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Baren Digest               Friday, 1 October 1999       Volume 09 : Number 725

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From: John and Jan Telfer <jtelfer@iinet.net.au>
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 99 23:18:35 -0000
Subject: [Baren 6047] Re: new book

When the request came from Baren's Digest from the Lark publishers I 
became very excited about participating.  There are not many 
opportunities for "unknown" artists to be able to participate in any 
publication....the question is "How do you become a 'known artist'?"

>After reading several well thought out postings on the "new book" it
>seems that they all boil down to a difference in values between exposure
>and payment

I for one would like the opportunity to become "known" and did not even 
give a second thought on "how much I might be paid".  Baren pages have 
given us tremendous exposure and I have had requests from viewers for 
information on my woodblocks.  I have also sent screenprints of my work 
to Sommerset Studio and a couple of other American magazines and often by 
air express at great expense because of the time limitations for 
deadlines, because I wanted to and not because they were offering 
payment.  Consequently from the latter I have sold several of those 
prints to American readers and those sales have consequently paid for 
that postage. 

I am an Occupational Therapist with the Independent Living Centre here in 
Perth Australia and although I have worked for them full time, sometimes 
part-time (over 15 years) but my choice now is I work one day for them, 
paid, and 250 hours a year as a volunteer extension officer spreading 
their work to community groups, because it is a wonderful organisation 
helping the elderly, the disabled and their carers, and I enjoy my work 
that the satisfaction of helping others is gratification enough and 
eventually it "pays off" in other ways...consequently the art work I have 
given away also snowballs and one day hopefully it too will "pay off" (if 
you put it like that) when I get the exposure.  I love my work, my unpaid 
work and am passionate about my art....I do agree with Baren members who 
wish to get paid for their submissions and that would be absolutely 
fantastic...I would like to be paid for it too..and agree that even a 
gesture payment from the publisher if selected for printing should be 
mandatory.  I would certainly like to try to be accepted this time with 
Lark, but I think my time to mail my "stuff" to America has already 
expired this time round!   Oh, dear, may be next time!
When time permits, even to be able to join one of our Exchange print 
editions. 

P.S.  I do have a husband that keeps my family in bread and butter and my 
paper supplies.

Cheers, Jan

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From: Wanda Robertson <robertson@canby.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 20:04:21 -0700
Subject: [Baren 6048] Re: Julio's got another press 

Gosh Julio,

It's a good thing you don't drive a pick-up truck. No telling what you
would have brought home with you! I could just see them lowering that
press into the trunk of your Bonneville. Love those Pontiacs!

Wanda

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