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 is
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
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
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
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
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