Archive for June, 2007

NEW! EBSQ Artists Sellers Community now online at LJ!

26Jun07

We’re pleased to announce EBSQ’s newest community on live journal: buy_ebsq_art
This community was created as a place for you to share your newest work and the places where it’s available online or out in the brick and mortar art world. While it’s officially sanctioned, we plan to stay hands-off for the most part and let [...]


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site crawling along, snail-like

24Jun07

Handicap Race by Joanna Daneman
Our servers are being particularly sluggish and crawling along at a snails pace this morning. Please bear with us while we sort out this issue!


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So What’s So Great About This Place Anyway?

22Jun07

I’ve been friends with James and Donna Pearson for close to a decade. And I’ve long been a fan of James’ art. In fact, his was the first art, EBSQ art at that, that I purchased when I was an eBay newb. You can imagine how tickled I was to stumble across this post on our [...]


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ART SEEN: Adventures in Printmaking

18Jun07

A huge thanks to Paul Helm for his fantastic presentation on collagraph printing this evening! If you couldn’t make it, don’t fret! The transcript (which includes demo photos, materials list, and additional resources) will be available in the July issue of the EBSQ Zine.  In the interim, feel free to browse our extensive HOWTO library to [...]


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Don’t Forget Tonight’s LIVE!

18Jun07

We hope you’ll join us for Paul Helm’s fantastic HOWTO on collagraph printing LIVE in the EBSQ Chat Room Monday, June 18th! We really appreciate that Paul will be staying up into the wee hours and joining us live from the UK to share his love for this unique method of printmaking. Hope to see [...]


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EBSQ Show “Light My Way: Artist-Made Lanterns” Clarification

14Jun07

In case anyone is wondering what we mean when we say “lantern”, let me clarify by saying that we mean it in the true sense of the word.
lan·tern  
Pronunciation[lan-tern]
–noun
1. a transparent or translucent, usually portable, case for enclosing a light and protecting it from the wind, rain, etc. 
2. the chamber at the top of a lighthouse, [...]


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LIVE Rescheduled For Next Week June 18th!

13Jun07

We hope you’ll join us for Paul Helm’s fantastic HOWTO on collagraph printing LIVE in the EBSQ Chat Room Monday, June 18th! We really appreciate that Paul will be staying up into the wee hours and joining us live from the UK to share his love for this unique method of printmaking. Hope to see [...]


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EBSQ LIVE! June 11th, 9 PM EST

08Jun07

This month’s EBSQ Live:
Collagraph Printing 
hosted by EBSQ Self-Representing Artists and Paul Helm
Monday, June 11th, at 9pm Eastern (6pm Pacific)
EBSQ Chat Room
 
 

“Schley Fish” by Paul Helm
Collagraph – literally a print from a collage – is a highly versatile and exciting printmaking process. Whereas collage is usually the assembly of several different images, collagraph is the of [...]


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June 2007: Why Artists statements aren’t just artistic BS (and other best practices for showing your art online)

01Jun07

Motoko Lewis

The results of the EBSQ Juried Artists spring jurying session were just released the other night. And one of the most cited reasons artists weren’t admitted was because of their artist statements, or lack thereof. Artist statements are a required element for juried applications, and with good reason. I know a lot of you [...]


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