Thursday, September 03, 2020

Trawick Prize Winners Announced

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 From the organizers: The Trawick Prize: Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards, a juried art competition produced by the Bethesda Arts & Ente...
Wednesday, September 02, 2020

The more things change...

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The more they stay the same! The below was published four years ago... I'm still waiting to see some movement... any movement! About a d...
Tuesday, September 01, 2020

What to do and what not to do

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If you're an artist: Do not hand out your own personal business cards at your opening and/or an art fair where your work is being exhibi...
Monday, August 31, 2020

Anatomy of an art commission

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It all started at the  2016 SOFA Art fair in Chicago , where my work was being shown by the hard-working Audrey Wilson, when (after the fair...
Sunday, August 30, 2020

More Bad Things Galleries do to Artists

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This has happened to artists several times in my memories, both in the US and in Europe: Artist and gallery owner agree to do a show of the ...
Saturday, August 29, 2020

A bad thing that unethical galleries do to artists

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The vast majority of independently owned, commercial fine arts galleries are ethical, hard-working labors of love, the second most-likely bu...
Friday, August 28, 2020

Bad things galleries do to art collectors...

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Our area, like most major metropolitan areas, is peppered with stores that have the word  "gallery"  in their business name, but a...
Thursday, August 27, 2020

Hatuey Webinar is on now!

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  OK my art peeps! Need all my peeps to support Ric Garcia Join me in an Artist Conversation with Ric Garcia TONIGHT at 7:00 PM EDT. In co...
Wednesday, August 26, 2020

My Dad in the 1940s

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  My father, Florencio Campello Alonso, somewhere in Guantanamo in the 1940s?  Enjoying either a glass of wine or maybe a coffee... Check ou...
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Tuesday, August 25, 2020

More Bad Things Artists do to Galleries

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This actually happened to a gallery in Georgetown, in Washington, DC in the 1990s: Back when there were eight galleries in Canal Square , on...
Monday, August 24, 2020

A bad thing some artists to do galleries

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A good reputable gallery is a work of love, with gallerists usually running the business by the skin of their teeth.  And when a gallery giv...
Sunday, August 23, 2020

Gateway Open Studios

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Gateway Open Studios is back, only this year their  Open Studios is all virtual thanks to the Covidian Age, Saturday August 22 between 11-am...
Saturday, August 22, 2020

Copyright for Artists in the time of COVID-19

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  Envision: Copyright for Artists in the time of COVID-19 Wednesday, August 26, 2-3PM During this time, many creatives have had to shift the...
Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Scam websites

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Even the best of us get scammed!  These are all scam websites - they all look legit, and even have Paypal payment options, run on secure ser...
Monday, August 10, 2020

Developing Your Elevator Speech

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  WSG PROGRAM: Developing Your Elevator Speech Talking about art is important. Talking effectively within a socially accepted time frame is ...
Sunday, August 09, 2020

Art Scam Alert!

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 Beware of this mutant attempting to rip off artists: Solomon woodson (solomonwoodson81@gmail.com) Greetings... I am Solomon from Gadsden Al...
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Friday, August 07, 2020

2020 Trawick Prize Finalists announced and Baltimore dominates!

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Seven Baltimore artists and one DC artist have been selected as finalists for The Trawick Prize: Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards, a juried ...
Friday, July 24, 2020

ARTOMATIC 2.0 IS OFFICIALLY OPEN

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ARTOMATIC 2.0 IS OFFICIALLY OPEN! They have nearly 300 visual artists registered at www.artomatic.org ! Take a scroll online and consi...

Top 10 Craft Artists at Artomatic 2.0!!!

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ARTOMATIC 2.0 https://www.jra.org/jra-news/top-10-in-craft-artomatic-20 TOP 10 IN CRAFT: ARTOMATIC 2.0 The James Renwick Alliance jur...