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  Artists and related workers
Artists’ works may be realistic, stylized, or abstract and may depict objects, people, nature, or events.
Employment of artists and related workers is expected to grow about as fast as average for all occupations through the year 2014.
Competition among artists for the privilege of being shown in galleries is expected to remain acute, and grants from sponsors such as private foundations, State and local arts councils, and the National Endowment for the Arts should remain competitive.
www.bls.gov /oco/ocos092.htm   (2792 words)

  
 HIRSHHORN::Visual Music:: June 23 to Sept 11   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
In the early 1900s, visual artists working in cities from Los Angeles to Moscow began conceiving an art to express the energy and complexity of the new century.
For many pioneering artists and others who expanded on their explorations, music offered a model to which visual art might aspire: a pure and abstract form that pushes beyond perceivable reality and suggests limitless space and time.
Visual Music traces an alternative history of the abstract art of the past century, featuring artists connected by their explorations of ideas related to synaesthesia—primarily, a unity of the senses and, by extension, a synthesis of the arts.
www.hirshhorn.si.edu /visualmusic   (440 words)

  
 Visual Artists
Visual artists’ works may be realistic, stylized, or abstract and may depict objects, people, nature, or events.
Self-employed visual artists either are graphic designers who freelance, offering their services to advertising agencies, publishing houses, and other businesses, or fine artists who earn income when they sell a painting or other work of art.
Employment of visual artists is expected to grow faster than the average for all occupations through the year 2008.
www.umsl.edu /services/govdocs/ooh20002001/96.htm   (2680 words)

  
 Visual Artists
Visual artists generally fall into one of two categories—graphic artists or graphic designers, and fine artists—depending not so much on the medium, but on the artist's purpose in creating a work of art.
Artists may be responsible for the overall layout and design of magazines, newspapers, journals, and other publications, and may create graphics for television and computer-generated media.
Employment of visual artists is expected to grow faster than the average for all occupations through the year 2006.
www.umsl.edu /services/govdocs/ooh9899/41.htm   (2392 words)

  
 Visual Artists
Visual artists use a variety of methods and materials to communicate ideas, thoughts, and feelings, including computers, oils, watercolors, acrylics, pastels, magic markers, pencils, pen and ink, silkscreen, plaster, clay, or any of a number of other media, such as photographs and sound.
Visual artists generally fall into one of two categories-"graphic artists'' and "fine artists''-depending not so much on the medium, but on the artist's purpose in creating a work of art.
Employment of visual artists is expected to grow faster than the average for all occupations through the year 2005.
www2.jobtrak.com /help_manuals/outlook/ocos092.html   (2194 words)

  
 Artists Painting Visual Arts Shopping
Both artists are lionised largely by two series of works which in some ways defined their understanding of Australian identity.
IPAPA is an organization of Indiana artists dedicated to outdoor landscape painting and furthering Indiana art and artists.
Both artists agreed that a balanced and detailed understanding of the light that graces the Lowcountry is essential to making a painting "pop" with color and...
www.iaswww.com /ODP/Shopping/Visual_Arts/Painting/Artists   (2219 words)

  
 Visual Artists
A majority of visual artists are considered "self-employed" in regards to filing their taxes.
The artist usually files a "Schedule C" as part of their regular 1040 income tax form, which is where you report your art income and expenses.
The first hurdle visual artists often have is the question regarding whether their "art" is indeed a business for tax purposes.
www.artstaxinfo.com /artists.shtml   (2371 words)

  
 Visual AIDS Boston
Visual AIDS New England established in 1989 by area arts administrators, was primarily doing press relations for New England arts organizations around World AIDS Day programing, but was not working directly with the HIV/AIDS community and was not providing needed services for artists with HIV/AIDS.
Among the new questions raised are the issues of burn-out, bereavement overload, and the deaths of artists/ activists who have left a void that has yet to be filled with new leadership.
In 1996 VAB worked with Visual AIDS /The Archive Project (NYC) to ensure that Massachusetts artists from the HIV/AIDS community were represented in the largest national show of art work from the HIV community exhibited at the Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts in Feb-March 96.
www.artistsfoundation.org /art_pages/programs/programs_vab.htm   (1099 words)

  
 visual aid - FAQ   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Visual Aid is a nonprofit organization founded in 1989 by a group of San Francisco artists, collectors, and art dealers to help preserve, present, and promote the work of Bay Area professional artists from diverse backgrounds living with life-threatening illnesses.
Our programs were created for professional visual artists residing in the nine-county Bay Area, living with Aids, Breast Cancer, and other life-threatening illnesses.
These artists are confronted with the difficult decision of choosing between maintaining their health or art careers.
www.visualaid.org /faq.html   (269 words)

  
 Visual Sound - Artists
Visual Sound salutes the tenacity and determination of the Arctic Monkeys and is proud to be a part of their unique sound and incredible achievements.
Visual Sound is proud to be associated with this inspirational group.
Visual Sound is proud to be a part of the creative genius of Chris Rodriguez.
www.visualsound.net /artist.htm   (4307 words)

