Self-Publishing Featured At Support Group

     The next meeting of the Artist Support Group will summarize the simple steps in becoming a published author.

     Cindy Schuricht will speak from her experience self-publishing in print The Pig and the Dragon through Createspace.com.
     Mark will speak about self-publishing his four ebooks through Smashwords.com.
      Donna will give another installment on the Internet marketing which promotes our art and content.
     Today ebook sales are measured in the billions of dollars and rapidly spiraling up. Reaching the reading public is no longer in the hands of print publishing companies alone. 

Cindy made a quilt for her book cover
 of The Pig and The Dragon

Click here to visit Mark's book site.

     Right now people are searching online for content which our artists and arts supporters can provide. At our meeting we will be summarizing how we can make our content available, reaching people's needs and generating income to help support our art. 
     The meeting will be on Sunday, May 27, 12 noon, in the Guild Room on the 6th Ave. side of St. Paul's Cathedral, San Diego, at Nutmeg between 5th and 6th. Bring a lunch!

Film: "A Prayer for Beauty" Gives First Preview

Donna Turner presents our newest film to the St. Paul's Cathedral Women Together.

     The third film in our Film Gallery collection was previewed for the first time February 2nd at the Women Together program of St. Paul's Cathedral, San Diego.
     Entitled "A Prayer for Beauty", Mark began production in 2005 based on his poem"Beautify Oh". He had produced a limited edition book of digital illustrations which he began animating with motion graphics. 
     This was the first attempt in the genre which combines visual arts, motion graphics, spoken word, music and sound effects. It is the only film, so far, in which he weaves the text of the poem into the visuals. 

Mark Turner modeled his film score after masters such as Maurice Ravel and Bela Bartok.

A Rich and Complex Sound Track

     The sound track also became the most complex of all three films. Mark scored the music based on models of masters Maurice Ravel, Bela Bartok, Samuel Barber and Gustav Holst. Donna joined her voice with his in both choral singing and verse choir. Even a nightingale, a flycatcher and a blue jay sang along with the wind and waterfall. 

Project Resurrected

     In 2005 other projects forced this to the back burner until last September Donna was invited to present our ministry to the Women Together and we needed a third film sooner than one started from scratch.  Production recommenced full time for five months leading up to the first DVD burn the day before the event.

Well Received 

     Audience reception was very enthusiastic as Donna led a full demonstration of the Film Gallery Cafe including the films, tangible art used to make them and table conversations after each film. Participants commented that they could have spent the whole evening discussing just the one new film. One person said full discussion would require a book to be written. The room was buzzing with intense conversations after each film. 

Composition 12 from the film "A Prayer for Beauty"

Next Stage in Development 

     Work is commencing immediately on the DVD of the film complete with menus of the poem text, stills of the artwork, and conversation cards. The next preview of the new film will be at our Artist Support Group meeting, February 19th. Artists and arts supporters are invited to join us.