Next call is January 13th, 2025
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How to remove glare when photographing paintings https://youtu.be/v84eIWt0i_g
Hi everyone! The number of AI text-to-image platforms keeps growing. If you are interested in experimenting with AI, here are a few of the platforms that are worth checking out:
(1) Midjourney
(2) Dall-E 2
(3) Playground AI
(4) Dream by WOMBO
(5) NightCafe
(6) Canva (this is integrated into their overall site)
(7) Dream Studio (Stable Diffusion)
There are a number of other platforms beyond this list, but I am most familiar with the ones I mentioned.
Finally, remember that YouTube is your friend when it comes to tutorials. There are many good tutorials
explaining the ins and outs of most of the major AI platforms, advice on how best to use prompts.
Feel free to email me if you have any follow-up questions that might want to discuss. Good luck…..
Hello Working Artists! Here are some resources I want to share with you:
The website for The Artist Mentorship Lab.
https://app.paperbell.com/checkout/packages/105801
Use the code EARLY for an exclusive 30% discount from the already discounted price. I would love to see you there!
The political artists that I mentioned during the call:
Pablo Picasso (Guernica)
Charlie Chaplin (The Great Dictator)
Banksy
Barbara Kruger
Cleve Jones (The AIDS Quilt)
Ai Wei Wei
Judy Chicago (The Dinner Party)
Jaune Quick-To-See Smith
Enrique Chagoya
And here are the list of resources to help artists navigate these challenging times”
1. National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC)
– https://ncac.org
– Offers specific resources for artists facing censorship
– Free consultation services
2. PEN America
– https://pen.org
– Artists at Risk Connection: https://artistsatrisk.org
– Emergency grants and support
3. Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE)
– https://thefire.org
– Legal resources database
– First Amendment library
4. A Blade of Grass
– https://abladeofgrass.org
– Fellowship programs
– Documentation of social practice art
5. Center for Artistic Activism
– https://c4aa.org
– Free online courses
– Research library
6. Art Space Sanctuary
– http://artspacesanctuary.org
– Network of safe spaces
– Resources in multiple languages
Thanks for the excellent call yesterday. Right up my alley! This is an important topic that seems to get overlooked in the context of the business of being an artist. Yet, historically, it is seminal. I recently finsihed reading “The Judgement of Paris”, about the Paris Salon and the birth of the Salon des Refusées. It is too easy to forget that the Impressionists were seen as rebels.
I wanted to ask you about the Mentorship Program. I am feeling pulled to join, yet I want to be sure I am not allowing myself to make a decision based on sheer excitement. I am primarily a Maker, but I also teach and do picture framing. I am doing my best to work towards freedom from the need for a part-time job, but not sure the best route. I am in the process of developing a program of workshops and not sure how much time I want to spend teaching, or doing framing jobs for clients. I am a B School member but haven’t progressed beyond Module 1 since I signed up in 2023. I feel like I need some guidance. Not sure if coaching is the right fit, or what else might be, or a hybrid. I have fears that whatever I choose may get in the way of being a Maker, but I haven’t been selling much of what I make. I need to know if and how the Mentorship program will help.
Hi Gillian! I am traveling for the next week but will send you a link to my calendar when things settle. We can have a chat to see if this makes sense for you. Don’t worry – I will hold that discount code open.
Hi Crista!
Sorry I can’t make it this evening after all , but thanks for the opportunity to repeat one or two achievements this end of the year. (There weren’t any earlier on !)
No 1 My mildly successful Open Studio mid-Nov, with lots of attendees and 4 small sales and then out of the blue one of my lovely buyers happened to see my shots of the work on Instagram – and bought one of my midrange pieces!
No2 Meeting IRL my artist friend and mentor, YOU! How magical was that meeting – only 6/7 of us turned up but we bonded very well and had such a good time I for one didn’t want to leave! Thankyou so much xx
No 3. The lessons I’ve learnt – first from the Open Studio: that I cannot do it again without assistance setting up, during and afterwards. Meeting and greeting in a small space, of both time and physically, has to be carefully managed. And then hearing today that my applications for a prestigious competition has been rejected. I mayst get rid of that gremlin which tells me I can’t poss afford to enter more than one piece; and it doesn’t matter what I put in as it’s not going to succeed anyway!…
So there you go! If you get this before the call, I hope you and everyone in the Working Artist confraternity have a wonderful festive season and all your wishes for 2025. With love, Mary H