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Nice Note from Sandi Cottrell of ArtWalk on the Business of Art Scholarship Project

John — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 03:24:20 +0000

The next in a series of reprints from my old Blogger blog dating back to 2006. These posts are primarily about my own faux painting, mural and custom art projects in San Diego, CA, along with some varied fine art and artist marketing projects, too.
Original post date: 2009-05-11 06:48:00

In getting organized for the week after a long weekend, this was so nice to find in my email from the end of the week I had to post it here right away. Thanks, Sandi!

“John Hiemstra was the co-creator of the “Business of Art Scholarship”…something ArtWalk had hoped to do for 5 years, but John’s enthusiasm for the project made it a reality.

Working with sponsor The Frame Maker, John took our SDSU scholarship winner under his wing and not only helped her create a booth display for the event, he packed the equivalent of ten years of real-life experience into two months of incredible mentoring.

Jessica Siemens, the scholarship winner, was privy to advice, information and perspective that professional artists acquire in a lifetime.

The entire experience was inspiring, and we look forward to providing the scholarship on an annual basis. It would not be possible without John’s passionate involvement.”

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Mural project at Cafe Mundo

John — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:17:44 +0000

I’ve been keeping track of the mural project at Cafe Mundo here in Banker’s Hill with my iPhone and some instant real time publishing through my pages on Facebook and Twitter, so I thought I’d catch up some our progress here before heading over to for this morning’s session.

I’ve been very pleased to work with artist Jessica Siemens, who you may remember I mentored earlier this spring in marketing her excellent work via blogging and social media on the way to her first “art fair” appearance in April at Little Italy’s ArtWalk. (For more detail on that, search for articles on Jessica over on the San Diego Finishing School site.)

Anyway, we’ve been having a blast getting to paint together (rather than working on marketing paintings together:) and we’ve been accompanied off and on by my babies, Hunter (4) and Logan (2)-- no, they don’t have their own websites yet-- so I hope you enjoy these pictures.

Business of Art Mentoring Project

John — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 05:03:55 +0000

“John Hiemstra was the co-creator of the “Business of Art Scholarship”…something ArtWalk had hoped to do for 5 years, but John’s enthusiasm for the project made it a reality.

Working with sponsor The Frame Maker, John took our SDSU scholarship winner under his wing and not only helped her create a booth display for the event, he packed the equivalent of ten years of real-life experience into two months of incredible artist mentoring.

Jessica Siemens, the scholarship winner, was privy to advice, information and perspective that professional artists acquire in a lifetime. The entire experience was inspiring, and we look forward to providing the scholarship on an annual basis. It would not be possible without John’s passionate involvement.”

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Return to Sky Paintings: The Dragon’s Turn

John — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:48:27 +0000

Finally got back to work on “St.George and the Dragon”, rolled up since ArtWalk 2007, over two years.

At last, its the dragon’s turn!

St.George and the Dragon, getting ready for July 10 opening!