Postcards from the Edge Assignment

Visual AIDS invites you to donate a 4" x 6" original work of art for our next

Postcards From the Edge exhibition and benefit sale.

Hosted by Cheim & Read

Preview Party: Friday, January 6, 6-8 PM

Benefit Sale: January 7 - 8, 2012

Here’s how to participate:

1. Create an original artwork on any 4”x6” heavy weight paper. Drawings, photographs, paintings, printmaking, and mixed media are welcome.

ONE ENTRY per artist.

2. Sign and Print Name on BACK ONLY. Indicate the top with an arrow.

3. Complete Submission Forms for Collector and Visual AIDS. Download athttp://www.thebody.com/visualaids/current/postcards2012_artists.html

4. Carefully package artwork. Recommended: wrap artwork in wax paper and place between cardboard. Do not submit charcoal or pastel pieces without fixing them. Do not wrap wet or sticky artwork.

5. If you need confirmation that we received your artwork, include a self-addressed, stamped postcard.

6. If you would like your unsold work returned, please include a 6”x 9” self-addressed, stamped envelope with proper postage. Unsold artwork will NOT be returned unless an SASE is enclosed. Visual AIDS is not responsible for artwork lost or damaged in the mail.

7. Mail your artwork and forms to:

Visual AIDS

526 West 26th Street #510

New York, NY 10001

DEADLINE: Friday, December 9, 2011 (postmark date)

Postcards from the Edge is a unique benefit show and sale of original, postcard-size artworks on paper by established and emerging artists. All artwork is exhibited anonymously, and the identity of the artist is revealed only after the work is purchased.

Details athttp://www.thebody.com/visualaids/current/postcards2012.html

Proceeds benefit Visual AIDS. Visual AIDS utilizes art to fight AIDS by provoking dialogue, supporting HIV+ artists and preserving the legacy – because AIDS IS NOT OVER. For examples of our work and more information, visit www.visualAIDS.org

* You are required to do this!

In class wed Nov 16th

Self Promotion

Person to Person

- talking to people

- go to galleries

- join groups ~ UCCA is the local arts organization in Oneonta

- cold selling your work

- show cards ~ uprinting.com

- business cards ~ uprinting.com

Online

- Social Media: Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pintrest, Tumblr, Blogger, Youtube, Flickr, SoundCloud, Delicious, Blurb, Linkedin and .......?????

- Email

- Facebook events

- Blog about your work and your interest

Sell your Work

- Website/Blog to sell your skills/wares

- Web 2.0 site to sell your skills/wares ~ elance.com/etsy.com

- Craft/Art Fairs - City of the Hills in Oneonta every August

In class wed Nov 9th

Visiting Artist Natalie Waldburger

In conjunction with the Human Question Campus Theme as a part of the Creativity discussion we will be hosting Canadian Painter Natalie Waldburger. She will be giving an encaustic painting demonstration Wednesday November 9th at 2pm in the painting circle, followed by a lecture on her work Thursday November 10th at 7pm in AND 138.

In class wed Nov 2nd

Freelance/Selling your Work

Hired to create for a specific job / Selling something you've previously created

Selling your Skills / Selling your Creations

Freelance possibilities:

- Basic Design work: logos, posters, CD/DVD covers, announcements, advertisements, PSA's, pamphlets, business cards, show cards

- Basic Photography: portraits, advertisements, reproduction, product shots, weddings, anniversaries & birthdays, portfolios

- Basic Photoshop: reproduction; portrait manipulation; color correction

- Ceramics: series or individual orders for plates, cups, bowls, vases, mugs, tea pots, complete sets

- Painting: portraits, murals, interior design

- Sculpture: building most anything from a deck on someones house to a commissioned public sculpture in a variety of materials including wood, metal, wax

- Printmaking - see "Basic Design Work"

- Basic Digitalmedia: social media wrangler, web page/site design, see "Basic Design Work", video documentation, CD/DVD duplication, digitize media

How much should you charge? How do you price a job?

Selling Your Work

Where?

- On-line - Ebay, Etsy, personal website, where else????

- Art/Craft Shows

- Trade Shows

- Galleries

- Local Shops

- Art Guilds

- Word of mouth / person to person

- Art Auctions

How much should you sell your work for?