  
 Opportunities for Visual Artists
Artists and craftspeople, part-time or full time, with professional experience, may apply for grants in amounts up to $500.
Their purpose is to fund individual artists whose work holds the potential to significantly impact arts and culture at the local, national or international level.
Visual Artist Information Hotline (1-800-232-2789), a toll-free information service for visual artists, provides information in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands.
www.wvculture.org /arts/visualops.html   (1855 words)

  
 VARA -- CAA Committee on Intellectual Property -- VARA (Visual Artists Rights Act)
Damage to the original object is prejudicial to an artist's ability to exploit the object for his enhanced honor and reputation, in a way that is not true for an author of a literary work or musical composition.
To prevent or to recover damages for the intentional distortion, mutilation, or modification of a work that would be prejudicial to the artist’s honor or reputation; and to prevent or recover damages for the intentional or grossly negligent destruction of a work if it can be shown to be of recognized stature.
Artists in the U.S. need to be aware not only of VARA, but also must be alert to state laws that may affect the fate of their work.
www.studiolo.org /CIP/VARA/CIP-VARA.htm   (3961 words)

  
 Visual Artists Rights Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The act was the first to legislate moral rights of attribution and integrity for visual art works.
Under the act, artists can claim or disclaim authorship of displayed works, prevent distortion, mutilation, or modification and were granted some rights to prevent destruction of works incorporated into an architectural structure.
In a 2006 decision involving public sculptures that were removed from the park for which they were created, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled that VARA does not protect location as a component of site-specific work.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Visual_Artists_Rights_Act   (296 words)

  
 African Americans in the Visual Arts: A Historical Perspective
Although many of the African-American visual artists stayed away from Afrocentric themes in their creations, the seeds were transplanted and later developed among these artists.
Isaac Scott Hathaway, sculptor and career visual artist, was one of three children born to the Reverend and Mrs.
He started his career in the field of visual arts by developing a finely tuned listening ear which later helped him to focus in with a perceptive eye on what the importance of African and African-American art should be in the world of art from a historical context.
www.liu.edu /cwis/cwp/library/aavaahp.htm   (12892 words)

  
 WetFeet.com >
These things were all created by visual artists, who make art that audiences can see: paintings, drawings, prints, engravings, glasswork, video and film, photographs, Flash animations—even that wacky gallery installation you saw that featured a ladder to the ceiling where a small piece of paper reading "Yes" was mounted.
The visual artist transforms raw materials—different colors of paint, for instance, or unused film, or a giant block of marble—into works of art: things meant to be beautiful, to inspire, or to provoke.
The starving artist is one of the oldest clichés for good reason: Even if you have talent, technical training, time, and tenacity, it's quite possible that you'll never really earn a living from your work as a visual artist.
www.wetfeet.com /asp/careerprofiles_overview.asp?careerpk=43   (328 words)

  
 Visual Bliss
The VJ, or visual artist, is the silent hero who creates these visuals and mixes them on the fly.
With few software and hardware applications designed specifically for the VJ, often, the visual artist must create the templates upon which his or her art is shown, using proprietary-software hacking or an intranet hardware setup.
Visuals are projected in either film or video and defined by the number of frames per second (fps).
remixmag.com /artists/remix_visual_bliss/index.html   (2241 words)

  
 The Visual Artists Rights Act   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The rights above mean that the artist has the right to be known as the author of the work and that his or her name cannot be used as the author of any work he or she did not create.
The above right allows the artist to have his or her name removed from a work he or she created in the event that the work is distorted or otherwise changed as indicated when the process of doing so would be harmful to the artist’s honor and reputation.
Further, the rights granted to artists cannot be transferred to another party since they are granted only to the artist and the transfer of title to the actual work of visual art does not operate as a transfer or waiver of any of these rights unless there is an express, written waiver by the artist.
www.ivanhoffman.com /vara.html   (964 words)

  
 Artist Visual Network
This site is made for artists to interact, enlighten and expose their work for all to see.
The visuals are brought to life with pastels, ink, colored pencils, charcoal, etc. The aural features acoustic and ambient soundscapes.
I created a visual language that was unique to myself and the imagery i produced was met with a very positive response, dramatically changing not only methodology, but my life also.
d.webring.com /hub?ring=visualnet   (1713 words)

  
 Visual Arts
Artist must be skilled in watercolor or acrylic painting; have experience with persons with Alzheimer’s disease or other related disorders; have two years of college or equivalent life experience and be able to sing or carry a tune.
The Arts Council of Oklahoma City is developing an exciting roster of performing and visual artists who will share their talents in dynamic urban settings.
Artists from around the world are invited to submit finely crafted, visually compelling, and thought provoking original art.
www.state.ok.us /~arts/artists/artistopps/visual.html   (1506 words)

