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“Honest criticism
is hard to take,
particularly from
a relative, a friend,
an acquaintance
or a stranger.”
Dallas Arts Revue does not sell art or find galleries or jobs for artists.
No one here gets paid, so don't ask for a job.
We won't do your research or find a place to show or sell your art. That's your job.
We provide information. You do your own due dilligence.
Current DallasArtsRevue Supporting Members are the only artists we keep up with.
We do not keep up with artists mentioned on these pages. If the story mentions a gallery or art space, contact them instead.
If you lose an artist, go to the Lost Artists page.
My standard reply about the value of any art is that it is determined by what you can get for it. There is no instrinsic financial value of art objects, gold (the price changes every day) or pressed latinum.
PM Summer, of 500X in the early 1980s
Send your information in this precise order, in one paragraph, in the text of an email:
Show title, names of all artists in paragraph form separated by commas [but with "and" before the last one], gallery name, opening times, date, month, year, through closing month date (not year)
Use the following example for your submission:
new Channeling Other Worlds - Valton Tyler at Valley House, opening 6-8:30, Friday, January 22, through February 20
Your submission must include names of all artists in the show.
DO NOT USE ALL CAPS. No abbreviations anywhere.
Include address only if your gallery is new to DallasArtsRevue — it is not already listed on the Gallery Information page.
Only use "new" if the show has not yet opened.
Attach up to a 5 x 7-inch JPEG of art that is in your show — with caption in the following order:
artist title year medium size
Use the following example for your image caption:
Glenn Barr Idyll 2009 acrylic on board 42 x 16 inches
Do not include any punctuation or spacebar spaces in image file names.
Send all information in the text of an email to graphicanna@sbcglobal.net
Thanks,
Anna Palmer
If your request for a Link Exchange does not involve a site related to art, especially Dallas art and artists, we will not reply.
How to submit Calls for Entry, jobs and competitive exhibitions is on top of the Artists Opportunities Page.
Instructions for entering (everybody gets in) our Online Self-Portrait Exhibition are on that section's index page.
Instructions for Becoming A Supporting Member of this site — and getting up to 2 member web pages and linked every time you are in a show or art event — are on the How to Join DallasArtsRevue page.
Unless you are a close personal friend or a Supporting Member of DallasArtsRevue, sending me a personal invitation is a waste of time. When I need to look at art, I look at the DallasArtsRevue Calendar page. If your show is not listed there, I don't know about it.
So it's worth your time if you expect me to see your art, to follow the instructions above (The Easy Way). When I want to see art, I want to see art my readers can see, too.
Letters —are always welcome, no matter your opinion — signed or unsigned. We've printed some pretty scathing negative feedback.
If you send feedback, be sure to notify me if you do not want it published. I assume everything is for sharing.If your letter is particularly nasty, I will print it immediately. Don't bother contacting me later to try retract it. That only proves its need to be here.
Email letters. Do not send them in the mail. I don't retype.
Exhibition Publicity + PR — We're picky about what info we need and how you send it. Read the pink box above.
Exhibition Invitations — There's certain information we really need. Hint: The DARts Calenadar is arranged chronologically by end date. Read about it on our Submissions Guidelines Page before you send it to us, so you'll be sure we can use it. Or just read the pink box above.
Please name Images intelligently and provide all the necessary caption information.
Membership page images and information are in a different category.
What most people see when J R's around. Photograph
& rubber stamp © 2004 by Andy Hanson,
who was my darkroommate when we both worked
for the Dallas Times Herald in the early 1970s.Galleries new to us should email us with a list of:
open times
physical address
director's name
phone number
E-mail and web address
driving instructions (or a map, if needed)See the Gallery Information Page for examples or to see if you are already listed.
“The Function of criticism
should not be confused
with the function
of reform.”— Roger Zelazny, Home is the Hangman, 1975
If I don't like it or it doesn't pique my interest or attention, I probably won't write about it. I used to, but I don't go out of my way to say something negative anymore. If it's in my way though, or I'm reviewing the whole show, look out.
Editor/Publisher
Visit my online
My personal website
See my
or
If you want to phone,
Some of the people who have helped
"JR Compton
jcompton@tx.rr.comE-mail me first.
Anna Palmer, Art Shirer, Ken Shaddock, James Michael Starr, Michael Helsem, Jim Dolan, Katja Zimmerman, Norman Kary, Kathy Dello Stritto,
Yes, there are way too many men and not enough women who contribute to this publication. If you'd like to write for this publication, contact the editor via the link near the top of this page.
Mumbling Aliens with An Affection for Pink
J R and Anna - Halloween 2005,
the last time we got invited to a Halloween party.DallasArtsRevue Policies
Submission Guidelines has their own page.
Show your fancy JPEG documents with all the pictures and words stuck forever in pixels to your friends. Paste your information as text in the text of an E-mail, and E-mail it to me. You can add images in there, too. But not images of the words I need, like dates and artists' names. When I create calendar items, I cut from emails and paste the information on the calendar page. If I can't cut and paste it, I'll delay retyping it. I am a lousy typist but a great procrastinator.
Name email subjects and attachments intelligently. I get a dozen "Press Release," "art" or "Art Show" attachments a week. Which show? What artist? Be specific. Or your information will get lost.
— J R Compton
See also:
The DARts Resource Index, which lists these and other pages you may wish to be included in:
Art Groups
Artists with Web Sites
Mail-Servers & Sites
Media
Museums & Art Centers
National Links
Schools & Classes
Support this site. Become a Supporting Member to get your own
web page, entry in DARts shows & other benefits,
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More monitor — and camera — calibration information stories:
Monitor Calibration
Digital Focus: Calibrate Your Monitor by Dave Johnson
wikiHow's How to Calibrate Your Monitor
Calibrating Your Monitor
Making fine prints in your digital darkroom; Monitor calibration and gamma by Norman Karen
Calibrate Your Monitor by Jacci Howard Bear
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Calibrate Your Digital Camera
Neutral References for Digital Camera Calibration
