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Mirgrated to other Social Media
Hi All,
I'm so sorry if LJ is your favorite way to follow my exploits. If it's your only way, you might have thought I'd fallen off the planet.
Your best bet for keeping up to date with my shows, etc. is to sign up for my mailing list here. Or via my website www.rachelmello.com.
I also post events and updates to Mello Arts on Facebook, and ( Read more... ) -
Art Reception and Party; also, new gallery representation
I've been really happy to have my work in four shows in the past month or so. This one has been open since January and will be closing shortly. The reception, then, is a closing party. There will be catering, cash bars, and live music ( Read more... ) -
Upcoming Shows
I've been so busy I've forgotten to announce the up-coming shows I'm in! Here are the next three, listed in order of Opening Reception date. I hope to see at one or more of them.
All of this is also detailed on my website, www.rachelmello.com
The Green Line at the Nave Gallery 155 Powderhouse Blvd., Somerville, MA ( Read more... ) -
Somerville Open Studios VOLUNTEER CREW
Somerville Open Studios is coming in just about a month, and we're looking for help getting the word out. If you're a big fan of SOS, we could really use your enthusiasm, and if you've never been before, you're in for a treat.
I am looking to build a small volunteer force of art-lovers who will help distribute the Event Maps to the map-stands and ( Read more... ) -
Thanks, everyone!
Thanks to everyone who came by the reception at CCTV tonight. I appreciated all the support, and had a great time. It was great to see friends, and wonderful to meet new people.
If you didn't get by there tonight, that gallery is open to the public any time that the CCTV is open (you can check the hours on their website), and that the room is not ( Read more... ) -
Show and Reception
I have a small show of a works in the Cambridge Community Television "Drive-By-Gallery" hanging from now until March 27. The set-up of the gallery is such that you can see all the works from the street as you walk by, or you can come in and look closer if you want ( Read more... ) -
Upcoming Events
Hello all,
It's been a while since I've updated here. Sorry 'bout that.
I wanted to write now to alert y'all to a great event coming up in a couple weeks.
The 3rd Annual Art House Auction will be held on Thursday, September 28 6:30p - 9:00p, in Cambridge, MA. One of my pieces will be up for auction at this benefit to raise money for the ( Read more... ) -
Up Coming Shows
This weekend I got two pieces accepted into a juried gallery show, and received an "Honorable Mention" for one of them. The show is at the Lynn Arts Center (www.lynnarts.org), and the opening party/reception is this coming Saturday, the 24th, from 2pm to 4pm. I would be *very* psyched to see people I know there, (though if you were at Somerville ( Read more... ) -
Process Work
During open studios I had a lot of questions about how I go about cutting the boards that I use for my paintings ( Read more... ) -
The Art of Studying the Art of Selling Art
The funniest ('cause it's true) article I've read in a long time about the business of art, has got to be You Can't Sell Your Art Until You Learn How to Sell It, by Alan Bamberger found on artbusiness.com.
The author responds to a query purportedly received in email:
Q: I'm a visual artist networking and marketing my own work. I'm looking for ( Read more... )