The New Zealand Artist Magazine - Issue 15

In this issue

Hey everyone, here’s wishing you all a very creative and productive year. So far 2016 has been very good to all of us here at TNZAM and we are willing that good luck forward, to rain down on all our loyal readers. Please, pass the word around about our magazine. (Imagine your magazine is a hungry machine, demanding more and more information from you, wanting new artists and products to showcase - hungry to feed readers i.e: you - a bright, big, intelligent, creative circle.). Imagination is everyone’s friend.
In this issue we have Dougie Chowns’ sixth contribution to the Artists Forum - a worthwhile read, especially to those at the starting block - on pg 18. We have advice from John Botton on how to re-ignite your creative ‘fojo’ on pg 12 and a great opportunity to win a beautiful book by Margaret Scott on pg 43.
Our demonstration on pg 46 may not seem ‘quite in the fine arts perspective’ but we recognise the talent behind the design, as well as in the completing AND the competing. Have a go, great prizes to be won.
We have two sample give-aways. One on the inside front cover, and another on pg 49.
Remember, we still have about 50 FREE Winsor and Newton acrylic sets to give away with every new subscription that comes in, including gift subs. Don’t miss out on this very generous offer.
And please, send us your letters, yeah? The more input the better - remember, this is YOUR magazine.

The New Zealand Artist Magazine Description:

Conceptualised, generated and produced in New Zealand, The New Zealand Artist Magazine, a bi-monthly publication (six issues a year) was created to fill a gap in the market for an informative publication to highlight the immense artistic talent this country has to offer.
The two principal goals and objectives of the magazine are firstly, to highlight the important social, cultural and economic contribution artists make to our lives and secondly to encourage, promote and support the arts in New Zealand for the benefit of all.
The editorial pages of The New Zealand Artist Magazine feature artists, informative ‘how to’ articles and demonstrations of various concepts and techniques. This approach has been greeted with enthusiasm from our readers and we are inundated with requests from artists asking to be featured in the magazine or provide lessons and demonstrations.
We have broadened the depth and scope of the publication with the introduction of relevant news items such as new gallery openings, award functions, and exhibition announcements and feed back. Further to this, we have introduced a series of special reports that, we envisage, will become a regular feature in all future issues.
These cover, for example, such topics as the impact of online galleries and auction sites and the changing relationship between gallery owners and artists. Art education and choosing a career in the fine arts in which we will discuss opportunities for young and emerging artists.
We are forging ties and work collaboratively with government organisations, educational institutions, suppliers, art societies galleries and even artists. The editorial pages focus on significant issues affecting these parties in their working environments.
In this respect we are a prize sponsor of the annual Impression Art Awards held during the Nelson Art Festival in October. We have just cemented an arrangement with The Quarry Art centre, a charitable trust in Whangarei, in which we have agreed to use the magazine to assist them in raising their profile and promoting their fund raising activities. Further collaborations and alliances are in the pipeline.