First post

OK, so here's our blog for ideas about the arts center.

Seems like there's a million possibilities, so where do we start?

In my current situation, funding and how we make this pay for itself and support us financially is a concern. I suppose if we have multiple streams of income, we're publishing our writing and I'm doing voiceover work, the supporting us part won't be as much of a concern.

I picture starting as a coffee shop or cafe, with lots of plants and books and art on the walls. Offering classes and that sort of thing. One of my models for this is Celestial Awakenings, although they're focused more on metaphysics and less on art.

http://www.celestial-awakenings.com/

I'm going to want to do a lot of traveling, so we'll need somebody to be responsible for the day to day operations.

We'll need advice as to how to set this up as a legal entity. There are a lot of special rules for nonprofits. If we're set up as a nonprofit then we can get donations, which is good, but I think there are disadvantages too, for instance I think you have to have a board of directors.