Fragments Fatbook

This is the cover I made for the Fragments Fatbook that I am hosting. Nick Bantock's art was the inspiration. The group is Fatbooks@yahoogroups.com
Crows are one of my favorite subject matters. I have a pair of crows that I feed. If there isn't any treats outside for them they sit in a tree in front of my house to remind me.

"COUNTDOWN TO PEACE" Project

My sister Jodi is organizing this:

“COUNTDOWN TO PEACE” Project

Artists Call to Arms PEACE

Inspired by collaborative projects like the Aids Name Quilts and Sonya Clark’s Beaded Prayers Project, we invite you to help create the “Countdown to PEACE.” Presented in calendar format, the project will begin with March 19, 2003 (the day the war in Iraq began) and will end when the war ends. At this point we are into the fifth year of the war; the calendar format allows us a way to measure the full extent of the war and gives us a visual sense of its continuing scope.

CRITERIA:
Each calendar month will be its own presentation board made up of 4-inch squares, 7 across and 5-6 rows down. Each entry will represent one day of this war. We are inviting artists to send us entries that are no larger than 4-inches square and no deeper than 1 inch. Limiting size will make display feasible. Work that is included in this project will become the property of the project. The entries will be permanently attached to the “calendar” pages for ease of transporting.

Any media is acceptable. Remember that since only one side of the work will be seen, 2-D approaches are preferred, however clay or metal works done in relief (for example) will also be accepted.

We intend for the project to be POSITIVE in nature. We are mainly interested in your personal VISION OF PEACE. Please do not use imagery and/or text that is specific to any government officials or policies. Please keep the focus on PROMOTING PEACE rather than on decrying war.

Entries that do not meet the criteria in terms of size or content will be returned to the sender.

WHAT TO DO:
Send your work, along with $10. PER ENTRY; the entry fee is non-refundable. Make checks payable to “Countdown to Peace.” Mail your entry and check to:

Countdown to Peace
c/o East Carolina University
Jenkins Fine Arts Center
Greenville, NC 27858

Attn: Jubran or Billingsley


Email questions to:
Jodi Hollnagel-Jubran at hollnagelj@ecu.edu
Catherine Billingsley at billingsleyca@ecu.edu

Money collected from the entry fees will be used STRICTLY to defray the costs of display materials, promotional information, shipping, and insurance.

It is also our hope that as the project grows, we will be able to create a website that will provide information on current developments. We want to begin displaying the project as of the Fall of 2007. It is our intention to create a book that will include: 1. an alphabetical listing of all contributors with the day, month, and year where each entry is displayed and 2. a chronological listing of entries along with artist’s name.

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e-mail Jodi or Catherine for a copy of the RELEASE FORM: Return this form with your entry.

Handbag Show

Here is the information for a Handbag show that I am participating in.

ART OF THE HANDBAG

EXHIBITION

June 3 thru August 30, 2007

ARTISTS are invited to submit up to six original handbags. All media accepted. Handbags must be functional (don’t have to be everyday bags, but design must allow them to be usable carriers). Creativity is the keynote. Recreated existing bags are acceptable if changed from their original design by 50%. No size or material limitations, but remember to keep the bags functional. Exhibition is organized to sell. All work must be for sale at reasonable prices. $50-300 max. Gallery commission on work sold is 35%.

Note: If you are male, bags aren’t just for girls...you could submit a man-bag of your original design!

WHERE:

Hand deliver or ship entries to:

Glenn Eure’s Ghost Fleet Gallery

210 E. Driftwood St.

Nags Head, NC 27959

(252) 441-6584 Email: glenneure@charter.net

WHEN:

Please deliver your artistic handbags on Friday, May 25 or Saturday May 26, 2007. Work shipped in must be received by May 26.

ENTRY PROCEDURE:

Entries should be accompanied by a completed Artist Inventory form (attached). Please

insert a label (also attached) inside each handbag so that individual works are always identified. Please print clearly. Total entry fee per artist is $10 for an artist submitting 1 to 3 bags or $15 for an artist submitting 4 to 6 bags - payable to Ghost Fleet Gallery. Artists are invited to include business cards and bio if available.

AWARDS: Best in Show - $100 / (2) Excellence Awards - $50 / Peoples’ Choice - $50.

EXHIBITION RECEPTION:

Exhibition will open with a public reception on Sunday, June 3 from 2 to 4 pm.

PICKUP DATE FOR WORK NOT SOLD:

Work not sold should be picked up Friday, August 31 or Saturday, September 1. Artwork that was shipped in will be returned COD in the container in which it was received insured for the retail price given unless otherwise specified.

Book News!!!

I have some exciting news. North light books has accepted my proposal for an art instruction book. The tentative title of my book is

ARTiculate: Projects and Techniques for Interactive Art

My editor is Tonia Davenport. She is the editor for several amazing North Light books including: Artist Trading Card Workshop by Bernie Berlin, Art Stamping Workshop by Gloria Page, Collage Lost and Found by Giuseppina Cirincione, Collage Discovery Workshop by Claudine Hellmuth, Collage Unleashed by Traci Bautista, Kaleidoscope by Suzanne Simanaitis, Metal Craft Discovery Workshop by Linda & Opie O’Brien, and Pretty Little Things by Sally Jean Alexander.

The topic of my art instruction book will be Mixed Media Interactive Art. Some other names that I have come up with to describe my book are: Articulated Art, Paper Engineering, and Moveable Art. Some examples of these types of mechanisms can be found in vintage postcards (they are called mechanical or moveable postcards) and children’s pop-up books.

I have always been intrigued with children’s pop-up books and how they work. Rather than children as a target audience, my book is meant to spark the imagination of adult artists. Artwork to be included but not limited to: altered books; postcards; greeting cards; ATC’s, and other types of pictures.