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Life beats down and
crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one. Stella Adler Art is the stored
honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travail. Theodore Dreiser Pictures must not be
too picturesque. Ralph Waldo Emerson Art is a
collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the
better. Andre Gide But
that's what being an artist is - feeling crummy before everyone else feels
crummy. The New Yorker What
art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit. John Updike An
artist is someone who produces things that people don't need to have but that
he - for some reason - thinks it would be a good idea to give them. Andy Warhol God
and other artists are always a little obscure. Oscar Wilde I
found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other
way - things I had no words for. Georgia O'Keeffe Great
art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness. George Jean Nathan Art
is your personal diary where you may color your thoughts and emotions on a
page. Sara, Los Cerros
Middle School, 1999 If
Michelangelo had been straight, the Sistine Chapel would have been
wallpapered. Robin Tyler Art
is not a thing; it is a way. Elbert Hubbard |
an invigorating, refreshing, or restorative agent or influence
OTHER CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE
Mike Graves Rusty Sharp Joe Conkwright YOU That's right: e-mail your essay and maybe we'll invite you by for a drink and a read!
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Coming up... author Gin Phillips musician/author/painter Bobby Bridger Voice Master Everett McCorvey Master Poet Frank X Walker tonic
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"SUMMER 09" JURIED COMPETITION Sponsored by Women In Photography International DEADLINE JUNE 30, 2009 "Summer 09" explores the visual impact of the life giving forces of children, flowers and trees. We hope that you will participate and submit images to raise our consciousness, add a smile to our face and bring forth a feeling of appreciation of the beauty around us. womeninphotography.org ------- 3rd Ward Summer Solo Show The Summer Solo Show is a nationwide open call for dynamic, inventive and provocative work of all mediums - sculpture, photography, painting, printmaking, illustration, installation, graphic design, video, and more! ------- The Best of America Volume II Book Series 10 Art Book competitions each dedicated to a single medium or genre. Open to All American Artists. DEADLINES: JUNE 1, 2009: Oil; JUNE 1, 2009: Pastel; JULY 1, 2009: Mixed Media; JULY 1, 2009: Water Media - including Acrylic; AUGUST 1, 2009: GLASS; AUGUST 1, 2009: Sculpture; DATES FOR JEWELRY, PHOTOGRAPHY, POTTERY / CLAY and WOODWORKING posted soon. Click here for more information, prizes, judges, and to enter contest ------- WITNESS Witness
seeks women who have experienced sexual and/or intimate partner
violence to collaboratively create original works of art with visual
artists to communicate the women's experiences and/or processes of
recovery. The program
will begin in September and continue through October 2009. The
works created will be exhibited in a public venue for a period of
4 - 6 weeks, should the individual desire to share her story. All works
will be considered property of the individual whose experience or
process is being visually conveyed. The exhibition will be presented
to the public in November 2009. Women interested in participating can contact Julia Curiel, LAL Program Coordinator, at (859) 254-7024 or
jcuriel@lexingtonartleague.org ------- Best of the year 2009 DEADLINE JULY 04, 2009 Marziart International Galleryinvites all Artists,18 years or older, to the competition "Best of the year 2009"in 5 different categories.The competition is open to all visual artists working in the mediaphotography, painting and sculpture (no installations) Marziart International Gallery, Hamburg, Germany website -------
GENIE AKIN AND CURTISWOOD FARM 1ST ANNUAL WRITERS RETREAT July 17 through 19, 2009 The retreat takes place at Curtiswood Farm, 130 Robinson Lane in Georgetown. The fee is $275.00. The weekend will offer individual times with Hope Clark and a writing contest. (No entry fee for retreat students and $5 for non-students)
The retreat workshops include:
* Funding Streams, Sources of Writing Income
* The Writing Process
* Branding: The Writing is Wasted if They Don’t Know Who You Are
For more information or to make reservations curtiswoodfarm@yahoo.com or 859-229-8888 ------- LACDA INTERNATIONAL JURIED COMPETITION DigitalArt.LA 2009 Enter our juried competition for digital art, digital photography, video and new media. All styles of artwork and photography where digital processes of any kind were integral to their creation are acceptable. The competition is international, and open to all geographic locations. Deadline: July 20, 2009 Online registration only. No exceptions. The 24th Annual International Juried Show This critically acclaimed show is open to artists with eligible work in all media from the United States and around the globe. A distinguished member of the arts community is chosen as juror each year. Deadline: October 1, 2009 http://www.artcenternj.org -------------------------------------- RESOURCES
   A.R.T. (Artist Resources and Tips) is available on the Kentucky Arts Council website artscouncil.ky.gov A.R.T. is published online every two months. If you are not on the arts council's mailing list and wish to receive email announcements when new editions of A.R.T. are posted to the website, you must sign up for the arts council's mailing list via the link on the front page of their website at artscouncil.ky.gov -------- The Arts & Democracy Website
sponsored by the National Center for Civic Participation The site features:
------------ Ongoing Call For Submissions
Your Stab of Art on real, usable Bags with Cash Prize! Online Event - Calls for Submissions - , Digital Media Other This is a perpetual online contest judged by the members. Register for free access to purchase, vote, design and forum at the site. Template of bags are ready for download where your art can be placed and you upload it for others to vote. If selected to print, cash prize is awarded. Additional cash prizes for reprints due to popular demand.This is great also for artists to sell their prints on usable items. Bulk discounts are available.It is time to break the typical and give art another outlet. www.bagstab.net ------------ Ongoing Call For Submissions - The Open Studios Press Competition (Publish Award) Art Gallery Presented by The Open Studios Press. Winners receive full-color spreads of their art in the nationally distributed periodical, New American Paintings. Six regions (Northeast, Mid Atlantic, South, Midwest, West and Pacific Coast) each have separate annual competitions and deadlines for entry. Open to all artists in the U.S., all styles and media are welcome, as long as the work is singular and 2D. Entry Fee: $25. Entry guidelines openstudiospress.com ------------ Arts Across Kentucky Seeks Information and Photos of Kentucky Artists at Work Kentucky artists are invited to send articles with "high quality images" of their art as well as photos of themselves at work. 300 dpi (dots per inch) is the minimum necessary for print media and send them in large size. More information at www.artsacrossky.com ------------ Torch: Poetry, Prose, and Short Stories by African American Women Rolling Deadline Please visit torchpoetry.org for guidelines |
YouTube goes Widescreen YouTube is "expanding the width of the page to 960 pixels to better reflect
the quality of the videos you create and the screens that you use to
watch them. This new, wider player is in a widescreen aspect ratio
which we hope will provide you with a cleaner, more powerful viewing
experience. And don't worry, your 4:3 aspect ratio videos will play
just fine in this new player."Google teams with Life, the magazine that featured extraordinary stories documented by extraordinary photographers. The two have teamed to construct a database of some 10 million photographs from the 1750's to the present. It's a work in progress but already there's a mass online. Be sure to search a variety of artists, like Picasso for instance. Churchill Downs announces the 2009 Kentucky Derby art UK (University of Kentucky, that is) Junior Eric Schlich has started a new campus journal "The Cat's Figment". The undergraduate literary paper aims to offer short stories, poetry, creative non-fiction and artwork from UK undergraduates. See more at www.thecatsfigment.com The University of Kentucky Department of Art has invited to campus for the eighth year an emerging Kenyan artist through the UK Kenyan Artist-in-Residence program funded by the Ruth Hunt Wood Foundation Inc. |
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