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by THEGalleryArtist

Pinteresting

March 24, 2012 in Art Blog, In the News, Just because

Dear GalleryArtists,
If you need to “see” what people are thinking, you have to check out Pinterest.com Have you seen it?
This is how it works, See something you like, comment on it, and pin it, people see it and re-pin it or like it..You can make theme driven “boards”, you can follow people and people can follow you, embed your pin, or other people’s pins, connects to Facebook, etc.. PERFECT for visual artists to get the word out.. This can go on for hours.
I see it as the twitter for the visually inclined. Yes, it’s relatively addictive.
Here are a few pins that are interesting (the search query was “installation art”).

 

Yours truly,

Mariestella


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by THEGalleryArtist

Open Call!

March 13, 2012 in Art Blog, Art competition, Artist Submissions, Resources

Open Call!
Field Projects Show #4 curated by David C. Terry

Field Projects is pleased to announce our first open call exhibition; emerging and mid-career artists are invited to submit their work for consideration in our April exhibition, Show #4. Submissions will be viewed and selected for Show #4 by David C. Terry, Senior Program Officer and Curator at the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA). All of the submissions we receive will be considered not only for Show #4 but also for our upcoming exhibition calendar.

Field Projects is an NYC-based project space committed to opening the field and exhibition opportunities to other working artists. All of the submissions we receive will be considered not only for Show #4 but also for our upcoming exhibition calendar. As a growing space, this is a fantastic time to submit your work. We are looking for new talent, ideas and practices in the contemporary art field.

About the Curator
David C. Terry is the Senior Program Officer/Curator in the Programs and Awards Department, and manager of the Fellowship and Curatorial Programs at the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA). Mr. Terry is a working artist, curator, juror, and a panelist for the New York State Council on the Arts, Bronx Council on the Arts, Westchester Biennale, the Alexander Rutsch Award in Painting, and the Woodstock Byrdcliffe Artist in Residence Program.

Terry was recently selected as a resident in the Elizabeth Foundation’s Residency Grant for Arts Workers in 2011 but also been the recipient of awards including AIM at The Bronx Museum; BRIO, Bronx Council on the Arts; The Puffin Foundation; New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Sculpture, and the Arts and Business Council’s Arts Leadership Institute Award.

Eligibility & Terms
-Artists working in all mediums are welcome to apply.
-All artwork submitted must be ready to hang.
-Artists living outside NYC are also welcome to apply, however you will be responsible for artwork shipping costs.
-Artists working in new media, film, or video- you will be required to use your own equipment for exhibitions.

Submission Fee
$25

Deadline
Friday April 6, 2012, 11:59 PM !!
(Please note, due to time limitations there will be no extensions)

About Show #4
-Selected artists will be notified the week of April 9th.
-All artwork must arrive at Field Projects by Monday April 23rd
-Show #4 opens on Thursday April 26th and will run through Sunday May 6th

to apply go to the Field Project’s website.

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Inspiration: where do YOU get it?

September 6, 2011 in Art Blog

Dear GalleryArtists,
I am right at this very moment at my studio; that fact by itself could be considered a miracle in modern times, but I digress. My attention is being pulled every which way and now that I am here I am blankety-blank… Yep, blank.
It’s been a loooong time since I have gone to an art gallery or museum and found art that inspires me to the core. You know the type, the show that propels you, like a pellet in a BB gun (Sure, I could have used a more violent metaphor but I exercised restraint! ;) to go to your studio and make -whatever it is that you make.
Have you seen a show like that lately? I’m really curious. Do share.
Have I been shocked in an art show? Sure. Flabbergasted? Yes. Rendered temporarily blind. Absolutely. Offended, not yet.. Although there was a year that all you could see was penises and vaginas in every form and direction, they where painted, photographed, alone, in action, together, by themselves… and well you get tired of this after the twentieth piece of artwork that uses human sexuality as a way to shock.. (yawn).
But, Is there artwork (of the Contemporary art breed) out there that is inspired? That is the question here.
I can cite many shows over the years but nothing lately. Ok, granted, locally I’m limited so I have taken to the internet for a fix of this sort.
I have, at times, googled “Contemporary art” to see image results ’cause I just want to see the art, I don’t want to read and or think art.. sometimes. Is that soo wrong?? . Come on, you know you buy Artforum and only look at the pictures. Only when I see an image that is interesting enough do I stop and read… There, I did it, I confessed (for you too?).
But seriously..

Inspiration: where do YOU get it?

Yours truly,
Mariestella

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