Posted by jean on 2005-05-23 12:12:19
Post Subject: community guidelines
hey there,
in response to some recent complaints, i have created a new community guidelines page, which you can see by clicking here: http://www.getcrafty.com/home_community.php
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The Forum and Blog Codes of Honor
Here are the rules we live by here.
Get Crafty is a place for sharing your creativity, thoughts, dreams, plans, craft project updates or what you ate for breakfast. That said:
Please do not use your blog as an advertising tool. Even if your company is super-bitchen crafty-tastic, the blogs are meant to build community, not businesses. (We are working on a tool that can help you sell your stuff online called etsy.com, due to go live this summer.)
Please refrain from pornography, unless it is highly crafty.
Please do not use a flashing, animated avatar. It hurts our eyes.
Please do not post super-duper huge photos. It takes too long to download.
Please post your comments on other people's blogs and respond to forums. It's a nice thing to do.
Please have fun.
Moderators
There are a number of amazing moderators. Please respect, honor and worship them.
Forum Moderators
We love sarabell and are waiting for her bio! I will update this soon.
Craftista maka10 likes to describe her life as: WONDERFUL!
Amanda Rybin (aka for_esme) is an undergrad studying Art History and English, and her favorite creative activities include writing, cooking, knitting, and thrifting.
Blog Moderators
Sunni Johnson (aka lecandypoprock) is a business student in Atlanta, GA, who has amateur skills in web design, screen printing and knitting and loves baby animals, kid power and Glass Candy.
Kate Kerr (AKA saffronwoman) is a Stay-at-home unschooling mom, a wife and an artist/craftster.
Please PM the moderators by their get crafty names if you have any questions or concerns.
Technical Concerns
If you are looking for technical answers to your questions, such as how to post photos or PM (private message) a get crafty user or moderator, please see our FAQ: http://www.getcrafty.com/faq.php
Posted by for_esme on 2005-01-26 11:34:53
Post Subject: crafty job opportunity in CO!
hi everyone, i just thought i'd pass along this job announcement that i received from my art history advisor. it sounds like an awesome opportunity for crafty girls in colorado, i wish i had better sewing/beading skills - and i would totally apply! i have contact info, just pm me if interested or go to her website!
Bridal Design Studio Now Hiring!
Sara Gabriel Custom Veil Design is a fast-growing Denver bridal design
company with lots of opportunity for creativity in addition to
providing students with first-hand experience in the ins and outs of
running a small art-based business. We are currently seeking fun,
friendly, creative, and adaptable people with sewing and/or beading
skills to work in our downtown Denver design studio.
Employees of Sara Gabriel Veils are responsible for providing
outstanding customer service to clients; construction/assembly of veils
and bridal headpieces; construction/assembly of beaded jewelry; and
having fun! Applicants must possess intermediate to advanced
sewing/beading skills. Will teach industry-specific techniques to
qualified applicant.
Part-time position available. Potential for growth. Must work
Saturdays.
www.saragabriel.com for further information and an application.
Posted by Snufkin on 2004-08-31 00:27:13
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I'm not an art librarian, but I do sometimes pal around them. You might want to check out the websites for their professional associations, ARLIS and VRA to get a better sense of what the profession is like. In general, I'd guess that the pay isn't any greater than what other librarians make. One of my friends works for a small art school as their reference librarian and probably pulls in 36K a year (and this is in the SF area) max. She's lucky - I imagine that being an art librarian for a university is probably better paying/stable than being in a museum. Those institutions are generally dependent on grant funding and the economic health of their communities. When their funding gets tight, it's also tight for the librarians and their collections.
Other stuff? This is totally anecdotal but I've run across A LOT of librarians who seem to have MAs or PhDs in Art History in addition to the MLIS. They may have become librarians in order to escape the competition for curatorial or academic/teaching positions. But it's also plenty fierce in the art library world as well. As for subject areas, most of the folks I've met through ARLIS seem to work either in universities with their art collections (mostly slide libraries), and architecture/art history collections.
Posted by ada on 2004-11-25 15:40:53
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OK so this is probably totally unlikely... but I was in Florence over the weekend, and I talked to this Aussie who was working in an internet cafe, she made bags... don't suppose this was you? (If it was, I was the NZer with glasses, visiting my (also NZer) friend who's doing an art-history Phd). Either way, I'm back in London now and seriously missing the food. Yes, beauty of the cradle of the renaissance and all... but the pasta, and the pastries for breakfast! Wow!
