2010

Artist Professional Tool Box with the Art and Business Council

2010, Uncategorized / /

Last night  I attended an informational meeting at Lynn ARTs about the Artists Professional Tool Box program sponsored by
the Art and Business Council of Greater Boston.  The program is APT is a nine-month intensive course for a select group of artists to learn and practice marketing, networking, and business skills with the additional benefits of peer group interaction, mentorship, and feedback.  D’lynne Plummer, the director of the program gave us an overview of the information covered and answered all of our question.  The application deadline is September 15th and the opening weekend is October 28th and 29th.  I am so happy the I found out about this course.  I think it is coming at a perfect time for me.
gelatin plate monotype above 
©2009 linda germain 
aprox 3″ by 6″ on recycled card

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Making Small Works in the Studio

2010, mixed media printmaking / /
things on the work wall August 2011
©linda germain 2011
Happy to be in the studio these days.  Still I feel pulled in other directions but I am breaking goals down into 20 minute steps and getting stuff done.  New eye glasses are helping me to see things clearly 🙂  I wrote a proposal for a new series of workshops and it just flowed out!!  That’s a good day

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Bugs and things to do

2010, relief prints, stencil print / /
Bug
4.25″ x 5.5″ 
layered print ©linda germain 2011
I usually work freely with out expectations and demands.  Today I tried to put myself in production mode and just got tight and made “mistakes.”  It was not a good feeling and not very productive.  But rather than call it a wasted day, I am going to take a new approach to “production.”  Certain activities like cropping existing prints require less creative flow.  So tomorrow  I am going to produce cards by cropping existing materials.  Let’s see if it works.

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Poll added to my blog about Mac & photo editing

2010, Uncategorized / /
5 dogs
©linda germain 2009
aprox 2′ by3′ pastels and charcoal

I could use your help and advise about photo editing and managing software on a Mac.  I took the leap and got a Macbook a couple of weeks ago, and I have a lot to learn.  I am coming from an old PC, using photoshop 6 to edit and folders by date to manage.  Out of 14 GB of documents to transfer from my old computer 13GB are photos and mostly of my artwork.  I have been trying out Elements 9, checking out iPhoto,  and elements organizer.  Thanks.

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Prints off to the the Littlest Print Exchange

2010, relief prints / /
©linda germain 2011
on the cutting table
So I am participating in the Littlest Print Exchange, and I sent out may package of prints yesterday.  The deadline was the 15th.  Why wait ’til the last minute?  I don’t know.  The theme this year is accessibility.  How it works is I sent in 51 prints 3″ x 3″ and I get back a full set of 50 prints, one from everyone in the exchange.  This is my first time participating.  I am excited to see what I get back.  I am thinking of trying to find a local venue to exhibit the portfolio.
  

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