Author: dmckee

Some very interesting cars being shown:

Gallery: ArtCar Fest Brings New Life to Old Rides

ArtCar Fest began Thursday with a caravan snaking across San Francisco to the Lawrence Hall of Science, high in the Berkeley hills. There, art-car owners, designers, engineers and enthusiasts gathered overlooking the city to eat, drink and ramp up for a weekend of shocking passersby and seeing old friends.
“I collect art, so why not drive it around?” said Scott Alan, one of the owners. Others have different motives. “We want to encourage everyone who wants to sell their car to turn it into a dinosaur,” said long-time enthusiast Tom Kennedy.

I’ve been having some problems with spam, so I’ve switched my CV link to JavaScript. This strips out any reference to the contact email in the actual HTML page, and prepopulates your favourite mail program with it.
Here’s a link to the site which can do this for free, as well as a link to the Wired article I got it from.

Hundreds of naked people formed a “living sculpture” on Switzerland’s Aletsch glacier Saturday, hoping to raise awareness about climate change.
The photo shoot by Spencer Tunick, the New York artist famous for his pictures of nude gatherings in public settings worldwide, was designed to draw attention to the effects of global warming on Switzerland’s shrinking glaciers.
Hundreds pose nude on Swiss glacier – Yahoo! News
“The melting of the glaciers is an indisputable sign of global climate change,” said the environmental group Greenpeace, which co-organized the event.

Many artists in Ontario are unaware of the information and services available to them. The Ontario government recently created a Web site to provide them with information about a range of programs and services specific to their needs.
The new website – www.ontarioartist.ca
The site includes links to important information for artists such as:
* sources of funding
* professional development opportunities
* legal assistance
* how to market their work, etc.

What: 15 painted skate decks.
Where: Sweet Gallery and Sugar Shoppe @ Distillery
Case Goods Warehouse , studio 107
When: June 21~ 28
www.harveychandoodles.blog​spot.com

I missed number 9. I think the images are too small to see clearly.
Art Quiz II – MSN Encarta

It was a hot and hazy day, and there was little street traffic to draw people to the show. We got a lot of interest from those who passed by, but the show didn’t do as well as we were expecting.
It did give us a chance to meet other artists in the Duke St. Art Collective, of which I like to consider myself a member, since ZuckerLoft Studio is only about 4 blocks away. Sure we still need drywall (soon, very soon), but we like to think we gave it a real try.
I believe the lack of success was due in part to the location, the lack of advertising, and the hot, hazy day. We were initially worried about thunderstorms, but the sun and heat really kept the crowds indoors. Still, we learned a few things about presentation, and how to do this better next time.

This Saturday (June 2nd), I’ll be participating in a show at Station 2 Studios, called “Art and Artifacts”. I’ve got a table just outside the front doors, and will be selling fine photo prints, some of my acrylic paintings, and any found object artifacts I can dig up.
Station 2 was an active fire station until 1964. In the past, it’s been used as car dealerships and car repair businesses. It sold in 2004 to Antoinette Rodighiero who started converting it to a live/work space. They now rent out space to artists and also operate as a small gallery. I’m only a few blocks away, and I have my own studio, otherwise, I’d seriously consider signing up with them.

This is what I’m doing for this Saturday’s art sale.
Fine Printing – Making fine prints
(Part 2: Editioning and Mounting your prints)
Editioning your prints
One of the important characteristics of photography is that it allows almost infinite reproduction from a negative. However some photographers find that selling their work as a limited edition is an effective marketing ploy. Usually those buying early in the edition are charged a basic price, which is then increased as the edition sells. I’d suggest only limiting editions after discussing this with your gallery – and if you don’t have a gallery representing you, not to bother with limited editions.
If you intend to market a print as a ‘limited edition’ of, for example, 50 prints, you should print the edition at this point, or at the very least printing the first tranche, perhaps 20%, of your edition and put the paper required for the rest into cold storage. The prints in an edition should be identical (or as near so as is possible) and photographic paper is subject to frequent and often unannounced ‘improvements’ by the manufacturer that mean the next batch you buy may not produce identical prints.

This is actually a pretty useful lesson for those looking to make a hinge-mounted mat.
Mount a Print
Photographic prints should be mounted so they can be removed from the mount easily, and do not touch the glass if they are framed. This is done by using a window overmat. Cutting mounts requires special equipment and some practice, and although many photographers do mount their own prints, others are happy to leave the job to a professional framer. The advice here is still useful, as not all framers are trained to handle photographs.