[synnik]

Brick and Mortar startup, with online enhancements:

Currently in the process of purchasing an art gallery space in Denver, which we will renovate, and hopefully open in the fall of 2010. (Would be sooner, but we are having a baby in the spring.)

I intend to have an exhibition every 3 months that will seek to blend technology with a physical installation of some kind. Details TBD, based on online collaboration -- The web site will spend the 2 months between exhibitions working towards collaborating on the next exhibit. Each collaborator will hopefully be able to visit in person, to create a true blending of online and physical life.

[nfnaaron]

Where/when/how will you announce? I'm not in the art world, so I wouldn't naturally see the announcement, but I would like to visit.

[synnik]

There is an organization in Denver that markets the Art District. I'll likely join them, and therefore be included in their marketing. Otherwise, the location I am working on gets a lot of traffic, and the sign in front will be the major announcement.

Our web site will also have an announcement -- it is currently just my wife's blog, but is connected to her etsy shop, so we do have a small following.

If there is interest, I can post on HN as well. I wasn't sure if the community here would have a strong interest in my project or not...

Finally, simply word of mouth - as my day job will pay the mortgage on the property, I don't actually need to profit, so I can just work with my friends on the first few shows, and get the world out gradually.

In terms of timing, I am hoping for August. Once we actually move in (hopefully on the 31st), we need to physically prepare the location (needs new floors, doors, drywall, lights, things like that). So there is quite a bit of work to do yet.