As part of its outreach program, the LJAA sponsors a lecture each month on subjects of interest to all types of artists. These lectures are free and open to the public at the LJAA Village Gallery in La Jolla.
All lectures are on the 3rd Wednesday of each month, and run from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Village Gallery is located at 7932 Ivanhoe Avenue, La Jolla just South of Prospect street.
August 16, 2006: Patricia Fischer: “Exhibition Venues and Pricing”
Patricia will be discussing all the possibilities of venues for showing your work and how these differ including a discussion about juried shows and curated shows. Patricia Frischer will cover the four main factors determining price and more refined pricing criteria which affect the decision of a collector in determining value.
Patricia Frischer is a change process specialist with broad expertise ranging from administrator and educator for high level creative studies to commercial business director. Plan to join your fellow artists and learn how this independently successful artist, lecturer and author and help you become knowledgeable about pricing your art work and a whole lot more.
September 20, 2006: TBA: "TBA"
June 21, 2006: Rodger Heglar: "Our Early Plein Air Painters"
Rodger Heglar, B.A., M.A. University of Washington, Ph.D.University of Michigan and a career as a university professor. He has a lifelong interest in Old Masters. His artwork can be found in many juried exhibitions throughout San Diego and he is a member of the L.J.A.A., the Plein Air Painters of S.D., San Diego Artists' Guild, among other organizations. For more information about Rodger, contact the artist at rhljcal@gmail.com
July 19, 2006: Earl Storm: "Creativity Within"
May 10, 2006: Brenda Regier: "The Language of Photography"
Brenda Regier is world renown artist and juror for the LJAA Digital 2006 Show. In addition to discussing the visual language of photography, Brenda will also speak on digital artwork and the current juried exhibition.
April 19, 2006: Jan Phillips: "The Transformative Power of Art: How Your Creativity is Changing the World"
We are on the verge of a new era, an epochal shift from the Age of Information to an Age of Transformation. Each of us is a co-creator, a carrier of the new consciousness. The future is within us, like the oak in the acorn, and it is unfolding in the creation of our lives, our stories, and all our artistic expression. When we unleash our creative energies with bold and rebellious originality, we become tools of mass construction, weapons of light against the dark.”
January 18, 2006: Patricia Frischer: "How to Draw a Crowd - Publicizing Your Art Exhibition"
Patricia Frischer has been an art professor at California State College in Humboldt, head of the art department at an international school in Nottinghill Gate, London, director of a sales gallery in London, England and for three exhibitions spaces at Cal State Humboldt. She has written the book, "The Artist and the Art of Marketing" and has lecturer extensively on marketing for artists. As a dynamic part of the arts community in San Diego, Patricia was a board member for the Combined Organizations for the Visual Arts (COVA) and coordinator for the their Art Collectors Round Table and Open Studios events. She is now Coordinator of the San Diego Visual Arts Network www.SDVisualArts.net and gives lectures through www.ArtProCA.com. She also does art event servicing through www.ArtGirls.com with Joan Seifried and Ann Berchtold.
February 15, 2006: Jim Respess: "The Artist's Guide to Digital Imaging".
As time goes by, the artist needs to interact more and more with a computer or with someone with a computer. In this presentation, many examples of those interactions will be discussed and hopefully demystified. Included in the discussion will be: how to take digital (and non digital) photos of your artwork; how to prepare images for the web; how to prepare images for submission to shows; how to get giclée's prepared.
March 16, 2005: Justin Martin: "Exploring the Giclee Process".
Justin Martin is owner of The Printmaker.net, a family owned and operated business. Justin Martens, Owner and President, is an artist himself, with a versatile background in photography and graphic design. Justin is well known for his eye to detail and personalized one on one service when working with an artist. In his lecture, Justin will discuss how Giclee Process offers premium, affordable reproductions of fine artwork and photos and why Giclees have become one of the most popular forms of reproductive art in the art world today.
April 20, 2005: Jim Respess: "Digital Darkroom: Large Format Photographic Printing"
Jim Respess is the owner of Green Flash Photography.
May 18, 2005: Earl Storm: "Creativity Ignited".
Earl Storm is an educator and lecturer on "The Artist's Way."
June 15, 2005: Patricia Frischer: "Gallery Sitting: Golden Opportunity 101"
Patricia Frischer is Author, Artist and Coordinator of SDVAN .
September 14th, 2005: Scott Graham:
"Creating Black and White Digital Imagery"
Place: Watercolor Society Gallery, 2400 Kettner Blvd., San Diego.
Scott is a photographer creating abstract nude images in Black & White. His
focus is on elegance and simplicity, with exquisite detail. The images range from very
abstract to "personal portrait like" which have the goal of showing the models inner
spirit. He creates the images using medium or large format film and prints using large format Epson
printers.
Sample images and additional information are available on his website at www.sgraham.com.
August 17, 2005: Stephen C. Wagner: "Marry Your Art Dealer: Establishing Your Relationship with Art Galleries".
See bio for January lecture.
October 12, 2005: Lee Silber: "Organizing for Creative People".
Lee is an award winning author of eleven books, including “Organizing from the Right Side of the Brain”. He is a popular workshop leader, art school graduate, a graphic artist and founder of 5 companies. Lee has been featured in over 750 publications nationwide including USA Today, New York Times. He has also written many articles for Watercolor Magic’s Sketchbook magazine. See his web site at www.creativelee.com for more.
November 16, 2005: Stephen Wagner: “The Professional Artist and the Business of Art”
This very popular speaker and artist with the San Diego Art Institute’s Museum of the Living Artist, will educate us on being a professional artist and ways to succeed in the Business of Art. See the web site www.sandiego-art.org for more information.
December 21, 2005: Stephen Burns: "Advance Digital Artistry".
Stephen Burns is an author, lecturer and educator.
December 21, 2005: Stephen Burns: "Advance Digital Artistry".
Stephen Burns is an author, lecturer and educator.