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August 05, 2005
ArtistsRegister Monthly - August 2005
Volume 6, Issue 7
IN THIS ISSUE:
Editor's Corner
Featured artists
Marketing Update
Monthly Advertising and Special Events
Article
Artists and Taxes
Featured Events
Arizona, California, Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska and New Mexico
Artist Opportunities
Local, regional and national
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Editor's Corner
1) Featured artists for the month of August are:
Tom Eckert of Scottsdale, Arizona
Suanna Breed of Kirksville, Missouri
Craig Robb of Englewood, Colorado
Lizz Lopez of Hollywood, California
The Trompe l'Oeil work of Tom Eckert will be featured in the Fool the Eye exhibition in Phoenix, Arizona. Suanna Breed will be participating in the River Market Regional Exhibition in Kansas City, Missouri. Craig Robb will be exhibiting at Sculpture in the Park in Loveland, Colorado. Lizz Lopez will be showing at Cannibal Flower Art Annex in Los Angeles, California.
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Marketing Update
This month, ArtistsRegister.com is advertised in Art in America's 2005 Annual Sourcebook to the U.S. Art World. Our service is featured in a display ad and listed in the Art Services index under Art Related Web Sites.
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Article
Artists and Taxes
By Peter Jason Riley, CPA
Artists and taxes don't seem to mix very well. Taxes and administrating the business of art are often last on the list of concerns for the visual artist. The artistic temperament simply does not interface well with the exacting rule-filled world of federal and state taxation. Artists tend to avoid the whole matter and consequently leave themselves vulnerable to bad advice. The secret to overcoming this phobia is to develop an understanding of the mechanisms of the tax code and some simple, effective ways of complying with this onerous task. I often use the analogy that you may not need to know how to fix your car but it is helpful to know how it basically works. In so doing you will pay less in taxes and you will be less likely to fall prey to erroneous tax information and disreputable or ill-informed advisors.
A majority of visual artists are considered "self-employed" in regards to filing their taxes. In a legal and taxpaying sense this means that your "business" as an artist and you as an individual taxpayer are one and the same. There is no legal separation, such as one would have in a corporation, partnership, LLC or other legal entity. The artist usually files a "Schedule C" as part of their regular 1040 income tax form, which is where you report your art income and expenses. The artist may file a form 8829 for the home office (studio) deduction and will also be required to pay self-employment tax (Schedule SE) on your net income (profit) as well as federal income tax. All these forms are part of the year-end 1040 income tax filing. As a self-employed artist, you will usually be required to pay estimated quarterly taxes using Form 1040-ES if your Federal tax liability is over $1,000 for the year.
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August Events
ARIZONA
Fool the Eye - New Realities
August 16-September 9, 2005. Fool the Eye highlights Arizona artists utilizing trompe l'oeil techniques to create "fool the eye" realism. Some of the artists employ traditional methods and imagery while others include new media elements and contemporary themes. ArtistsRegister.com member Tom Eckert and Trompe l'Oeil Society co-founders Larry Charles and Donald Clapper are among the eight artists highlighted in the exhibition. Opening Reception: Tuesday, August 16, 7-9 pm. Shemer Art Center, 5005 E. Camelback Road, Phoenix, AZ 85018.
Annie Lopez at Eye Lounge
August 2005. ArtistsRegister.com member Annie Lopez will be exhibiting in the Project Room at Eye Lounge, 419 East Roosevelt Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004. eyelounge.com.
Araceli Herrera: Mexico Through the Lens
August 6 through October 8, 2005. In collaboration with Arizona State University's Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing, the ASU Art Museum is proud to host Araceli Herrera: Mexico Through the Lens, an exhibition featuring several black and white images of Mexican life as seen by photojournalist Araceli Herrera. Originally organized by Dr. Miriam Haddu, lecturer in Hispanic Studies at the University of London, both Dr. Haddu and the artist will be visiting ASU this fall in conjunction with the exhibition and Piper Center programming. Araceli Herrera: Mexico Through the Lens is open at the ASU Art Museum Tuesday from 10am to 9pm, and Wednesday through Saturday from 10am to 5pm. The museum is located on the Main Campus of Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ. For more information go to: asuartmuseum.asu.edu/herrera/index.html
On the Grid
Exhibition continues through October 30, 2005. This exhibition looks at works of art that are composed of segmented or repetitive parts, whether organized in grid formation, or fractured into layers of elements. Each of the artists in this exhibition delve into the visual attraction to ordered shapes and repetition in delightful ways. Tucson Museum of Art, 140 N. Main Ave., Tucson, AZ 85701. www.tucsonarts.com/
CALIFORNIA
Ione Citrin at L.A. Farm Restaurant
August-September, 2005. ArtistsRegister.com member Ione Citrin will be exhibiting at L.A. Farm Restaurant, 3000 W. Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica, CA.
