Baren Digest              Monday, 20 November 2000      Volume 13 : Number 1220


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From: "jerelee" <jerelee@main.nc.us>
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 10:56:21 -0600
Subject: [Baren 12158] Re: SGC charset="iso-8859-1" 

Dear Barbara
Can you please tell me what the SGA is all about. It sounds like it would be
fun to attend a conference with fellow artists. I  have a toddler at home so
in all probability it might not happen for me but it's always enjoyable to
hear new news and dream. Jerelee

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From: B Mason <bemason@concentric.net>
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 08:02:43 -0800
Subject: [Baren 12159] juried shows 

Lee,
I think any of us who have been involved in the planning and hanging end
of a juried show can sympathize with you, it is so hard to hang varied
work together and so hard to judge it from slides and impossible to make
expenses doing it. Especially if a catalog is produced. The catalog is
the straw that breaks the camel's back, it always takes more time and
costs more money that planned for. I see galleries in Art Calendar that
seem to have ongoing juried shows and wonder what they are thinking or
if they are just doing it poorly. Perhaps they have no catalog and no
juror fees and hang the show themselves. Still it is a tremendous amount
of work to look at hundreds or thousands of slides and take care of all
the paperwork involved. If you kept the slides, maybe it would be less
work, but still not much. I think Stonemetal press is to be commended
for taking on a juried show every year.

I am a director of an artist owned gallery here in Portland called
Waterstone Gallery and we have considered having a juried show, but we
know it would be huge undertaking and are all a little skittish about
the energy involved. Also we are so small, only 756 sq feet, that
perhaps artists might think our gallery is not a good place to show. We
are in the heart of the gallery district and do sell a fair amount of
work. We have had what we call "community return shows", in otherwords
we mount a show the community will like to see that we know will bring
us very little return, if any. We showed a section of the huge
collection of the Regional Arts and Cultural Council's   "Visual
Cronicles of Portland" a few years ago and none of the work was for
sale. Of course we can't afford to do this very often as we are a
business. Not a non-profit, although it seems that way some months.

There are 15 of us and we pay $100 a month to run the gallery. This
covers our expenses, our rent is $1100. We pay 10%commission up to $200
a year then no commission on sales thereafter. All in all it works well
and we all take turns sitting the gallery. Is Stonemetal Press run in a
similar way? We volunteer a lot of time to make our small gallery look
very professional. We jury new members three times a year, but have not
had an opening for a couple of years. Someone would have to leave the
gallery to make space for a new member. Most galleries that run like
ours have considerably more members to share the work. We find our small
number is an advantage as we all get along so well. We certainly
consider personality when juring members as well as the quality of the
work.

Anyone who complains about the way thing are done, hasn't been in your
shoes! So don't feel bad, just pat yourself on the back for all your
hard work! And all artists need to bite the bullet, find a really good
photorgapher and get professional slides done. I always think slides of
photographs are a bit wierd, but I see the necessity of it. Shows that
rejected your work with home made slides will suddenly like your work
with professional ones. This has certainly been my experience.
Barbara M





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From: Wanda <robertson@canby.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 11:14:05 -0700
Subject: [Baren 12160] Re: safety 

Lawrence wrote:
> You definitely want to avoid milk at any cost. It becomes a toxic
> reservoir, grabbing all the free floating toxins out of the air.

You're joking, right?  

Wanda






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From: barebonesart <barebonesart@home.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 12:08:15 -0800
Subject: [Baren 12161] Re: Baren Digest V13 #1219 

Dear Jean and all,

Yes, I've been following the possible closing of the printmaking studio at
Parsons School of Design. The Northwest Print Council wrote a letter, to the
powers that be, requesting that it not happen and citing that even
traditional intaglio printmaking no longer needs to be considered toxic or
dangerous with modern methods (veggie oil clean-up, Imageon film, Ferric
Chloride, etc.) Just as frightening was a letter we received from students
either at U of Oslo or Art Academy in Oslo (I'm having a sr. moment on that
one) having the same problem. At Dr. Gilkey's request the NWPC wrote a
letter to the administration of the school protesting the closing of the
printmaking dept. So many schools are doing away with the printmaking and
putting their money & space into the Computer Imaging dept., thinking, I am
sure, that the wave of the future is the computer. I personally think they
are all wet - the computer is just another tool and will never replace the
hand pulled print. (I seem to remember my Mother saying,"Never say never".
Hmmmmmm.)
Maybe it will be up to us, as individual printmakers, to apprentice our
children and private students to carry on the tradition until the
Universities & schools wise up.

