Baren Digest Friday, 2 May 2003 Volume 23 : Number 2210 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: G Wohlken Date: Thu, 01 May 2003 09:48:15 -0400 Subject: [Baren 21409] Cutting vs tearing paper to size >I find cutting paper down to size very fidgety and annoying - I'm using >a cutting matt, ruler and knife. Any suggestions in regards to cutting, >or should I be able to find good quality precut papers? > > > > Chris, there is a tradition with printing papers to tear them against a straight edge. It is much easier than cutting. Welcome to Baren, your questions and comments are welcome. Thank you for appreciating the politeness of this forum. I think we have a good and sensitive group here. Gayle/Ohio ------------------------------ From: Barbara Mason Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 12:54:00 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Baren 21410] call for entries OK Baren people, here is a call for entries, no charge. Call for Entries for the next American Print Alliance Travelling Exhibition Theater of the Mind Visualize what goes on in your head, and print it! Figurative or literal, from the subconscious or the intellect, an outpouring of emotions or a carefully plotted intrigue, youÕre the impresario. Images might freeze a moment in a psychological spotlight, play out a narrative or capture the swirl of lights as the curtain rises. WeÕll entertain melodrama to comedy, classical tragedy to off-off-Broadway and indie style. Let paper be your script and your stage. Whatever the scene or subject, be original and dramatic! This will be a portfolio-style exhibition of 20 prints shown in 16 x 20" black frames. We encourage original prints in any technique and style, horizontal or vertical. No reproductions. Entry is free! Each artist must be a member of a current Alliance council or a 2003 subscriber to our journal, Contemporary Impressions. An independent juror will select the prints based on 35 mm slides. From January 2004 through December 2006, the exhibition is expected to travel to 15 venues. Entry forms will be available starting May 1 at www.PrintAlliance.org or send a self-addressed stamped envelope marked "entry form" to 302 Larkspur, Peachtree City GA 30269. SLIDE DEADLINE is July 15, 2003. ThatÕs arrival, not mailing date! Your completed and signed entry form must accompany your slides. Each artist may submit up to five slides of prints completed in the last five years. Use thin plastic or cardboard mounts, no glass. Slides of accepted entries will be kept for our archive; enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope for return of the others. Label slides using the standard format. Your address, telephone and e-mail should be on the back. The dot goes in the lower left corner when the image is upright. Framing and Shipping. Artists must ship selected work to the American Print Alliance. Accepted work may be sent framed in a matte black aluminum frame that is 16 x 20" and no more than 1" deep, i.e. Nielson style 11 or 15 or Bainbridge "Studio Collection" (ask in advance if you want to use an equivalent). Use Plexiglass, Lexan, lucite or other plastic, no glass. Total weight including the frame must be less than 4 lbs. Or for US$20, the print may be sent matted, weighing less than 2 lbs., and we will slip it into a frame that you will receive at the end of the show. In either case, the artist must pay US$12 for return shipping (plus shipping insurance, if desired). The American Print Alliance is a non-profit organization composed of 20 printmakers' councils in the United States and Canada. All our programs Ñ including these popular and prestigious exhibitions, our information-filled web site, the Guide to Print Workshops and highly acclaimed Contemporary Impressions journal Ñ depend on the journal for funding. A $35 individual subscription is less than a dime a day to support the print arts. It's only $30 if you're a member of one of our councils, $15 for students. Since the councils pay only $100 dues per year to the Alliance, we must appeal to you, the individual artist, for funding to make our programs possible. So, even if youÕre eligible to enter the exhibition free as a council member, please, subscribe now! If you are interested in showing the exhibition, please write to director#printalliance.org. Remember, entry forms will be available on the internet at www.PrintAlliance.org starting May 1. Deadline to receive your form and slides is July 15, 2003. ------------------------------ From: "Jean Womack" Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 18:44:29 -0700 Subject: [Baren 21411] Re: Baren Digest V23 #2209 Hi, I sent out my Year 2003 prints a couple of days ago. They are the goats my neighbor brings down to the business area every Thanksgiving, and on some political occasions. He has become an old goat of a city councilman himself. I must say that it has been a pleasure to find those sheep and goats wandering into my mail box from time to time. I immediately display them on the desk where I put my mail when it arrives, before I herd them into the box where all the other sheep and horses live. Jean Womack http://www.jeaneger.com Oh, if only things would keep working...the scanner glass would not get broken when I lean on it.. the camera display would not break when I drop it....the old password would work when I want to upload files to the server...the hip would stop crying out and the knee would not rebel...the local coffee shop would not give me an extra strong espresso when I don't need it...the husband would either return or tell me he wants a divorce...the school district would get all their files they wanted the first time around...the scale would stop putting pounds on me...the district would go back to calling me with two or three job offers every afternoon like they did before they got all the dot-comers to be subs--we always love people when they are new to us and when we don't know all their foibles and shortcomings, and then the rosy glow wears off. But some of us appreciate the steady paycheck, even without the health and other benefits--its less than what Chevron was paying for its office help 15 years ago. I know I am crazy because I keep going there and doing it, telling myself, well it's good experience and I can take a day off once in awhile and not lose my job. How long will I settle for being a second-class citizen? What kind of masochist am I anyway? ------------------------------ End of Baren Digest V23 #2210 *****************************