Archive for the 'Shows' Category
Arvada Art Market Submission
You would think I would give up submitting to shows, but NO!!!!!!! I sent in my five slide submission today. The show is December 12 – 21, 2008. Many of my friends have encouraged me to enter. It is suppose to be a large show done at the Arvada Art Center. They sell traditional art, glass, [...]
Read More..>>Fort Collin’s Rocky Mountain Biennial Show Submission – Epilogue
Well to my surprise the notice came in on Tuesday. “It is with regret that we did not accept any of your work….” I should have been really sad about it. But, my response was quite different then when I received the rejection notice from the Emerging Artist submission. I was oddly not really sad. [...]
Read More..>>Dos Corazon
Well I did it. On Saturday, I turned in my piece for the show. The Artists’ Nook is hosting the Transformation of the Mundane. It will run July 3rd through the 31st. It should be great fun. The goal is to create an art piece using an item from everyday life. I can’t wait to [...]
Read More..>>Fort Collin’s Rocky Mountain Biennial Show Submission epilogue
Well I heard early this morning, that none of my art pieces were accepted into the show. I was pretty sad about that. But, Kelly sent me some great and inspiring notes that really cheered me up. And the reality is that this is not the end of the world or stopping the pursuit of [...]
Read More..>>Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art’s Local Emerging Artists Show Submission
Well today is it. I am submitting three pieces to the Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art’s Local Emerging Artists Show. One of the things I am working on for the next several weeks and months is getting visibility for my work. So, this is a step on the journey. By the end of the [...]
Read More..>>Fort Collins’ Rocky Mountain Biennial Show Submission
This must be the season for submissions. As this is my first time really doing them at this level, it is a touch overwhelming. In April I submitted entries into the Castro Street Fair and the Girls Inc. of Santa Fe’s Arts & Crafts Show (Santa Fe, New Mexico). And due to Laurie Zuckerman’s encouragement, [...]
Read More..>>Best In Show
I won a best in show!!! Can you believe it? I submitted my “Child’s Play” piece to the Louisville Art Center’s Art & Tactile Challenge. The joke is I missed the submission date, because I was so busy getting Jordan to gymnastics and getting ready for a meeting at work on Thursday. I was supposed [...]
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