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RePaint Your Life: Create a Life in Art

RePaint Your Life: Create a Life in Art offers a new and exciting approach to marketing and selling your art. Renowned abstract artist, Connie Jordan, shares her secrets and life experiences to guide your journey towards success as an artist. Lessons learned from Connie’s own personal journey provide guidance and inspiration for new or aspiring artists. If you are an artist who has struggled to earn a living, this book was written especially for you. RePaint Your Life is the essential guide to create a new vision of your life as an artist. Step into Connie Jordan’s world and learn to live the life of your dreams! Please visit www.ConnieJordanArt.com to learn more and to buy your own copy.

Posted: June 22, 2008

DC AREA ARTISTS

Something new and exciting is happening for artists in and around Washington and I’d like to invite you to be a part of it.   Our area is brimming with talented artists, but how can you connect with each other professionally and make a difference in our community? At International Arts & Artists (IA&A) we are committed to bringing you together with like-minded people in order to revitalize and strengthen our local arts scene. You can make a difference for yourself and for our community by becoming a Member of IA&A.

Our new Membership program provides us with a mechanism to listen and respond to the needs of DC-area artists.  IA&A will develop distinct, relevant services designed to enhance your career and to foster the creative community in and around Washington. Joining IA&A places you in a support network of artists, collectors and arts professionals of all ages, across disciplines, and in all stages of their careers. Among other benefits, your Membership card will entitle you to discounts at reputable art supply retailers and you will be eligible to participate in our heath and studio insurance programs. 

IA&A’s Membership will center on Hillyer Art Space as a place where regional artists are always shown and where artists can meet.  Located in the vibrant, arts-oriented and Metro accessible Dupont Circle neighborhood, the Art Space has already become a popular First Friday destination.  In the eighteen months since it opened, Hillyer Art Space has presented a total of fourteen exhibitions involving 92 artists.  Exhibiting artists are chosen by our prestigious panel of prominent regional artists:

IA&A has several different levels of Membership, so that you can choose which works best for you. For more information or to join IA&A please call: 202-338-0680. This project is the pilot for IA&A’s national and international artist service program that will be based (and will remain) here in Washington. IA&A looks forward to serving the arts community of the mid-Atlantic region.

Posted: March 29, 2008

CREATIVE CAPITOL ARTISTS TOOLBOX

Are you an artist that could use fund raising advice? If so, check out this article with Creative Capitol Assistant Director Alyson Pou about how to raise money for your projects HERE

Business-of-Art handbook by Nannette Clapman Blinchikoff

Title: Promoting Art with Integrity, a 5"x7" easy-to-read book on the Business of Art; cost $20 per book; see excerpts, table of contents, and more at www.ncbenterprises.com

A Singular Creation

Our New Free Gallery For Artists and Photographers – A Singular Creation (http://www.asingularcreation.com) is very excited to be able to bring you our new free gallery, which will allow you to be able to create your own personal photo gallery and share it with the world at no cost and hardly any effort. This new gallery will make it possible for you to quickly and easily upload your photos, create albums and manage your gallery. The great thing about it is your photos will become part of A Singular Creation's community forum gallery. All users will be able to rate images, add comments and post topics for critique. Now you will be able to not only show your art, but discuss your art and share your opinions with others on their art. To view the new gallery:
http://asingularcreation.com/Gallery/. To register, follow this link: http://asingularcreation.com/Forums/. To join our mailing list:
http://asingularcreation.com/newsletter.htm.

The Artist Pension Trust (NY).

The Artist Pension Trust is a pension program, designed especially for artists, to help with long-term financial security. Participants are chosen by a selection committee experienced in working with emerging artists. Artists in the program contribute 20 works of art into the trust throughout a 20-year time period, and will receive income 20 years after the trust begins. This creates a tax-savings benefit. Artists benefit in two ways; by receiving monies generated by sale of works in the artists' pool; and through the monies generated in the individual artist's pension account. Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis. For more information, contact: Artist Pension Trust, 156 Fifth Ave., Ste. 323, New York, NY 10010. E-mail / phone / visit: info@artistpensiontrust.org / 212-871-1011 / http://www.artistpensiontrust.org/.

