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Using social media to sell artworks is no longer a new phenomena. That said, I recently have tried an on-line auction with ArtBomb.com (http://www.artbombdaily.com). Distribution is across Canada. There is a one time $75 administration fee, and a 50% commission on all sales. The starting bid is established by the […]
Using social media to sell artworks is no longer a new phenomena. That said, I recently have tried an on-line auction with ArtBomb.com (http://www.artbombdaily.com). Distribution is across Canada. There is a one time $75 administration fee, and a 50% commission on all sales. The starting bid is established by the […]
The “Business of Art for Visual Artists Workshop” is organized to facilitate participants ability to connect the dots that are relevant to identifying and accessing their audience. Hands-on activities with role-play exercises. The open workshop structure welcomes all levels, mediums and stages in career. Its a great start to the new […]
The “Business of Art for Visual Artists Workshop” is organized to facilitate participants ability to connect the dots that are relevant to identifying and accessing their audience. Hands-on activities with role-play exercises. The open workshop structure welcomes all levels, mediums and stages in career. Its a great start to the new […]
With little amounts of funding available for individual visual artists and hundreds of applicants, the reality has become that being selected feels like winning a lottery. Jurors have more excellent proposals from which to choose than are funds available. Reasons to apply, assuming the artist meets all the requirements are: […]
With little amounts of funding available for individual visual artists and hundreds of applicants, the reality has become that being selected feels like winning a lottery. Jurors have more excellent proposals from which to choose than are funds available. Reasons to apply, assuming the artist meets all the requirements are: […]
Planning for 2014 has already produced an invitation by the Vermont Art Centre, Artist Studio Residency Program in Johnston, Vermont, U.S., from March 30 to April 25. I’m grateful to be selected for this residency opportunity to exchange with international artists from different disciplines, geographies, and cultures. I’ve been assigned […]
Planning for 2014 has already produced an invitation by the Vermont Art Centre, Artist Studio Residency Program in Johnston, Vermont, U.S., from March 30 to April 25. I’m grateful to be selected for this residency opportunity to exchange with international artists from different disciplines, geographies, and cultures. I’ve been assigned […]
The “Business of Art Training Inc./B.O.A.T. Inc. will have a booth at the Ottawa ArtPreneur Conference Saturday October 19, 2013, 8:30 am to 5 pm. There will be key note speakers, workshops and demonstrations with the intent to help artists in business. The Business of Art Training Inc. booth is […]
The “Business of Art Training Inc./B.O.A.T. Inc. will have a booth at the Ottawa ArtPreneur Conference Saturday October 19, 2013, 8:30 am to 5 pm. There will be key note speakers, workshops and demonstrations with the intent to help artists in business. The Business of Art Training Inc. booth is […]
Getting ready for a painting and photography exhibition of one’s art is more than creating the work. And if it’s painting, it must be completed well in advance of hanging to allow time for drying, especially if its oil. And if its photography, allow time for the printing. The following […]
Getting ready for a painting and photography exhibition of one’s art is more than creating the work. And if it’s painting, it must be completed well in advance of hanging to allow time for drying, especially if its oil. And if its photography, allow time for the printing. The following […]
Most established artists in any medium have accumulated a backlog of their art stored in nooks and crannies of their life. My motivation to do something about it is both physical and psychological. As in life, letting go of one’s backlog of art requires the ability to make a decision. […]
Most established artists in any medium have accumulated a backlog of their art stored in nooks and crannies of their life. My motivation to do something about it is both physical and psychological. As in life, letting go of one’s backlog of art requires the ability to make a decision. […]
Creative Studio Production, as can be seen at my website, is not new to me as a visual/media artist. Given that I work on a cyclical project basis, I am thrilled to recently be awarded a City of Ottawa studio space for the next 6 months. Anywhere one travels in the world, […]
