If you were to be a banker, a lawyer, a doctor, or even a baker; the school you attend usually has an outline and guideline you can follow to "succeed". There are places you can apply in your junior year of college for an internship, and most of those places will ultimately lead to a job. And based on your own personal perseverance it’s your decision how far up the latter you wish to climb.
No career choice is easy, and anyone that chooses a career in the art world I believe understands this more than most. But the hardest part is, in art school there is no guideline to success. Sure graphic designers can fall under an outlined career path, basic internship to job recipe. But the artist, the painters, the sculptors, the crafters, and illustrators; where do they start? And how do they know this is a good place to start?
Basically in art there are no guarantees, in life there are no guarantees. One just has to hope and pray they are doing the right thing, and are working as hard as one can. These are the artist that started at Cannibal Flower, and used Cannibal Flower as a launching point. They started here, and on their own worked their way up that ever so elusive "latter".
Artist Started…
Nathan Cabrera. Nathan Cartwright. Luke Chueh. Joshua Clay. Cam De Leon. Bob Dob
Ekundayo. Blain Fontana. Thomas Han. Joe Ledbetter. Lola. Jason Maloney.
Tim McCormick. Tara McPherson. Mia. Leslie Reppeteaux. Nathan Spoor. Amy Sol.
Chris Peters. Plastic God. Joe Vaux. Chet Zar
and more….
Artist Shown…
Anthony Ausgang. Robert Bellm. Ray Caesar. Emanuel Compos. Dez Einswell
Emek. Natalia Fabia. PJ. Fidler. Naoto Hattori. Andy Howell. Sylvia Ji.
Audrey Kawasaki. Mars-1. Elizabeth McGrath. Brandi Milne. Brendan Monroe. Buff Monster.
Marc Mothersbaugh. Mear One. Joshua Petker. Brian Viveros. Workhorse. Xno and more…
Well Cannibal Flower can honestly claim that they have nurtured and allowed a venue for many emerging artist to blossom. But not only has it been a home for the emerging artist, established artist have turned to Cannibal Flower because they know it’s a raw & true art event to participate in.
Emerging artist Galleries
We all know the big name galleries and ultimately most artists goal is to one day have their work hung on their walls. But till then one just needs the drive and determination to get their art seen! It can be intimidating going into galleries as an “unknown”. Fear of rejection and insecurities running rampant, paralyzing you from taking yourself to the next level.
Well Cannibal Flower has collected a list of galleries that Welcome people just like your self with open arms. Leave the negative thoughts behind and walk confidently through their doors, ready to show your work and what you have to say.
Cave Gallery-www.cavegallery.net
The Hive-www.hivegallery.com
Create: Fixate-www.createfixate.com
Black Cat-www.blackcatart.com
Monkey House-www.monkeyhousetoys.com
Art News and Interviews
In every profession one must be “in the know” of what is going on in their particular world. I read Juxtapoz and Hi-Fructose religiously and browse the blogs at least 3 times a week. But it’s not easy to always know who is the “who” and where the best art shows will be this upcoming weekend.
And that is why all these lovely people have dedicated their lives, or part of their lives, to doing all that work for you. They funnel the best of best into one webpage, so the next time you’re asked what you think about (blank) doing (blank). You don’t draw a blank.
Sour Harvest- www.sourharvest.com
(contains more links to other art blogs)
Arrested Motion www.arrestedmotion.com
Juxtapoz- www.juxtapoz.com
Hi-Fructose- www.hifructose.com
Wooster Collection- www.woostercollective.com
*these are only a few of our favorites but there are tons of new art blogs being created each day that need new readers so search cyber space for the art fanatic that writes to the artist in you
