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APT Artist's Night Out
 Glass blowing demo in Ft Worth
Friday, June 8th, 7 - 9 pm
Come spend the evening with other artists for a Glass blowing demonstration at SiNaCa Glass Studio and Gallery, with a glass art exhibit of works created by many local artists.
Free event, no charge. BYOB, everyone welcome! Join us afterwards in Sundance Square.
214.680.3838 for carpooling options to Fort Worth, South Side. SiNaCa ~
1013 W. Magnolia Ave. Ft Worth, TX 76104
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From our Membership Chair, Audra Sewell-Noblique... "We are excited to announce new membership levels for APT Artist Members! Three levels of membership are being put into place to allow APT to extend its reach to help artists at all stages of their career. Existing members will be moved to a membership level in 2013, and all new incoming members are being juried into a membership level as of May 15th. Check out the web site for more information on new membership guidelines and levels! "Maintaining an active presence on the social feeds helps APT build our artist community. Be sure to check in at Linked In, Facebook and Twitter, and keep us updated on your shows, events and latest works!"    ___________________________
 Cathy Shepherd will be a featured artist at Artwalk in Gainesville, TX
this month on June 21st. ______________________
The New Orleans Photo Alliance Juried Exhibition will feature works from Sharon O'Callaghan Shero's recent series, "The Sacrifice."
June 8 - July 1, 2012.
NOPA Gallery, 1111 St. Mary St. New Orleans, LA.
______________________  Michelle Morris will be showing
her fine art photography at
The Sugar Gallery
on June 7th, 5-9pm during the Art Crawl in West Monroe, LA.
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Frontiers of Flight Museum
Vectors:
Abstractions in Aviation Art
by Don Parr
Friday, June 15
Exhibition featuring abstract paintings and constructions with aviation themes on display through September 21. Open Mon. - Sat. 10am - 5pm,
Sundays 1 - 5 pm. 214.350.3600
6911 Lemmon Ave. Dallas, TX 75209
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"DNA,"
This sculpture in white carrara veined marble, by Emanuele Rubini,
was dedicated to Luc Montagnier, Nobel Prize for Medicine.
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Emanuele Rubini carves a masterpiece in black Belgian marble from start to finish
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Workshops & Entries
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Social Media for the Artist...
TO TWEET or NOT TO TWEET
Saturday July 14, 1 - 3pm
at Gallery at Midtown
13331 Preston Rd. Dallas, TX 75240
(at E. Valley View on 635)
Why today's fine artists need to embrace social media marketing
Social Media expert Giovanni Gallucci speaks on the In's and out's of social media marketing as it applies to the visual fine arts...
~ Why is it critical to success in today's fine art market?
~ How to get started & develop a social media marketing strategy to drive collectors, gallerists and dealers to notice you.
~ Which outlets are best for visual fine arts? What not to do with social media.
~ How to manage daily blogging,
promotions, and stay organized using social media.
$15 APT members
$25 Non-member
RSVP to info@artprotx.com
With a vibrant, frank, humorous, energetic, and personal speaking style, Giovanni teaches how social media can help market your art. He is a recovering web programmer, turned online brand strategist and internet journeyman. He develops strategy for online marketing and audience development for forward-thinking clients in music, media, faith, film, TV, tech & those interested in breaking new ground online.
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Stay tuned for our photography workshop coming up this summer!
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Arts International Exhibit 2012 At Crossland Gallery, El Paso, Texas.
$5,000 in cash and prizes.
October 6, 2012 Deadline: August 31, 2012 All mediums in 2D and 3D, must be original. See Prospectus. Don Beene, epaa500@sbcglobal.net
Joyce Ewald, 915.534.7377 _____________________ 
IEA EncaustiCon 2012
International Juried Exhibition
Deadline: June 22, 2012 at Gallery Nord in San Antonio, TXSept 7 -- 29, 2012. Cash prizes and 3 Prize winners featured in Poets and Artists magazine, 2D and 3D encaustic work. Prospectus at callforentry.org. steven@stevendaluz.com
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Materials: Hard & Soft
$5000 in awards
Deadline: September 7, 2012
Media: clay, fiber, glass, metal, paper, wood, or any combination of craft media. Competition and Exhibition sponsored by Greater Denton Arts Council of Denton, TX. Prospectus exhibitions@dentonarts.com
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ONDARTE International Artist Residency in the Mayan Riviera
Pristine environment in the Riviera Maya (Akumal, Mexico), perfect for the interaction of artists with nature.
Artists have full access to grounds so that they may create wherever they feel inspired. Open House once/month to further promote cultural exchange. Monthly fee $1,000. No deadline, ongoing. See Website or email ondarte@ondarteresidency.com
Call 52.984.875.9101
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Greetings!
Please join us for Artist's Night Out at the SiNaCa Glass blowing demo in Ft Worth Friday June 8th! More details to the left or see Events page.
...and introducing the APT Artist's Roundtable!
Saturday, June 30, 4 - 6 pm
Artists, food, wine, and creative camaraderie. Bring a photo or laptop with image of your latest work, or questions to pose for our creative brainstorming session. Details here.
Thanks to those who joined us at our May workshop at the Fairmont, and much appreciation to our speaker, Lisa Taylor! A lot was covered, but see just a few suggestions inspired from it below. Some photos of the last workshop...
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We hope to see your face at one of our upcoming events!
