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Art & Design Matters
In this issue...
Art ~ Antique ~ Design Events
President Lincoln's Cottage Opens to Public, Brings Hidden Piece of History to Light in Washington
Chicago Interior Designer with Art History Degree puts his Talent & Knowledge to Work
Featured Artist, Sandi Dahl of Fargo, North Dakota Captures Nature with Pastels
Visit Museums Worldwide - NO PASSPORT REQUIRED
Forward This Publication
Care of Fine Linens from Paul Davis Interiors, The Woodlands, Texas
Advertise With Us!
American Art Pottery Association - Annual Convention
Our Creative Friends
K. Kerassovitis
Konstantinos Kerassovitis
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Abstract Drawing

Sandi Dahl
Nada Boner
Birmingham, Alabama
Clay Sculpture

Christian Perkins
Christian Perkins
Houston, Texas
Abstract Expressionism
 
 
Lilibeth Andre
Lilibeth Andre
Bellaire, Texas
"Last to Market"
 
Sandi Dahl
Sandi Dahl
Fargo, North Dakota
Pastel
 
Nichols - Fallen
Denise Kay Nichols
Rockdale, Texas
"Fallen"
 
Terie Beth Dillard
Terie Beth Dillard
Plano, Texas
Mural
 
Barbara Willis
Barbara Willis
Malibu, California
Press Molded Pottery
 
Jerry Rhodes
Jerry Rhodes
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Raku Pottery
 
 
Marina Reed
Marina Reed
New Orleans, Louisiana
Watercolor
 
 
Sandi Dahl
Renea Menzies
Houston, Texas
Sculpted Oil
Art Promotion in Motion
"Your Source for Art & Design Matters"		 WINTER 2008
Dear Art & Design Enthusiasts,
 
We're starting off the year with some new, exciting and talented artists and designers!
 
Our featured artist, Sandi Dahl, of Fargo, North Dakota, captures the beauty of nature with her pastels.  
 
Nada Boner, of Birmingham, Alabama, creates her clay sculptures and teaches her passion to the community.  She is currently offering a 10% courtesy to the design trade.
 
Artist, Lilibeth Andre, of Bellaire, Texas, continues to work on her wildlife series in colored pencil, a Mexico series in oil, and accepts commissions for various subjects in various mediums. 
 
Add some pizzazz to your walls with abstract drawings by
 
Konstantinos Kerassovitis of Munich, Bavaria, Germany.   
 
Artist, Christian Perkins, of Houston, Texas, is influenced by many styles of painting including Abstract Expressionism, Abstract Surrealism, Futurism, Cubism, and Pop Art and also accepts commissions for your designing needs.  
 
You can view examples of these artists' work by visiting our ARTISTS page.   Many of the artists have links to their own personal websites from their profile  page.....so be sure to click on those links to view more of their creations.
 
Congratulations to our Featured Designer, McKinley Adams of Chicago, Illinois.  We appreciate his Design Tip contribution where he will enjoy an additional link to his firm's website. 
 
We will continue to offer complimentary website space to artists and designers as well as listings to art galleries and antique shops throughout the year.  Thanks to our readers, these areas of our website, as well as the NEWS, ARTICLES, LINKS, and  DESIGN TIPS pages, are very popular.  Reserve your ad space on those pages while prime space is still available.  Contact the gallery at Shop@AccessoryHut.com for a digital copy of our media kit today.

 
With the continuing growth of our art and design participants and readers, comes the creation of our new name,
 
"Art & Design Matters", that will better define our services to the art and design Internet community.  We will continue to bring you related articles, news, press releases, links to events, and museums, as well as online designer portfolios and virtual art studios, to name a few.  Our underlying message of promoting art as home decor has expanded to promoting all who want to participate.  Also, we've heard the needs of the artists, so we've made an important change.  All artists are now given a profile website page, free of charge, with the support of our advertisers.  We also welcome a free listing and link to the art galleries where the artists showcase their work.   The antique shops are encouraged to be listed too....giving our readership another reason to bookmark our site to get to yours!
 
 
"Accessory Hut" will continue to offer objects for sale as a subsidiary of "Art & Design Matters"......keeping its motto in place...."Home Decor with Yesterday's & Today's Artists in Mind".
 
