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APT P.O. Box 720603
Dallas, Texas 75372
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Workshops & Open Calls
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Turn your art into money...don't miss our next APT workshop!
Market Your Art!
Saturday May 19th, 1 - 3pm
Garden Room on the Terrace
1717 N. Akard St. Dallas 75201
Have you ever wondered how to
...write a great artist bio?
...get your work into galleries? ...write a press release for your shows?
All of these questions answered and more on how to market your art. Presented by Lisa Taylor, Executive Director of Dallas Arts Dealers Assoc, former Arts & Entertainment writer for the Dallas Times Herald.
Introduction by Frankie Garcia III, new APT board member, on uniting artists to work together.
See Events page for more info.
"There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there's only a scarcity of resolve to make it happen."
~Wayne Dyer
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Seeking artists for...
ART NIGHT
Springhill Suites
Wed, May 30th, 5 - 7pm
Marriott Hotel in Addison, TX
5255 Quorum Dr. 75001
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Art Night SpringHill Suites
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Display your work at Art Night, a catered affair with food, wine & music! Speak about your work, possibly sell it. Seeking 4 more artists, all media. First come, first serve. Contact Brandis Gonzalez for details. 972.774.1010
See video. This first event in Dallas will be open to the public and publicized through various media.
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MYSTERY BUILD
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Dusty Suitcase
Mystery Build Project
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$10,000 ART CHALLENGE
Theme on ingenuity and resourcefulness. Contestants
must create original work of art using only materials provided in a Mystery Build Kit. Contestants upload photos or videos of their creation to compete for $10,000 in cash prizes. Deadline -- September 16, 2012 Mystery Build Kits available here.
Artists Wanted...
Open Call to express who you are visually in 2D Competition.
Deadline -- June 20, 2012
$25,000 in Prizes including a $10,000 grant and N.Y. City gallery
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One Night. One Party. Lots of Art.
GoGo 2012
Art Photographers can become a part of the Houston Museum of Fine Art. Deadline -- May 18th._________________________
SURREAL VISIONS
All media and styles of surreal
and visionary art, 72" max.
Limner Gallery, Sep 8 - Oct 7
$2200 in national magazine
publication awards.
Deadline - June 30, 2012
SlowArt Productions
123 Warren St. Hudson N.Y. 12534
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News & Events
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Aubergine Gallery
The Sacrifice and the Maid's Tale
Friday, May 4th, 5 - 8pm
Works by
2642 Elm St. Dallas
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"Evolution of an Idea"
by Morton Rachofsky Lecture at the Madi Museum of Geometric Art Sunday, May 20, 1:30 pm
3109 Carlisle St. at Bowen
Dallas TX 75204, TSA Sponsored _____________________________ Tiny Spokes
Friday May 4th, 6:30 - 8:30pm
at the Oak Cliff Cultural Center
223 W. Jefferson Blvd. Dallas, TX
Artwork by Andie Comini and many others. Come catch a glimpse of the growing Oak Cliff Bike Culture!
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Join us for an APT Evening Out...
 SiNaCa Glass Blowing Friday, June 8th 6 - 9pm SiNaCa Glass Studio and Gallery
Glass blowing demonstration
and exhibit of glass art in the
SiNaCa gallery -- works created
by many local artists.
BYOB, everyone welcome!
Then join us afterwards in Sundance Square. Call 214.680.3838 to carpool to
Fort Worth, South Side.
1013 W. Magnolia Ave.
Fort Worth, TX 76104
"The potter's thumb and finger deftly pressing the soft mass whirling on his
wheel as it yielded to his touch, the
bulbous glass at the end of the slender
pipe as the breath of the glass blower
and his deft turning decided its shape-
its fate fascinated me. Something was
being born."
- Frank Lloyd Wright
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Dale Chihuly comes to Dallas... 
Starts Friday, May 5th
Dallas Arboretum First Outdoor Chihuly Installation.
Plus a Chihuly-inspired celebration at the Mac, RO2, and twelve other Dallas venues.
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Zach Bodish found a 1958 Picasso print worth up to $6,000 or more, at a thrift store.
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Artists making it BIG...
 Ron Mueck makes Big Babies as artists in Sweden create block-long yellow bunnies...
Skyscraper-sized House Plants
Massive hare jumping into the Sacremento Airport Terminal
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Greetings!
Please come to our next workshop this month! Read about it on the left. We strive to have our workshops be as interactive as possible, so please send us any questions YOU have about marketing your art, so our next speaker can address your specific questions.
An added bonus -- workshop attendees can email us their bios and artist statements, for Lisa Taylor to do a personal review and assessment. Please send yours to info@artprotx.com by May 15th.
Thanks to those who joined us on our April Field Trip, we had a great time! Photos courtesy of Trevor Kobrin.
Mary Tomas Gallery
Red Arrow Contemporary Gallery
Big news for APT...
We are currently restructuring our Board of Directors. Frankie Garcia III has joined the board in building our vision to help make artists successful! Our Webmaster Mike Perez has accepted a job in South Korea this month. We are so grateful for the work Mike has done on our website this past year (along with Web Designer Lois Weaver)! Bon Voyage Mike, and best of luck in Asia! We welcome his replacement, Paul Richardson, another super talented web guy!
