The final artist registration deadline is fast approaching! Artists must register by 8/31 in order to guarantee a listing in the Open Studio Hartford pull-out spread featured in the Hartford Advocate the week of the event, as well as the Open Studio Hartford 2009 brochure. These are two of the primary ways visitors find out which artists are showing and where during the weekend, so you don't want to be left out. You can register online right now @… Continue

Hey everyone,

If you have a ton of friends and local artists you can contact through email, you can invite them all en masse by importing your existing gmail, yahoo, etcetera, email address book through the Ning's "Invite Friend's" option.

It's a perfect way to build our network and diversify our member roster!

Also, we have our annual Open Call for Artists on the 29th (this Saturday!) at the MAC650 Gallery! It's a great chance to share all that work you've been producing over the past… Continue

Of possible interest to the MARC:

The Aesthetica Creative Works Competition is internationally recognised for identifying new artists and writers and bringing them to international attention. 2010 will be the competition's third year and previous finalists have achieved success and recognition with accolades including: writing commissions from Channel 4, selection to represent Australia in the Florence Biennale, exhibitions at DACS (London), John Martin Gallery (London), Flores Fine Art Gallery… Continue

I just completed a draft intermediate guide to film scanning for people with dedicated film scanners to help overcome hardware and software limitations. I've had a lot of frustration scanning film over the years, and this what I've learned in the process. See http://www.jingai.com/scanningguide/ and comments are welcome!

Check out this NY Times article: An Animated Film Is Created Through Internet Concensus (hmmmmm???!!!)

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/16/movies/16mass.html