Having hobbies does wonders for your mind and body; helping to relieve stress, encouraging restful breaks, and offering new experiences and challenges. Hobbies can also provide additional income and a sense of purpose, which is especially important during the pandemic crisis. The quality of your life will improve when you have hobbies, and they’re very …
What’s up my quarantined people! I hope you all are doing fine and keeping yourselves busy. As well as healthy and safe in these times of social isolation. As you might imagine, the art world is being strongly affected by the Corona crisis, it’s an eco-system that relies heavily on real-life interaction and person-to-person …
So, you are quarantined-up (or voluntarily practicing social distancing, which is good) and ready to take on your first day as a stay-at-home artist! Here I am, coffee in hand, kinda awake, ready to start my workday… But… Something feels off, I don’t really find myself in the right mindset to get any work done… …
Is your art career in quarantine? #1 Get off your pyjamas! Read More »
Art in times of corona Is your art career in quarantine? We all know corona situation, and I’m not here to talk about THAT, I’m not a scientist, and you should only get your information on that from scientific sources. I’m an artist that’s been recommended to spend the next couple of weeks at home, …
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Art in the glorious array of forms which it takes is firstly a medium for self-expression. Artists are typically familiar with their own visions without looking too deeply into themselves. The majority of art comes from those emotions and thoughts which the makers are most passionate about. Thus, they often don’t have to look very …
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One day you woke up and decided to start selling art online. After taking care of the first steps before putting your artwork up for sale online , you went ahead and developed a strategy for selling art online and took your time connecting with possible clients. You put in the hard work and now …
Vanessa Souli interviewed Lita Poliakova for Azucar Magazine, visual artist currently residing in Dortmund. Lita Poliakova was born in Leningrad in 1986. Having lived in the ‘remote’ society in Saint-Petersburg under the Soviet Union regime, she grew up thinking critically towards stereotypes and conventional ideas. Currently based in Germany she collides common and uncommon, comments …
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How to start elevating your career to the next level An artist manager’s perspective + real tips (without the bullshit) This article comes as a presentation of my findings while working as an artist manager for emerging artists and also as a reaction to the various unhelpful, unpractical tips around the internet on how …
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Artist-in-Residence Program of ARCUS 2018 IBARAKI Moriya, Japan. http://www.arcus-project.com/en/residence/ ARCUS Project was set up in 1994 as an initiative of the Ibaraki Prefectural Government being a part of a new social and educational program to Moriya city and Ibaraki area. The aim of the project is enriching local culture through international exchanges, support to emerging …
As a small girl of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in the 90s, Sophia Kamal was captivated by her mother who does oil painting as a hobby. Seduced by the colours of Disney cartoons and Japanese anime, you could find her scribbling away in her colouring books. It was these early formative years sparked her passion and …
