The Local Seattle Artist Community & Art Scene

I’m running a little survey to find out which day and time subscribers prefer to receive our weekly art calendar update email. If you aren’t currently a subscriber, you can sign-up at http://www.seattleartists.com/main/contact_us.asp.

Some people prefer to get the weekly update on just before the weekend starts but others like it a few days early so they can plan ahead, but I’d love to get everyone’s feedback on this.

Thanks!

Vote below or by clicking this link: http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1718136/

White Center for the Arts is looking for artists to show work at their monthly gallery show and studio tour (every third Saturday, 5pm). The next one is on June 20th.

The show is open to a wide range of work, from visual art for the walls, to multimedia and performance.  There are various open spaces to use in the  historic building in the heart of the White Center Strip.

Work may be for sale and priced by the artist.

They would love to host artists that live in or nearby to the neighborhood of White Center, but are open to all work!

Please contact their curator, Aylin Koker, at aylin@whitecenterforthearts.org if interested.

While I’m not personally familiar with the art center or the building, I do like to support a good community cause. White Center for the Arts is an emerging nonprofit community arts organization and they are trying to save/buy the old skate building in White Center that they currently occupy. If they don’t raise enough money for this historic building, it will most likely be turned into a light industry factory.  It is perfect as a community cultural center for arts, education, performance, and history. It has always been community venue. 

Help support the cause. For more information, visit www.whitecenterforthearts.org

The Annual Magnolia Summer Festival and Art Show, which is held the first
weekend in August, has become a well known tradition in the community. A part of the festival is the poster contest. Again this year, artists are invited to submit art work to grace our festival poster, postcard and the cover of our festival program.

Artists are invited to submit a piece of artwork or design around the theme of Summer in Magnolia. The media can be photo, watercolor, oil, and mixed media. The finished poster will be 11 x 17 inches, in color, and contain information about the festival.

The winning piece of art or design will be featured on the 2009 Magnolia Summer Festival and Art Show poster and postcard, the cover of the program, and other print media advertising the event. Information about the artist will appear in the program. If desired, the winner can have a free booth at the Summer Festival.

Deliver application to:
Magnolia Chamber of Commerce
3214 West McGraw St., #301B
Seattle, WA 98199
(206) 284-5836
www.MagnoliaArtShow.org

Magnolia Arts Festival CALL FOR ART deadline to follow on July 15th. Submissions for a juried art show dedicated to showcasing art and promoting artists. Check out the website for more information.

Tom Wilson, internationally syndicated Ziggy™ cartoonist and celebrated author, and Jeanette Smith, the powerhouse behind the DILBERT™ brand and former Vice President Licensing at United Media/United Feature Syndicate, will combine their expertise and show you how to leverage your unique creative talents, develop effective marketing tools and successfully navigate a confusing marketplace.

Learn from the Pro’s how to give your work a substantial advantage to gaining success! This virtual event will bridge the gap between your creativity and reaching your target audience, providing the essential elements that emerging cartoonists, humorous illustrators and character animators must know to take their business to global markets.

An incredible value, this in-depth program provides a step-by-step process to achieve your dreams!

Date: April 22, 2009
Price: $90.00/USD
Time: 11:00 am – 2:00 pm PST

Register for this informative & fun event at www.jnetsmith.com.

Tom Wilson discusses: All Character Matters

Topics will include: The Creative Need and Spirit, Character Delivery (Style, Humor and Positioning), Character Development, Launching Your Cartoon, Character Longevity in a Changing Marketplace, Working With Manufacturers, Protecting Your Property, Your Character as a Brand, Working With Agents

Jeanette Smith presents: Ascending the Marketing “Staircase”

Topics will include: Choosing Your “Platform”, Building Exposure, Selling Your Creativity, Syndication and Online Media Today, Licensing’s Role in Cartooning, Contracts and Negotiations, Legalities, Agent/Creator Relationships, Marketing Leverage Points and Brand Building

PROGRAM WILL INCLUDE Q&A WITH BOTH TOM AND J’NET
View clips at
http://www.youtube.com/thelicensingcoach
http://www.youtube.com/characterbranding

Lynnwood Arts Commission – Call For Artists

The Lynnwood Arts Commission has several exhibition opportunities for local and regional visual artists.  To download application and info visit www.LynnwoodArts.org  or call Marianne Johnson at (425) 670-5518

Lynnwood Convention Center Deadline Approaching!

