The Artist’s Advocacy Community

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The Artist’s Advocacy Community is a non-profit designed to promote the artist and the artist’s work. The AAC is a highly professional group with an impeccable name amongst the art-based public, media, affinity groups, and museum quality galleries. The promotion of the artist and the artist’s work is accomplished through the AAC’s mission to manage Laurel Labdon’s brainchild "The Artists & Veterans Project". The Artists & Veterans Project is a volunteer program aimed at uniting artists with veterans of the Iraq and Afghan wars. The purpose of the Artists & Veterans Project is for the artist to voluntarily provide the veteran art lessons, workshops, and training in their choice of art. To answer the age old question of ‘As an Artist what’s in it for me?": In return for their volunteer efforts the artist will be given membership into The Artist’s Advocacy Community. For the artist, AAC membership provides various promotions in the sale of their work.

The Artist’s Advocacy Community removes the artist’s isolation as an "independent business owner" and places the artist in a like-minded atmosphere that directly addresses the artists need for assistance in promoting the sale of their art. Promotion of the artist’s work is accomplished in several ways. First, the greatest resource in promoting an artist’s work is professional use of the media. The AAC utilizes a weekly television show to expose the artist through an on-air interviewing process. Second, as a member of AAC, the artist is juried into extremely innovative high-end art shows which catch the local media’s attention, such as the recent Salon Des Refuses art show held at the Cape Cod Museum of Art. Important to the artist also is the exposure the artist receives by being part of the important work supported by the Artists & Veterans Project. Additionally, the AAC facilitates the artist’s need regarding taking action through advocacy and support concerning important art-related issues, such as Health Insurance. The AAC also offers a selection of various professional marketing materials for the artist to choose from, such as a video of the artist’s work and a studio interview of the artist, brochures, web site design, and portfolio management.

In return for the artist’s efforts in volunteering as teacher and mentor in the Artists & Veterans Project, the Artist’s Advocacy Community promotes it’s artist members work through ACC’s weekly television show, the high-end art shows, and showcases the artist through professional media attention.

The Artist’s Advocacy Community contains a small staff which manages the Artists & Veterans Project, weekly television show, and high-end art shows. Funding for the AAC is provided through grants for the Artists & Veterans Project, the weekly television show, the non-profit art shows, and the artist-related advocacy and activism work.

The Artist’s Advocacy Community is headquartered on Cape Cod, and was founded in 2009 by Robert John Cook.