Blogs Worth A Thousand Words
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a photo blog is worth a few million at the very least. Photo blogs are widely used by amateur and professional photographers, travel bloggers, artists and many others as an easy way to share their work with millions of viewers worldwide. Attractive, contemporary and often minimalistic blog themes are used to frame the shots and make them stand out on the page.
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Blogs Worth A Thousand Words
First of all, please let me introduce myself: I'm the blogger who dropped off the face of the earth for a couple of weeks there (again). Busy times in the pages of ye olde dinosaur, the newspaper, where I finally finished a two-part series on China and reviews of winter shows at the Oakville Galleries and the Power Plant (the first part, anyway, on “Nothing to Declare,” the fun and engaging Canadian sculpture show; part two, on Michael Snow, will be this weekend.) Keeping ever busy, I endured a white-knuckle drive up to Owen Sound yesterday to the Tom Thomson Gallery, where I saw Steven White's very good sculpture show, The Combine Project.
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Award of Excellence programme The Award of Excellence for Handicrafts programme (formerly known as Seal of Excellence for Handicrafts) was established to encourage craft-workers to use traditional skills and materials to ensure the perpetuation of traditional knowledge and preserve cultural diversity, while promoting innovations to keep the products relevant and competitive. By setting quality standards for handicrafts and raising international awareness, the Award programme aims to strengthen the interest for these products
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UNESCO Award of Excellence Programme
Thanks Culture Monster for the heads up. And congratulations all you Fellows ! Philadelphia-based ceramic artist, Kukuli Velarde is a USA Knight Fellow in Crafts and Traditional Arts USA Fellows for 2009 Architecture and Design Neil Denari, USA California Community Foundation Fellow, Los Angeles, California Laura Kurgan, USA Rockefeller Fellow, New York, New York Rick Lowe, USA Booth Fellow, Houston, Texas Kate Mulleavy and Laura Mulleavy, USA Target Fellows, Pasadena, California Crafts and Traditional Arts Perry Eaton, USA Rasmuson Fellow, Anchorage, Alaska Delores Lewis Garcia and Emma Lewis Mitchell, USA Gift of Art Fellows, San Fidel, New Mexico Beth Lo , USA Hoi Fellow, Missoula, Montana Dona Look, USA Windgate Fellow, Algoma, Wisconsin Mary Shaffer, USA Simon Fellow, Taos, New Mexico Kukuli Velarde, USA Knight Fellow, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Dance Sophiline Cheam Shapiro, USA Knight Fellow, Long Beach, California Lin Hixson and Matthew Goulish, USA Ziporyn Fellows, Chicago, Illinois Hokulani Holt-Padilla, USA Ford Fellow, Wailuku, Hawaii Tere O’Connor, USA Rockefeller Fellow, New York, New York Reggie Wilson, USA Prudential Fellow, Brooklyn, New York Literature Ai, USA Ford Fellow, Stillwater, Oklahoma Nilo Cruz, USA Fontanals Fellow, New York, New York Gilbert Hernandez, USA Rasmuson Fellow, Las Vegas, Nevada Antonya Nelson, USA Simon Fellow, Las Cruces, New Mexico Sapphire, USA Prudential Fellow, Brooklyn, New York Justin Torres, USA Rolón Fellow, Iowa City, Iowa Brian Turner, USA Hillcrest Fellow, Fresno, California Kevin Young, USA James Baldwin Fellow, Belmont, Massachusetts Media Cruz Angeles, USA Simon Fellow, New York, New York Charles Burnett, USA Broad Fellow, Los Angeles, California Scott Carrier, USA Rasmuson Fellow, Salt Lake City, Utah Heather Courtney, USA Ford Fellow, Austin, Texas Elizabeth Meister and Dan Collison, USA Donnelley Fellows, Three Oaks, Michigan Renée Tajima-Peña, USA Broad Fellow, Los Angeles, California Music Rahim AlHaj, USA Ford Fellow, Albuquerque, New Mexico Cyro Baptista, USA Walker Fellow, Tenafly, New Jersey Ella Jenkins, USA Collins Fellow, Chicago, Illinois Danongan Kalanduyan, USA Broad Fellow, San Francisco, California Hannibal Lokumbe, USA Cummings Fellow, Bastrop, Texas Lionel Loueke, USA Prudential Fellow, North Bergen, New Jersey Daniel Plonsey, USA Broad Fellow, El Cerrito, California Theater Arts Dan Hurlin, USA Prudential Fellow, New York, New York Ruth Maleczech, USA Gracie Fellow, New York, New York John O’Neal, USA Prudential Fellow, New Orleans, Louisiana Anna Deavere Smith, USA Berresford Fellow, New York, New York Visual Arts Diana Al-Hadid, USA Rockefeller Fellow, Brooklyn, New York Terry Allen, USA Oliver Fellow, Santa Fe, New Mexico Vija Celmins, USA Broad Fellow, New York, New York Anthony Hernandez, USA Hillcrest Fellow, Los Angeles, California Joan Jonas, USA Friends Fellow, New York, New York Kim Jones, USA Rockefeller Fellow, New York, New York Martin Mazorra and Michael Houston, USA Ford Fellows, Brooklyn, New York Dave McKenzie, USA Rockefeller Fellow, Brooklyn, New York Judy Pfaff, USA Rasmuson Fellow, Kingston, New York Dario Robleto, USA Rasmuson Fellow, Houston, Texas
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US Artists 2009 Fellows include Philly’s Kukuli Velarde
Illustration: M Hrdlicka lace design 1904 A number of traditional mediums saw a re-emergence of their creative side during the latter half of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth. This creative period was in close proximity to the two style eras that followed each other and in many cases overlapped, namely the Arts & Crafts and Art Nouveau movements.