In class Wed Oct 19th

“SENSE OF PLACE: LIVING AS AN ARTIST IN NYC”

6 ARTISTS FROM THE 35 CLAVER STUDIO IN BROOKLYN, NY

POOGY BJERKLIE / JOHN BJERKLIE / MATT BLACKWELL

JOEL MELLIN / ELISABETH CONDON / PETER SCHROTH

OCTOBER 17-18-19 / MONDAY – WEDNESDAY

THREE ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE

JOHN BJERKLIE – SITE SPECIFIC INSTALLATION

“HOT HEAD/ COOL HEAD”

http://vimeo.com/2216042 - hit embed to view video

POOGY BJERKLIE – SITE SPECIFIC INSTALLATION

JOEL MELLEN – SITE SPECIFIC INSTALLATION / SOUND ARTIST

STUDENTS ARE NEEDED TO WORK WITH THE ARTISTS IN THESE ORIGINAL PROJECTS. GO THE GALLERY ANYTIME AND

GET INVOLVED

THURSDAY OCTOBER 20

3 – 4:30 - GALLERY TALK AND TOUR

ALL 6 ARTISTS WILL BE ATTENDING

4:30 – 6:30 – OPENING RECEPTION

*Your required to go to the Artist talk on thursday 3-4:30pm

Making a Portfolio

- How is work displayed in your medium?

In class wed Oct 5th

Make a list of places to find show venues.

Grants & Residencies

Portfolio - Find out how images are shot for portfolios in your medium

Next class Terry will talk about Senior Show during the first half of the class and Stephanie will talk about artist statements the second half of the class.

FYI

October 20 – November 17

Sense of Place: Living As An

Artist in New York City

Co-curated by Terry Slade and Fiona Dejardin

Six artists from the Brooklyn studio, 36 Claver exhibit their work. Participants include: Poogy Bjerklie, John Bjerklie, Matt Blackwell, Elisabeth Condon, Joel Mellin, and Peter Schroth.

Reception: Thurs.,Oct. 20 with artists present 4:30-6:30 p.m.

In Class wed Sept 28th

We want to go over Project 2 and see where your at.

Tell us about the grad schools you found.

what problems did you run into while getting everything to apply?

Review Assignments 2 & 3

* Make a list of resources for finding shows, residencies & grants

* Tell us about the art venues you found to show your work. What do you need to apply to them?

“More Sinner than Saint”

Artist Talk with: Gary Mayer

Artist, Illustrator and Hartwick College Professor

Wednesday Sept. 28^{th -} 7PM

In class Wed Sept 21st

Looking for and Applying to Shows!

How to find a show

-- internet, magazines, friends/family, local business, art groups, your college

Types of shows

-- Group, Small Group, Solo, Juried, Invited, Traveling

Types of venues

-- On-line - Street - Student Gallery - Gallery - Museum

Types of art

-- Modern, Post-modern, Classic High Art, Street Art, Common Art

How to apply for an Art Show.

-- internet, snail mail

-- always follow all the directions

Assignment 2: Generate a list of websites that help artist find shows, residencies & grants.

Assignment 3: Make a list of 5 art shows your interested in applying to.

In class wed Sept 14th

Questions for the semester:

1: How do I finish my Senior year successfully?

2: How to make a great Portfolio? Different types of portfolios?

Image manipulation and how much?

3: Options after school, what is more beneficial?

What job can I get with an art degree?

* Job experience vs Job experience needed.

Grad school

Selling work online

Freelance

4: How do I keep working as an Artist after school?

Collaboration/ Working with other artist

5: Ownership ©. How do I control my art once it enters the world?

Project 1

Find 3 graduate programs that look interesting to you and go through the process of applying for one. Submit the materials to me on Sept 28th for review. You will get the materials back for future submission to the graduate school should you choose that route.

Lets talk graduate school!

- What can a MFA get you?

- How to apply.

* Word of Advice: Always follow all the directions exactally!

- Where to apply.

- Grants, Loans, GTF/Teaching Fellowships

Welcome

Welcome to Art411 Art Theory & Practice.

What is "art"? Who is an artist? What does an artist do?

This class is for senior studio art students who have successfully passed the Junior Review. The goal of this class is to answer the question "What do I do with an art degree once I graduate from college". It is an interactive seminar where you are expected to ask questions and research answers.

