Go West Young or Not so Young Art Lover

 

 

Raffle Your Feathers

 

 

Art by the Sea Gallery and Studio Winner of the People’s Choice Award for the recent photography exhibit, “Eye & the Lens” is Sally Weymouth. Sally submitted two photos for the show, one a stunning shot of Multnomah Falls, and the other of a surfer in the waves. Sally will become a Featured Artist in 2023 as a result of this award Join us for our April reception on Saturday, April 2 from 2-4pm to view new and continuing works by gallery artists, and the second month of the “Floral Dreams” exhibit. Drop by the “grab n’ go” snack table for goodies, wine or water during the event. Our third “10 Year Anniversary” Art Raffle will also take place at the reception and features the works of Muriel Scheidt and Earl Robicheaux. Muriel has done an oil mountain scape, and Earl has a beautiful photo of the Bandon coastline. These art pieces will be raffled off to those who have submitted either their business card or a card with their name and phone number on it right up to the time of the raffle. This raffle is a “Thank You” to the community for the wonderful support they’ve given the gallery and artists over the past ten years and will be held each month throughout the year in celebration

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Flop

So I haven’t blown my own horn in a while, and I may be a little out of practice, you might want to cover your ears.

Instead of spinning my wheels looking for interesting faces to shoot, (There’s been a Pandemic don’tcha know), I’ve spent my time writing. Yes, I know that’s what I do here, but I actually had more to say so I thought a novel would be the best way. (Four hundred and forty-one pages makes for slow loading on the Internet.)

And since the damned Plague has been with us for over two years, there was a lot of time—time enough to finish three novels.

Which means, for those of you in the remedial math class, I now have five novels desperately seeking readers. I could have gone the traditional route and submitted my work to a mainstream publisher, but that seemed like a heavy slog, being an unknown so I did Indie.

Yes, indeed there was a time not so long ago when independent publishing was a secretive practice, like selling French postcards or admitting you’re addicted to Girl Scout Cookies. Justly so for most vanity publishers had no intention of ever getting anyone beside the writer to buy the book. Also a good thing for most vanity publications were not quiet as good as the Masked Singer or other trash TV.

Then Amazon.

Yes, the eight hundred pound gorilla in the room of all things marketable became a publisher and overnight changed Indie publishing from something you wouldn’t confess to your priest to something even your mother could be proud of.

Amazon makes it so easy even the Ole Trawler could do it. But, (You did know there was a but coming?), once the book is up you have to do all the peripheral chores. Oh yes young Padwan, the marketing, advertising, promoting, finding reviewers, securing interviews and all the time keeping an eye on what is up cause with print on demand there is no excuse for leaving in any mistakes.

If a gimlet-eyed reviewer finds a mistake, you have to pounce on it cause the next person to discover it might be a reviewer for The New York Times or Rolling Stone or even The World.

There’s just a whole lot that has to be done like what I am doing right now. You gotta plug your heart out. Cause in this game there is no pinch hitter. You swing for the fences and hope like hell you get more runs than outs.

So I made my best guess and picked the book I liked the best, (hey I get to pick cause I’m writing it), and set out to see if I could get it out where someone might just read it.

The process of getting it published was simple enough, (enough so I managed to get the first distribution out chock full of errors. Not just typos and misspellings but horrible line feeds and spacing mistakes), so it got up on Amazon.

And crickets.

Maybe not even the crickets. It went thud but there was no one in the forest so you couldn’t hear the flop.

Back to the drawing board.

Maybe it was the cover cause God knows the prose was fantastic.

I got a new cover, big improvement, if I do say so--

Maybe I'll say what happened next next time.

