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MALC conference at Boston Bublic Library

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I attended the Creative Massachusetts: The Artists Congress 2009 – Welcoming Artists of all Disciplines to a Discussion of Our Creative Future on Saturday at the BPL.  Ja-nae Duane coordinated the whole event.  I attended sessions about How to Create Community, Network and Networking Tools, Free and Low Cost Technology Tools For Artists and Artist Run Businesses/Projects and Grants and Resources.  The panelists included Panelists: Jessica Burko, artist, curator, arts marketer, Founder of Boston Handmade
Brian Handspicker, President of the Berkshire Artists Colony; Chair of the Eclipse Mill Gallery
Bea Modisett, artist and founder of This Collective Pull events Imani McFarlane, owner and fashion designer of Boston’s House of Tafari,  Chloe Gracia-Roberts, Masspoetry.org Norah Dooley, MassMouth and  Kelly Bennett, artist and Massachusetts Cultural Council/Artists Programs Department

The next event is http://www.artistsunderthedome.org/home.html Nov 19th. 

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Great Day – in New England

2010, Uncategorized / /
Sunday – Sunny and warm for the first day of November.  I took a pile of photos of some of my gelatin prints.  I struggled and then gave up and learned the limits of my camera and lighting.  I can always improve and be patient for now.  The rust prints are progressing.  I figured one way to control the rust image is to scratch the metal.  It helps that my studio is in a machine shop.  Plenty of metal around to rust up! I found gapingvoid on twitter. He inspires me to do 200 drawing in 30 days!  I worked on a bunch of collages today.  Right now they are a gross gray, green, blue color.  It is time to sand them. Enjoy! http://www.linda-germain.com/

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Time to Play

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Today I did some reading, played with some collages and struggled again with my paypal button.  I think it is a problem with blogger software.  I am hoping it is temporary and will fix itself.  I was reminded of Artist Congress 2009 that is meeting at the Boston Public Library.  Sound like lots of free information.  The Ghost print workshop that I taught last night was fun for all.  Everyone came in with inspiration for their prints.  They are seeing their world differently now.  They are noticing textures, share and potential printmaking tools.  Yeah!!!  I have been reading Ignore Everybody and 39 other Keys to Creativity by Hugh MacLeod.  It is funny, straight forward and helpful.  http://www.linda-germain.com/ http://lindagermain.blogspot.com/

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I Sort. I Pile. I Print.

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I just placed a paper and mat board order with Dick Blick. I worry if the white of the board will match the white of the paper. I hope so. I have been trying to mat and frame some work today. I find myself avoiding it. I sort. I pile. I go to the computer. I go to lunch. I sort some more. Hmmmm. I guess I need to break it down into baby steps and set some deadlines. I would rather be playing with ink and stuff. I will make time for both. Enjoy! http://www.linda-germain.com/

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Printmakers Meeting Today

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Earlier today we the printmakers of  the Newburyport Art Association met a Indigo Studio in Newburyport.  We had some hads on training for our blog Impressions by England Printmakers.  Plans were discussed for a visit to the South End Open Studios in November.  Next month we hope to experiement with a credit card style printing press and tiny prints.  http://www.linda-germain.com/

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