Winter Sunrise From My Window in Calgary
Sometime ‘life’ is dominating my thoughts and work. Sometimes these little windows into my world don’t fit neatly anywhere else so they get listed under ‘This and That!’ Sometimes an issue requires a rant. Or I just feel like sharing something that is important or has touched me in someway.
OK! I’m still here! I really meant to get back to my blog/web site sooner! Is it really two months since the last post? It’s been mostly good stuff and creative time. Thinking back, it was the re-occurrence of a back problem that forced me to take a break in the beginning. Long hours at the computer entering data for this web site and winter inactivity probably were factors. Then, I had some really intense creative time….. celebrated a couple of birthdays….hooked up with a couple of new groups here in...
read moreOkay! I’m in rebellion mode today! I have an almost complete website – with some portfolio posts requiring additional attention and more posts to do. It’s been six weeks or more of many long days of work. I should be working on that! I could be doing more hand stitching on my ‘exhibition’ piece that is still under construction and I have two more exhibition piece commitments to go… There is a box of UFO’s that I promised myself I would tackle this winter… I’ve got three journal...
read moreExhibition Research Continued: In my research regarding art exhibitions I recently stumbled upon a discussion about vanity galleries on the Art Business group on LinkedIn. It started me thinking about my own experiences and so I went to the blog posting written by Katherine Tyrrell who started this discussion for more information. Katherine defines a vanity gallery as ” one which requires you to pay to show your art. This may involve a fee for each item of art shown or a fee to be shown in their gallery and/or have an exhibition. The...
read moreCollaboration – A Tool for Increasing Your Audience Continuing from my post of notes made while reading Anna Hergert’s blog, I turned to Alyson Stanfield’s blog and the first posting that came up was ‘Multiply Your Exhibition Audience with Collaborative Programs. Right off the bat she provided a list of things that art museums consider when developing their exhibition schedule. This was of particular interest to me as I have a favorite spot I would someday like to approach in Almonte, ON – The...
read moreOne of the my groups in Calgary has had some really interesting professional development discussions at the meetings. We each take a turn hosting and leading a meeting each year. My turn comes up in March and I’m starting my research. Although I have participated in many group shows and have continued to do so throughout our travel years, I have only had a couple of solo shows and they preceded our travel departure date in 2009 so I need to refresh my thinking on exhibitions and how to proceed. I thought that instead of gathering my...
read moreHas anyone noticed my absence? For the past ten days I have been nose-to-grindstone doing the slug-work of cleaning up a blog that was moved from Blogger to a WordPress template and from there into a new ‘made for all gadgets’ template that magically transforms my art website from computer screen to tablet to smart phone format. That involved editing every post and re-entering all the photos so they would be resident on the site with my web site. Oh did I mention that it involved learning about how ‘categories’ and...
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