BoundlessGallery.com Hosts Field Trip

Yesterday was a fun day at the Boundless office as we played host to ~15 young students from Glory Oaks Learning Center. The kids got to see a software company firsthand, hopefully learn a few things about business, and a few about life in general.

I gave a short presentation about "How People are What Matters Most". Then we played a fun game I learned during my years as an RA at the local college called "The Blind Maze" where we all learned that sometimes we need to stop and ask for help. We're very thankful to Mrs. Estel, Mrs. Hopkins, and everyone who was part of the trip.




Definitely something we would do again!

A Glimpse of Things to Come...

Get ready for:


At the risk of opening a Pandora's Box, we're about to let members have a higher degree of personalization...

Infinity Arcade #2 - "Palo Lenin"

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Infinity Arcade is very loosely based on actual events @ BoundlessGallery.com.

This Week in Advertising... Do Artists Retire?

This week a T-Mobile commercial has caught my eye a couple times. As I got my degree in Advertising; I always pay a little more attention to the commercial breaks. Here it is:



It's not the greatest commercial or even that original an idea, the word replacement trick has been done before, but I have a lot of respect that they were able to incorporate Brett Favre in what had to be an incredible short lead time as the hoopla surrounding his anticipated un-retirement has really only swelled in the last couple weeks. His image is sure to add a little extra attention to this spot.

Favre's situation got me thinking about Artists' careers. I think most professional artists start their adult lives in a different field. Whose first job was 'Professional Artist'? I would guess very few, even though I'm sure most would say that they've been an artist their whole lives, just not as an occupation.

So, like Favre, does there ever come a time where you consider quitting? And, I don't mean because you have to take a 'real job' to pay rent. Does the job itself, creating, working, and I guess the marketing side too; does it ever just get to you?

Do artists wake up one day and say, 'okay, I've done enough...'?

Infinity Arcade #1 - "Nate Lake"

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Infinity Arcade is very loosely based on actual events @ BoundlessGallery.com.

Former BoundlessGallery.com Artist of the Month Featured Again

In Good Company

Today I discovered on of our former AOTM's, Tom Fedro aka 'FidoStudio' was featured in the emerging artists section of the latest edition of Art Business News. Congrats Tom!

If anyone would like to submit an artist to the magazine, they ask for an email with 4-5 samples of your work, a full biography, artist statement, and resume to:

Jennifer Dulin Wiley
Managing Editor
Art Business News
jwiley@sbmediallc.com

80.4 Million Paid for a Monet

Recently, Le Bassin aux Nymphéas was auctioned off for a cool 80.4 million dollars... While I understand the importance of 'rarity', and get the fact that living artists can continue to produce new works, which only hurts their value at auction. Wouldn't it be nice to see more living artists fetch these ridiculous sums of money?
NY Times Story

Or is not being 'appreciated' in the financial sense while alive, almost an accepted part of the occupation?