Category Archives: Art

>Picking Up a Pencil

Posted on December 4, 2007 by jeanevogelart

>Do photographers need to know how to draw? Well, yeah! If they want to be artists they do. That was just part of the conversation last night among a few Women’s Caucus for Art board members. A watercolorist and a … Continue reading →

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>It’s a Play Date!

Posted on November 14, 2007 by jeanevogelart

>“It sounded like a play date in there!” That from a customer at Wombats last week during the first portrait session at the store. I’ve teamed up with Dana Colcleasure at her upscale, designer fashion resale shop on 10090 Manchester … Continue reading →

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>Endings & Beginnings

Posted on November 5, 2007 by jeanevogelart

>Yesterday ended my art fair season for 2007. I have to say this was a great year. Thank you to all my collectors! Each year I wrap up the season at an private indoor show in Webster Groves, MO. Potter … Continue reading →

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>A Civil Rights Protest — at an Art Fair!

Posted on October 31, 2007 by jeanevogelart

>Politics and art mix all the time at art fairs — but generally it’s about who knows the director and gets the best spot. Civil rights don’t come up very often, unless you’re honest enough to notice that they’re aren’t … Continue reading →

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>The Critique

Posted on October 23, 2007 by jeanevogelart

>Last month I finally got up the nerve to submit my work to a professional art fair juror for a critique. If you’ve been to art school or a serious art class, you’ve been through a crit. (No, the local … Continue reading →

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>Highland Art Fair & Aunt Florence, 1908-2007

Posted on October 15, 2007 by jeanevogelart

>I was watching CNN a few years ago when they ran a human interest story about a woman in Arizona who celebrated her 85th birthday by para-sailing. Oh my gawd! I called my mother. Guess what Aunt Florence is doing … Continue reading →

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>Next Generation

Posted on October 5, 2007 by jeanevogelart

>Next Generation is a photograph I created this spring in response to the Katrina Diaries, an exhibit sponsored and produced by the Women’s Caucus for Art, New Orleans Chapter. The WCA – St. Louis Chapter hosted the exhibit this summer, … Continue reading →

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>A Shelter of Peace

Posted on September 27, 2007 by jeanevogelart

>Sukkat Shalom, a Shelter of Peace, opens Saturday, Sept. 29 at Central Reform Congregation, 5020 Waterman, St. Louis, MO with an artists’ reception and gallery talk from 7-9 p.m. I am so thrilled with this exhibit. We’ve never had a … Continue reading →

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>Thank you, Geneva, IL!

Posted on July 31, 2007 by jeanevogelart

>Geneva Fine Art Show: 168 artists. 4 2-D Awards of Excellence (instead of Best of Show, 1st, 2nd & 3rd place), and a nice little check. Wow! The prize patrol cart stopped in front of my booth Saturday afternoon. Really? … Continue reading →

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>Open Studios Tour

Posted on July 24, 2007 by jeanevogelart

>I did something I’ve never done before: invited people into my studio while I was working. What a terrific experience! The occasion was the Contemporary Museum Open Studios tour. My studio was one of 40 or so open to the … Continue reading →

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