Monthly Archives: February 2008

A Story Behind An Image

As a viewer I am always interested in how the artist got to an image they are presenting. Local photographer Cole Thompson has included such stories in his newsletter. I like them so much that I wanted to pass one on. I recommend subscribing to Cole’s newsletter. He is a photographer that always seems to [...]

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Art Round-Up

Some bloggers are in the habit of doing a “round-up” post once a week. Basically a post of links to things relating to the blog subject around the web. I have never done one on Art Palaver. Until this post.
Wired Magazine takes a look at on-line art galleries.
The Denver Art scene in 2028.
Make a camera [...]

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Articulate City’s Event Picks For This Weekend

Here once again is Articulate City’s Must Attend Events for the weekend. Be sure to click on www.articulatecity.com to get all the details.
 
Hello there, all you Art Party People:
Birthdays galore, plus threesomes, treesomes, Mexorcisms, and more … all this week in Articulate City!
Additional information about each event, including times, cost and location, is available at [...]

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Road Trip With Arts Alive

Saturday March 8th is The Building Creative Business Expo in Denver. What is The Building Creative Business Expo you may be asking? Well…
The Building Creative Businesses Expo offers the creative community (writers, artists, filmmakers, dancers, graphic designers, musicians, etc.) a “one-stop” opportunity to learn about the various city, non-profit, and for-profit [...]

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Tinkering With A Novel?

Men With Pens is one of the blogs I subscribe to. The focus of the blog is freelance writing in relation to business on the Internet. But recently they began covering creative writing. Today they did a post stating "Why Your Novel Isn’t Written Yet," that I recommend you read if you have been tinkering [...]

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The War Of Art

“Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance.”- Steven Pressfield

I am sure you know the feeling. The feeling of satisfaction after a productive day. After a full day spent creating. That feeling of knowing you showed up and answered the muse and [...]

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Inspiring Impressionism Opening At The DAM

The Denver Art Museum has a new show opening February 23rd.
Inspiring Impressionism
DARING. PROVOCATIVE. REVOLUTIONARY.
The Impressionists embodied all of the above. But even these innovative “painters of modern life” were influenced by the art of the past.
Explore the relationship between the Impressionists and the Old Masters that inspired them in [...]

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The Chronicle Now Has A Flickr Pool

Rocky Mountain Chronicle’s unofficial blog, Holla, posted today they have started a Flickr pool. A pool on Flickr is simply a group of people who upload pictures based on a specific subject. This is the scoop on this pool:
“We’re collecting images of events, people, places, politicians, dogs, shows, the unexplainable, weather, etc. taken by you, [...]

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Issue 21 Of ZAF622 Fort Collins Art Webzine

Just a brief post to let everyone know that Issue #21 has been published. It has been awhile since I have worked on ZAF622 so it is good to get a new issue published.
Click here to check it out.

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Ever Consider A Blog? (Part 2.5)

Since we have been talking about artist blogs I thought I would share some examples I found on the Google. I don’t know any of the artist nor have I followed their blog, they are just random finds with a little searching. It can been good to see how other artists are using blogs. Look [...]

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