May 12

Erin Libby

Erin Libby has participated in UNCLAD for many years and continues to delight our viewers with her whimsy, imagination, and creativity. I’m happy to announce that Erin will be demonstrating at the gallery on Sunday, March 20th. This is a great opportunity for you to meet Erin while you check out the UNCLAD art show.

A bit of background about Erin from her web site:

About Erin

“I started showing my work at 14, in the Chicago Street Fairs. Growing up with my mother Colleen Libby, who was a portrait painter and society photographer in the 1930′s and 1940′s, put me in touch with art very early. When I was 8, I won a scholarship to the Museum School of the Gallery of Fine Art in Columbus, Ohio. I was fortunate to have excellent training in fine art from the School of Art Institute of Chicago, Mexico City College and the University of Chicago.

My first national juried show was in Sarasota, Florida in 1954. By 1966, I was showing in Paris, New York, Chicago and Los Angeles.

Then, I got a divorce and a job at Mattel Toys in Los Angeles. I am proud of my 38 year career creating lovable dolls for children. Some of the dolls that I worked on at Mattel, as a designer, sculptor or Manager of Doll Characterization, included the much loved Liddle Kiddles, Baby Tenderlove, and Malibu Barbie. I was a freelance designer from 1972 until my return to full time fine art in 2004. Some of the toys that I designed, sculpted, or co-designed include the first Fisher-Price Dolls, Maxie, and best known, the sculpting for the original Cabbage-Patch vinyl dolls.

I moved to Bellingham, Washington in 1989. I am delighted that my work can be seen at the Blue Horse Gallery in Bellingham and Gallery by the Bay in Stanwood.

Influences in my work include Hieronymous Bosch, Gustav Klimpt, Arthur Rackham, Persian miniatures, medaeval Celtic art and Mata. The early Netherlandisch art, which I studied with Herbert Kessler at the University of Chicago, had a profound effect on me. I feel a kinship with the women Surrealist painters, in particular Elinor Carrington and Remedios Varo. Their mixture of laughter and magic speaks to me. Lately, I have been enjoying outsider art.

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May 11

Calvo Cancer Foundation Holds Art Show

Beginning a tradition that will hopefully continue to be a successful event is an honor to those involved. The Edward M. Calvo Cancer Foundation initiated its wine and art event at the Cars Plus Showroom. The event was a big success due to the generous gifts of a variety of wines and cheap insurance Canada by the Mid Pac Distributors of Wines. The impressive servings of wine complemented the also quite generous foods donated by the Cup and Saucer Shoreline, the Outrigger Guam Resort, the Guam Reef Hotel and Carmen’s Cha Cha Cha. Gala guests also feasted on cheese, fruits and wine donated by the International Distributors Supermarkets and the Pay- Less Supermarkets.

While enjoying the wine and food donated by the various interested companies helped to make the event successful, the art show was also a large part of the successful event held to raise money for the Cancer Foundation. The art shown centered around Guam and the motto of the art show was “Guam is Good”. Some of the art works shown were created by local personalities, community leaders, business people and 4Th graders from the Tamuning Elementary School that showed a collage.

The events planners spokeswoman was the Cancer Foundation’s President Marie Calvo Monge. She commented to the media that part of their mission was to display art works from a variety of people and not just professional artists.
Their planning proved to be quite impressive as the $50 a person ticket sales plus their auction helped the Foundation to raise money for their cancer patients.

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Feb 22

Pick Up Knitting Patterns with National Magazine Exchange

Once you have really developed a skill and an enjoyment of knitting, you will probably want to find as many different patterns as possible. That is where a subscription from the National Magazine Exchange will serve you well. Each week (or month, depending on the subscription you choose), you will be privy to a whole array of different and exciting new patterns so you need never get bored of knitting the same sweater. In addition, if you want something a bit different then a magazine is bound to have some original patterns too. So make the most of your new hobby with the National Magazine Exchange.
Magazine is thing that you should know and it is very easy to carry while you go to every you are going to. With magazine your trip will not be a bored thing because you can read it while you have nothing to do or you can just relax your self with reading some interesting thing you can find at magazine. All know that reading sometime becomes bored thing because laziness, do not worry because National Magazine Exchange provide any picture that you should to look at. And they are very attractive and awesome pictures you must see.

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Jan 14

Art Projects for Kids Should Always Be Fun

I went to my daughter’s school recently for play her third grade class was putting on, and had the opportunity to meet with her teacher and talk about how she was doing in school. She told me that my daughter was performing well and giving her best, and actually showed me an art project that she had been working on in class.

The teacher had pretty much given the students free reign to choose whatever type of project they wanted to, and I saw all different types of mediums and objects throughout the class. I had never really seen anything like it.

My daughter loves dinosaurs, and her project was a paper mache brontosaurus. It was pink, and in my somewhat biased opinion, very realistic. My daughter likes the brontosaurus because it was an herbivore, and she does not favor the carnivorous dinosaurs.

