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Express it Forward

April 15, 2012 in Art Blog, Art Practice, Just because

Express it Forward, brainchild of Ula Einstein is a philosophy and practice designed to activate your creativity-in-motion. In this episode we discuss perfectionism. Perfectionism, that sneaky bugger, chips away at our ideas. Perfectionism has no room for experimenting, playing, or process… Perfectionism is not a Standard — Perfectionism is an Obstacle!

Beyond The Comfort Zone

Stop Holding Your Breath

Good job Ula, Love what you are doing!

-Mariestella

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.

[Art] Bucket List

September 25, 2011 in Art Blog, Art Practice

Dear GalleryArtists:

The desire to make a vision or a project a reality, may it be humble or grandiose, is the kind of stuff that takes you to places- interesting places, and can transform you from a dreamer to an accomplished (insert here an appropriate noun).

Have you put some time into this type of goal-setting? Do I need to remind you that time is of the essence here?

I was looking at a website, and wouldn’t you know it, there is a website for making bucket lists with a check off list of things accomplished, -maybe I’ll put in my bucket list to make a bucket list at this site and make sure I check them off… (agh.. what was I saying?).

Ever since I can remember, I knew I was going to be an artist. It didn’t occur to me that I could fail at it, I just went about my life thinking of ways to make it happen, step by step. Along the way I realized I needed to be more focused and make goals so that my efforts went into the general direction that I wanted. This is goal setting 101 for any self employed artist.

In my buket list, besides the predictable, travel the world and a more focused list item, participate in international artfairs and visit them in person, I also write, to have a prosperous art career and in the achieved column I write: in progress.

So what is your art-bucket list?

Two related links:

http://bucketlist.org/tag/art/
http://www.unionleader.com/article/20110915/NEWHAMPSHIRE01/110919922