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Janice McDonald, Lisa Call, Alyson Stanfield

The Art Biz ep. 144: How We Run Our Art Documentary Group and What We Watch

Lisa Call, Janice McDonald, and I have met 57 times to discuss the art documentaries since the pandemic started. It’s important that we stay connected to the global art world.

In this episode I talk about where you can find art documentaries, how we stay organized, why it’s important to diversify our selections, and how our conversations work. I also mention some of my favorite films.

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Being a Woman Artist

Just found this movie mentioned on Twitter: Who Does She Think She Is? (thanks @acrawley) It seems to be about women artists and the conflicts they have as women, spouses, creatives, mothers, and functioning  members of society. The trailer shows–not surprisingly, but still very discouragingly–that people can’t even name a single female artist when asked.

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Documentaries about art

Monday’s Art Marketing Action newsletter focuses on a self-guided curriculum so you continue to grow as an artist. As a preview, I want to share with you some of my favorite documentaries about art. These are just documentaries! And they’re just off the top of my head. There are so many good ones out there.

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Top Ten Films about Art?

The current issue of Sunshine Artist magazine has an article by Cameron Meier that names the top ten “non-documentary films that have art and artists as their subject matter.” [My amateur-critic comments in brackets.] 10. Surviving Picasso (1996)[I almost walked out of this film when I saw it in the theater. I thought it was

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Art Brings People Together

I had the pleasure of watching The Red Violin on Saturday night. Through Netflix, we’ve had it in our home for about three months–just waiting for the perfect time to watch, I suppose. It’s a beautiful movie and I highly recommend it to all artists. The underlying theme: One beautifully crafted, much-loved musical instrument (created

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