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Generating Fine Art - The Making A Scope Awards 2011

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Today's awards relate to generating art either every bit an private creative individual or every bit an fine art grouping - formal or informal.
  • The Painting H5N1 Day Stickability Shield
  • The Best Art Blog Project Virtual Challenge Cup
  • NEW IN 2011 - The Best Art Society Blog Prize

The Painting a Day Stickability Shield
"What they telephone phone talent is cypher but the capacity for doing continuous function inward the correct way."Winslow Homer
The Painting H5N1 Day Stickability Shield for daily painters who maintain a consistently high output of consistently expert lineament paintings over the course of written report of the yr in addition to laid a expert example to others.

Previous winners of this abide by include:
First - a serious message to fine art bloggers.  If y'all desire people to review your function y'all have got to locomote far easily accessible.  I was amazed at the number of bloggers who don't empathise that their archives are an asset.  Gallery owners are looking to come across if y'all are consistent over fourth dimension in addition to how long y'all have got been painting.  Don't aspect to larn gallery exhibitions if y'all don't brand your past times artwork accessible 

While I brand notes almost fine art blogs during the yr - in addition to add together them to my listing of potential nominees, I also do a expert aspect circular at the yr cease to come across who else is around that I've non yet come upwards across.  I aspect peculiarly inward the weblog rolls of fine art blogs.  I'm looking for the names of novel people - in addition to the names of those who come upwards up 1 time again in addition to 1 time again - inward blogs which include everybody in addition to the blogrolls which include merely a few.  I also aspect dorsum at past times nominations. I also aspect at those who number their paintings....

This is non a prize for expert painting.  That's what the best motion-picture demo abide by is all about.  However I do aspect the overall lineament of artwork on the weblog to live good.

This is a prize which rewards consistent output.  It's almost artists who have got the patch of written report to practise their arts and crafts in addition to shipping on a real regular ground in addition to deliver in addition to maintain expert lineament inward damage of interesting paintings.  It's no longer almost posting every 24-hour interval - but it is almost posting a lot of paintings.  If y'all do shipping every day, it is noticed.  It's never awarded to people amongst novel blogs - because the capacity to locomote along posting wears off afterwards fourth dimension for a lot of people.

The nominations for 2011 are:
  • Stephen Magsig - Postcards from Detroit - nominated past times David J Teter in addition to me.  David said He consistently posts (nearly) every day.  Stephen's function continues to non exclusively document the industrial in addition to urban areas of Detroit (as good every bit the occasional random subject) but also is an artists mirror reflecting the electrical flow state of our economic scheme in addition to the outcome it has on our cities, businesses in addition to neighborhoods past times often showing the shut down, boarded upwards in addition to graffiti tagged facades of buildings.  A dependent a lot of artists shy away from in addition to exterior the realm the 'pretty' pictures.
  • Jonathan Aller - Alla Prima Studies nominated past times Jim Serrett who said His function is consistent in addition to professional person in addition to done from life, “no paintings from Photoshop here”, merely the existent thing.
    With prissy explanations in addition to demos accompanying most works, his weblog shows a existent commitment to the arts and crafts of icon in addition to the sharing of knowledge.      My ain feeling was that Jonathan although posting on a regular ground is doing no to a greater extent than than a lot of other artists.  This abide by is somebody who goes the extra mile.....
Two blogs which for me are a 'near miss' - the narrative explains why
  • Gillian Holding - #adailyselfreflection - nominated past times me.  I liked this projection a lot.  It mixed upwards photography, icon in addition to drawing to create a daily epitome using digital agency - including apps for iphone in addition to ipad.  It didn't quite final the distance but I decided to include it every bit a nomination hither because I applaud its innovation.  (Maybe I ought to have got the David Hockney Award for regular digital postcards side past times side year?) #adailyselfreflection began when I realised at that spot was a groovy forum inward cyberspace for showing digitally generated work, in addition to I loved the thought that artwork amongst no tangible existence could live viewed inward the exact cast inward which it had been created.
  • Oriana Kacikek - Paintings past times Oriana Kacikek - nominated past times me - What tin I state - I'm real fond of artists who pigment food.  It's also genuinely prissy to notice somebody who realises at that spot are alternatives to a PB&J when icon sandwiches!  Very prissy paintings - however I'd have got to notice an easier way to review to a greater extent than of her paintings before Oriana is inward amongst a serious vociferation of this award.  
The explanations almost mightiness locomote far seem similar Stephen Magsig gets this abide by past times default.

