Check out our new organization video!
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We wanted to give an official "Hello & welcome!" to our newest IADR family Members! We're very happy you all decided to join our family of artists and share your artistic journey with us. Click on the new Member's name/photo to visit their IADR profiles.
ï»żWELCOME EVERYONE!
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Show Dates: June 1, 2021 â June 30, 2021 PST
Weâre getting close to our next Member shooow!! 'JUNE âTRIBAL LEADERSâ!! This oneâs gonna be super fun because the outfits can get very intricate and detailed! You can start creating your entries now, you don't have to wait until June to start-yay!
Join your fellow International Art Doll Registry friends & Members in creating your interpretation of Tribal Leaders! This can be a male, female, child or any kind of creature just as long as they are clearly within the Tribal Leaders theme.
This can be made in whatever medium you create in; polymer clay, porcelain, Ball-Jointed Dolls (BJDs), 1:12 scale, soft poseable sculptures, monster clay, paper clay, ceramic clay, water-based clay, air-dry clay, oil-based clay, epoxy clay, CX-5 clay. It doesnât matter what your sculpture/artdoll is made of as long as itâs made entirely by you without the use of commercial molds. THANK YOU, Deb Wood, for the always gorgeous show banners!
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Why Participate In Shows?
Member shows allow you to;
- have your work reviewed & critiqued by industry leading artists who are well-known and accomplished in their craft
- allowing you the opportunity to get your name out there
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network with these amazing artists and the other artists in the Artdoll community
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have our Judges provide you with their comments & feedback on your show entries so that you may better your artdolls with every piece to be able to get to the level of professionalism you desire.
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if you win a show, youâre automatically a nominee for our âBest In Showâ Year-End Award category!
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Great news! We've noticed a semi-regular trend in 2020 and have finally come up with a solution. Referencing the photo to the left, when there is only one(1) entry for the Novice, Intermediate or Advanced artist category, that lone entry will be moved up to the next level to compete with those entries for that particular show only.
If that lone entry wins that new category, that artist will then be able to enter the following show at the next artist level. If they don't win they go back to entering the following show at the original artist level they were until they win at that level.
We are doing this so Members no longer win by default as those wins don't feel as rewarding or as deserved by the artist. If there is only one(1) entry in a Professional category for any show, that entry will still end up winning as there is no other level to advance to from there.
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(*new) Themed Member Challenges!
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Originally named "Member Galleries" but now we're elevating it to a higher more immersive level and doing a spin-off into "Themed Member Challenges." "What is it?" you ask? Lets break it down;
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These challenges are not judged. They are to have fun, improve our skills and interact with each other. However, once the challenges come to a close, all participants will be displayed in a presentation video and the submitted images will also be added to the corresponding theme gallery from the Member Galleries page which are open to the public and will be great exposure for you!
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These challenges will run for 3 months at a time which will be the months that we don't have our tri-quarterly shows. So challenges will run from MAR. through MAY, JUL. through SEP., NOV. through JAN. (see the photo below)
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Registration will be required to participate in these challenges so we may keep track of the participants and due to the fact that...
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Artists will be grouped by their artist level. So all Novice Members that register will be grouped together, all Intermediate Members will be grouped together, etc.
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Admin. will host a LIVE feed in our group for all the registered participants to join as Admin. will spin the Theme Wheel, which will use the same themes that are in the Member Galleries, for each of our artist levels that registered (Novice Intermediate, Advanced & Professional) so we will spin the wheel four times and whichever sculpting theme is assigned to your artist level is what you will sculpt that month for the challenge. This is done to challenge yourself with something you normally don't create to stretch your limits and skills... AND have FUN with each other!
You create your sculpture in the category/genre you'd like and submit it to that particular gallery category to be displayed to the public. More and more artist will do the same and it will add artistic diversity to our Membership community and sculpting skills set.
It will also challenge us to go out of our artistic comfort zone so that we may evolve and grow not only as an artist but as a human being because challenging ourselves here will spill into the rest of our lives and how we live it on a daily basis.
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ï»żMarch - May Challenge Themes Assigned!