Posted by Sabriel Olive on 2004-08-30 19:30:50
Post Subject: Any Art Librarians out there?
Well I finally got into this art school that I have been dying to get in. I am going to be majoring in art history, and one of the career options was an art librarian. I was just curious on what that entails. Is it fun? Is the pay alright? Since, its a masters degree. I am kind of fascinated with being a librarian since I love books and I am sure their is way more to it than that.
Posted by the-kitschen on 2005-08-11 13:46:23
Post Subject: Crafty Artist Statements
I have slowly (very!) been working on revamping my artist statement, trying to make it sound like how my work looks. I'm submitting artwork for a show for the first time since I was in art school, so I really need to crank it out.
I just hate hate hate artspeak. I was an art history/theory minor and it was all I could do not to poke out my eyes trying to read though thousands of pages of pretentiousness. I want normal people to be able to 1) look at my art and enjoy it and 2) read about it without having their eyes glaze over. I want it to be awesome and not sound like an artist statement!
I have the bare bones of it here: http://the-kitschen.blogspot.com/2005/06/statement-in-progress.html
I definately need to smooth out the language. I think I'm too casual on the ends, and a little to artsy-fartsy in the middle. Criticize me, I can take it. Seriously, having suffered through being run out of artschool for trying to be different, I can take it.
Who is really proud of their own artist statement or bio? Have you read any artist statements that are actually cool??
Posted by for_esme on 2005-05-18 15:55:27
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Actually... in thinking about what I'm planning on attacking this summer project-wise, I realized that if I'm going to craft ANY christmas presents for family/friends it will need to be this summer. In the fall I'll be working and going to school full time and early Dec. I'm going to Belgium on an Art History extravaganza!!
Anyway, I totally know what you mean about wanting to plan ahead. I'm kind of obsessive about getting things done early... you'll have to update when you decide what to craft for others on your list. I'm thinking I might start store-buying now as well, just to take some of the pressure off come December.
Posted by for_esme on 2005-09-13 19:53:56
Post Subject: Back to School blahs
It seems like many of you are students... some of you probably also have children who are going back to school, or live with other people who are going to school. I for one am having my first week of school blahs - already feeling stressed out, overbooked, and my eyes are already straining from all of this art history reading!
How do you cope? If you're a student, what do you do to relax even when you know you have a pile of tiny-print textbooks waiting to be read? If you have a student in your household, I'm also interested in the advice you give to them - my boyfriend's in the same predicament as me at this point and I'm at a loss, I don't know how to help him organize and chill.
Posted by bessiemae on 2006-09-24 17:10:07
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Monkey Boys (almost 12yrs and 9.5 yrs) take art classes at local university taught by Art Ed. students. 90 min qwk with lecture/slides on art history/technique and studio time with media not usually available for kids: linoleum block; oils; transparencies; fired ceramics; etc.
Gallery show(artist statements!) at end with refreshments. Too cool.
Posted by tabularasa on 2005-01-03 11:47:30
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I was an Art History major with a focus (minor) in Women's Studies and I found it to be really challenging and thought altering. I still struggle a bit with certain ideas, and even had a few negative experiences involving some of my Women's Studies profs! But I am really glad that I chose it as my minor.
As far as discussions with people - that's a tough one. The only advice I have is to approach it cautiously, knowing it has the potential to stir up reactions in some people that you wouldn't normally expect. I found that if I phrased observations in a certain way and encouraged others for their own thoughts/input, discussions tended to go a lot smoother!
Posted by for_esme on 2006-10-28 19:23:05
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Hey there... just thought I'd throw in my quick two cents.
I'm in library school right now, just out of my undergraduate degree in creative writing and art history. So far, I don't like library school. I love my job, which is working in the circ department of a public library, but as yet I don't really see how library school is contributing to my being a successful candidate in the MLIS field.
It's partly due to the fact that I LOVED my undergraduate classes. They weren't a pain; I always looked forward to them because they were in subjects that I was passionate about. I enjoy working in libraries, and I think it could be a great career, but I wouldn't say it's my passion.
This is my first quarter though, and I've heard from a lot of people that it gets better.
As for job opportunities -- this does scare me. I could work as a circ clerk for awhile after graduation and make ends meet, but I would much rather end up ultimately in archives or an art library. It's hard though. I mean, I want to make this my career but the thought of two more years of library school is almost enough to make me quit!
Anyway, just my two cents. Did other librarians out in GetCrafty land have a tough time with their MLIS, too?