Lizz Lopez at Cannibal Flower
Show runs through August 11, 2005. ArtistsRegister.com member Lizz Lopez will be exhibiting at Cannibal Flower Art Annex, 657 Spaulding / Melrose, Los Angeles, CA 90036. www.cannibalflower.com/ArtAnnex.html
COLORADO
Sculpture in the Park
The 22nd annual Sculpture in the Park show is being held August 13th and 14th, 2005. Saturday's hours are 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and Sunday's hours are 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Heralded as one of the finest outdoor juried exhibitions of three-dimensional artwork in the United States, Sculpture in the Park features the work of 180 sculptors from around the world, including ArtistsRegister.com members Ruth Burink, Michael Clapper, LP Gregory, Mark Yale Harris, Darlis Lamb, Jan Mapes, Craig Robb, Kevin Robb, Shirley Ruuska-Brown, Maureen Scott and Kathleen R. Sherman. Benson Sculpture Garden in Loveland, Colorado, is transformed into a beautiful setting for this outstanding exhibit the second week in August. Highlights of Sculpture in the Park include Friday night's Patron Party and a two-day silent auction. Sculpture in the Park is sponsored by the Loveland High Plains Arts Council. www.sculptureinthepark.org
Into the Night
Into The Night is a series of photographs and prints by ArtistsRegister.com member Elaine Ricklin that will be exhibited at Spark Gallery from August 26th through September 17th 2005. The opening reception is Friday, August 26th 6-9pm. Coffee with the artist is scheduled for Saturday, September 17 from 1-5pm. Gallery hours are Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 1-5pm. Everything is free and open to the public. Elaine has always been a night person and her favorite time of day is twilight. All of the photographs and prints in the exhibit reflect this attitude. Spark Gallery, 900 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, CO.
MISSOURI
23rd Annual River Market Regional Exhibition
Exhibition continues through August 20, 2005. The River Market Regional Exhibition was open to current residents of Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Arkansas or Oklahoma. Juror for the exhibition was Douglass Freed, the Museum Director and Curator of the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art. View the exhibition online: River Market Regional Exhibition. Kansas City Artists Coalition, 201 Wyandotte, Kansas City, MO 64105. www.kansascityartistscoalition.org
Group Exhibition
Exhibition continues through August 26, 2005. A group exhibition at Fleishman-Hillard in St. Louis, Missouri featuring Art St. Louis members Nancy Exarhu, mixed media; Jeff Hirsch, photographs; Trudy Marshall, sculpture; and ArtistsRegister.com member Janice Schoultz Mudd, mixed media. ASL exhibits at Fleishman-Hillard are not open to the general public.
Say Yes To Art Competition
Exhibition continues through August 13, 2005. For the fourth year in a row, Artmart is sponsoring the "Say Yes to Art" high school scholarship competition. Last year, more than 60 students from 34 St. Louis-area high schools participated. The "Say Yes to Art" competition strives to award talented, young artists who wish to pursue art-related degrees in their post-secondary education. Scholarship entrants are required to submit an official application form, write a personal statement on art and their own art philosophies, provide a letter of recommendation and offer three samples of their best artwork. Local university professors and artists judge the entries and select 10 winners. One grand-prize winner receives $2,500 towards his or her undergraduate education and nine honorable mentions receive $1,000 each. All 10 winners receive a complimentary framing of their artwork by Artmart's frame center and one piece of artwork from each of the winning artists is included in a traveling exhibit entitled Just Say Yes: Artmart's 2005 Scholarship Winners. Center of Creative Arts, 524 Trinity Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63130.
NEBRASKA
Acrylic paintings by Karl Marxhausen
Dear To My Heart, an exhibition of acrylic paintings by ArtistsRegister member Karl Marxhausen, runs through July 3rd through August 26th at the Langworthy Gallery in Seward, Nebraska. Exhibit includes new portraits, athletes, and landscapes.
NEW MEXICO
PAAC Paints NM
Plein Air Artists of Colorado (PAAC) painted in Northern New Mexico for this August 5-September 17, 2005 show at Mill Atelier Gallery. Opening Artists' Reception will take place Friday, August 12th, 5-7pm. Participating artists: ArtistsRegister.com member Leslie Allen, Mary Ellen Andrews, Frances Gottlieb, Lynn Simonson and Connie Taylor. Mill Atelier Gallery, 530 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM. Phone: 505.989.9213.
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Artist Opportunities
This is just a sample of the many opportunities available on ArtistsRegister.com!
@Central Gallery Accepting Exhibition Proposals
Call to artists: Phoenix Public Library's @Central Gallery is now accepting slide proposals for exhibitions throughout the year 2006. @Central Gallery, located on the first floor of the Burton Barr Central Library, presents monthly, juried fine art exhibitions featuring the work of Arizona artists. Solo and group exhibitions are planned. Artists residing in Arizona, 18 years of age or older, who are not currently represented by a gallery, may submit up to 10 slides to be juried. Works submitted must be original works of art completed within the past two years. Works previously exhibited in @Central Gallery and artists who have had a solo exhibition in @Central Gallery in the past two years are not eligible for submission. All methods and mediums are welcome to be submitted for jurying. The submission fee is $15.00. Deadline for submission is October 1, 2005. For a prospectus and submission form, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: @Central Gallery, Burton Barr Central Library, 1221 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85004 or visit: www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org. For additional information call 602-256-3521.
Artist Projects Grant - AZ
Artist Projects is a program to support individual artists in all disciplines for project-related costs that allow the artist(s) increased time to research and develop ideas or new works. The specific definition of eligible projects is purposely left flexible to respond to artists' ideas, dreams and needs. Ideas for projects might include, but are not limited to, projects that stretch the artist's work, seek to advance an artform or involve interdisciplinary collaborations with other artists or non-artists. Applicants must propose a project or phase of a project that can be realized with the requested budget and completed within the proposed timeline. A primary applicant may submit only one application per year and receive only one artist project award per lifetime from the Arizona Commission on the Arts. An artist may apply as a primary applicant in one project and still be named as a participating artist in another project. Grant application deadline: September 15, 2005. For more information go to: www.arizonaarts.org/artists/aguide/artist_projects.htm. Arizona Commission on the Arts, 417 W. Roosevelt, Phoenix, AZ 85003.
Peoria Pioneer Memorial
The Peoria Arts Commission is seeking an artist to create artwork for a memorial dedicated to Peoria's pioneers who helped found and settle Peoria, Arizona. The total art budget for the project is one-hundred thousand ($100,000). The artwork will serve as an entry feature to downtown Peoria and will be visible to pedestrians and motorists passing by Grand Avenue and 83rd Avenue. Appropriate artwork includes sculptures, sculptural relief, and other similar art objects. The deadline to submit application materials is Friday, September 30, 2005. A fee of $3,000 will be awarded to three successful finalists for proposal-related costs such as models, drawings, and travel to and from Peoria. To obtain a Call to Artists package or for more information about this project, please visit www.peoriaaz.com/arts or contact the Peoria Arts Commission at (623)773-7300.
Plein Air 2005
October 6-November 26, 2005. Now in its third year, Plein Air is a national-level competitive exhibition with the purpose of recognizing and encouraging outdoor painting. The juror for the Plein Air 2005 is Billyo O'Donnell, a well-known artist based in Eureka, Missouri, is considered by many to be one of the top-50 plein-air painters in the country. In the fall of 2004 he created a series of paintings along 532 miles of the Missouri River, which resulted in a one-man show in the Rotunda of the Missouri State Museum in Jefferson City. Admired for his innovative style (and good-natured personality), Mr. O'Donnell is currently finishing a project named Painting Missouri, the concept being to paint in each of Missouri's 115 counties. The competition may be entered by any artist, 18 years or older, living in the United States of America or its possessions. Dealine for entries: August 12, 2005. Keyes Gallery, 229 S. Market Ave., Springfield, MO 65806. See Prospectus for more information.
Historical Figures in Bronze
The Foundry Arts Centre will administer and present a Historic Figures in Bronze, an Art in Public Places exhibition on behalf of the City of St. Charles. A professional selection committee will select up to 1-marquette to cast a life size Daniel Boone seated on a bench sculpture through a process of jury review. This committee considers its selection of work based on site location. The selected artist will be paid a fee (terms to be determined) to cast a life size bronze of a seated Daniel Boone. Artist will be asked to submit to the Foundry Art Centre, a marquette for consideration of a finished life size bronze of a seated Daniel Boone. The Marquette should be made of plaster, clay, or plastique. The Marquette is not to exceed 20 inches tall and no smaller than 10 inches. One artist will be selected to cast the selected piece in bronze. The bronze upon completion becomes the sole property of the City of St. Charles. Postmark deadline for submissions: October 10, 2005. Please send a completed application, bio, and ship the marquette to: The Foundry Art Centre, 520 North Main Center, St. Charles, MO 63301. www.foundryartcentre.org
Ink and Clay 32
Ink and Clay is an annual competition, established in 1971, of prints and drawings; ceramic ware and clay sculpture sponsored by the W. Keith and Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Exhibition open to all the Western States - AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, ND, NM, NV, OK, OR, SD, TX, WA, WY. Exhibition dates: January 17 through February 25, 2006. Purchase Awards: Minimum $8000. Fee: A $20 entry and handling fee will be charged for 3 slides. Deadline for receipt of slides: October 31, 2005. Prospectus may be obtained via e-mail (pemerrill@csupomona.edu) or at the gallery web site www.csupomona.edu/~kellogg_gallery/ Ink: printmaking and drawing - traditional or experimental (at the Kellogg Art Gallery what constitutes a print or a drawing remains open). Clay: ceramic ware or clay sculpture (again the question as to what is legitimate remains open). Other materials may be combined with clay. It is suggested that prints and drawings be ready for hanging. Oversize and experimental work will be considered at the discretion of the curator. Please call to confirm exhibition acceptability before submitting your entry. University Art Gallery, 3801 W Temple, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA 91768.
Show Us Your Drawers
The Furniture Society invites you to buckle down, roll up your sleeves, and...Show Us Your Drawers. In addition to storage space, drawers can lend action, mystery, and drama to a piece of furniture. So start thinking both inside and outside of the box and send us images of excellent work that demonstrates, celebrates, or reinterprets the drawer in a traditional or exploratory manner. Entry Fee: $35. Show Us Your Drawers will open at the Furniture Society's tenth annual conference on June 7, 2006, at the Herron School of Art in Indianapolis, IN, after which plans include travel to additional venues. Participation is open to all current Furniture Society members. To qualify for Show Us Your Drawers, pieces must have been made after January 1, 2004. Deadline: December 15, 2005. Prospectus available on-line at www.furnituresociety.org/drawers/ or by sending a SASE to The Furniture Society, 111 Grovewood Road, Asheville, NC 28804. For more information contact Andrew Glasgow, Executive Director, at 828.255.1949 or director@furnituresociety.org
Vanston Park Leisure Pool
A neighborhood pool that dates from the early 1960s will be demolished after the summer season ends on Labor Day, September 2005. A new pool, bathhouse, pump house, concrete decks, lockers, shade structures, pool furniture, fencing, sun bathing areas, spray decks and waterslides will be built with 21st century design elements including "spray grounds," and zero depth pool entry. A main entry point to the leisure pool will be visible as part of the bathhouse, which will also include the ticket booth and office space for staff. The artist of record will be given the opportunity to incorporate an artistic element on the exterior building facade (a wall that measures 7 ft. high by 39 ft. long). The art element should be sensitive to the surrounding neighborhood that dates to the 1960s, the fact that the pool is located on a main traffic artery (Oates Drive) and the neighboring commercial/retail infrastructure that dates to the 1970s. This call for artist is open to any professional artist, landscape architect, architect, design professional, or team composed of the professionals listed. Deadline: August 22, 2005. Upon request and by appointment only, Mesquite Arts Center/Arts Council staff is available to review artists' proposal materials for completeness in advance of the deadline and/or offer technical assistance to artists who have not previously applied for a public art commission. Please call 972.216.6444 to set up an appointment. All submissions can either be provided as printed material or in an electronic format that is an IBM/ Windows 2000 Compatible file. Please mail submissions to: Mesquite Arts Center, 1527 N. Galloway, Mesquite, TX 75149. Visit www.mesquiteartscenter.org for further information.
Disclosing October
Disclosing October is an annual juried show, open to all artists, focusing on the artistic representation of the effects of domestic violence. The show will hang in Exit Gallery at Montana State University, October 24-November 4, 2005 and will coincide with events for Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Two & three dimensional mediums accepted. Each artist can submit up to three entries with a fee of $5 per entry. Include SASE, name and address, email, and phone number to the address below. Artist statement optional. Deadline for entries: September 9, 2005. The MSU Exit Gallery, SUB 282B, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717. Phone: 406.994.7142.
American Photography Exhibition
The Hubbard Museum of the American West is now accepting entries for the 14th Annual Fall American Photography Exhibition. Deadline for entries is October 14, 2005. The exhibition will be on display in the Hubbard Museum, Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico, from Oct. 29 to Jan. 29, 2006. This year's show will be judged by photographer Richard T. Bryant, whose work has appeared in National Geographic Traveler, Smithsonian, Popular Science and Audubon magazines. More than $4000 In prizes will be awarded at the opening reception on October 28 from 6 to 8 p.m. Submission requirements and entry forms are available online at www.hubbardmuseum.org or by calling 505.378.4142. The Hubbard Museum of the American West is home to a large collection of Western and horse-related articles, including an impressive saddle and wagon collection and the Ruidoso Downs Race Track Hall of Fame. It is the only museum in New Mexico that is a Smithsonian Affiliate. Hubbard Museum of the American West, P.O. Box 561, 301 Pine Road, NM 88355.
Crooked Tree Arts Center Native American Art Exhibition
2005 Juried Native American Art Exhibition. October 29-November 26, 2005. $2,500 in cash awards. Slide/photograph submission only. Juror: Linda R. Martin, Public Programs Coordinator, Department of Public Programs, National Museum of the American Indian/Smithsonian Institution. All mediums accepted. All work must be original and executed by the artist. Works on paper or canvas must be adequately framed and ready to hang. Entry into the Crooked Tree Arts Center Juried Native American Art Exhibition needs to be by 35 mm slide submission or photographs by September 15, 2005. Include entry fee in U.S. funds only. Crooked Tree Arts Center members $20/non-members $30 for up to three slides/photographs. Make checks payable to Crooked Tree Arts Center. Entry fee is non-refundable and must accompany application and slides. Include a self-addressed, stamped envelope for the return of the slides with jury notification. Crooked Tree Arts Center will retain all slides of accepted work for further reference. Notification of acceptance/non-acceptance is October 1, 2005. Deadline for delivery of accepted work is before 5 p.m., October 14, 2005. Artwork must be identical to juried slides. No substitutions permitted. Artists are responsible for the delivery and pickup of their work. Any work to be returned by mail must include packaging and shipping costs. No accepted work may be removed until after the close of the show. Take down date is November 28, 2005. There is a handling cost of $40 per artist for shipped work. If the work is hand delivered and picked up at the end of the show this fee does not apply. Make checks payable to: Crooked Tree Arts Center. Fee must be included with all shipped artwork. Contact Crooked Tree Arts Center at 231.347.4337 to request a Call for Entries form. Deadline: September 15, 2005. Crooked Tree Arts Center, 461 E. Mitchell Street, Petoskey, MI 49770. Phone: 231.347.4337. www.crookedtree.org
Sewn and Thrown
The Rockaway Artists Alliance (RAA) in partnership with the National Park Service / Gateway National Recreation Area presents Sewn and Thrown: A Pottery and Quilt Exhibition of Juried Original Work to be shown at Studio 7 Gallery in the Rockaway Center for the Arts (RoCA) at Fort Tilden, Rockaway, Queens, New York. Deadline: October 7, 2005. Prospectus and entry form can be found at: www.rockawayartistsalliance.org. RAA, Sewn and Thrown, 260 Beach 116 Street, Rockaway Park, NY 11694. Phone: 718.474.0861. Fax: 718.474.4373. E-mail: exhibitions@rockawayartistsalliance.org.
Call to Artists - Environmental Leadership Award
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (department) is calling on Colorado's talented artisans. One of your pieces may serve as the official award for one of the four tiers of the department's Environmental Leadership Program. This is your chance to gain exposure to the state's environmental leaders and have your artwork displayed throughout Colorado for years to come. The annual fall event will honor approximately 20 organizations in 2005 for outstanding efforts in various sustainability practices and initiatives. That means we will need approximately 20 replicas of your piece, if selected. Proposals will be accepted, preferably via email, through August 19, 2005. Any questions must be submitted via e-mail to cdphe.ppelp@state.co.us by close of business August 8th to which answers will be posted by the end of that week at www.cdphe.state.co.us/el/elp/callforartists.pdf. Please visit www.cdphe.state.co.us/el/elp/callforartists.pdf for the full Call For Artists with specifications, selection criteria, pricing and more. Environmental Leadership Program, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, 4300 Cherry Creek South Drive, Denver, CO 80246-1530.
16th CoCA Annual
Center on Contemporary Art Seattle seeks entries for its 16th CoCA Annual, November 4 through December 11, 2005. Open to artists residing in the United States and Canada and to works in all mediums. Cash prizes. Juried by internationally-celebrated artist Ernesto Pujol. Deadline for entries: September 17, 2005. Prospectus and entry form online at www.cocaseattle.org. CoCA, 410 Dexter Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109.
This is only a small sampling of what is available! For more artist opportunities follow this link: www.artistsregister.com/opportunities.phtml
Posted by artistsregister at August 5, 2005 04:18 PM