tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:07:56 +0000myartspace is the premier online venue for the contemporary art world. The community includes established artists, emerging artists, aspiring artists, collectors, curators, teachers, galleries, art appreciators.http://www.myartspace.com/blog/noreply@blogger.com (Brian Skiba)Blogger977125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-792223993519568733Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:08:00 +00002010-03-18T17:07:56.536-07:00Damien Hirstart scholarshipsart studenteconomyMuch discussion has been generated about the status of art in the current economy. Ripples caused by the burst of the contemporary art bubble have pervaded the pages of art magazines and newspapers for the past three years - and yet seldom do hear about the status of practicing artists, specifically those outside the nepotistic inner circles of the NY/LA/Miami gallery scene.Earlier this week http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2010/03/art-and-money.htmlwillcox@gmail.com (Chris Willcox)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-5820542142958214963Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:06:00 +00002010-03-12T00:09:00.206-08:00MYARTSPACE Art Scholarship, Undergraduate Division, Second Place Award Winner is CHRIS WILLCOXThe Second Place MYARTSPACE Art Scholarship 2009, undergraduate division, award goes to Chris Willcox, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He will receive a $2,000 cash award from MYARTSPACE.com.Chris Willcox's philosophical contemplation of his artistic ideals about politics and corporate http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2010/02/myartspace-art-scholarship-award-winner_18.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jenny Harris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-2351678635687114387Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:19:00 +00002010-02-28T23:55:57.336-08:00First PlaceMYARTSPACE ArtUndergraduate Scholarship 2009goes to Aaron Dunn.He is studying painting, printmaking and Art History at the Maryland Institute College of Art.Aaron will receive a $5,000 cash award from MYARTSPACE.com.The fine detail in Aaron Dunn’s paintings are not just brush strokes, they are an orchestra of color, texture and depth; seldom seen in an artist this young. Aaron’s http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2010/02/first-place-myartspace-art.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jenny Harris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-1177360943346957848Tue, 16 Feb 2010 07:57:00 +00002010-03-12T01:12:11.641-08:00MYARTSPACEThird PlaceGraduate Division,Art Scholarship Award Winner Natan DvirThe Third Place MYARTSPACE Art Scholarship 2009, Graduate division award goes to Natan Dvir, Graduate student from The School of Visual Arts in New York, NY. Natan will receive a $1,000 cash award from MYARTSPACE.com.Natan Dvir, an already acclaimed, exhibiting artist from Israel, presents a dramatic and compelling bodyhttp://www.myartspace.com/blog/2010/02/third-place-myartspace-art-scholarship.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jenny Harris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-2233741133547372722Tue, 16 Feb 2010 07:37:00 +00002010-03-15T00:57:21.677-07:00Second Place MYARTSPACE Art Graduate Division Scholarship Award Winner Sofia RuziThe Second Place MYARTSPACE Art Scholarship 2009, Graduate division award goes to Sofia Ruzi, Graduate student from Universidad De Costa Rica, Costa Rica. Sofia will receive a $2,000 cash award from MYARTSPACE.com.The young but prolific artist, Sofia Ruzi displays beautiful but disturbing paintings portraying an http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2010/02/myartspace-art-scholarship-award-winner_15.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jenny Harris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-118922330141628894Tue, 16 Feb 2010 07:07:00 +00002010-02-16T23:39:49.257-08:00<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]--> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Minion Pro"; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2010/02/myartspace-art-scholarship-award-winner.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jenny Harris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-4637416620554638969Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:59:00 +00002010-02-15T19:21:22.666-08:00 What is the Scholarship? MYARTSPACE.com is the premier online venue for the contemporary fine art world. The community includes established, emerging and aspiring artists, collectors, curators, teachers, galleries, patrons and art lovers. The MYARTSPACE Art Scholarship Both Undergraduate and Graduate winners receive: 1st Place $5,000 2nd Place $2,000 3rd Place $1,000 The annual http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2010/02/what-is-myartspace-art-scholarship.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jenny Harris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-3122627848330260538Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:31:00 +00002009-12-12T13:19:23.527-08:00Palo Alto, CA. December 10, 2009 -- MYARTSPACE opened the doors to it's Emerson Gallery location one last time to showcase winners of the NYAXE Gallery Competition. It was a festive evening with great art and lively chatter among old friends and new.Curator, Nigel, and CEO/Founder Catherine McCormack-Skiba lined the walls with works from the 4 top winners of the competition: Carrie M. Becker, http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2009/12/emerson-gallery-opening-december-10.