Creative Studio Production, as can be seen at my website, is not new to me as a visual/media artist. Given that I work on a cyclical project basis, I am thrilled to recently be awarded a City of Ottawa studio space for the next 6 months. Anywhere one travels in the world, […]
“When does my art begin and end?” At what point in my process is it called “making art” or is the entire process “making art”? For over a year, I’ve been conceptualizing and planning the Arctic Return 1981 – 2013 Visual Research Project. My project is a rare longitudinal visual […]
“When does my art begin and end?” At what point in my process is it called “making art” or is the entire process “making art”? For over a year, I’ve been conceptualizing and planning the Arctic Return 1981 – 2013 Visual Research Project. My project is a rare longitudinal visual […]
KNOWING YOUR ART FOR VISUAL ARTISTS Knowing Your Art – Pushing Your Boundaries! WORKSHOP: Arts Court 2 Daly Ottawa ON, Sun Nov 4, 2-5pm. Registration by October 31st, $50. shawkins@rogers.com http//:www.sandrahawkins.ca/workshops Knowing your art is the first step to confidently being able to locate and market to the appropriate audience. More […]
KNOWING YOUR ART FOR VISUAL ARTISTS Knowing Your Art – Pushing Your Boundaries! WORKSHOP: Arts Court 2 Daly Ottawa ON, Sun Nov 4, 2-5pm. Registration by October 31st, $50. shawkins@rogers.com http//:www.sandrahawkins.ca/workshops Knowing your art is the first step to confidently being able to locate and market to the appropriate audience. More […]
The history of visual arts is interwoven with the woes of visual artists’ trying to make a living. Most combine their career as an artist with teaching, or some other activity that pays the bills. This sounds worse than it is, because everyone knows that the market-place chugs along based […]
The history of visual arts is interwoven with the woes of visual artists’ trying to make a living. Most combine their career as an artist with teaching, or some other activity that pays the bills. This sounds worse than it is, because everyone knows that the market-place chugs along based […]
The unique aspect about developing artist live-work spaces in Ottawa (and probably elsewhere) is that the location has to be zoned for both commercial and residential. In 2011, City Council approved the Arts and Heritage 5-year Renewal Plan which supports the development of Artist Live-Work spaces as a Pilot Project. […]
The unique aspect about developing artist live-work spaces in Ottawa (and probably elsewhere) is that the location has to be zoned for both commercial and residential. In 2011, City Council approved the Arts and Heritage 5-year Renewal Plan which supports the development of Artist Live-Work spaces as a Pilot Project. […]
Toronto here I come!! A chance to housesit for 3-weeks in Metro Toronto at the architecturally famous Tip Top Tailors Lofts is a fantastic opportunity to check into my favourite big-city with all its art, parks and the nicest people. In 2010 blogs I gave tips on strategies for art […]
Toronto here I come!! A chance to housesit for 3-weeks in Metro Toronto at the architecturally famous Tip Top Tailors Lofts is a fantastic opportunity to check into my favourite big-city with all its art, parks and the nicest people. In 2010 blogs I gave tips on strategies for art […]
The benefits of a project studio outside the home include fewer distractions that have nothing to do with the project. This is the case for me at the City of Ottawa owned Gardener’s House at Britannia Beach, March 1 to August 31, 2013. A month in, I’ve reviewed my recent […]
The benefits of a project studio outside the home include fewer distractions that have nothing to do with the project. This is the case for me at the City of Ottawa owned Gardener’s House at Britannia Beach, March 1 to August 31, 2013. A month in, I’ve reviewed my recent […]
Applause Not many visual artists are accustom to applause in Canada. Yet it happened to me this February. I have a little exhibition, Global Forces – Intimate Spaces, showing downtown Ottawa in a church hall. One Saturday, when I dropped in, a large group called Conversations in English for New Canadians, had […]
Applause Not many visual artists are accustom to applause in Canada. Yet it happened to me this February. I have a little exhibition, Global Forces – Intimate Spaces, showing downtown Ottawa in a church hall. One Saturday, when I dropped in, a large group called Conversations in English for New Canadians, had […]
Oops! Drafter this blog 6 months ago and only publishing now. Hope there is something in there for the reader today. Ottawa based artists are geographically well positioned to access both the Montreal and Toronto larger and more varied markets and resources. Starting this weekend, I’m back to Toronto for […]
