Of Interest to Public Artists: NEFA's next brown-bag lunch topic for artists is called An Insider's View on Image Submissions. This session will focus on preparing images of your work for public art submissions. Art and architectural photographer Charles Mayer will share tips and suggestions on how to get the best photographs of your work. December 10, 2009 from 11:30 A.M. - … [Read more...]
Erika Zekos on Shedding Light
On December 5, at 5 PM, a tobacco shed in Amherst will transform with light. Shedding Light is a public art project conceived and created by artist/architect Erika Zekos and supported by, among others, the Town of Amherst, the Amherst Cultural Council, and the Swartz Family Farm, where the project will be on display December 5-31. Erika's past projects include Greetings from … [Read more...]
A Black Friday arts roundup
It's the Friday after Thanksgiving. Shopping malls are abuzz. But we're more buzzed by these interesting links from around the art-o-webs. For artists of all disciplines Last week, the National Endowment for the Arts held the Cultural Workforce Forum, a daylong discussion of how art works as part of the real economy. An archive version of the event, with video and … [Read more...]
Second Nature on the ‘tube
The above video was sent our way by artists involved with Second Nature, currently on exhibit at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum. The show, recently explored on ArtSake, features art of the natural world, by Vico Fabbris (Painting Fellow '06), Susan Lyman, Michael Mazur, and Nathalie Miebach (Sculpture/Installation Fellow '09). ' course, there's no substitute … [Read more...]
Second Nature in Provincetown
This month, Second Nature opens at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum. The exhibition, conceived by participating artist Susan Lyman, features work by past Artist Fellows Vico Fabbris and Nathalie Miebach, along with Susan's paintings and sculptures and woodcut prints by Michael Mazur. The artists grapple with the natural world, bringing "nature" into works of art in … [Read more...]