A globe used as a video projector and also designed to allow acrobats the possibility to perform on the surface of the structure

As part of the opening ceremony to the XXIX Olympiad Games in Beijing, China, a large globe floated into the air with acrobats performing around it each suspended by a wire harness. No matter where any of the acrobats stood on the sphere, they remained upright at all times as they cartwheeled along a railing. In its pageantry and fireworks, the ceremony marked China as a world power to contend with. They took all steps to show what was possible.

The preparation for this opening event, performers had rehearsed for many months sparking the degree of dedication to which their athletes have trained for the games. Chinese athletes may break all records unseen before as they attempt to show the world the threshold to their human spirit and endurance.

An art centre under construction in Port of Spain by the Chinese is a sample of China's globalization and its second rebirth of the Chinese presence in Trinidad and Tobago

The British Olympic committee for the 2012 games are scratching their heads today as to wonder how they are going to match or surpass this presentation. Bets are on floating canopies mobilized by sky walkers.

The Trinidadian carnival designer, Peter Minshall has been responsible for the opening for Barcelona, Atlanta and Utah, Olympics respectively. His popular puppet mobiles (Saga boy and Tan Tan) and disked shaped (Callaloo) costumes were used in the presentation.

Founded by Anat Litwin, HomeBase is an annual international public art project exploring notions of home, taking place this year in a 5-storey historical townhouse in the heart of Sugar Hill, Harlem.

HomeBase III opens till May 18
on Wednesdays through Sundays
from 1:00 – 9:00 PM

Venue: 764 St. Nicholas Ave at
148th St.

HomeBase III features a unique group of emerging and exhibited artists from Israel, Lebanon, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Iran, and the US (including two Harlem residents), creating in a diverse range of mediums—including fabric sculpture, multi-media performance, film, paper cut-outs, dance, architecture, and sound. Each artist received a room in the townhouse to use as a studio for three weeks to serve as their home for creation.

As the project manager, I have been involved with HomeBase since its first year in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, in 2006. Recently, I had a moment to talk with Anat Litwin, the project founder and director, about the ambitious third year of HomeBase.

Q: As someone who grew up in both Berkeley, California and Haifa, Israel, can you explain what is home to you, as a perennial traveler?

For people of our generation the geographical sense of home has changed, resulting in a prevailing sense of displacement having to do with open borders and globalization, whether chosen or not chosen. HomeBase has to do with the exploration of home as a concept that we carry with us, suggesting the possibility to recreate and reform the meaning of home through a creative process.

Q: How did you initially conceive of the HomeBase Project? What inspired you?

At the time I was working as Director of the Makor Artists-in-Residence program of the 92nd Street Y, and I realized the immense creative potential of an artistic community based on study, creativity, and dialog.

Parallel to that, I received a huge studio space, an entire floor in a brownstone building in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, which was kindly given to me by my landlord, Florin Meirovici, for two months, after which it was to be renovated.

I wanted to challenge the communal setting further, so I brought together a diverse group of artists and offered each artist a room as a studio within my studio to work together on the notion of home, within the context of site, environment, community, and public interaction.

Q: Why have you chosen home as the focus of this project?

Home has become a subject of exploration for me because it is such a foundational aspect of one's being. In a way home is an extension of self, of past and present; it is an architectural and emotional structure within which we exist.

As an artist and curator I am interested in exploring this theme as it elevates everyday questions of being in the world. Home is a rich entity that exists on the verge of the private and public, combining architecture, real estate, urban design, social, political, and spiritual issues. By exploring home there is a shift in roles: instead of the artist being caught merely in the matrix of gentrification and high rent fees, the artist claims space and becomes an architect of meaning, generating new perspectives and a rich cross-cultural dialog about this theme.

Additionally, in these times of a bursting art market, and the ever-increasing commercial value of art, there is a real need to create some kind of alternative venue that is focused on direct dialog between artists, and between artists and the public. It is about creating a meaningful laboratory for exploration and bringing art back home, and not necessarily as a commodity.

Q: What is home, if it is not just the place we live or the house we grew up in?

Home is a work in progress, it is transient. Often I find that it can be defined by its absence, by a sense of longing.

