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“Honest criticism
is hard to take,
particularly from
a relative, a friend,
an acquaintance
or a stranger.”

— Franklin P. Jones

Dallas Arts Revue does not sell art or find galleries or jobs for artists.

No one here gets paid, so don't ask for a job.

We won't do your research or find a place to show or sell your art. That's your job.

We provide information. You do your own due dilligence.

Current DallasArtsRevue Supporting Members are the only artists we keep up with.

We do not keep up with artists mentioned on these pages. If the story mentions a gallery or art space, contact them instead.

If you lose an artist, go to the Lost Artists page.

My standard reply about the value of any art is that it is determined by what you can get for it. There is no instrinsic financial value of art objects, gold (the price changes every day) or pressed latinum.

 

PM Summer, of 500X in the early 1980s

How to Send Us Stuff

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The Easy Way:

In a single paragraph in the text of an email:

Send us the name of the show, the names of all the artists in the show separated by commas, the gallery's name, the day, date and opening times, the closing date and whether it is a one- or two-day-only event in this order.

No lists, no hype. Spell every word out. DallasArtsRevue's Calendar is arranged chronologically by end date. Without it, we can't list it.

Varying from this format will take longer. Forget artists' names or the end date, and I'll forget to list your event.

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The Submissions Guidelines explain exactly what information we need, in what order and how to send us exhibition and event information for the Calendar. Some people read and understand. Others stay clueless.

If your request for a Link Exchange does not involve a site related to art, especially Dallas art and artists, we will not reply.

How to submit Calls for Entry, jobs and competitive exhibitions is on the Artists Opportunities Page.

Instructions for entering (everybody gets in) our Online Self-Portrait Exhibition are on that section's index page.

Instructions for Becoming A Supporting Member of this site — and getting up to 2 member web pages and linked every time you are in a show or art event — are on the How to Join DallasArtsRevue page.

Unless you are a close personal friend or a Supporting Member of DallasArtsRevue, sending me a personal invitation is a waste of time. When I need to look at art, I look at the DallasArtsRevue Calendar page. If your show is not listed there, I don't know about it.

So it's worth your time if you expect me to see your art, to follow the instructions above (The Easy Way) or at nauseating length on our Submissions Guidelines page. When I want to see art, I want to see art my readers can see, too.
 

Favorite journalism quote

 

Other fave j quote

Types of Submissions

Letters —are always welcome, no matter your opinion — signed or unsigned. We've printed some pretty searing negative feedback. If you send feedback, be sure to notify me if you do not want it published. I assume everything is for sharing.

If your letter is particularly nasty, I will print it immediately. Don't bother contacting me later to try retract it. That only proves its need to be here.

Email letters. Do not send them in the mail. I don't retype.


Exhibition Publicity + PR — We're picky about what info we need and how you send it. Send the info in the text of an email with names of all the artists separated by commas in a paragraph in the text of an email, not a jpeg with words I have to retype.

Exhibition Invitations — There's certain information we really need. Hint: The DARts Calenadar is arranged chronologically by end date. Read about it on our Submissions Guidelines Page before you send it to us, so you'll be sure we can use it.

Images — no image attachments without permission, then only one per E-mail. Please name them intelligently and provide all the necessary caption information.

Membership page images and information are in a different category.




What most people see when J R's around. Photograph
& rubber stamp © 2004 by Andy Hanson,
who was my darkroommate when we both worked
for the Dallas Times Herald in the early 1970s.

Story ideas from writers

Galleries new to us should email us with a list of:

open times
physical address
director's name
phone number
E-mail and web address
driving instructions (or a map, if needed)

See the Gallery Information Page for examples or to see if you are already listed.


 

“The Function of criticism
  should not be confused
  with the function 
  of reform.”

— Roger Zelazny, Home is the Hangman, 1975
 


If I don't like it or it doesn't pique my interest or attention, I probably won't write about it. I used to, but I don't go out of my way to say something negative anymore. If it's in my way though, or I'm reviewing the whole show, look out.
 

Mumbling Aliens with An Affection for Pink
J R and Anna - Halloween 2005,
the last time we got invited to a Halloween party.

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DallasArtsRevue Policies

Submission Guidelines has their own page.

Show your fancy JPEG documents with all the pictures and words stuck forever in pixels to your friends. Paste your information as text in the text of an E-mail, and E-mail it to me. You can add images in there, too. But not images of the words I need, like dates and artists' names. When I create calendar items, I cut from emails and paste the information on the calendar page. If I can't cut and paste it, I'll delay retyping it. I am a lousy typist but a great procrastinator.

Name email subjects and attachments intelligently. I get a dozen "Press Release," "art" or "Art Show" attachments a week. Which show? What artist? Be specific. Or your information will get lost.
  

— J R Compton

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See also:

The DARts Resource Index, which lists these and other pages you may wish to be included in:

Art Groups
Artists with Web Sites
Mail-Servers & Sites
Media
Museums & Art Centers
National Links
Schools & Classes

Support this site. Become a Supporting Member to get your own
web page, entry in DARts shows & other benefits,
or sign up as a DARts Subscriber for full access to all of
DallasArtsRevue's information pages.

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If you can see the edges of these grays and colors — especially
in the black and magenta scales, your monitor is adjusted about
as well as mine is. Don't worry about the too-subtle yellow scale.

I collect these things. If you know of another, please send me a link to it.

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