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 Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Friday is Make Something Day!
The Friday after Thanksgiving is known as Black Friday in the US—one of the biggest shopping days of the year, with stores opening at ungodly hours offering very limited sales that inspire hysteria in consumers. Adbusters a few years ago came up with a counteractivity called Buy Nothing Day, encouraging people to abstain from the consumerism for 24 hours.  I've got another idea: We shoulod make Nov. 28—the day after Thanksgiving— Make Something Day! Why spend hours circling the mall looking for a parking spot when you could be indulging your creative side and doing something productive? Get a start on your holiday presents! Finish that painting that's been gathering dust for months! Try out a new technique! Teach someone how to paint! Let your kids or grandkids show you how to paint their way! Let your imagination go wild, and take pictures of what you come up with! I'd love to see what you do, so post a link to your blog or your photos in the comments, and feel free to use the logo or this button for your own site: 
By Grace Dobush | Projects | Random Thoughts
11/26/2008 12:43:03 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00) 
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Give yourself a hand, win a gift card
 Looking for something to do before all the relatives arrive? Go old-school and make a turkey hand; you could win an iTunes gift card!
To get us in the thanksgiving spirit here at Rule29, we’ve already started drawing our hand turkeys and hanging them on the fridge. But we need more hand turkeys to completely cover the fridge, and we’re asking for your help. Download the template below, use creative magic to draw a sweet hand turkey, and then scan and email them back to us at mail@rule29.com,
we’ll post all of the entries below, and one lucky hand turkey will win a $25 iTunes gift card as our way to show our thanks to you. Please have your Turkeys back to us by close of business Nov. 25th or early the 26th.
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By Grace Dobush | Free Stuff | Projects
11/25/2008 11:14:01 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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Monday, November 24, 2008
Beautiful papercut calendar
Nikki McClure's calendars are famous for her powerful images made with very simple materials. Each image is a papercut made from a single piece of paper. The 2009 wall calendar is $16 and can be ordered from BuyOlympia.com. (You'll be able to read more about her in the April 2009 Artist's Life section of The Artist's Magazine!) 
By Grace Dobush | Cool Web sites
11/24/2008 4:44:56 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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Friday, November 21, 2008
How to get your press release noticed
 We get hundreds of press releases and gallery opening notices every week at The Artist's Magazine, and most of them get recycled or deleted. A lot of them just aren't pertinent, or they're happening too soon in the future for us to do anything with them (see some tips that I mentioned earlier about creating great press releases). And sometimes, the press release doesn't look that great—like if it's just a black-and-white photocopy that doesn't include any images of the art. Or, even worse, if there are tiny black-and-white reproductions of the art that don't tell me anything.  But some mailings grab my attention fast—ones that include good color photos, that are simple and to-the-point or, my personal favorite, ones that have a handmade touch. Some of these mailings end up tacked to my wall long after the event has passed. Like the ones above from the Tilton Gallery in New York. I've never been to the Tilton Gallery, but I am totally collecting their gallery show promos (shown above). Each mailer is a simple, thick white card with a one- or two-color letterpress design. Another came just last week, a promo for the 1000 Journals Project at the San Francisco MOMA you can see at right. On the front is an image from one of the artists, along with a screenprinted logo and stitching along the bottom. It's so precious I couldn't bear to toss it! Below you can see a closeup of the back, which shows with a check which artist the image on the front side is by, and a closeup of the embossed SFMOMA logo. Awesome!  
