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Art & Soul Radio’s Lesley Riley Interviews Virginia Spiegel
If you’ve been wondering how the Fiberart For A Cause American Cancer Society fundraisers started, you can listen to founder Virginia Spiegel discuss this, the Foto/Fiber event which starts *this Wednesday*, and her art on this great interview by artist Lesley Riley. (Here’s the direct link in case the player doesn’t load for you.)...
Today’s the Day!
Today is finally the preview of all the photos available for FotoFiber 2012, a Fiberart For a Cause Fundraiser for the American Cancer Society! I am so excited. As a participating photographer, I’ve been watching the process as photos were selected and assembled. Of course, I knew what mine were, but it was really...
Postage Increase Reminder
If you sell products on your website, here’s a great post from our friends over at 2fishweb.com telling you everything you need to check on your site for the new postal rates going into effect on January 22. US Postal Rate increase – is your shopping cart ready? Follow 2Fish founder (and artist) Carol...
Dougherty Arts Exhibit Opening
Here are a couple quick snapshots from the opening reception the other night at the Dougherty Arts School. There was a great turn-out. It was fun to see the work of the other instructors. My diptych “View from the Other Side” can be seen in the center of this first photo. The exhibit is...
Invitation to an Opening Reception
View from the Other Side | © 2010 Cynthia Wenslow My diptych “View from the Other Side” is being exhibited from December 5 – 20, 2011 in the Dougherty Arts School Faculty Exhibit. Please join me at the opening reception Tuesday, December 6 from 6-8 p.m. Dougherty Arts School Faculty Exhibition Julia C. Butridge...
You Never Know
We artists need to be ready to discuss our work with passion and professionalism, because we never know when a buyer or collector will wander into our lives. Recently, my husband and I threw a smallish party/house concert for some friends visiting from overseas. During the evening one of the other guests approached me...
Eye of the Quilter Exhibit Acceptance!
Conversation | © 2011 Cynthia Wenslow I’m excited to share that my photograph “Conversation” has been juried into the Eye of the Quilter Exhibit at International Quilt Festival, Houston! The theme this year was Friendship. This photo features some of my maternal grandmother’s china tea cups, and the very first teapot I ever owned,...
Interview Tips from Seth Godin
Seth Godin is one of my favorite people online. He invariably has great things to say – things most people really need to hear – about how to approach a creative life, and about running a business. In today’s blog post he rightly points out that it’s on you to give a great interview...
Host your blog on your website!
In case you missed it, last week Blogger had a major outage. Posts, comments, and photos were lost. The site was inaccessible for several days. Several self-employed people I knew were left scrambling to get their content out into the world on time. All this drama could have been avoided if people would only...