Interesting article on The Greyman in today’s Montana Kaimin.  Check it out here.

Art love on the Internet for November 28th:

• Town of Cochrane Mural Mosaic -
• slumgullion – small press collaborative – We are a network of writers, artists, and bookmakers who value independent, alternative and underground publishing. We are also interested in helping new writers learn how to get published traditionally. Sometimes we act as a publisher, but primarily we a
• Photoethnography.com – Classic Cameras – How to buy a classic camera
• College friendship is impetus to proposed MSU Native American Student Center – see his work here: http://flickr.com/photos/lovenotfear/420569839/
• Bumbershoot 2007 | The City Comes Alive – Venture to Seattle Center, the 74-acre park located in the heart of the Pacific Northwest to find a festival that has it all. Bumbershoot, as the name implies, umbrellas a number of artists from different genres representing the best in music, film, comed
• WebUrbanist – WebUrbanist blog collective writers are interested in all things urban – from urban design to subversive art and strange architecture. We scour the net to find neat new stuff then boil that information down and pack it into an article with relevant images
• Behance Network :: Gallery – Build a dynamic portfolio of your latest projects, open to all or shared selectively. Represent your work professionally. Connect and collaborate in “circles.” Join or create groups of creative professionals, gathered around interests, to share content

Lately, when I’ve been painting, I’ve been using a piece of glass as a palette because I’ve been unable to find my actual palette. It’s a cheapie throwaway I got from Ruppel’s Art Supply in Akron a long time ago. I think I paid fifty cents for it, and I guess it is intended to be used for watercolors, but I’ve used it for both watercolors and acrylics.

Guess I’ll have to continue using a stray piece of glass from the looks of the pallet. Found it last night as I was getting ready to do some more painting. the next one I get will be solvent-resistant plastic.

Art love on the Internet for November 27th:

• Square America Snapshots & Vernacular Photography – A gallery of vintage snapshots & vernacular photography
• Boise Art in the Park @ Boise Online Mall – The 53rd Annual Art in the Park 2007 presented by the Boise Art Museum, showcasing the work of Idaho, Pacific Northwest, and artists from around the world. The three day Art in the Park event also includes an array of Idaho food vendors and performing art…
• Artists’ Nook – Mixed Media Art Store – Mission Statement To provide a loving environment to inspire creativity for everyone. To give you the tools and knowledge to achieve this.
• Art of William Joseph Dunn – Part painting, part found-object sculpture, William Joseph Dunn uses objects rescued from the trash to create three dimensional paintings that comment on more intellectual themes.
• Another Tom Richmond tutorial » Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog – MAD Magazine�s Tom Richmond offers up another juicy tutorial, this time on digital colouring: Part One, Part Two, Part Three. Pro users may not learn too much, but Tom�s nothing if not incredibly in-depth. He covers every detail of his colouring process….
• 5 Great Resources To Publish Your Portfolio! – A few years ago no one thought we would be worrying about how to show our work to the worldwide market or to foreign potential customers. Back in those days freelancers and established companies were only focused on their local or national markets. But the….

Art love on the Internet for November 26th:

• 2007 Utah Arts Festival :: art – culture – community – The mission of the Utah Arts Festival Foundation, Inc. is to produce the annual Utah Arts Festival, for the purpose of promoting the arts and enhancing the quality of life in Utah. The Utah Arts Festival strives to maintain the highest artistic quality
• 101 Hidden Tips & Secrets For Photoshop -
• » HDR Tutorials Roundup – HDR (High Dynamic Range) Photography is a technique that is becoming very popular at the moment, an HDR photo is created using software such as Photoshop or Photomatix and produces images with more detail in the highlights and shadows. Here we digg out th
• ALTphotos Photography Community :: For Creative Photography – ALTphotos is a photography community of international photographers who share a passion for creating amazing photographic work. Browse our galleries to find some of the best Fine Art Photography from around the world.
• RoundPic – rounded corners for avatars and images [web 2.0 style] – Online tool for making anti-aliased rounded corners (very Web 2.0!) for avatars and images

Art love on the Internet for November 20th:

• Typies: 15 tips to choose a good text type – I want to take time to analyze how to choose correct text typography design in different cases. It is very important to understand that these tips are not final word, but they can be good help at the moment of choosing a text type. In any case, it depends
• Photography in the Ultraviolet spectrum – For years I’ve wanted to mess around with UV photography. Unfortunately, all the websites on DIY UV seem to assume an infinite amount of money and access to specialized equipment on my part. There are two things that I don’t like, when someone tells me I
• Eric Grohe Murals and Design -
• China. Erotic Art. Eastern Gallery – Venus Erotic Art Museum -
• ColorJack: Color Generator -
• Victor Daniel : Online Art Portfolio : Art Face Off – Victor Daniel was born in a small town in South Carolina in 1979. Several years later his family moved to Montana, where he has resided ever since. He graduated from the University of Montana, Missoula in 2002 with a BFA in painting and drawing. Daniel cu
• Alex Kanevsky paintings -

An important work by Abstract Expressionist master Willem de Kooning is on display for public viewing at The University of Montana. Untitled I will be in the lobby of the President’s Office from now until February 8 in Main Hall.

The painting is the second de Kooning work and the sixth major art loan to the Montana Museum of Art & Culture from an anonymous private collector.

The president’s office lobby is open to the public from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, except holidays. For more information, call the Montana Museum of Art & Culture at 243-2019. Information also is online at The University’s Museum website.

photo by eribi5276 on Flickr

I wrote about the ongoing drive to build a performing and arts center in Missoula before. Sounds like it’s still in the tentative works. From The Missoulian: The Missoula Community Performing Arts Center still might come to life on the Riverfront Triangle. Mayor John Engen offered the planned $60 million project a reprieve and some Missoula City Council members a surprise with an announcement Monday that a developer had expressed interest in the site – and favored reserving land for the cultural center. Read the entire story here.

This year marked the third consecutive year that The Missoula Skatepark (MoBASH) has had a successful fundraiser featuring art as it’s main element. ONDECK is an event that enables supporters of art and supporters of skateboarding to come together for a common cause and celebrate together while raising money for the newly built skatepark in Missoula. From the website: “It’s for sure now….ONDECK will always be a part of Missoula’s Fall art scene. We at the MSA have a blast organizing this event and plan to keep this up as our primary fundraiser. This year went smoother than ever and with over 50 boards up for auction, we were able to raise over $5500 to benefit skateboarding in Montana.”

Sounds good. Hopefully, I can be one of the contributing artists next year.

Even though the event has passed, you can still view a gallery of the decks that were featured this year and in years past, or you can head over to the main site to learn about other ways to support MoBASH.