Nothing is farther from the truth.  I wrote his shout downward initiative of all - in addition to a long fourth dimension before whatsoever others came along.  Here's why.
  • take a aspect at Stephen's archive on his weblog Postcards from Detroit
    • first - it's accessible in addition to I tin come across real easily how many paintings he's done this year
    • second - he's produced in addition to posted real nearly a icon a 24-hour interval for virtually every day
    • third - aspect how long he has been producing paintings of Detroit.  He's produced betwixt 322 in addition to 355 paintings each yr for the final 4 years.  By whatsoever Definition Stephen Magsig had produced a consistent in addition to high lineament output.  Yesterday was icon #1473
  • He's doing something unique in addition to worthwhile.  I totally concur amongst David J Teter's rationale for nominating Stephen.  
  • He also provides something of a role model for the way inward which y'all tin convert the property of regular daily paintings into other products for sale to those who desire to collect artwork.  Sometimes the "stickability" runs out before those conversions larn made - but non amongst Stephen! 
  • Take a aspect at what I've written almost Stephen on this weblog already
Back inward 2007, this is what I wrote when introducing his fine art blog
earlier this year
When writing my shipping almost Make your ain art! I started to aspect around at daily icon blogs to come across who was beingness unique, original in addition to non icon the ubiquitous fruit. One such weblog is Stephen Magsig's Postcards from Detroit. As good every bit icon on a regular basis, Stephen is also doing something which is culturally worthwhile - he's documenting a metropolis which is undergoing pregnant change. It adds value to his work. 

The 2011 Winner of 
The Painting a Day Stickability Shield
is Stephen Magsig

Here are all the places where y'all tin come across Stephen's artwork.
Blue Water Tank past times Stephen Magsig

The Best Art Blog Project Virtual Challenge Cup 

The Best Art Blog Project Virtual Challenge Cup

Art tin live quite a lonely activeness in addition to it's noticeable that people often similar to have got some variety of involvement inward groups in addition to projects related to art! This abide by 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 written report of the yr inward inquiry or otherwise had some pregnant impact during the course of written report of the year

Previous winners are:
Most of the fine art projects to appointment have got involved real pregnant numbers of artists.  One of the things I've noticed inward 2011 are the grouping fine art blogs beingness created.  It seems every bit if the original purpose is to create a social tape of usual activeness past times a small-scale grouping of artists rather than to attract an external audience per se.

I'm outset to wonder if people are realising that the demands of the mega projects are such that there's a restrict to how long they tin hold out unless there's a real clear commercial imperative associated amongst 1 individual putting inward the fourth dimension in addition to effort.  Certainly if merely 1 individual runs the projection it tin quickly becomes also much in addition to swallow into their fourth dimension for their ain art-making.  It's real evident that for bigger projects, purpose of the clitoris a fast 1 on inward achieving longevity is to position a small-scale grouping who tin deal the whole projection in addition to whatsoever spin-offs.

It's also possible that Facebook has created an option host for grouping efforts.  I recall it's a compassion if that has happened because non everybody likes Facebook in addition to also most of it is inaccessible unless y'all are a member.

I didn't have whatsoever nominations for this award.  So I had a expert aspect round.  Here so are those that didn't quite brand the shortlist - in addition to so the shortlist

Hopefully readers volition notice the reasons why these are "near misses" are to live instructive.
  • Natalie Italiano for One Hundred Alla Prima Portraits of American Teenagers - nominated by Penny German.  This isn't genuinely eligible every bit the purpose of the abide by is to focus on a collaboration betwixt a grouping of artists.
  • One Drawing a Day - I was minded to nominate this site until I works life the weblog took an historic menstruum to load.  Possibly because there's no restrict on the size of images which tin live uploaded?  Hence I've non been able to aspect at it every bit much every bit I'd like.
  • The Art Project - Google's massive projection to digitize the insides of museums around the ground is real educational - but it isn't an fine art weblog in addition to doesn't involve fine art bloggers inward whatsoever way.  Pity! 
  • Artists of Texas - I've been real keen for some fourth dimension on grouping blogs which demonstrate collaboration in addition to co-operation betwixt artists inward a specific expanse (it's the online version of opened upwards studios).  Unfortunately it's hard to notice expert ones which demonstrate lots of blogging in addition to bloggers and staying power.  This 1 does, nevertheless this "art blog" is actually the forepart cease of an international commercial online gallery operation which is attempting to syndicate an identical model for lots of unlike groups of artists in addition to requires a subscription to join.  The commercial aspects in addition to subscription fee are non an number every bit such - it's the lack of a unique in addition to independent identity which ruled this 1 out inward the end. 
ALSO This is NOT an fine art weblog project.  However it would live remiss of me to neglect to give a special shout to Dan Thompson (Artists in addition to Makers) who runs a Revolutionary Arts online arts periodical and promotes the constructive utilisation of empty shops past times artists/musicians.  In August, he initiated the #riotcleanup in the UK of Britain in addition to Northern Republic of Ireland via Twitter - 1 of the most successful grouping activities this year.  Just goes to demo what tin live achieved when a creative individual imagines positive uses of Twitter in addition to the Internet!

