Slideshow from WOMR Show

Mary Ince was kind enough to document the WOMR show and send the pictures to me.

Cis Rossey Curates An Artist’s Reaction to War and War Memorial: Iraq and Afghanistan

HI Cecilia,

Dennis and I hung War Memorial – it looks awesome! People are really enjoying it, I have already been told how moving it is. We just went with the flow- the warping of the panels actually gives it a bit of a 3D appearance, the color is beautiful. I finished putting Artist’s Reaction together today- I think the show looks great. Here is a copy of the updated press release. I look forward to your artist talk. Sincerely,

Alexandra

An Artist’s Reaction to War and War Memorial: Iraq and Afghanistan

The Dadian Gallery at Wesley Theological Seminary announces An Artist’s Reaction to War, artists Cynthia Aldrich, Tom Ferguson, Nelida Otero Flatow, David Reed, Daniel Marchwinski, Cecilia Rossey, Kim Varnadoe, Dan Welden, Will Willner and Cyndi Wish react to the tragedies of war in drawing, painting, prints and sculpture.

An Artist’s Reaction to War and War Memorial: Iraq and Afghanistan will open on August 31, and run through October 9, 2009. A gallery talk on both exhibitions will be held by artist and organizer of the exhibitions Cecilia Rossey at noon on Thursday, September 10, 2009. The exhibitions have traveled from Salem College, North Carolina where they were shown in February 2009.

An Artist’s Reaction to War presents a wide range of reactions on the general subject of war past and present rather than focusing on a particular war or conflict. Artist Cynthia Aldrich was inspired by “the events in Bosnia-Herzegovina and in particular Kosovo in the 1990's.” Aldrich’s Arm-oire, a clever shrine like ceramic sculpture, calls the viewer’s attention to the plight of women in war, those who contribute to the violence by bearing arms and those who are the victims of war violence. On the other end of the spectrum Dan Welden’s abstract monotype The Thrust of Mars employs layers of color and violent, frenetic mark-making to evoke a dark mood. Welden states “Its ominous presence may be representational of the underlying concern we have in our hearts and minds....wondering, sometimes worrying as the world continuously has the conflicts of war.”

War Memorial: Iraq and Afghanistan

Artist Cecilia Rossey created a 28 panel memorial constructed from 4000+ woodcuts of a repeated shrouded figure. The memorial will be on exhibit in the board room adjacent to the gallery. Each of the 4000+ prints represents a death in the Iraq- Afghanistan conflict. It is only when all of the prints are exhibited together that the viewer begins to understand the magnitude of so many deaths in this context rather than in the abstract.

“I, personally, have been frustrated by human suffering and have no voice other than putting it on paper. Hopefully, the next generation will wake up and take action against violence and know that we tried to voice our disdain without being unpatriotic.” – Cecilia Rossey

This exhibition is free and open to the public. The gallery is located at 4500 Massachusetts Avenue NW, in the Kresge Academic Building on the campus of Wesley Theological Seminary. Regular hours are Monday - Friday, 10am – 4:00pm, Closed weekends and holidays. The Dadian Gallery is a non-profit, educational exhibition space that is part of The Henry Luce III Center for the Arts and Religion at Wesley Theological Seminary. The Center sponsors a variety of cultural events which explore the intersection between art and religion and promote dialogue between artists and theologians.

Our First Show

Tomorrow night--6-8pm at WOMR in Provincetown!

Anne Flash

Anne Garton

Maura Ghedini

Mary Ince

Lorraine Kujawa

Cis Rossey

Bob Sabin

Dee Shippelhute

Come join us and celebrate!

Deadline: September 18

Call for Artists' Entries: remade/use of recycled/reused/reclaimed materials

Deadline September 18th (Mashpee, MA)

remade call for entries

Are you an artist who creates using recycled, reclaimed, reused materials? Then this Juried Art Show may be for you. Questions- Call 508-477-7988 or info@ggreendesign.com

There is an Online application for the show and/or to learn more:

The Green Design Center

http://www.ggreendesigncenter.com/callforentries?14b07e80

Please take the survey!

Leveraging Investments in Creativity (LINC), a decade-long national initiative to improve conditions for artists (which includes efforts to connect artists to greater health insurance options and maintain spaces for art and artists in community development projects, among others) is conducting an online survey on artists and economic recession. They’re inviting artists to share their experiences under the current economic climate. It’s all completely anonymous, of course, and the survey is being overseen by by Princeton Survey Research Associates International. More on the survey, from LINC’s website:

Is the recession over for you, or still going strong? LINC wants to make sure the conditions artists are facing in the current economic climate are being heard and addressed.

