Read more about the article #63 Edrian Thomidis: Maker of Figurative Ceramic Sculptures
Edrian Thomidis

#63 Edrian Thomidis: Maker of Figurative Ceramic Sculptures

Artist Edrian Thomidis has only been making sculptures for about five years. It starts back in high school, when she enrolled in a school that offered visual arts and a path straight into a college arts program. She ultimately received a degree in communications and worked creating graphics in the early days of website design. With the start of her family, her work schedule allowed her to once again explore her artistic roots and take classes to develop a new art path, which is now in the world of ceramics. She recently completed a new body of figurative sculptures as well as paintings that she exhibited in a well-received solo show.

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Edrian Thomidis

Edrian's exhibit at Hatch 1121 in Lake Worth
Swimmer
Disappointment
Secrets
Loneliness
Journey
Subconscious
Digging Deep
Deceit
Calling

The website for Edrian Thomidis is artsysoul.com.

You can also find Edrian on Facebook and Instagram.

Edrian went to the New World School of the Arts in Miami, Florida.

She took ceramics classes at the Armory Art Center in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Edrian is a member of these arts organizations, which are local to South Florida:

WITVA: Women in the Visual Arts

WAS: The Wellington Art Society

APBC: The Artists of Palm Beach County

She finds many Calls to Artists in the online South Florida publication The Rickie Report.

She will be showing her art at the West Palm Beach pop-up gallery Continuum starting January 10, 2019. Continuum will have loads of special events during their two-week exhibit and you can find all the details on their website here.

Edrian’s solo show was at Hatch 1121 Gallery in Lake Worth, Florida.

Here are some great takeaways from this episode:

  1. A huge benefit of taking a ceramics class at an art school is that you can use their tools and equipment.
  2. See if the art school offers studio time to students so you can create pieces there before investing in the equipment needed for a home studio.
  3. When creating a series, choose a consistent theme and give yourself some parameters to work with.
  4. When making large sculptures, support the works in progress with cut down pool noodles. (I love this idea!)
  5. Use foam and bubble wrap for transporting large pieces.
  6. Join artist groups to find local shows they are hosting or talk to members to see where they are exhibiting.
  7. Search to see if there are online lists for Calls to Artists in your area, like we have with The Rickie Report.com in South Florida.
  8. Take photos of your artwork right when you finish a piece, so you’re ready with the photos when needed.
  9. Keep a calendar of the shows you’re doing with drop off and pick up dates.
  10. Large projects need to be planned in the design phase to account for stability and transport.
  11. When working with a gallery, discuss with them how much promotion they will be doing for your show, as well as the promotion you will be doing.
Read more about the article #62 Facebook Pop-up Shops

#62 Facebook Pop-up Shops

Online art sales can be quite lucrative for artists and are easy to do using Facebook. In this episode I go over step by step how you can plan an art sale on Facebook in the coming year. It’s a great way to sell a couple dozen items in a short period of time. The key is to establish a good following on Facebook and develop your inventory of artwork.

This episode will explain all the steps needed to plan and execute a pop-up shop for great art sales in the new year.

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Thank you for a great year! I appreciate everyone who has listened to and downloaded my podcast. I look forward to a wonderful new year of 52 new amazing artist interviews. 

Merry Christmas!

There will be no new episodes Christmas week, so I’ll see you with another new interview on January 2.

Read more about the article #61 Kecia Deveney: An Artist of Many Talents

#61 Kecia Deveney: An Artist of Many Talents

Artist Kecia Deveney, has a style that is clearly her own. She paints, she sews, she creates 3D art pieces using vintage objects. She worked hard to develop her artistic style and now teaches art in many disciplines, from her home in New Jersey, to as far away as Australia. She tells great stories about her Australia trips, and how she’s has successfully sold her artwork through a Facebook pop-up shop.

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Kecia Deveney

This is the piece Kecia was working on while we talked. It's painted fabric with added stitching. Will she stuff this to make an art doll or keep it as a wall hanging?

You can find Kecia’s artwork on her website keciadeveney.com

Her main social media account is Facebook, and she cross-posts to Instagram and Twitter.

She teaches through Art is You, also known as Eat, Cake, Create.

Check out her website and Facebook for updates to her teaching schedule, as she is planning on teaching in Australia again in the summer of 2019.

Here are some great takeaways from this episode:

  1. Don’t be too precious with your art supplies. You’ve gotten them to make some art, so make some art.
  2. Have a comprehensive style over all your art that is uniquely your own.
  3. A great way to make art sales is to do a Facebook pop-up show around Thanksgiving.
  4. Art sales are more fun when they have meaning to it. What she means by this is, make art that means something to you, and you will enjoy the selling process.
  5. If you can develop an established relationship with people through Facebook first, then it will be easier to make them customers later.
  6. Save time by linking your Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter accounts so that one post hits them all together.
  7. If you want to teach a new subject, start taking classes to learn it.
  8. Formulate a way of making art that works for you, rather than just replicating the way it was taught to you.

Kecia also talked about how she creates a holiday pop-up shop on Facebook to see her artwork. I’m going to talk about that in my next business episode # 62, so be sure to tune in for that.

 

 

 

Read more about the article #60 Give Yourself Permission to Make Art

#60 Give Yourself Permission to Make Art

Many people want to make art, but they don’t give themselves permission to do it. They think they are too busy, or it’s too frivolous, or too expensive. In this episode, I help you to make more art by telling you how you can give yourself permission, how you can take an art class and have the instructor give you permission, or how you can create a deadline to make you accountable.

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Here are a couple pieces of my art. I give myself permission to make art, whether it’s just for me, or to hang in my home, or to put in a gallery. I just like painting, and I’ve overcome my former feelings of thinking I’m not good enough to be a painter. I paint, so I’m a painter, and I enjoy it so much.

And Then She Ran
I don't have the final title for this yet, but I think it looks very coral reef-like.

Have you given yourself permission to make art?

Read more about the article #59 Crystal Neubauer: Bringing New Life to Forgotten Objects

#59 Crystal Neubauer: Bringing New Life to Forgotten Objects

Crystal Neubauer lives in Wisconsin, where she creates mixed media artwork, using the broken, cast off, and overlooked items of the past. She brings new life to forgotten objects in the form of collage. Crystal also travels to teach her art techniques, and will be visiting many locations out west for her Spring teaching tour.

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Crystal Neubauer

Life is Brutiful
Golden Years
Dominion
Intimate Roots
Day 9
Becoming Unbecome
As Though I Had Wings
Day 35
Day 3
Character of and Unrecorded Deeds

Crystal’s website is crystalneubauer.com

Her blog is [email protected] 

You also can find her on Instagram and Pinterest.

Her Facebook business page is Crystal Neubauer Artist.

Crystal will be posting all of her workshops in her Spring Teaching Tour for 2019 on her website and her blog.

Crystal’s book The Art of Expressive Collage can be found on Amazon here.

Crystal is a recipient of the RAM Artist Fellowship. The gallery exhibit at the Racine, Wisconsin Art Museum will be in August, 2019. The link for more information is here.

Here are the galleries where you can find Crystal’s art.

Here are some great art tips she talked about in this episode:

  1. Study pictures of other artists’ work to figure out how they do things and what you want to do.
  2. Joining art groups online are great because the members are always so encouraging.
  3. Gaining inspiration from other artists shows you what possibilities are available, then you can go and make your own things.
  4. Don’t be afraid to not have a focal point on your art piece.
  5. Develop a relationship with a gallery first before approaching them.
  6. In Crystal’s classes, she helps students identify their obstacles and get over them.
  7. She starts every class with five minutes where the students can get used to the space and be ready to try new things.