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Watch the live video feed replay if you missed it of us assigning the Themed Member Challenge categories! |
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New website post on art infringement & copyright has been posted in the new ongoing news post âSculpting 411â just so we know âthe rulesâ as artists and donât get in trouble if weâre unsure of anything |
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Member Spotlights! (video interviews)
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Weâll take a peek at what inspires them, how they go through their creative process, their choice of clay, the supplies they prefer and much more. Weâll ask them about their achievements, awards and present recognition of their work. Youâll get an insight to them as an Artist of Figurative Sculptures and an IADR member. Weâll touch on their family, and their views about IADR and how the influence of being a member has helped their artistic growth. |
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We love hearing how IADR is helping our artists in their artistic journey! We have an area on our homepage at the bottom where we display all the testimonials we receive.
Let us know how IADR has helped you!
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Membership Auto-Renew Is Back! |
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Guess whaaat?!
We finally got the process complete to be able to have everybodyâs memberships be automatically charged to your PayPal account again instead of having to manually do it every year by paying the invoice through the email!
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How does it work?
Follow the steps in the video below and in the payment page you should see the highlighted option you see in the photo above which will make your renewal automatic just like it was before. After that, just click on the yellow âPayPal Checkoutâ button at the bottom to complete the process and you are done!
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Get ready!! We've spent a good amount of time recreating our Mentor program, now named IADR's Mentorship Collaboration! What's new? Well, we'll be releasing the details very soon so keep an eye on our Facebook wall & your emails. It's gonna help all our Members who take advantage of the Mentorship Collaboration to level up their sculpting skills AND interact with your Mentor more!
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In an effort to make IADR more enjoyable and engaging, weâre always wracking our brain for new ideas to benefit our Members and their art. This is the result⊠watch the video below to see how this works.
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A BIG member benefit is that IADR has its own SHOP platform where its Members can sell their art dolls with;
The public can help support our artists by shopping specifically at the IADR Store as the artist will keep the FULL SALE as they will not be charged selling fees.
NOTE: All sale communications and arrangements will be handled strictly between the individual artist selling the sculpture, and the buyer after the sale has been paid for. International Art Doll Registry is not involved in the negotiations and sale dealings. We are simply the platform used by our Member artists so they may have a place to list their artwork for sale as each artist has their own policies & procedures.
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Members-Only Benefit!
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NO Listing fee
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NO Transaction fee
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NO payment processing fee
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NO Offsite Ads Fee
- Member keeps the FULL sale!
- Leave your listing up & active until your doll sells!
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When one of our Members has a special announcement like âOpen Commissionsâ or they share an art doll for sale in our Members-Only FB Group, weâll be sharing that news in our Instagram, public & professional Facebook pages & Twitter accounts for maximum exposure!
Posting this in our Members-Only FB Group let's us know your Membership is active & current as Admin. regularly updates the Member list in that group.
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NEW Member Benefit!
In an ever growing desire to feature our Members as the amazing people and artists they are, we realized that many of our Members have been featured in videos online and in the media so we figured âWhy not shine a spotlight in that as well?!â
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The video & photos below will show you where to find the new page.
Members, if youâve been featured in a video that is not currently displayed, send it to us so we can feature you there too!
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'Artist's Studios' Gallery! |
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Weâre bringing back the website gallery that showcases photos of our artistâs studios! Woohoo! You get to have a glimpse of where our artists create the amazing magical art dolls they do.
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(*new) IADR 'Rising Star' Gallery!
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You know how we have the âRising Starâ Year-End Award? Well, this year we are going to make the selection of the Rising Star winner a lot easier! We have created a new member gallery specifically for IADR rising stars!
In this album we will be displaying Members that identify as Novice/Beginners in the OOAK Art Doll world. We will upload a photo of one of the artistâs art dolls and on NOVEMBER 1st 2021 we will have the artist submit another more recent photo of their most current art doll to do a side by side comparison so our Membership can use this page to choose the best Rising Star for the Year-End Award!
MEMBERS! If you identify as a Novice/Beginner sculptor, please submit one photo of your most recent work so we may upload and hold your spot for the Rising Star category!
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If you don't already know, as a Member benefit, you can request 3D poses to use as references as you're sculpting to help you achieve anatomical accuracy in your final sculpt.
Here's how you find the poses that have already been requested previously so you can utilize them as well.
From the 'Members-Only' main menu on our website, simply scroll down until you see this tile to the right >
or visit the gallery by clicking on the button below to start exploring and sculpting!
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