 |
| Gail Watford and Vanda Edington at Works of Wyoming |
Showing posts with label Laramie events. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Laramie events. Show all posts
Friday, March 23, 2012
Monday, March 12, 2012
WOW’s top ten Shameless Self-Promotion Blog Posts
WOW's main goal is to help you develop your art into a professional business. Here is a list of 13 of WOW's self-promotion tips and secrets from previous blog posts. We hope this will prepare you for a special event that will be taking place on Saturday June 23...Why to Have a Facebook Business Page
Who to Follow on Facebook
Facebook Efficiency
Blogs
Why to Start a Blog
Tips for Better Blogs
Easiest Mistake to Avoid
Miscellaneous
DO's and DONT's for holiday Marketing and more Facebook Marketing Tips (not just relevant for the holidays)
To learn more about shameless self-promotion be sure to join WOW and a very special guest (we are going to make you wait to find out who). Be sure to follow our blog, call WOW at 307.742.6574, or visit us on Facebook to learn more about this special guest.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Croquis Update
 |
| Felicia Follum, Untitled Sketch WOW's Figure Show |
Student Art League's Croquis (life drawing) sessions are held Wednesday evenings from 7-9pm in the Visual Arts building room 250. The sessions are $5 for community members, $2 for UW students and $1 for Student Art League members.
If you would like more information, please contact Felicia Follum, SAL President, via Facebook or email WOW@uwyo.edu.
 |
| WOW Life Drawing Session |
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Salon des Refuses Opening
The Morning After
Student Art League’s 17th annual Salon des Refuses was a huge hit. There were three prizes awarded. Anne Luben’s “Welcome Home” received the SAL cash award, Tracy Wilcox’s “Flower Triptic” was given a Purchase Award by the UW library and Gary Schmitt was awarded a one year WOW membership for “Prize Buck.”
Keep a look out for more information about these three award winning works of art.There are many more strong pieces for sale in the Salon. Come support local artists and students through viewing and even purchasing a piece. See the entire album on the Facebook page.
The Works of Wyoming art gallery is located in the Laramie Plains Civic Center. Suite 271.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
17th Annual Salon des Refuse
The 17th annual Salon des Refuse will be hosted by the Student Art League of the University of Wyoming at the Works of Wyoming Art Gallery. The opening and awards ceremony will take place on the morning of January 28, the Saturday after the 37th annual Student Juried Show reception.
There will be cash awards for select artists as well as hot chocolate and pastries served from 10am-noon. The Salon will be up from the 28th of January until February 17 (10am-6pm). WOW is located in Suite 271 of the Laramie Plains Civic Center.
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Holiday Countdown: Online Sales Venues
 |
| Featured Work on ETSY. More about the piece. |
As you may know will are posting 25 days of holiday gifts for the holiday season, DIY ideas, decorations, and creative projects for you, your family, and friends. The projects will include upcyled, craft, art, and other projects from our artists, clients and some other excellent online resources.
I will start this series with an introduction to some great social media sites dedicated to selling your work. These four sites should be considered as a part of your online marketing plan. In fact many of the projects in the series of posts could be made in your free time and sold on these sites.
ETSY is a wonderful site to sell handmade work and vintage items. Artwork, crafts and craft supplies are all featured on the site. Several Wyoming artists have work on ETSY. It only cost 20 cents per item listed for three months on ETSY.
ArtFire is another online resource for selling and purchasing work. There is a $12 monthly fee for the pro account as well as a free option and a 30 day pro account free trial when you sign up.
FineArtAmerica is another great venue for selling art. There are many forums, contests, and groups you can join. Fine Art America is free. Fine Art America seems like a great way to meet other artists through their groups and forums.
WholesaleCrafts offers opportunities for our wholesale artist. This site accepts members based on their applications. They also offer opportunities to show in two wholesale craft fairs in the US.
All four of these sites work well for artists and crafters alike. My advice would be to see which fits your budget and time as well as your work. If you would like someone to sit down and research these and other options with you, don't hesitate to contact Works of Wyoming via email or call 307.742.6574.
What are some other online sales sites that you use? Post them below!
Friday, December 9, 2011
Holiday Countdown: Stay Warm
Here is a hot chocolate recipe I made for friends and family last year.
Make youself your very own scoodie (scoodie = scarf + hoodie) and arm warmers from an old sweatshirt.
This TreadBanger video will show you more.
Hat, Mittens, and Poncho from ThreadBanger
Another vide from ThreadBanger on how to create a shrug and skirt.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Holiday Countdown: Newspapers
19 days left until the holidays.
If you are looking for a fun and creative way to upcycle some of your old newspapers, here are some great crafty project ideas.
From my research about upcylcing old newspapers I have found three main ways to turn them into projects. The three ways I have found are rolling them into tubes, taking the tubes and making coils, and creating yarn. If you are less crafty and more practical, you could also consider creating planters.
Some projects you can make from newspaper coils include trash cans, bags, bowls and doormats.
In this tutorial you can see how to make newspaper yarn as well.
If you would like to lead or participate in a crafty workshop at WOW, please let us know what you are interested in and we will try our best to help you set something up. Feel free to email or Facebook us.