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Catherine McCormack-Skiba)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-8883797116310693414Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:53:00 +00002009-12-04T10:07:18.014-08:00myartspace.com shows off winning artists at Aqua Art MiamiThe Aqua Art Miami Fair launched with great success on Thursday, December 3rd. myartspace.com was there in force, with the backing of its large and talented community of artists showing off the winners of the most recent competition. You can click on the myartspace gallery below to see some images from the opening day.The Winners On http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2009/12/myartspace-aqua-art-miami-beach-2009.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Catherine McCormack-Skiba)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-380257130187769000Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:46:00 +00002009-11-30T14:49:11.643-08:00After having announced the MyArtspace winners for the Miami 2009 show, we are excited to exhibit the winners, see other great art/artists, and get together with the rest of the art world for the Aqua Art Fair. http://www.myartspace.com/miamibasel/winners/winners2009.htmlIf you are there, please come by the MyArtspace booth at the Aqua Art Fair, and email me and Catherine if you'd like to come byhttp://www.myartspace.com/blog/2009/11/after-having-announced-myartspace.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (svalleygirl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-4033188113346954843Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:23:00 +00002009-11-20T13:29:08.677-08:00community meeting in LondonWhile it's pretty short notice, we'd like to invite any and all artists, art appreciators, and MyArtspace community members to cocktails in London!If you are in London on Monday Nov 23rd, and would like to meet us co-founders of MyArtspace, please come by!This is the first meet-up in a series that we plan to do around the world. We'd like to meet the community, get feedback, and tell you about http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2009/11/community-meeting-in-london-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian Skiba)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-2713721270529372302Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:51:00 +00002009-11-11T19:55:43.853-08:00For those college students in the MyArtspace community, they should check out www.scholarships.com for additional sources of scholarships. Of course, we also recommend you look to enter our scholarship program as well! We hand out $16,000 in cash awards each year to art students! <http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2009/11/scholarshipcom-site-for-art-students-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian Skiba)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-6905607516227985517Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:25:00 +00002009-11-03T23:29:29.235-08:00As they always say, there's three things that matter -- Location, Location and Location. We think we've scored very well on that count for the upcoming Aqua Art Miami Exhibition where we'll be showing the winners of our Miami 2009 competition. As you can see, our booth is located right at the entrance to the show, and should get incredible attention from collectors and art appreciators as they http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2009/11/booth-location-at-aqua-art-miami.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian Skiba)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-2554570173546317211Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:54:00 +00002009-10-22T22:33:04.344-07:00The opening of the the Autumn Exhibition for the NYAXE Gallery in Palo Alto kicked off on Thursday evening to a large cadre of art appreciators and technology movers-and-shakers in Silicon Valley.In attendence were some of Silicon Valley's rising stars including Michael Arrington, Editor of TechCrunch; Craig Hughes, CTO at NewCo, Inc and former Co-Founder of GumStix; Normal Liang, former http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2009/10/nyaxe-gallery-autumn-opening.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian Skiba)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-2698447061729416425Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:41:00 +00002009-10-19T22:52:44.913-07:00We, at myartspace, are dedicated to increasing the accessibility of art. We are striving to liberate and empower artists so that they may create artwork that challenges us to look at our world in new ways. <?xml:namespace prefix = o />In order to fulfill this vision, we support the laws and conventions for protecting the intellectual property of artists. It was recently called to our attention http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2009/10/we-at-myartspace-are-dedicated-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian Skiba)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-1320870799792360872Sun, 18 Oct 2009 02:49:00 +00002009-10-17T19:58:11.362-07:00myartspace.com has been at the forefront of the Shepard Fairey issue around use of an image of President Obama that became the "Hope" poster. Our contention, by Brian Sherwin, has been all along that this work by Shepard Fairey was from an original photograph and then subsequently revised and commercialized by Fairey. Don't get us wrong, we are big advocates of commercialization. But we believe http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2009/10/shepard-fairey-update-hope-picture.