This month we celebrate the beauty of glass art, and we hope to see more faces at our Glass Blowing Night Out in June!
Please click on all underlined links for more information. Sincerely,
Cassandra Fink, President
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Featured Artist
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Hilal Hibri
Featured Artist Hilal Hibri, manages Hibri Glass Studios in San Antonio, along with his wife Kati McAllister Hibri.
The work seen here, Geo-Coral, inspired by underwater creatures and sea life, also hints of Hilal's background in biology and chemistry. His work is often inspired by a fascination with the way crystals form repetitive patterns, how molecules bind with one another, sacred geometry, and even Islamic tile patterns seen on travels in the far East.
Born in Beirut Lebanon, Hilal's work shows a richness, depth and attention to detail reminiscent of works seen in a museum from another era. He discovered a natural knack for glass casting by deconstructing and refining his process to identify and capitalize on elegant efficiency. Hilal's creative wanderlust has led him from pate-de-verre vases to cast crystal jewelry, from negative relief wall pieces to large abstract sculpture.
As artists we find our inspiration in different ways. Hilal has what he terms a "cosmic itch to distill into tangible objects the underlying forces that organize the otherwise chaotic universe into pattern and life." He believes "the unique transparency, luminosity and limitless versatility of glass, make it ideally suited to communicate and invoke insight into the interconnected nature of existence."
Hilal's work, created with the lost wax casting method, freezes bubbles and colors, capturing a single moment in glass crystal. The heaviness and density of leaded glass used (46%) affects the degree of light reflected through it, creating more sparkles and chatoyancy. By incorporating innovative sculpting techniques and "found tools" (such as chandelier crystals and organic textures) he has developed a unique process of glass casting, merging classic sculpture with modern technology.
Hilal was the recent recipient of an esteemed summer scholarship to Pilchuck Glass School, founded by Dale Chihuly in Stanwood, Washington. An amazing artist in her own right, Kati Hibri along with Hilal, both have their works on display at PISMO Fine Art Glass in Denver CO, Boise Art Glass in Boise, ID, Bridge Gallery in Tuscon AZ, and Long Hall Gallery, in San Antonio, TX. Hilal and Kati will be featured in the upcoming book: Best of Artists Presents: America Glass Vol III. Read more about them and view their work in the APT Gallery, or at www.hibriglass.com. |
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Tips on entering a Juried Show or Applying to a Gallery...
 Some tips from the April DADA Panel Discussion at Centraltrak
No Hodgepodges! As artists, we'd like for buyers to know we are diverse if we work in a variety of media...
 ...but a cohesive body of work says you have FOCUS. A body of art work that's all over the place says that you're still finding yourself. Jurors and galleries will usually want you to contact them AFTER you have located you.  Submitting Photographs - Make sure photos you submit do not have old coke cans, dirty socks in the background or other distractions. Anything else in the photo will compete with your art. Try for a contrasting, solid background, and please, DO wear clothes while photographing art works with shiny reflective surfaces.
Should you submit a work in progress? Weigh the pros and cons first; realize that you are making a first impression on jurors with your unfinished art. So ask yourself if it would be better to wait and submit the art later once completed? If you decide to submit it, be sure to include a comprehensive explanation of what's missing.
Read carefully and follow rules exactly as laid out:
For some galleries and shows, this is a TEST to see if you are professional enough for them to have an ongoing working relationship with you. They know that artists who are initially high maintenance will probably continue to be.
Don't bug them: Don't keep calling jurors or galleries to find out if you've been accepted. Chances are they're dealing with many submissions for a show, and if they're doing a good job they'll let you know when they know.  Identify what jurors want, but be genuine: What was shown at that gallery, or in that exhibit in the past? Don't submit works not in alignment with what is requested. On the flip side, don't make art that will specifically appeal to a juror; they see right through this. Plus, it's embarrassing to be found pressing your nose against their window pane at 3 a.m. to see what kind of art they prefer. (Don't ask how we know that.) Exhibition jurors will often go to your website, so do what you can to make it as professional looking as possible.
Don't hang all your hopes on one venue, or one show... Just keep applying to more, and don't give up! To learn more, come to our May 19th workshop!
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Inspiration
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How to be a great artist...
Do what you do best. Learn from your mistakes.
Rise above negativity.
Always strive to do better than you know how to do right now.
Listen to those who will encourage you.
Silence those who don't!
Encourage yourself!!
Believe in yourself.
Know yourself.
Know what you do!
Believe in what you do.
Do it! - Posted by David W. Peterson
Artists are interesting...
Dali said that every painter paints himself no matter what he is painting.
"Dali, must you drive in a car full of cauliflowers, or give a lecture with your head enclosed in a diving helmet? We try to understand you, but Why? ...You said before we went on the air, "Ask me embarrassing questions.' Why? Must an artist be so eccentric to be successful?"
- Mike Wallace interview with Dali, 1958
Let's hope not.
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Long before Parliament was just good 70's dance music...
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Salvador Dali - Mike Wallace interview 1958 Part 1 of 2
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Salvador Dali - Mike Wallace interview 1958
Part 2 of 2
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What is APT?
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APT is a group of artists and art professionals 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 shows or 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?
  
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