Money Saving Tip: Art Calendar Magazine

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In my inbox this morning I read about a special offer from Art Calendar Magazine. They were offering a one-year [digital] subscription to their magazine for only $24.95, instead of their usual $32. Sounds like a good deal.

I guess it is, if that's your only choice.

For artists living in the Philadelphia area, I know of another choice.
If you join the Philadelphia Tri State Artists Equity Association, Inc. you can receive the printed version for only $9.95.

Makes sense, if you were thinking of joining anyway,....

For what it's worth, I recommend this magazine to anyone attempting to make their living as a professional artist.

ARTsisters: Our Name in Lights!

Some of you may know that I am a member of a group of women artists who call themselves ARTsisters. We support each other in our art endeavors, as well as do a variety of things to help people in our community. Well, wasn't it cool that not only PECO put our name in lights, but that Philadelphia was celebrating the event with fireworks! Watch!



You can view samples of ARTsisters' art here:

http://ARTsisters.org

Cyanotype workshop at MLAC's Art Camp Today

I had such a blast today. I spent a couple hours on the lawn of the Main Line Art center, doing a demonstration of the cyanotype process. An alternative photographic process which produces images of Prussian blue and white, I found my young audience to be genuinely interested, politely attentive, and extremely well-behaved. Witnessing young creative energy is a scene like no other: exciting and gratifying. And the weather cooperated, too! Nice sunny day, with just a touch of clouds here and there.

There are already some pictures on their facebook page
http://www.facebook.com/pages/edit/?id=97530312206#!/mainlinear

Watch Something Grow

I've been busy with family/household things these days.

Meanwhile,...

Don't forget to notice the clouds or watch something grow once in awhile!

Maxfield Parrish Skies

Storms can make for some awesome Maxfield Parrish skies!

I have been neglecting this blog for awhile. Please forgive me. It's graduation time. My favorite (and only!) daughter just graduated high school this morning, and much of my time has been filled with the many tasks involving party preparation, (getting the house in order, scraping, spackling, and repainting bathroom walls, repainting outdoor furniture) as well as end-of-year activities like awards ceremonies.

We expanded our vegetable garden this year too, so time needed to be spent planting tomatoes, lettuce, spinach, cucumbers, kale, peppers, potatoes, ... Can't wait to eat some! (Some lettuce and kale is already just about ready for thinning-out-picking!)

Then there was absolutely the required job of running to grab my camera when those sunset Maxfield Parrish skies showed up now and again. (see photo)

No, I don't think I'm impulsive. I simply HAVE to capture nature's beauty whenever and however I can. It's a need, not a want. It's that artist's muse within me which refuses to be stifled. It's like when someone is being sedated with gas. You can't fight it; you won't win; so you might as well NOT fight it, relax, and run with it!

What do you think? Am I completely off my rocker?! (This might be one of those situations with which only other creative types can sympathize?)