Archive for August, 2009

2009 has been quite the intense year for me thus far. I moved, I am still in the middle of starting another business and I put Carmine Magazine on the backburner. I can’t promise you that I’ve reclaimed this magazine from the backburner, but I do want to still keep it as current as possible.

We’re going to be going through a number of big changes on the site here in the coming months. I have interviews that have been in the posting queue for months and I apologize for that. I haven’t forgotten about you! Life just got in the way for a while. We’ve kicked off these changes with a new layout (pictured above) which is more graphic intesive and fits the focus of Carmine much more than past layouts. I’ve rearranged the sidebar and changed the way we display our ads.

In the coming months look forward to the About and Advertise pages to be rewritten. The future will bring less artist interviews and more actual content. You can also look forward to a page with information on our writers, more artist promotions, more art news, more articles, a few more tutorials, a new semi-regular feature I’ve been dying to put together for months, and hopefully lots of material to keep your inspired and informed.

Interested in writing an article for us? Have a tutorial you’ve been dying to write or share with the world? Feel like pimping out your collection of artwork or webstore? Drop us a line: carminemag@gmail.com We will take a look at your ideas and give you a real chance to get your work out there to our readers.

Want to pimp your art website in the form of a small ad on Carmine Magazine? Check out our advertising page and drop us a line.

Feel like pimping out Carmine Magazine on your blog? We have a banner created by Red Nails; Wrong City:

Be sure to link it back to http://www.carminemag.com !

I look forward to spending more time with this site and with you, our readers.

Jami Lee Rosa

In December of 2008 I interviewed an artist named Melody Pilotte twice. The first time I interviewed her about her artwork a collection of watercolors and sketches that are joyful, a little mystical and awesome all around. The second time I interviewed her we talked about her work with the incredibly important charity organization RAINN the Rape Abuse Incest National Network here in the United States.

The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network is the nation’s largest anti-sexual assault organization. RAINN operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1.800.656.HOPE and the National Sexual Assault Online Hotline at rainn.org, and publicizes the hotline’s free, confidential services; educates the public about sexual assault; and leads national efforts to prevent sexual assault, improve services to victims and ensure that rapists are brought to justice.

This morning I received an email from Melody requesting donations to RAINN in Tori Amos’ name:

This month, we celebrate Tori’s 46th birthday and acknowledge all she has done to support RAINN over the past 16 years.
To honor Tori’s birthday, please consider making a $46 gift to RAINN in her name.

Your donation will enable 13 victims of sexual assault to receive the support that they need and deserve – in Tori’s honor.

Please grant Tori her birthday wish and help more victims to take their first step toward recovery today.

Donate today at donate.rainn.org

Please, if you have a chance this month, or at anytime, make a donation to this incredibly important charity organization. Even if you cannot spare the asked for $46 donation, please make as much of a donation as you can.

Some statistics from RAINN’s website:

1 in 5 women -and 1 in 33 men- will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime.

College age women are4 times more likely to be sexually assaulted.

In 2007, there were 248,300 victims of sexual assault.

Every 2 minutes someone in the U.S. is sexually assaulted.

60% of sexual assaultes are not reported to the police.

Reporting has increased by 1/3 since 1993.

Approximately 73% of rape victims know their assailants.

Only 6% of rapists will ever spend a day in jail.

With statistics like these you will know someone in your lifetime that has been or will be a victim of sexual assault. Oraganizations like RAINN are helping to decrease that likelyhood and they can use every bit of help that you can give.

For other ways to support RAINN please check out these links:
Donate
Volunteer
Get Information
Search for a Local Crisis Center
National Sexual Assault Online Hotline
Check out their Official Website
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