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Brand New!! Generating Fine Art - The Making A Order Fine Art Spider Web Log Awards 2013

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This is the showtime ship service in The Making H5N1 Mark Art Blog Awards 2013 to denote who has won an honor this year.

The Making H5N1 Mark Awards are for Art Blogs in addition to for blogging well-nigh fine art on fine art blogs.

A twelvemonth of transition


This twelvemonth seems to hold out a menstruation of transition!

What's real clear is that during 2013 fewer people direct hold been keeping upwards with their blogs compared to times past times in addition to fewer people direct hold been visiting blogs to comment.  So we've seen:
  • fewer spider web log posts, 
  • less visits to fine art blogs (although changes inward the Google algorithm certainly affected stats re. visits), and 
  • people reading fewer spider web log posts (the loss of Google Reader has been significant). 
At the same fourth dimension I'm also seeing evidence of people working out a clear social media strategy for displaying their fine art which involves their blogs with websites in addition to a presence on social media sites in addition to vlogging (video blogging).

What I demand to exercise is piece of work out whether I locomote along to bound these awards inward futurity to simply fine art blogs or accept on board the wider social media aspects equally well.  Time volition tell - I've certainly non made whatever determination equally yet.

The Generating Art category 


There are 3 awards inward this category - all associated with  with making, displaying in addition to exhibiting art.
  • The Best Art Blog Project Virtual Challenge Cup
  • The Best Art Society Blog Prize
  • The Showcase Shield (which replaces The Painting H5N1 Day Stickability Shield )
First yet in that location is a an annunciation of a retirement - in addition to it marks the cease of an era.


The Painting H5N1 Day Stickability Shield - RETIRED


This twelvemonth I direct hold retired The Painting H5N1 Day Stickability Shield and replaced it with The Showcase Shield. Previous winners of this honor include:
Last twelvemonth I noticed that many fewer people had whatever kind of legitimate claim to hold out doing a ikon a solar daytime - compared to before years.

In 2013, vii years later, I shout back nosotros tin at nowadays officially declare the "painting a day" stage good in addition to really past times its peak.  

It volition locomote along - with those for whom this is their preferred way of working - in addition to for those who direct hold got a good established following. However it's incorrect to characterise the frequent production of pocket-sized industrial plant equally "a ikon a day" when the origins of the motion lay inward something real much to a greater extent than demanding inward damage of blogging fine art (and these are, after all, awards for blogging art!).

"Painting every day" is yet something that lots of people volition locomote along to exercise - mostly on rather larger works!  Painting regularly every calendar week is skillful too!

The Best Art Blog Project Virtual Challenge Cup


Art tin hold out quite a lonely activeness in addition to it's noticeable that people ofttimes similar to direct hold some kind of involvement inward groups in addition to projects related to art!  Often these are informal because of the nature of the projection or equally an organisational preamble to the formation of a to a greater extent than formal group. This honor is designed to furnish recognition to those who gear upwards in addition to maintain such projects going so that they are able to create in addition to achieve.


The Best Art Blog Project Virtual Challenge Cup
This honor is for
  • EITHER a major in addition to reputable novel projection which adds value in addition to involves a large number of bloggers  
  • OR or a projection which has grown over the course of report of the twelvemonth inward query or otherwise had some pregnant impact during the course of report of the year

Previous winners are:
2011: The Help Nippon Challenge Auction (Keiko Tanabe, David Marine in addition to the Daily Paintworks Art Bloggers)
2010: The Virtual Paintout2009: Urban Sketchers2008: Different Strokes from Different Folks
2007: the International Sketchcrawl drawing marathons
2006: the Crackskull Bob Self-Portrait Marathon in addition to the Daily Painters Blog
Last twelvemonth I had Women Painting Women inward my sights equally a projection which was certainly worthy of an honor - in addition to was upset to observe that their spider web log seemed to direct hold died.  Little did I know at the fourth dimension that they were planning bigger in addition to meliorate things for 2013!

