Pre-Order Books

To all of you that have participated in the Through the Music book, Drawn In, we wanted to offer you a discount that you can extend to your friends and families if you pre-order with us now. The retail cost of the book will be $30 (including the tax) and if you order with us now, we will only charge $25 (including the tax). We’re putting our order in on this Sunday, May 24th, so if you, your family, or your friends are interested, we'll need payment before then. Just send us an email at throughthemusicgallery@yahoo.com with your name and the number of books you're interested in purchasing and we'll send you an invoice from PayPal. We do need to recieve your payment prior to the order on Sunday for you to be able to take advantage of the discount. Remember that a copy of the book is included in the submission that you've already paid.

Test Print!

So folks, the book is put together and we've sent out for our first test print! However, while we do have all the images we need there are still a few of you that we don't have bios and titles/media from. Expect to get nagging emails from us... consider this your only warning.

Here's the cover!

Questions about Bio

So we've had a few people that have had difficulty writing a bio. So Helen and I've decided to post a few examples of already submitted bios that are right on the money:

This is an example of a more general bio:
"Eve Bennett studied photography, film, drawing, and literature in college. She graduated from the metals department at Oregon College of Art & Craft in 2006 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. She now enjoys making art in the beautiful Pacific Northwest city of Portland, Oregon, where she lives in blissful sin with her adorable partner Tim and their exuberant menagerie. Eve enjoys breakfast, gardening, humor & life!"

This one focuses more on the body of work:
"Raf Kelman works in a variety of media in the pursuit of decent art, including sculpture, installation, drawing, and animated video. These works came from a project on the Pine Ridge Lakota Reservation in South Dakota, in which he drew several portraits of people he met using carbon paper to make a copy of each portrait; the subject got the original, if they wanted it. Returning home he saw that many portraits had built up on the sheets of carbon paper, forming a complex chance drawing of overlapping faces. The pieces shown here came from that process; the negative space between the lines has been painted in with acrylic paint, revealing a composite portrait of various people from Pine Ridge."

If you want us to edit, or help fill in the blanks, or inspire in any other way, let us know. We would really like to have the bios by the first of May.

Notice in the right hand column?

So under the "links" heading we've posted some websites from your fellow bookers... just if you're interested...

Another Sneak-Peek

Briony Morrow-Cribbs

Pete Terwilliger


Helen O'Donnell



Matson Vollers

Diana Parra Mayorga

So the due date was yesterday, and we got some more really great pieces. If you missed the due date, we're willing to extend it by a few days if you let us know that you're still interested.
p.s. cupcakes and other yummy treats might help your odds....

Bio and Contact info

So, if you've happened to already send us your pix and release form and submission fee... we also need a bio and contact info for the book. Some of you have already sent that along with everything else, but if you haven't, please do so, and if your stuck, Helen and Sarah made up a form to prompt you along. You can find it in the upper right hand column of this blog under the headline "Forms to Download" with the title "Bio." It's a .pdf so you'll have to download it. If it still doesn't help and you're still stuck, please, let us know... we'll do what we can to help you, and remember it doesn't have to be fancy, but it can be too.

PayPal is Our Pal

So good news, for your convenience, we have added PayPal to the list of payment options. If you wish to pay with PayPal, please email us at throughthemusicgallery@yahoo.com and we'll send you a PayPal bill.