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Sunday, May 31, 2009
Art Licensing
Please check out the Art Print Issues blog written by Barney Davey for information on licensing your art and the giclee print retail market.
Friday, May 29, 2009
New Art Calendar Newsletter!
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NYFA/Current's The Money Issue
Check out NYFA/Current's The Money Issue for practical money advice for artists.
If you register with NYFA, you will receive Current in your email.
If you register with NYFA, you will receive Current in your email.
Newest from Robert Genn
In 1995, Stanford University psychologists Claude Steele and Joshua Aronson coined the term "Stereotype threat." At the time, they were dealing with such stereotypes as "Girls do poorly in math" and "African Americans are challenged in higher education." Their idea was that the mere knowledge of expectations affected performance. Conversely, such stereotypes as "Jews are smart" seemed to have a positive effect on Jewish academic performance. Prophesies and indigenous myths can be self-fulfilling.
As artists, one of our frequently heard stereotypes is "Painters are poor." A more gentle variation is "While painters may live enriched lives, they suffer a lifetime of having no money." Funnily, this stereotype hasn't been around long--mainly since Paul Gauguin deserted his wife and kids and tried to live cheaply among the brown ladies of Tahiti. Somerset Maugham wrote a play about it: "The Moon and Sixpence."
These days, the poor-artist stereotype is sometimes reinforced in art schools where instructors advise students on the thrills of their impending poverty.
In the Stanford psychologist's theory, the most recent or oft-repeated stereotype has the most potent influence. Students who were issued a written test, for example, tended to do better when asked for their personal details at the end, rather than at the beginning, of the test.
When I was about ten years old, my dad took me to visit a couple of Fine Artists. Both these painters seemed to me to lead enriched lives, working with integrity and to be anything but poor. They had no day jobs and, apparently, no inheritance to keep their families comfortable. They worked long hours and sent excellent art to distant dealers. The penny dropped in my bony little head that an artist could prosper, and the penny has been lodged there ever since.
Popping the festering bubble of stereotype ought to be part of our job description. Here are a few more to think about: "Collectors prefer their artists to be male," "Art is what you can get away with," and "Painters are flogging a dead horse."
Best regards,
Robert
PS: "Some members of stigmatized groups lag behind others because they have internalized the stereotypes." (John Cloud, Time Magazine)
Esoterica: One of those artists my dad and I visited was quite elderly. We bought his old, much-sanded drawing table, which I still treasure. It was this sort of experience that gave me the idea of the Eternal Brotherhood and Sisterhood of Artists. While we tend to be solitary, we are part of a greater movement that spans generations. And while misery, poverty and poisonous pedagogy lurk beside our paths, we can take power from the positive in one another.
As artists, one of our frequently heard stereotypes is "Painters are poor." A more gentle variation is "While painters may live enriched lives, they suffer a lifetime of having no money." Funnily, this stereotype hasn't been around long--mainly since Paul Gauguin deserted his wife and kids and tried to live cheaply among the brown ladies of Tahiti. Somerset Maugham wrote a play about it: "The Moon and Sixpence."
These days, the poor-artist stereotype is sometimes reinforced in art schools where instructors advise students on the thrills of their impending poverty.
In the Stanford psychologist's theory, the most recent or oft-repeated stereotype has the most potent influence. Students who were issued a written test, for example, tended to do better when asked for their personal details at the end, rather than at the beginning, of the test.
When I was about ten years old, my dad took me to visit a couple of Fine Artists. Both these painters seemed to me to lead enriched lives, working with integrity and to be anything but poor. They had no day jobs and, apparently, no inheritance to keep their families comfortable. They worked long hours and sent excellent art to distant dealers. The penny dropped in my bony little head that an artist could prosper, and the penny has been lodged there ever since.
Popping the festering bubble of stereotype ought to be part of our job description. Here are a few more to think about: "Collectors prefer their artists to be male," "Art is what you can get away with," and "Painters are flogging a dead horse."