Home is different from house; home is much more abstract, while house is concrete. There can be a combination of the two, but they can also be completely separate. One can be homeless even in the biggest home...

This is not an attempt to beautify the notion of home. Home can contain the most difficult, horrific, and painful realities and the most mixed emotions. Within a home environment one goes through the deepest physiological developments and threats, gaining a sense of self and at the same time losing it. Freud wrote an interesting article about the "Uncanny," the un-homely, alluding to the disturbing psychological aspect of home. Home resonates in many different shades and tones; I think that's why its meaning is so simplified and why it is such an interesting ground for exploration.

Q: You are the founder of HomeBase, and also an artist. Can you tell us about Anat the artist?

My art work has a child-like and humorous aspect to it combined with provocation and sensuality. I have been working lately in the medium of paper cut-outs and installation, using images and home furniture to create a kind of unique iconography, an object theatre.

I think that in my work there is a strong dimension of questioning and doubting very primal cultural aspects, such as family, home, and relationships; using a naive, saccharine, and seductive facade to do so. Specifically, the new series for HomeBase is focused on a total investigation of relationships with the "other," the companion, the union, the quest for bonding and the dysfunction of bonds. On a larger level the whole HomeBase project, as an artwork, explores just that as well.

For more information, visit:

• HomeBase Project
• Video of HomeBase III (featured on "Guest of a Guest")
  
• Event Schedule of HomeBase III and its past videos of HomeBase 1 & 2
  
• Youtube video on HomeBase III - Webisode 2

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Pierre & Gilles, Double jeu

Pierre & Gilles c’est un couple non pas de photographes mais d’artistes, qui sévit depuis trente ans. Pierre est né à la Roche sur Yon en 1950. Il fait ses études de photographie à Genève avant de faire son service militaire. Il s’installe ensuite à Paris en 1973 et travaille comme photographe pour des magazines tel que Rock & Folk, Dépêche Mode ou encore Interview. Gilles est né au Havre en 1953. Il y étudie la peinture à l’École des Beaux Arts. En 1974, il s’installe à Paris, peint et réalise des illustrations pour les magazines ou la pub. Ils se rencontrent lors d’une soirée, l’inauguration de la boutique Kenzo, en 1976 et s’installent tout de suite ensemble, rue des Blancs Manteaux, dans le Marais à Paris. Ils commencent à travailler ensemble tout de suite.En 1978, ils créent les affichent et cartons d’invitation du Palace, et travaillent pour le magazine Façade pour qui ils réalisent des portraits (Andy Warhol, Iggy Pop, Mick Jagger, Etienne Daho…). C’est ce qui les fera connaître. En 1979, après un voyage en Inde qui influencera leur travail, ils travaillent pour Thierry Mugler, ou encore réalisent des pochettes de disques (Amanda Lear…). En 1990, ils déménagent pour le Pré-St-Gervais. Depuis se succèdent manifestations artistiques, expositions, et désormais rétrospectives. Car leur œuvre est colossale : près de 800 tableaux éparpillés chez les collectionneurs du monde entier, principalement russes, japonais et français.

L’un est photographe, l’autre peintre. Ils travaillent ensemble selon un même processus inchangé depuis tant d’années, même si leur travail n’a cessé d’évoluer. Ce processus, de la conception à la réalisation, demande du temps. Ils produisent donc peu, seulement une vingtaine de tableaux par an. Avant de faire l’image il faut la penser, la dessiner, concevoir le décor, choisir le modèle et trouver la lumière. Pierre photographie une image imaginée à deux. Puis la meilleure photographie de la séance est tirée en grand format et Gilles la transforme en peinture. Il rectifie le décor et adoucit les visages. Le tableau s’achève par la réalisation de
son cadre.

« Chaque photographie retouchée est comme (…) un cabinet des merveilles dont l’encadrement est la bande annonce, le roulement de tambour. Pailletés d’or et de strass quand il s’agit d’introduire une star (ou décrétée telle), écrasants et monumentaux comme des chasses d’église païenne lorsque les images «pieuses»
reconstruisent la vie des saints ou fricotent avec la mythologie. Ces encadrements font partie du travail de recomposition (…). Ces cadres qui hurlent leur présence signent que ces photographies sont surtout des tableaux. »

écrit Gérard Lefort dans Libération Depuis un an, ils travaillent désormais en numérique. Rien n’a changé si ce n’est que les images sont scannées, les couleurs retouchées et ensuite imprimées sur de la toile et non plus du papier. Paradoxalement, le numérique les rapproche de la peinture.