Our board has gone through three changes recently. Frankie Garcia III is now North Texas Regional Chair. Larry McCoy has moved from VP to Corporate Consultant, and Paul Richardson has now taken the place of Mike Perez as Webmaster.
Please click on all underlined links for more information.
Sincerely,
Cassandra Fink, President
Art Professionals of Texas
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Artists & Health
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Heavy Metals
So you know that you should never polish, grind, or work with noxious fumes or dust without adequate protection in the studio, like 3M face masks, good ventilation and dust collectors like this one.
Here's Why...
While not a widely discussed issue, sculptors and even painters can ingest and absorb heavy metals from years of prolonged exposure to metal dust, fumes, glazes and chemicals like cadmium, mercury, aluminum and lead. These can build up in our bodies and cause many health problems.
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Eat more cilantro..."We can chelate toxic metals from our bodies in a relatively short period of time." says Dr. Thomas Stearns Lee NMD, in reference to cilantro (also called coriander leaf or Chinese parsley).
Surprisingly, this delicious cilantro detox pesto created by Dr. Lee is said to be a powerful tissue cleanser to help increase urinary excretion of mercury, lead, and aluminum (and is a great source of selenium, cysteine, zinc, magnesium, Vit. A, C, and Omega 3.)
Sculptor's Pesto
1/3 cup Brazil nuts
1/3 cup sunflower seeds
1/3 cup pumpkin seeds
2 cups packed fresh cilantro
4 cloves garlic
2/3 cup flaxseed oil (or olive oil)
4 T. lemon juice
2 tsp. Dulse powder (and/or 1/4 t. sea salt)
Blender-process the cilantro and rest of ingredients into a paste. Store in refrigerator, freezes well. Delicious on toast, pasta, salads and baked potatoes. Make your own version, just be sure to use lots of cilantro.
(If however, you are one of those people that refuse to eat cilantro, you may find this club interesting.) This is not meant to be a replacement for your doctor's advice. Obviously, you should avoid any of these ingredients if allergic to them. Consult your practitioner for testing and further treatment if you think you may have heavy metal toxicity.
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Don't Do This
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How To NOT Sell Your Art...
inspired by Lisa Taylor and Alan Bamberger
1) Be a legend in your own mind and express this to those not interested in your art. Act really important, no matter how many shows you've had. Act shocked when people don't recognize you as a household name. When they do ask about your art, ask if they have been living under a rock?
2) Don't make your contact info accessible to potential buyers, it makes you more mysterious and will also ensure that you follow in many famous artist's shoes! (Becoming legendary after you are dead.) When potential buyers do get hold of you to ask about your art, don't return their call until days or weeks later, or not at all. You are way too busy being mysterious.
3) To anyone in close vicinity, loudly blame your lack of artistic success on your college, parents, third grade teacher, or the mailman. Whine that nobody understands your art. When people's eyes roll back in their sockets, keep talking.
4) Put down other artists and explain to everyone why your work is so much better. Be highly competitive with other artists and fearful that they will steal your buyers. Don't consider how unique your ability and your work is, or hone in on your own specific market.
5) Overindulge in drugs and alcohol at your private showings. Wearing lampshades is more fun than selling art work. Or do the opposite and be a wall flower. Stare at your shoes when people approach your work, or if you have to answer questions then stuff your mouth full of canapes so whatever you say is muffled. 6) Show up late or not at all for appointments or at your own showings. Tell people it is your prerogative as a creative person, that you live in your own world and everyone there likes you just fine.
7) Allow your prices to go up and down with your emotions, depending on what kind of day you are having. Keep those buyers guessing, don't make it too easy for them to buy your work. If people don't prefer your style of work, take it very personally. Confuse your identity with your art, instead of realizing the difference between who you are, and what you do. Or do just the opposite to increase chances of selling your art!
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Inspiration
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The Silver Swan
The Silver Swan is an automaton sculpture made over 240 years ago by Parisian jeweler M. Briquet, with its internal mechanism designed by John Joseph Merlin, a famous inventor of the time. It is now displayed at the Bowes Museum. Mark Twain saw the Silver Swan at the Paris exhibition in 1867 and described it in his book, The Innocents Abroad:
'I watched the Silver Swan, which had a living grace about his movement and a living intelligence in his eyes -- watched him swimming about as comfortably and unconcernedly as it he had been born in a morass instead of a jeweler's shop -- watched him seize a silver fish from under the water and hold up his head and go through the customary and elaborate motions of swallowing it...'
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LATTE ART - BEAN JAMMING Make your morning coffee a work of art
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"To live a creative life we must first lose our fear of being wrong."
~ Joseph Chilton Pearce
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What Is APT?
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APT is a group of artists and business people dedicated to helping artists who either live or sell their work in Texas, providing exposure, innovative exhibitions, lucrative opportunities for artists, seminars, social art outings, and avenues to help artists refine their presentation.
We celebrate creative innovators, and foster a relationship with professionals and patrons interested in great art.
APT is proud to be sponsored by these generous contributors.
This is your art organization, so APT wants to hear about any new trails you are blazing in the art world, and what YOU want to see more of - how can we assist you as an artist?
APT's dedicated objective is to secure exhibition opportunities for its artist members which directly elevate APT's regional and national presence. We strive to foster a relationship with the buying public by establishing a unified and sophisticated identity within the Texas, national and international art market. APT empowers its jury-selected membership of experienced, business-oriented art professionals to evolve their presentation, art and careers through effective interaction with art leaders and enthusiasts from around the globe.
 
 
 
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