FREE ART LECTURE BY RICK BERRY2012-02-01
Artist Rick Berry has been invited as an Eccles Visiting Scholar by the University of Southern Utah, and he will be giving a free lecture this Thursday...
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THANK YOU2012-01-28
The postman and package delivery drivers have been giving us stern looks over the past month...
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LITTLE TIDBITS2012-01-14
Boy howdy have we been busy! Here are a few things that happened to catch our attention in the past week...
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ART DIRECTORS NEED LOVE, TOO!2012-01-06
We've been presenting the Spectrum Awards to artists for a number of years, and until now we've never done anything consistently to acknowledge the art directors...
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UH-OH!2012-01-02
The deadline for Spectrum 19 entries is this month!
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SO LONG, 2011... HELLO 2012!2012-01-01
Best wishes to everyone in the new year, and a video message from Arnie & Cathy Fenner -- the directors of Spectrum...
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END OF YEAR TREATS!2011-12-28
John Fleskes, head-honcho of the impeccable Flesk Publications, reports that he has two new books racing just in under the 2011 Wire, and they're both winners...
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YARD ART2011-12-21
Every so often we run across a website that features crazy, over-sized constructions of one sort or another...
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DINOTOPIA MUSEUM SHOW2011-12-19
James Gurney will be proving that dinosaurs still rule the Earth with a new exhibition at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum next year...
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WHOLE GROVE2011-12-17
Gregory Manchess gave us a heads-up about a brand-spanking-new book devoted to master illustrator David Grove...
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LAST MINUTE GIFT IDEAS2011-12-13
Still trying to find that last-minute gift for that special someone? Here are a few ideas that might help you out in that department...
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DARRELL K. SWEET (1934-2011)2011-12-10
Earlier this week Tor's art director, Irene Gallo reported the death of noted F&SF cover artist Darrell K. Sweet...
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MEA CULPA2011-12-08
We HATE it when this happens, but we screwed up and credited artwork in Spectrum 18 to the wrong artist...
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IMC SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT!2011-12-05
With around a hundred worthy applicants to review, it was incredibly difficult making a decision as to who would receive the scholarship to 2012's Illustration Master Class...
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A BIG THANK YOU!2011-12-05
When we were again cast adrift by the folks contracted to cast the Spectrum Awards, who stepped up to the plate and saved our bacon?
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ANNOUNCING ARTIST AS BRAND AT SPECTRUM LIVE!2011-12-01
During the week leading up to Spectrum Fantastic Art Live!, illustrator, film designer, and educator Greg Spalenka will be conducting his Artist As Brand Workshop...
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SATURDAY SHOPPING HANGOVER2011-11-26
Black Friday is over and done with, so now we're sprinting headlong into Cyber Monday (if that's even still a thing)...
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THE BLACKEST OF FRIDAYS2011-11-21
Put on your game faces and lace up your protective gear – the holiday shopping season is now upon us...
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MALIBU CHEESECAKE @ LA LUZ DE JESUS GALLERY2011-11-17
The La Luz de Jesus Gallery in Los Angeles celebrates the release of a new book collecting the pin-up art of Olivia De Berardinis...
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IMC SCHOLARSHIP REMINDER2011-11-14
Before Turkey Day is upon us, we wanted to drop a reminder that the deadline for the Illustration Master Class scholarship is December 1st...
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IRON GREG SPALENKA AUCTION2011-11-10
Master Artist Greg Spalenka has announced a very special auction of the only jounalistic art project of boxing champion Mike Tyson in existence...
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LEE MOYER'S LITERARY PIN-UPS2011-11-03
Sometimes you come across an idea so great and inspired that it can be frustrating when the project languishes as a concept, and that was definitely the case with Lee Moyer's Literary Pin-Ups...
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SPECTRUM 19 IS O-P-E-N!2011-10-31
With the arrival of Spectrum 18 just a few weeks away, it's time to gear up for #19!
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IMC SCHOLARSHIP2011-10-24
Earlier this year we mentioned on the Muddy Colors blog that we were planning on giving a scholarship to the Illustration Master Class at the University of Amherst, and that time is now here...
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SNEAK PEEK AND AN ANNOUNCEMENT2011-10-17
We are pleased to announce that advance registration for Spectrum Fantastic Art Live! is... well... LIVE! and we have a sneak inside the pages of Spectrum 18!
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REEELLY BIG SHOOOO(S)2011-10-07
Oh, you lucky East and West Coasters...
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STEVE JOBS (1955-2011)2011-10-06
It is with great sadness that we mourn the passing of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs – a man whose products changed the methods artists use to create, and changed the way the public consumes those creations...
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#182011-10-03
Oh, just because we haven't been talking about it, doesn't mean we haven't been spending a lot of time on Spectrum 18...
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SPECTRUM STORE AND OTHER INFOBITS2011-09-26
The Spectrum online store is live once again with listings for some very limited items -- also, updates on Spectrum Fantastic Art Live! and the Spectrum 19 Call For Entries...
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REBUS!2011-09-19
The delivery gods smiled upon us this past week and dropped off this impressive 250-page tome from Chronicle Books collecting the work of artist James Jean...
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