Pierre & Gilles partagent les mêmes goûts et les mêmes influences dans l’imagerie populaire. Ils puissent l’inspiration dans le cinéma de leur jeunesse dont les stars sont représentées comme des icônes, comme proche de la perfection, mais aussi dans l’Art Baroque, dans la mythologie grecque, dans la Bible ou encore dans leurs voyages, notamment en Inde. Leur travail parle d’amour, d’érotisme, de sensualité mais aussi de la mort.
Le travail de Pierre & Gilles est surtout connu du grand public pour
les portraits de stars qu’ils n’ont cessé de réaliser. Les stars qu’ils
ont photographié ont transgressé les codes liés à leur personnalité.
Délaissant le papier glacé esthétisant et devenant une icône au sens
propre comme au figuré, ils questionnent avec humour leur statut.

L’utilisation de gens connus ou de personnages de l’enfance (Le cauchemar d'Alice, encore Hello Kitty) contraste avec la fascination pour le Sacré avec laquelle ils abordent la Bible, la mythologie grecque ou l’Hindouisme.

Le monde parfait qu’ils mettent en scène à travers la représentation des
icônes du passé et celles du monde moderne ne seraient pas complet sans
celle des personnages emblématiques du quotidien (marins, putes,
jardinier…). Mais ces personnages restent des symboles, et leur
mélancolie rappelle que ce monde à l’esthétique parfaite n’existe pas .

Les sujets abordés, Saint Sébastien, les Marins… et certaines des célébrités qu’ils ont portraiturées (Dalida, Claude François, Madonna, Kylie Minogue, Boy George, Lio, Arielle Dombasle…),
tend à réduire leur travail à une sorte d’iconographie gay. Il ne se
résume pourtant pas à cela, ni même Kitsch dont il est souvent
qualifiée. Leur oeuvre est même éminemment politique, même s’ils ne
dénoncent ou ne revendiquent rien. Exception faite peut-être de
tableaux tel que Iraq War, ou plus fortement encore Les Mariés ou Les Clowns, traitant respectivement du mariage homosexuel et du sida.

Cette gravité se retrouve dans leurs autoportraits, en particulier depuis le
débuts des années 90, avec La Mort, ou Le Diable, part d’un
questionnement sur la mort. Les autoportrait du début étaient plus
joyeux et drôle comme les Pistolets, Perversion ou Les Marins.

En près de 120 images, cette exposition à la Galerie du Jeu de Paume
retrace l’œuvre de Pierre & Gilles et nous en dévoilent les
multiples facettes. A travers leur monde imaginaire « c’est bien
l’histoire de notre société, avec ses rêves et ses peurs, qui se
déploie sur ces murs. » conclut Damien Sausset dans connaissances des
Arts. Si avec ça vous n’allez pas voir cette expo, je ne peux rien dire
de plus.

Pour ceux qui en redemandent… des photos qui ne sont pas dans l’expo.

Infos Pratiques

Où? Jeu de Paume, 1 place de la Concorde, 75008 Paris

Quand ? Jusqu'au 23 septembre 2007

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There is an energy and liveliness that inspires me to do something creative.

Enjoying Barcelona by drawing it, is not just a privilege for some happy fews born with talent.
ArtistsLoveBarcelona, a dynamic art group in Barcelona’s city centre, organizes arts holidays.
Whether you are a complete beginner or a seasoned professional, it
gives you the opportunity to discover the city by sketching, painting
and making photographs.

In one of the life drawing workshops attended by students from all around the world, we have met Leah Salomon, a very kind designer from Canada. She accepted to make us share her creative experience in Barcelona.

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LE BAL ÉROTIQUE
présente par MONDE OSÉ
Vendredi 10 Août 2007
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par l'entremise d'un festival annuel incluant plusieurs activités,
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5 October 2004 Regine vintage

The mythic Soviet Lomo camera, born in 1982, gained cult-status for its slightly indinstinct images with distorted colours.

