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Below are a few artists we'd like to call your attention to this week. |
 Sara Wight |
Beyond The Horizon |
Sara Wight was born and raised in northeastern Pennsylvania. She received her BFA in Photography from Kutztown University in Pennsylvania and went on to receive her MFA in Photography and Related Media from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Sara has exhibited her work in New York and throughout the United States at venues such as Whitebox, Plus Ultra Gallery, David Allen Gallery and Nexus Gallery in New York, the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Frasier Gallery in Washington D.C, and Union Street Gallery in Chicago, among others. |
 Jacob Rhodes |
 The Raft |
Jacob holds a BFA from Otis College and an MFA in Sculpture from Yale University. He also served in the US Army between 2002 and 2005. Jacob lives and works in Los Angeles and has been exhibited extensively throughout the United States. |
 Geoffrey Krawczyk |
 Recent Work |
Born and raised in Oklahoma City, Geoff has traveled extensively throughout the world and participated in numerous art activities almost everywhere he's been. He currently lives in Norman, OK. |
 Kathy Slamen |
 Subtitled |
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Kathy is a photographer, cinematographer, documentary filmmaker and writer. Her current passion is self portraits and using photography as a tool for healing and discovery. |
 Robert Adams |
 Destructive Criticism |
Robert D. Adams is originally from Maryland. He recently earned his MFA at the University of Oregon with a Phillip Halley Johnson Scholarship and Ralph Baker Painting Award. Robert's work has been included in over thirty exhibitions in the northwest and around the U.S., including shows at the Seattle Art Museum Rental/Sales Gallery; the Viridian Artists Gallery in Manhattan; the Saville Gallery in Cumberland, Maryland; and the Roseville Arts Center in Roseville, CA. |
 Natalia Laluque |
 Canadiana Project |
Toronto-based Natalia Laluque was born in Kiev, Ukraine, where she is still highly respected as a versatile artist. Natalia earned her degree at Kiev Technical University, specializing in graphic design. Working equally comfortably in paint ,print and clay, Laluque creates her art based on the beauty of everyday life. She says "the way we look at the world is a reflection of our inner self. One person can pass a beautiful garden and not notice it, and another person can find beauty in the most cluttered up corner." Featured in such publications as Ceramics: Art & Perception, La Ceramique Moderne and ELLE Ukraine .
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 Paul Williams |
 Rocks |
In Paul's own words "Living and working in Cornwall since the late 90's, my fascination with the coast and sea continues. I now work solely with oils on canvas and always take my dog Jake on my sketching tours!" |
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Brian Sherwin, our senior blog editor has been continuing his interview series with artists. Below are a couple of recent highlights. |
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myartspace launches "Premium Membership for Artists" program - a package of new features to help artists myartspace.com, the premier online social network for the art world, has launched an exciting new offering "Premium Services for Artists ". It's a package of extra features for those myartspace users that want more professional capabilities like their own personal web address (URL), different templates to present their galleries, a more professional personal home page, the ability to generate Adobe PDF documents from galleries and lots more features. .... myartspace News 12/15/07 Basel Miami Fair Ends With Boost In Attendance Some 43,000 people attended. "The 200 galleries from 30 countries were selected from 850 applicants -- the most the fair has received since it launched in December 2002. Art works by more than 2,000 artists were exhibited for sale inside the Convention Center and in shipping containers retrofitted for gallery space in Collins Park."... Miami Heral 12/01/07 Just Because You Can eBay A Painting, Should You? "In our post-everything world, collectors at the highest financial reaches of contemporary art are alleged to buy from digital images sent them, without seeing the actual artworks." But really, can you buy real art without actually looking at it in person?.... " Chicago Tribune 12/14/07 |
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The recent goings-on. |
| > | myartspace is gearing up to release Premium Services for Artists, a series of advanced professional capabilities that will be available for an annual subscription fee. myartspace will remain an open, free community with unlimited uploads, galleries and more. It will also, however, introduce features for artists that want to use the myartspace platform as their primary communication and outreach tool, their eCommerce engine to sell their work and their social link to collectors, critics, and peers.info@catmacart.com |
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A great holiday gift idea for an artists is Premium Services for Artists, a subscription service from myartspace. Your relatives and friends can go on myartspace providing they know your login ID and sign you up for 1-2 years. Send them the link: http://www.myartspace.com/premium. |
| > | We hope myartspace members are enjoying the new front-end to myartspace. We are working on a huge new project: "Groups" support for myartspace. Anyone from an informal collective to a major museum will be able to make a group site on myartspace with forums, news bulletins, chat, and more. . . If you have any ideas what features you'd like to see, let us know by emailing info@catmacart.com |
| > | We've made some improvements and fixed a few bugs around the site. If you spot a bug, please email us at info@catmacart.com with details! |
| > | If you need technical support with the myartspace, please email us at info@catmacart.com |
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that's it ~ have a great week.
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