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Convention Observations

Sarah Finnigan

We’re well into convention season, when many artists get out of their studios to show their work and meet art fans.  When conventions are working for you, the right couple of events can make it financially feasible to pursue the art you want to create, instead of art that you must hustle to complete. Many artists have dipped their toes into their first few conventions. Because success is found through experimentation, the biggest hurdle may…

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Contemporary Inspirations

Kristine Poole

June 5, 2025 - I was recently looking through one of my collections of inspiring artists and artworks. Once again immersed in a few delicious moments of wonder at all the things humans think up and make, I spent some time thinking about how grateful I am for the countless contemporary creative visions we can experience with just a few clicks of a button. It's remarkable. From my earliest art crushes to my life-long creative love affairs, looking at my favorite artworks makes me dream and aspire and imagine and consider and question. As we ultimately only get to experience one particular life in our time on this planet,  I'm also fond of imagining if I were living a different creative life, which would I find inspiring (of course, looking from the outside and afar, I can completely make…

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