The same year Holga was created in Hong Kong as a cheap camera containing only the bare necessities for photo mechanisms.

The Lomographic society adopted Holga a few years ago and even offered an "Holga Starter Kit".

But now they really tempt me as they further revamped Holga , proposing more equipments :

A color wheel to tint your flash with yellow, red, blue, or clear gels.
A "B" setting to keep the shutter open for natural background / flashed
foreground images, or pure nighttime long exposures. A tripod nut to
keep Holga steady, and a 6x6 plastic mask for sharper images.

The Deluxe Kit includes also the Holga Filter Set. They even added
my favourite application to take pictures of the people I don't like
too much: a titanium Japanese Fisheye Adaptor!

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Given its simple and friendly nature, the Holga is uniquely suited for all manner of modifications and tinkering. Here's a few to get you started! If you have some of your own, then shoot them over to us at holga@lomography.com .

1. The Lenshood by Mandi

   There really couldn't be an easy Holga Mod! All the hard has been done
   and all you just have to download it!
   The idea of this here Lens Hood is to save your masterpiece shots from
   evil flare spots. It will do it's very best to protect your Holga from
   extreme-angle light reflecting inside the lens from the front and side.
   As long as you keep the light source out of the frame, you should be
   able to shoot towards the light without getting unwanted sun flare.
   And these are no ordinary, average-Joe lens hoods. Oh no no no! They
   are a collaborative project using Mandi's Vorsprungdurchtechnik and
   Michael's cutting-edge graphic design. With 4 funky designs to choose
   from, you will be the envy of all fashionistas and camera-watchers the
   world over.
   Just click on this link to download your very own free, Designer Holga
   lens hood. All you need then is a printer, a pair of scissors and a bit
   of sticky tape.

   Download Lenshood PDF Version 1
   Download Lenshood PDF Version 2
   Download Lenshood PDF Version 3
   Download Lenshood PDF Version 4
   

2. Pinholga by Daniel

   For anyone Lomographer who has wanted to build their own pinhole but
   either doesn't have the time (or is frankly too lazy) to do it from
   scratch, Daniel's Pinholga is an easy 3 step wonder.
   The Holga's 'B' setting and adaptability makes it the perfect camera for a pinhole modification.

   Gently, unscrew the lens (don't worry, you can screw it back on later!)

   Tape the pinhole into the Holga.

   All you need now is the Holga cable release adaptor, a cable release and a tripod. You're done!

3. The Paper Mask

   Here’s a very simple modification. The idea is to create a mask which
   sits inside your Holga and projects its rough edges onto the film. Take
   some paper or cardboard (approx 8x7cm), fold it down to 6x6x7cm, rip or
   cut out the center, and then tape the whole thing. You can use it
   instead of the regular 6x6 plastic mask – but you’ll need to tape the
   batteries inside. Shoot and enjoy the “I like it raw” edge style!

4. The Emperor’s New Clothes

   Tired of the black plastic look of your beloved Holga? Looking for a
   change? First, find some material you like and make sure you have
   enough of it. Then, check the measurements of the parts you want to
   cover. Mark your material and cut it out (if necessary). And then stick
   it on your Holga! Feel free to pair your new beauty with a gold chain
   or jewelry for a real sassy look. And for some extra tips:

   - Don’t forget to cut out a flap for the film exposure window
   - If you still own a lens cap, give it a new dress as well. But don’t forget to take it off when shooting!
   - Be careful with the glue
   - Choose extraordinary materials. Try clothes, fur, cotton wool, your
   favorite photo, sand, tin foil, simple cardboard (you can write and
   draw on it).

5. Signature by Mandi

   This brand-new technique is still being perfected by our expert Holga
   technicians. But the general idea is this: embed a small signature or
   character onto each shot that you take. Of course, this is easily done
   in Photoshop, but we are talking analog here! You should use the
   interior edge of your Holga’s interior frame to mount your signature.
   Try putting your initials in tin foil or gluing tiny letters to it.
   Whatever you place there will appear on in every shot. Bear in mind
   that the orientation will be reversed on the actual print.

