I rushed to my local post office last Friday to buy the Gee’s Bend quilts stamps. If you aren’t familiar with the quilts from Gee’s Bend, AL, I suggest you read about them. I can also highly recommend the documentary produced by PBS. These are the ONLY art stamps to be issued for the rest […]
Take time to read the story of this exhibit, one artist (Marie Watt), and a very special blanket. The artist involved the community in the creation of her conceptual piece for the Adrich Contemporary Art Museum, making it all the more powerful and landing her a great feature in the New York Times! Does it
Involving Community in Your Exhibits Read
I’m thrilled to head east and give a workshop for artists in Wilmington, DE on Saturday, November 4. This workshop is being sponsored by Billiant Studio. Details and registration for my Art Marketing Action workshop are now online.
Come See Me in Delaware This Fall Read
In preparation for my “Promote Your Art with Confidence” book, I am looking for art teachers to interview. I am most interested in artists who teach adults both formally and informally. 1. What do you teach?2. To whom do you teach it?3. Where do you teach? (venue/city)4. How long have you been teaching? Be sure
I am seduced by the premise behind Francine Prose’s book “Reading Like a Writer,” reviewed in The New York Times by Emily Barton. My seduction comes from this paragraph in the review: Another difficulty faced by writing teachers is, paradoxically, the lack of interest many students show in reading. And those who do read often
I was listening to my usual NPR this morning when it hit me: They are engaging their listeners more and more–just as museums are doing and just as I ask artists to do with viewers in my exhibits and self-promotion classes. NPR Morning Edition has the "Storycorps" and "In This I Believe," where any old
Think you’re prepared for a natural disaster? AXA Art Insurance Corporation has produced a special report on preparing your art for hurricane season. It might also help those in non-hurricane prone areas prepare for other disasters and it’s a short three pages.
Get Ready for Hurricane Season Read
Are you not yet convinced what blogging can do for you? Check out this article in USA Today: Artists Take Paintings to the Masses. Thanks, Pat, for the heads up.
What Blogging Can do for Your Art Career Read
“The Art of Self Promotion: How to Market Yourself as an Artist” was written over a year ago, but it’s always nice to hear advice from others in the field. Pay particular attention to what faux pas will get your gallery submission thrown away.
Market Yourself as an Artist Read
I went to see The Shining last night. Not ever interested in horror films, I had never before seen it. It lived up to the hype, but it was also quite funny in places. (C’mon, Shelley Duvall looked hilarious running around waving that knife limply in the air.) I have a point here and it’s
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