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Greetings!
Thank you for reading our Newsletter. If you have news of an art event, Show or class, please email us for inclusion in upcoming newsletters. Please feel free to forward this to fellow artists and photographers. Use the convenient link at the bottom of this letter.
Please Note that Giclée of New England Inc. will be closed the week of March 24th -28th for Photoshop World in Boston.
The Quaboag Hills Chamber of Commerce is holding a networking expo at the Sturbridge Host Hotel on March 19,2009 from 4-8pm. If anyone is interested in attending please contact me for tickets. It is a great chance to network with area businesses and business people. GoNE, Inc. will be closed on Wednesday, March 19, at 2pm to attend the expo.
Pre-art show season specials end on March 31st. Take advantage of this great offer before it is too late. And don't miss the 10% off on image capture coupon at the bottom of this email. To get the Discount, you must have a printed copy of the coupon. Thank you. |
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Calls for Entries and Events:
Monson Arts Council 16th Annual Art Exhibition and Sale
Sponsored by: Monson Arts Council
Name of Show: GAIA (www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia )
Submission Due By: Friday, March 20, 2009
Application Fees: $25 for two entries, $40 for three entries
Website: www.monsonartscouncil.comEntry guidelines and application form available from website. Work is welcomed in any media. Prize money: Best of Show * $1200 Cash Award, First Place * $500 Cash Award, Second Place * $400 Cash Award, President's Award * $300 Cash Award, Committee Choice * $200 Cash Award, Emerging Artist Award: Giclée Print of your work. Work must be wired for hanging with frame. No saw-tooth/clip hangers.
For more info on the show, email macartshow@earthlink.net
First Open Juried Art Show at the Agawam Public Library
Sponsored by: Friends of the Agawam Public Library
Name of Show: First Open Juried Art Show at the Agawam Public Library
Submission Due By: Friday, March 20, 2009
Application Fees: $25. One Entry per artist. Original Art only.
Website: www.agawamlibrary.org/about/friends.htm
Download Entry guidelines and application form from website. Media Categories include oils and acrylics, watercolors, pastels, and mixed media. Awards in each category. 5% contribution from artist for art sold. Art may be marked NFS. Original Art Only. Maximum frame size 20"x24". Wired for hanging with frame. No saw-tooth/clip hangers. Jury selections will be based on the review of the original artworks, rather than on slides or jpegs.
Contact: Bob Kadis
r.kadis@comcast.net413-789-4814
Northeast Prize Show
Sponsored by:Cambridge Art Association
Name of Show: Northeast Prize Show
Submission Due By: Friday, April 17, 2009
Application Fees: $20 for non-members, $15 for members.
Cambridge Art Association presents: Northeast Prize Show May 14-June 25, 2009. Digital entries only by mail or web DUE Friday, April 17, 2009. Open to all media. Prospectus available online at www.cambridgeart.org or send SASE to CAA, 25 Lowell St., Cambridge, MA 02138.
Art of the Northeast USA Annual Exhibition
Start Date: 05/08/2009
End Date: 06/05/2009
Entry Deadline: 3/14/2009
Entry Fee: $25 per artwork
Website:
http://www.silvermineart.org/gallery/call_for_entries.cfmJuror: Douglas Dreishpoon, Chief Curator, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York Media: Open to all media Restrictions: Artists must live in CT, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT Awards: $4000-$8000 in cash awards
CT+5,West Hartford Art League860-521-3732 Website: www.whal.orgShow Dates: April 16th-May 17th:
Entry Fees: $20 each entry non members. $15 members each entry. up to four entries allowed.
Deadline: Monday April 6th at 7 p.m.
CT+5, juried exhibit open to artists in CT plus the five New England states. Deadline for digital entries, April 6th. First prize $500 cash plus a one person exhibit. Download prospectus from the website.
Training and Classes:
Photoshop World is coming to Boston. There is still time to register. Giclée of New England, Inc will be closed that week, March 24th - 28th for Photoshop World. As a five time attendee, I have found this to be a very worthwhile event for Photoshop training. www.photoshopworld.com
Digital Imaging Classes at the Palmer Library Top Floor Learning. Intermediate Digital Editing begins April 15th. Class will be taught by Nancy Bryant, President of Giclée of New England, Inc. www.topfloorlearning.org
Ceramic Studio to Offer Spring Workshop in African Coiling
The Juliet Rose Gallery and Studio of Monson will be offering a spring pottery workshop for beginners and experienced potters at the studio,191 Reimers Road, Monson.
The African Coiling Workshop, focusing on round forms, will be held on Saturday, March 14, 2009 from 10am - 4pm, with a potluck lunch break.
This handbuilding technique permits artists to create bowls, vases and many other forms without the use of a wheel. The quick, versatile & creative clay technique is perfect for beginners or professional clay artists. However, it is not widely known outside of Africa and the Caribbean nor is it found in ceramic books. Juliet Bacchas and Linda Spelko, of the Juliet Rose Gallery hope to share this technique with everyone interested in learning a great and ancient hand-building technique working in clay.
Cost for the full day workshop is $150.00. Cost for studio members is $120.00, and for students $95.00. The workshop experience includes firing of the pieces created. Participants will complete one large or two small bowls during the workshop.
Follow-up workshops in Vertical forms and Open & Flared forms will be held in the fall.
To register, call the Juliet Rose Gallery and Studio, 413-596-9741 or email julietrose1@verizon.net |
| Photoshop Tips:
For beginners: Keyboard shortcuts can save a lot of time and energy. The most important one for me is the Brush size shortcut. Since so many tools in Photoshop use brushes it is a good one to learn. You can change bush size on the fly to the exact size you need visually. Just hold down the Bracket Keys (Next to "P" on keyboard). The Left Bracket makes the brush smaller, the right Bracket makes it larger.
Advanced Photoshop User tip: Blending modes, (drop down arrow under layers on layers pallet) can be used for many kinds of special effects. If you have a white background that you want to lose (text imported to your image for example), put that layer's blending mode to Darken. If you want to make the image appear inside the text use Lighten. Be sure to use a thick bold font if you want to have the image come through the text. Remember, the layer you want the blending mode to affect should be on top of the others. |
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Art in the News
Police in New York City have arrested a photographer for taking photos in the subway. Although this is not against the law, police are enforing non-existent rules. When the freedom to take Photographs is being tested, all artists are threatened. This is another news article about issues that effect all creative people.
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Come into the Gallery to see our spring show.
Sincerely,
Nancy Bryant, President
Giclée of New England, Inc. |
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