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Bonnielynn Brankey- Ocean themed art that celebrates the sea.
J.M. Chinski - Watercolor and acrylic paintings.
Elizabeth's Flowers- Pressed flower and botanical art on handmade paper.The Potter's Haven - Beautiful pottery for your table or decorative purposes.
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Art Supplies
HOBBY LOBBY: Weekly Specials;
Internet Coupons; Store classes
and phone numbersOther Useful Links for Artists
Frames/Framing Supplies: The Mettle Co. has been highly recommended as wonderful to deal with, the prices are right, and they are very accurate in their cutting. Frames by Mail has been recommended for plexie and backing, but they have been less precise on their cutting of the mettle frames. HOBBY LOBBY sometimes has half-off sales on their ready-made frames. Check their Weekly Specials . One location is 840 E Rollins Rd in Round Lake Beach: (847) 543-8495
Slides.com: Get 35 mm slides from your digital camera and computer files (useful for juried art shows).
Wal-Mart Supercenter PHOTO LAB: At the Photo Lab, either you or they can SCAN YOUR PRINTS. They can also scan your negs, or slides, then burn all the resulting digital files to CD! Slides must be the rectangle slides and not the older square ones. They say that their state-of-the-art equipment is very good with color accuracy, but a negative can offer even better color accuracy than a print. They charge .29 per scan (minimum of 12, and up to 100 images per CD). Be sure that all your images are rotated to the correct orientation before they burn the CD! You can also get prints from your digital cameras. They have more extensive online services. You can send them your digital images, order prints and photo gifts online for delivery to your local Wal-Mart store. YOUR OWN ARTWORK (or photos) can now be easily put onto calendars, frames, magnets, mousepads, mugs, ornaments, plates, posters (up to 36" x 48"), puzzles, stickers, T-shirts, gift tags, cards for any occasion: Holiday cards, "Baby's First" cards, birth announcements, birthday cards, thank you cards, wedding cards, folded greeting cards, etc. Located at Route 173 & Deep Lake Rd. in Antioch (847) 838-3410.
Wolf Camera: At their store, they can scan your prints, negs, or slides, color correct the scans, then put the resulting digital files on CD for you. They charge .29 for each scan from 4 x 6 pictures, and/or .75 per slide scan ($15 minimum). The turnaround time is 24 hours. The charges are a little less if your join their membership for discounts on their products/services. Phone: (847) 856-1823. Location: Stonebrook Cmns, Gurnee, IL 60031 (11 mi SE of Antioch). They also offer internet express prints with in-store pickup, as well as many products/services. Other Wolf Camera locations
Walgreens: At their photo center you can scan your prints and burn them to CD for $2.99 per CD. Slides and negs can be scanned for $3.99 for first 10 and .39 each after that. Phone: (847) 395-0400
US Post Office Online: You can create and send postcards, letters, and greeting cards with YOUR OWN IMAGES on them... and do it all online. USPS Online even mails them out for you! The glossy postcards yield beautiful high-quality images. Besides being convenient and fun for greetings, invitations, or announcements, these could be a great marketing tool.
Art Deadlines List: A monthly newsletter (via email or paper) with several hundred announcements (every month!) listing art contests & competitions, art scholarships & grants, juried exhibitions, art jobs & internships, call for entries/proposals/papers, writing & photo contests, residencies, design & architecture competitions, auditions, casting calls, fellowships, festivals, funding, and other opportunities (including some that take place on the web) for artists, art educators and art students of all ages.
PowerGraphics: A complete art reproduction service which offers the skill, equipment and expertise to provide true quality giclee artist prints from your artwork. They are so committed to quality that it is their policy to charge no money until the artist accepts their proof. Their prices reflect their quality.
FX Reprographics: Can produce artist prints from your artwork. They can take your photo or file, or even scan your artwork on their large flatbed scanner (62" x 120") at their Vernon Hills location (locations). They can print your artwork onto artist canvas, acid-free watercolor paper, or true photo paper (archival life as long as any photo). Phone: (847) 816-6022 (ask for Maddie).
Chicago Artists' Coalition: As a member of the CAC you have the exclusive opportunity of joining their on-line community by purchasing a listing in the ON-LINE Slide Registry (which is promoted through the search engines and through the monthly newsletter, Chicago Artists' News). And now, when you join CACOnline, you have the opportunity to join mARTketplace the online art store, too. Coalition Services also include: Job Referral Service, Workshops, Lectures, Meetings, Publications, Resource Materials, National Credit Union, Health and Studio Insurance, Discounts & Other Member Privileges.
Lawyers for the Creative Arts provides pro bono legal services to qualifying individuals and organizations in the arts, including the visual, literary and performing arts, and provides educational programs as well.
Community Arts Leaders Resource Center valuable information to help build arts organizations. Links section of The Community Arts Leaders Resource Center provides links to all of the major arts and cultural associations and service organizations.
Illinois Arts Alliance Foundation (IAAF) has been Illinois primary multidisciplinary arts service organization, strengthening the nonprofit arts in Illinois and enabling arts organizations to better serve their communities.
United States Copyright Office
Grant Opportunities: Grants.gov allows organizations to electronically find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all Federal grant-making agencies. Grants.gov is THE single access point for over 900 grant programs offered by the 26 Federal grant-making agencies.
Grant Writing: Information and resources; National Endowment for the Humanities - Apply for a grant
How to Photograph Your Artwork: Article #1, Article #2, Article #3, Article #4, Article #5
Daniel Smith Art Tutorials, Articles and Techniques
ArtJobOnline: Search listings of full- & part-time employment, internships, grants, public art projects, residencies -- you can search by region, art discipline, type of organization, and more! ArtJob members have immediate access to valuable opportunities in the arts that are updated daily. The rates for subscribing to the ArtJob Web site are as follows: 3 months - $25; 6 months - $40; 1 year - $75.
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