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Beyond the Art Fair: Oh Sure! Anyone Can Do This!
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Beyond the Art Fair. Saturday, July 03, 2010. Anyone Can Do This! Some art collectors like to denigrate photography. Anybody can take a picture," I'm told. You cannot image how many times I've heard this. It's said to my face because the patron thinks I'm being paid a compliment! You've almost made art here! One woman gushed in appreciation. I took a breath. Yeah, I thought. I came THIS close! Can anyone take a picture? Sure Can anyone pick up a brush and paint? Sure Doesn't mean it's going to be art.
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Beyond the Art Fair: The Muse of Change
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Beyond the Art Fair. Monday, January 19, 2009. The Muse of Change. 012009 - Let's Get to Work! 169; 2009 Jeane Vogel Photography. Hand-altered Polaroid Photography. 01/20/09 - No More Excuses,. 169; 2009 Jeane Vogel Photography. Infrared photograph. In classical Greek mythology, there are nine Muses - the sisters of creation. . Artists, especially women artists, are part of the larger sisterhood that is guided by these Muses. The set-ups are similar, but the messages are different. The hand-altered Polar...
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Beyond the Art Fair: Art is Great, But Is it a Profession?
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Beyond the Art Fair. Wednesday, January 13, 2010. Art is Great, But Is it a Profession? I was supposed to be something important when I grew up. a constitutional lawyer, actually. That was my dad's plan for me. He starting educating me and grooming me for a career as a civil rights defender when I was about 10. That's also about the time I drew the little mouse that I found on the ad on the back of a matchbook and sent it in to the correspondence art school. Art is great, but it's not a profession. I fel...
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Beyond the Art Fair: What Kind of Disgusting Person Does This?
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Beyond the Art Fair. Tuesday, May 19, 2009. What Kind of Disgusting Person Does This? It's true: I'm not a great business person. I'm an artist. I don't want to trick or coerce someone into collecting my work or scheduling a wedding. I want my business model to be a partnership, to fulfill a need, to inspire a smile or a thought or a memory. When we see a gross violation of human decency in business, what should we do? Why do we do it? Back to this new volunteer photographer. She works during the day...
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Beyond the Art Fair: An Opening
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Beyond the Art Fair. Monday, August 18, 2008. Sandwiched photograph, 30x24, $350, (c) 2008 Jeane Vogel. My solo show of Judaica,. Opened on Saturday night. Hang the art and people will come. A solo show rests entirely on one artist and her reputation. Oy! That's a bit of pressure! Susan even modeled for one of the images, Hagbah. Friend and neighbor Arlene Kerman catered the whole event with the most fabulous desserts. HaShemesh, a klezmer band, filled the exhibit with joyful, inspiring music. Subscribe ...
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Beyond the Art Fair: Where IS Feminist Art These Days?
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Beyond the Art Fair. Monday, April 04, 2011. Where IS Feminist Art These Days? 9x11 inches, Mixed Media, ©2011 Jeane Vogel, $75. Beware. I drop the "F" word a lot. I grew up hearing it was a dirty word but I never understood why. It seemed to me to be the most natural thing in the world. How could Feminism be offensive? It's a word that proclaims independence and equality and respect for all women. It's 40 years later, and I'm left wondering what feminist art is now. Have we come very far? We saw a lot o...
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Beyond the Art Fair: Working in Series
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Beyond the Art Fair. Monday, February 21, 2011. Whenever I teach a photography workshop to more advanced students, I encourage them to work in series - to create works with a common theme or subject matter. Most think this is easy and silly. So what? Who wants to see 12 pictures of the same thing? Then I tell them: write out your ideas and research your themes before your shoot. Sacred Movement #3," ©2011 Jeane Vogel Studios. We're photographers, they yell! We shoot what we see. In St Louis. It start...
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Beyond the Art Fair: Let's Bring Back the Patronage System
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Beyond the Art Fair. Monday, March 02, 2009. Let's Bring Back the Patronage System. Anyone who has been to Florence or Rome, or who stayed awake during the Art History class slide shows, has seen the splendor that was created during the height of Europe's golden age for artists. The 15th and 16th century in Europe was awash with money and princes and aggrandizement. The work was bold and new and demanded to be seen and discussed. Did he think that Diego would paint a mural of the benign industrialist?
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Beyond the Art Fair: April 2011
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Beyond the Art Fair. Saturday, April 16, 2011. Water Lilies #1,. Polaroid Painting, ©2011 Jeane Vogel Studios. Being an art fair artist means that I talk to a lot of people about art. A LOT of people. Literally thousands of people. Some are knowlegable about art. Most are not. All deserve my attention. I believe we learn from every conversation - even if I'm annoyed at the time. A handful just want to impress me with their "superior" knowledge. Those conversations go something like this:. Imagine my surp...
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Beyond the Art Fair: Unexpected Lesson
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Beyond the Art Fair. Thursday, November 11, 2010. When I teach, I never know what the lesson will truly. That's the gift teachers are given, I think. We plan, but the lesson might be something far more profound. This is my first protest! The student, a high school junior from Montgomery, AL, was beside herself with excitement. She ran to document it with the few shots left on her camera. Flushed and animated, she returned. "Do protests work? Do we have Jim Crow laws anymore? I don't remember.". I tried a...
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