The teacher told me that the art projects for kids were something she has done every year that she has been a teacher to try to inspire her students to explore their creative sides. She had been teaching for 30 years at the school and said that she had students return to her and tell her that they decided to become artists largely because of the inspiration they found from doing the art projects in her class.

I went over and looked at some of the other art projects and saw paintings with water colors and tempera paint, and saw a number of clay sculptures as well. The students were obviously having a lot of fun, making them.

I saw one clay sculpture that was a replica of the Alamo, and another of the school itself. Another student had carved a little canoe out of wood and made tiny little oars to go with the boat. One parent told me that she volunteered with the art projects for kids and said that the students really put forth a great effort across the board and enjoyed each others’ creations as well.

I probably spent more than hour with my daughter looking around at the various works of art, and she showed me how her friends had used certain techniques to create their projects. She seemed very knowledgeable about the project as a whole, and it was really nice to see her so enthusiastic about something.

The art projects for kids that my daughter’s teacher incorporated into her classroom curriculum turned out to be very popular, and I was impressed with what a group of eight- and nine-year olds were able to create. I don’t know if I have a budding Georgia O’Keeffe in my daughter or not, but I am glad that she was exposed to something so enriching.

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Dec 13

Artsuppliesdirect.com Review

Doing art can be taxing especially if you have to go through the trouble of procuring all the materials that you need. This becomes even more complicated if you’re not technically knowledgeable about the different materials available to you. For one,
there are various stores that offer art stuffs. Second, there are tons of art stuffs for you to choose from. Fortunately, Artsuppliesdirect.com understands these particular difficulties.

First, Artsuppliesdirect.com focuses on informing buyers about the arts and crafts materials available in the site. With explanations on each category you can browse, the site provides a quick guide to people viewing the large inventory of products.

Second, upon clicking a particular category to conduct your search in, you’ll be treated to clear thumbnails of the materials in the group. This makes your search faster since you can see the object you’re searching for instead of relying solely on descriptions. This also allows you to learn quickly the difference between flat and bright brushes, for example, with just a single glance. This makes artsuppliesdirect.com more informative and more user-friendly than other online art stores.

Third, if you’re an art teacher or a parent who’s into teaching your kids art, you don’t have to go through all the materials in the store to get what you want. Artsuppliesdirect.com has a separate category for teacher supplies. You can get access to CDs, DVDs, or even cassettes that will help you in your lesson and activities. The site even showcases classroom equipment as well as other teaching resources specifically for conducting art classes.

Lastly, if you’re on a limited budget, you can still search for art materials featured in the deals of the week. Artsuppliesdirect.com provides several ways for people to find the art materials they need in the quickest and most convenient way possible.

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Dec 12

Taking a Web Design Course

To someone who is first getting introduced to web design, it can seem overwhelming to discover that there is so much to learn in this vast field. If you are starting from scratch, the feeling is even more overwhelming when you consider the all that you have to take in order to me a professional in the field. The good news however is the fact that you do not need to learn everything in order to be effective. In fact it is impossible to learn all the facts? so to speak, but you can create a very effective and intriguing presence by taking a relevant web design course.

Taking a web design course should not be taken for granted. True, you may not everything you need to learn in just one course. However, when you think about it, does it not open up your mind to discover what you can do in the future. In addition, having a minimum of internet knowledge will act as the pivot from where you can catapult your career and possibly set up your own personal web design business. An online web design course is a great way to start off. Since you will be using software that you can easily purchase or download for free online, in addition to working entirely on an online platform, this can save you both time and money and push you a step ahead to setting up your own online web design company.

Some skills can be regarded as must-have when it comes to web design. One of these is skill in the use of Dreamweaver. A program that covers Adobe CS3 and CS4 suite is most recommended. In order to create database-driven websites, you will need to take a course that teaches MySQL, PHP and CSS. A good knowledge of e-commerce and search engine optimization is also necessary if you want to create professional sites.

When taking a web design course, consider what you enjoy, your personality type as well the time and commitment you are willing to invest. Always remember though that a web design course certificate is not the end goal. The job that you are training for is. Training may take between 1-2 years, but you will be working for years to come. The certification should be current and fully recognized; otherwise it will not mean anything to potential employers.

Big journeys start with small steps. Take a web design course that is relevant and in time, if you are patient, you will enjoy the rewards of a web design career.

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Dec 09

Start your Italian vacation with Roman Art History

You’ve decided to go to Italy for your vacation this year, to find that ancient Rome that is said to assert, even today, its influence in all areas of our cultural, intellectual, and technical life. In a sense, you’re delving into your own roots, even if you also plan to check out the contemporary scene, the shops, the restaurants, the bustling cities. You’re own experiences at home have prepared you for an appreciation of the modern, but are you prepared to appreciate the ancient civilization of Rome, the artifacts that are left of the empire and that stand out as visible reminders of bygone times? If you want to fully appreciate that past, before you go, take a little time out of your hectic schedule to study Roman art history, Roman painting, Roman sculpture, Roman architecture, so that when you stand before it, its speaks to you as it spoke to those Romans long ago at the dawn of Western man.