6. Fignature by Mandi

   Like its kissing cousin, the Signature mod – this involves pasting
   small items onto your Holga’s film mask so that they will appear on
   every of your images. For this purpose, we used little tiny figures –
   the kind that are employed in H-O scale model railroad dioramas. Head
   to your local hobby store and check out their assortment, you’ll need
   the smallest figures that they have there. Buy a couple and some
   plastic cement glue. Remove the film mask from your Holga and carefully
   glue your figurines around the square edge. Be sure to do this away
   from the camera – you don’t want no glue on that shutter! Once it’s
   fully dried (give it 24 hours), then pop the frame back in and start
   shooting.

7. Half-frame Holga by Buzzy Sullivan

   The right tools for the job: Holga, film, film box or thin cardboard, scissors, and electric or gaffers tape.

   - Step 1: Remove the plastic film mask from your Holga camera. Cut up a
   film box or other piece of cardboard to the same length as the film
   mask, and half the height (or less than half if you want unbalanced
   frames).
   - Step 2: Feel free to leave a jagged edge in your cardboard – it will
   have a cool effect on the photos. Keep in mind that your edge will be
   magnified in the picture – so the more perfect that you try to make it,
   the less perfect it will probably look.
   - Step 3: Use some gaffers or electric tape to fasten the cardboard to either the top or bottom half of your Holga frame.
   - Step 4: Load your film as usual and go shoot. For composition, keep in mind that you are shooting half-frame.
   - Step 5: After your last shot, go into a dark room, a car trunk, or
   use a film-changing bag (about 10 bucks at most pro photo stores). By
   hand, roll the film from the take-up spool onto the original spool.
   This is easiest if you hold the spools together. Don’t forget which way
   is up and which is down on your film roll.
   - Step 6: Once your film is rolled back, then go into a lighted area
   and flip the Holga mask upside down – so that the cardboard if covering
   the opposite side.
   - Step 7: Load the film like normal and shoot the roll again (keeping in mind your half-frame composition).
   - Step 8: Develop as usual, smile, and repeat!!!

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A new story by Vicente Gutierrez, wmmna's correspondent in Tokyo.

"I wanted to distance myself from the curse of time." - Ryuichi Sakamoto
"I wanted the imagery to project completely free of control." - Shiro Takatani
[quotes taken from ICC website]

The recent collaboration between composer Ryuichi Sakamoto (a founder of Yellow Magic Orchestra) and cinematographer Shiro Takatani (a founder of the dumbtype art collective) is their effort to escape the constraints of space and time, namely notions of sequence.

For Sakamoto, it´s composing without sticking to traditional time signatures or a single genre in a composition. For Takatani, it is allowing a computer-controlled system to select clips from the diverse body of video he produced for this installation. For both, avoiding linear forms of their respective fields is what they had worked towards by looking to generative art as an escape.

LIFE: fluid, invisible,inaudible... started as an opera by Ryuichi Sakamoto in 1999 as his effort at presenting an overview of music and society in the 20th century; for that work, Takatani was brought in to help out with the visuals. From then, the two later collaborated with a short series of experimental live shows, the first being Garden Series Vol.1: Experimental Live at Honen-in Zen Temple in Kyoto where they used laptops to conduct the music and images. Fast forward to 2007 and 'LIFE' was commissioned as a work by the Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media (YCAM) and later exhibited from March 10 to May 28 2007 at YCAM. Now, the newest, slightly evolved version of 'LIFE' is on display at the ICC center in Tokyo.

'Life:' is a journey into the world Sakamoto and Takatani have created from a body of audio and visual work, and as the name suggests, it aims to be fluid, invisible and inaudible. Juxtaposing abstract sounds and distorted visuals with clearer, more sensible sounds and images throughout, two duo virtuously present the unknown, invisible and inaudible as perceptible to us.

But first, here's how it works:

The decentralized flow of sound and video is established by a 3 x 3 grid of aquarium-like tanks made from acrylic, which are each 30 cm high and 1.2 sqm. The acrylic aquariums, each accompanied by two adjacently hanging speakers on the ends, are hung in the pitch-black darkness of a large installation room. Each of the 9 cubes contains a thin film of water, about a few centimeters deep and inside, within which varying levels of fog and [subsequent] ripples are generated by the ultrasonic waves from (8) silent pumps planted in the corners. A couple meters above are the discreet ceiling-based projectors which channel the images downward into the water, acting as a screen.