Best regards,
Robert
PS: "Some members of stigmatized groups lag behind others because they have internalized the stereotypes." (John Cloud, Time Magazine)
Esoterica: One of those artists my dad and I visited was quite elderly. We bought his old, much-sanded drawing table, which I still treasure. It was this sort of experience that gave me the idea of the Eternal Brotherhood and Sisterhood of Artists. While we tend to be solitary, we are part of a greater movement that spans generations. And while misery, poverty and poisonous pedagogy lurk beside our paths, we can take power from the positive in one another.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Propose Workshops in Sewing, Fiber Arts/Eliot School, Boston
Propose workshop of any length for any age group, to take place between September and June. We have a sewing room with 8 working machines, and a large all-purpose art room. No kitchen, no drying area, limited storage. We are a community arts center in the heart of Jamaica Plain with small classes, no homework, and a comfortable atmosphere. Classes are small, between 4 and 12 students. Teachers have maximum flexibility within our physical limits. We are looking to expand our offerings in sewing and fiber arts, and welcome your proposals.
Some teaching experience preferred.
Send resume and any supporting materials to Abigail Norman at anorman@eliotschool.org.
Eliot School
24 Eliot St.
Boston, MA 02130
617-524-3313
Some teaching experience preferred.
Send resume and any supporting materials to Abigail Norman at anorman@eliotschool.org.
Eliot School
24 Eliot St.
Boston, MA 02130
617-524-3313
Paid Jury Opportunity
The Brush Art Gallery & Studios, in Lowell, MA. is a 501(c)(3), non-profit organization, and has been in existence for over twenty six years. We are planning a number of exciting juried exhibitions that focus on important issues such as the elderly, the environment, and animal rights. A stipend of between $150.00 and $250.00 will be paid, depending on the number of entries to be juried.
We are looking for a variety of individuals experienced in the visual arts and interested in these upcoming exhibition themes to jury. We would be glad to have you jury on-site at the gallery, but if that is not convenient, we will arrange for you to jury the work over the internet in the comfort of your own home or office
For further information, please contact:
Eileen Byrne, Executive Director, at director@thebrush.org.
We are looking for a variety of individuals experienced in the visual arts and interested in these upcoming exhibition themes to jury. We would be glad to have you jury on-site at the gallery, but if that is not convenient, we will arrange for you to jury the work over the internet in the comfort of your own home or office
For further information, please contact:
Eileen Byrne, Executive Director, at director@thebrush.org.
Weird but true...Anyone?
WGBH invites advanced painting students and/or faculty members to paint LIVE on television while participating in the WGBH Auction. Artists are asked to spend 4 hours painting a still-life during a LIVE taping at WGBH studios on May 30th from 5:30-9:30pm. You'll be interviewed throughout the evening where you can promote your work. The completed piece will be auctioned off live in the studio at the end of the night.
This is a great opportunity for budding artists or faculty members who wish to reach a broader audience. The WGBH auction is a New England tradition with audiences viewing from Boston, the Cape, New England and even Canada!
Qualifications:
- Must be a undergraduate senior, graduate student, or faculty ONLY
- Must be available for the complete shift (5:30-9:30 on May 30th) and complete the painting in the 4 hours time period
- Must be able to bring their own painting materials, however easels will be provided
- This is VOLUNTEER ONLY, but this is a great opportunity to show your work to a broader audience, give out your contact information or website on television, and auction off a piece of art to the public!
If interested, please contact Keira Duarte in the WGBH Auction Department at keira_duarte@wgbh.org or at 617-300-5461. If emailing, please forward your bio, painting experience and website if applicable.
This is a great opportunity for budding artists or faculty members who wish to reach a broader audience. The WGBH auction is a New England tradition with audiences viewing from Boston, the Cape, New England and even Canada!
Qualifications:
- Must be a undergraduate senior, graduate student, or faculty ONLY
- Must be available for the complete shift (5:30-9:30 on May 30th) and complete the painting in the 4 hours time period
- Must be able to bring their own painting materials, however easels will be provided
- This is VOLUNTEER ONLY, but this is a great opportunity to show your work to a broader audience, give out your contact information or website on television, and auction off a piece of art to the public!
If interested, please contact Keira Duarte in the WGBH Auction Department at keira_duarte@wgbh.org or at 617-300-5461. If emailing, please forward your bio, painting experience and website if applicable.
Brockton Art Windows Project--No Entry Fee
The Brockton Art Windows Project seeks artists to display their work in vacant windows in the Main Street districts in late June through the Fall, partly in conjunction with Fuller Craft exhibition, The Perfect Fit: Shoes Tell Stories. Artists in all craft media are welcome to apply; artists’ installations will be matched with appropriate locations by The Brockton Art Windows Project.
