Comments on: Art Magazines http://blog.lisacall.com/2008/01/art-magazines.html Images and writing about my abstract contemporary textile art by Lisa Call. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:08:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: cynthia http://blog.lisacall.com/2008/01/art-magazines.html#comment-15337 cynthia Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:08:30 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2008/01/art-magazines.html#comment-15337 I have been checking out magazines from the library like Southwest Art - and just realized that they carry Art News too, so I should probably cancel that subscription. The only problem with that is that you can't tear out pages. I have been checking out magazines from the library like Southwest Art - and just realized that they carry Art News too, so I should probably cancel that subscription.

The only problem with that is that you can’t tear out pages.

]]> By: cynthia http://blog.lisacall.com/2008/01/art-magazines.html#comment-15336 cynthia Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:07:12 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2008/01/art-magazines.html#comment-15336 Ceramic's Monthly Pottery Making Illustrated Art News I post magazines for free on Craigslist. Ceramic’s Monthly
Pottery Making Illustrated
Art News

I post magazines for free on Craigslist.

]]> By: jafabrit http://blog.lisacall.com/2008/01/art-magazines.html#comment-15330 jafabrit Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:42:57 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2008/01/art-magazines.html#comment-15330 I think I got my last art forum (a gift subscription) last month. What I got out of 2 years worth of subscription to it was a reminder that I can do what the heck I want artistically. I did get a kick out of the pontificating, but honestly one almost needs a crane to lift the darn thing up to read it. I think I got my last art forum (a gift subscription) last month. What I got out of 2 years worth of subscription to it was a reminder that I can do what the heck I want artistically. I did get a kick out of the pontificating, but honestly one almost needs a crane to lift the darn thing up to read it.

]]> By: alison schwabe http://blog.lisacall.com/2008/01/art-magazines.html#comment-15324 alison schwabe Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:30:11 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2008/01/art-magazines.html#comment-15324 I have never subscribed to art magazines, but have taken and read several quilt magazines, all of which are not being renewed as the subscriptions run out. I don't use them as inspiration - more for seeing what developments are happening in the field, but all of them are so Quilt Industry driven - and becoming more removed from my focal points. It's always been so, but now I am tired of them, and they've become clutter around me. I know where to find one if I need one i nthe future....I'm currently in clear-out mode in my studio and by week's end will have a heap of them to pass on to local quilters working in the mainstream. SDA and SAQA come with membership - I take FiberArts and the Australian Textile Fibre Form magazine, the latter being by far the better - FA has so many ads and the articles are so short/ lacking analytic depth, imho, and I'm going to let that one go, too. I don't know Raw Vision - but will look for it, and I generally pick up a copy of American Craft when I am up in the US, generally every 6 months or so. Ditto Craft International when I'm in Aus. The Economist and National Geograp[hic also come into our house, and I do read them, pretty fully. Ah, nothing like the arrival of the New Year for reflecting and taking stock. I have never subscribed to art magazines, but have taken and read several quilt magazines, all of which are not being renewed as the subscriptions run out. I don’t use them as inspiration - more for seeing what developments are happening in the field, but all of them are so Quilt Industry driven - and becoming more removed from my focal points. It’s always been so, but now I am tired of them, and they’ve become clutter around me. I know where to find one if I need one i nthe future….I’m currently in clear-out mode in my studio and by week’s end will have a heap of them to pass on to local quilters working in the mainstream. SDA and SAQA come with membership - I take FiberArts and the Australian Textile Fibre Form magazine, the latter being by far the better - FA has so many ads and the articles are so short/ lacking analytic depth, imho, and I’m going to let that one go, too. I don’t know Raw Vision - but will look for it, and I generally pick up a copy of American Craft when I am up in the US, generally every 6 months or so. Ditto Craft International when I’m in Aus. The Economist and National Geograp[hic also come into our house, and I do read them, pretty fully. Ah, nothing like the arrival of the New Year for reflecting and taking stock.