Do you know an individual or firm that would be interested in advertising with us so that we may continue to promote the artists and designers?  Click here  for our media kit and please forward this publication now to your list of firms that you think would be interested in joining our promotional efforts.  Our site's traffic for the year 2007 increased 230% from year 2006!  That's an accomplishment we are all proud of!
 

A "Special Thanks" to modernism magazine for including Accessory Hut as one of their "More Picks" links from their website.  If you haven't seen this publication, its a winner for the art and design enthusiast.  You'll find a link to their site from our LINKS page.
 
I hope you enjoy reading this issue and look forward to hearing your comments and/or suggestions.  Oh yes, don't forget to bookmark our site!
 
 
Artfully yours,
 
Alice Krueser, Proprietor
www.ArtandDesignMatters.com - Promotional Services
www.AccessoryHut.com - Artful Home Decor
Alice

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Art Exhibits ~ Antique Shows ~ Design Events
 
 
Before you travel, visit our website's LINKS page where you will find links to some of the world's most popular annual art, antique, and design related events.  Feel free to make a suggestion about an annual event(s) that you would like to see listed by emailing us at Shop@AccessoryHut.com .
 
Lincolns Cottage Column Detail LINCOLN'S COTTAGE
A $15 Million Restoration
(Pictured right: Column Detail)
 
President Lincoln's cottage, the newest Historic Site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, officially opened its doors on February 18, 2008.
 
 
 McKinley AdamsFeatured Designer:
 
McKinley Adams ~
Chicago, Illinois
 
"McKinley is not your typical designer. His positive attitude and his "down to earth" personality make him stand out from the others. "Having an Interior Design degree and Art History degree goes together like bread and butter. Having these two degrees helps in putting together different periods and styles" says McKinley."
 

 Sandi DahlFeatured Artist:
 
Sandi Dahl ~
Fargo, North Dakota

I approach the easel with the intent to compose from memories, images "in my mind's eye". Once I start a "series" of a specific image, I build upon those thoughts with new variations, just as Monet did in his "Haystacks" series. My paintings are not of a specific scene, but are of a sense of place, in a moment of time. My major art medium is pastel and I also work with mixed media. My art career has included the mediums of oil, watercolor and acrylic. I consider myself a colorist, having studied with the greatest American landscape colorist, Wolf Kahn. My intention is to involve the viewer with lively, expressive strokes of the pastel stick. Color and light are my tools, using both to create mood and emotional impact.
 
 Sandi DahlVISIT MUSEUMS AROUND THE WORLD
No Passport Required!
 
 
Did you know that the Guggenheim Museum is located in five cities around the world?
 
Bilbao - Pictured here is the museum building that was designed by North American architect, Frank O. Gehry.  Las Vegas - Located in the Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino.  Berlin - Located on the ground floor of the Deutsche Bank Building, a sandstone building constructed in 1920.  Venice - Located in Peggy Guggenheim's former home, Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, on the Grand Canal in Venice.  New York - Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, located at 5th Avenue and 89th Street.
 
These museums and more can be visited with a simple click of your mouse!
 
 PROMOTE ART & DESIGN
by forwarding this issue to your friends......it's just a click away!
 
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 CARE OF FINE LINENS
by Paul Davis Interiors - The Woodlands, Texas
 
I'm a big fan of really nice sheets!!! - 500+ thread count. So, I like to pass on how I take care of really fine linens to make them last for years to come.
 
read on.....
 ADVERTISE WITH US!
 
We are currently offering advertising space at our website and within our upcoming digital, spring issue.  Our site's traffic for the year 2007 increased 230% from year 2006!  Remember, having a website does not guarantee traffic to it.....you must be promoted.....we can do it for you!
 
Ask about our custom promotions and press release publishing too!
 
 AMERICAN ART POTTERY ASSOCIATION
Spring Annual Convention 
 
At the annual banquet on the evening of April 23rd, the keynote presentation will be given by David Rago, American and European 20th Century decorative arts and furnishings specialist, who is also founder of the Rago Arts and Auction Center, an Antiques Roadshow appraiser, and publisher of Style 1900 magazine.
 
 
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