The Brockton Art Windows Project is a design initiative intended to enliven vacant storefronts in the heart of downtown Brockton and promote the city’s arts community. Selected work will hang in the windows of vacant downtown storefronts. This is a juried exhibit. We seek work that can capitalize on the unique spaces of downtown Brockton and is bold and innovative—art that will capture people’s attention while walking downtown and help convey the vibrant artistic energy of the area.
The Brockton Art Windows Project area covers downtown Main Street (near the court house and library). Artist will be asked to “man” their exhibition space during select events in downtown Brockton. Artists will receive a small honorarium for each month they participate in The Brockton Art Windows Project. We encourage new work and site-specific proposals, as well as collaborations between artists.
The Brockton Art Windows Project is a design initiative intended to enliven vacant storefronts in the heart of downtown Brockton and promote the city’s arts community. Selected work will hang in the windows of vacant downtown storefronts. This is a juried exhibit. We seek work that can capitalize on the unique spaces of downtown Brockton and is bold and innovative—art that will capture people’s attention while walking downtown and help convey the vibrant artistic energy of the area.
The Brockton Art Windows Project area covers downtown Main Street (near the court house and library). Artist will be asked to “man” their exhibition space during select events in downtown Brockton. Artists will receive a small honorarium for each month they participate in The Brockton Art Windows Project. We encourage new work and site-specific proposals, as well as collaborations between artists.
Qualifications:
Submissions must be craft based. Artist must be available to install and remove work. Both representational and abstract work will be accepted. Fuller Craft asks artist to consider a shoe theme (since Brockton was known for shoe manufacturing). Artist whose work/media that does not work with shoes will have opportunity to rotate artwork exhibited in the space.
How To Apply:
Entry Fee: $0.00 Event Dates: June 2009 - TBD.
Entry Deadline: 6/15/09 initial start of project, open enrollment through August 2009.
Provide the following information:
1. Contact info: name, e-mail and mailing address, phone, website (if applicable)
2. Images. a) for existing work, include 10 jpegs of work or a link to a particular image on your website. b) for proposed work, include sketch and/or description of your idea, as well as images of existing pieces of your work.
3. Specifications, including approximate cubic dimensions necessary for your proposed installation.
4. Requirements if any —electricity, lighting, etc.
5. Curriculum vitae or brief biographical statement.
6. Confirm that you are available to install and take down your work and sign liability waiver.
Email proposals to: registrations@fullercraft.org. or Mail proposals to: Fuller Craft Museum Attn: Ashley Occhino 455 Oak Street Brockton, MA 02301 (include a SASE for return of materials.)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Artist and landlords of said vacant spaces will be required to sign a waiver releasing them from liability.
Artists are responsible for insuring their own artwork, if they so choose to do so.
Artist will be asked to be in the exhibition space during select events downtown.
Art Windows will provide some exhibitions materials including but not limited to: paint, lighting, pedestals and signage/press.
Entry Deadline: 6/15/09 initial start of project, open enrollment through August 2009.
Provide the following information:
1. Contact info: name, e-mail and mailing address, phone, website (if applicable)
2. Images. a) for existing work, include 10 jpegs of work or a link to a particular image on your website. b) for proposed work, include sketch and/or description of your idea, as well as images of existing pieces of your work.
3. Specifications, including approximate cubic dimensions necessary for your proposed installation.
4. Requirements if any —electricity, lighting, etc.
5. Curriculum vitae or brief biographical statement.
6. Confirm that you are available to install and take down your work and sign liability waiver.
Email proposals to: registrations@fullercraft.org. or Mail proposals to: Fuller Craft Museum Attn: Ashley Occhino 455 Oak Street Brockton, MA 02301 (include a SASE for return of materials.)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Artist and landlords of said vacant spaces will be required to sign a waiver releasing them from liability.
Artists are responsible for insuring their own artwork, if they so choose to do so.
Artist will be asked to be in the exhibition space during select events downtown.
Art Windows will provide some exhibitions materials including but not limited to: paint, lighting, pedestals and signage/press.
