tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post1060924176727236748..comments2024-03-03T15:01:00.402-05:00Comments on Joanne Mattera Art Blog: Marketing Mondays: Artists, Should We Write and Curate?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-76385380317191760682011-07-09T17:07:03.805-04:002011-07-09T17:07:03.805-04:00I have been blogging for about 6 months and althou...I have been blogging for about 6 months and although I have few visitors to my site, it allows me to keep inspiration in one place. I am a photographer and when in need of a creative boost, I can just look through my blog posts to find links and images that could be helpful.Anonymoushttp://www.jminshullphotography.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-66958350729660202242010-09-29T13:40:17.238-04:002010-09-29T13:40:17.238-04:00Writing is like a muscle; it needs exercise. Writi...Writing is like a muscle; it needs exercise. Writing about others' work, whether you publish or not, is very useful for clarifying and distilling ideas. The question is, is the writing worth reading? Is it worth taking time away from the studio?<br /><br />And as far as curating goes, man, that takes a lot of work. I have to thank Joanne for helping me break my exhibition idea into (almost!) kim matthewshttp://kimmatthewsart.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-29833661864418899102010-09-24T16:52:05.314-04:002010-09-24T16:52:05.314-04:00Along with making and exhibiting art, I've bee...Along with making and exhibiting art, I've been helping curate and operate not-for-profit exhibition spaces as well as writing art criticism for local and international publications.<br /><br />I see a lot of overlap in the purposes of art, writing, curating--- to create conversations, community, shared profound experiences.<br /><br />I've certainly had to be attentive to 'conflicts Matt Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04403343921821437136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-2872070481983907762010-09-22T00:47:25.725-04:002010-09-22T00:47:25.725-04:00this is such an excellent question - it's one ...this is such an excellent question - it's one that comes up between me and other artists I know who curate and/or write about the arts. We talk about balancing these with making, and how any of them can certainly take away from another; but more often than not they actually supplement each other.<br /><br />I consider writing (blogs, magazines, etc), and curating (brick and mortar and sharonAhttp://dimensionsvariable.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-59002189199685761412010-09-21T23:31:06.355-04:002010-09-21T23:31:06.355-04:00Years ago I did get into the curating and show-org...Years ago I did get into the curating and show-organizing trap that Philip Koch describes, where I was working more on putting shows together than making my own work. I enjoyed it but it wasn't as satisfying as getting into the studio and making the work. Now I am mostly content with just blogging about others' work, my own work and various thoughts and observations. Blogging has meant a Nancy Natalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03325421420384484035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-91311818479462303522010-09-20T22:11:32.488-04:002010-09-20T22:11:32.488-04:00Writing and painting can be done together- one of ...Writing and painting can be done together- one of the best examples would be Fairfield Porter (though I believe he had significant family money to fall back on. As he didn't work or teach regularly, he had perhaps more time available than most other artists).<br /><br />Some time back I curated a show of contemporary landscape painters for MICA. It had started out as a two person exhibit of Philip Kochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05191070779177407750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-20079987521075003142010-09-20T18:33:33.375-04:002010-09-20T18:33:33.375-04:00Hi Joanne,
I've been blogging for about three ...Hi Joanne,<br />I've been blogging for about three years (it started as an alternative to a website)...but at most I post every two weeks, usually when a new painting is complete, a new exhibit is on the horizon or if I'm announcing a new project. I've organized three exhibits in the past year and a half under the name This Collective Pull. Two were installed in friend's Bea Modisetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14010400578212146399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-22299629663716444452010-09-20T15:44:58.888-04:002010-09-20T15:44:58.888-04:00I have curated a brick-and-mortar show.
It was ex...I have curated a brick-and-mortar show.<br /><br />It was exhausting, but very rewarding, and felt like an expansion of my normal artmaking. It involved a lot of coordination and organization, which I try to use in my artmaking anyway. Everybody involved was gracious and helpful.<br /><br />I haven't yet curated anything online, but it is an intriguing option.Alessandra Kelleyhttp://www.alessandrakelley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-68663648589563321092010-09-20T13:18:45.470-04:002010-09-20T13:18:45.470-04:00I've found working with other people's art...I've found working with other people's art as a writer and a curator beneficial in many ways: <br /><br />As a way to have more objectivity about other who are in those roles (curator, writer, gallerist) in relation to me-- Understanding what things in a given situation might look like from their perspective. <br /><br />As a way to explore aspects of other artists' works and ideas-- kenhttp://www.kenweathersby.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-79871577036664646862010-09-20T11:43:06.266-04:002010-09-20T11:43:06.266-04:00It has been an incredible surprise to find out thr...It has been an incredible surprise to find out through artist blogging, that I have readers for what I write. Very rewarding.<br /><br />Good set of questions.<br /><br />Your Marketing Mondays are getting better and better, Joanne.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-86922290705888858862010-09-20T11:18:08.413-04:002010-09-20T11:18:08.413-04:00Joanne, wonderful post as usual! Hummmmmm.......I...Joanne, wonderful post as usual! Hummmmmm.......I always thought of myself as a visual artist. And a few years ago, I began to write. And lately I've taken a lead from you and I did some interviews and took some pics at Art Santa Fe, a recent studio tour with the Museum of Fine Arts Santa Fe....slowly but surely, easy does it. I can see other projects could open....Thanks so much! I do annell4https://www.blogger.com/profile/07629830133868270690noreply@blogger.com