My shortlist included:
  • Women icon women  - nominated past times me.  "Women Painting Women" explores how contemporary women painters are treatment women every bit subjects. The weblog was founded past times Sadie Valeri, Alia El-Bermani in addition to Diane Feissel and features diverse paintings past times women of women.  It's a small-scale scale projection in addition to at that spot aren't a lot of posts nevertheless it has a real clear focus in addition to it's e'er a pleasance to aspect at.   
  • A Postcard from My Walk - nominated past times me.  Doing a postcard every calendar month is a fleck easier than producing a icon every day.  The thought behind this weblog is that every calendar month a postcard would live created patch project some cast of exercise in addition to so sent around the ground to some other fellow member of the Sketchercise group.  Although I participate inward this, it succeeds because of Ronelle's organisational powerfulness (and slideshows) in addition to the whole group's commitment to keeping those postcards winging around the ground for a whole year.  It's also upped the touchstone of artwork which nosotros notice acceptable to send!
  • The Help Nippon Challenge Auction - This was organised on the Daily Paintworks site in addition to involved a lot of fine art bloggers contributing artwork to heighten funds via an auction to aid those affected past times the Tsunami inward Japan.  The challenge was created past times Keiko Tanabe in addition to David Marine of Daily Paintworks hosted it on the Daily Paintworks website.  To date, fine art to the value of $29, 218 has been raised every bit a outcome of the sales past times the real many Daily Paintworks members /art bloggers who took part.  This is a model of contribution which we've seen many times before - nevertheless I don't recall I've ever seen 1 before which was upwards in addition to running in addition to selling quite so fast in addition to to such expert effect.
In damage of degree of involvement of fine art bloggers, capacity for adding value in addition to overall impact to my remove heed there's no competitor every bit to the worthy winner this year.


The 2011 winner of
The Best Art Blog Project Virtual Challenge Cup is
The Help Nippon Challenge Auction
(Keiko Tanabe, David Marine in addition to the Daily Paintworks Art Bloggers)

Spring inward Kyoto, Nippon IV past times Keiko Tanabe
Sold inward aid of The Japanese Red Cross

NEW IN 2011 The Best Art Society Blog Prize

The Best Art Society Blog Prize  

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 social club and 
  • AND widen the audience for the images of its fellow member artists.

This is a novel prize this yr in addition to so at that spot is no listing of previous winners.

For me an fine art weblog is an first-class way of raising the profile of both the fine art social club in addition to its fellow member artists.  The characteristics of a expert fine art social club weblog may live opened upwards to debate.  My criteria are every bit follows:

  • blog posts are timely eg shipping almost the exhibition inward expert fourth dimension for people to adapt to visit!
  • blog posts are useful eg brand certain y'all include plenty data for people to notice the society's activities (don't assume "everybody knows")
  • images are real of import - in addition to should live included whenever possible in addition to relevant.  An fine art social club weblog without images says something almost how of import they genuinely are!  This was the original argue why fine art social club blogs were NOT shortlisted.
    • Art societies are almost placing an emphasis on the visual in addition to so should their blog
    • blog posts tin demo people what the social club does in addition to what it has to offering through the utilisation of photographs of activities in addition to artwork
  • members, their artwork in addition to their exhibitions are profiled - it's a perk in addition to a fleck of extra marketing which is e'er welcome - summation it also provides the ground for regular updates throughout the year
Here are the fine art social club blogs which met my criteria
  • Artists of the RI - This is a novel weblog this yr but it's made it past times the iii months grade in addition to is soundless delivering regular if infrequent weblog posts.  I similar the way it's focused on providing a perk for the creative individual members of the Royal Institute of Painters inward Watercolour who are getting an chance to profile who they are, what they do in addition to what their artwork looks like.  This is 1 to scout for the future.
  • The Royal Institute of Oil Painters Blog - Great utilisation of the pop posts widget past times the ROI Blog to highlight the posts which have got interested both members in addition to the full general public.  Anything which helps to brand content to a greater extent than accessible is good.  The weblog is beingness used good to embrace the total orbit of social club activities in addition to the activities of its members eg independent exhibitions.  This weblog was created inward 2010 in addition to has been coming on inward leaps in addition to bounds during 2011.  Content is strong in addition to images are everywhere!
  • Denver Art Society has a combined website in addition to blog.  I strongly suspect it mightiness live to a greater extent than accurate to telephone phone it a weblog amongst static pages.  However achieved it combines the essential static data pages which most societies have got amongst 2 dissever streams of dynamic pages which update on (1) the latest tidings in addition to (2) regular artwork on display or beingness produced past times creative individual members.  The Home Page constantly updates amongst a layut which places priority on the dynamic content in addition to the twitterstream in addition to a schedule of upcoming events.  However I thought it's most impressive aspect was the real song commitment to universal access to an fine art instruction in addition to the orbit that fine art has to play inward maintaining a good for y'all local community.  This is a reenergising art weblog belonging to an fine art social club which aims to kickstart a creative renaissance!
We believe universal access to a strong arts instruction is essential to creating in addition to sustaining a good for y'all society. The Denver Art Society’s mission is to organize independent artists in addition to render venues for the evolution of creativity. 

The Denver Art Society site opened my eyes to what tin live achieved inward damage of dynamic content, blueprint in addition to the orbit for a social club to have got a real strong connectedness amongst its local community.


The 2011 winner of
The Best Art Society Blog Prize is
The Denver Art Society






The side past times side shipping is almost Getting out of the Studio.

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