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All the entries to ArtBistro Couture Challenge are in! It is time for you to vote for the winner. ArtBistro members have a very high caliber of work. Your fashion design portfolios were inventive, creative and put together with an artistic eye. Congratulations to all members who entered. We have narrowed down the entries to 15 finalists. Who deserves first, ...

1. Nike 2. Quaker 3. Michelin 4. World Wildlife Fund 5. Ferrari 6. Macintosh (1984) 7. United 8. AT&T 9. United Way 10. John Deere [widget:9_steps_guide_design_benifits] 11. Minolta 12. The Rolling Stones 13. Continental 14. Bell 15. Girl Scouts of America 16. Toyota 17. KFC 18. Laughing Cow 19. Pixar 20. The Artist Formerly Known as Prince Back to the quiz ...

ArtBistro asked several career designers: what should a designer never say? They gave us good advice and great responses that will help you move forward in your career. You may guess some of these right on. However, sometimes we forget these guidelines when we are in a bind. Well, here is your reminder! *#15 "I'm a jack of all trades."* *You ...

I took down some posts on ArtBistro about making art under the influence of illegal drugs. We can’t really allow that content on our 13 and up site. A few weeks later I was making some art and it sparked my thinking about making art and “highs”. What happened? Since becoming the Editor of ArtBistro it has been a challenge to ...

ArtBistro created the Name That Font quiz to test how much you know about fonts. We listened to your feedback and are providing the answers so you can learn from the quiz. h4. Don't cheat! If you haven't taken the Name That Font quiz yet, go take it first. See answers on the next page... [page] 1) Arial 2) Comic Sans ...

You can't be on ArtBistro for long to notice that ArtBistro members are crazy about quotes. A good quote can be as refreshing as a mint-iced tea. If you are feeling isolated, a good quote can snap you back into the human race like a good blues song. We have gathered some inspirational quotes for artists and designers. Read on to ...

Grants are a great boon to artists. They can help you reach your career goals. The money awarded from grants can support you while you work on a specific project. Do you have a great idea, but cannot afford to make your work? This is what grants are for. There are travel grants to enable you do research for you work. ...

You may have heard of Modest Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition," a piece of music that he composed about going to a gallery and seeing different paintings. The music changed according to what the paintings communicated to the composer. This composition has long been an inspiration of collaborative projects between visual artists and artists of other genres, one of which I ...

NEW YORK — It seems the only nudes allowed at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art are the ones in the collection. Police say they arrested a 26-year-old woman who was posing naked for a photographer, and in full view of visitors, in the museum's arms and armor department on Wednesday. Model Kathleen "K.C." Neill faces a charge of public ...

Today I came across an absolutely great color design that makes tons of money. Really? Yes, really. This report: internetretailer.com says proflower.com has the highest conversion rate of all e-commerce sites, a staggering 30%. In other words: one out of three visitors actually makes a purchase. Looking at the site I'm not surprised. The site is very, very well designed. All ...

The loud groan you just heard was L.A. artist Shepard Fairey looking at his latest lawyer bill. The artist behind the Obama "Hope" poster faced 10 new charges in Boston today related to felony vandalism, according to reports. An arraignment is set for Wednesday. The additional charges come just one day after a Boston Municipal Court clerk magistrate dismissed seven of ...

One of the most controversial measures of President Obama's stimulus package is his aid to the arts. "Singers, actors and dancers can stimulate audiences, but can they stimulate the economy? The authors of the current stimulus package seem to think so — they have included $50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts and $150 million for infrastructure repairs at ...

Just about every spring I’m reminded of the advice I got right as I was getting ready to graduate from college. I had grad school laid out in front of me, but I saw it as not much more than the two-year diversion it really was, so I eagerly asked all the teachers that I liked and respected what they thought ...

For the majority of the last 100 years artists have sold work through commercial galleries. This is the most desirable way for artists to make a living. What should you expect or not expect from gallery representation? These are important questions to ask yourself. Your answers together with this article will give you reasonable expectations for gallery representation. Commercial galleries usually ...

More artists are selling their work online. Have you ever thought of just making some art that people might like to buy (the kind you mother wishes you would make) and sell it on Ebay? Who knows it could be a lucrative second career! Or perhaps you just love to photograph or paint anything and everything and you are are talented. ...

Matthew Day is a documentary photographer with a passion for the photo essay and was first published by a major newspaper in 1996 when The Chicago Tribune published his images of Spanish Civil War Veterans. Mr. Day's experience using photography to convey a message and educate includes training with photojournalists from The National Geographic and work on several national advertising campaigns ...

Right now there seems to be a clear first place winner, but second and third place are still in a dead heat. If you have not voted yet, vote now! There are 12 amazing semi-finalists' T-shirt designs to vote on. And the 17th of April is the last day. Thank you to all those who submitted designs and congratulations to the ...

We hate to admit it, because we personally feel that what you wear shouldn't matter. In a perfect world, a person would be judged at their workplace based solely on the caliber of their work. Unfortunately, that's not how the world works. How you choose to dress each morning *reflects how you feel about your job* – that you take your ...

You may wonder what non-profit galleries are or why you might want to show your work in one. Let ArtBistro guide you through all you need to know about non-profit galleries; and then take the ArtBistro tour of some of the top non-profits around the country! Non-profit galleries typically show the work of younger lesser know artists, with sometimes edgier or ...

Did you know that Jeff Koons, John Currin, and Damien Hirst all collect Old Masters? All signs from the floundering fall and winter auctions (with the exception of the blockbuster one-off YSL sale) indicated that collectors are abandoning the overhyped contemporary market and returning to Old Masters and other traditional areas of collecting. At this year’s Tefaf Maastricht, the world’s biggest ...