Rebecca Crowell shared with me the story of Jim Mott, who was featured this morning on the Today Show. Jim travels the country trading his paintings for food and a warm place to stay. He just happened to stay with Rebecca on one of his trips, which is where the Today Show caught up with […]
Meet Jim Mott, itinerant artist Read
I’m thrilled to announce that Ellen Soffer, a longtime client and Inner Circle member, has been awarded the visual arts fellowship by the Shreveport Regional Arts Council. Congratulations, Ellen! Image (c) Ellen Soffer, Inside/Outside.
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Client Tamara Burgh’s series "The Enculturated White Man: If the Indians Had Won" is featured on The Endicott Studio for the Mythic Arts blog. How did she get a mention there? She saw a good fit and pitched it to them. You don’t get what you don’t ask for! Of course, it helps that she
Chicago artist Anne Leuck Feldhaus got a feature on the cover of the Chicago Tribune Home & Garden section because a postcard of her art is on the refrigerator right behind Jim Carrey in his most recent film. She said the article came about because the section’s editors are on her newsletter list (she never
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Received this information without comment from the artist . . . Live Online Chat With Colored Pencil Artist Alyona NickelsenThursday, March 8, 2 p.m., EST. (11 a.m. Pacific Time) Join us for our first online chat! The premiere of this new area on www.myAmericanArtist.com will spotlight colored pencil artist Alyona Nickelsen. Nickelsen, one of the
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I’m a huge fan of Jun Kaneko and was thrilled to see Michael Kimmelman’s article about Kaneko in today’s New York Times. I encourage you to watch the video. Note that Kaneko calls Nebraska home and runs a studio in Kansas. Also, note that he couldn’t have the studio set up he requires in a
Making It as an Artist in the Heartland Read
This is way cool. I blogged about artist Franck de Las Mercedes and his art boxes last week and mine arrived in the mail yesterday. It contains FRIENDSHIP. Not only that, I got a very nice email from Franck who had visited the blog to see the posting. Class act. Thanks, Franck!
Artist Franck de Las Mercedes was featured in the October issue of Art Business News (yes, I’m slow getting it on here). He paints boxes with notes on the outside: “FRAGILE: Contains . . . [Peace, Hope, etc.]” All of the art is on the outside and he ships them for free. I say: What
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I often mention artist Joe Murray when I’m talking about creative self promotion. Joe lives in a rural area outside of Des Moines, Iowa. He attended my workshop there a couple of years ago. Joe uses his Christmas-light display to promote himself and his work and to connect with community. This year, he’s featured in
Light Display Brings Attention to Painter Read
I got a kick out of this note from Gail Frasier today: “My lesson for today is: Don’t send a picture to a publication that can’t stand alone. Seems logical, doesn’t it? But my logic has tangents. Well, I sent YourHub [a Denver Post regional insert] 3 pictures thinking I might get 3 in
You have no control over what you send to the media. Read
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