As soon as you open a book on Roman art history, you’ll find that the Romans were lovers of Greek art. Outstanding in literature, poetry, history, philosophy, the Romans seemed to let their fascination with Greek art dominate their entire outlook on art, so much so that many art historians fail to see anything that clearly sets Roman art off from Greek art. To some extent, this is true. The Romans imported Greek art from every age of Greek art, from the Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic periods. Not only did they import these styles, but they also imported Greek artists to create new works for Rome. Roman writers on art in those times hardly wrote anything on Roman art, but they wrote copiously on Greek art, lauding it as the height of artistic endeavor. So fascinated were they by the Greeks, the Romans did not even record the names of their own artists, yet the art criticism from those times lavish praises on the Greeks: Phidias, Praxiteles, Polyclitus and other famous Greek artists. Entranced by the Greeks?who would not be?the Romans were without question, artistic imitators of the Greeks.

You might do well when preparing for your vacation to Italy to give some consideration to Greek art history, seeing how influential the art of Greece was in Roman art history. Perhaps, if you are going primarily to witness the artistic tradition of the West, you might do just as well to first visit Greece, Athens, in order to get a full sense of the origins of Western art.

If you have time only for Rome, you’ll still be exposed to the Greeks styles expressed through the vision of ancient Rome. Your reading in Roman art history will also help you distinguish those contributions that are distinctively Roman ?yes, they did expand on Greek art, creating a specifically Roman expression. The Romans were not able to completely eliminate their own unique history from their works. The influence of their Etruscan forefathers emerges in much of the sculpture and architecture of the later Roman period. Read a history on Roman art and learn more on what distinguishes Roman art from Greek art. When you stand before the temple of Sibyl in Tivoli, outside the Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia, in the Colosseum, in the Pantheon of Rome, you’ll see more than architecture; you’ll see ancient Rome.

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Dec 09

Don’t let the word Cheap fool you

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Dec 09

Web Hosting at affordable cost

With the gradual progress in the online business, a number of Web Hosting providers are arising and promoting over the internet with various offers and packages. It is evident that a common man will indeed go through uncertainty to decide which are reliable and which are illegal and to pick the best one out of them. In that situation, the web site webhostinggeeks.com is of great assistance to the people. It is an exceptional web site where you can get to know all about web hosting, the way it functions and different types of web hosting. Firstly, the web site mentions about the kinds of the hosting and describes them in detail and even state about the unique features offered by every kind. In addition to that, it lists the top hosting providers available in the market and provides them with the rankings depending on certain parameters such as quality, prices, services rendered to the clients, dependability and even the bonus features. By looking into the packages of different types of hosting and by taking into account the ratings, a customer at ease can decide on the position of the company and manage to select the hosting provider that suits both his business and budget.

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Dec 07

If you want an effective advertisement, then design

Visual advertising is an experience. That’s what is it for creators as well as viewers. The creator of the advertisement will exercise his crafts or work with others to produce the final product. If that product is effective, it will standout among other visuals with an allurement that beckons the viewer look more closely. Once the viewer has focused attention on the advertisement, he will discern the parts that make up the entire visual presentation. If the parts have been laid out in a way that leads the viewer’s eye to the product image and then to text that is carefully written and invites the viewer to buy, the goal of the advertisement has been achieved.

When the creator of the ad is engaged in its creation, he is engaged in the act of design. Advertising design is the work of an ad designer. This designer combines salesmanship with art to produce the product of his activity, the ad.

Advertising design proceeds in the same manner as any artist engaged in the creation of a painting. The artist should have a concept (perhaps not clearly defined yet), or a vague image of what it is he would paint before he paints it. In advertising design, the designer must have a more definite idea of the subject of the ad. Before entering design, the designer will become thoroughly familiar with the product or service the is being sold to the viewer. The product or service will be the subject of any add. The designer should know what motivates a customer to buy such a product or require such a service. The designer will know the product’s relations to its competitors, their arguments for or against the product. The designer will know clearly the advantages of their products and services over others. Advertising design starts with knowing how the product sells its self.

Advertising design is concerned with the organization of the advertisement and the selection of its parts. Design is found in most human constructions. It is the act of imposing form on what we call raw material. The advertisement designer begins with a general sketch of the visual advertisement. This is no different then when an artist scratches out a sketch of an intended painting. It is the first effort at design. In a sketch, form is mainly represented by lines; the colors are not yet laid in. The designer will also Sketch out the ad. What is sketched is not necessarily preconceived. The act of sketching the design will bring out one expression and the designer’s idea will have been revealed to himself. Many artist sketch a subject several times, discarding one in favor of another. The ad designer must do the same thing. Each effort will contribute to the next, until, finally you recognize the appropriate form for your visual ad.

Once sketched, the ad is ready to be filled in. The parts the designer has organized must then also be designed, so that each part has its own order and purpose. With purposeful and artful design, the ad will not only be effective, but be a piece of beauty in itself.

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