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Announcements: November 9, 2009

kbean — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:19:59 +0000

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

newbyart — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:14:17 +0000

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!

Summer heat and melted beeswax,

Shannon, Kathryn and Melissa

The Buzz #9: Linda Cordner

newbyart — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:51:02 +0000

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!

newbyart — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:29:19 +0000

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

newbyart — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:03:24 +0000

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

newbyart — Mon, 25 May 2009 20:00:40 +0000

One by Kari796

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1) Team requirements are listed below. If you haven’t already made the necessary adjustments, please begin to do so. The requirements will be “enforced” starting June 15th. From then on, there will be active and passive members. Only active members will have their information posted on the team website and will continue to get these weekly newsletters. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to reply to this email with your thoughts! :)

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

newbyart — Mon, 18 May 2009 21:22:12 +0000

Road Rage Theraphy by Haley Nagy

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1) Team newsletter was sent out last week. In it, were details on the new team member requirements. If you didn’t get a copy, please let us know ASAP! Contact Shannon (writeshans [at] gmail [dot] com). Requirements should be reviewed and taken effect immediately. We will begin distinguishing between active and passive members, starting June 17th. If you wish to remain an active member, please implement the team requirements ASAP! Thanks for everyone’s feedback and cooperation! :)

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

newbyart — Tue, 12 May 2009 03:56:41 +0000

Poppy Blu Reproduction Print by Colorworks

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1) Team newsletter is being sent out today. Please read through the entire newsletter carefully. New team requirement information is in there. The deadline to meet all new requirements: Wed, June 17th.

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

newbyart — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:05:03 +0000

Strength in Silence by Sonjaraven

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1) Our team meeting last week went well. We voted on some upcoming events and new team requirements. Notes from the meeting will be posted soon. Look for them later this week. Plenty of notice will be given before member requirements take effect. Thanks to those that participated and attended the meeting.

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)

4) This week’s new Etsy thread here.

Upcoming Team Meeting

newbyart — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:12:15 +0000

Our next team meeting will be Tuesday, April 28 at 9 pm EST*

Please mark your calendars and plan to join us in Etsy’s Virtual Labs to chat with the co-leaders and brainstorm about more fun things our team can be involved in. Reminder emails will be sent so that you don’t forget to make this important meeting… But mark your calendars now!

* the meeting will be held at 9 pm EST, which means if you are outside of that time zone, you’ll have to adjust accordingly. This was the best time we could find to accommodate as many people as possible.