thanks for posting Julia!!!!

The Portrait Party is a flickr group where artists draw each other from photos. Existing members and anyone at the conference who’d like to become a Portrait Party member for the day (or longer!) is welcome to join us at this meet-up for an opportunity to draw each other in person, with the city as our backdrop. Chelsea Market is nearby for lunch afterwards or a quick retreat in case of inclement weather.

Details of exact meet-up coordinates to come, but please put it on your calendar now if you’d like to join us. (And perhaps leave a note here so I have some sense of how many might come.)

I would love to be included in the portrait party. I feel like I’ve been a fly on the Flickr wall admiring all of your work. I could certainly use the practice and support of such a lovely group. Do i need to join via flickr too? or does this suffice. Super excited to meet everyone in person. It’s so fun to feel like I know all the artists from portraits done by the other artists.

Hi Gina,
You’re welcome to join us in NYC without joining online – but you’re also quite welcome to join us at flickr if you’d like to draw and be drawn by artists from all over the world via photos.

Anyone who’d like to join us online should go to the following link:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/portraitparty/

and read the description.

If you’re not already on flickr, create a free account, and upload some examples of your non-photographic artwork. Then go back to the group page above, click the join button, and follow the instructions. At some point you’ll have the opportunity to tell me about your interest in the group – mention that you’re an iamda member and read about it here.

Be patient – it sometimes takes up to a week for me to review and approve people.

Either way, I look forward to seeing you in NYC!
Julia

i am excited, I haven’t had time with all the prep to get my stuff up for group, but hope to before the meet up

Holy Crap! I have lived and worked in and around NYC on and off for 13 years and have never ever heard of this park! I must have rollerbladed and ran right by it a thousand times! this is a great idea, as long as I sit with my back to the water so my glorious Hoboken is in any potential paintings. Actually, if you leave me out of frame, they’ll be better pics for it…sounds like fun!

that would be me, i guess…

I couldn’t afford to be a starving artist! Married w/2 kids & 2 cats meant a lot of mouths to feed. I was fortunate to find a freelance job that I love that I’ve averaged 2 1/2 days of work /week for the last 30 years.
The rest of the time, I make art. Not quite the starving artist but it works for me, and I’ve created enough self-satisfying art to last 2 lifetimes. If others dig it, great, if not……….everybody still eats.

I have been working in traditional media (still do) for long time I totally see a positive relationship between what I do with the physical brush and the digital one. I offer myself as a resource.

Fantastic, consider yourself on the panel
All we have so far is the description posted on the schedule (which you can find on the iamda home page – click the link for the presentation and there’s slightly more description.)
At some point soon the three of us need to confer – skype, private forum, multi-way email and/or…
I think we could use up to 5 people, so if you know anyone else who might be interested, please send them our way.

Plus, I just figured out who you are (screen name on flickr) – I love your work!

OK we have Kara Jansson Kovacev, too. It’s going to be time to mobilize soon!