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  Is it too late?

  0 0 It's not too late. The legislative session still has something like two weeks left in it, and things are happening behind the scenes. Dow Constantine's office is pushing hard to see that 4Culture remains funded, and the killed house bill (1997) is at this moment being negotiated as part of the budget process. Definitely join the coalition of supporters. Numbers matter. And also -- it's a way to stay informed. The folks at Advocate4Culture will send updates and calls to action when they need you (and you can of course choose whether you want to participate at any point). On the Advocate4Culture blog (http://www.advocate4culture.org/), there's also a call to post simple comments on news stories around the web in order to help sound off against the vast dumbness of naysaying anonymous commenters who basically just hate all art and all taxes. So there is actually plenty to do! Jen Graves answered in 4Culture Legislative Mess! about 1 year ago Answer and comment »

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  what are the non-profit galleries in seattle?

  0 0 There aren't a lot of them anymore (there used to be Consolidated Works, 911 Media Arts Center, Crawl Space, and a much larger version of CoCA than exists now). There's CoCA, which is inside the Shilshole Bay beach club in Ballard as well as occupying a strange window-display space in Belltown. There's also SOIL, which is probably the main one, located in the heart of the gallery zone on Third in Pioneer Square. It's an artist-run cooperative. Actually, that's all that come to mind this minute. We've lost most of them. Jen Graves answered in Arts & Music over 2 years ago Answer and comment »

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  what do you think of the new seattle art magazine I WANT YOU?

  0 0 The first issue, I wasn't a fan. But since then I've come to like it and maybe even get it a little bit more, especially the online version where you get more of the artists's works than you can see in print. I like that it's so different from text-and-ad heavy art magazines. The images are unattached to anything outside of themselves, and for that I'm kind of grateful. It makes it much easier to dismiss the ones that don't grab me (which I think is how I felt about the first issue), but the overall experience of gliding across all those images is a pleasure and in some ways even a relief. I dig. Jen Graves answered in Artist Resources over 2 years ago Answer, comment & read 3 more answers »

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  0 0 It's actually the second chapter in McEvilley. Jen Graves commented over 2 years ago

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  What kind of painting excites you?

  1 0 Hi again Mr. Jack. Pronunciations about the death of art forms are always entertaining but not much more. Representational painting can be a thrill. I just saw an unbelievable Alice Neel nude today (can't remember the title), and I actually gasped. For a good read on how sculpture replaced painting for putative ethical reasons, check out Thomas McEvilley's "Sculpture in the Age of Doubt," first chapter. Gimmick, back story, call it what you will. Art objects are objects that make meaning and don't just sit there. So that's all they need to do, and it's a lot. I don't know quite how else to answer that one. Jen Graves answered in Artist Resources over 2 years ago Answer, comment & read 5 more answers »

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  0 0 Derr. Thank you! Jen Graves commented over 2 years ago

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  1st Thursday etiquette

  8 0 Wish I'd been there to do something like what Woody Allen does in "Annie Hall," when he pulls in Malcolm McLaren to smack down the guy in the movie line (if you don't know this scene, you should definitely rent -- it is beautiful). I would have taken this person to TASK for you! Basically, when there's a bottle of wine open and glasses next to it at an event -- any event, art or not -- it's only polite to make that wine available to all of those who are present. That's just basic courtesy. Right? In general, don't go crazy and drink three glasses of wine at a single gallery. But otherwise, yup, the wine should be for you. Jen Graves answered in Artist Resources over 2 years ago Answer, comment & read 6 more answers »

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  What/ who are your favorite art publications, art books and art writiers?

  2 0 Big question. Let me take a crack. I read publications online, even print publications. New York Times (I love Ken Johnson and Roberta Smith), LA Times (Christopher Knight, Christopher Hawthorne, Jori Finkel), Artsjournal.com (including blogs such as Modern Art Notes and Another Bouncing Ball), the blogs on the Visual Art home page blogroll (see list!), Washington Post (I look out for Philip Kennicott, who is a broad cultural critic). Jerry Saltz is a classic critic: he's at New York, and very active on Facebook (and he's the husband of Roberta Smith). Whenever Doug Harvey writes anything for LA Weekly and I can find it (their web site is not helpful), I read it hungrily -- he's awesome. As for magazines, I look at Art in America (which has gotten much fresher in the last year or so), Artforum, Modern Painters, and Filip (out of Vancouver, B.C.). Locally, I always pick up the Seattle artist publication La Norda Specialo (http://thenorthernspecial.org/). Books are a big subject, but I'd start with Lawrence Weschler's "Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees" for the sheer pleasure of reading it. There are literally dozens of others, so I can't list them all but this gets you started! Jen Graves answered in Artist Resources over 2 years ago Answer, comment & read 5 more answers »

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  0 0 That's a good question -- Art in America puts out a directory of galleries and museums around the world every year. You can find one at the Seattle Public Library, I'm almost sure. But it's not likely to tell you what's particularly good or interesting; you're instead likely to run into a lot, lot, lot of information to wade through. I would make a point of reading the publications and writers you like in the cities you're interested in, and you'll piece it together that way! Jen Graves commented over 2 years ago

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