http://www.artbizblog.com/2008/07/taking-care-of-art-while-its-in-someone-elses-hands.html for the Business of Being an Artist Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:18:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.artbizblog.com/2008/07/taking-care-of-art-while-its-in-someone-elses-hands.html/comment-page-1#comment-6036 Sari Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:29:49 +0000 http://www.artbizblog.com/2008/07/taking-care-of-art-while-its-in-someone-elses-hands.html#comment-6036 about the art at sea article... Vancouver is sort of infamous for being the city of scams , cons & flakes - the cruise ship started in Vancouver on its way to Anchorage ...( the fake gold mines sold in the Vancouver stock market were how the reputation began ...)(later , the phone callers soliciting people in the States who lived in retirement homes - really low stuff) ...What happened here in Canada was a bunch of idealistic people moved out West in search of the promised land & sort of rebellious ' I don't need my establishment parents ' kind of philosophy ...what they found Was the promised land - but what they didn't know was that the promised land did not involve money ...they got what they wished for - but found themselves broke & too embarassed to ask capitalist mom for a loan ... so the cons began ...Americans coming to Canada should be aware that though it is a beautiful country , be careful , the more trees you see the less money is in circulation ... & beg , borrow or steal is a term I have heard here once too often ... about the art at sea article… Vancouver is sort of infamous for being the city of scams , cons & flakes – the cruise ship started in Vancouver on its way to Anchorage …( the fake gold mines sold in the Vancouver stock market were how the reputation began …)(later , the phone callers soliciting people in the States who lived in retirement homes – really low stuff) …What happened here in Canada was a bunch of idealistic people moved out West in search of the promised land & sort of rebellious ‘ I don’t need my establishment parents ‘ kind of philosophy …what they found Was the promised land – but what they didn’t know was that the promised land did not involve money …they got what they wished for – but found themselves broke & too embarassed to ask capitalist mom for a loan … so the cons began …Americans coming to Canada should be aware that though it is a beautiful country , be careful , the more trees you see the less money is in circulation … & beg , borrow or steal is a term I have heard here once too often …

]]> http://www.artbizblog.com/2008/07/taking-care-of-art-while-its-in-someone-elses-hands.html/comment-page-1#comment-6035 Monica Kelly Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:58:22 +0000 http://www.artbizblog.com/2008/07/taking-care-of-art-while-its-in-someone-elses-hands.html#comment-6035 Alyson- The concept of a registyr is very intriquing. I am wondering, does a registry negate the need for art archiving software like Working Artist? Would it be in addition to an Etsy shop, Flickr gallery, etc? I am just starting to create a body of work, and want to start out archiving, etc, instead of playing catch up a few years in. Thanks, Alyson- The concept of a registyr is very intriquing. I am wondering, does a registry negate the need for art archiving software like Working Artist? Would it be in addition to an Etsy shop, Flickr gallery, etc? I am just starting to create a body of work, and want to start out archiving, etc, instead of playing catch up a few years in. Thanks,

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