Archive for October, 2009

Email Announcement Tutorial

I, like most of artists I know, receive many email announcements for shows. Some of these are poorly formatted, difficult to use or have other annoying features like large unreadable attachments. With that in mind I have put together a few "rules" for producing email announcements. I hope it is helpful.


Domain Name & Hosting using GoDaddy

When I first started teaching online portfolio website workshops, I thought students should use Go Daddy to buy the domain name and set up a hosting account, because GoDaddy is inexpensive. However it has a terrible interface and is hard to use. Since then I have written a tutorial on signing up with BlueHost, but I wanted to leave this tutorial online for users who are brave enough to choose GoDaddy.


Install WordPress on GoDaddy

In this tutorial I explain how to install Wordpress on GoDaddy. The goal is to create an online artist’s portfolio using WPFolio created by Eyebeam.


FTP and Upload WPFolio

Learning about ftping in Dreamweaver and then install some more files necessary for WPFolio.


Configuring WordPress & WPFolio

Enable WPFolio, configure Wordpress and required plugins.


Reviews

An Ethos of Industrious Neurosis

by David Brody, ArtCritical.com
David Brody, in a wonderful article, writes "Wiener's exploratory, morph-or-die universe is the reverse of our inertial one: objects never remain at rest."

A Mess of Art

by Blake Gopnik, The Daily Beast

Haiku Review

by Peter Frank, The Huffington Post

Words with the Artist: Daniel Wiener, Part 1 and Part 2

by Jessica Pleasants, FXFOWLE

Daniel Wiener at Calvin Morris Gallery

by Ephraim Birnbaum, Romanov Grave

Interview

Making is Thinking Video Tour

by James Kalm/Lauren Monk, ArtReview.com
A walk-through of my recent show at Lesley Heller Workspace, in April.

Galleries

Lesley Heller Workspace

54 Orchard Street
New York, NY 10002
t 212 410 6120

ArtWeLove

Three Editions
Sculpture, Adrift
Near the Ruins of the Sutro Baths
Red Leaf

ArtWeLove presents "curated limited editions, by some of the best artists living today, irresistibly priced for every budget."

Exhibitions

Spriral Bound

Notebooks by Artists from New York and San Diego
Read Essay
June 18 - July 16, 2011
National University
7787 Alvarado Road
La Mesa, CA

Materials

Apoxie Sculpt

Apoxie-Sculpt is a self-hardening clay manufactured by Aves Studios.

Polytek - Liquid Mold Rubber

I use Polytek 74-30 for poured rubber molds and Polygel 40 or 50 for brush-on molds.

Aqua-Resin

Aqua-Resin (created by an artist) is an easy to use, opaque, non-toxic composite fabricating resin. It is usually used as a casting material but I use it direct, either brushing it or pouring it over a form.

Pilchuck

All the glass seen in my sculptures was produced at Pilchuck Glass School over several weeks during an artist-in-residency. Pilchuck, generously, asks artists to their campus to explore what glass can do. It was a tremendous and productive experience.