ONE WEEK LEFT!

(until Most of Us Die closes for submissions – email nectarmagazine@gmail.com)

Alright, I know it has been a while since the last post. Many of us on staff here just graduated college! So hooray to us, and now we can get back down to business without all of that schoolwork to distract us.

Some issue-themed updates:

Evidence of Home: coming soon I promise!

Most of Us Die: Our current submitter count is a whopping 638- that is over 2000 images! (as of 5 minutes ago) and it has been steadily climbing. Only 7 more days until submissions close. Get those submissions in!

 

Helen and Michelle looking at submissions. (also drinking a can of Nectar. clever right?)

Nectar is now on Flickr!
We are trying new ways to outreach everyday and today we chose to open up a flickr group. Please go to http://www.flickr.com/groups/nectarmagazine/ and join with your flickr account. Not a member of flickr? No problem. You can join if you like or check out any of the other networks that we are a part of.
Pinterest
Facebook
Twitter
Art Connect Berlin 

The group is not a place to submit work for publication, please continue to do this through our site here. The group is, however, for further discussion on the current and upcoming themes, and also a way to post work (preferably related to the current theme) that you would like feedback on! So head on over and let us see what you’ve got!

And just a little eye candy for your time:

Photo by Rachel Kertz

Love as always,
Nectar Staff

Hey everyone! A lot has been going on here. Evidence of Home is in the process of being designed, submissions are steadily rolling in for Most of Us Die, and everyone on staff is busy with their own lives.

I thought I would share some of the places where you can connect with Nectar Magazine. Some people

 

PINTEREST – a pinboard of some submitters to our issues. We can’t put every artist up, but we try to add interesting artists regularly. Still in progress, but check it out!

FACEBOOK – updated frequently

TWITTER – not updated as frequently, but all the important updates are there.

ART CONNECT BERLIN – cool new networking site for German/International artists. We’ll post our calls and previous issues there.

and you can always subscribe to this blog through RSS or wordpress.

 

photo: Michelle Eckhardt

 

Much love,

Nectar Team

 

MOST OF US DIE DEADLINE JUNE 1!

Check out:

A Book About Death

It is an amazing submission-driven project done in 2009. Each participating artist sent  in 500 postcards each of the same image to create an edition of 500 unbound books. Hundreds of artists participated to create an amazing body of work dealing with the theme of death. The project has been in galleries worldwide. It’s a great resource for inspiration!

Click here to see the images in the book

On behalf of the Nectar Magazine team, we would also like to thank the people/websites that have helped us get the word out about our publication. We have a budget of $0, so these resources have been great. They are also great places to look for art/writing calls!

         Art Connect Berlin

All of our calls were posted for free and are helping great artists get in touch with us! Thank you!

For those of you who are considering submitting to the current theme, “Most of Us Die”, here is some inspiration. This is some of the recent work that has come our way that we feel is relevant and beautiful.

All images/artist information link to the respective artists’ websites.

Nathan Menglesis

Trapezoid II

2010

graphite/ink/charcoal

1.75×1.5m

click to see detail


Leemour Pelli

I loved Art too much I

2008-2009

Bandages, blood, oil paint, mixed media on paper

30” x 22”

 

 

 

Most

in the greatest quantity, amount, measure, degree, or number

of

used to indicate cause, motive, occasion, or reason

Us

 the objective case of we

Die

to cease to live; to cease to exist; to lose force, strength, or active qualities; to be no longer subject; become indifferent

.

.

Any medium of art is accepted.

Any form of writing is accepted.

Deadline is June 1.

Submission Guidelines

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Definitions compiled from lovely internet dictionaries.

We are proud to announce our theme for Nectar Magazine #2!

Most of Us Die

 

This issue will be delving farther into the darkness than Evidence of Home. I’m curious about how artists will interpret the ideas of death, darkness, and immortality.

Accepting art and writing, any medium.

Deadline is June 1, 2012.

SEE SUBMISSION GUIDELINES HERE

Issue #1 is being processed and designed, the release is set for sometime in May. In the meantime, we will be advertising for #2 so no time is lost.

 

Coming up soon: inspiration ideas on this theme.

 

poster&photo: Helen Maringer

Our judges have cut down the work to a great looking body pertaining to the theme. The Nectar Staff would like to thank everyone who submitted work. It was a very tough job, editing everything down. Some really amazing work was submitted, and not all of it could make it into the magazine.

 

Here are a few pieces that will be included in “Evidence of Home.” Each image links to the respective artist’s website.

 

Idan Nelkenbaum

Relic 1

2009

Photography

 

Michelle Eckhardt

Abby’s House

2012

Toned Cyanotype on Fabric

Chris Fitzgerald

Mattress #2

2011

Photography

 

Ami Armagost

Sam’s Chair

2010

Acrylic and Oil on Canvas

 

Stay tuned for the announcement of our next issue theme. It is going to be a lot darker than Evidence of Home, which is exciting!

For Nectar to be a great publication, we need a few things: great art and a great designer.

The art is up to the rest of the world (and it does look great), but we do have a great designer:

Meet Robert Tucker

Robert is a fantastic designer. Here are just a few examples of his recent work:

A poster design of his was recently published in this book:

He has worked on the last two Glyph literary magazines, and will be designing this year’s issue as well.

Here is a video for you to enjoy. Although it is a promotional video for SFUAD, you get to hear Robert talk about design.

We are very excited to have Robert on board to make this issue look fantastic.

And as a super-secret special prize, here is a picture of Robert dressed as Iron Man.

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