Oops! Drafter this blog 6 months ago and only publishing now. Hope there is something in there for the reader today. Ottawa based artists are geographically well positioned to access both the Montreal and Toronto larger and more varied markets and resources. Starting this weekend, I’m back to Toronto for […]
Water overflowed a small strip of eavestrough beside my garage door. Propelled by indignation with this ‘improper’ drainage, I mustered the energy to haul out the step-ladder. Defiantly, I climbed, my balance uncertain these days. Precariously teetering at the top, my hand blindly felt for the blockage. Seemingly in one […]
Water overflowed a small strip of eavestrough beside my garage door. Propelled by indignation with this ‘improper’ drainage, I mustered the energy to haul out the step-ladder. Defiantly, I climbed, my balance uncertain these days. Precariously teetering at the top, my hand blindly felt for the blockage. Seemingly in one […]
Colleagues and friends often ask me what I’m doing in regards to my art practice. Usually, I would answer with a specific exhibition or project. The many back-to-back exhibitions during the last several years has been great exposure, bringing regional and international recognition for my artwork. Artist Resumé. In 2011, space is needed […]
Colleagues and friends often ask me what I’m doing in regards to my art practice. Usually, I would answer with a specific exhibition or project. The many back-to-back exhibitions during the last several years has been great exposure, bringing regional and international recognition for my artwork. Artist Resumé. In 2011, space is needed […]
Visual/Media Arts Curator Versus Project Coordinator are different roles. The Curator comes up with the exhibition concept, theme, and selection of artworks and artists. A project coordinator would ideally assist the curator with logistics of implementation. Comparing Curatorial Approaches includes many variations according to individual philosophies, educational backgrounds and institutional mandates. At […]
Visual/Media Arts Curator Versus Project Coordinator are different roles. The Curator comes up with the exhibition concept, theme, and selection of artworks and artists. A project coordinator would ideally assist the curator with logistics of implementation. Comparing Curatorial Approaches includes many variations according to individual philosophies, educational backgrounds and institutional mandates. At […]
Visual/Media Arts Curator Versus Project Coordinator are different roles. The Curator comes up with the exhibition concept, theme, and selection of artworks and artists. A project coordinator would ideally assist the curator with logistics of implementation. Comparing Curatorial Approaches includes many variations according to individual philosophies, educational backgrounds and institutional mandates. At […]
Visual/Media Arts Curator Versus Project Coordinator are different roles. The Curator comes up with the exhibition concept, theme, and selection of artworks and artists. A project coordinator would ideally assist the curator with logistics of implementation. Comparing Curatorial Approaches includes many variations according to individual philosophies, educational backgrounds and institutional mandates. At […]
What is a Curatorial Clinic? According to the Power Plant Gallery in Toronto, it is an informal opportunity to discuss one’s work with members of the Curatorial Team, and not an evaluation or appraisal service. Members of that gallery can make a fifteen-minute appointment on Fridays. I was inspired to […]
What is a Curatorial Clinic? According to the Power Plant Gallery in Toronto, it is an informal opportunity to discuss one’s work with members of the Curatorial Team, and not an evaluation or appraisal service. Members of that gallery can make a fifteen-minute appointment on Fridays. I was inspired to […]
When I first announced to someone I would be in Toronto for a couple of month they suggested I would be “on sabbatical”, thereby naming my time away. Wikipedia provides definitions of types of sabbaticals, including some with biblical roots in Genesis 2:2-3 in which God rested after creating the […]
When I first announced to someone I would be in Toronto for a couple of month they suggested I would be “on sabbatical”, thereby naming my time away. Wikipedia provides definitions of types of sabbaticals, including some with biblical roots in Genesis 2:2-3 in which God rested after creating the […]
The opportunity for a place to stay, and thus to independently organize my creative research sabbatical, January 23 to April 2, 2010 in downtown Toronto, “fell into my lap” only two weeks prior to my Ottawa departure. While it seemed to others to be a sudden leap, I had wanted […]
The opportunity for a place to stay, and thus to independently organize my creative research sabbatical, January 23 to April 2, 2010 in downtown Toronto, “fell into my lap” only two weeks prior to my Ottawa departure. While it seemed to others to be a sudden leap, I had wanted […]