]]> By: Sheila http://blog.lisacall.com/2008/01/art-magazines.html#comment-15321 Sheila Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:30:38 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2008/01/art-magazines.html#comment-15321 I have no art education background, so I discovered I was trying to educate myself through some of the magazines that were not quilt related. Smithsonian magazine often has articles on different aspects of art that are eye-openers to me. Surprisingly, I get a lot of inspiration and ideas about use of color from The Magazine Antiques - their ads are full of wonderful paintings. (And yes, I read the articles in that one too - I'm anal retentive that way...) On a whim one day, I bought a copy of American Art Review. Again, yes I read the articles because this stuff is so foreign to me, these artists unknown to me, but am drinking up the art shown in both articles and ads. As I let some quilting magazine subscriptions lapse, I decided to go ahead and subscribe to this last one for at least one year. I'm way behind reading them, though, and find at this point I can't throw out the ones I have read - just too much I think I want to go back and study. As for the Smithsonian and antiques magazine, I pull pages of inspiration as I read, then recycle. If I wasn't removing things from them, I'd probably offer them to a school, or retirement home or something like that. Maybe I should anyway. Anyway, the pages I've torn out either go into a scrapbook like yours, or into file folders to look through from time to time. The really striking ones go up on the bulletin board in my studio until their impact wears off or something better comes along. I seem to be looking more at how color is used or how line is used, or how the space is divided up rather than at the actual subject matter. I have no art education background, so I discovered I was trying to educate myself through some of the magazines that were not quilt related. Smithsonian magazine often has articles on different aspects of art that are eye-openers to me. Surprisingly, I get a lot of inspiration and ideas about use of color from The Magazine Antiques - their ads are full of wonderful paintings. (And yes, I read the articles in that one too - I’m anal retentive that way…) On a whim one day, I bought a copy of American Art Review. Again, yes I read the articles because this stuff is so foreign to me, these artists unknown to me, but am drinking up the art shown in both articles and ads. As I let some quilting magazine subscriptions lapse, I decided to go ahead and subscribe to this last one for at least one year. I’m way behind reading them, though, and find at this point I can’t throw out the ones I have read - just too much I think I want to go back and study.

As for the Smithsonian and antiques magazine, I pull pages of inspiration as I read, then recycle. If I wasn’t removing things from them, I’d probably offer them to a school, or retirement home or something like that. Maybe I should anyway. Anyway, the pages I’ve torn out either go into a scrapbook like yours, or into file folders to look through from time to time. The really striking ones go up on the bulletin board in my studio until their impact wears off or something better comes along. I seem to be looking more at how color is used or how line is used, or how the space is divided up rather than at the actual subject matter.

]]> By: Deidre http://blog.lisacall.com/2008/01/art-magazines.html#comment-15319 Deidre Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:17:18 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2008/01/art-magazines.html#comment-15319 Interesting topic! I subscribed to Art Forum this year and find it's mostly ads, and what editorial content there is seems rather esoteric. I won't be renewing that one. I also get ArtNews and Art in America when they send me discount offers. I do like the indepth articles in Art in America. I also get FiberArts and Surface Design Journal. I scan these immediately when they come and sometimes read them cover-to-cover, except the wearables issues, which don't interest me. Some of the process and inspiration articles are quite interesting. These last two I also save all issues of, and sometimes scanning really old ones provides inspiration – both visual and for writing. Interesting topic! I subscribed to Art Forum this year and find it’s mostly ads, and what editorial content there is seems rather esoteric. I won’t be renewing that one. I also get ArtNews and Art in America when they send me discount offers. I do like the indepth articles in Art in America. I also get FiberArts and Surface Design Journal. I scan these immediately when they come and sometimes read them cover-to-cover, except the wearables issues, which don’t interest me. Some of the process and inspiration articles are quite interesting. These last two I also save all issues of, and sometimes scanning really old ones provides inspiration – both visual and for writing.

