The Search For Shomakoh Identity Begins...

Nationalism emphasizes collective identity - a 'people' must be autonomous, united, and express a single national culture.However, some nationalists stress individualism as an important part of their own national identity.National flags, national anthems, and other symbols of national identity are often considered sacred, as if they were religious rather than political symbols. Deep emotions are aroused. Gellner and Breuilly, in Nations and Nationalism, contrast nationalism and patriotism. "If the nobler word 'patriotism' then replaced 'civic/Western nationalism', nationalism as a phenomenon had ceas

Some Proposals

So I have some ideas for Shomakoh.

Realisitic Ones that are going to happen

-Camping Trip
-Yart Sale (yard art sale) sometime in early july?

Maybe
-Tattoos, I know Allie is down

Something for for the future
-Zine/Promo or something, with all of our art bio/contact to send out as promo to people? We can all pitch in for a nice print and then get offset because it will be in bulk! Maybe?

-Sleepover Europe edition, keep it in mind...

Thats all I got for now.
-Danielle

More places to submit/promote

Artsprojekt is sort of like Society6 meets Etsy, maybe? You can promote work, while also setting up a shop which you can put any image on shirts/hoodies/prints/skateboard decks/etc etc etc. Each item has a base price for which they produce it and then you set the markup for how much you get in return. You have to submit images to get approved, and they do hold shows and stuff.

Roguemonkworkshop Sort of like Threadless, but they also sell designs to retail outlets. If a design makes it through in voting, then the designer gets 10% of the wholesale price of each item sold.

Anyway, no idea if anyone's interested, but thought I'd pass along the word.

And since it has nothing to do with anything, here's a picture of a Corgi.

metaphysics and existensial art pondering

i love butdoesitfloat.com

Tricks!

Hey friends!
Bob Dob sent me Here to learn more about oil painting mediums, they have a neato little generator thingie that tells you what to mix for the medium you desire.Witchcraft! Dunno if anyone else is working with oils, but, just in case!

learning! growing!

hello my lovelies!
The art director at Wizards of the Coast, Jon Schindehette, recently did a blog post about how to transition from a student portfolio to a professional one. Tons of good information relevant to any field, everyone should read this. like now.
Art Order: What I Look For in a Portfolio

love!
allie

Some destinations are moving away while others are approaching

It's Tuesday, and I feel like I've fallen out on to a warm pile. Thank you Cheif Shomakoh for a space to sprawl out. I'm already contemplating creative spaces. Anyone wanna share some studio space in China Town? I have some friends who have already done it, they got nice spot for 6 people at $200 a head. Sheeiiiiiit.

for now, this will have to do: