Artist Call - Update 1

I would like to thank all of you for your amazing response to my recent announcement about and call for entries for my upcoming book. I have received hundreds of emails and comments and feel such gratitude that people are responding so enthusiastically to the project. Submissions have already been coming in. It has been truly fascinating to see both the variety of answers to the questions as well as the artwork created in response to the prompts. My hope is to create a book that is honest, authentic and raw, and the submissions so far fit the bill.

There have been a number of questions being asked and I thought I would use this post to outline and clarify some issues.

Artists working in all media are welcome to submit. I am looking to represent the whole of the artist community and therefore want to showcase a wide range of styles and formats.

This is an international call and there are no geographical limitations to submitting artists.

To be considered for inclusion, artwork must be new and cannot have been "published" anywhere before, including online. As such, you cannot post your submitted artwork on your blog. However, my publisher has said that you can post a glimpse of up to 30% of any submission online.

Please remember to include with all submissions your name as you would like it to appear, your email (which will not be published), your hometown, and one web url.

As many have guessed, the survey questions that have appeared on the sidebar of my blog since September are in fact for the book. If you have not yet answered the 4 current questions, please head there now and do so. This, and every Thursday, new questions will be posted.

Remember, you can always click the "call for entries" icon on the top of the sidebar of my blog to be taken back to the original call for entries.

I am so excited about this project and know with your participation, we can all create a true collaborative book together. Thank you!

Audience Participation

Back home from my travels...

...and back to business.

I will be posting about my adventure over the next few weeks. In the mean time...

Four new survey questions have been posted on my sidebar.

There are more questions to come but I wanted to ask for your input. I would love to be able to find out what YOU are interested in knowing. If there are any questions that you would like to see asked or if there are any issues that you would like to know how we all feel about, please email me. I just might be able to add them to the survey.

London Calling

Time to travel. I will be heading over to Europe this weekend, where I know I will find creative inspiration on every corner. I will be there for nearly two weeks and will be splitting my time between London and Prague. Keep on visiting The Altered Page though, as StudioScapes will continue every Sunday while I am away and some additional posts are likely to pop up as well.

When I return, I shall share with you my finds, my photos, and a newly completed travel journal. If any of you would like to suggest must-sees in either London or Prague, please feel free to leave the info in a comment to this post.

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Thanks to Leslie for leading me to book artist's Anna Mavromatis' wonderful post about the Tri-Fold exhibition in Brooklyn. Her contributions to the show were wonderful and the post is filled with pictures of the art and the opening.

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Four new survey questions have been added to my sidebar. Please head on over and add your two cents. These questions will not be updated until after my vacation but there will be many more questions to come.

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And look for a BIG announcement on The Altered Page when I return!

Tri-Fold

I am happy to share with you that Handbook will be exhibited at the Williamsburg Art & Historical Center in Brooklyn as part of the show Tri-Fold: New Perspectives on Book Arts. This handmade book is very special to me and I am thrilled to have this opportunity to have it on exhibit.

The opening reception will be held on Tuesday October 12 from 6-8pm. The show runs through November 27. If you live nearby, I invite you to stop by the center at anytime. For those of you far away, I will post about the opening next week.

The Williamsburg Art & Historical Center is located in Williamsburg, a Brooklyn neighborhood that in recent years has become a magnet for indie culture and the art community. The center is housed in a landmark building built in 1867 at 135 Broadway. Exhibition hours are Wednesday to Friday 1–5 pm and Saturday and Sunday Noon–6 pm

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Four new survey questions have been added to my sidebar. Head on over to to vote. The responses I have received so far on all the previous questions have been really interesting and even a bit surprising.

Weekend Update

Airan Kang @ Bruce Wolkowitz Gallery

Wish you could spend some time wandering through the art galleries in NYC? Let me be your guide. I have recently been reviewing a number of the art exhibitions from the new season on NearSay and will continue to do so for the next few weeks. This new website covers the daily happenings in NYC and is written by locals for New Yorkers, visitors, and the just plain curious. Click here to see my posts and to sign up for daily newsletters.

Any time you need a New York fix, just click on the NearSay icon on my sidebar.

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Four new survey questions are now on my sidebar. Head on over to vote.

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DisCo never dies. The Disintegration Collaboration keeps on keeping on.

The May/June 2010 issue of Cloth Paper Scissors included a feature article and an updated readers challenge recreating the original collaborative project. Click here to see the newest additions to the DisCo family.

Kris Henderson's Erosion Bundle Project, also based on DisCo, is in its last stages. You can see the artwork that the participants created with their decayed bundles here.

Janice Zroback and Alexandra Felgate sponsored a DisCo project on redbubble and you can read more about their project here.

Laura Lein-Svencner introduced DisCo to her class at the LaGrange Art League in Illinois and ultimately the class' artwork were exhibited. See the whole project from start to finish here.

Gary Reef's Lovin Mixed Media site on the NING network sponsored an art bundling challenge based on DisCo. I believe that you need to be a member of his site, however, to see the results.

Theresa Martin, a participant in the original collaboration on The Altered Page, just had her DisCo project published in the Autumn 2010  issue of  Somerset Apprentice. You can see Theresa's creation on her blog here.

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Thanks to everybody who shared their thoughts about The Copy Zone. The comments included some fascinating discussion. Leslie Avon Miller went right to the heart of the matter when she said..."Why would anyone try to speak in some else's voice? Nurturing my own unique creative voice is my priority." To that I say...we should all spend the weekend nurturing our own creativity!

See everybody on Sunday for a new edition of StudioScapes.