In my last post I talked a bit about Alyson Stanfield and her business ArtBizCoach.com. I have found artbizcoach.com a helpful resource for information on promoting and marketing my work and for developing the written document that most artists dread writing more than any: The Artist Statement. I also refer to Ms. Stanfield's Visual Artist Kit for information on properly formating my resume, bio, slidelists and other similar documents.
Another very valuable resource I would like to mention is Mr. Clint Watson's Fine Art Views. Fine Art Views is a free electronic newsletter published almost every day that provides "Straight Talk about Art, Marketing, Inspiration, and Fine Living For Artists, Collectors and Galleries." I find Mr. Watson's newsletters to be often informing and sometimes downright revolutionary. They offer practical ideas that if you put into place will garner results, and in the process will raise your general marketing and promotion IQ. I would highly recommend any artist wishing to seriously market and promote their work to subscribe to the newsletter. It's worth much more than the price: FREE! Check it out at www.fineartviews.com.
Friday, January 18, 2008
Monday, January 14, 2008
Feature in Art Marketing Action Newsletter
Alyson Stanfield is a former museum curator as well as the founder and principal of ArtBizCoach.com. Alyson offers consultation services, books, and online classes for artists on how to promote their art and handle the business side of being an artist. Alsyon publishes a free weekly newsletter for artists and recently featured my painting titled "Gather" in her newsletter. The current issue is online at http://www.artbizcoach.com/articles/. Check it out!
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Float, Flitter, Fade reviewed in The Seattle Weekly
Adriana Grant reviews "Float, Flitter, Fade: New Works by Noah Overby" in her aticle "Cloud Cover" featured in the Dec 12 Seattle Weekly. Read the full article here.
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Monday, November 26, 2007
New Work at Some Space December 3 - 28, 2007
For Immediate Release
Contact: Noah Overby
(206) 963-9122 / noah(at)noahoverby.com / www.noahoverby.com
23410 18th Ave S G201 / Des Moines, WA 98198
Float, Flitter, Fade: New works by Noah Overby
Showing December 3 - 28, 2007
Some Space // 625 First Ave / Seattle, WA 98104 / (206) 718-3104
Reception - Thursday, December 6 from 6:00-9:00pm
Inspired by the Japanese concept of wabi-sabi Noah constructs poetic images from cloud forms, floral images and decorative patterns. These paintings use a simple, pared down visual vocabulary to explore themes of tranquility and impermanence. They are intended to convey a hushed-dream like mood that sparks memories or personal associations for the viewer.
Noah says of his work, “I want to create an image that functions like a haiku poem. With relatively simple means I want to evoke a tangible mood that sucks the viewer in. I’m creating a place somewhere between reality and a dream world, someplace to pause and gather one’s thoughts.”
About Noah Overby
Noah Overby is a painter and printmaker based in Seattle. Overby was born in Honolulu Hawaii and traveled extensively as a child. He lived in Japan when he was 8 years old, an experience that sparked an interest in Japanese culture and aesthetic values. Overby spent his teen years at the Pilchuck Glass School and went on to study studio art at the University of Washington including courses in printmaking, Asian art history and The Japanese Tea Ceremony. Noah is the recipient of a 2007 PONCHO Artist in Residency at Pratt Fine Arts Center and won a Vascovitz Scholarship in painting and drawing. His work hangs in The Seattle Public Utilities Portable Works Collection, The Alexis Hotel and other private collections in the United States, and abroad
About Some Space
Presented on the walls of Gallery Frames in Pioneer Square, Downtown Seattle, Some Space is a unique, artist-run gallery exhibiting monthly showcases of local artists. Long-time employees of the frame shop, Daniel Carrillo and Shaun Kardinal started this project to provide a space for talented artists who have not yet had the opportunity to show their work in the ever-growing art community of Pioneer Square. More info at http://www.somespacegallery.com.
Giclee prints available now
Looking for affordable art? There's nothing that can compare to living with an original painting, drawing, etching,or woodblock print. Knowing that the artist labored in a time honored tradition to produce the object before us is an extraordinary feeling, especially when the image truly speaks to us. Sometimes, however, the piece we would love to live with is beyond our means. A giclee print can offer a more affordable solution.
Giclee printing technology is similar to inkjet, but uses high quality archival inks to accurately reproduce colors and images from original artwork. Learn more.
Current subscribers to my email newsletter are automatically entered to win one of my giclee prints in a monthly drawing. Subscribe here.
My current offering of giclee prints starts at $16.98 for an 8x10 inch print. My gallery on Imagekind.com offers print on demand technology that allows you to select an image, print size and paper stock. They can even print on canvas. The prints are available for purchase unframed, or you can choose a custom mat and frame to compliment your artwork.
View available images at http://noahoverby.imagekind.com
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Friday, October 26, 2007
Tickets Available for CoCA's 15th Annual Painting Marathon & Auction
The Center on Contemporary Art will host the 15th Annual Painting Marathon and auction starting at 9:00am on Thursday, Nov. 8th. Painters will begin their 24 hour painting session at that time and will work through the night without sleep. The resulting works will be auctioned off starting at 5:30pm on Friday, Nov. 9th.
The event will be held at The Shilshole Bay Beach Club,
6413 Seaview Ave NW
Seattle, WA 98107
Tickets start at $20 and will be required for the auction. They are available online through Brown Paper Tickets.
The public is welcome to come and observe the artists prior to the auction for free!
To see the list of participating artists please visit CoCA's website.
The event will be held at The Shilshole Bay Beach Club,
6413 Seaview Ave NW
Seattle, WA 98107
Tickets start at $20 and will be required for the auction. They are available online through Brown Paper Tickets.
The public is welcome to come and observe the artists prior to the auction for free!
To see the list of participating artists please visit CoCA's website.
Monday, October 15, 2007
One HOT Night @ Pratt Fine Art's Center
Save the Date for One Hot Night! Pratt’s Annual Open House
On Saturday, November 10th, Pratt Fine Arts Center opens its doors to the public for One Hot Night!, a free open house providing an exciting and welcoming environment for everyone to experience Pratt!
Watch as dozens of artists pour bronze, blow glass, pull prints, paint, carve stone, fabricate jewelry, and forge hot steel! Enjoy tours of the studios, activities for kids, and a chance to meet instructors, students, and staff. Bring some bucks for Rolling Fire wood-fired pizza and our no-host bar. Sponsored by KPLU.
Saturday, Nov. 10, 6-9pm
1902 South Main Street, Seattle
More info at www.pratt.org
Or call 206.328.2200
Free Admission – Free Parking – Everyone is welcome
Bring your friends and family!
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
Commissioned Artwork for the Newly Remodeled Alexis Hotel
Through the Window II
Ball Point Pen on Paper
30 x 50 inches
2007
Through the Window II (in progress)
Through the Window II (in progress)
Ball Point Pen on Paper
30 x 50 inches
2007
Through the Window II (in progress)
Through the Window II (in progress)
Through the Window II (in progress)The Alexis Hotel, a 121-room boutique, luxury hotel in downtown Seattle maintains strong ties to the local art community. Aside from featuring quarterly rotating exhibits in their lobby and Gallery Room, their guest rooms and public spaces incorporate original artwork by local artists.
The Alexis just finished a much anticipated remodel and commissioned me to create a 30 x 50 inch drawing for their art collection. The artwork is being framed and will be hung in the hotel shortly. I snapped a few photos as I worked to post on the blog. The image comes from a series of small drypoint prints that I made a few years back. I still have a couple of the original prints, which are 3.5 x 5.5 inches.