Posted by for_esme on 2004-10-11 19:01:47
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i hope everyone starts feeling better soon!
my complaints are not really so important as others', but i have an intermittently sore back from shelving books at the library (and right now it's sore!). today i printed from my three most recently developed rolls of film... and realized that i do not know how to take a self-portrait. i also have a poetry test tomorrow, that i've enjoyed studying for suprisingly, but tests still freak me out. and next week, i have two more! ahh, midterms...
art history exams are the worst because you have to know umpteen artists plus titles and dates for a large selection of their work! plus, you have to have something interesting to say about them... not my fave. but... this weekend will mean lots of hot chocolate and "buckling down" to learn this stuff.
Posted by happydaisydoo on 2005-01-04 21:47:44
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I have a BA in Art History, so this is very, very hard for me. That being said, I would like one of of Dale Chihuly's glass creations... Or some Ming Dynasty Buddhist Sculptures... Or some European Romanesque reliefs... Or a something by Degas or Toulouse-Lautrec... I clearly can't decide. I like too much!!!
Posted by deadulasch on 2006-04-23 17:57:16
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In a philosophy course and a political science course in high school and, having studied art history, in nearly every course I took at university-at least every course that dealt with 20th century criticism and or issues of post-modernism. And in a required year long philosophy course and in another required course on logic and rhetoric. And in a number of african american studies and polictical science courses. It was unavoidable.
Posted by ak.crafty on 2006-02-28 20:55:54
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Oh man! I was going to say the DaVinci Code also.
Just too hyped for what it was. I didn't think the book was horrible. I might have even enjoyed it a little if I were not an Art History major. But, instead I bitched the whole way through it.
Posted by for_esme on 2005-06-18 15:36:15
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I like creativecat's idea!
Something that bothers me - I'm an Art History major, and RARELY are classes offered that emphasize or even mention "craft" media - textiles, ceramics, and furniture especially. In fact, while this is changing, it seems like the terms craft and folk art are often used with derogatory intent. It seems like people in the art world sometimes belittle "craft" for some of the reasons you all mentioned (design is not original, duplication) -- but of course those reasons don't always apply to "crafty" media like textiles. I sometimes wonder if textiles, ceramics, etc are rarely mentioned because their practice was pioneered by women. :(
I don't think there's as much of a distinction as we might imagine, or if there is a distinction it's dynamic. Even following a pattern takes creativity.
Posted by tako on 2006-07-27 22:37:09
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I'm in my senior year studying psychology and art history. I'm most interested in creative development in psychology and African art history, specifically the importance of women's art in society. I'm searching for a school to go to after I graduate here to work on a BFA and my sights are set on an MFA in art therapy. I'll be in school forever and paying back student loans even longer!
Posted by Astoria on 2005-02-22 16:57:11
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Damian Hirst is a bit of an exhibionist in my oppinion but I have an funny story about him. My husband had to do a report in art history and thought Damian Hirst was some painter who does landscapes and not who he is, he came home and asked me if I knew who Damian Hirst is, which I did, then laugh when he told me what happioned. Basicly he is a punk D. Hirst not my husband but is it art sure
Posted by Sabriel Olive on 2004-11-19 13:37:31
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My dream job right now in my life is me being an art librarian in Britain. I have always wanted to live there. Hopefully I am working towards that right now. Since my major is Art History. I still need to speak to some people about the whole moving to Britain bit though. I just think moving to a different country and working there for a while would be an awesome experience.
Posted by tootsiecat on 2005-02-16 08:11:06
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i was a photography/ art history major in college. i love art, high and low. but i'm also just a down to earth working girl from a blue collar family. sometimes i hate a piece of art or craft, most of the time i appreciate the intent or look of a piece, and once in a lucky lucky blue moon i LOVE a piece of work. the best definition of the word "art" i ever heard went something like this:
art is what the mind can not comprehend but the heart can.
that's how i feel when i just love something i'm looking at or hearing. my heart just keeps turning over in my chest and i feel like i'm in love!
Posted by Sabriel Olive on 2006-09-14 12:29:37
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I am currently working towards my BA in Art History at the University of Cincinnati. I am a junior and am wanting to get my MA in Librarianship. Any librarians out there that could give me some tips would be great. : )
Posted by happydaisydoo on 2006-07-26 08:15:05
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I love seeing the history people! I have bachelor degrees in history and art history. I also have a masters in Museum Studies with a history focus. Currently I'm I'm dreaming of a Phd in history or going to law school. I have a wonderful museum job right now, so really I'm just longingly wishing I could go back to school. Ahh, maybe when my husband finishes that MBA...
