are an artist submitting information, please carefully read the guidelines and follow them. They were created so that I can efficiently cover many requests and post tons of information for the public, and keep time and costs to a minimum.

FUNDERS
Please email me if you are interested in funding a particular project, or operational costs: flamencoshows@yahoo.com. There are many projects in the production phase that I can tell you about, including services to sustain flamenco arts and culutre, digital histories archives, video documentation and more.

Who are you and how did you get into flamenco?
Read the SF Flamenco Mission and Director's biography.

How can I be the Featured Artist? I heard it's free!
Yes, it's free for locals, in an effort to offer web coverage for us struggling artists. It's easy! It's posted for a month and then archived on the"SF Flamenco History" page. Interested? Send an email and ask me about it. *If you are advertising a show, or are not a local performer it costs $45. Read more below. If you are selected to be a Featured Artist, you have the option after the free posting, to change your feature article into a “personal web page”. You then simply email updates for your page for listing yourclasses and shows. While it is a 'bare bones" web page, setting up your web page this way costs a fraction of what you would normally pay and you’ll be linked to all the SF Flamenco readers. It's a great place to start. Then from the revune generated in part, from this affordable advertising, you can later expand into a new website. My strategy is intended to offer flamencos easy stepping stones towards high, professional level goals.

"Performers List"
The performers list is an email newsletter sent to professional performers in the Bay Area. They include
deadline reminders for monthly magazine submissions, website hit reports, and other important announcements such as grant information, networking, and suverys on how to direct SF Flamenco. In essence you become the advisory board to SF Flamenco.

Why does it cost to post information?
SF Flamenco now requires small contributions to help cover the costs of publishing. Until recently, SF Flamenco has been an entirely free service to support flamenco in the Bay Area. The original plan was to be funded by grants. With the dramatic cut in funding to the California Arts Council programs, grant funding looks impossible. Let's hear it for the wonderful mix of the arts in capitalism!...not a very good state we're in right now. But with contributions from artists’ submissions, we can continue to work together to make a unified effort in reaching the public and make SF a thriving Flamenco scene! (Trust me... at this point, I am NOT making a profit off this... I barely cover my server costs, and can maybe buy a tapa at a show once in a while from any extra. And that's not to mention the first 4 years of start up.)

Magazine Submissions / How do I post something?
SF Flamenco is published each month. An email magazine, including the website information and local class information not found on the website is sent out when the new webpages are posted, at the first of the month. To include your information, follow the guidelines (available July) . All submissions must be "copy and paste ready", I only copy the information you send me, and post it on the website. Plain text in the body of your email, please.