May 1st, 2008 Daryle Dickens
At least according to RSSday.org. And I think it is a worthy cause. RSS is a great tool that can help you manage all that information out there. Google Reader is my preferred way to manage my RSS feeds.
Do you RSS?
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May 1st, 2008 Daryle Dickens
1. Can you carve within the lines?
5. A place you will never find the work of Darren Mahuron. (His stuff is here.)
Can’t forget about number…
6. Who ever wants to sit down and argue about this list I’ll buy the beer. (I can start it off by saying #6 should be #1.)
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April 30th, 2008 Daryle Dickens
Received this post card in the mail the other day:
So I had to check out her website at www.laurabrent.com. And it looks like Laura has been working hard. Her site has plenty of work to explore. I really like the stuff she has under her “current project” page.
But the best part will be checking out her studio this Friday at Fort Collins MOCA. Yes, it is First Friday already. Where did April go?
Hope to see you out there,
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April 29th, 2008 Daryle Dickens
The visual arts community is currently buzzing about the Orphan Works Bill that was brought before the House by Rep. Howard Berman [D-CA] and the Senate by Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]. If you have not heard you may be wondering what "Orphan Works" are. The U.S. Copyright office states that orphaned works are copyrighted works whose owners may be impossible to identify and locate.
Basically this law would allow use of those orphaned works if the owner can not be identified or found after certain search requirements are met. Researching this you will find polar opinions from the idea that without a copyright lawyer retained you will not have any protection to the notion that the bill will not even pass.
I lean toward the latter. It is not just an election year, it is a Presidential election year. A bill relating to the arts is not going to get enough attention to be addressed and voted on. I know that does not mean it will go away forever but it will take steam out of it. (This is not the first time it has been introduced.) But if by chance one day the bill does pass and become law it will be in the hands of the courts as to how much power the law gives those that choose to use works they deem orphaned.
Want to keep an eye on the bills? You can track the House bill here. And the Senate bill here.
To me the real question is why is Congress spending their time on this? I would imagine there are human orphans that could use this kind of attention.
That’s just my opinion, I could be wrong,
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April 28th, 2008 Daryle Dickens
Palette Show& Silent Auction
A benefit show for the Alzheimer’s Association
Roundhouse Gallery will have on display 30 original art palettes created and donated for the silent auction by local professional artists. 100% of the proceeds from the silent auction will go to the Alzheimer’s Association. This show is in conjunction with Memories in the Making® Art Auction, Thursday, June 5, 2008 from 6:30 pm at Dan Ostermiller Studio, Emcee Mike Hooker.
May 2nd – May 30th
Come join us for a special opening
May 2nd from 5:00pm – 9:00pm
(970) 689-3290
116 North College Ave., Suite 3,
Fort Collins, CO 80524
Three doors north
of Beau Jo’s, upstairs.
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April 27th, 2008 Daryle Dickens
I have to give a lot of credit to Ira Glass and This American Life for inspiring me to create ZAF622.com and ArtPalaver.com. I’ve been listening to the NPR radio show for years and I would jump at the chance to be an unpaid intern for the show. What I am trying to tell you is I am a big fan. I like the idea of talking to everyday people and hearing their story. And I hope one day to be able to do it half as good as Ira Glass.
That is why I am excited about This American Life Live! You see for one night and one night only Mr. Glass and company are going to be broadcasting live from New York to select theaters around the county. This from the web site:
On Thursday, May 1st acclaimed radio and television host Ira Glass will bring the wildly popular show This American Life to the big screen for a one-night only event. Glass debuts never-before-seen extraordinary, funny and true stories from everyday life, shows outtakes, and answers audience questions. This exclusive theatre event will be broadcast LIVE from New York via satellite to select movie theatres nationwide.
This one-night event features special guests and is presented in HD and Cinema Surround Sound.
And thankfully one of those select movie theatres is in Fort Collins. Cinemark on Timberline will be showing it at 6PM Thursday night. Tickets are already on sale and can be bought here.
Hope to see you there.