Our semester involves:

As a student who is about to graduate from art school, what questions do you have about making art and working as an artist after college?

* Make a list of 10 things you want the class to cover.

What do you expect to do during your first year after college?

* Write down your goals as an artist during your first year out of college. Be honest.

* What job would you like to have? How do you want to make money?

What Questions do you have about the Senior Show?

- The purpose of the show.

- Making a plan (it can change)

We will be participating in this this year!

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Announcing our first round of 2012 Sketchbook Project tour dates! First 2012 tour dates confirmed! NYC, Boston, LA, SF, Chicago, Atlanta & Portland — many more coming soon It's official: We've just released our first batch of tour dates and we want you to be the first to know. We're working hard to make sure that the 2012 Sketchbook Project World Tour is the most exciting and engaging project we've ever organized — thanks to the support and participation of all of you! Check out our newly confirmed dates below and stay tuned for updates on all the remaining 2012 Tour cities. Not participating in the 2012 Sketchbook Project yet? Don't miss out! Sign up now, select your theme and get sketching! Brooklyn, NY April 14-30, 2012 Brooklyn Art Library 103A N. 3rd St., Brooklyn, NY This is our home! If you haven't visited us yet, we can't wait to show you our Williamsburg storefront. This reinvented industrial space houses all of your sketchbooks and provides access to artists, locals and visitors from across the globe. An archive of inspiration, a purveyor of art supplies to the neighborhood and a living library of sketchbooks — welcome to our Brooklyn HQ. Chicago, IL May 3-5, 2012 Hyde Park Art Center 5020 S. Cornell Ave., Chicago, IL We're excited to be returning to the Hyde Park Art Center for another year. HPAC is the oldest alternative exhibition space in Chicago and a proud anchor of the city's vibrant cultural life. We're honored to join the Center's 70-year legacy of arts education and community outreach and we can't wait to bring the Sketchbook Project back to Hyde Park. Los Angeles, CA May 24-26, 2012 iam8bit Gallery 2147 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA iam8bit is an art space, production company and crack squad of creative professionals. With an emphasis on the intersection of physical and digital culture and an amazing warehouse space in the heart of Echo Park, we couldn't be happier with our new Sketchbook Project home base in LA. San Francisco, CA June 2-23, 2012 Sketchbook Project Pop-Up Shop Location TBD The Sketchbook Project community spoke and we listened: more time in the Bay Area! This year, we're creating a West Coast hub in San Francisco for the first three weeks of June. Expect special events, artist gatherings and a lot more time spent exploring sketchbooks — not waiting in line! We'll announce a location early in 2012... Greater Boston July 6-8, 2012 LynnArts 25 Exchange St., Lynn, MA LynnArts is another new venue that we're thrilled to welcome into the Sketchbook Project community. A driving force behind the resurgence of Lynn's historic downtown, LynnArts is a nonprofit dedicated to a mission of "building community through the arts." We hope to welcome visitors from across New England to this perfect spot on the North Shore. Portland, ME July 11-14, 2012 SPACE Gallery 538 Congress St., Portland, ME SPACE is a nonprofit contemporary art space, a beacon to artists from miles around and, just coincidentally, our venue for last year's tour, too. We love SPACE's role as Portland's artistic and cultural hub and we can't wait to share in that spirit again this year. Atlanta, GA Aug 29 - Sept 1, 2012 MASS collective 364 Nelson St. SW, Atlanta, GA MASS is a new community arts organization and shared workspace in the Castleberry Hill arts district. We're pleased to join forces and present the 2012 Project as part of MASS collective's inaugural year of exhibitions and events. In addition to these amazing exhibition spaces, we're getting ready to confirm our dates in Austin, Philadelphia, Vancouver, Toronto and Portland, OR. We're also working on a big announcement of our plans for London and Melbourne, Australia! Please note that all sketchbooks submitted to the 2012 Sketchbook Project will participate in the tour, although the London and Melbourne shows will be limited to books from Europe and Australia, respectively. All books will be exhibited at every North American tour stop. Stay tuned!  follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | forward to a friend  Copyright © 2011 Art House Co-op, All rights reserved.  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences