Artistic Endeavors: Matt Revelli of Upper Playground & Juxtapoz Magazine
Upper Playground is a design force for a new generation, where underground artists emerge and art shows up on T-shirts, baseball caps, online videos as well as gallery walls. Bridging art and fashion, Matt Revelli, creative director of Upper Playground (which he founded in 1999), recently took on the …
The Sister Project
It just doesn’t feel like an office to Margaret Roach unless people are excitedly showing her things they just made by hand, and she is in turn showing those to an audience. The former editorial director of Martha Stewart Living left last year to pursue her own forms of creative self-expression from her …
Artistic Endeavors: Words of Wisdom for Art School Grads
You've written piles of papers, sprinted to class (on multiple occasions) with a canvas covered in wet paint, and pulled dozens of all-nighters. Hours have been spent sketching, sculpting, lighting, and framing — all for the satisfaction of communicating your ideas visually, for that chance to stand back …
Guest Curator: Sto from Cinders Gallery
This week's Guest Curators are Sto (right), an artist and co-founder of Cinders Gallery, which he runs with Kelie Bowman (left). Together they decided to create a new space for art that would represent the DIY art scene they felt was being largely ignored by most other galleries. Five years later and nearly 60 …
Gallery Go-getters: Confronting Your Fears, Artfully
Aja Apa-Soura, aka sagittariusgallery, has been a fine artist since '99, went to college for it in 2001, and has been selling her work online since 2003. She just celebrated her 2 year Etsyversary. As a member of the Etsy community, she's known for helping new sellers get their footing on Etsy. In this post, she …
Shop Makeover Series: Gallery Go-getter (Part 4)
Andy Cooperman, a metalsmith, writer, and teacher who lives in Seattle, WA, shares advice and experience with artists in Part 4 of the Gallery Go-getter series. While Andy is a jeweler, he and his colleagues hope that their information is applicable to all forms of fine art and craft in the gallery setting …
Shop Makeover: Gallery Go-getter (Part 3)
Please welcome Andy Cooperman to the Etsy blog. This is part 3 of 4 in the Gallery Go-getter series. Andy Cooperman is a metalsmith, writer, and teacher who lives in Seattle, WA. His work is featured in galleries nationwide and the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, Tacoma Art Museum, as …
Shop Makeover: Gallery Go-getter (Part 2)
Harriete Estel Berman shares her insights with artists who are considering submitting work to galleries. This post, Part 2 of 4 in the Gallery Go-getter series, ties into a Professional Development Presentation Harriete and her co-authors' (Don Friedlich and Andy Cooperman) will be leading at the …
Shop Makeover Series: Gallery Go-getter (Part 1)
During our focus on art this week, we welcome three professional development specialists who will be discussing the role of the gallery as a venue for artists. First up we have Don Friedlich, who will be hosting the Professional Development Seminar (PDS) at the SNAG conference this year. Etsy is …
Gift Ideas: Shop Local Massachusetts with ReclaimedToYou
Shop Local this holiday season and support independent craftspeople. It's a great way to reduce your carbon footprint! We're going around the world here on Etsy's blog, so let us know where our next stop should be in the comments below. This post is straight from Boston, MA courtesy of Etsian Jessica, aka …
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