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For some time in the art community the use of a projector is considered to be taboo. Many feel that using a projector is a form of cheating, and by using it you are no longer drawing. I have tried to use a projector for art in the past and believe me it is not as easy as you might think.

Here is an interesting vlog from Gwenn Seemel outlining the a business model for artist. One point highlighted in this video is the fact the copyright only rarely enters into the business of art for most creatives, and this video explains why by talking about how artists actually make a living. For more about the use of free and special formats of your art, check out this vlog which talks about the sorts of people who don’t pay for art as well as also the ones who do.

An unknown buyer paid $142 million for Irish-born British painter Francis Bacon’s “Three Studies of Lucian Freud.” With a “hammer price” of $127 million plus a $15 million commission, it’s a nominal record for a work bought at auction. Bacon is a strong candidate for greatest painter of the 20th century, having escaped the orbit of the pure abstract expressionists to create his own visceral mode of painting portraits.

The Tom Joyner Foundation believes art and its many forms of expressions is a strong platform to promote Historically Black Colleges and Universities and their hidden treasures. Why Art at Historically Black Colleges and Universities?