Brand New!! Generating Fine Art 2013 - Making A Reach Fine Art Weblog Laurels Nominations

This is the 8th year of the Making H5N1 Mark Art Blog Awards. 

YOU tin make notice nominate which fine art blogs YOU intend are excellent 

and which fine art blogs influence YOU

My aim is to move amongst YOU to identify:

• EXCELLENCE inwards blogging well-nigh fine art too artists; and 
• the fine art blogs which fix HIGH STANDARDS 
• the fine art blogs which are the MOST INFLUENTIAL.

This post too the adjacent 3 posts on Making H5N1 Mark invite nominations relating to the categories which yous tin make notice at in 1 lawsuit run across at the transcend of the correct manus column.

First how to nominate - too and then the 3 awards in the category of GENERATING ART.

Nominate an fine art weblog for a Making H5N1 Mark Award

It's real simple! Basically all yous involve to exercise is larn out a comment on the relevant post.

• WHICH AWARD: 
• Identify the championship of the Making H5N1 Mark Award that yous desire your nominee to live considered for
• Leave a comment on the post on this blog which invite nominations for that laurels - BEFORE 29th Dec 2013
• WHICH BLOG:  Tell me
• the cite of the blog, its URL (eg "The Art Blog" http://theartblog.blogspot.com) and
• the cite of the blogger (Note:  art bloggers are non eligible for whatever laurels that they have won inwards the lastly 3 years)
• WHY:  Say WHY yous intend this weblog should live considered for a Making H5N1 Mark Award.

Your nominations volition live added to my listing of those I intend are worthy of consideration.  I'll too then portion the terminal shortlist amongst yous when the results are announced.

The Making H5N1 Mark Awards volition live announced on the 29th too 30th December.
Note:  All nominees too nominators are linked to both from this weblog too my master copy website page where all the past times awards too nominees are listed

So over to yous - who exercise yous intend merits beingness nominated for the 3 awards below? Answers equally a comment on this post please.

GENERATING ART

Today I'm looking at nominations for 3 awards relating to generating art

• The Showcase Shield (replaces "The Painting H5N1 Day Stickability Shield")
• The Best Art Blog Project Virtual Challenge Cup
• The Best Art Society Blog Prize

Leave a comment on this post (see above) nominating the fine art weblog yous intend should larn 1 of these awards inwards 2013.


The Showcase Shield

Producing "a paradigm a day" is no longer the phenomenon it was when I created The Painting H5N1 Day Stickability Shield in 2006 (see Blogging Art inwards 2006 - The Making H5N1 Mark Awards).

Consequently I've decided to modify the laurels to 1 which celebrates the regular showcasing of skilful character art, either the artists ain move and/or that of other artists they like.

Showcasing inwards this context is emphatically non well-nigh taking an artwork too putting it on your blog.  It has to live well-nigh providing a review of the move (i.e. compliance amongst "fair use" copyright exemption)

The Showcase Shield 2013 for  EITHER fine art blogs which consistently showcase skilful character artwork of other artists - amongst words equally good equally images AND/OR the move of 1 creative someone who maintains too displays a consistently high output of consistently skilful character paintings over the course of written report of the twelvemonth (i.e. it doesn't convey to live daily - but it does convey to live lots!)

The Best Art Blog Project Virtual Challenge Cup 

Art tin make notice live quite a lonely activeness too it's noticeable that people frequently similar to convey closed to form of interest inwards groups too projects related to art!

The Best Art Blog Project Virtual Challenge Cup 2013 This laurels is for EITHER a major too reputable novel projection which adds value too involves a large release of bloggers   OR or a projection which has grown over the course of written report of the twelvemonth inwards inquiry or otherwise had closed to pregnant impact during the course of written report of the year

Sketching inwards Nature - Winner of The Best Art Blog Project Virtual Challenge Cup 2012

Past winners include:

