Recognized in the Boston Globe for our efforts with the ArtSpace Website

 From the Sunday edition of the Boston Globe - July 2009

MAYNARDGIVING VIRTUAL AID - For one Maynard resident, finding a way to volunteer meaningfully proved a local effort. With the volunteer help of town resident Eric Wing, who has an Internet design business, Maynard's nonprofit community arts center, ArtSpace, last month debuted a website. Wing built it for the center, free of charge. The 43 artists who rent studios at ArtSpace now have an Internet address at which they can showcase their work, said executive director Jero Nesson, and since the site reemerged with Wing's design, "a number of artists have contacted us; we're presenting a much better sense of what our space is about.'' According to Wing, his donated redesign would have cost more than $2,000 under contract. Nesson said ArtSpace could never have afforded a consultant to do the work, given the center's budgetary constraints. "We really would have had to manage with what we had,'' Nesson said, and described the old website as "in dire need of upgrading.'' Wing said he first considered contributing his time to larger institutions like the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. "But I came to the realization, how often was I going to get into Boston and make an impact?'' he said. "So, I looked locally, and walked into ArtSpace.'' Wing said he plans to donate a similar project to an artist or arts organization annually. - James O'Brien