First a chip of explanation for those unfamiliar with this spider web log in addition to project
Women Painting Women is a spider web log that was started inward 2008 past times artists Sadie JerniganValeri (blog), Alia El-Bermani (blog) and Diane Feissel (blog) to highlight underrepresented woman individual artists working inward the figurative tradition with this theme.
From this they managed to:
  • organise a juried exhibition of industrial plant past times l woman individual painters inward 2010 at the Robert Lange Studio inward Charleston, SC titled, "Women Painting Women."  (Click the link - the real impressive paintings inward the exhibition are soundless online)
Images from the showtime exhibition
  • develop a ane calendar week residency inward 2010
During a one-week residency exterior Charleston, fourteen artists- Mia Bergeron, Alia El-Bermani, Linda Tracey Brandon, Rachel Constantine, Diane Feissel, Lisa Gloria, Catherine Prescott, Cindy Procious, Shannon Runquist, Katherine Stone, Terry Moore Strickland, Stefani Tewes, Alexandra Tyng, in addition to Sadie Jernigan Valeri painted together, taking on technical challenges equally good equally finding a infinite to vocalism their concerns in addition to hopes equally women making fine art inward the 20 showtime century.
  • In April 2012, they were asked to concur some other exhibition inward Charleston - "Women Painting Women: The Expedition in addition to Beyond." at the Principle Gallery inward Alexandria, VA (it's a compassion a tape of this exhibtion is non online) - in addition to and then it all went quiet
However, what the women had planned for 2013 roughshod exclusively a piffling curt of basis domination! Here's the real uncomplicated concept they had inward heed for their exhibition(s) inward 2013
The destination of this show—as with the group's past times shows—is to expand the collective feel of what a adult woman is in addition to way inward the realm of art. Each creative individual that had exhibited at the previous WPW exhibition at Principle Gallery has been asked to invite ane woman individual creative individual to exhibit with them, hence multiplying the powerfulness in addition to vision of the grouping twofold. We are also quest other venues to host their ain Women Painting Women exhibitions or events concurrently with this September show. We envision that inward September in addition to Oct of 2013 nosotros volition run into a rash of exhibitions celebrating in addition to promoting the amazing figurative industrial plant nosotros run into coming from today's women artists.
In the end, inward 2013, the projection organised in addition to held SEVEN concurrent exhibitions in addition to went international in 
Where exercise they locomote from here?  Some National Portrait Gallery has got to selection them upwards at some betoken surely?

This is an fine art spider web log projection which started with an admirable laid of values, achieved its goals in addition to and then changed upwards a gear in addition to created a pregnant motion amongst painters.  In all of this the fine art spider web log has proved a valuable tool for showcasing the piece of work of diverse women artists in addition to providing a house of reference in addition to an accessible identity for their work.

I salute them!


The absolutely undisputed 2013 winner of
The Best Art Blog Project Virtual Challenge Cup
the grouping of women artists who piece of work together as 

The Best Art Society Blog Prize


The Best Art Society Blog Prize 2013

This prize is for the Art Society Blog which demonstrates - inward both text in addition to images - how best to
  • promote the aims in addition to activities of the fine art guild and
  • AND widen the audience for the images of its fellow member artists.

Below are my criteria for assessing fine art guild blogs.

The characteristics of a skillful Art Society Blog

An EFFECTIVE Art Society Blog will:
  • Be useful to electrical flow in addition to prospective members
    • Basic information well-nigh how locomote a fellow member is ever included (i.e. assumes a readership beyond existing members). 
    • Information well-nigh events in addition to activities include plenty information for people to hold out able to locate the society's activities (e.g. does non assume "everybody knows"). 
  • Always hold out Current - that way all content is upwards to appointment in addition to timely - announcements well-nigh events in addition to exhibitions volition allow fourth dimension for people to programme in addition to adjust to visit! 
  • Emphasise the Visual - Art rather than words dominate the blog. Images of artwork or lawsuit posters should ever hold out included whenever possible in addition to relevant. An fine art guild spider web log without images says something well-nigh how of import visual images in addition to the artists' artwork actually are! (This ingredient is the primary argue why some fine art guild blogs are NOT shortlisted. H5N1 piffling chip of persistence is all that is required). 
  • Highlight what the Art Society does - spider web log posts tin present people what the guild does in addition to what it has to offering through the utilization of photographs of activities in addition to artwork 
  • Supports Artists in addition to their career development through highlighting their exhibitions and websites. Blog posts profile members, their artwork in addition to their exhibitions - regular updates throughout the twelvemonth generate extra marketing for creative individual members, extra traffic for the websites of the artist, fine art guild in addition to gallery associated with members.
The employment at the minute is that past times in addition to large most fine art guild blogs direct hold non yet achieved this

One fundamental number is an apparent lack of agreement of how of import the visual prototype is - which is actually surprising given these are fine art guild blogs.  However this twelvemonth I direct hold seen a lot to a greater extent than utilization beingness made of flyers in addition to posters relating to exhibitions on some fine art blogs

One of the primary problems relating to lack of progress seems to hold out a lack of skills at the Committee grade inward damage of blogging.  Possibly this relates to the average historic menstruation of the commission members of some fine art societies.  Those with a younger profile appear to exercise rather meliorate at getting to grips with the Internet.

In 2013, ane spider web log in addition to its associated fine art guild started from scratch in addition to reached a skillful touchstone of activeness in addition to blogging inward a real curt time.  The Pencil Art Society launched inward Canada inward March 2013 in addition to it was similar a shot apparent that a build novel approach was beingness adopted to communicating with members in addition to the wider fine art basis - in addition to it felt similar a breath of fresh air.  The website was inward number a spider web log which made real skillful utilization of the static page functionality. The showtime spider web log ship service stated
Our website is at nowadays active in addition to fully functional. We direct hold a blog, a Twitter feed in addition to a Facebook page. We volition hold out real active on social media in addition to nosotros promise you lot volition hold out in that location with us!

