Sunday, December 23, 2007 by Donna.

During my research on another Tax matter, I came across this Act, “Artist-Museum Partnership Act, S. 548″, that was introduced in February, 2007 to congress. The bill S. 548 is identical to bill H.R. 1524.

The bill was written a number of times but never passed. It was written to allow Artist, Musicians, Writers and Scholars who donate their work to Museums, or Charitable institutions, to deduct the Fair Market Value of their work from their taxes. As it is now, “Artist” are only allowed to deduct the materials associated with the creation of their work, not their time or the value that would be received in the public market.

If you want this bill to pass contact all members of both chambers through their websites at www.senate.gov and www.house.gov.

For a copy of the bill click here: artist-museumpartnershipact_s548.pdf

For more information visit College Art Association, GovTrack.US, or American’s For the Arts

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Tuesday, December 18, 2007 by Donna.

This site was in the Fall 2007 of “American Artist Drawing” magazine. http://www.figuredrawingfactory.info It is a site for serious artist of Figure Drawing.

You can only join by going through their Yahoo group, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/figure_drawing_factory and you also need to email the group monitor, figure_drawing_factory@yahoo.com,  explaining why you’d like to join, and any art background you have, but then they ask the same questions when you join the group. But, you can do both and include a link to your artwork if your have one.

I joined the group, but if anyone else does, please let me know what you think of the group. You can post your comments here or email me at donna@eyeoftheeagleart.com

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Saturday, December 15, 2007 by Donna.

Hi! I would like to introduce you to Cheryl Micaela McCardle - ArtistCheryl lives in Clayton, NC with her husband Van. She is a visual artist working in acrylics, watercolor and clay. She volunteers her time and expertise in her art community and loves to teach others what she as learned.

“I have been greatly influenced by the colorful shapes in the work of Georgia O’Keefe, the raw texture in the work of Anselm Kiefer, and the rhythmical qualities of the art of Wassily Kandinsky. ”

To learn more about Cheryl, visit her website http://www.1startescape.com/, drop her an email with questions or comments about her work. She would love to her from you.

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Saturday, December 15, 2007 by Donna.

Welcome to Eye of the Eagle Art! We are so glad you stopped by. 

Excitement is building as we are about to open our new art center. The Eye of the Eagle Art, located in Downtown Clayton North Carolina. We will be posting a lot of information about the arts, artist, how-to’s and whatever else we come across that will be of interest to the professional and the beginner even if you are not local.  You could always take a trip and come visit us.

So hang on tight, it’s going to be a bumpy ride while we get things up and running. But we look forward to having a great year in 2008. Helping you turn off your left brain and switching to the right brain to bring out your creative side. You can make new friends and learn something new along the way.

If you have a passion for art, then visit us often. You can email us with suggestions, a product your looking for and can’t find, or a great product you did find and would like to share and websites of other artist you have visited and enjoyed.

Well I guess I’ll stop talking and start creating. Have a great holiday season and a safe New Year!

Donna and Bonnie - Eye of the Eagle Art

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