With social media being part of our daily lives, it’s easy to get caught up in the marketing questions of creative work. What is the best way to advertise my new class (that I haven’t even produced yet)? Where should I sell my prints online? How can I...
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THEME: AMETHYST Left: Ellsworth Kelly. Purple Curve in Relief, 2009. Image via Washington City Paper. Right: Purple Haze, 2000. Photo by Saga Sigurdardottir. Image via Flickr. Mood Board Monday is a weekly coast-to-coast art direction collaboration with Nancy...
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Today I used a drawing that I made in the Abstract Composition workshop. Read more about my experience in the class, see other pieces that I created, and find out about my future art school plans! Left: Untitled abstract pastel drawing, August 2014. Art by Melanie...
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It’s taken me a bit to get to the summer issue of Anthology Magazine, but it’s definitely worth the wait. I’m on page 71 and have already written tons of “note to self”s and bookmarked things to scope out later. One of my favorite...
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The Bridge to The Art institute from Millennium ParkHi guys! I just spent an amazing few days with some of my oldest and dearest friends. I can’t wait to share some of the photographs I took at the places we visited in my own city, but we still have parts of...
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A couple of months ago Drew and I took a day trip up to Bellingham and we visited the new Lightcatcher Building, part of the Whatcom Museum. While we were there, we saw their two cool inaugural exhibits – a multimedia contemporary art exhibit titled Out of...
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This morning I was thinking about this book that I’ve been meaning to buy that I first saw last year at Wacko in Hollywood, Animus by Seonna Hong. Remembering this book led me to check out Seonna Hong’s website, which incited an overwhelming desire to...
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