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Location Based Services: more than games?

2010 by Bill

As with most inno­va­tions these apps sprang from another inno­va­tion that set the stage, they are all based on GPS tech­nol­ogy but, and this is an impor­tant but, GPS in and of itself was not enough.

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A social media network formula for artists

2010 by Bill

Because we don’t own store fronts and most of us are the only peo­ple employed in our busi­ness we need to have some way that brings peo­ple to what­ever venue we sell our stuff out of

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on the shoulders of giants

Leaning on the Shoulders of Giants

let's talk by Sarah Lacy

That whole shoul­ders of giants thing? Def­i­nitely going to take advan­tage of that. These dudes and dudettes knew what they were doing. I would be a com­plete idiot to ignore their knowl­edge. I’m an art his­tory book addict, but I’ve never sat down and stud­ied it before.

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2010 Art at St. Kate’s

Art at St. Kate's by Bill

ART AT ST. KATE’S is pro­duced by Artists’ Cir­cle in coop­er­a­tion with the Tex­tile Cen­ter, to be held on the grounds of The Col­lege of St. Cather­ine in St. Paul, Min­nesota. The art fair will be located on the beau­ti­ful tri­an­gle area of lawn of the St. Paul cam­pus bor­dered by Ran­dolph and Cleve­land Avenues. Artists’ Cir­cle is excited to add an out­door show to its venues.

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The art of going pro navigating the shift

Going Pro, the secret weapon for today’s turbulence

2010 by Bill

We could com­mand higher prices as our mas­tery improved because mas­ter­ing a tech­nique or style was one of the pri­mary cri­te­ria for suc­cess. Fur­ther­more, our skills were gained and refined through years of prac­tice and training

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living professionally part 2

The Art of Going Pro: living professionally II

2010 by Bill

The pro doesn’t believe in sacred gifts granted from on high, he knows his “gift” comes from hours and years devoted to learn­ing and that he ignites his tal­ents through growth.

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let's talk about beauty

Does Beauty Matter? part II

let's talk by Bill

Scru­ton explores the change brought on by Deuchant, Koontz et. al. and how that change attempted to give mean­ing to “a hear and now” world as opposed to an ide­al­ized one. Scru­ton main­tains that art is really about cre­ativ­ity which is a call to oth­ers to see the world the way the artist sees it.

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Perfectionism and Quality

2010 by Sarah Lacy

If I wiped out every paint­ing I wasn’t com­pletely excited about, then I’d have no paint­ings. In every sin­gle piece, I hit a stage where I think I’ve screwed it up com­pletely, and that there’s no hope.

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The Art of Going pro: living professionally

2010 by Bill

Today, I’m going to intro­duce some thoughts about that code and what it might look like for pro­fes­sional artists. Much of the first part of the code frames the actions of a pro­fes­sional in gen­eral so we can first under­stand what a pro­fes­sional is and how being pro­fes­sional is dif­fer­ent from being amateur.

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