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Still Life With Toy Pony – Three Watercolors & A Drawing

Toy Pony Series On day three, its three paintings and a drawing from my “Still Life With Toy Pony” series.  Day three refers to the “three paintings a day for five days” challenge being carried out on Facebook.  Artist and friend Myrna Wacknov invited me to join in on the fun. I chose “Still Life […]

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Three Lighthouses – Watercolor Paintings

The Challenge Lighthouses are my theme for Day Two.  This is part of the art tag challenge on facebook:  Three Paintings a Day for Five Days.  (My thanks to artist Myrna Wacknov for inviting me to participate in this challenge).   Lighthouses & Childhood I grew up in a house with lighthouse paintings.  My father had […]

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Three Lighthouses – Watercolor Paintings

The Challenge Lighthouses are my theme for Day Two.  This is part of the art tag challenge on facebook:  Three Paintings a Day for Five Days.  (My thanks to artist Myrna Wacknov for inviting me to participate in this challenge).   Lighthouses & Childhood I grew up in a house with lighthouse paintings.  My father had […]

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Art Presence Forms Committees

Art Presence has just formed committees to assist board members in the administration of the many activities our organization presents, to get more organized as we catch up to our rapid growth, and to facilitate the emergence of new programs for the public. Each committee is headed up by a board member, with member artists participating. Here are the current committees, members and contact information. We hope this will help both our own members, the public and press, and organizations working with us to find the right person to provide the information you need.

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KRIS Wine ‘Art of Education’ Contest Winners Unveiled

As you saw in a previous ARTSblog post, Brunswick Acres Elementary School in Kendall Park, NJ was very dedicated to winning the third annual “Art of Education” contest sponsored by KRIS Wine and Americans for the Arts. Not only did this video help them jump out to an early lead, but it helped them score […]

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Top Contenders (Pretenders?) to be the Next Facebook

CNN’s What’s Next blog recently published a list of current social media outlets/apps that could take over as the “next Facebook” if everything falls into place. While there has been wild speculation in the past that other products would have replaced the big blue “F” by now, it hasn’t happened; however, I’m pretty sure that […]

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Social Media Demographics: Using the Right Tools to Reach Your Audience

Have you ever wondered if it’s worth your time to start that Pinterest page for your organization or business? Is it important that you know what Digg is? Thankfully, OnlineMBA.com has pulled together a fantastic infographic that will help you determine if Facebook is better for your message or if you should hurry up and […]

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Feeling Competitive? Win Arts Education Funds for Your Local School

Nothing inspires that good ol’ American competitive spirit like the smell of fall. Football games, World Series fanatics, and chili cook-offs are around every corner and on every television channel. And it’s always a good day when we can take that internal drive to win and put it towards something good – like raising money […]

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What Do Facebook Changes Mean for Arts Communicators?

As we all have no doubt heard by now, Facebook is launching some major updates to the site. Some of these changes are already being implemented; the others were previewed at the recent f8 conference and will be released in the coming weeks. Many arts organizations have come to integrate Facebook and other social media […]

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