This is a big drawing, 30 x 50 inches. It was done on heavy Arches watercolor paper entirely in Bic Ballpoint Pen. When I was in Rome in 2001 I was working on ideas for some drypoint prints and created some beautiful little studies in the churches near my apartment. They were very intimate little drawings of the side chapels inside Santa Maria Sopra Minerva and a couple other churches. Because I intended to make drypoint prints of my drawing and did not have access to printmaking facilities over in Rome I tried to draw in such a way as to mimic a drypoint print. I choose to use black ball point pen on paper and the effect was great. I still have some of the finished drawings from this series hanging in my home.
The Rome drawings are much smaller (15 x 11 inches) than the recently completed commission. I did not realize how long the large drawing would take me to complete. Because of the big section of heavy shading in the drawing I literally sat for hours and hours building up the marks with my ball point pen. Let's just say I had a heck of a neck kink by the time all was said and done.
I even had three pens give up the ghost along the way.
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
Tashiro Kaplan Artist Lofts- Annual Auction & Open House
Note: I no longer have my studio in the Tashiro Kaplan building, so I will not be exhibiting here, but if I were you I'd come check out the Tashiro Kaplan Artist Lofts Annual Auction and Open House.
Why?
Because once a year and only once a year the upstairs residences are open to the public. These are the lofts where some seriously talented Seattle artists live and work, people who have won high accolades for their work like Gretchen Bennett, Alicia Berger, Jaq Chartier, Steven Miller and Brian Murphy, just to name a few.
Mark your calendars and check it out.
Saturday, October 20, 2007, 5-11PM, FREE
The TK Artist Lofts, home to over 50 artists, their families and 26 art venues, has become the heart of the Pioneer Square art scene. A once a year event, the artists will open their lofts to the public. Residents will feature jewelry, painting, drawing, photography, glass, fabric art, performing arts and music.
There will be a Silent Art Auction 5-8pm. Performances will begin at 8pm.
The Tashiro Kaplan Building is now widely known for its very successful Art Walk every First Thursday of each month, which mostly presents visual arts in gallery and studio settings. The importance of developing the community room to more fully support the performing arts is less known. There is need for rehearsal and performance throughout the city and for the residents of the TK. This means not just space but space with proper flooring so performers do not incur injuries.
The Vandenbrink Community Room (VCR) has been upgraded for performance with better lighting options and sound improvements but the cement floor is still a concern. Though other fundraising efforts have raised a portion of money required, the residents are hoping to raise the last $3000 needed to install a sprung floor.
115 Prefontaine Place South, Pioneer Square, Seattle.
For more information:
www.TKLofts.com
www.TashiroKaplan.com
206.223.1160
Why?
Because once a year and only once a year the upstairs residences are open to the public. These are the lofts where some seriously talented Seattle artists live and work, people who have won high accolades for their work like Gretchen Bennett, Alicia Berger, Jaq Chartier, Steven Miller and Brian Murphy, just to name a few.
Mark your calendars and check it out.
Saturday, October 20, 2007, 5-11PM, FREE
The TK Artist Lofts, home to over 50 artists, their families and 26 art venues, has become the heart of the Pioneer Square art scene. A once a year event, the artists will open their lofts to the public. Residents will feature jewelry, painting, drawing, photography, glass, fabric art, performing arts and music.
There will be a Silent Art Auction 5-8pm. Performances will begin at 8pm.
The Tashiro Kaplan Building is now widely known for its very successful Art Walk every First Thursday of each month, which mostly presents visual arts in gallery and studio settings. The importance of developing the community room to more fully support the performing arts is less known. There is need for rehearsal and performance throughout the city and for the residents of the TK. This means not just space but space with proper flooring so performers do not incur injuries.
The Vandenbrink Community Room (VCR) has been upgraded for performance with better lighting options and sound improvements but the cement floor is still a concern. Though other fundraising efforts have raised a portion of money required, the residents are hoping to raise the last $3000 needed to install a sprung floor.
115 Prefontaine Place South, Pioneer Square, Seattle.
For more information:
www.TKLofts.com
www.TashiroKaplan.com
206.223.1160
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