Posted by artgeek on 2006-07-26 06:53:16
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I've my bachelor's in journalism (with a fair number of credits in women's studies and art history/theory thrown in, too) and am one thesis away from having my master's in museum communication. As bad as a time I've had writing my thesis (four advisors and counting...), april again's mention of writing personal statements nearly led me to run screaming into the other room. I hated writing those.
Posted by thginknnayoj1 on 2006-07-25 23:24:11
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i just sent you a pm about this! i have a CDA (child development associate) a degree for pre-school teachers but, after working with 2-4 year olds for the past few years have realized its not for me....now i'm not sure what i'm going to study after i get my general AA...probably along the lines of art history or environmental sciences...they sound different but it makes sense to me :)
Posted by mrs_stroozi on 2006-07-31 16:50:52
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BA in what my college allowed me to call Anthropology, but is really liberal arts with an emphasis on social sciences. I'm embarrassed by what my transcript looks like, but I loved most of my courses.
Then came individual classes in pattern making, computer sciences, accounting, art history, and a few courses into a certificate for multi-media industry.
Now I'm 2/3s through an MA in Education with a double secondary cred in geoscience and social studies.
Posted by kdaum on 2005-07-25 12:35:31
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I have what you could call a collection of the "Classics" all in paperback form. I picked them up at used bookstores and of course some of them are from my English Lit. classes high school and college. All of them are alphabetical by title in an antique bookcase in my bedroom. Those that don't fit have spilled over onto the floor next to it.
All of my crafty/quilting/art books are in my studio on a bookcase and not really categorized at all.
I do have some random books, that are on my living room bookcase. These are more for show, although I have read them and do pick them up when I am bored. Things like Edward Gorey's "Amphigorey", Tim Burton's "Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy", Art History Textbooks, etc.
Posted by teeny17 on 2004-09-20 17:06:53
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hi, i'm Mikki
I live in a small, retirment community called Cobourg Ontario where the town is bustling with old people, but it is a very nice town. However, I leave next year hoping to get into Art History in University....Guelph i am thinking...with my boyfriend who is already in first year there.
i like my moms pottery wheel, shopping both thrift and new, and going to Ikea and planning my home...
Posted by tabularasa on 2007-06-22 11:01:56
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hi! i'm angi. i'm 31 and right now i live in florence, italy. i just finished a year-long post-bac program in art history. i grew up just outside of chicago, but consider myself a bit of a new yorker as well, since it's the city i lived in the most as an adult and the one i'm most familiar with.
i like knitting, jewelry making and photography. the only thing i've kept up with recently is photography, due to issues of time, money, and transport (don't want to accumulate too much stuff while i'm here). but when i get back to the states i hope to be a more active crafter again.
and tryskal, i'll join you in sci-fi nerdery! i'm a big fan too! :)
Posted by megusta on 2004-07-25 10:37:07
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Hello! I've watched the get crafty boards for over a year, but just finally registered and made a post or two. My name is Megan, and I'm a 19 year old from Virginia. I'm from Richmond but attend college at George Mason University in Fairfax. This fall I'm living off campus, and am very excited! I'm majoring in Art History with a minor in Music (I play the oboe). I enjoy making jewelry, collaging, painting, and photography, and am really interested in learning how to knit. (I went to Borders the other day to buy Stitch N Bitch and they didn't have it! How frustrating... I suppose I'll have to venture out to Barnes and Noble.) Besides crafting, I love making mix CDs, writing, reading, playing ultimate frisbee and underwater hockey, and being with my wonderful friends and family.
Posted by for_esme on 2004-08-05 15:21:15
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hi everyone! i'm amanda. i'm 20, but that 21st birthday is coming up oct. 3 and i am oh so excited! i live in denver, near the university where i'm studying english and art history. i'm hoping to go back to DU to get a masters in information and library science when i graduate in two years, and then either work in a library or teach.
i'm in the process of trying to learn how to knit (with the help of books) and how to ride a bike (with the help of my boyfriend). i am also hoping to refurbish my broken-down desk before the summer is out, start knitting scarves for the scarf drive, and i also have a goal to cook at least one good meal every day (this is coming from someone who survived her first two years of college on either cafeteria food or easy mac, so it's a big deal!). i also am trying to work out every day, which is no easy feat, but the pretty bike path by my apartment has proved to be somewhat motivating.
my favorite things at the moment are fresh veggies and fruit, hanging out with my parents, and david sedaris.