The Lynnwood Convention Center and the Lynnwood Arts Commission are accepting applications from local and regional artists to exhibit artwork at the Lynnwood Convention Center. Exhibit rotates every 6 months, the next exhibit starts in July 2009. No commission is charged for any sales made. Deadline is April 15, 2009.

2009 Annual Juried Themed Exhibit - Celebrate 50

Help us celebrate Lynnwood’s 50th birthday with your artistic interpretation for our 6th Annual Juried Themed Show titled "Celebrate 50". Our main theme is "celebrate". Think of "50" as an extra challenge, which if you chose to accept, may take you to unexpected places.  Open to all ages and abilities.  Deadline is July 31, 2009.

Lynnwood Library Gallery Exhibits

The Lynnwood Arts Commission is accepting applications for monthly exhibits in 2010 at the Lynnwood Library Gallery. The gallery space features 35 linear feet wall space, a display case and 3 pedestals.

No commission is charged for any sales made. The gallery is visited by an estimate of 1,500 people monthly. Deadline is September 25, 2009.

I recently exchanged a few emails with Denise, the personality behind A Girl On A Mission TV. We chatted about possible cross-promotions we might share between us. I didn’t hesitate at all in agreeing to put the word out to our visitors about her show and website. As I stated to her, I have long since stopped caring about whether another art organization or related website is a competitor to SeattleArtists.com, and have adopted the philosophy that sharing local Seattle art information, whatever it may be, is our sole purpose. Similarly, the goal of A Girl On A Mission TV is to highlight local artists in the Seattle area that might not have access to other media.

I think using the community TV concept is a great idea. When I started SeattleArtists.com in 1999, there was barely any access to local art unless you went to a retail gallery. For artists, it was extremely difficult to showcase their artwork unless they had formal representation through a gallery or agent, and there definitely were not any art websites online at the time. The motto at SeattleArtists.com has always been “using digital technology to broaden the reach of local art” and A Girl On A Mission TV fits in nicely to the spirit of that motto. As Denise put it, “it seems like we are peas in a pod”.

A Girl On A Mission TV airs on the Community Media Channel SCAN TV and streams live at www.scantv.org.

A Girl On A Mission TV also maintains a blog at http://www.agirlonamissiontv.com/.

I’m a bit behind the curve in regards to Twitter for SeattleArtists.com. I’ve been using twitter quite successfully with other businesses and clients but just never got around to adding it to SeattleArtists.com.

Well now it’s here. You can follow us at http://www.twitter.com/SeattleArtists. I’ve always been a huge fan of Twitter so I’m going to try and quickly integrate it into our site and emails.

So if you have friends that are interested in the Seattle art scene, please retweet it, repost it, or pass it on with whatever your favorite flavor of social media is.

@SeattleArtists

Check out our other Twitter accounts at:
Person: www.twitter.com/jpatrickm
Business: www.twitter.com/durrani

Here are 2 separate calls for artists. These requests also go out via email to our member list, for those that have a directory listing or a gallery on our site. To get automatically notified of any new posts, you can subscribe at http://www.seattleartists.com/blog/?p=15.

Call For Artists #1:

Call for Artists for this year’s Art of Our Mothers exhibit at Edmonds Center for the Arts. Questions can be directed to artofourmothers@gmail.com or the ECA visual arts email address: visarts@ec4arts.org. Submissions can also be mailed to ECA per the instructions in the submission form [download form PDF].

ECA has instituted a year-round visual arts program and you can learn more by going to the Center’s website at: http://www.ec4arts.org/ECAVisArts.html. We invite artists to submit their work to ECA throughout the year in group exhibitions or one-artist shows.

Call For Artists #2:

Native American artists are needed as vendors at the Penn Cove Water Festival on Saturday, May 16, 2009, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Coupeville on Whidbey Island. This free family festival features Native American canoe races, musicians, dancers, food, arts and crafts vendors and educational exhibits. Vendors must have own canopy and tables. $25 for 12′x12′ space on the waterfront. Learn more online at www.PennCoveWaterFestival.com