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.


Categories – Navigation Menu

First, an explanation of the function of categories in Wordpress and WPFolio and website navigation, then create the categories.


Galleries of Images

Learn how to create a post with a gallery of images. Finally. This is the reason for all the set-up.


Add Bio, Contact & Home

Add a Bio page, a Contact page and a Home page to your site


Exhibitions

Fun Times Gallery

No Plans For Today
Organized by Vicki Sher
Reception: May 1st, 2010 - 6pm - 8pm
May 1st through May 29th, 2010
257 3rd Avenue
Brooklyn, New York

Featuring Work By: Ky Anderson, Tyler Dobson, Franklin Evans , Joseph Hart, Shaun Krupa, Elisa Lendvay, Lauren Luloff, Brion Nuda Rosch, Vicki Sher and Daniel Wiener

FXFOWLE Gallery

July 26th to September 17th, 2010
22 West 19 Street
New York NY 10011

Lesley Heller Gallery

One-Person Exhibition
February 23, 2011
54 Orchard Street
New York, NY 10002
t 212 410 6120

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    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.