Upon entering the room to the tune of layers of blissfully jarring sounds by Sakamoto, the set up is confronting- a room consumed by darkness with the nine hanging cubes, suspended about 3 meters above the floor; all together creating a grid-like set up where laying down accommodates the best view of a single cube; those who felt free slowly paced within and around the perimeter.

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Well, I have come across some fantastic new promotional tools for artists in the last couple of months so it is time for another installment of ?How Artists Can Get Noticed NOW!!!.

Art Review Digital:
http://www.artreview.com

artreview.com is an exciting new social networking site for the artworld, creating a global forum for discussion, interactivity and debate. Our members are artists, galleries, collectors, critics, curators and the curious. As a members of artreview.com, you can:-Post artwork, blogs, videos and audio and have members rate and comment on it
-Find exciting new artists from around the world
-Sniff through last night?s party pics and post your own
-Keep up to date with news and access ArtReview magazine archives
-Find the galleries that represent the artists with ArtFinder
-Create your own discussion groups and forums
-Promote yourself and make friends

Lab For Culture
http://www.labforculture.org

LabforCulture provides services to artists, cultural managers, producers, programmers, researchers and policy-makers.
We provide: -Information, research and analysis related to cultural cooperation and collaboration, including funding opportunities, critical perspectives, research, news, and contacts (organisations and networks).
-Online networking tools to enable and strengthen the capacity for cultural collaboration within the cultural sector.
-Promotion of the players engaged in cultural cooperation and their activities across Europe and beyond.
-Spaces for connections, exchanges and knowledge sharing between organisations and individuals.
-Platforms for discussion and discourse on current issues affecting the cultural sector.

Artmakr
http://www.artmakr.com

The Goal of artmakr, is to bridge the gap between amateur and hobby artist, and snooty art galleries. Artmakr aims to take the vast and barren middle ground. It is our Mission to provide resource and inspiration to help more people, make art, and get paid for it. As well as to encourage more people to buy original art.

I Send You This
http://www.isendyouthis.com

for the artist we provide:
-Own independent website: artist-controlled image and information upload.
-Promotion within the isendyouthis.com advertised and marketed website network.
-A secure credit/debit card payment facility that can be used in the studio or on-line.
-Art opportunity notification service
-Exhibition promotion service
-Gallery submission service
-Artwork cataloguing and sales recording
-Mailing list and press release services
-Work shown in online art galleries and online art fairs

The Art List
http://www.theartlist.com

Since 2003, TheArtList.com has been a leading online resource for visual artists and photographers
who are looking for income and exhibition opportunities to enter. TheArtList.com?s searchable database of art contest and opportunity announcements includes a wide spectrum of content submitted by art galleries, institutions and art organizations.

Time to get busy!!!

How Artists Can Get Noticed NOW !!! Update 3

I receive many emails from artist?s asking how they can get noticed by galleries and dealers so I created this post to give artist?s some ideas for ways to promote themselves. The popularity of this post has motivated me to update it regularly as I come across new websites that would be of help to artist?s trying to promote themselves. If you have any suggestions for websites for this post then please contact me via the contact form on this blog.Updated 25/12/07 Online Galleries:

Red Bubble:
http://www.redbubble.com

Art Mesh
http://www.artmesh.org
Invite only: http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/showthread.php?t=462506&highlight=artmesh

Folio Snap
http://www.foliosnap.com

Merchandise:

Printfection
http://www.printfection.com

The Art Group
http://www.artgroup.com

Networking:

Digital Consciousness
http://www.digitalconsciousness.com/

Organization of Independant Artists
http://www.oiaonline.org/

Miscelaneous:

Fine Arts Title Registry
http://www.fineartstitle.com/artists.php
-Capture personal commentary about each work of art: collectors will cherish it and the art?s value will be enhanced
-Certify your work was brought to life through your own creative effort; sign the Registered Certificate to use as your Certificate of Authenticity
-Begin provenance in the online record; it is transferred to the buyer and remains with the work forever
-Document and track your entire inventory with offsite, secure records

International Registry of Artists and Artwork
http://www.iraaregistry.org/
The IRAA is an authority in the registration of professional artists and artwork, and as such, serves anyone interested in art - including museums, historians, commercial galleries, educators, collectors, archivists, scholars, fine art publishers, universities, curators, estate managers, students, art insurers, and of course, artists.