Art Deadlines

A monthly newsletter (via email or paper) with several hundred announcements (every month!) listing art contests & competitions, art scholarships & grants, juried exhibitions, art jobs & internships, call for entries/proposals/papers, writing & photo contests, residencies, design & architecture competitions, auditions, casting calls, fellowships, festivals, funding, and other opportunities (including some that take place on the web) for artists, art educators and art students of all ages. http://artdeadlineslist.com/

SUBMIT TO THE E-NEWSLETTER!

If you would like to send the WPA\C information about an upcoming event you are involved in, please send an email to wpainfo@corcoran.org. Listing What, When, Where, if there is a fee, and any website links that may give our readers a way to find out more. Please have your listing in by 5pm every Monday. Please do not send this information as an attachment. Following this format will ensure your spot in our weekly E-newsletter. Thank you and hope to hear from you soon!

Opportunities for Artists:

Washington, DC, Cultural Development Corporation. Contact: Lori Frush, Program Associate, Cultural Development Corporation, 1250 H Street NW, 10th floor, Washington, DC 20005; phone: 202-661-7582; fax: 202-661-7599; email: culturaldevcorp@culturaldc.org; visit: http://www.culturaldc.org.

Artwirk.com:

A leading-edge, art-specific global environment that welcomes artists of all skill levels and most every artistic style. Designed as a digital showcase for original art, Artwirk.com is an easy-to-use, self-service vehicle for freelance artisans, art brokers and art lovers alike. Artwirk.com boasts of a one-of-a-kind online marketplace that caters to its clients’ needs by offering free registration, charging no upfront fees and assessing low commissions only after an item or service actually sells. Log on to http://www.Artwirk.com and take our site tour to preview our many site offerings in more detail. Should you require additional details on our services or have any questions, feel free to give us a call at 800-360-7018 or email us at customerservice@artwirk.com.

Art Opportunities Monthly:

Contains calls for artists valued at over $3.7 million. These include juried shows, residencies, fellowships and grants, slide registries, public art commissions, apprenticeships and special contests. In addition, it lists screenings for group and solo shows at universities, community colleges and art centers, as well as calls for mail art, political art and posters and web-based art projects. A visitor can click on more than 300 links to go to the site of a sponsoring organization or send them an email for more details on an opportunity. AOM is offering all new subscribers three bonuses for signing up: A free list of open-deadline opportunities; free space on its Website to show an image work; and free membership in an email list to announce their shows or ask or answer questions about opportunities. Subscriptions are $25/yr by ground mail or $15/yr by email. For a free sample copy or more information, contact AOM, Box 502, Benicia, CA, 94510; email: sample@ArtOpportunitiesMonthly.com; visit: http://www.ArtOpportunitiesMonthly.com.

The New York Foundation for the Arts:

(NYFA) is proud to announce the launch of NYFA Source, the nation’s most extensive database of awards, services, and publications for artists of all disciplines. Artists, funders, arts organizations, and the general public can access NYFA Source for free at http://www.nyfa.org/nyfa_source.asp?id=47&fid=1. NYFA Source identifies more than 2,700 awards, 2,100 services, 800 publications for artists in the disciplines of dance, music, folk/traditional, theater, performance art, visual, design, media and literary arts. An easy-to-use search engine allows users to narrow queries by discipline, location, gender, career point, application deadline, program name, and more. NYFA SOURCE PERSONAL ASSISTANCE: In addition to the web site, artists may receive personal assistance by calling 1-800-232-2789 (1:00-5:00 p.m., EST, Monday-Friday), or e-mail their requests to visual@nyfa.org or performing@nyfa.org, depending on the focus of the work. (At this time, due to budgetary restrictions, NYFA Source is not set up to provide assistance through live telephone or email to literary artists. We apologize for this inconvenience.)