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian Skiba)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-1549244111384941241Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:21:00 +00002009-10-12T23:22:53.443-07:00photographywebsite developmentflashThis artist's website is one example of how an artist's website (in this case, a photographer) can be very unique and perhaps very influential in the attention the work can receive: http://www.matthewmahon.com/http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2009/10/flash-website.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (meljrey)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-1338175402412674897Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:16:00 +00002009-10-12T23:20:13.695-07:00aaron Jasinskiart videodocument processThis artist, Aaron Jasinski, inspires us to think about how we can present not only our art online - but also the process of creating art, as an art in of itself!In other words, he documented his creative process, and that has been in some ways more powerful than the finished piece.Check it out:http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2009/10/art-process-more-powerful-than-product.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (meljrey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-909950992162562695Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:27:00 +00002009-10-12T22:42:54.980-07:00At myartspace. we love the raw energy and passion that goes into creative work. In many cases, it's our artists pushing the edge with their latest work.Creative work on the web is also interesting for us, and just watching the launch of new and interesting web sites with ideas and ambitions is really quite exciting.Jeremy Parker, an enterprising college youth, has spotted an opportunity to have http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2009/10/vote-for-art-new-startup-site-with-big.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian Skiba)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-7792399156940379910Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:55:00 +00002009-10-07T08:01:37.506-07:00Human nature is that if a person sees something they like, they look further.When you construct your online galleries to present your work, you should consider that fact. Your very best work should be presented first in a gallery, as this will likely cause the viewer to look deeper into your work. If they lose interest by the first few images, then they may very well move on, without seeing your http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2009/10/re-ordering-sequence-of-images-using.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian Skiba)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-6724286164971101037Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:26:00 +00002009-10-05T22:30:16.284-07:00MyArtspace.com, the premier site for contemporary art, is offering a new juried competition. The top 3 winners will have their work represented at Aqua Art Miami Art Fire, which takes place the week of the world-renown Art Basel Miami Beach, December 3-6, 2009 . A total of 50 MyArtspace artists have their work digitally on display as well. The deadline for submission is Sunday November 15, http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2009/10/myartspace-launches-miami-2009-juried.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brian Skiba)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-1447003813937694441Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:41:00 +00002009-10-01T07:44:10.452-07:00travelanimationstruggler's themehimanshu desaiart studentquestionsThis video caught my eye on the University of the Arts London blog. It is called "The Struggler's Theme" by Himanshu Desai.The Struggler's Theme from Himanshu Desai on Vimeo.http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2009/10/strugglers-theme.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (meljrey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-1408311489848498545Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:35:00 +00002009-09-26T17:37:36.840-07:00blind artistsWilliam and Mary CollegevirginiaHi all:Wanted to spread the word for Shirley, a docent at the Muscarelle Museum at William & Mary College in Williamsburg, Virginia:"I am a docent at the Muscarelle Museum at Wm & Mary College in Williamsburg, VA. I have introduced a tactile tour program and am looking for artists/photographers who are blind or have low vision that can come to Williamsburg to give a presentation, talk about theirhttp://www.myartspace.com/blog/2009/09/call-for-blind-artists-in-virginia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (meljrey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-6318192582900057986Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:33:00 +00002009-09-25T17:35:07.277-07:00photographyfutureWhat happens as cameras get sharper and faster????Check this out:http://vimeo.com/4167288and http://vimeo.com/3830864 http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2009/09/2500-frames-per-second.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (meljrey)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-684107614351541895Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:13:00 +00002009-09-15T13:59:57.082-07:00openingGray Area Foundation for the Artstenderloindigital technologyGAFTAGray Area Foundation for the Arts!www.gaffta.orgpromo video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ulwcLVzT7wand their opening ceremony is in two weeks!When my friend, Gregor, mentioned GAFTA to me, we talked about how it promises to revitalize the Tenderloin district in San Francisco (for those of you outside of SF, the Tenderloin is the city's overt area for in-your-face drugs, crime, and homelessness)."If http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2009/09/gray-area-foundation-for-arts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (meljrey)0