Business of Art Conference: Spring 2009
The Low Down: Strategies for Artists during the Recession
Date: Saturday, May 16, 9a.m.- 4:30p.m.

Conference Schedule
9:00 Registration & Doctor’s Hours Sign Up

9:30 Welcome

9:45-11:00 Assessing the Recession
Panelists: Sean Elwood, Creative Capital; Stephanie Howe, Artists Space; Kay Takeda, LMCC, and Edward Winkleman, Winkleman Gallerywith Moderator: Christa Blatchford, NYFA

11:15-1:15 How to get through the Recession
Seminar with Susan Lee, EA, CIP

1:15 – 2:15 Lunch Break – Please note, lunch will not be provided , you are welcome to bring your own.

2:30 – 4:00 Sustainable Practice: Artists Defining a New Model
Panelists:Jeff Hnilicka, FEAST; Caroll Taveras; Carol Taveras Studio; Francisca Caporali, Artist and curator; Joshua Smith and Denise Kupferschmidt, co-founders of Apartment Showwith moderator Suzan Sherman,NYFA

4-4:30 Protecting Your Art with Paper:
Consignment Agreements, Invoices and Other Basic Legal Forms
Seminar with Jonathan Melber

To register please visit- events.nyfa.org.

If you have trouble registering or have questions please contact Christa Blatchford at cblatchford@nyfa.org or call 212 366 6900 x238.

The mega-popular superstar brings his unique creative vision to Image Comics this August!

14 May 2009 (Berkeley, CA) – Tyrese Gibson, the Multi-Platinum selling R&B singer and mega-star behind Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Death Race and 2 Fast 2 Furious, comes full force to comics with ANGEL artist Tone Rodriguez and co-writers Mike Le & William Wilson in August’s three-issue action packed thriller, MAYHEM!

“I am extremely excited to be working with Image Comics on the launching my debut comic book MAYHEM,” Gibson said. “Image has a long and rich history of great titles and I am honored to be apart of that history. Robert Kirkman’s and Eric Stepheson’s input throughout this creative process has been invaluable and I know we’ve produced a special comic book for all fans to enjoy.”

Tyrese Gibson’s MAYHEM begins on the streets of Los Angeles, wherein a brutal crime wave led by the mysterious Big X has the entire city in a state of perpetual fear. With even the police force unable to stop him, MAYHEM, a faceless vigilante with only his partner Malice and an unrelenting vengeance to back him up, strikes back against the criminal hordes. Within three issues of non-stop action, they will take on Big X to dismantle his organization and restore peace to the City of Angels.

Image Comics Chief Operating Officer and WALKING DEAD writer Robert Kirkman added, “With the entertainment world at large currently bowing at the feet of comics and its ideas, it’s incredibly exciting to have a media mastermind like Tyrese Gibson turning his attention our way. MAYHEM is a unique, engaging comic-book experience that could only come from the mind of someone who’s risen to the top of so many different fields–anxious to take another by storm. Ready or not, Tyrese Gibson is in the house–and it’s going to be MAYHEM!”

MAYHEM #1, a thirty-two page full color comic book for $2.99, will be in stores August 5th.

Marina Lemar is a lovely lady I was fortunate to meet many years ago at a convention. She impressed me with her kindness and warmth.

A while ago, I was able to use donations to this website to sponsor a modest arts grant, and Marina was one of the winners for her hand made majolica pottery.

Marina wrote to let us know that she had won yet another prize for her pottery. This charming mug was the winnah!

Marina also creates handsome plates.

You can see more pics of Marina’s work here.

I had some nice articles and interviews with Marina and the other winners of the grant which seem to have gotten corrupted in the blog migration. If you notice, earlier posts reloaded to this new blog have formatting problems. I sincerely apologize for that!

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