Fine Art Adoption Network
http://www.fineartadoption.net
FAAN is an online network, which uses a gift economy to connect artists and potential collectors. All of the artworks on view are available for adoption. This means acquiring an artwork without purchasing it, through an arrangement between the artist and collector. Our goal is to help increase and diversify the population of art owners and to offer artists new means for engaging their audience.

Artist Pension Trust
http://www.aptglobal.com
Artist Pension Trust® (APT) is the first investment program dedicated to the needs of emerging and mid-career artists. APT?s long-term financial planning services allow artists to invest their artworks alongside a community of select artists, thereby providing a uniquely diversified, alternative income stream

Update 9/8/07
I have received several suggestions of other websites where artists can promote their work so I have decided to add the new resources to the list. If you have any other websites that you think should be on the list then send me a message using the contact box.

For The Artists: GET NOTICED NOW!!art-show.jpgart-show.jpg

In response to a large number of artists asking me how to market their art I have decided to write a basic guide for artists on how to get noticed online. The internet has opened up endless opportunities for artists to promote and market their work but with so many avenues of exposure it can be difficult knowing which to utilise and which to avoid. To keep things simple I have created a list of the most important avenues of self promotion for artists and links to relevant resources.

Networking:
One of the most important avenues of self promotion for artists is the involvement in, and interaction with communities of artists. By networking with other artists you get the benefit of their experiences, expertise and contacts within the art market which could lead to opportunities to exhibit your work, sell your work or be represented by a gallery of dealer. The internet has allowed global communities of artists to come together through online forums and groups to promote their work and enhance their marketing skills. There are many online communities of artists the best of which are:

Wet Canvas: http://www.wetcanvas.com
Saatchi Online Gallery: http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk
Surreal Art Forum: http://www.surrealartforum.com
Artists Network: http://www.artistsnetwork.com
Art Span: http://www.artspan.com
Online Visual Artists: http://www.onlinevisualartists.com
EBSQ Art: http://www.ebsqart.com/forum/
Art Forums UK: http://www.artforums.co.uk
D?art Fine Art: http://dart.fine-art.com/MessageList.asp?intBoardID=7966
Deviant Art Forum: http://www.deviantart.com

Online Galleries:
Online galleries allow you to create your own online exhibition space and also offer your work for sale. Even if you don?t sell anything, having your work in an online gallery is great exposure. There are lots of online galleries many of which are not very good so below is a list of some of the better online galleries:

Yessy: http://www.yessy.com
Etsy: http://www.etsy.com
Art By Us: http://www.artbyus.com
Imagekind: http://www.imagekind.com
Absolute Arts: http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolio.html
Empty Easel: http://www.emptyeasel.com
Boundless Gallery: http://www.boundlessgallery.com
Ekaweeka: http://www.ekaweeka.com
Fine Art: http://www.fine-art.com

Competitions:
Art competitions are a great way of getting exposure for your work and allow you to compare your work against other artists. Below are some links to websites that list art competitions.

British Arts: http://www.britisharts.co.uk/competitions.htm
Art Deadlines List: http://www.artdeadlineslist.com/
Art Show: http://www.artshow.com
Saatchi Gallery Showdown: http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/showdown/

Art Marketing Websites:
Art Biz Blog: http://www.artbizblog.com
Art Biz Coach: http://www.artbizcoach.com
Art Business: http://www.artbusiness.com
About Art: http://painting.about.com/

Blogs:
Another fantastic way to gain exposure is to create a blog that documents your career as an artist. Below are some links to free blog platforms:

Wordpress: http://www.wordpress.com
Blogger: http://www.blogger.com

Merchandise:
Get your artwork printed on everything from mugs to t-shirts and even create prints of your work using these great customer merchandise creators
Cafepress: http://www.cafepress.com
Zazzle: http://www.zazzle.com
Finer Works: http://www.finerworks.com
Art Cards Wanter: http://www.artcardswanted.com

Happy Creating!!!