Advice | By Grace Dobush | Random Thoughts | Tips
11/21/2008 4:55:34 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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Thursday, November 20, 2008
Trees on canvas
 Myoung Ho Lee separates his subject—trees—from the surrounding landscape by suspending a canvas behind them. The resulting photographs are really striking. See the Morning News and Lens Culture to read more. At right, Tree #2 by Myoung Ho Lee (archival ink-jet print on paper, 125x100cm, 2006)
PS: It's probably obvious by now, but I'm back at the helm of the blog! I helped the new guy over at ArtistsNetwork.TV transition into the job, and things are rolling along well there! (In fact, a little birdie told me that they filmed some new videos yesterday...) I've also been working on a new series for The Artist's Magazine that's starting in the March 2009 issue called Mediapedia. They're four-page, in-depth, brand-free guides to art media that you can clip and save for in-studio reference. The first one is on acrylics, so watch for that issue when it comes out in February!
By Grace Dobush | Photography
11/20/2008 11:16:25 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Free Seattle art show
 If you're in the Pacific Northwest, check this out! The Women Painters of Washington have partnered with the city of Seattle's Restore our Waters Initiative to create an art show focusing on the importance of healthy urban waterways. Thirty artists are showing their work in Waters Alive! and donating a protion of their commissions to ecology-focused nonprofits. Waters Alive! runs through Jan. 30 at the Columbia Center, 701 Fifth Ave., Seattle, WA 98104.
By Grace Dobush | Free Stuff | Shows and Events
11/18/2008 12:51:44 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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Monday, November 17, 2008
Studio tour with New Yorker cartoonist
Like one-liners and knick-knacks? In the video above, The New Yorker cartoonist Mick Stevens gives a tour of his home studio in Florida. You can read more about the magazine's cartoonists on its blog. And I'm reminded of that episode of Seinfeld where the gang tries to determine the meaning of a New Yorker cartoon.
Elaine: Come on, we're two intelligent people here. We can figure
this out. Now we got a dog and a cat in an office. Jerry: It looks like my accountant's office but there's no pets
working there. Elaine: The cat is saying, "I've enjoyed reading your e-mail." George: Maybe it's got something to do with that 42 in the corner. Elaine: It's a page number. George: Well, I can't crack this one. Elaine: Aahh! this has got to be a mistake.
The Washington Post did a story on the magazine's enigmatic cartoons in 2006; you can read it here.
By Grace Dobush | Random Thoughts | Videos
11/17/2008 1:09:33 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008
CD giveaway winners!
Remember the survey/CD giveaway we did? These are the 10 randomly selected winners! - Bart Healy, Collingswood NJ
- Don Bronson, Clearfield UT
- Tracy Leuth, Bettendorf IA
- Linda Freund, Simi Valley CA
- Marilyn Doerter, Elida OH
- Kurt Jacobson, Anchorage AK
- Loisanne Kelle, Tucson AZ
- April Lopez, Kennewick WA
- Susan Genge, Crawford CO
- Crysteelaurie Abrams
(If you are Crysteelaurie Abrams, check your e-mail! I have a CD with your name on it...)
By Grace Dobush | News
11/12/2008 10:05:16 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008
For animal lovers
By Grace Dobush | Cool Web sites
11/11/2008 5:17:53 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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Friday, November 07, 2008
Major Warhol show in Columbus
I hope to be able to visit this awesome show, but if I can't make it, the video tour above will just have to suffice. (Not sure if the Velvet Underground soundtrack is included in the admission fee.) Andy Warhol: Other Voices, Other Rooms "sheds new light on the celebrated pop artist and focuses on the ideas
at the heart of his work: embracing consumer culture, exploring sexual
identity, challenging social conventions, and erasing distinctions
between high and low culture."
The exhibit runs through February 15, 2009, at the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio. Tickets cost $8 for adults, or $5 for visitors ages 13-17 or older than 65. Free to Wexner Center and Warhol Club members, college students with ID, visitors younger than 12, and free to all visitors every Thursday evening and first Sunday of each month.
By Grace Dobush | Notable Artists | Shows and Events | Videos
11/7/2008 2:48:23 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Urban sketching
By Grace Dobush | Cool Web sites
11/5/2008 4:34:28 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Remember to vote!
By Grace Dobush | News | Random Thoughts
11/4/2008 10:34:17 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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