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I'm giving away 12 digital gifts for the 12 days leading up to Christmas!

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Please consider supporting artists this holiday season. 🙏

My art is now available on Samsung and iPhone cases.

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lord of the rings + pre-raphaelites (insp)

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Fun fact, it's a dang hard color to get the printers to print in my prints. 😭

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“The Irish government is offering a €325 weekly basic income trial for artists which will last for three years. As part of the trial 2,000 artists will be randomly selected from all of the applicants. The government definition of artists is broad and covers any creative or interpretative expression, including: visual arts, theatre, literature, music, dance, opera, film, circus and architecture.

The trial hopes to minimise the loss of skill and experience from the arts sector whilst also recognising the value that artists contributes to society. In addition, the trial is aiming to prove that a basic income enables artists to focus on projects without their projects being impacted from the stress of needing to look for work in other sectors to sustain them. Artists who receive the payment are also free to obtain additional work if they please without affecting the payment, however the payment is taxed so additional work may change their tax rate…

The policy was announced by Ireland’s Minster for the Arts Catherine Martin who is a member of Ireland’s Green Party. The Green party are one of three parties in a coalition government in Ireland. When launching the policy Martin said,

“I believe that this scheme is the start of a fundamental change in the way Ireland supports and recognises her artists and arts community.”

Martin went on to say,

“This pilot scheme represents a groundbreaking opportunity for us to explore how the role of the artist in Irish society can be protected and nurtured so we can continue to be inspired by great art for generations to come.”” -via The Good News Hub, 4/30/22

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Starting a new series showing what I do in my artist studio as I build my art and business into a full time career.

Oct. 31, 2022 I was in the clay studios at the art center teaching clay classes, preparing the kid's projects to go on the kiln, and doing some glazing and experiments on my own demo pieces.

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Organic Features and Textures Cloak Carol Long’s Sculptures in Natural Embellishments

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What a year this week has been.

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"Dream Keepers" by Stephanie Oplinger

Keep your dreams in a place that is secure, bountiful, and allowed to run a little bit wild.

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Somebody once engaged in a so intimate relationship with that stone that it seems to be more alive in its eternal stillness than are people in their well-known fading daily gestures.

Fragments of a photoset by Vasilisablue on t.

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‘Race and racism is a reality that so many of us grow up learning to just deal with. But if we ever hope to move past it, it can’t just be on people of color to deal with it. It’s up to all of us – Black, white, everyone – no matter how well-meaning we think we might be, to do the honest, uncomfortable work of rooting it out. It starts with self-examination and listening to those whose lives are different from our own. It ends with justice, compassion, and empathy that manifests in our lives and on our streets.’ — Michelle Obama

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please take a moment to really appreciate the argument of why "most cops don't live in the cities they oversee" needs to be addressed

full video here

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NATIVE AMERICANS ARE GOING MISSING

NATIVE AMERICANS ARE GOING MISSING

NATIVE AMERICANS ARE GOING MISSING

NATIVE AMERICANS ARE GOING MISSING

SIGNAL BOOST THE SHIT OUTTA THIS

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