  
 Visual Artists Rights Act
The authors of a joint work of visual art are coowners of the rights conferred by subsection (a) in that work.
"(2) The modification of a work of visual art which is the result of conservation, or of the public presentation, including lighting and placement, of the work is not a destruction, distortion, mutilation, or other modification described in subsection (a)(3) unless the modification is caused by gross negligence.
Transfer of ownership of any copy of a work of visual art, or of a copyright or any exclusive right under a copyright, shall not constitute a waiver of the rights conferred by subsection (a).
www.law.uconn.edu /homes/swilf/ip/statutes/vara.htm   (1946 words)

  
 Visual Artists Ireland (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Visual Artists Ireland is an all Ireland body for professional visual artists.
Visual Artists Ireland is core funded by the Arts Council /An Chomhairle Ealaíon and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.
Visual Artists Ireland is the trading name of the Sculptors’ Society of Ireland Ltd.
www.visualartists.ie.cob-web.org:8888   (156 words)

  
 Finding Visual Artists
Visual artist working on photorealistic paintings based on snapshot photography.
Artists may wish to contact me if they feel their descriptions are inaccurate.
If you are a Visual Artist with a website, you might like to be added to this list.
www.artists.u-net.com   (689 words)

  
 Romani (Gypsy) visual artists
The International Group of Romani Visual Artists – “G” – is a union of Romani artists with two main goals: to provide a channel for communication and cooperation among Romani visual artists all over the world, and to promote and make available to a wider audience worldwide visual art works by Romani artists.
Members of the International Group of Romani Visual Artists seek to reflect through their art the real and varied identity and values of the Romani people.
Through the establishment of the International Group of Romani Visual Artists we hope to develop and improve Romani visual arts and to find a unique place for Romani visual art alongside the arts of other countries.
www.galbeno.co.yu /g   (326 words)

  
 Visual Artists - Original paintings and drawings UK
Welcome to Visual Artists, this site features a collection of original artwork from a small group of UK artists.
If you wish to contact any of the artists in question for commissions or other creative work, email addresses can be provided.
All material contained herein is the expressed Copyright © 2004 of VisualArtists.co.uk and may not be used in anyway without the full consent of the artist in question.
www.visualartists.co.uk   (89 words)

  
 THE ART LIST - Art Contests and Opportunities for Visual Artists and Photographers (via CobWeb/3.1 ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
It is an excellent resource for visual artists and photographers looking for income opportunities or to gain exposure for their work.
The artwork theme should be the artist’s interpretation or rendition of Hispanic life and heritage in the Atlanta area.
Phase Three: the top three Phase Two artists’ works will be judged again against other Phase Three entries for possible inclusion of their work(s) into the upcoming novel with the total purchase price of an additional $1000.00 for all rights of the final two awarded works—($500.00 if only one work is chosen).
www.theartlist.com.cob-web.org:8888   (3222 words)

  
 Gamasutra - Galleries - Visual Artists: Stephan Martiniere
He knew very early on that he wanted to be an artist.
I am very fond of the American illustrators from 1930 to 1960, the art deco period, and the orientalist period in particular.
I've always liked the quality of the visuals in Riven and Myst III: Exile, so when the opportunity to become the visual art director at Cyan presented itself, I just couldn't refuse.
www.gamasutra.com /galleries/visual_art/stephan_martiniere/index.htm   (374 words)

  
 .:The Visual Artists Webring:.
Moffat's recent move to South Korea marks him as an international artist with an interest in the brewing politics happening along the DMZ (the de-militiarized zone) between North and South Korea.
She has created her own "stylized visual language" and works towards creating "a visually beautiful, sensual, and emotion, euphoric experience".
She isn't considered to be one of the ten best artists of the 20th century for nothing.
x.webring.com /hub?ring=1visualartists   (2081 words)

  
 Visual Artists in Snohomish County
Artists wanted in the visual, performing and literary arts.
To build a reputation for the arts in Snohomish County, we need artists to add their names to the website.
Artists wanted…lots of artists wanted—This website is a window to the arts and we need artists.
www.snohomishcountyarts.org /pages_visual/artists_visual.html   (192 words)

  
 Visual Artists' Registry - Maryland State Arts Council
Catalogs artists of diverse media including craft, design, drawing and works on paper, mixed media, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, digital media, new genres, and video.
Resume, artist's statement and 6 images of the works of those artists who gave permission for on-line publication.
Artist can join the registry and upload images via the Internet.
www.msac.org /registry   (185 words)

  
 Welcome to the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition
Organized in 1988, OVAC is a nonprofit organization that supports visual artists working in Oklahoma.
Chris Ramsay is a metal and mixed media artist emphasizing the preservation of natural areas...
Artists from around the world will converge in Oklahoma City for the 2nd annual symposium...
www.ovac-ok.org   (131 words)

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