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The Colour of dreaming This is a group art exhibition organised by Maxine Friday and Klaus Schumacher for Artists’ Network Alpujarra. The show has been curated by one of the artists. 18 artists from various nationalities come together to put on a show that will entice, repel and wow you. Dates: 22nd Feb – 24th [...]
These contemporary fine art paintings are all ready and available to be shown at an art exhibition. Please contact me to arrange a viewing and terms of sale. Estas pinturas contemporáneas de bellas artes están listas y disponibles para ser exhibidas en una exhibición de arte. Por favor, póngase en contacto [...]
Workshop outline Participants will benefit from personal tuition and live demonstrations. Participants will also get to take home their creations in a protective transparent sleeves. All workshops are design for 10-12 people for one day. All ages and levels are welcome. 1) Abstract watercolours with Emma Plunkett Participants will learn how to [...]
From the initial buzz of working together and getting inspired by what each other is doing, to the issues of how the sales money is divided and the overall goals. Whose is the idea and who owns the copyright? Who is the author? In some creative collaborations it’s whoever presses the button on the camera [...]
Stories and Intentions - An Open Discussion With ANA Artists You can just stare at these paintings here on the screen while you listen to us talk about them or you can download this art podcast and enjoy it in your own time and just picture these images in your mind. A group of artists [...]
For me the art comes alive when it lives through the eyes of other people, when they bring their stories to it. On Tuesday the 27th November I led an art discussion with several artists, in the current Artists Network Alpujarra group show that I'm participating in. Upstairs at the old town hall, Órgiva, from [...]
The Órgiva art scene is taking centre stage again, with Artists' Network Alpujarra (ANA - the artists group I belong to) who are putting on a Hot Winter Show, with 34 diverse international artists. The venue is upstairs at the old town hall in Órgiva, Granada, Spain. Órgiva - if you don't know it already, [...]
The Sacred Feminine Last week I spent two days at the best art lectures I have ever been to, with an artist teacher, the lost YBA (Young British Artist). He’s the one who threw his entire graduate show in a skip the night before the opening and went off-radar for twenty-five years. I'd like to [...]
Reaching Your Audience You never really know who your audience is or when they are going to buy from you, so you'd better start by being comfortable with your arty personality and judge how much information to communicate clearly with each person you meet. I find that selling art is a long persistent process of [...]
How to create a WordPress blog post Content It's wise to blog about something you know well and or do regularly. I usually write about topics that a lot of people ask me about. It demonstrates there is a demand for the topic and saves time - instead of repeating information over and over. Keeping [...]
2nd Annual Art Extravaganza! Set in the mountains, just inland from the Costa Tropical, is the gorgeous Kitty Harri sculpture gardens, - home to over 160 large scale pieces of sculpture. The sculpture garden is run by artist and best selling novelist Kitty Harri and her electrical engineer husband, Nick Tasker. Between them both, they [...]
How to give feedback to artists when it's called for! The art sandwich technique makes your feedback easier to digest for all those vulnerable artists out there who bravely expose their art to you. It is a technique when you give praise either side of the feedback. This is not about judging whether you like [...]
