Was just about ready to go to bed, when I started reading an online arts paper that I like, and here I am a long time later [you know how these things just kinda happen] . I found an interestting ideas about arts and business to read.
So here it is from an The bulletin .
It is a conversation starter!
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Sunday, March 15, 2009
March 15
For spring being a week away today's snowfall was odd, especially since the snow looked like that foam used to spray on fires. Wide and inconsistent shapes, lopsided and fluffy looking falling out of the sky and doing a left tilting spiraling fall to the ground.
Yesterday, I spent the afternoon in Ballard, watching the pouring rain from the inside of my driving car. The wipers could not keep up with the pouring rain. Parked on a side street and waited till the rain calmed down. No longer in buckets, but now in tablespoons.
Walked around the corner to the closest Wifi coffee house and ordered my beverage of choice. A double Americano with room.
About to sit down at a cozy wall table with an outlet, and a forlorn parent with a stroller and 2 ensconced kids and I spotted the same table. I say, Go ahead it is yours. I settle in with a large table of young college student doing their works. All are plugged in and keyboarding.
I boot up. Old tech, take a while. The image of my 2 favorite dog friends just stare back at me without any icons. Drink coffee, late in the afternoon, okay so it's a partial, decaf.
Surveying the room, glance at the windowed storefront, it's pouring buckets again outside. The level of chatter was a slow murmur. The rain was louder !
People engaged , face to face, not thru their technology.
Drinking coffee, munching snacks and drinking each other in.
Live signal, check email. Check out the building with the open studios I am here to visit.
Building C,. A good mix of mostly 2 dimensional art , with a couple of 3 d artists. SOme abstract, some narrative, some still life. For me interacting with art is always a good experience. SOme pieces produce a recognizable feeling of joy, dislike or even neutrality. Some studios offer up a bit of food and wine, especially the box of wine.
Saturday's weather caused a damper of the builging as it is an old subdivided wooden building that is cold and drafty in this weather. Even with a large weather curtain at the opening entrance, the winds whips thru the building. As I wonder the space with my lime green guide, there are pockets of warmth and color. A glass of wine seems to help with the freezing weather and loosening up the conversations with artists and the occasional wandering passerby.
Most of the artists I encounter are either middle aged woman or fairly young men . Only one middle aged man artist. His name is Michael Dickter. I currently represent his work, having done so for 5 years.
In this time his works have evolved from the hard edged linear forms to a soft sensual rhythmical composition. It was great to hang out and chat. See the new works and talk about art and life.
I would offer this observation, We start with what we know and travel uncharted ways to find what we do not know. The challenge of the paint opens up new possibilities in the work.
Always learning. Refreshing, renewing.
Sunday, ferry riding back to friday harbor 2.10
Yesterday, I spent the afternoon in Ballard, watching the pouring rain from the inside of my driving car. The wipers could not keep up with the pouring rain. Parked on a side street and waited till the rain calmed down. No longer in buckets, but now in tablespoons.
Walked around the corner to the closest Wifi coffee house and ordered my beverage of choice. A double Americano with room.
About to sit down at a cozy wall table with an outlet, and a forlorn parent with a stroller and 2 ensconced kids and I spotted the same table. I say, Go ahead it is yours. I settle in with a large table of young college student doing their works. All are plugged in and keyboarding.
I boot up. Old tech, take a while. The image of my 2 favorite dog friends just stare back at me without any icons. Drink coffee, late in the afternoon, okay so it's a partial, decaf.
Surveying the room, glance at the windowed storefront, it's pouring buckets again outside. The level of chatter was a slow murmur. The rain was louder !
People engaged , face to face, not thru their technology.
Drinking coffee, munching snacks and drinking each other in.
Live signal, check email. Check out the building with the open studios I am here to visit.
Building C,. A good mix of mostly 2 dimensional art , with a couple of 3 d artists. SOme abstract, some narrative, some still life. For me interacting with art is always a good experience. SOme pieces produce a recognizable feeling of joy, dislike or even neutrality. Some studios offer up a bit of food and wine, especially the box of wine.
Saturday's weather caused a damper of the builging as it is an old subdivided wooden building that is cold and drafty in this weather. Even with a large weather curtain at the opening entrance, the winds whips thru the building. As I wonder the space with my lime green guide, there are pockets of warmth and color. A glass of wine seems to help with the freezing weather and loosening up the conversations with artists and the occasional wandering passerby.
Most of the artists I encounter are either middle aged woman or fairly young men . Only one middle aged man artist. His name is Michael Dickter. I currently represent his work, having done so for 5 years.
In this time his works have evolved from the hard edged linear forms to a soft sensual rhythmical composition. It was great to hang out and chat. See the new works and talk about art and life.
I would offer this observation, We start with what we know and travel uncharted ways to find what we do not know. The challenge of the paint opens up new possibilities in the work.
Always learning. Refreshing, renewing.
Sunday, ferry riding back to friday harbor 2.10
Monday, March 9, 2009
Just returned from a 3050 mile road trip that took me from San Juan Island to Palm Springs,CA. Wonderful time driving 1-5, me and the hundreds of other motorists. I caught up on my listening to This American Life, Bill Mahr, Science Friday and a few other shows that I don't seem to be current on. The weather got warmer and sunnier the further south I drove, Mount Shasta was not enveloped in a white blanket. Took a leisurely drive of only 500 miles a day. Stopped and visited friends on the way. The final destination was the Rivera Resort for a TED conference. Four days of mind boggling brain food and brain candy. So much excitement, intensity, brain power and positive insanity in one space. It was an amazing experience.
[check out www.ted.com]
While in Palm Springs, I went to see the galleries in Palm Dessert.That city hosts an annual sculpture walk that is funded tax dollars. It was great to be walking down this wide boulevard that had a median strip composed of grass with large sculptures prominently placed.
