Lessons Learned In Attempting To Foster An Art Town

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The Art Palaver headquarters is in Fort Collins. A town of about 145,00 people in Northern Colorado. Ft Collins frequently makes many “best of” lists put out by various magazines and news organizations. Such as: 5th Best Places for Business and Careers: Forbes – June 2011 One of the Top Ten Places to Retire in [...] Read more »

Did You Write Your Morning Pages Today?

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The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron is a well know book on the subject of creativity and living the artist’s life. The book was first published in 1992 and is still well read today. I read it somewhere around 1999 when I first started to explore what it means to be a modern day artist [...] Read more »

Mailchimp Email Marketing and List Manager

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Mailchimp is the service I want to share with you to kick of my series on free web tools to help you sell more art. Even though social media gets a lot of attention these days and people love to talk about what is new and what is next I believe good old fashioned email [...] Read more »

Meilena Hauslendale | Featured Artist

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Meilena Hauslendale is this week’s featured artist. Medium(s) you work in: Sharpie Marker & Watercolor. How would you describe your art? My art is based on my reflections of the world around me. I observe. I learn. I feel… then I create. I often have themes in my art. Sometimes I use symbolism and sometimes [...] Read more »

Modern Day Artist Podcast 5 | Blogging, WordPress, And Reality Television

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Work of Art, the reality television show by Bravo, art blogging, and WordPress all covered in this episode of the Modern Day Artist Podcast. More about Work of Art: Bravo’s latest stroke on the reality canvas brings Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner Sarah Jessica Parker and her production company, Pretty Matches, together with the [...] Read more »

Connie Norman | Featured Artist

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Connie Norman is this week’s featured artist. Medium(s) you work in: My ceramics are made from earthenware clay, white and terra cotta, with low fire glazes. How would you describe your art? My ceramic vessels are very decorative. I use my vessels as a vehicle to explore form, glaze and text. I am fascinated by [...] Read more »

Modern Day Artist Podcast | Episode Four

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Marketing and selling art is not why you are an artist. You are an artist because you want to create, because you posses an urge to express yourself. But creating art requires resources. Materials, money, and time top the list. Selling your work is a way to get those resources. Art Palaver’s mission is to [...] Read more »

Kevin Caron | Featured Artist

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Kevin Caron is this week’s featured artist. Medium(s) you work in: Welded steel. How would you describe your art? Rusty (most of my pieces have a rust patina). Seriously, a combination of contemporary and practical art that is easy on the eye and gentle on the heart. My work is intended to evoke emotional responses [...] Read more »

Modern Day Artist Podcast | Episode Three

Marketing and selling art is not why you are an artist. You are an artist because you want to create, because you posses an urge to express yourself. But creating art requires resources. Materials, money, and time top the list. Selling your work is a way to get those resources. Art Palaver’s mission is to [...] Read more »

Karen Whitworth | Featured Artist

Karen Whitworth is this week’s featured artist. Medium(s) you work in: Acrylic, Oil. How would you describe your art? It is my way of telling a story about the subject. I want the painting to convey how I felt, what I heard and smelled in addition to what I saw. I want the viewer to [...] Read more »

Modern Day Artist Podcast | Interview With Kevin Caron

Marketing and selling art is not why you are an artist. You are an artist because you want to create, because you posses an urge to express yourself. But creating art requires resources. Materials, money, and time top the list. Selling your work is a way to get those resources. Art Palaver’s mission is to [...] Read more »

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