Volunteer
We love volunteers. :) If you’d like to help out, take a look through this list and see what interests you, then send your resume (PDF or Word) to volunteers at mormonartist dot net and let us know. You can also tell us a little background on yourself, the URL to your website, and any relevant experience if you want. If you make the cut, we’ll send you some guidelines and instructions.
Workflow
Right now our basic workflow is that we add you to email lists (a list for transcribers, a list for proofreading, etc.), and when we have needs, we send an email to the list with the information. If you have time and are interested, you email us back. (We do this instead of making direct assignments because people’s schedules vary and we don’t really know who’s interested in what.)
Volunteer Types
1. Contributors. We want to know what’s going on in the world of Mormon arts, but we (meaning me) only have so much we can do by ourselves. Contributors scour the web looking for people we can interview, feature article ideas, and existing content we might want to reprint (photographs, essays, whatever). You also post interesting Mormon arts stuff to the blog.
2. Interviewers. You conduct interviews (via email, over the phone using Skype or Google Voice to record the interview, or in-person using a digital recorder).
3. Copy editors. The more editing experience you have, the better. You make sure things are polished.
4. Transcribers. You listen to the MP3 of the interview and type it up. One interview generally takes two to five hours to transcribe.
5. Proofreaders. Before we send out the magazine, you proof it for errors. It’s a fairly small time commitment, depending on how fast you can proofread.
6. Photographers. You need to have a DSLR and a lens with a low f-stop (f/1.8 or f/1.4), and you probably need to be in Utah. (Or be really rich and like flying around the world on your own tab. ;))
7. Illustration. Our need for illustrations isn’t too frequent at the moment, but we’re going to be using them more often (both with the regular issues and with special issues). Send us some samples of your work if you’re interested.
8. Advertising. Got ideas on how to spread the word about Mormon Artist? Let us know.
Guidelines
Interviewing Guidelines
Transcribing Guidelines
Interview Editing Guidelines
Photography Guidelines
Hey,
You should interview Doc Christenson; if you haven’t already, I have to admit I haven’t read back issues yet, despite the fact there’s only four of them.I think he’s living in Orem or SLC now. But I grew up in Oregon and he lived there for a long time. He has some painting prints for sale at lds.org and also does jewelry. He made custom wedding rings for my husband and I (when we got married in ’04 he was still in Oregon). Anyways, if you need something we live in Savannah, GA now, I’m a photographer and my husband is a graphic designer. We have the entire CS3 suite, and my lens is 2.8, so I guess we don’t quite qualify :). Not too large of a Mormon population down here, but if we hear of something I’ll post it to facebook.
Thanks!
Kristyn Leonard
Hi Guys,
I am an art professor and visual artist and sometimes art writer and what you are doing intrigues me. I would be interested in talking about how I could add to what you do.
David
Hi, I am a certified proofreader and copyeditor and I really need more experience proofreading. I write children and adult books, however, I compose mainly for my Grandchildren. I consider myself a professional children’s composer. So maybe there is somewhere you could fit me in.
Sincerely,
David W. Olsen
Seriously…you must check out Janis Wunderlich’s art. See http://www.janismarswunderlich.com…it‘s crazy interesting, and a lot of it deals in a really fresh way with motherhood.
Sorry, the link got screwed up.
http://www.janismarswunderlich.com/
Hey, I’d be glad to help with the copy editing or proofreading if you need it. I work in the FHSS Writing Lab at BYU and I have some experience copy editing with The Leading Edge. I also have a camera, but the f-stop only goes down to 2.8. It’s a Canon PowerShot SX100 IS, if that helps. You can check out my photoblog for examples of my work there: http://onelowerlight.com/photos