The city of Palm Desert has the El Paseo Art Galleries that sponsor an Artwalk the first Thursday , October thru May, in the evening from 5 - 9 Pm. They cooperatively publish a brochure that promotes this activity.
After seeing the diversity of art genres represented in this tourist city, I returned to Friday Harbor with a renewed spirit . Perhaps in the future , the galleries located in Friday Harbor can create an Artwalk for the months of June - September. More road stories....
[check out www.ted.com]
While in Palm Springs, I went to see the galleries in Palm Dessert.That city hosts an annual sculpture walk that is funded tax dollars. It was great to be walking down this wide boulevard that had a median strip composed of grass with large sculptures prominently placed.
The city of Palm Desert has the El Paseo Art Galleries that sponsor an Artwalk the first Thursday , October thru May, in the evening from 5 - 9 Pm. They cooperatively publish a brochure that promotes this activity.
After seeing the diversity of art genres represented in this tourist city, I returned to Friday Harbor with a renewed spirit . Perhaps in the future , the galleries located in Friday Harbor can create an Artwalk for the months of June - September. More road stories....
Sunday, December 21, 2008
I recently read this and found it of interest, so I am posting .
Food for thought.Modus Cooperandi’s 10 Principles of Social Media
At the beginning of November, I posted 64 principles of Social Media I had collected from around the web. 64 seemed somewhat unwieldy. So I spent a month pondering what my 10 principles of social media would be.
So I present the 10 to you, each in its own post. I will deploy these one per workday over the next 10 days. (really)
My social media principles are attempting to boil down the core lessons that social media has taught us. These can then be applied in a technology neutral way to the rest of our lives and in business.
These principles help us communicate and relate better. With these principles we can establish networks and understand our place in them. These principles give coherence to the creation and exchange of value. All of these help us build better communities and working relationships.
However, these are principles. As human beings, managers, and friends we need to interpret and apply them.
The 10 Core Principles of Social Media:
1. Associations are inherently good – Knowing more people expands opportunity and conversation
2. Information wants to be free – Free society runs on free information. Information hoarding is the enemy of discourse and growth.
3. Economies have currencies – All economies trade on specialized currencies.
4. Decentralization is freedom – Decentralized power structures spur creativity, growth, and innovation.
5. Rules beget rules – The more rules you have, the more rules you make.
6. Karma is real – You give more, you get more.
7. Context is Fluid – How you view an object today will be different tomorrow. Don’t destroy tomorrow’s value.
8. Immediacy in all things – Strike while the iron is hot. Eat when the food is fresh.
9. Communication is blood - Communication is the river upon which information flows.
10. Findability is power – Unfindable information or people are irrelevant.
Note: principles are not rules, not laws, not edicts. A principle is a philosophical underpinning. You use them to guide how you build or shape a culture.
UPDATE: Read An Bui's Remix of these ten.
Written at Groundwork Coffee, Los Angeles, CA.
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Thursday, December 18, 2008
Why ART ? Local Notes
originally posted on sanjuanislander.com 12/12/2008
In these deep dark days [both daylight wise and economically] art is more of a necessity than ever. The color, the texture and the emotional connection brings a ray of light into our worlds.
I have noticed over the years how people visiting my gallery, look upon the gallery experience as a source of nourishment and sustenance for their souls.
With this notion in mind, I recently walked through the galleries in Friday Harbor. My experience was an amazing diversity of context and content exists in this local art community of galleries.
Starting with the Westcott Bay Institute's Island Museum of Art, Spring Street, current show, Etherea, a black and white photography show featuring the island artists, Danielle Dean Palmer, Joan Benny and Grace Seltzer-Kelly. The diversity of the subject matter and the quality of the work is insightful, and a thoughtful view of each photographer's body of work (On display till December 20th).
Next I ventured down Nichols Street to Bison Gallery, where the theme of flight is apparent in the works of the Dale Crawford, carved and sculpted wood eagles worthy of the Audubon Society and the water media of Orcas Island's Frank Loudon, a top Aviator artist, who has been painting for over 50 years, is currently being presented.
Over at the San Juan Gallery, "A" Street, beside the works of owners, BJ and Matt Dollahite, they are presenting the an artist new to them, John Page, whose newest landscape work's explore how texture and color interact on a two-dimensional surface becoming somewhat atmospheric and sometimes abstract.
At Friday Harbor Art Studio, Web Street, this space is dedicated to showing the works of owner/artist, Howie Rosenfeld. Howie has been creating beautifully detailed scrimshaw, drypoint engravings and block prints of traditional sailing vessels and marine life. He encourages custom work.
At Arctic Raven Gallery on 1st Street, the subtle color and rhythms characterize the newest print works of featured artist, Susan Point. Susan is one of the Northwest Coast's most acclaimed artists, including a stunning set of house posts located here at the Port of Friday Harbor.
Up the Spring Street at Island Studios offers something for just about every taste with the works from over 150 artisans. Of special interest are the relief black and white block prints by local artist, Dona Reed. Darleen Nixon's jewelry created using Italian glass and sterling silver are colorful and beautiful!
And my gallery, waterworks gallery, Spring Street and Argyle street, is presenting the newest works by island favorites, Tom Small (stone sculpture) and Jaime Ellsworth (encaustic and oil paintings). New to the gallery, Jennifer Williams, mixed media environmental paintings and Jamie Kirkpatrick, ceramics and new works by gallery artists.
So after this tour, I would encourage you to walk the town and see for yourself what these local galleries are showcasing this month.
Whatever your taste, or budget, you just might find yourself falling in love with a work of art. You can make a difference. Shop local and give ART!
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