IndieArtsDVD: Art on a disc

If you visit a well-stocked magazine rack, (I went to Powells, a fabulous glassland bookstore that’s only equaled by (maybe) Amazon in selection), you might see a DVD case sitting in with the arts and culture magazines. It’s called IndieArts: A Visual Adventure, and it’s an interesting rich media publication.

It’s a quarterly, about $17 (i.e., pricey for a magazine) and each edition features video interviews and portfolios from various visual artists. The edition I saw focused on Southern California, and offered mosaics and glass, watercolor, silver, 3D paper sculpture and dolls.

It’s the brainchild of Karen Landey and Gloria Page, and it looks like a lot of fun to put together. The video tours aren’t overly polished, which is fine. Page and Landey wisely host online versions on YouTube rather than setting up their own infrastructure.

Still, with the whole world online it seems kinda retro to put this out as a DVD and not a ‘zine. Not sure of the logic there, except that you *can* play this on the TV as well as the computer. Interesting idea, anyway.

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