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Calls for Entry & Three Free Issues of Art Opportunities Monthly
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! I’m often asked where I find so many cool shows to apply for. Here’s the answer. I love Art Opportunities Monthly (AOM), it’s a subscription listing of all kinds …
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Shake Things Up: 14 Ways to Bring the Residency Home
This summer I had an artist residency at the Uphill Art Farm in West Virginia. That’s got me thinking about ways to bring the best aspects of a residency home. Most of us can get only get away once or twice a year for a …
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Routine vs. Getting Away, Which Wins?
I set out to write a what I did this summer post, but the interesting thing turns out to be not so much what I did, but how I did it. What works better for creatives? A complete re-set, getting away, as in a residency? …
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Photo of the Week
We were driving home from a too-short camping trip when we passed this sunflower farm that just kept going and going. “Should we stop?” “No, we’ve got to get home.” Then a “Turn around! We have to stop!” We weren’t the only ones. Car after …
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Cindy Pope Shows Test Prints on the Silhouette
Though I haven’t done it, I’m fascinated by the idea of cutting leather-hard metal clay on the Silhouette Cameo computer controlled cutting machine. Cindy Pope is the go-to gal for the latest in techniques with the Silhouette. Here’s a link to a video from Cindy …
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What’s it Like to go to Arrowmont?
Here’s a terrific post from art teacher and fiber artist Jeanette Thompson describing her trip to Arrowmont, the arts and crafts “summer camp for grown-ups” as I sometimes describe it. She does a great job of capturing it! http://afterschoolartclub.blogspot.com/2013/08/arrowmont-three-incredible-weeks.html Learn more about Arrowmont School of …
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Inspirational Photos of the Week from the Road
I’m in West Virginia at an artist residency and have some photos to share! There are lots of terrific old stone barns with wonderful rusted steel roofs, but the roads are so narrow I usually can’t pull over to get a picture. This stone building, …
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The View Through the Windshield – a Daily Creative Practice
Here’s a recent photo from my photo series, “The View through the Windshield,” my daily creativity practice. The idea is that I carry my little camera with me all the time (I’ve been slipping on this one lately, blame the smart phone) and take pictures …
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