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		<title>How to Write a Proper Press Release</title>
		<link>http://lisamikulski.com/blog/2010/06/08/how-to-write-a-proper-press-release/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 18:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I receive many notices from art organizations and galleries which masquerade as press releases. Today I received a press release from an fairly well established gallery. The email was without a subject line. There was no content in the body of the email, it wasn’t addressed Dear Lisa or Dear Press Editor, and there was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AIGA at the Wadsworth</title>
		<link>http://lisamikulski.com/blog/2010/05/26/aiga-at-the-wadsworth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 15:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join us for one of the most enjoyable art events in Connecticut coming up June 3, 2010.  Art After Hours sponsored by the Wadsworth Atheneum and the Phoenix Companies presents Justin Lowe &#8211; MATRIX 159 from 5-8pm and AIGA CT joins the mix with Bad Ass Movie Night at 8pm with a special screening of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Art &amp; Renewal After Katrina</title>
		<link>http://lisamikulski.com/blog/2010/04/19/high-water-marks-art-renewal-after-katrina/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Amistad Center for Art &#38; Culture Presents High Water Marks: Art &#38; Renewal After Katrina Art exhibition will celebrate New Orleans cultural history and commemorate the 5th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina A new exhibition featuring the works of contemporary artists entitled, High Water Marks: Art &#38; Renewal After Katrina, will open May 1 at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creating Your Online Artist Portfolio in 6 Steps</title>
		<link>http://lisamikulski.com/blog/2010/04/12/creating-your-online-artist-portfolio-in-6-steps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 01:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article was created for this last weekend&#8217;s Career Strategies for Visual Artists Workshop presented by Greater Hartford Arts Council. Every artist should have an online portfolio. Many artists however are either too busy making art or simply just don’t know how to get started. If you do have an online portfolio this article will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Career Strategies for Visual Artists</title>
		<link>http://lisamikulski.com/blog/2010/04/01/taking-care-of-business-%e2%80%93-career-strategies-for-visual-artists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:21:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m pleased to be taking part in this event, Taking Care of Business &#8211; Career Strategies for Visual Artists &#8211; April 10th, 2010.  Helping artists promote their work and supporting them in seeing themselves as true entrepreneurs is something I&#8217;ve been involved with many years. I&#8217;ll be providing one of the One-On-One Workshops, Online Portfolio [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Gallery Opening &#8211; Marina Gallery, Cold Spring NY</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 02:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marina Gallery 153 Main Street Cold Spring, New York 10516 April 9th through the 30th A nice mix of collage and sculpture, ceramics, paintings, and prints. Marina gallery is nestled in Cold Spring, New York. A warm and inviting village right on the river. Artists: John Allen, Jane Arnold, Ada Pilar Cruz, Barbara Smith Gioia, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Artist Reception &#8211; Daryl Zang</title>
		<link>http://lisamikulski.com/blog/2010/03/31/artist-reception-daryl-zang/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi All Tomorrow is April Fools Day. Don&#8217;t be foolish&#8230;join us for Daryl Zang&#8217;s artist reception. April 1, 2010, 5 &#8211; 7:00pm Michele &#38; Donald D&#8217;Amour Museum of Fine Art. Community Gallery, 21 Edwards Street Springfield, MA 01103 PHONE: 800.625.7738 HOURS: Tues &#8211; Sun, 11am &#8211; 4pm Museum Website: www.springfieldmuseums.org Addmission is Free Hors d&#8217;oeuvres [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Caravaggio Changed My Life</title>
		<link>http://lisamikulski.com/blog/2010/03/12/how-caravaggio-changed-my-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:21:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wanted to be a lawyer. Constitutional law, in fact.  So, in 1993 I went back to college as an adult with two small children at home and all the many responsibilities of a grown-up.  Attending college as an adult was certainly challenging. I remember saying &#8220;How much harder can this be than a full [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WORKSHOP : Setting the Job Aside : with Sean Kernan</title>
		<link>http://lisamikulski.com/blog/2010/03/08/workshop-setting-the-job-aside-with-sean-kernan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AIGA Connecticut is doing it again and is presenting what promises to be another extraordinary workshop.  On March 10, 2010, award winning photographer and writer, Sean Kernan, will talk about real creativity.  This is not the creativity we learned in school or at work, but the stuff we knew from the start. The workshop will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why artists should be using social media&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://lisamikulski.com/blog/2010/03/03/why-artists-should-be-using-social-media/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And writers, photographers, musicians, designers and you, too.  Maybe I&#8217;m preaching to the choir here, but this morning I attended a social media and power networking breakfast and was surprised at the number of people who weren&#8217;t taking advantage of social media to promote their businesses.  Social media (blogging, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) is one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interview :: Abstract Artist Ted Mikulski</title>
		<link>http://lisamikulski.com/blog/2010/03/02/interview-abstract-artist-ted-mikulski/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m pleased to share with you a recent interview, conducted for Creative Arts Guide, with abstract artist and sculptor Ted Mikulski.  Over the past year, I&#8217;ve received quite a few requests to interview Ted from readers here at Lisa&#8217;s Blog and at my old blog, ArtLOOK.  Sooo&#8230; being ever so careful not to subscribe to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NEA Shame On You</title>
		<link>http://lisamikulski.com/blog/2010/02/03/nea-shame-on-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ll make this brief because this could turn into a real rant.  On Feb. 1, 2010, NEA (National Endowment of the Arts) released a ‘logo design contest’ call for proposals.  On Spec! You can read their Request for Proposal here. As a board member of AIGA CT and a staunch supporter of the arts for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Design of Time: Ten Years of Cummings &amp; Good Calendars</title>
		<link>http://lisamikulski.com/blog/2010/01/21/design-of-time-ten-years-of-cummings-good-calendars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every year for the last 4 years I have looked forward to obtaining the annual calendar from the design team of Cummings &#38; Good in Chester, Connecticut.  Artful and unique, these beautiful creations serve first as an embellishment to any office or kitchen, but then packaged in a canister the happy calendar owner can roll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Objectified (2009) at EO Art Lab in Chester, CT</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:12:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join me this Thursday January 21, 2010 at 7pm for: OBJECTIFIED (2009), 75 min. Gary Hustwit, director From the director of “helvetica” comes the 2nd documentary in a film trilogy on design. Objectified offers a fascinating look at industrial products and design, the designers and their responsibility in creating them, and our relationship with those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing Artist Daryl Zang &#8211; Premiere Opening Jan 19, 2010</title>
		<link>http://lisamikulski.com/blog/2010/01/18/introducing-artist-daryl-zang-premiere-opening-jan-19-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CONNECTICUT EMERGING ARTIST WITH A DECIDEDLY FEMININE TOUCH PREMIERES AT MICHELE &#38; DONALD D&#8217;AMOUR MUSEUM OF FINE ART Emerging artist Daryl Zang will be exhibiting at the Michele &#38; Donald D&#8217;Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA in her premiere show January 19 &#8211; April 25, 2010.  Zang, whose works portray the beauty and frustrations [...]]]></description>
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