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April 25th, 2008 Daryle Dickens
Just a quick post to thank Josh Johnson and The Rocky Mountain Chronicle for his recent article on ZAF622.com and ArtPalaver.com. Josh did a great job and it is an honor to be featured in the Chronicle.
You can read the article by clicking here.
I am still on the road exploring parts of Northern New Mexico. Time for writing and wi-fi spots have been limited. Which is why my posting this week has been sparse. But Art Palaver should be back on schedule next week. And I’ll be sure to share what I found in the galleries and studios of Taos and Santa Fe.
Until then take care,
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April 21st, 2008 Daryle Dickens
I am writing this post in the solarium of the Mabel Dodge Luhan House in Taos New Mexico. The solarium is a square glass walled room that sits atop this historic property. The stairs up to this room are steep, narrow, and have very little headroom. To get to the stairway we have to pass though the inn keeper’s office. And one more touch of quirkiness is the fact that the room does not lock, we were just given a key to the front door. And when we checked in the inn keeper told us the room is “magical.” It is probably the most unique room I have ever stayed in. And the history of the house that it sits atop just adds to its uniqueness.
Back in 1918 Mabel Dodge Luhan bought a 4 room adobe for $1500. She then set out renovating and expanding the structure in order to make room for house guests. Guests such as Georgia O’Keeffe, D.H. Lawrence, Ansel Adams, Martha Graham and Carl Jung just to name a few.
Mabel wrote in a letter to friend that she wanted her home to be a retreat for “movers and shakers of the earth. Scientists, artists, statesmen, creators, promoters of values and changers of the world.”
Supposedly the house and grounds have not changed that much since those days. So as I sit up here and look around I can’t help but imagine what it would have been like to be here when those minds walked between these walls. The one I would most like to sit down and have a palaver with is Carl Jung. In the past I have read some of Jung’s writing and it opened doors in my mind that I did not know I had.
And one last unique fact about this place. In the 70s it was owned by Dennis Hopper. He edited Easy Rider here and had friends like Bob Dylan, Alan Watts and George McGovern stay here. That would have also been an interesting time to be here as well.
These days it is an inn and convention center as well as offering artist workshops of all kinds. While checking in I spotted fliers for a writer’s workshop taught by Natalie Goldberg.
It is my hope that these great creative minds and thinkers that have passed through here left something of themselves behind. And maybe, just maybe, I’ll be able to pick up that something and add it to my own creative life.
More from Taos to be posted soon,
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April 18th, 2008 Daryle Dickens
Ever want to "kick the tires" of Articulate City? Casual Friday is your chance. This dispatch came from Articulate City’s HQ:
Just a quick reminder that tonight is Articulate City’s “Casual Friday” (third Friday of each month). That’s where we get together to have cocktails and chit-chat, and generally have a good time together. No RSVP necessary, no membership or jacket required, no strings attached, no guilt involved, art optional, laughter probable. Everyone is welcome to meander up to the bar and say goodbye to the week that was.
This Friday, 4/18, we’ll gather at Choice City Butcher & Deli, 104 W. Olive St., from 5:01pm - 7:00pm(ish). We’d love for you to join us. We hope to be out on the patio, where Russ claims he’ll be our personal waiter, so pray for some good warm weather! Oh, and they’re doing something horrifying to the street over there, so if you don’t ride your bike, we suggest maybe parking in the public lot off of Remington St., between Oak and Olive.
Go, have fun, meet people. Wish I could be there but at 5 I should be setting up camp somewhere in Southern Colorado.
Just let em know I sent you.
Have fun,
"O great creator of being grant us one more hour to perform our art and perfect our lives."
- Jim Morrison
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April 17th, 2008 Daryle Dickens
1. New work for the always stunning Summit Studios.
2. Comic strips suck these days. Make your own.
3. For a well dressed knight on the town.
4. This is just one great find on a site filled with great art.
5. Sometimes staying in character means breaking the law.
And now for the often overlooked number six…
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Thanks again to Beet Street for sponsoring another Palaver post. 
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