• 2012 Sketching inwards Nature started inwards 2009, has developed a linked site on Flickr (with 748 members) where they frequently position time to come weblog correspondents, has grown its correspondent base of operations equally a lawsuit (by invitation only) too every calendar week it generates betwixt v too 10 posts. Bottom line of piece of employment this is a weblog which has made a commitment to beingness both on subject too sustainable!
• 2011 The Help Nippon Challenge Auction organised on the Daily Paintworks site. The challenge was created past times Keiko Tanabe too David Marine of Daily Paintworks hosted it on the Daily Paintworks website. It involved a lot of fine art bloggers contributing artwork to enhance funds via an auction to help those affected past times the Tsunami inwards Japan.  
• 2010  The Virtual Paintout by Bill Guffey has succeeded inwards attracting a large release of participants every calendar month - too the exercise goodness is that yous tin make notice run across all the pictures on the weblog too that makes it real tardily for non-participants to sympathise the projection too run across its results. I too similar the agency that it shows people that they tin make notice honor places to move too pigment plein air using Google Street View too consequently its impact is non only express to this blog!
• 2009  Urban Sketchers - has developed too move a landmark fine art weblog during the lastly 12 months. 
• 2008  Different Strokes from Different Folks - a good idea out projection which too involves Karin Jurick inwards providing tutorials too guidance to participants how to amend their art.  Primarily this has been well-nigh encouraging people to run across that using photos equally references involve non involve copying - that making choices, using your imagination too interpreting a photograph are skills which are too important. 
• 2007  the International Sketchcrawl drawing marathons - a projection which I convey participated inwards which is global too involves lots of people, a lot of whom are bloggers.
• 2006  shared by:
• the Crackskull Bob Self-Portrait Marathon - a novel blogging projection which generated 390 entries overall from those participating too a stunning grade of creativity
• the Daily Painters Blog - a blog, website too mailing listing providing contemporary original fine art for sale past times paradigm a hateful solar daytime artists too habitual painters.

The Best Art Society Blog Prize

The Best Art Society Blog Prize 2013 This prize is for the Art Society Blog which demonstrates - inwards both text too images - how best to  promote the aims too activities of the fine art social club and  AND widen the audience for the images of its fellow member artists.

This is a problematical award.  It was introduced inwards 2011.  

• Art Society Blogs convey been ho-hum to larn off the Earth despite offering the orbit for a beingness an online newsletter well-nigh the activities of an fine art social club too its creative someone members.
• In 2011, the corner seemed to convey been turned amongst to a greater extent than too to a greater extent than blogs past times fine art societies.  
• Unfortunately, the success of Art Society blogs is real frequently hugely theme on the commitment, fourth dimension too calibre of the blogmaster.  It's real lamentable to tape that inwards Oct this tear, the blogmaster for lastly year's winner - Closure Of This ROI Blog inwards October. I have to state I honor this real surprising.  (Is there really nobody else inside or allied to the ROI who tin make notice hold it?)

So it remains to live seen whether this volition live an laurels which I tin make notice make this year.

These are my criteria for the characteristics of a skilful fine art social club blog:

• blog posts are timely eg post well-nigh the exhibition inwards skilful fourth dimension for people to adjust to visit! 
• blog posts are useful eg brand certain yous include plenty data for people to honor the society's activities (don't assume "everybody knows") 
• images are real important - too should live included whenever possible too relevant. An fine art social club weblog without images says something well-nigh how of import they actually are! This was the master copy argue why fine art social club blogs were NOT shortlisted. 
• Art societies are well-nigh placing an emphasis on the visual too thus should their blog 
• blog posts tin make notice demo people what the social club does too what it has to offering through the role of photographs of activities too artwork 
• members, their artwork too their exhibitions are profiled - it's a perk too a flake of extra marketing which is ever welcome - summation it too provides the footing for regular updates throughout the year 

There's withal a lot of orbit to amend - but which fine art social club weblog exercise yous intend does it best?

These are the previous winners.

• 2012: The Royal Institute of Oil Painters Blog - the ROI weblog is loaded amongst images from exhibitions too fine art events. Plus it makes a betoken of highlighting private members too their exhibitions, galleries too websites - inwards turn. It too highlights awards made to members past times other fine art societies. The weblog post well-nigh the Annual Exhibition was notified a calendar month inwards advance on the blog. This too emphasised the opportunities for people to spotter demonstrations for free.
• 2011 - The Denver Art Society has a combined website too blog. I strongly suspect it mightiness live to a greater extent than accurate to telephone phone it a weblog amongst static pages. This opened my eyes to what tin make notice live achieved inwards price of dynamic content, pattern too the orbit for a social club to convey a real potent connectedness amongst its local community. It combines the essential static data pages which most societies convey amongst 2 split upwards streams of dynamic pages which update on (1) the latest tidings too (2) regular artwork on display or beingness produced past times creative someone members. The Home Page constantly updates amongst a layout which places priority on the dynamic content too the twitterstream too a schedule of upcoming events.

Please too NOMINATE for other MAKING H5N1 MARK AWARDS 

Links to the other posts seeking nominations tin make notice too at in 1 lawsuit live found 

at the transcend of the correct manus column

BEST PICTURE ON AN ART BLOG 2013: Nominations please

• Best Person/People 
• Best Place 
• Best Still Life 
• Best Natural World 

BEST ART BLOGS IN 2013: Nomination please

• Generating Art
• Getting Out of the Studio
• Learning well-nigh Art & the Art Business
• The Home Front

Links - The Making H5N1 Mark Art Blog Awards (static page at transcend of blog - references previous years)

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