LINC, in partnership with Helicon Collaborative, has developed the Artists and the Economic Recession Survey to invite artists to share their current experience. This survey will provide hard data for all of us who believe that arts and culture are important so that we can achieve the changes in policy, funding, and information dissemination necessary to improve the working lives of artists nationwide.

If you have 15 minutes or so, think about participating–you don’t even have to leave your chair (if there’s a computer in front of it, anyway). The wider the range of artists’ voices, the more meaningful the survey’s results (and the analysis that follows) will be. The survey closes on September 4th, 2009, so there’s not much time left.

my cut and paste from the CAA

Changes to Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellowship Application Schedule

We are pleased to announce that, despite a 23.4% reduction to the Massachusetts Cultural Council state appropriation in the 2010 fiscal year, the MCC will continue to provide direct support to individual artists through the Artist Fellowships Program.

We are announcing changes to the Artist Fellowships Program application schedule. Beginning in September 2009, there will be two different application periods, with deadlines divided by funding categories.

Program guidelines for all categories will be available on September 1.

Deadlines:

The online application for the Drawing, Painting, and Traditional Arts categories will be available September 1. Applications for these categories will be accepted September 1 through October 12, 2009.

The online application for the Choreography, Fiction/Creative Nonfiction, and Poetry categories will be available December 1. Applications for these categories will be accepted December 1, 2009 through January 25, 2010.

This new schedule will mean a faster turnaround time between application and award announcements, while preserving the program's focus on a fair and anonymously judged review. As always, the program aims to foster the creation of new work by Massachusetts artists, the individuals at the center of our state's vibrant creative life.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Dan Blask, Program Coordinator for Artists, at (617) 727-3668 x329 or dan.blask@art.state.ma.us.

Millay Residency/Fruitlands Artist-in-Residence

Millay Colony for the Arts in Austerlitz, New York: Residencies provide work space, meals, and sleeping accommodations for qualified writers, composers, and visual artists for a period of one month. The Colony can accommodate six artists monthly; its main building is fully accessible and includes two work/living spaces. Samples of work must accompany applications. See the website for further information. There is a $35 application fee. E-Mail Address: apply@millaycolony.org
Website: www.millaycolony.org/apply. Application Deadline: October 1, 2009.
***By the way, this is a great residency in particular for disabled artists, as they have a state of the art accessible building.

The Artist-in-Residence Program (AIR) at Fruitlands Museum in Harvard, Massacusetts seeks contemporary artists whose work compliments the collections and landscape. The resident artist participates in a season long study of the museum as reflected in their artwork. Any artist may apply, including those who work includes poetry, painting, fabric, pottery, sculpture, music & sound, new media and site specific installations. The goal of the program is to bring fresh perspectives to explore the major themes of the institution heritage, art and nature. The artist-in-residence program brings contemporary interpretations to aspects of our collections and landscape, solely at the discretion and inspiration of the artist through their medium. Artists do not live on site and the program seeks artists who live within the greater Boston metro area.
* The Museum provides the artist with: access to the site and collections
* an honorarium
* publicity for public events, programs and exhibit opening event
* exhibition space
* The artist provides the museum with: the artist is on-site on a flexible but regular basis doing their work
* the artist participates in a series of public programs
* previous works and selected works created by the artist during the residency are available for exhibit
* a piece of art created during the program will become a part of the museum collection
For more information, please visit the website: http://www.fruitlands.org/artist-in-residence
Deadline: November 15th, 2009.

The artist bio

Edward Winkleman gives some excellent advice on the artist bio here.

Alyson Stanfield's first 4 steps towards...

selling your art starts here

and then goes here

and here.

Number 4 is here.

artbizblog.com

Who's Showing Where...

Joan Caefer, Anne Garton, and Mary Ince submitted 12 x 12s to PAAM's Silent Auction.

(did I miss anyone?)

The show is the strongest one yet and worth that long trip to Provincetown.

Compilation of Marketing Resources

Look over to the left.

See my start of a library of art marketing links?

Please send me any that you use regularly.

With a thank you to Bernadette Waystack who suggested Alyson Stanfield's artbiz blog and email newsletter.

More Practical Professional Advice

How to Be an Art Professional as the Economy Crumbles

Jackie Battenfield Video from NYFA

Jackie Battenfield discusses her new book The Artist's Guide in this video

Jackie Battenfield - The Artist's Guide from NYFA on Vimeo.

Mary Ince Wins Honorable Mention!

Here is Mary's winning photograph in the Women in Photography International's Summer '09 Juried Competition.

Beautiful photo.