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Art Nouveau Lace Patterns
Illustration: Margaret Macdonald border pattern Margaret Macdonald, the other but largely invisible half of the influential Mackintosh design duo, was known variously as both a help and hindrance to her husband, the major talent of the duo, or that of a vicious untalented manipulator. All of course are nonsense and we will probably never know fully what contribution either made to the design style that has become known as Mackintosh
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The Margaret Macdonald Rose
Illustration: Mariska Undi Hunting for the Wonderdeer Mariska Undi is perhaps better known as a Hungarian artist and one of the key members of the Godollo Arts & Crafts community. However, she was also a campaigner and champion of the applied arts medium and was personally involved in a number of projects that had textiles at their heart. Throughout her career she had a particular and constant interest in the folk art traditions of her native Hungary.
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The Textile Work of Mariska Undi
Way back in 1950 Richard Taylor wrote an article advising would-be cartoonists to show a little respect for the profession: “The woods are full of pseudo-cartoonists,” wrote Taylor, “grinding out things that are not much better than the average high-school student’s masterpieces, doomed forever to a sub-world of third-rate pictorial humor, and without the ghost of a hope of ever climbing higher.” All this week on my blog I’ve been showcasing the work of some of the masters of mid-20th century cartoon art. Hank Ketcham , John Huehnergarth , Russell Patterson , Roy Doty and Richard Taylor himself
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Cartooning Is Easy! …not.
I can imagine that few experiences could be as simultaneously flattering and unnerving as having your portrait done. For one thing, it's a complete surrender of agency as to how you're represented to the artist, but at the same time, it's ego-stroking to be considered important, interesting or visually compelling enough to have it done in the first place.
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Shot through the heart: Viktor Mitic’s "Dealers" opens tonight
The Heritage & Tourist Gift Show 20 – 21 January 2010 Viparis – Hall 8 Porte de Versailles The leading trade show for cultural and tourist gifts Museum Expressions will celebrate its 15th Anniversary under the auspices of the many “specialist” areas that constiure its current success. Spotlights on regional, national or international heritage! The most wonderful tourist sites in the world, museums and bookshops, all meet at Museum Expressions in search of new items to put on their shelves. The importance of the tourist sector, currently considered as one of the most important world industries, is generating remarkable economic growth.
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Museum Expressions Paris – Trade Fair
On November 17, 13,200 bloggers from across the globe participated in BloggersUnite: Fight For Preemies . Their posts about the rising rates of premature births raised the awareness of approximately 3 million readers. Through a mix of sobering facts, statistics and moving personal accounts, these bloggers poignantly illustrated the impact premature births have on both the individuals involved and on our society as a whole.
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Fight For Preemies: 13,000 Blog Posts Reach 3 Million Readers
It is truly the Christmas season! Every year, it creeps up on me, it seems, earlier and earlier. NO, I don’t have my Christmas shopping done; the tree is not yet up (it should arrive by Fedex on Thursday, a nice fresh Fraser fir) and I am as busy as I can be! And it’s only the 7th of December – I can remember when that date would have meant ages and ages until Christmas, but not any more
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The Sparkle of Christmas
As of December 1, 2009, new FTC guidelines went into effect requiring bloggers to disclose any time they are compensated for endorsing or reviewing products or services. Bloggers should now be disclosing any time they receive payment, free products or services, or perks in return for a post on their blogs. Also any relationship with a company or organization that can be viewed as creating a conflict of interest should be disclosed
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Bloggers Must Comply With FTC Disclosure Guidelines
It was almost exactly eight years ago that I decided to move back to Canada as I had just accepted the position as the Director of the Canadian Craft & Design Museum in Vancouver. The museum was hidden in a courtyard at the corner of Georgia and Hornby across the street from the Vancouver Art Gallery . I was aware of some of the problems the institution had experienced over the years, and was not unaware that there were probably deeper issues than they were willing to divulge, as they were unable to cover the costs for me to fly to Vancouver for my interview
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What is it about Craft? The Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery Faces an Uncertain Future
I have been thinking about King Tut: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs at the Art Gallery of Ontario quite a bit lately. Actually I have not been just thinking about it, I have been troubled by it. As a former museum director / curator I have to admit that I have a huge issue with Blockbuster exhibitions
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Toronto Art Critics Talk Art: David Balzer, Otino Corsano, Rosemary Heather, Charlene Lau, Leah Sandals, Nadja Sayej and Murray Whyte
Handmade Jewelry, Handmade Bracelets, Wolf Jewelry Bracelet If you’re just starting out in handmade jewelry or wholesale jewelry internet marketing there are lots of free blog platforms out there. I prefer the WordPress.com, mostly because it’s easy and has lots of plug-ins to do all the SEO work for you.
