Kiva 2010 Calendar....

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[mejane]

The idea for the art students is an excellent one and those students are usually very talented.  The calendar could be very beautiful.  I could give some to our social justice committee at church.  That is where I got the original information about Kiva.  They are very active in highlighting areas of social justice.

And Marsha, that was a very generous offer of GCs! 

Jane

[Christopher]

Hi everyone, this has been on my mind for a while now - but I thought I would leave it until today as I have a week off!!  Great minds obviously think alike (or might it be that fools seldom differ?!?!).

Photos from Kiva are limited, there is no getting around this.  All photos with identifiable people need appropriate releases, whether they come from Kiva or someone else.  If they don't have identifiable people (I love that picture of a llama by the way) we still need the permission of the photographer.

From my discussion with Fiona earlier in the year, there are some photos that can be used: http://www.kiva.org/about/imagegallery/ as of today there are 11 people from 2 countries.

As before I am more than happy to help, either with the process or doing the design/layout.  I do it for fun, and in no way a professional at this - so if there is a budding designer out there please step forward.

Thanks to Colette for posting a list of past suggestions, and I love the idea of commissioning some students (who can take this forward to make it into a viable proposition?).

It is great to see some familiar names, and some new ones in the group - I just get the feeling this calendar can be the best yet!  Let the fun begin - though time is ticking as ideally Chris will want the calendar to go to the printers in September.
Christopher

So Plan A, pictures of Kiva borrowers, is not really feasible. Last year we came up with Plan B, photos of the quilt squares.  We don't have a new quilt to work with at this point.  So we are trying to figure out a Plan C?

So past suggestions include:

1.  Lenders
2.  Kiva Fellows
3.  Partners
4.  Silloette of borrowers
5. Stock photos
6. Photos of businesses without people
7. Country  information
8. Vacation photos of the countries Kiva is in

A whole other approach which might be interesting...offer art students of high school or college age a chance to compete for a nominal Kiva gift certificate.  It could be considered a scholarship/honorarium and something to put on a resume.  It would highlight Kiva's mission, and increase sales (all the kids' parents would buy them to show off!).  I envision categories similar to the borrower photos.  It would partially be about quality of the artwork, emotional appeal, representative of a country and balance of business type. 

I know there isn't a lot of time to pull 12-13 artworks together, but it is the way things seem to go with the Calendar Project.

Colette

[cpbailey]

I suggest that those who are interested in discussing the options meet in chat on Tuesday July 21 at 1pm, Pacific Time.  (I have plans Monday and not sure how long they will take)

Perhaps a blend of the photos that Kiva has permission to share and some original art could fill 13 spots.  Vacation photos could contribute as well.  If need be, I have another concept to fill a couple spots.

I am willing to help develop the concept in chat and then contact a local art gallery (non-profit), the local art teachers, and some Campus Kiva.  I also have a couple artist contacts in the Bay Area, and perhaps one I met on an airplane.  School starts August 17, which is cutting things VERY close.  It would be necessary to find other ways to contact artists.

Colette

[AccountAbility]

How about including all the Purex borrowers.  If they are using them, we ought to be able to hide behind their legal apron strings.   

Dan

[mejane]

Dan!

(The world needs more accountants and less lawyers!!!  APOLOGIES in advance to Wolfgang and Oli!!)   
Jane

[Christopher]

If I can work out the time difference I will see you there in chat tomorrow.

FWIW I personally think we need one bold concept - art, or photos, or something else.  Anyway will be good to chat.
C

I suggest that those who are interested in discussing the options meet in chat on Tuesday July 21 at 1pm, Pacific Time.  (I have plans Monday and not sure how long they will take)

Perhaps a blend of the photos that Kiva has permission to share and some original art could fill 13 spots.  Vacation photos could contribute as well.  If need be, I have another concept to fill a couple spots.

[Jane Sladen]

FWIW I personally think we need one bold concept - art, or photos, or something else. 

I agree - needs to be consistent, otherwise it will look like we ran out of one thing and substituted another at the last moment.

Jane Sladen.

[cpbailey]

I agree consistency is ideal.  It is just that we have so little time to work with...

Colette

[mejane]

CALLING ALL PHOTOGRAPHERS!!!

The “calendar folks” have met and due to time constraints would like to see if they could pull together enough photos to do a Kiva calendar for 2010.  There are 2 or 3 suitable photos on Kiva’s gallery that have permission to be used.  What is needed is to see if there are enough “vacation photos” from our lenders that could apply to typical Kiva entrepreneurs. 

If you have traveled to any of Kiva’s lending countries or have photos that could APPLY to Kiva’s lending countries, you are asked to post them in this thread.  OR, if you have any photos that show businesses that are typical of our entrepreneurs, those would work also.
(That llama photo is great!)

The calendar group would like to meet in one week to review the photos to see if there are enough applicable to do a calendar.

Photo resolution:  1600 x 1200 is best but minimum is 1024 x 768
Any questions about your photo resolution should go to Chris .  PM him and he will reply with an answer. 

Any questions:  please post in this thread and one of the group will answer.  Thank you for your interest in the 2010 Kiva calendar!

Jane

[tomviolence]

a few more pics - tried to find ones without identifiable people