This Issue's Opinion Networking - As Important in the Art World as in Any Work Arena Networking is important to artists, as well as buyers of art. You network everytime you do a search on the Internet, and look for information. When you contact people to see if they eaht you ewant,, or if they can help you with the project in which you are involved, you are networking. When you send a e-mail, looking for specific information, and are referred to another source, with via a link on the page you visited or by a reference recived in a e-mail response, you are in the networking paradigm. That being said, cowboyartshow.com wants to try a project. At the present time, I receive quite a bit of inquiries about art and artists from site visitors corresponding re: the information request pages. This is one form of networking, since the requests are posted for all to see and respond. Now, I'm looking for general comments about art - it's place in today's world, for instance, or you may want to let us know about things which vex you, or anyhting elase of interest. This is close to bloging, and all mail will be posted, in categories, along with replies. cowboyartshow.com visitors seem a fairly intelligent lot, so we look forward to hearing from you. Just make sure to include a viable e-mail address. And you don't have to use your actual name, if you do not wish to do so; however, this forum is monitored, so keep your writings on a plane higher than the gutter. And speaking of blogs, I have new one you can read here. All comments will be posted. Joe Chernicoff, CPA Exec. Director Online Art Competition Votes are trickling in for the cowboyartshow.com 2nd online art competition,, and thanks to evryone taking the time to review the works and vote. This is just a reminder that there are about four weeks left in the first phase of the two-part judging in the competition, so, if you have not yet participated, look at the works and vote today. FYI Interested in another art newsletter? You may want to try this one: AFA - American Fine Arts. Subsrciptions can be had by contacting the publication at dean@americanfineart.net. Let the people there knoww you wwere referred by this newsletter.

What's New and Continuing Continuing Cholla the Artist: " Art at Large " gallery in NYC will include a piece of Cholla's art this June in their show, "Going Underground" - click here for information CPAI member Erik Weber's photos: "Branding 3", "Working Hand", "Brown Calf", and 8 Sconds", have been chosen for the 2006 Calgary Stampede Western Photo Gallery Leigh Walker: Read the Miami Herald story on Lee's work New Kathy Bassett is the newest addition to the cowboyartshow.com studio pages. Click onn this image to link to her studio. For general art interest, AbsoluteArts.com is a good source of information about artists, galleries, and exhibits. Your News in important to us! Send your local cowboy art news, rodeo schedules, personalities facts - all information we may be able to use here. Use this form.