OUR MISSION IS TO CREATE A FORUM FOR VISUAL ARTISTS AND THE GREATER COMMUNITY TO INSPIRE AND PROMOTE ONE ANOTHER
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CONTENTS:
Ongoing:
Steering Committee Corner
Artists Quotes - Barbara Kruger
Deadlines
Artists About Town
Studio Tour 2008
Special:
Donating Art to Charitable Groups
Taos Art Happenings Blog
TAO Progress
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TAOS ARTIST ORGANIZATION
CONTACT
(575) 758-1443
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TAO Newsletter Blog is here to stay
Welcome to TAO's new newsletter! After much discussion we decided to create a Newsletter Blog that can be easily accessed by the members. The first 4 issues of the TAO Newsletter was designed, printed, sorted and mailed. This was time consuming and in turn the information got to you, the members, in a slow and frankly archaic manner. Lets jump ahead to the 21st century and welcome a Newsletter that gives you timely information that is smart, creative and current. Enjoy this Summer 2008 posting! The TAO Newsletter Blog will post each month with the summer issue incorporating July and August. Note worthy postings will be added throughout the month. TAO Members who want to post their art happenings please send them to taosart.blogspot.com
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"Lots of Fun in the Summertime...Oh Yea"
"I was raised and lived in cities my whole life, until Taos entered my life. I listened to R&B- soul music and literally danced in the streets". How does this relate to being an artist in Taos you may ask? Doesn't everything from the time of birth make up who you are and what your art is about. This is a big stretch but if art parrells life then someway it is so. Let's have fun this summer. After all, when September first rolls around you will have to take account of all you made this summer. Examine the unfinished painting in the corner of your studio or the sculpture on a shelf waiting to be fired- this is what assessment is all about. Do I have enough work, do I have my studio ready for people to visit, enough postcards?
All is good, all is calm, all is creative...if it would only stop raining!
Bonnie Cooper- TAO Newsletter Blog Editor
Contact Bonnie: ripwoman7@msn.com
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ARTISTS QUOTES:
Quotes by Barbara Kruger
" I always say that I'm an artist who works with pictures and words, so I think that the different aspects of my activity, whether it's writing criticism, or doing visual work that incorporates writing, or teaching, or curating, is all of a single cloth, and I don't make any separation in terms of those practices."
"I think there are lots of ways to make good work. You can throw big bucks at a project and make what some would call crap, or you can work very modestly with eloquently moving results."
"If most American cities are about the consumption of culture, Los Angeles and New York are about the production of culture, not only national culture but global culture. You can make good art anywhere. But these two towns have an incredible density of cultural producers: people who migrate to them in order to define themselves through their work."
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Taos County-Wide Tour of Visual Artists Studios: Two Weekends September 27 & 28 and October 4 & 5
This event will increase the artists’ visibility as well as welcome visitors to participate in a major contribution to the community at large. Taos County-Wide Tour of Visual Artists’ Studios is taking place Two Week-ends this Fall 2008. 128 artists have become TAO Tour Members which enables them to get a free web page on TAO web site, taosartist.org Artists can choose to open their studios for one weekend, both weekends, or for the entire period from September 27—October 5. In conjunction with the Studio Tour an Exhibition, which serves as an Index for the tour, will be presented at the Kachina Lodge Gallery, 413 Paseo del Pueblo Norte. Each participating artist will be represented in the show. Two other events will take place at the Kachina Lodge: an Exhibition Reception and a Meet More Artists' Nite.
Schedule For the Studio Tour Days
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TAO WEB SITE:
Here is what is needed for Active and Tour Member Artists for their web page.
1)Artist name and media 2)The contact info the artists wishes to have presented, including web site, address & email. 3)A jpeg image of an example of their art. Minimum size is 600 pixel on longest side (8in.) 4)image info - name, size & media 5)Head shot - highly recommended but not required. Size is 400 pixel on longest side (5in.) 6)Brief artist statement - Can be philosophy, history or about the process. 7)Artist phone # for Ty's questions ( if not provided in #2 ). DELIVERY OPTIONS: 1)Send E-mail with attachments to tylerh@newmex.com 2)Send a disc to Tyler Hannigan, PO Box 3530, Taos, NM 87571 3)Send photos to Tyler Hannigan, PO Box 3530, Taos, NM 87571 and email text to tylerh@newmex.com
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STEERING COMMITTEE CORNER:
So much happens from week to week we can hardly keep up with it. I often wonder how we would get things done if we did not meet so often. The steering committee meets every Friday and at these meetings we review, troubleshoot, brainstorm and come up with concepts for the future. On Friday, July 25th we had a meeting that opened our eyes and guided us into the possibilities of the World Wide Web. Mary-Lela Gilbert, a TAO member with experience in posting on UTUBE, has created two UTUBE segments about the Studio Tour. They include the artists on the tour and one has background music of an original piece created by Mary-Lele herself, the other is with the background music of Robert Mirabal. As soon as the two segments are complete we will post the UTUBE segment link on the Newsletter Blog. Also, Jean Scott Benson, from KVOT, 1340AM, "TheVoice of Taos", came to the meeting to make a video clip of TAO steering committee to be used in future "social networking" opportunities.
