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Monday, July 31st
art and nature walk: STILL WATER
 In 2005 the Foundation Nature Art Drenthe ( based in the province Drenthe in the Northern part of the Netherlands) organised for the first time a international symposium on art-in-nature. It was called ‘Art and nature walk The Legend’. 10 international artists were working for a fortnight on location inspired by the old legend of two ugly giants called Ellert and Brammert.
Robers and killers long time ago in this region and kidnapping the beautifull farmers daughter Marieke. A bloody story although with a happy end. The symposium and the exhibition till the end of 2005 was very succesfull. About 12.000 visitors and a lot of exposure in the press.
Adri AC de Fluiter on 07.31.06 @ 07:15 AM EST [more..]
Wednesday, July 26th
What is Art?
I've just finished speaking at the Krasl Art Center in St. Joseph, Michigan. It's a quaint, artsy, resort town nestled along Lake Michigan. The views of the lake alone are worth the trip. Anyway, the seminar was "Art Collecting 101." It was one of the kickoff events for the 45th Annual Krasl Art Fair on the Bluff. It went well, but not many people attended. That's okay. For me, it was yet another step into the art forest and confirmation that more people need to actively support living art.
Michael Corbin on 07.26.06 @ 09:37 AM EST [more..]
Wednesday, July 19th
Rejection/Perseverance
 Artists have frequently asked me, how does one go about getting accepted by a gallery? Well that’s a complex question, to which there is no easy answer. In fact it’s similar to asking how an unpublished writer goes about getting published. My first answer in either instance? Prepare for rejection. So before we even begin to get into the business of gaining gallery representation, let’s discuss this common experience.
I feel it’s best, as your career travels its twisting course, if you acknowledge that your work will probably be rejected several times initially, and that finding the right gallery will be no simple task. Therefore, let me give you one piece of advice about rejection: get used to it. Let me also give you another: determine to persevere beyond it, no matter what.
Paul Dorrell on 07.19.06 @ 03:30 AM EST [more..]
Monday, July 10th
Roswell
In preparation for my first trip to the infamous town of Roswell, New Mexico, where the faithful believe a flying saucer crashed in 1947 and aliens were abducted by the military, I found pictures of the place almost nonexistent on the Internet. So, it is my hope that this Web site solves the problem. Let it be a virtual window to peek in and get a feel for this amazing small town in the middle of the arid desert of southeastern New Mexico. It will be evident why this town twice have won the "Best Towns in America" award. One will also see that the entrenched UFO and alien subculture is alive and well. I found Roswell to be a very clean and the people friendly. There exist more art institutions than other towns of its size (50,000), and Main Street offers so many choices in dining. Even a "Little Theater" drama group and a symphony enrich local life.
Pygoya on 07.10.06 @ 08:05 PM EST [more..]
Friday, July 7th
Art Workshops Experiences and Retreats
 Artists need to be able to change perspectives. Awe, Art Workshops Experiences Retreats at the Baron Conservancy desert in Wonder Valley, CA attempt to accomplish a broadening of the way an artist looks at space and offer an opportunity for individuals to visualize their temporal presence without the interference of outside noise and physical manifestations.
The broad expanses serve as pristine canvasses on which the imagination is enabled to express imagery drawn from internal processes and external impressions.
Hyacinthe Baron on 07.07.06 @ 11:49 AM EST [more..]
Wednesday, July 5th
Somewhere behind
 The fact that there would be someone, somewhere else in the world, who copies your paintings and signs them as theirs, to then become a famous painter in their country and reach such recognition that the Ministry of Culture of their well-reputed nation, advised by a commission of “experts”, should award him an important state Prize, is incredible, to say the least.
It would seem that the world information net has holes large enough to let through impossible stories that would be too farfetched even for April Fool’s Day.
Alberto Sughi on 07.05.06 @ 08:44 AM EST [more..]
Monday, July 3rd
Letter to European Parliament
 Margrete Auken, MEP - Member of the European Parliament
Bât. Altiero Spinelli
08H165
60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60
B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel
Dear Margrete Auken,
I was very pleased, as I found out that you were a member of
”Committee on Transport and Tourism” in European Parliament.
I'm an artist from Denmark.
The reason why this letter is in English is that it is my monthly contribution to WWAR Art News -
WWAR is World Wide Art Resources in Columbus, Ohio - I hope you don't mind this.
It's all about a baby and it's all about children's safety in traffic.
Asbjorn Lonvig on 07.03.06 @ 03:59 AM EST [more..]
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