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thinking about the holidays

©linda germain 2011
6″ x 6″
mixed media screen print
So I am planning on participating in a few holiday art sales.  I have been finishing, listing and labeling small art work this weekend.
                The first event is – 
                When –   Sat, Nov 5th 11- 5 and Sun Nov 6th 12-4
                Where –  Amesbury Open Studios
                               14 Cedar Street Studios
                               #307 – w/ Muriel Angelil
                What –   scarves, note cards and mixed media monotypes
I tried used mail chimp for the email marketing and so far I like how it is going. So much to learn.  I spend so much time with the computer.  I shut it off only to turn it on a few minutes later.

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Gelatin Prints on the Line

©linda germain 2011
gelatin plate prints on the line working in progress
Well flash floods hit my area of NewEngland and my old volvo ran through some big puddles and now all my warning lights are on.  Maybe they will fix themselves.

I made it to the studio, did some sorting and then some gelatin printing.  I tried printing on colored paper which i hardly ever do.  I liked it.  I used the Daniel Smith water soluble block printing ink.  And the temperature in the studio was perfect.  The ink was transferring nicely from the gelatin plate to paper.

©linda germain 2011
gelatin prints in progress
experimenting with various papers


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New dynamic designs available on Blogger

screen shot on lindagermain.blogspot.com 
what do you think?
My head is reeling, and I have a list of could do’s in my mind.  I went to a seminar about the business of art sponsored by Creative Haverhill on Saturday.  I left with new ideas for the business end of my art.  Today I went to the open studios at Western Ave Studios in Lowell.  Now I have even more money making ideas.  My take away, is to use what I find useful and set  some short term goals. But I think my daily goals and actions are going to be related to connections and consistency.

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Small Works Show @ Lynn Arts

©linda germain 2010
aprox 5″ x7″

I am happy to share that I have 3 pieces in the current show at Lynn Arts. Please join us for the opening of Small Works, this Saturday, September 24th from 2-4pm. The show features the work of 28 Greater Boston area artists creating beautiful and complex work from a variety of media. Small Works was juried by Lauren Johnston Winsor, Public Art & Donor Development Coordinator for the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA). Ms. Winsor has over five years experience coordinating the public art programs at the NEFA in Boston. Working closely with individual artists and non-profit organizations, Winsor develops grant programs and provides technical assistance for public projects locally, regionally, and nationally. Ms. Winsor is active in organizing professional opportunities for the field through a networking and lecture series for artists and the launch of an online forum for public art in New England. She regularly lectures on public art at colleges and universities across Massachusetts and has served as an artist juror for numerous commissions, grants and gallery shows in Attleboro, Boston, and Lowell, MA as well as in Portsmouth, NH.

The Small Works artists include: Brighton, MA: Ronni Komarow, Cambridge, MA: Laura Carmen Arena, East Boston, MA: Maureen O’Connor, Framingham, MA: Carol Blackwell, Georgetown, MA: Sandra Golbert, Haverhill, MA: Linda Germain, Lexington, MA: Ania Gilmore, Lynn, MA: Pauline Bacon, Rolf Flor, Melenie Melanphy, Nadine Mitchell, Steve Negron, Jean Noyes, Heather Meri Stewart, Barry Ridlon, Joseph White, Malden, MA: C-J Stevens, Marblehead, MA: Holly Chin, Betty Ann Downs, Barbara Rafferty, TANYA, Sandra Winter, Melrose, MA: Kathy Mohar, Middleton, MA: Lisa Bohnwagner, Newburyport, MA: Tricia Jones, Salem, MA: Janet Albert, Sara Ashodian, Swampscott, MA: Robin Samiljan

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How do you create connections?

©linda germain 2006
connection – photograph
I like to be and work alone, but then at the end of the day still need human contact and connections.  The paper stack project with Seth Apter and the Altered page gave me a sense of the possibility of connections with other mixed media artist.  But it still feels pretty abstract.  I wonder how other artists combine, or balance in person and internet connections? 

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