I have heard about the Chicago Arts Coalition (CAC) a bit before, but I didn't really understand what this organization was all about until now. According to the mission statement on their website, the organization was created to "educate the general public on the value of art in society, while simultaneously providing support, advocacy, and professional development for artists, the art community and the improvement of artists' living and working environments." I personally respect this organization's mission and am glad to hear that this organization's main goal is to take care of Chicago artists from providing better health care benefits to improving their home and work environment.
From observing the website, I enjoying viewing the diverse group of artists' work and I really liked the format in which the web designers displayed each artist. If I was looking to hire an artist, I would be definitely be interested in using this site.
Overall, I think that the CAC has a nice and simple website that is well thought out and planned. I also appreciate how this site has a consistent and easy to read fonts as well as images/artwork to keep my attention. Oh, and one more thing, I saw that the CAC just started a blog too and I really like the way they set it up.
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you quote the mission, and i think it highlights an important incongruity in their site. 'educating the general public' is a great goal, but there are issues of accessibility to some of the material on the site that prevent this very purpose. until you become a member that is. what do you think of their approach? do they contradict themselves?
haha, ray points out an interesting discrepancy between their mission and the accessibility issues they've created through membership requirements.
i had missed the blog - i'm so glad you pointed it out! i'm going to follow it now... at least that's free and accessible. :)
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