Joan Merrell is putting together a conference for LDS visual artists (which is a great idea):

Inspired by CIVA (Christians in the Visual Arts), several Mormon visual artists are gathering people interested in the shared learning and encouragement that can come when like-minded people collaborate. We plan to hold periodic conferences where we will discuss topics relevant to today’s visual artists, and we also hope to use the group as a springboard to create and share exhibits. By opening the group to experts and amateurs alike, we hope that this group will provide a fresh outlook for artists in the LDS community.

This is a call to any interested visual artists (painters, sculptors, photographers, textile, ceramic, and calligraphic artists, etc.) to email ldsvisualarts@gmail.com or go to the Facebook group page, LDS Visual Arts, and help start something wonderful!

It looks like the section about Cameron in yesterday’s post came a day too early. :)

This morning, Cameron Moll officially launched ColosseoType.com to accompany the release of his newest typographic print Colosseo.

The site includes several added treats. There is a new companion poster of the glyphs Cameron painstakingly recreated from the work of the meticulous Italian calligrapher M. Giovambattista Palatino (yes, that Palatino). There are limited editons and signed prints of the poster, along with stock vectors of the glyphs. And, in an added bit of generosity, Cameron is providing a discount code for 10% off your entire order during the site’s introductory week.

The content is beautiful, the site is wonderfully well designed (as can be expected from Cameron), and the photos of the poster are crisp, macro, and, to put it frankly, exquisitely droolworthy.

Related articles

• A Quick Update (mormonartist.net)
• Cameron Moll: Colosseo (mormonartist.net)
• ColosseoType.com, An All-HTML5 Endeavor (cameronmoll.tumblr.com)

Okay, for no good reason, I’ve been sitting on these updates for a little while. Some are a few weeks old, but all are high quality.

Shaun Barrowes

Photo via flickr.com

Shaun Barrowes’s newest album, “Emotion Constellation”, is currently available for pre-order on his blog.

He’s currently touring abroad (Mexico last weekend; Italy, Ireland, and the UK later this month) and playing with all kinds of exciting people. So, feel free to give him some love and appreciation on his blog, his Twitter, or his Facebook fan page.

Note: Sorry this one is so late. If you hurry you can still get the three bonus tracks and the personally autographed copy with your order. The timeframe for pre-ordering the album ends tomorrow, March 9th (!).

Cameron Moll

Photo via twitter.com

Cameron Moll has finally finished his newest typographic print, “Colosseo” (you know, the follow-up to this masterpiece), and it’s even more impressive and beautiful than I had originally thought. Go ahead, grab a copy. Your walls will thank you. :)

Cameron has also redesigned, retooled, and revamped of his own slice of the web (as was necessitated by some pretty severe malware attacks in the past few weeks). He talks about the how, why, and what of it in today’s blog post. The new design is smooth, clean, and running on Tumblr‘s blogging platform.

Scott Jarvie

Photo via jarviedigital.com

I don’t know where I’ve been or why I hadn’t noticed it yet, but Scott Jarvie has done some wonderful things with his website(s) lately (with help from jR Customization). Feel free to go on over and visit him. Be sure to check out the his “Jarvie Window” shots; they’re fun.

Scott is currently in Las Vegas for WPPI and he’s seems to be having fun. Go say “hi” to him on Twitter. And don’t forget about the photography classes he offers via JarvieU. (I plan to catch one of them soon, when I get around to it. ;) )