Apply by:
6/15/2009
Salary:
Artists will receive a small honorarium for each month they participate
NYFA Vimeo on the Arts and the Recession
NYFA, or the New York Foundation for the Arts, is extremely good on the practical issues of artists. Their site publishes biweekly updated call and job lists for artists as well as marketing resource material.
Most recently, NYFA hosted a panel discussion on Assessing the Recession.
Edward Winkleman, a gallery owner and one of the participants, writes a great and useful blog that provides an insider's insight into how best to sell yourself to a gallery.
Most recently, NYFA hosted a panel discussion on Assessing the Recession.
Edward Winkleman, a gallery owner and one of the participants, writes a great and useful blog that provides an insider's insight into how best to sell yourself to a gallery.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
And the final PAAM call--the 12 x 12 Open and Silent Auction
Members’ 12x12 Open Exhibition and Silent Auction
July 24 – September 13
Members can pick up a free masonite panel compliments of PAAM at the front desk from March 15th ‘till supplies run out. Members are also welcome to create their own 12x12.
Theme: none
Size restriction: 12”x12”
Drop-off: Tuesday, July 21 (noon-4pm) No wet panels, frames, or hanging devices please. No drop-offs after July 21.
Final bids: Sept 13 at 5pm. (Bids close alphabetically in 15 minute intervals beginning at 5pm) Refreshments will be available.
PAAM Juried Members Show--June 16 Drop Off
Members’ Juried Exhibition
June 19 – July 19, 2009Juror: TBA
Size restriction: none
Drop-off: Tuesday, June 16 (noon-4pm)
Pick-up works not included: June 18 – 21 during open hours
Pick-up works included: July 21 during open hours
Opening reception: June 19, 8-10pm
PAAM Membership $10 off in May
PAAM is taking $10 off its usual $50 Artist membership if you join or renew in the month of May.If you haven't joined yet, this is the time to become part of one of the best organizations for artists in the country. Open and juried members' shows give everyone the opportunity to see their work hanging in a museum.
Doesn't that look fancy? Join now!
Go to paam.org for details.
CALL--June 25 11:00pm Deadline
Call for Submissions
Where I’m From
(Swainsboro, GA) – Gallery RFD seeks submissions for its upcoming exhibition titled Where I’m From.
Over the past two and a half years, Gallery RFD has had the pleasure of exhibiting artists and artwork from all over the globe, including over 300 cities, 40 states, and 20 countries. It is apparent that location influences an artist as much as anything, with subject and media being as diverse as the points of origin. This influx of geographical diversity begs the need to display visual representations of the places they are coming from. Gallery RFD seeks artwork for an exhibition titled Where I’m From, which will feature compositions that are either inspired by, in response to, or a documentation of the place you call home. Awards will be given for Best of Show and Juror’s Choice.
Submission deadline: June 25, 2009,11 p.m. (EST)
Juror: Ger Ger, multi-media artist from Berlin, Germany.
Exhibition runs: August 8 – September 5, 2009
Opening Reception: April 8, 2009, 5-8 p.m.
Further details and prospectus available on the Gallery RFD website: www.galleryrfd.org or email galleryrfd@gmail.com
Prospectus: http://galleryrfd.org/exhibitions/where_im_from/Where_Im_From_Prospectus.pdf
Where I’m From
(Swainsboro, GA) – Gallery RFD seeks submissions for its upcoming exhibition titled Where I’m From.
Over the past two and a half years, Gallery RFD has had the pleasure of exhibiting artists and artwork from all over the globe, including over 300 cities, 40 states, and 20 countries. It is apparent that location influences an artist as much as anything, with subject and media being as diverse as the points of origin. This influx of geographical diversity begs the need to display visual representations of the places they are coming from. Gallery RFD seeks artwork for an exhibition titled Where I’m From, which will feature compositions that are either inspired by, in response to, or a documentation of the place you call home. Awards will be given for Best of Show and Juror’s Choice.
Submission deadline: June 25, 2009,11 p.m. (EST)
Juror: Ger Ger, multi-media artist from Berlin, Germany.
Exhibition runs: August 8 – September 5, 2009
Opening Reception: April 8, 2009, 5-8 p.m.
Further details and prospectus available on the Gallery RFD website: www.galleryrfd.org or email galleryrfd@gmail.com
Prospectus: http://galleryrfd.org/exhibitions/where_im_from/Where_Im_From_Prospectus.pdf
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