artscope magazine: March/April 2010 Welcome Statement: Brian Goslow, managing editor Letters to the Editor roundtable - Three Professionals. One Question. cornered: a conversation with an art exhibition attendee artscope featured artist - MICHAEL ZELEHOSKI: FRESH VISION GATHERING MOMENTS - The Digital Compositions of Julie Blackmon FOUR YEARS LATER: WHERE ARE THEY NOW? A DENSE WEB - THE 2010 DECORDOVA BIENNIAL AD 20/21 Art & Design of the 20th and 21st Centuries & The Boston Print Fair Extraordinary: Puppetry, Storytelling & Spirit APRONS: FIFTIES FUNctional FASHION SATING THE VORACIOUS EYE - Elizabeth Ann Harty: Paintings and Prints THAYER STREET - A DESTINATION OR AN ATTITUDE? MAYBE BOTH. From Swain To Today - The Inaugural New Bedford Invitational FROM ELEGANCE TO EXCESS: "2010 Still Life Exhibition" NOT YOUR HIPSTER VINTAGE - Vintage Watercolors by Rhode Island Artists CAUGHT UP IN THE LIGHT MATRIX 158 - The work of Kitty Kraus DRAWN TO IT: THE ART OF DRAWING HERE AND THERE: Judith Allen-Efstathiou Education - ON A MISSION: River Gallery School Benefit Auction theater - AN ODD SORT OF DEMOCRACY: PLAYERS' RING THEATER, PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE wanderlust - BURLINGTON, VERMONT: A FEAST FOR THE GASTRONOMICALLY-MINDED ART LOVER community - A PATHWAY TO REVITALIZATION industry focus - HOW TO BE GALLERY DESIRABLE Capsule Previews

roundtable - Three Professionals. One Question. Brian Goslow Do you use social media (facebook, twitter, etc.) to promote your exhibitions and have you benefited from these efforts and how? Jean Barton:We only recently created a facebook page. We were thrilled to see how fast fans signed up and expect that when we announce our new FB page in our next e-newsletter, we will have many more. We had delayed creating a facebook page simply because with all our events, promotions and continuously bringing in new artists and products, there was always a higher priority. But, lately, social networking has been such a huge buzz, we knew it was time. We’re looking forward to seeing how it affects our business and using it as a marketing and networking tool. (Celebrations Gallery, Pomfret Center, Connecticut) Nahid Khaki:Being on facebook and twitter is mainly about exposure. By promoting our exhibitions and artists on facebook and twitter, we expose the work for the Internet world to see. As artists, we need an audience to see our work. The work has its own destiny out there in the world; it is our job to expose it regardless of material benefits. Sometimes our only rewards are comments people make or friends and followers we find. (Khaki Gallery, Boston) Michael Montanaro:When used effectively, social media can be an amazing economic resource for marketing, education and public relations. We have utilized numerous social networks since opening Montanaro Gallery, and have benefited from an increase in web presence, larger reception attendance and a boost in online sales. Currently we are working on a video documentary series featuring interviews of our artists, as well as time-lapses of them painting, for YouTube and other social networks. (Montanaro Gallery, Portsmouth, Rhode Island) Have a question you would like answered by three New England art professionals or enthusiasts in the next roundtable? Send it to: roundtable@artscopemagazine.com Read the entire article in our magazine pages...