If you are looking for a fun and creative way to upcycle some of your old newspapers, here are some great crafty project ideas.
 |
| Handbags from uncommongoods.com |
Some projects you can make from newspaper coils include trash cans, bags, bowls and doormats.
In this tutorial you can see how to make newspaper yarn as well.
If you would like to lead or participate in a crafty workshop at WOW, please let us know what you are interested in and we will try our best to help you set something up. Feel free to email or Facebook us.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Holiday Countdown: DIY Beauty
Living in Laramie, Wyoming, it is always a challenge to keep your skin, hair and lips taken care of in the dry winters. I thought I could help by posting some DIY solutions, that I am sure will help you stay beautiful and keep healthy this winter. Some of these projects could be placed in re-sealable containers and given as gifts or sold in the annual Affordable Art for the Holidays sale (if you want to start planning your booth for next year). However I will start with one of the most important beauty tips out there. It is also significant in your artwork.
Lip Gloss
This site has a variety of lip gloss recipes. Flavors include chocolate, candy and cranberry.
Here is a great video tutorial for some great lip balms…These would probably go over well at the next Affordable Arts show.
Here is a ThreadBanger tutorial on YouTube
Video with another three recipies
Scar Removal
DIY Facial from the Secret Life of a Bio Nerd. Did you know that you can use lemon, cucumber juice and tea tree oil and mix it with non-scented lotion to help with breakouts? It also helps remove scars. Find out more in the video below.
Moisturizer
Below is a great tutorial for hair and skin moisturizers for those of us with dry, thick, or coarse hair and dry skin. Some other great tricks for keeping your hair healthy in the winter includes wearing a head scarf or protective styles. You can find a ton of videos about taking care of dry, coarse or curly hair on YouTube by searching terms such as "natural hair" and "protective hairstyles for winter."
What are your favorite beauty secrets for the winter? How has confidence played a role in your art business?
Confidence and Art Marketing
I know that this is not a traditional beauty tip but it will help people gravitate toward you and your artwork. If you are confident in yourself, others will notice. The same is true for your artwork. If you are confident in your work, others will be as well. Take care of yourself because your love yourself and take care in creating your work because you care about it. Confidence will help you and your art career in a variety of areas. From marketing, where you need to put yourself out there in the big world, to pricing work, where you need to keep prices that will support your business and stand confidently behind those prices. This winter season, be sure to make you and your art a priority. In addition to confidence taking care of your body is one way to radiate confidence and here are three more projects that can help.
Lip Gloss
This site has a variety of lip gloss recipes. Flavors include chocolate, candy and cranberry.
Here is a great video tutorial for some great lip balms…These would probably go over well at the next Affordable Arts show.
Here is a ThreadBanger tutorial on YouTube
Video with another three recipies
Scar Removal
DIY Facial from the Secret Life of a Bio Nerd. Did you know that you can use lemon, cucumber juice and tea tree oil and mix it with non-scented lotion to help with breakouts? It also helps remove scars. Find out more in the video below.
Moisturizer
Below is a great tutorial for hair and skin moisturizers for those of us with dry, thick, or coarse hair and dry skin. Some other great tricks for keeping your hair healthy in the winter includes wearing a head scarf or protective styles. You can find a ton of videos about taking care of dry, coarse or curly hair on YouTube by searching terms such as "natural hair" and "protective hairstyles for winter."
What are your favorite beauty secrets for the winter? How has confidence played a role in your art business?
Monday, December 5, 2011
Holiday Countdown: Snow Dyeing
Who here (in Wyoming) loves snow? For those of you who do, this project will be perfect and for those of you who are not big fans of the fluffy white stuff (known as the s-word in my house as a child), this project will show you the true beauty that snow can help you produce.
Bloom Bake and Create features this process on her blog. To learn more check out her two post series.
Snow Dyeing Part 1
Snow Dyeing Part 2
This is one project I have not a chance to try yet. Let me know how it works and post images of your projects. Any tips or tricks you learned? What is your favorite method to dye fabrics? And what do you do with the fabric once it has been dyed?
Bloom Bake and Create features this process on her blog. To learn more check out her two post series.Snow Dyeing Part 1
Snow Dyeing Part 2
This is one project I have not a chance to try yet. Let me know how it works and post images of your projects. Any tips or tricks you learned? What is your favorite method to dye fabrics? And what do you do with the fabric once it has been dyed?
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Holiday Countdowns: Plarn
Plarn, or plastic yarn, is a wonderful alternative to traditional yarn. It is simple to make, all you need to do is cut plastic bags into strips and connect them together. There are some wonderful tutorials on YouTube.
One of many plarn making tutorials.
You can use plarn for most knitting patterns. The main challenge is that the material does not stretch the same as yarn (or even T-shirt yarn). If you stretch the plarn while creating your project, it will probably rip. Here are some wonderful plarn project ideas.
Plarn Purse
Plarn water bottle carrier
Plarn shopping bag
Plarn bracelet
Like always, if you have questions be sure to contact WOW. We would love to chat more about this and other projects.
