Is Inkjet Printmaking Better than LightJet Printing for Artwork?

Pigment-based inkjet prints are clearly the future of photographic imaging

Including a great YouTube video featuring Canadian photographer, Robert Burley’s Photographic Proof.

Next to image quality, image permanence is the key ingredient to producing a beautiful piece of artwork. Only archival inkjet media and pigment-based inks deliver the quality and permanence (100+) expected by top artists and their collectors—making archival inkjet printmaking the better choice for your art.

Understanding the difference between available print technologies should be a critical part of your creative process. Fine art photographers are shifting their preference to archival inkjet for its print permanence and display qualities. Also noting that the artworks look brighter and offer better contrast than wet-lab prints. …Read more

Exhibition Opportunity – Sylvia White Gallery, California

June 19th Entry Deadline for the 2010 National Juried Exhibition

This summer, the Sylvia White Gallery will be awarding two exhibition opportunities in our gallery space in Ventura, California’s New Art City.

I have been a fan of Sylvia White and her Art Advice articles for many years now. One of our previous students, Petra Nimtz, exhibits with her Gallery and which has generated many new career opportunities for her and several international sales. Once (sometimes twice) a year Sylvia White offers a Juried Exhibition which is open to US and Canadian artists of all forms of media. This is a great opportunity for both established and emerging artists! …Read more

Artist Marketing Resources from Our Toolbox

We thought it would be helpful to create a resource page that you can “dig into” any time of day (or night).

As we discover and test-drive new art marketing resources we will add them to this page. We recommend book-marking it for your reference and future convenience. …Read more

Marketing Your Art Collection in Hard Times

What happens when you lose your key customers due to the economy?

This article is the first in a series of Case Studies about Marketing Your Art Collection. The focus of this article is a bit out of turn, however, I wanted to speak to a topic that is on every-artists’ mind—”how to market art during hard times”. I’ll be sharing my marketing and sales initiatives and how we are working to keep put our Vineyard Art Collection artworks on the walls of today’s budget-minded art buyer. …Read more

Blog Review: “40 Inspiring Blog Designs” at Vandelay Design

I’m just going to apologize right now for helping you lose the next 50 minutes of your day.

This is what happened to me last week when I stumbled on this exciting design resource and inspirational site.

I love the internet (although I probably spend too much time surfing through design and art websites). It’s a good thing part of my job is to be on the look out for sites and blogs that I can share with you for creative inspiration. …Read more