SAGA

saga (n.) The word "saga" from Old Norse is "epic tale, or story".
We are here to have a voice; to tell our story! The future belongs to artists; the dreamers, the architects of our future.
We gather together to show the world a better way.

Sustainable projects by creative minds.

Artists Helping Artists

Together we are stronger. The world can hand us a pandemic, and we integrate the shadows of dark times into new art; light from darkness, courage from fear... In a changing world, humanity needs artistic vision to remind us what separates humans from the rest of the animal kingdom: The Arts.

guild (n) an association of people for mutual aid or the pursuit of a common goal

As artists, we see what left-brained thinkers cannot...

What do you get when you mix sustainable development, green technology, recycled rubbish, ecological progress, innovative off-grid engineering,  job creation, and blend it on rural land with a bunch of artists, designers, musicians, and performers?

You get Arkansas's first sustainable music & arts resort that is operated and managed solely by artists! It's more than a resort. It's a micro-eco-colony; a working community of artists and creators that operate in a rural tourism district. Our objective is to foster creative job opportunities for underrepresented artists and performers in our region, while doing good for the environment, cultivating rural socio-economic development with an ecological 'green' perspective, and taking the lead to show future generations how to thrive as a creative community.

We create opportunities for good people to make a positive impact on our community and environment. We are ready to encourage people to learn about alternative 'green' lifestyles and to support more communities like ours so hard-working future artists can focus on art instead of worrying about where their next meal is coming from. Artists and performers are among the hardest-hit demographic among the COVID19 pandemic. They were among the first to lose their income, and many face homelessness. Tours and events have been cancelled and the starving artist needs thinking artists to create new ways to thrive in a changing market. Our mission is urgent and needs public support!

The board of directors and members of the organization are creatives and philanthropists of the arts. Collectively, We've been promoting and creating events of all sizes for decades. Arkansas has a very special national treasure; the Ozarks. Arkansas is known as the 'Natural State' but busy corporate industry threatens our natural resources as huge corporate entities in nearby cities expand their industry and pollution towards our national forests and rural communities. We are near protected national forests with huge lake systems and that brings a lot of tourism. In correlation to a fast-growing population, the pollution from growing municipal infrastructures threaten our ecosystem. We've helped keep major industry and monopoly power grids out of our communities by being proactive about protecting our environment. We are artists and creators who want to preserve the natural beauty of our world, and we do it by creating art that is sustainable, forward-thinking, and innovative. We encourage others to embrace our green philosophy. 

As we grow the organization and acquire land, we aim to be leaders in providing a sustainable model that improves socio-ecological relationship between human industry and nature. We welcome new technology and change; and as artists we're here to make a statement that WE are the visionaries creating a better tomorrow with functional and natural art.

Our operation model aims to be a beacon and example to the world by caring for our environment, our community, and our future. To encourage green tourism and sustainable experiences for our members and guests, we are building artistic and unique 'smart' micro-dwellings that combine alternative energy, hand-crafted and innovative design, built from a combination of new andreclaimed/re-purposed/recycled and liquidated materials and yet features new technology that accommodates smart devices and reduces carbon footprint. The micro-cottages are available for short term lease or work-housing opportunities for transient artists who need temporary lodging in between traveling gigs. To become a member so you can apply for lodging opportunities CLICK HERE.

In between events, our cottages and camping spaces can be used to rehabilitate homeless artists in our community who are struggling with making bills on an artist income. In a work-community environment, we help each other thrive. We create odd jobs and contract opportunities for our community to be self reliant. Many artists have adopted a transient lifestyle to cope with the high costs of living.

We see them and their needs, and we are responding!

A growing number of artists, musicians, and creative types have embraced living on the road; traveling from event to event, have various temporary places to stay throughout the year, and generate income from a mobile base. We are quickly becoming a regular stop for transient artists who appreciate the opportunities and sustainable, safe environment. To accommodate the electronic needs of artists who need to make an income from a small, mobile unit, we have camping and lodging that syncs with smart devices' Bluetooth and WiFi and our cottages are all to be equipped with solar power stations for charging devices etc

We aim to be leaders in addressing a growing need for independent mobile artists and design contractors; simple smart-dwellings, tourism-generating events, and a resort that creates its own micro-economy in a rural region that generates revenues in low-income areas for underprivileged artists. During the pandemic quarantines, transient artists are MOST AT RISK because their safe events have been canceled and they have nowhere to go!

The National Center for Biotechnology Information addressees the need for rural development that reduces rural homelessness and creates job opportunities. According to the NCBI, Parts of rural America are facing their worst economic crisis since the Great Depression:

“...the problems of the rural homeless differ from those of their urban counterparts in several important ways. The rural homeless are far less visible than those in the cities; many live with relatives or others who are part of an extended family network. Some are officially domiciled because they pay a nominal token rent for the use of a shack or other substandard form of housing. However, they are even less likely than their urban counterparts to obtain assistance during times of economic or personal crisis. Rural areas do not have the range of social and financial supports available in most urban areas. Often, homeless people migrate to the cities in search of work; when they fail in that effort, they become a part of the growing numbers of homeless people in the cities. Those who stay in rural areas remain hidden until some event causes them to lose their housing, at which point they can be found living in, for example, cars, abandoned buildings, and woods. Even those communities with previously adequate social service systems are finding it increasingly difficult to serve the growing numbers of homeless people, especially in areas where the decline of agriculture, forestry, and mining is severe.“ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK218239/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK218242/

Because of our unique position with collective experience in events promotion with a venue that offer camping and other facilities to sustain a group of transient people, we are doing our part to improve the condition of the rural artistic/tourism economy in our region. Hundreds of artists find opportunities at our events every year. Even in the pandemic circumstances, we are thinking of new ways to thrive together in a changing world!

In addition to building this colony as an experimental, forward-thinking solution to a growing population, we will be creating educational videos. The video content will feature recycling and upcyling projects, off-grid tech, and creative new solutions to old problems. By investing back into our educational videos, it will create jobs for a complete creative crew. Ads for our events and other projects can be placed in the videos and we can give opportunities for artists to have their content featured in the videos .etc With such a multi-faceted project it has a 'bigger picture' in mind, supported by a diverse network to address various problems. We are creative with the solutions, and people are taking notice!

Our events will create opportunities and revenues from ticket sales, vending fees, AirBNB, tourism, camping, sales, and liquidations. Those revenues create jobs for crafters/artists, musicians, performing artists, transient workers, sound engineers, stage production, security, housekeeping, catering, vendors, and media. It also creates business to business relationships in the community.

For information on HOW YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE. There are many ways you can get involved. The greatest work anyone can ever do, is for another who cannot do for themselves. We welcome you to our tribe!

This corporation is organized exclusively for charitable, religious, educational, and scientific purposes, including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code.