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Handmade Jewelry Internet Marketing for Wholesale Jewelry Suppliers
I love Thanksgiving; it is my favorite holiday of the year. This year was especially good because we had children at Thanksgiving – my new grand-daughter and a three-year-old guest. What was remarkable was that we managed to have Thanksgiving here in Arlington, in an ill-equipped apartment instead of at home where all the good china, crystal, and pots and pans are
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The Aftermath of Thanksgiving!
I clearly remember the first time I heard about Lauri Lynnxe Murphy and her work. It was 1997 and at the time I was the Director / Curator of OneWest Art Center (now the Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art ). I would typically head to Denver on Saturday morning to spend the day checking out what was happening at the various galleries, museums, and art centres in the city
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Lauri Lynnxe Murphy: Strange Fruit on Kickstarter & Tenticular @ Plastic Chapel
I have been wondering lately “Where has the last month and a half gone?” I had what I thought was a very attainable and manageable goal of writing two to three blog posts a week. Seemed manageable enough, but ….. So, this posting is actually my attempt to not only get back on track, but also to acknowledge that I am just not getting out to see as much art as I would like to
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James Fowler’s Skin @ MADE and PieceWORK @ the Gladstone Hotel
15.01.- 18.01.2010 ORNARIS – Trade Fair for Innovations and Trends Zurich (Switzerland) 18.01.-21.01.2010 CONSUMEXPO – International Consumer Goods Fair Moscow (Russia) 22.01.-26.01.2010 maison & objet – Home Decoration, Giftware and Tableware Trade Exhibition Paris (France) 24.01.-27.01.2010 Interiors Birmingham Birmingham (Great Britain) 25.01.-27.01.2010 ASIA EXPO London (Great Britain) 27.01.-30.01.2010 CASA – Trade Fair for Modern Lifestyle Salzburg (Austria) 29.01.-31.01.2010 CREATIV SALZBURG – Intern.Trade Fair for gifts,home accessories,design-&lilestyle articles,paper,office+ station.goods,floristry,handycraft supplies,art products,toys.. Salzburg (Austria) 05.02.-08.02.2010 Formland – Trade Fair for Skandinavian Design, Table Top, Giftware, Handicraft & applyed Art Herning (Denmark) 12.02.-16.02.2010 Ambiente – Internationale Frankfurter Messe Frankfurt/Main (Germany) 17.02.-20.02.2010 BioFach – World Organic Trade Fair and Vivaness – World Trade Fair for Natural Personal Care and Wellness Nuremberg (Germany) 15.01.-18.01.2010 MACEF – Gifts and Housware Fair Milan (Italy) 29.01.-02.02.2010 Christmasworld – Internationale Frankfurter Messe Frankfurt/Main (Germany) 27.02.- 07.03.2010 EXPOCASA – International Household, Furniture and House Decor Exhibition Turin (Italy 19.01.-24.01.2010 imm cologne – The international furnishing show Cologne (Germany) 29.01.-31.01.2010 FORMA Kevät/Spring – Furniture Fair Helsinki (Finland) 07.02.-10.02.2010 DECOoh! decoration (formerly Decoforce) – Contemporary Home and Garden Decoration Brussels (Belgium) 09.02.-13.02.2010 Stockholm Furniture Fair Stockholm (Sweden) 13.01.-16.01.2010 Heimtextil – International Trade Fair for Home and Contract Textiles Frankfurt/Main (Germany) 16.01.-19.01.2010 DOMOTEX HANNOVER – The World of Flooring Hanover (Germany) 20.01.-21.01.2010 Tissu Premier – European Fabric Preview Lille (France) 27.01.-29.01.2010 PITTI IMMAGINE FILATI – Exhibition on Yarns, Fibre and Knitted Fabrics Florence (Italy) 08.02.-11.02.2010 Texworld – Worldwide Textile Rendez-vous Paris (France) 09.02.-12.02.2010 PREMIÈRE VISION – The World’s Premier Fabric Show Paris (France) 09.02.-12.02.2010 INDIGO Fashion edition – International Exhibition of Creative Textile Design Paris (France) 17.02.-20.02.2010 BioFach – World Organic Trade Fair and Vivaness – World Trade Fair for Natural Personal Care and Wellness Nuremberg (Germany)
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Trade Fairs in Jan. & Febr. 2010 in Europe