Balancing an artist’s life style may sound like an oxymoron given its often the tensions, the mismatches and the slippages that inspire creativity. Similarly, the season of Christmas, intended as a spiritual time of peace, giving, hope and renewal, has become a materialistic season where meaning has been twisted to promote […]
Balancing an artist’s life style may sound like an oxymoron given its often the tensions, the mismatches and the slippages that inspire creativity. Similarly, the season of Christmas, intended as a spiritual time of peace, giving, hope and renewal, has become a materialistic season where meaning has been twisted to promote […]
Riding the creative wave is not for the faint of heart, or anyone looking for security of any kind. This is particularly true for the contemporary visual artist challenging presumed assumptions about identities of all kinds, including the relevance of identity as some fixed point. In my view, contemporary art […]
Riding the creative wave is not for the faint of heart, or anyone looking for security of any kind. This is particularly true for the contemporary visual artist challenging presumed assumptions about identities of all kinds, including the relevance of identity as some fixed point. In my view, contemporary art […]
Exhibiting ones visual and multimedia artworks internationally is multi facetted, each country having their specific legal and economic requirements, languages and cultures. My most interesting exhibition experiences have included a solo exhibition in Xi’ian China in 2004, a group exhibition in Bogotá Colombia in 2008, and participation in a curator’s […]
Exhibiting ones visual and multimedia artworks internationally is multi facetted, each country having their specific legal and economic requirements, languages and cultures. My most interesting exhibition experiences have included a solo exhibition in Xi’ian China in 2004, a group exhibition in Bogotá Colombia in 2008, and participation in a curator’s […]
Mid career is an in between space implying a before and after. The visual arts industry has come-up with the categories of emerging , mid career and established, with varying criteria for each depending on the level of organizations. Level in this context means local, provincial, national or international. Within the […]
Mid career is an in between space implying a before and after. The visual arts industry has come-up with the categories of emerging , mid career and established, with varying criteria for each depending on the level of organizations. Level in this context means local, provincial, national or international. Within the […]
Learning from one’s own and other people’s mistakes implies a framework for analysis. “Critical analysis” in this blog means the location and contribution of the artwork in contemporary aesthetic discourse. This requires knowledge by the critic of this framework, otherwise it’s just opinion with no analytical basis. The contemporary visual/media […]
Learning from one’s own and other people’s mistakes implies a framework for analysis. “Critical analysis” in this blog means the location and contribution of the artwork in contemporary aesthetic discourse. This requires knowledge by the critic of this framework, otherwise it’s just opinion with no analytical basis. The contemporary visual/media […]
DISCERNING REAL OPPORTUNITIESNot all exhibition opportunities are equal, depending on the artist’s developmental progress. The ability to discern which are real opportunities years in advance of actual exhibition dates can be a challenge. This is more a problem for emerging and mid-career artists submitting proposals to a public or non-profit […]
DISCERNING REAL OPPORTUNITIESNot all exhibition opportunities are equal, depending on the artist’s developmental progress. The ability to discern which are real opportunities years in advance of actual exhibition dates can be a challenge. This is more a problem for emerging and mid-career artists submitting proposals to a public or non-profit […]
Intent of the Blog: This is my first time creating a blog. My intent is to be expressively informative. As a contemporary visual and media artist, I experience all the ups and downs of being a creative person and trying to “make ends meet”. Ok, the creative part is that space […]
Intent of the Blog: This is my first time creating a blog. My intent is to be expressively informative. As a contemporary visual and media artist, I experience all the ups and downs of being a creative person and trying to “make ends meet”. Ok, the creative part is that space […]
Funding: To be or not to be?Thank you all for contributing to the success of B.O.A.T. inc.’s daily blog. Artists’ ears generally perk-up with the topic of “funding”, even though the statistics show the greatest percentage of income from a business of art is from sales, not grants, and not […]