In ix months, the Pencil Art Society has gone international, held their showtime online exhibition in addition to built a membership of over 5,000 members inward their Facebook Group.  What I especially similar well-nigh the spider web log is it's making an attempt to opened upwards people's eyes to the range for pencil fine art in addition to increasing awareness of the unlike approaches in addition to styles. Leading members direct hold also written spider web log posts with an educational slant which is a real welcome evolution in addition to ane which other fine art guild blogs powerfulness usefully review.

The 2013 winner of
The Best Art Society Blog Prize 2013
is The Pencil Society Art Blog

Much is due to the efforts of the founding members - namely Alexandra Bastien, Erica Walker in addition to Lissa Rachelle Robillard are founding members.

By at nowadays some of you lot volition appreciate that ane of the themes of this ship service is that I've been real impressed past times women artists this year!


NEW IN 2013 - The Showcase Shield


The Showcase Shield 2013 for
  • EITHER fine art blogs which consistently showcase skillful character artwork of other artists - with words equally good equally images
  • AND/OR the piece of work of ane creative individual who maintains in addition to displays a consistently high output of consistently skillful character paintings over the course of report of the year (i.e. it doesn't direct hold to hold out daily - but it does direct hold to hold out lots!)

Two nominations were received with abide by to 2 artists - ane for his output in addition to ane for full general showcasing of the piece of work of the creative individual in addition to others.
He posts consistently amazing pocket-sized daily paintings of Great Britain in addition to French subjects - mostly plein air landscapes in addition to soundless lifes - inward stone oil in addition to watercolour.
She posts photos of her beautiful work, images of the procedure in addition to highlights shows in addition to other arty events.
However I desire to house to a greater extent than emphasis inward this showtime twelvemonth on the curation of fine art in addition to artists past times fine art bloggers.  This is also an honor which I'm thinking of opening upwards to social media mostly rather than simply fine art blogs.  Or mayhap I'll build the generic showcase chip social media oriented in addition to the creative individual constituent fine art spider web log focused?  We'll see......

For example, on Facebook, I follow Jonty Hurwitz (Facebook: Art of Jonty Hurwitz) who posts real regularly in addition to constantly amazes me with the contemporary fine art he finds in addition to highlights on his page.  I also especially similar it because he finds sculpture in addition to installations which I similar but don't tend to expect for equally much equally drawings, paintings in addition to prints.  He also reveals the grade of excogitation in addition to character that furnish potent contest for to a greater extent than conventional artists when it comes to fine art collectors' $/£/€.

I exercise shout back this type of curation is something which Facebook is excels at. I'm inclining real much towards doing to a greater extent than of this inward the New Year's Day - which way I meliorate start liking some to a greater extent than Facebook Pages (NOT accounts) to build sure I run into what's on offering for our delectation.

However, if I'm limiting the Showcase Award to fine art blogs inward 2013 in addition to then in that location tin hold out exclusively ane winner inward my eyes.

That's Lines in addition to Colors by Charley Parker - which is ane of the overstep fine art blogs inward the world. He describes it thus
Lines in addition to Colors is a spider web log well-nigh drawing, sketching, painting, comics, cartoons, webcomics, illustration, digital art, concept art, gallery art, creative individual tools in addition to techniques, motion graphics, animation, sci-fi in addition to fantasy illustration, paleo art, storyboards, matte painting, 3d graphics in addition to anything else I observe visually interesting. If it has lines and/or colors, it's fair game.
More importantly, what Charley has been doing since August 2005 is writing well-nigh fine artists in addition to illustrators past times in addition to present. Here's some of the features of his blog
  • he posts regularly - in addition to creates a lot of posts each month - I counted 31 to appointment this month.  This is somebody who you lot actually direct hold to direct hold a feedreader for if you lot know you'll demand to programme what to read. (I'm at nowadays using Feedly in addition to am finding it real tardily on the eye.).  This is ane of the real of import factors equally to why his fine art spider web log regularly features inward the overstep x inward the world.
  • he makes real skillful utilization of images of artwork - there's a lot of them in addition to they're mostly large. He also makes real skillful utilization of a macro crops to illustrate a point. I especially similar the way he assembles a compilation which way it's non tardily to re-create artwork off his website
  • he showcases in addition to reviews the piece of work of contemporary artists who ship service their piece of work online.  A number of artists who are also fine art bloggers direct hold been reviewed over fourth dimension (including me!).  What I'd actually similar to run into on the site is a listing - linked to spider web log posts - of every creative individual covered inward alphabetical order
  • he posts accessible but authoritative posts well-nigh artists from the past times who are worth knowing about.  Although he has the strange oculus candy post, most of his fine art history posts furnish skillful character in addition to reliable links to online resources in addition to relevant publications. I've learned a lot well-nigh artists who I otherwise powerfulness non direct hold come upwards across.
  • he highlights exhibitions where good quality art tin hold out seen and gives us feedback on the ones he's seen.
  • He provides helpful posts on practical matters from fourth dimension to time and/or focuses on a theme of contemporary relevance eg he's of late been contrasting the precipitous style for the "selfie" with the evolution of the self portrait over time.
The 2013 Winner of
The Art Blog Showcase Shield
is "Lines in addition to Colors"
written past times Charley Park

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