One of many plarn making tutorials.
You can use plarn for most knitting patterns. The main challenge is that the material does not stretch the same as yarn (or even T-shirt yarn). If you stretch the plarn while creating your project, it will probably rip. Here are some wonderful plarn project ideas.
Plarn Purse
Plarn water bottle carrier
Plarn shopping bag
Plarn bracelet
Like always, if you have questions be sure to contact WOW. We would love to chat more about this and other projects.
Friday, December 2, 2011
Holiday Countdown: Scarves
24 Days left....
Nothing beats the perfect scarf during Wyoming winters so I thought I would share some tutorials on how to make and tie scarfs for the second day of the Holiday Countdown.
This DIY T-shirt scarf tutorial is my favorite (and I have seen many and even created one myself). Some others I have made.
A scoody would be perfect for this holiday season. If you want to make me one, I will be at WOW.
A circle scarf...
Now that you have several scarves, lets look at some ways to jazz them up a bit. Here are 25 ways to tie a scarf in 5 minutes
Now that you know how to tie and make scarves, be sure to stop the gallery to buy and/or to sell some beautiful scarves. We currently have several t-shirt scarves as well as some knitted beauties. If you would like to attend an upcycled scarf making workshop, be sure to contact the gallery. Email us, find us on Facebook or call at 307.742.6574.
We are open from 1 - 5 Monday - Friday and 1 - 4 on Saturdays. Satuday December 3, we will open at 10 am. Be sure to stop by Suite 271 in the Laramie Plains Civic Center.
Nothing beats the perfect scarf during Wyoming winters so I thought I would share some tutorials on how to make and tie scarfs for the second day of the Holiday Countdown.
This DIY T-shirt scarf tutorial is my favorite (and I have seen many and even created one myself). Some others I have made.
A scoody would be perfect for this holiday season. If you want to make me one, I will be at WOW.
A circle scarf...
Now that you have several scarves, lets look at some ways to jazz them up a bit. Here are 25 ways to tie a scarf in 5 minutes
Now that you know how to tie and make scarves, be sure to stop the gallery to buy and/or to sell some beautiful scarves. We currently have several t-shirt scarves as well as some knitted beauties. If you would like to attend an upcycled scarf making workshop, be sure to contact the gallery. Email us, find us on Facebook or call at 307.742.6574.
We are open from 1 - 5 Monday - Friday and 1 - 4 on Saturdays. Satuday December 3, we will open at 10 am. Be sure to stop by Suite 271 in the Laramie Plains Civic Center.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Holiday Countdown: Our Tree
For the holiday season we will be posting 25 days of holiday gifts, DIY ideas, decorations, and creative projects for you, your family, and friends. The projects will include upcyled, craft, art, and other projects from our artists, clients and some other excellent online resources.
I figured I would get you started with a project that WOW has been working on for the past couple days. Gayle and our intern, along with our intern's family had a great time decorating the tree for the 18th Annual Festival of Trees and Silent Auction here in Laramie. The auction and lighting ceremony will be held tonight from 6 - 8 pm at the UW Art Museum. All proceeds will benefit the museum.
The tree titled Plains to Mountains was decorated using handmade holiday ornaments. The two recipes were cinnamon dough ornaments from MarhaStewart.com borax ornaments using pipe cleaners and sagebrush from Food.com.
I figured I would get you started with a project that WOW has been working on for the past couple days. Gayle and our intern, along with our intern's family had a great time decorating the tree for the 18th Annual Festival of Trees and Silent Auction here in Laramie. The auction and lighting ceremony will be held tonight from 6 - 8 pm at the UW Art Museum. All proceeds will benefit the museum.
The tree titled Plains to Mountains was decorated using handmade holiday ornaments. The two recipes were cinnamon dough ornaments from MarhaStewart.com borax ornaments using pipe cleaners and sagebrush from Food.com.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Affordable Art for the Holidays
WOW's annual Affordable Art show is a wonderful family shopping day activity. The open house will be the same time as the Civic Center Bazaar, Saturday, December 3 from 10am - 4pm. The show is a blast and there is a huge variety of work. This years show includes ceramics and glass work, upcycled projects, paintings, personalized drawings, scarves, jewelry, hats and dyed silk.The artists are all from Wyoming, so it is an excellent opportunity to support local artists.
Diana Kopalos
Dan Roberts Metal Art
Dona Fleming
Bianca Allemani
Cat Martin
Cathy Carr-Lundfelt
Kimberly Harris
Rosemary Bratton
Yekaterina Minaicheva
Pat Butera
Janice Bray
Robert Martinez
Crystal Lawrence
Bren Lieske
Ginny Madsen
Jon Madsen
Sandra Guzzo
Bill and Marsha Abbott
Marilee Manalo
Carlos Mellizo
Heather Storey
Joy Keown
Barry O'Riley
Jerry Glass
Felicia Follum
Alberto Alcantara
Lisa Edwards
As you can see there is a plethora of work and all of it is $100 or under. Links to our member's sites can be found in the sidebar. Be sure to stop by. We are open Monday - Friday from 1 - 5 and Saturdays in December from 1 - 4.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)