Creating an Online Portfolio

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"One of the questions many students, designers and creative professionals often ask is 'What is the quickest and easiest way for me to get my folio online for people to see?'.

In the past 10 or so years, since the digital revolution really began in earnest, a number of web-based platforms have been developed by companies and parties the globe over allowing creative individuals from all backgrounds the ability to set up their own online spaces whereby they can showcase and discuss their work.

It is only really in the past year or so though that some of these platforms have really established themselves as cutting edge - extremely easy to use, cheap (if not free) to set up, open to endless variances of customisation, technically sound and clean and seamless in their execution. There are however undoubtedly still some fairly average products out there...."

'Being at Bundanon'

Exhibition Kari Henriksen

SixthSense technology

You may all want to have a look at this video

At TEDIndia, Pranav Mistry demos several tools that help the physical world interact with the world of data -- including a deep look at his SixthSense device and a new, paradigm-shifting paper "laptop." In an onstage Q&A, Mistry says he'll open-source the software behind SixthSense, to open its possibilities to all.

Interested in receiving a FREE exhibition space?

In 2010 the Northcote Town Hall will once again become a Hub Venue for the Darebin Music Feast. Applications are sought from artist/s interested in exhibiting visual art works (on the theme of music) as part of the 2010 Darebin Music Feast. The selected artist/s will be given free access to the Darebin Music Feast Hub Venue (the Northcote Town Hall Foyer/Bar) to exhibit their selected works. Complete an Exhibition Venue Application. Applications Close: 4:00pm Friday 11th June 2010. For an application visit www.darebin.vic.gov.au/dmf

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New blog site

This is the link to my new blog site.
This site will be developed further over the next few weeks.
Folio 2008 will be deleted at the end of June.

Light box drawing in sand

I received this link in an email from Greg Wayn last night.

The video is worth a look.

" quite extraordinary... made by a 24 year old girl taking part in a "You've got talent' show in the Ukraine and describing the trauma of invasion of the country...
all made on a light box and drawn in sand..."

view video

( http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=vOhf3OvRXKg#t=00 ).

Imaging The Apple

Artists included

BILLY APPLE, PETER BURKE, JON CAMPBELL, ROSS COULTER, HOLLY CRAWFORD, PENELOPE DAVIS, KATE DAW, KIM DONALDSON, JANENNE EATON, STEVE ELLIS, ANDREW ERDOS, JUAN FORD, SUE FORD, CLARK V. FOX, TIMOTHY GAEWSKY, MARTIN GANTMAN, MICHAEL GEORGETTI, ELIZABETH GOWER, DENISE GREEN, GUO HAO & THEA RECHNER, JAYNE HOLSINGER, NATASHA JOHNS-MESSENGER, KATE JUST, LARRY KAGAN, BILLY T JAMPIJINPA KENDA, SARDI KLEIN, RICHARD KOSTELANETZ, KEVIN LAVERTY, BEN MATTHEWS, ROB MCKENZIE & KAIN PICKEN, JOHN R. NEESON, YOKO ONO, MARY LOU PAVLOVIC, AMY PIVAK, PAUL ROSS, ANDREAS SÖDERBERG, SPOONBILL, CHARLES TASHIRO, BRIE TRENERRY, NICO VASSILAKIS, DAN WABER, CARA WOOD-GINDER, MAX YAWNEY, ANNE ZAHALKA

Link to the exhibition website

ARTS IN THE OPEN

ARTS IN THE OPEN – Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne

Arts in the Open provides an informal opportunity for all Visual Arts Department staff and students to come together for a day out in the sun to collect visual information. Works will be further developed in consultation with relevant staff once back in the studio. The final works will be shown in an exhibition at the A Space Gallery Preston campus.

Excursion

• Thursday 11^th March 2010 10:00am – 3:00pm.
  

• Please meet at 10:00am outside the Observatory Cafe. Nearest tram stop is opposite the military barracks on St Kilda road. BYO picnic lunch or purchase it from the café on site. Please be advised that if it is raining we will meet inside the Observatory.
  

Things to do on the day…

• Make studies / sketch on location. Collect as much reference material as possible. Use a viewfinder (stiff card with a cut out of the centre) if you like.
  

• You may wish to bring a variety of media to use in your journal including, watercolour, gouache, coloured pencils, pastels, markers, graphite and charcoal, chalk etc.
  
• Take photographs.
  

• Bring collected resources to the following class.
  

Exhibition

• All Visual Arts, Illustration, Cert IV in Design, Photoimaging and Graphic Design students will participate in the show.
  
• Final works are to be submitted for exhibition at A Space Preston no later than Monday 17^th May. It will need to be dry or 'fixed' ready to hang or pin to the wall.
  

• Opening night is Thursday 27^th May at 4pm. The exhibition will run until Friday 16^th July.
  

  Map - Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne