AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

This is the same picture smartblurred

I never had any formal art instruction. I don't know what I'm drawing till it's done.
And even then I don't necessarily know. I almost always draw directly with ink.
This is different because I colored it in with cheapo colored pencils woefully lacking in colrs that aren't green,pink, or yellow. I've been mixing brush and pen.

I never had any formal art instruction. I don't know what I'm drawing till it's done.
And even then I don't necessarily know. I almost always draw directly with ink.
These are unusual because I colored them in with some cheapo colored pencils.

I never had any formal art instruction. I don't know what I'm drawing till it's done.
And even then I don't necessarily know. I almost always draw directly with ink.
Lately I've been mixing pens and brushes. This is a test picture. Do you see an inkblot in this? What does it look like to you?

I never had any formal art instruction. I don't know what I'm drawing till it's done.
And even then I don't necessarily know. I almost always draw directly with ink. The big exception was the Tarot cards in colored pencil on 3x5 index cards, then SmartBlurred (which I have since 'shopped hell out of and may post soon).

Anyhow, the top head is flat because I ran out room at the top of the page.

The Allan Stone Chair in Visual Arts

College of the Atlantic seeks to honor the legacy of Allan Stone by establishing a Chair in Visual Arts in his name. Stone, the New York art dealer and collector and Mount Desert Island summer resident, combined a broad expertise in abstract expressionism, found objects, and realist painting. For more information about the Allan Stone Chair in Visual Arts, go to http://www.coa.edu/stone.

College Art Association fellowships, deadline Oct. 1

The deadline for applications to CAA’s Professional Development Fellowship
Program is October 1, 2008.

CAA annually awards fellowships in the amount of $15,000 to qualified
graduate students in visual art and art history; grants may be used to help
recipients with various aspects of their work, whether for their job-search
expenses or purchasing materials for their studio. In addition, one or more
fellowships are awarded to a PhD student specializing in American art; this
award is made possible with support from the Wyeth Foundation for American
Art. As in the past, honorable mentions may also be recognized.

The main purpose of the fellowship program is to support outstanding

this is an open call for sound works for an outdoor surround sound
environment at the canaan 2008 music festival, takaka, new zealand.

the canaan music festival is a yearly event running from 31st december
to 3 jan.
The festival is in its 3rd year and is an eclectic mix of alt.rock and
electronic dance music that is family friendly.

whilst there have been an "ambient" zone in the past the current
curator wishes to encourage
the space as a place for presentation of sonic art and experimental
sound with an emphasis on multi -point systems
( with a nod to the ambient roots of the past curators)

Thus:
For the festival a 6-point discrete sound system will be used for
playback of works.

Artists are invited to submit works in stereo,quad, or 6-point

YourPR has posted a new item, 'LadyPR El Segundo' at www.yourpr.org

Listen and get ideas to produce your own episode!!!

Hello, everyone!! Welcome to el segundo episode of LadyPR. I tried to keep this baby short and sweet, like my dog Olive, so I hope you guys like it. This episode includes the following:

Interview with Lindsay Wachs and her crew of sammie-making comrades. One girl, one back-up crew, 100 sandwiches, 100 oranges, and a desire to put the government’s money to work, serving the people of the Haight.

Interview with Pastor Edwin Weaver, a man who cares about the community of San Francisco. Edwin teaches at Golden Gate Community Church and he is a leader I want to follow. www.ggcc.org

YourPR has posted a new item, 'LadyPR El Segundo' at www.yourpr.org

Hello, everyone!! Welcome to el segundo episode of LadyPR. I tried to keep this baby short and sweet, like my dog Olive, so I hope you guys like it. This episode includes the following:

Interview with Lindsay Wachs and her crew of sammie-making comrades. One girl, one back-up crew, 100 sandwiches, 100 oranges, and a desire to put the government’s money to work, serving the people of the Haight.

Interview with Pastor Edwin Weaver, a man who cares about the community of San Francisco. Edwin teaches at Golden Gate Community Church and he is a leader I want to follow. www.ggcc.org