Thanks to Google Alerts (you do know that you can set an alert for your own name at Google Alerts, and it will send you an email every time your name appears on the web, don't you?), I was greeted with this post today in an unfamiliar but well-written blog by arts journalist Ted McIrvine called Arts Spectrum, reporting on the opening of The (R)evolving Arts Gallery in Hendersonville:
"...I enjoyed other artists whose work is new to me. Works by Michelle Davis Petelinz included 'Sinuous Rhythms II,' composed through applying polymer clay to an 18” bamboo bowl and then painting with acrylic and ink."
It was a thrill to be included in the post, and I appreciated the inclusion of the image of my work, too. You can read the full post here.
Thanks, Ted McIrvine!
Friday, June 26, 2009
In the News...
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Monday, June 22, 2009
A Sale, A Site, Two Shows, and It's the Season
2. Speaking of (R)evolving Arts, the website is up! Photos from the site of the space are at left. The site is still a work in progress, not all the pages have been populated, but my page is here.
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Thursday, June 4, 2009
Exciting News: The (R)evolving Arts Gallery
Finally, here's the exciting news I promised to share.
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Thursday, May 21, 2009
Indie Business Breakfast
June promises to be an interesting month here in North Carolina. For the first time in Raleigh, there will be an Indie Business Breakfast, hosted by the Carolina Mixed Media Art Guild (CMMAG). On Saturday, June 6th, the topic will be:
with her husband and business partner, creates an extensive line of sophisticated images that are licensed on all kinds of elegant home accessories and personal products designed to enhance the lifestyle of the sophisticated customer. Lisa is a graduate of Western Michigan University's School of Graphic Design and Fine Arts.Through the years, Lisa and her husband have become intimately familiar with the challenges artists and crafters face when seeking to make the most of the financial opportunities that flow from their gifts. Lisa and her work have been featured in dozens of magazines and news outlets. Lisa will share from her experience and answer your questions about everything from maximizing online sales to achieving favorable publicity. If you want to learn how to use free and low cost social media tools to entrench your brand in your niche market, you need to follow Lisa's lead! She can help you turn your artistic talent into a vehicle that will help you enjoy your craft while also living a lifestyle you have always dreamed of."
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Show Report: Gosport Arts Festival
No, this isn't the exciting news I promised in my last post. I realized I hadn't reported on our second show of the year, in Portsmouth, VA: the Gosport Arts Festival, so here goes. This was our first time doing the show, but it came highly recommended to us by our friends Martha and
Gaff Pearce of Lazy Lizard Pottery (we love Gaff's work, and have a stunning "Waterfall" vessel of his in our home gallery. That's Gaff in Florida, showing off his Award of Distinction from the Lake Wales show, with one of the waterfall vessels in the center of the top shelf).
Sunday was a gorgeous day: bright, sunny, and much cooler; a perfect show day, and it was Mother's Day too. The crowd was noticeably larger, with many family groups with mothers carrying flowers. We sold much more on Sunday, and were able to meet all of our expenses plus have a bit more, which is great (those lowered expectations again). I sold 'Sinuous Rhythms III, Spirals' to a woman who came back twice to look at it. I've found that if people are really drawn to a piece of my work, they either buy it right on the spot, or they take time to walk away and think about it. And, if the piece truly resonates with them, they return to buy it. I love it when that happens, because it means my work has found a good home.
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Friday, May 15, 2009
More...later...
Lots happening, and no time to post, but I'll have some exciting news next week. I didn't really believe in the whole "vision board" thing, but I have to say that the biggest vision I've had for awhile now is about to come to fruition--is it because I did the board at one of our Art Salon meetings? Maybe, maybe not. If so, I'll be doing more boards in the future!
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009
First Show: Mixed Results
Our first show this year, as in the last two years, was Charlotte's Art & Soul of South End. It's an extremely well-run show: the staff does great pre-show communication, there's excellent volunteer assistance before, during and after the show, load-in and load-out are handled well, and the overall feeling is a positive, supportive one. The weather was great (hotter than we're used to in NC in April, but we didn't complain), and our booth looked great with the new shelves (more on that below). So why the 'mixed results' of the title? Because even with all of the above, attendance was significantly lower than in our two previous years, and sales were less than half of last year. There were also no prizes for artists as there had been in both previous years.
So, all in all, it was an enjoyable if not particularly lucrative weekend; we were happy to have made some sales, given the state of the economy, and are hopeful about the rest of the show season. Our next show is in two weeks, in Virginia. Time to go create more product to get ready for it!
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