We at TAO are reaching out to the global community. This is one of the best advertising venues you can use today.
WhiteHawk- TAO Membership Chair
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SPONSOR LEVELS:
All Members find sponsors - see the levels below. Sponsors are needed to generate money for advertising.
Sky $1,000 or more
Summit $500
Mountain $250
Foothills $150
Mesa $100
River $50
Make checks payable to: Touchstone Foundation, Inc. and write TAO in the memo, mailing address- PO Box 1885, Taos, New Mexico, 87571, USA
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ARTISTS ABOUT TOWN:
Josie Lenwell "Homes and Sanctuary", photographic reflections has been extended till July 31st at Time Space Gallery located at Dreamcatcher Realty Building, 515 Gusdorf Road. Open Monday thru Friday from 11:00am to 5:00 pm. For info call Josie at 751-0407.
"Celebrating the Rustic Beauty of Northern New Mexico", photographic reflections at Cafe Loka located at 112 Camino de la Placitas and Ledoux St. July 19th thru August 22nd. Artist Reception August 9th 3-5pm For info call Josie 751-0407
David Vedoe "People & Houses", painting in oil and acrylic, a show focusing on various ways Art can cast a light on our Built Environment; July 3rd- August 9th; Cafe Loka located at 112 Camino de la Placitas and Ledoux St.; contact David at 575-751-7762 or visit his web site
art-architecture.blogspot.com
6th Annual Ranchos de Taos / Talpa Studio Tour- Sept. 20th, 10-5 and Sept. 21st, 12-5; TAO members WhiteHawk and Sandy Chestnutt will be on the tour. Look for the Studio Tour Brochures at the Taos Visitor Center. Contact WhiteHawk at 575-758-1443
Carol Savid Loveland Sculptural Exhibit 2008, one of the top sculpture exhibits in the country; Carol will be included in the exhibit which is previewed August 8th, 9th and 10th.
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DEADLINES:
Celebrate Global Awareness in honor of the 2008 Olympics show at the Country Club, opening August 8th from 4-6; Submit low-resolution images to artstudio2@hotmail.com along with a brief artist bio and dimensions of work. Artwork should depict the subject matter of world peace, global awareness and global games, and must be your best. Artists whose artwork is accepted will be contacted on Aug. 4 for hanging.
The Green Show at the Country Club- Pick up your art work on August 1st.
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Are you informed about TAO Progress with: Catalogue, Postcards, Pocket Map/Business Card, Sponsors, TAO Web Site, TAO Design Group
Catalogue - is beautiful and is at the printer and will be ready sometime early August.
Postcards - designed and also at the printer, info will be posted on this blog about circulation
Pocketmaps - business cards - designed and almost ready for printing
Sponsors - wait until you see the sponsor pages in the catalogue, "very impressive"; we sill need more sponsors though so do your part and get the word out and get a sponsor TODAY!
TAO web site - taosartist.org - check it out for more members faces and web pages and for valuable info
TAO Design Group - we have formed a design group with Bonnie Cooper, David Vedoe and Sandy Chestnutt. TAO design Group will be designing the marketing materials for TAO
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DONATING ART TO CHARITABLE GROUPS
"Artists tiring of giving work for charity" - from CBC News on-line http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2008/06/20/artists-charity.html
Some P.E.I. artists are complaining about being asked by people organizing charitable functions to donate their work for free. They say giving away art to be auctioned off at charitable events costs artists money, and often they don't even get a tax receipt. Island sculptor Carl Phillis considers himself a starving artist. He works days at The Bulk Barn in Charlottetown to make ends meet. Recently, yet another request for an artwork for a charity auction turned him off the whole idea. "They want our art, but they don't want us to go to the function," said Phillis. "They want this piece of us, really, they love it, and yet when it comes to asking us if we want a glass of wine, we don't get the glass of wine." Phillis vented his feelings in comments on a personal blog by Darrin White, who is executive director of the P.E.I. Council of the Arts. That relaunched an old debate about whether artists should willingly give away their art to help raise money for other people. Nigel Roe has been a visual artist on P.E.I. for 25 years, and he's joining Phillis in demanding change. "A lot of arts organizations in other provinces have established standards," said Roe. "If we're going to donate work we're going to put a minimum bid on it, and we have to reach that bid before it's sold. And we're not just giving it away. Anything after that is shared 50-50 with the artist and the fundraisers." The P.E.I. Council of the Arts will meet this September to try to put some guidelines in place.
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TAOS ART HAPPENINGS BLOG
The idea behind this blog is to post art events (art in all media, painting and drawing sessions, shows, workshops, art events) that are happening in Taos. Here on our TAO Newsletter is a link to Nancy's blog. Click on Taos Art Happenings Blog and you will find postings of interest to artists. Nancy is a tremendous asset to the art scene in Taos. Her blog helps connect artists and gives them access to information that keeps artists current and in-the-know. You can visit the blog at this website taosart.blogspot.com . TAO members are encouraged to use this Blog to post your own art happenings.
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