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Comment by Leah Oviedo on May 12, 2009 at 3:23pm

ENVIRONMENTAL ART EXHIBITION - San Diego County!

In collaboration with the Cottonwood Creek Environmental Film Festival and Encinitas Environment Day, June 5-7, 2009.

Participants: *Open to all San Diego artists, age 16 and older.

Exhibition: Look at everyday objects, found items and reused or recycled materials in a new way through this juried exhibition at the Encinitas Library, June 1-July 16, 2009.

Theme: Reuse, Reinvent, Recycle.

Awards:
• Best of Show: $500 cash prize and a solo exhibition in 2010
• First Place: $200 cash prize awarded in each category
• Honorable Mention award in each category

Awards will be announced at the Artist’s Reception on June 6, 2009. KOCT will tape video interviews with Best of Show and First Place recipients for broadcast online and on cable.

Deadline: Application forms and JPG images must be received no later than Wednesday, May 20, 2009.

Environmental Art Definition: Submitted work may be reasonably considered “environmental art” if it is entirely, or primarily, composed of at least 85% material(s) that would otherwise have been disposed of in waste streams. This can include 2 or 3-dimensional pieces as well as functional items that fall into the realm of industrial design or wearable art.

Comment by Leah Oviedo on November 3, 2008 at 10:23am

I recently started an online Art Gallery, The Craft Nanny. While it is not my first business, it is my first gallery, and a dream I've had for years.

Since opening I have found 3 artists that paid for a page on the site. They are artists I know and worked with before. The site has had a good amount of visitors since it opened 3 weeks ago.

I would like to get the word out on the site and find more artists to promote. With the tight economy I am unsure which media or sites would be the best places to advertise.

Does anybody have creative and low cost ideas for getting the word out to artists? Thank you, Leah