Category: Artful Resources
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Category: Artful Resources

Links, articles, and other useful information for Art League artists. Topics include how to build an online presence for your art, how to craft an artist statement or photograph your work, online resources, and other helpful tips where we find them.

Popular posts in this category: How to Photograph ArtworkHow to Create an Artist WebsiteStarting an Artist Blog, and What Are Jurors Looking For?.

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We Need Your Help! Donating framed/gallery ready artwork to the Patrons’ Show is a great way help the Art League in an immediate and…
By Gallery Director Ali Wunder   This creative exercise is all about mapping. Not maps in the conventional sense, but a map of your…
by Assistant Gallery Director Haven Ashley For our series “Art in your Inbox,” Art League staffers are sharing lighthearted exercises to give you a…
Looking forward to an upcoming vacation? Find the perfect book to accompany you on your plane ride, throw in your beach bag, or dive…
March is  Women’s History Month, and TODAY is International Women’s Day! To mark the occasion, the National Museum of Women in the Arts is…
My hope is that if you’re coming this year, you’ll be using Art Thief of the Patrons’ Show, the app designed and built just…
Collecting fine art, made lovingly by an artist instead of mass generated by a computer, can be more about the journey than the destination….
Need a gift for the art-lover in your life? The Art League is here to help—it’s never too early to start!…
As the Cubists taught us, there’s always room for more than one perspective….
In a series of blog posts, The Art League explores the intersection of film and art and what it means to be an artist,…
What’s the first thing you do after you’ve finished a piece of artwork? Frame it? Take a photo? Put it on your website? Not…
Since a new exhibit year just started, we wanted to put together an overview of how the juried exhibit process works. We’ve also compiled…
A functional, up-to-date website is a must for any artist working today….
Here — in broad strokes — is The Art League guide to paintbrushes….
With 250+ fall classes and workshops, deciding on a class might be pretty tricky. We’re here to help!…
August might be around the corner, but summer is far from over. We’ve gathered all the hottest summer art events, exhibits, & news –…
Creating a detailed silkscreen requires careful planning. We peel back the layers on the process and show you how it comes together….
A Mahl stick is a tool that can be placed across a painting to steady a painter’s hand or to provide protection against the…
With the 2018–19 exhibit year starting July 1, we wanted to put together an overview of how the juried exhibit process works….
F.O.M.A. (noun): “fear of missing art”; the nagging feeling that cool art events are passing you by. This Memorial Day weekend, we’ve got you…
It’s often defined simply by explaining that the words are French for “fool the eye,” but that doesn’t really tell the whole story….
Is it too early to think about summer reading? We don’t think so! Check out our compilation of art related books to add to…
With classes including spinning and dyeing, you can learn about pretty much any part of the process, except for shearing the sheep….
People love watching visual art in progress, whether you’re documenting, demonstrating, or just talking about it….