Announcements: November 9, 2009
Sail Boat on a Wavy Sea by Willav
Announcements:
Holiday Art Exchange!
Last year our team exchanged artwork “secret santa” style, and it was a hit! As the holidays approach, it’s time for us to get started on this year’s event. Each participating member will send and receive one encaustic piece as a surprise gift. Here are the guidelines:
- Email info@beeswaxteam.com with name and address by November 30.
- Create a 6″ x 6″ finished encaustic piece by December 10.
- In early December, you will receive the name/address of your “secret” artwork recipient.
- Mail artwork by December 10.
- Receive beautiful art.
- Take photo of yourself with beautiful art. Email photo and short writeup to info@beeswaxteam.com by January 10.
Once all submissions are received, we will post them to the website for everyone to enjoy. If you want to participate, email info@beeswaxteam.com by November 30!
Week of August 3
Beautiful by LVHDesigns
Announcements:
1. Marketing your art in a tough economy:
What networking and marketing tools do you use to promote your artwork? Flickr, Twitter, Facebook? How do you get your work out there and sold in a tough economy? Have you ever wondered if having a Ning account will help you at all? (or don’t have a clue what that is?)
If you have questions and thoughts for us on this topic, we want to hear from you! You can respond directly to this email, or join us in our team forum here. We’ll put together a series of helpful podcasts on building up a web presence / marketing tips based on what you said + things we have found to be helpful. Thanks and we look forward to hearing from you!
2. Object Challenge results:
Be on the lookout for a post soon about the BEE team’s summer Object Challenge results! Thanks again to all who participated!
The Buzz #9: Linda Cordner
Shannon and Kathryn interview Linda Cordner, at the 3rd annual Encaustic Conference! Click to play directly from the site, or download to listen. Images and weblinks will appear as we reference different things.
Linda talks about her involvement with New England Wax and the Luminous Landscape show exhibited at the conference. Apologies for the background noise – we were all sitting in the grass, enjoying the summer weather.
Click here if you’d like to subscribe to the The Buzz podcast on iTunes!
back in action!
Idyllic 50 by Carrie Goller
Annoucements:
1. Team requirements: Requirements have begun to be implemented. Thanks for everyone who has begun to participate! We understand that this team is not for everyone, so we appreciate all the farewells and well-wishes from those that are no longer part of the team. And just so you know, you can feel free to join (or cancel) at any time! For information on our team requirements, please see the About section of the team site.
2. About us: we’ve updated our About section on our team website. Included now is a list of FAQ’s and where to email your questions, ideas and concerns. If we have missed anything that may be of importance on the FAQ’s, please let us know. Thanks!
3. New Call for Encaustic Art: In the Resources section, you’ll find an additional call for encaustic art submissions. The gallery is located in Chicago, IL, called WomanMade Gallery. We hope you will find our list of current calls for submissions helpful as you continue to get your work out there!
4. Podcasts re-launched this week: Be on the lookout for our podcast series to start up again. For June and July, the podcasts will focus on the Montserrat Encaustic Conference that just took place. Lots of pictures, articles and interesting relevant information on encaustic painting and all things related to bees and wax!
5. Summer Object Challenge: is in full swing! For those of you that have signed up to participate, Kathryn has contacted you via email to give you the name and information of your partner. Be creative and send the objects ASAP so everyone has plenty of time to create! We’re looking forward to seeing everyone’s pieces when the challenge is finished! :)
6. One A Day project: If you are interested in doing the One-A-Day project alongside of Shannon and a few other BEE team members, please feel free to jump in. We are aiming to begin late June, but welcome anyone to join us as soon as possible! Email info@beeswaxteam.com (subject line: one a day project) for more information.
The Buzz #8: Sharon Kyle Kuhn of Austin’s Wax Team
Shannon Newby (BEE team co-leader) interviews Sharon Kyle Kuhn of Austin’s TexasWax team. Listen in to hear Sharon talk about the Texas encaustic networks and all that they’re up to!
Subscribe to The Buzz podcast on iTunes.
Week of May 25
- Team tag of “beeswaxteam” must be on all items that are encaustic, or have anything to do with beeswax in your etsy shop.
- Team blurb must be in shop announcement. Feel free to change the wording, but team website must be mentioned. “Proud member of the BEE team. For more about our team visit www.beeswaxteam.com or search for our team tag – beeswaxteam”
- Annual member fee of $10 must be paid. Each year, you’ll receive friendly reminders about the fee. For more information about the member fee, please see the Q & A’s.
- Sign up to participate in the team forum. To do this, go to the “forum” section of our team website and sign up for a username and password. This is a great feature for us to begin using to connect with each other. We highly recommend after you have signed up, to begin posting and replying to the threads!
2) New Podcast interview! A new podcast interview with Texas Wax leader, Sharon Kyle Kuhn will be launched at the end of this week! Look for the podcast and don’t forget to sign up on itunes for an encaustic podcast subscription!
3) Ad space! We are now working with a few individuals on designing their ad space for the team website. If you are interested in buying ad space, please click on the more info link above the available ads in the right margin of our team website. Our site gets A LOT of foot traffic. Make your art and wax crafts more visible to beeswax enthusiasts worldwide – all the while, supporting the BEE team!
4) The Montserrat Encaustic Conference is fast approaching! Any BEE members that will be attending, participating, wanting to hang out, etc – let’s start chatting! You can post your information on the forum section of our team website. The BEE team will be meeting on Sunday, during the 4-5 pm slot. Since both of us will be at the conference, we will not be posting or sending out a weekly newsletter June 8-14. This will give us time to compile our conference notes, pictures and implement the new team requirements. Thanks for your understanding!
Thanks and happy painting!
Shannon (newbyart) and Kathryn (kbean)
Week of May 18
Road Rage Theraphy by Haley Nagy
2) New Podcast interview! If you haven’t checked out the newest podcast with Daniellexo from Etsy’s headquarters, be sure to do so! Danielle shared lots of fun tips and gave all of the BEEs a big shout out! To find the podcasts, go to the Buzz section of our team website: www.beeswaxteam.com
3) The Montserrat Encaustic Conference is fast approaching! Any BEE members that will be attending, participating, wanting to hang out, etc – let’s start chatting! You can post your information on the forum section of our team website.
Week of May 11
Poppy Blu Reproduction Print by Colorworks
2) The Montserrat Encaustic Conference is fast approaching! Any BEE members that will be attending, participating, wanting to hang out, etc – let’s start chatting! You can post your information on the team’s forum page on our website: www.beeswaxteam.com
Week of May 4
Strength in Silence by Sonjaraven
2) We are looking for a treasurer! This is a very easy way to get involved with the BEE team. Help us stay organized and brainstorm ideas of how to use extra dollars for team promotion! If interested, please email Shannon with the subject line: Treasurer (email: writeshans [at] gmail [dot] com)
3) The Montserrat Encaustic Conference is fast approaching! Any BEE members that will be attending, participating, wanting to hang out, etc – let’s start chatting! You can post your information on the team’s forum page.
Upcoming Team Meeting
Our next team meeting will be Tuesday, April 28 at 9 pm EST*