Funding: To be or not to be?Thank you all for contributing to the success of B.O.A.T. inc.’s daily blog. Artists’ ears generally perk-up with the topic of “funding”, even though the statistics show the greatest percentage of income from a business of art is from sales, not grants, and not […]
TransportationTransporting artworks to the exhibition venue is often the responsibility of the artist even if the gallery may agree to cover the return transportation costs. Having a local exhibition offers the possibility of saving costs by transporting the artworks oneself. The physical agility and energy required to load and […]
TransportationTransporting artworks to the exhibition venue is often the responsibility of the artist even if the gallery may agree to cover the return transportation costs. Having a local exhibition offers the possibility of saving costs by transporting the artworks oneself. The physical agility and energy required to load and […]
Yesterday’s blog ended with reference to “Other” and “Outsider” art. These are not my terms but the “official” nomenclature that the art industry uses to reference art that doesn’t fit Western contemporary art discourse, yet. In 1960’s lingo, its the art of “counter culture”. I’m old enough to have observed […]
Yesterday’s blog ended with reference to “Other” and “Outsider” art. These are not my terms but the “official” nomenclature that the art industry uses to reference art that doesn’t fit Western contemporary art discourse, yet. In 1960’s lingo, its the art of “counter culture”. I’m old enough to have observed […]
Profit-Legacy Continuum A “professional” artist is defined as spending the greater amount of their time doing some aspect of their art, including teaching, writing and marketing their art. Other sources of income may supplement the artist’s copyright income but it isn’t the major focus of their time. For analysis purposes, […]
Profit-Legacy Continuum A “professional” artist is defined as spending the greater amount of their time doing some aspect of their art, including teaching, writing and marketing their art. Other sources of income may supplement the artist’s copyright income but it isn’t the major focus of their time. For analysis purposes, […]
Over the past decade, I’ve observed a personal rhythm to balancing activities within my art practice, and interfacing it with “the other”; and creating income to support all this. My style seems to be based on “delayed gratification”. One year I might focus on writing many exhibition and funding proposals, […]
Over the past decade, I’ve observed a personal rhythm to balancing activities within my art practice, and interfacing it with “the other”; and creating income to support all this. My style seems to be based on “delayed gratification”. One year I might focus on writing many exhibition and funding proposals, […]
“Independent” Visual ArtistsWow! I know its an incredibly big subject because there’s probably as many types of careers as there are independent visual artists. Firstly, let me clarify the arguable concept of “independent visual artist” or art practice. “Independent visual artist” in my view refers to an artist who creates […]
“Independent” Visual ArtistsWow! I know its an incredibly big subject because there’s probably as many types of careers as there are independent visual artists. Firstly, let me clarify the arguable concept of “independent visual artist” or art practice. “Independent visual artist” in my view refers to an artist who creates […]
Book distribution – http://www.artengine.ca/sandra/book/index.htm I prefer to sell the book, “The Business of Art for Canadian Visual Artists” through a third party retailer. Because I’m so small being both the author and publisher, the retailer must pay me up-front for the books. This is not the norm in the Canadian […]
Book distribution – http://www.artengine.ca/sandra/book/index.htm I prefer to sell the book, “The Business of Art for Canadian Visual Artists” through a third party retailer. Because I’m so small being both the author and publisher, the retailer must pay me up-front for the books. This is not the norm in the Canadian […]
Artwork Presentation: I’m not a framer of artwork but to reduce my expenses I must assemble my own custom cut matts and metal frames for an upcoming solo exhibition at the Centrepointe Theatre, August 28 to September 30, 2009. The latest ten photomontage images in the Arctic Crisis print series are […]
Artwork Presentation: I’m not a framer of artwork but to reduce my expenses I must assemble my own custom cut matts and metal frames for an upcoming solo exhibition at the Centrepointe Theatre, August 28 to September 30, 2009. The latest ten photomontage images in the Arctic Crisis print series are […]