Archive for July, 2007
languishing in our walled garden
A Breath of Fresh Air by Poxodd
A long time ago, in an internet far far away, EBSQ used to be a 100% open community. Anyone could post on our forums. And often did. Much bitterness ensued. And we built a wall around our city to keep our residents feeling safe.
Six years have passed since our [...]
Filed under: openthread | Closed
Tags: art, artists, community, ebsq, evolution, forums, online community, open community, social media, walled garden
Harlan has started a Composition Workshop and Discussion on the EBSQ Forums. You can find it under General Art Topics – General Art. It is going gang busters and shows no sign of slowing down. There is a lot of wonderful information to be had, some great questions answered and lots of people participating. You [...]
Filed under: community, howto, workshop | Closed
Tags: art, composition, demo, discussion, ebsq, forums, howto, workshop
“For Sale – Art Of The Day” is back!. This time the theme is “Beachy Keen”. It is for all things beach and is open to any and all media. As this is the second week in July, “For Sale – Art Of The Day” will run July 30th – August 5th. The deadline for [...]
Filed under: aotd, call for artists | Closed
Tags: aotd, art of the day, beach, ebay, ebsq, etsy, for sale - art of the day, imagekind
Ever wanted to turn a pair of jeans into a skirt? Ever wondered if there was a best way to do so? Well, July’s LIVE – presented by Lesley Chandler, will give you that information and take the resulting skirt from merely apparel to art. She’s LIVE tonight in the EBSQ Chat Room Monday, July [...]
Filed under: ebsqlive | Closed
Tags: chat, demo, diy, ebsqlive, event, howto, repurposed, upcycling
EBSQ LIVE! July 9th, 9 PM EST
This month’s EBSQ Live:
Transformer Jeans Skirt
hosted by EBSQ Self-Representing Artists and Lesley Chandler
Monday, July 9th, at 9pm Eastern (6pm Pacific)
EBSQ Chat Room
Frida Skirt by Lesley Chandler
Ever wanted to turn a pair of jeans into a skirt? Ever wondered if there was a best way to do so? Well, July’s LIVE – presented by Lesley Chandler, [...]
Filed under: ebsqlive | Closed
Tags: chat, demo, diy, ebsqlive, event, howto, repurposed, sewing, upcycling
July 2007: From the Editor
Shelly Bedsaul
There’s an infamous little book making the rounds called “the cult of the amateur: how today’s internet is killing our culture” by Andrew Keen. I haven’t read the book, nor is this a rant against Keen’s actual arguments. According to marketing guru (and social web evangelist) Tara Hunt of Citizen Agency who attended a [...]
Filed under: Inspiration, editorial | Closed
Tags: art, editorial, Inspiration, philosophy, self-representing artists