]]> By: Lisa Call http://blog.lisacall.com/2008/01/art-magazines.html#comment-15317 Lisa Call Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:14:18 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2008/01/art-magazines.html#comment-15317 Daniel - I love that you get inspiration from Seed magazine - great idea. Robin - good luck unloading those magazines full of guilt. Cheryl - great idea to share them with other artists. I have some bead magazines I might try to find a home for that way. Pam - thanks for the award - I will pick others someday. Susie - thanks for listing your magazine. I love the photos in nat geo also. I've pasted a few photos into my sketchbook like you do but I think I'm too neat and tidy - I have this need to categorize everything. Maybe I'll trying mixing it up for a month and see how it makes me feel. Daniel - I love that you get inspiration from Seed magazine - great idea.

Robin - good luck unloading those magazines full of guilt.

Cheryl - great idea to share them with other artists. I have some bead magazines I might try to find a home for that way.

Pam - thanks for the award - I will pick others someday.

Susie - thanks for listing your magazine. I love the photos in nat geo also. I’ve pasted a few photos into my sketchbook like you do but I think I’m too neat and tidy - I have this need to categorize everything. Maybe I’ll trying mixing it up for a month and see how it makes me feel.

]]> By: Susie Monday http://blog.lisacall.com/2008/01/art-magazines.html#comment-15315 Susie Monday Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:01:51 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2008/01/art-magazines.html#comment-15315 Great recycling ideas. But to address your other question -- I too cut out photos that are inspirational and paste them in my journal/sketchbook of the moment-- or even just leave them in a box if Im too busy to paste at the time. I keep a big stack that fits in an old tin bread box for my classes and workshops to use, but don't stack any others than those that will fit there. I get SAQA, occasionally Quilting Arts, and other Somerset mags (usually passed along to me by others) but subscribe to Smithsonian, National Geographic, Texas Monthly for image inspiration. When I'm looking for new input, I scroll through the last few sketchbooks. It works better for me to have everything in one sketchbook -- photos, notes, journaling, (except for Morning Pages, when I do those they are in a separate notebook), notes about projects, from lectures, doodles -- and the cut outs. I find things better in time. Great recycling ideas. But to address your other question — I too cut out photos that are inspirational and paste them in my journal/sketchbook of the moment– or even just leave them in a box if Im too busy to paste at the time. I keep a big stack that fits in an old tin bread box for my classes and workshops to use, but don’t stack any others than those that will fit there. I get SAQA, occasionally Quilting Arts, and other Somerset mags (usually passed along to me by others) but subscribe to Smithsonian, National Geographic, Texas Monthly for image inspiration. When I’m looking for new input, I scroll through the last few sketchbooks. It works better for me to have everything in one sketchbook — photos, notes, journaling, (except for Morning Pages, when I do those they are in a separate notebook), notes about projects, from lectures, doodles — and the cut outs. I find things better in time.

]]> By: PaMdora http://blog.lisacall.com/2008/01/art-magazines.html#comment-15314 PaMdora Thu, 10 Jan 2008 04:19:22 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2008/01/art-magazines.html#comment-15314 Hi Lisa, I just gave you a "You Make My Day" award. Check out my blog for details, but if you want to, give your award to ten people and leave a comment on their blog. Hi Lisa, I just gave you a “You Make My Day” award. Check out my blog for details, but if you want to, give your award to ten people and leave a comment on their blog.

]]> By: Cheryl McClure http://blog.lisacall.com/2008/01/art-magazines.html#comment-15313 Cheryl McClure Thu, 10 Jan 2008 02:39:51 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2008/01/art-magazines.html#comment-15313 Yeah, I'm guilty as you about letting them pile up. However, since I just got my Art Calendar...I still like it although I don't use it the same way as I used to for juried shows. I just don't have time for juried shows now but the other articles are good. One thing I do with them is give them to the local community college or high school art teacher for use in their classes. If I don't do that, I take them to a retreat I go to twice a year and set them out for anyone else to take who doesn't subscribe. Yeah, I’m guilty as you about letting them pile up. However, since I just got my Art Calendar…I still like it although I don’t use it the same way as I used to for juried shows. I just don’t have time for juried shows now but the other articles are good.
One thing I do with them is give them to the local community college or high school art teacher for use in their classes. If I don’t do that, I take them to a retreat I go to twice a year and set them out for anyone else to take who doesn’t subscribe.

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