Artist Magnet

Artist Magnet is an LA-based arts service organization with the mission of empowering Artists by connecting them through Shows and Venues everywhere. The company's services include professional development for local Artists, sponsorship of nonprofit arts organizations and productions, consulting services for arts companies and online services for Artists. Founded in 2008 by Artist and Producer David Mack, Artist Magnet's featured project, currently in development, is to launch its interactive, artist-driven social network this fall. The backbone of the network includes customizable, hyperlinking Resumes that Artists can build for free (or pay a monthly rate for premium features). Artist Magnet is unique from other networks because as the Artists build the work they have done, are currently doing, or will do in the future into their hyperlinking Resumes, they instantly start to connect to other Artists and Theatres in the following ways: The Productions on their Resumes instantly hyperlink to Production Pages, which link to the Resumes of all the Artists (who sign-up) who have worked in those Productions. The Theatres in their Resumes instantly hyperlink to Venue and Company Pages, linking to all the past, present and upcoming Productions associated with those Theatres, which in turn link to all the Resumes created of the Artists who have worked in those Productions. The Directors on their Resumes instantly hyperlink to the Directors' Resumes, or if the Directors have not yet joined, they can be instantly email-invited to join the network. So in effect, the network becomes a six-degrees-of-separation for the LA Theatre world. Artists are able to build and link to the Production, Venue, and Company Pages free (Venues and Companies can manage their pages for a fee).