Nick**Nicholas Forrest is an art market analyst, art critic and journalist based in Sydney, Australia. He is the founder of artmarketblog.com, writes the art column for the magazine Antiques and Collectibles for Pleasure and Profit and contributes to many other publications.

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All excellent resources. Can I mention two more sites which, through active participation have made a real difference to the recognition of my work. Firstly, http://www.deviantart.com which is an online gallery/networking site, and secondly http://www.millionmasterpiece.com which is an arts charity - but still drives lots of people to my work.

The important thing with any of these sites is to be active and forward at making contacts, posting in forums and about news etc. Don?t wait for people to come to you!

Lauren
August 7, 2007

Thanks, Nicholas! And don?t forget to remind them to subscribe to this blog as well.

Alyson B. Stanfield
August 7, 2007

Thanks for including EBSQ, Nicholas!

Amie Gillingham
August 8, 2007

Thanks Alyson, Will do. The link for the Art Biz Blog is http://www.artbizblog.com/

Thanks.
Nick Forrest

artforprofits
August 21, 2007

Hi, thanks for the mention of http://www.artforums.co.uk . We also have a gallery forum where artists can display and sell their work with no charge whatsoever: http://www.artforums.co.uk/art-for-sale

Arty Ted
September 21, 2007

Display your art here free:
http://www.graphicsforums.com/
See Art that Talks Politics
See Clinton Years American Dream Reversed at
http://www.graphicsforums.com/public/list.asp?id=1247

Tapsearch Editor
October 23, 2007

Wow! There is some great advice on info on this post.

365characters
November 30, 2007

Thanks for the nice collection of resources, Nicholas!

?Red Bubble? is another marketing site where artists are applying their work to a variety of merchandise.

Thanks for the post!

Lynda Lehmann
December 13, 2007

Thanks Linda, looks like another great resource for artists.
Nicholas Forrest
artmarketblog.com

artforprofits
December 14, 2007

thank you Nicholas for the info. but i think your list was
no complite. here another gallery to show
your art. and they are realy so mant more?
http://www.myartspace.com
Hanna

hanna watts
December 14, 2007

Thanks for the post Hanna and for suggesting the site.

Nicholas Forrest
artmarketblog.com

artforprofits
December 25, 2007

[?] Original post by artforprofits [?]

Fine Arts Articles » Blog Archive » How Artists Can Get Noticed NOW !!! Update 3
December 25, 2007

Thanks for the info. If you get a chance check out also Renee Phillips? ?Manhattan Arts International? at http://manhattanarts.com/ Renee is the author of 3 books on marketing for artists and just opened a new site with a juried gallery artists might be interested in.

Joe D
December 26, 2007

Great list, Nicholas. And slightly overwhelming?so many sites I?ve never been to. Thanks for sharing ArtBizCoach.com and ArtBizBlog.com.

Alyson B. Stanfield
December 26, 2007

Dear Joe,
Thanks for sharing that site, looks like a great resource.

Nicholas Forrest
artmarketblog.com

artforprofits
December 26, 2007

[?] How artists can get themselves noticed. Another useful resource from Nicholas Forrest of the Art Market Blog. [?]

Selling Art Online: Tips from the Blogosphere | Art Blog Designs
January 18, 2008

Excellent website; great information!!!

Thank You!!!

Luis
January 24, 2008

Hi Nicholas,

I am an artist of differnt mediums. My main focus is cartoons. I have tried different websites, and approaches to be noticed, like the term ?dying artist.? Would you critique my work, and give me a suggestion on what road to take and how.

take care,

Dustin

Dustin Rigg
February 14, 2008

Hi Nicholas, thank you very much for sharing this information :)
As an artist I find it difficult to promote myself - I have the blog so that?s a start!
Your site is a great resource.

Tanya Ruka
February 15, 2008

Thanks for the comment Tanya, glad you enjoyed the post. Stay tuned for further updates soon!!

artforprofits
February 20, 2008

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