We were fascinated by the announcement of a complete book of hummingbird prints by celebrated naturalist John Gould. Not so much because of the subject matter, but because the book takes a step back in time, reflecting on the esteemed reputation of John Gould. We also wanted to know more about the Joel Oppenheimer Gallery. So we asked Joel and…
Flinn Gallery, located on the 2nd floor of the Greenwich Library, is one of the town’s most beloved and impressive institutions. With its 2018-9 season, the gallery celebrates 90 years of bringing exceptional art experiences to the community. The 90th anniversary season launched on September 6th and will run through June 19, 2019, with six exhibits that take a contemporary…
An unlikely pairing, real estate entrepreneur Chester Perkowski and mixed media artist Rachel Thompson literally met on the street as neighbors and began a startup project that has gained traction out of the gate. Perkowski and Thompson are introducing a novel medium and are exploring its application in mosaics, sculpture and jewelry. “We are engaged in the co-creative process of…
6 Ways Artists Can Use Instagram to Build a Following Our world isn’t just technology-driven at this point. Right now, we are living in a visual world where artists need to focus on attracting their audience by using the most popular channels for this purpose. That, of course, are social media platforms like Instagram. Ever since Instagram was first introduced,…
Marlene Rose grew up with art all around her. Her mother was a painter and her father a sculptor of found objects. Her education furthered her interest in art, both at the Promfret School in Connecticut, then her study of visual mediums at Tulane University in New Orleans. Coming into her own as an artist, she developed her unique style.…
Art therapy is a growing business, with many health organizations now actively promoting it in the battle against ill mental health. The American Art Therapy Association has 5,000 members and many more thousands across the nation have benefitted from the service. Through creativity, people have managed to process and cope with significant trauma and improve mood-related conditions. However, art therapy is…
Artists inhale inspiration from a myriad of sources; the world is their template. For Marcella Rose, the initial inspiration behind creation of her four-foot bronze sculpture “Spirit Rising” came from a totally unexpected source: a young woman who died an estimated 20,000 years ago in what is now western Minnesota. That young woman’s remains, located several feet below the soil…
It takes more than artistic talent and technique to earn your living as a visual artist. Like other entrepreneurs, professional artists need business and sales training to be economically successful, but few art schools provide these skills, and many artists lack access to this vital expertise and training. Enter The Clark Hulings Fund for Visual Artists (CHF), which invites artists…
Print carries with it a prestige, immediacy, and intimacy that’s unavailable to work that appears in an exclusively digital space. With viewers that are used to endless scrolling, these days, digital talk is cheap. Reducing art to a catalog or list on a screen is a more passive experience for your audience and costs them more time. We want something…
If you want to be successful, you have to not only be an impressive artist but also an innovative entrepreneur, treating your work as a small business. At the second annual Arts Business Summit April 6–7 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, working artists will take a deep dive into the business side of their career practice as a visual artist.…