Sharri 




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From: "Cate Pfeifer" <Cate108@Earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 21:08:54 -0500
Subject: [Baren 12162] Thanks for your kind words charset="iso-8859-1" 


Hi Everybody,

Thanks for your kind, encouraging words.

Barbara, I can't take full credit for this print.  Mike Lyon and Linda
Sampson-Talleur helped me quite a bit.  Everything that I liked about the
background was Mike's work. The black was made with sumi ink.  We printed
this like a 4 color separation with layers of yellow, magenta, and blue
under the black.  I think it made it very rich - again, it was Mike's idea.

Carol, your name is Lyons, Mike's name is Lyon... hmmm.  Maybe we should
have a "carve your name/heritage" exchange?  That would be fun.  My design
(for Pfeifer) would be full of flutes.  Alas, I can't play one (but I am
full of wind).

Wanda, I agree with you completely.  Without Mike's (and Linda's) help and
encouragement, I would still be thinking about doing this.  Baren rocks.

Julio, yup, the very first.  I can't believe it.  What a rush!

I started sketching the design for the snake print.  Off to work on that!

Thanks again,

Cate







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From: B Mason <bemason@concentric.net>
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 18:34:56 -0800
Subject: [Baren 12163] Re: SGC 

jerelee wrote:
> Dear Barbara
> Can you please tell me what the SGA is all about. It sounds like it would be
> fun to attend a conference with fellow artists. I  have a toddler at home so
> in all probability it might not happen for me but it's always enjoyable to
> hear new news and dream. Jerelee

Jerelee,
The SGC is the Southern Graphics Council and every year they have an
international printmaking conference somewhere in the south, this year in Austin
Texas. I went last year for the first time to the conference that was in Miami.
I have always wanted to go and it was really fun. Just imagine 800 printmakers
together and all excited about what they are doing. You can read about the
conference here:
http://www.utexas.edu/cofa/a_ah/sgc/index.html We bareners who were there met
for breakfast and it was just too much fun. It is fairly expenxive, as the
conference is $150 + joining SGC for $75 and of course the travel and room and
so on. But it was also really fun and I thought worth it. But my children are
grown so I am a different place in my life. What part of the country are you in?
Having toddlers really ties you down, but printmaking will wait. Nothing is more
important than doing a good job raising your family! The rewards for doing this
job well are life long!
Best to you,
Barbara





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From: Lawrence <vurt1@optushome.com.au>
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 16:35:36 +1100
Subject: [Baren 12164] Re: safety <200011190649.PAA47612@ml.asahi-net.or.jp> 

Wanda wrote:
>You're joking, right?

Er no, not kidding, milk is basically fat and fat attracts the toxins in 
the air and concentrates them by collecting them in one place (your glass 
of milk) when you drink it, its basically concentrated toxin. I never drink 
milk on or around days when I'm near studios (actually I never drink milk 
anymore because of this). Leaving milk out in a studio is definitely a no 
no for this reason. there are some great books on safety in the art 
studios, I wouldn't read them cover to cover but a browse every now and 
then is enlightening. <not humour)

Haven't you noticed all the bald printmakers out there? Something is making 
them go bald <humour)

ciao


Lawrence



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From: Greg Carter <artfool@bulloch.net>
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 07:30:28 -0500
Subject: [Baren 12165] Re: SGC <200011192211.HAA44262@ml.asahi-net.or.jp> 

Dear Jerelee,

I must also chime in and say that The Southern Graphics Council is a
wonderful organisation and the conference is one of my highlights of the
year.  I admit I am a little bias because I am the Vice President but the
conference is printmakers heaven.  Do not be thrown off by our title
because the SGC had now grown into the largest printing organisation in the
US with members in over 45 states and has a number of international members
too.

I wanted to clarify that membrship is only 25.00 for regular membership and
10.00 for students (a bargain if I say so)

I am really looking forward to meeting everybody at the conference.
Greg Carter







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