Sail Away

On exhibit - Saturday 9 July to 24 September 2022 Call to Artists http://client.smarterentry.com/coosart Submission deadline: 6 May 2022 Hello Artist! Welcome to the 28th Annual Maritime Art Exhibit at Coos Art Museum. Coos Art Museum cordially invites you to apply to this exhibition, the finest of its kind on the West Coast. You were chosen because of your artistic caliber and we hope you consider taking the time to respond to this call. All entries are made online. Please use the above url to participate. We are looking forward to an in person exhibition and lively opening weekend events.  Looking forward to seeing your work in the museum! Sincerely,  Leah Ruby Executive Director Coos Art Museum Click here to submit Copyright © Call for Maritime 2022 Coos Art Museum, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: www.coosart.org Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

Better Post It

SO IT GOES COFFEEHOUSE PRESENTS:

THE POST IT NOTE ART SHOW BY GADZOOKS_BAZOOKA 

Artist and illustrator Grant Hoskins has a double life. 

Internationally he is known as @gadzooks_bazooka, a self-taught artist whose work can be found in galleries, zines, music album covers, and on the streets of Southern California. But by day he works a soul-sucking job and wiles away the precious hours drawing on Post It Notes. This expression of his inner life reveals a shattering editorial eye with a penchant for absurdity, existential dread, quesadilla pirates, and the conundrum of human interaction.

186 of these Post It Notes will be exhibited at So It Goes Coffeehouse in Coos Bay, Oregon from March 11th through the month of April.

@gadzooks_bazooka can be found on Instagram.

SO IT GOES COFFEEHOUSE is Coos Bay’s old school coffeehouse featuring killer coffee, 

full bakery, live music, bad poetry readings, used books, and occasional small theatrics. 

190 Central Ave, Coos Bay, OR, 97420. Open 7 days a week, 7AM-2PM plus events. 

Second location in North Bend Medical Center 1900 Woodland Ave, Coos Bay, Monday-Friday.

Contact: soitgoescoffee@gmail.com  www.soitgoescoffee.com  @soitgoescoffeehouse

 

 

 

 

Local Color

 

 

 

So It Goes Coffeehouse will show the latest work from local artist Nick McCullouh at the downtown location through the month of February, beginning February 4th. The downtown location is located at 190 Central Avenue in Coos Bay. A satellite location is in the North Bend Medical Center at 1900 Woodland Avenue. 541-808-9333 soitgoescoffee.com FB, IG

Eyeing Art

 

Thu, Dec 30 at 8:46 AM

View this email in your browser Call to Artists Photography Show – “Eye and the Lens” February 1 to February 26, 2022 Accepted Works: Photographic works, excluding video. No specific theme. Each piece must be wired and ready to hang on the wall (please - no saw-tooth if possible). Maximum Size Limit: 16” x 24” overall, with or without frame Art Delivery: Sunday or Monday, January 30th and 31st, between the hours of 10:30 am and 3:30 pm. Deliver 1-3 pieces of art, together with completed entry form and appropriate feedback to have Art by the Sea Gallery & Studio, 145 Fillmore Street SE, Bandon, OR 97411. (If you cannot deliver during these hours please contact the gallery to arrange a different time.) Also, please attach a copy of your biography (if available), which will be included in the Photography Show binder. Entry Fees: First entry - $10. Second and Third entries - $5 each. All art must be for sale and priced. Please note that the Gallery will charge a 25% commission fee on work sold so please price your work accordingly. Application forms can be downloaded at: Artbytheseagallery.com Awards: Judge – Archi Davenport Prizes will be $50 first place, $25 second place, $15 third place, plus Honorable Mention ribbons. A People’s Choice Award will be decided by public ballot, the winner to receive a one month exhibition as Featured Artist at Art by the Sea Gallery and Studio during 2023. Artist Reception: (masks required) Saturday, February 5th 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm. We hope you will come to the reception. It’s always more fun when the participants are present. The judge will be commenting on the strong points of the works and about photography in general. Artwork Pick Up: Sunday & Monday, February 27 and 28th - 10:30 pm - 3:30 pm. Artists who have sold work will be paid at the end of the show at artwork pick-up, February 27 and 28th. Copyright (C) 2021 Art By the Sea. All rights reserved. You are receiving this email as a member of our art community. Our mailing address is: Art By the Sea 145 Fillmore Ave SE Bandon, Or 97411 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe