We are an organization that prides itself on putting it's Members first, supporting, educating and guiding them to assist them to become the artists and people they desire to be. Although we are a very unique one-of-a-kind organization, the only one of its kind, there are other similar organizations that are an option and we are honored and grateful when an individual chooses to become part of the IADR family.
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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 to visit their IADR profiles. WELCOME EVERYONE!
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go to the winning Members of our 'Dancers In Motion' show! This was a great show with a GREAT participation rate! We were very excited to see more members able to participate in these new tri-quarterly shows!
We think this was a great theme that challenges our Members to learn anatomy to be able to express the movement in dance.
⚠️ The Judges comments are being put together and will be emailed to the participants as soon as they're ready so keep an eye on your inbox!
"Why are the Judge's comments so important?" These comments come from artists that are pioneers, icons, giants and leading artists in our OOAK community. They are our version of "celebrities", and these comments will guide you to know what areas of sculpting you need to focus on so your sculpting can improve and you an grow into the artist you desire to be!
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Because these artists won in their artist show category, they can now enter the next show at the next level up! Congratulations again!
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graduated to the
Intermediate Category!
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graduated to the
Advanced Category!
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graduated to the
Professional Category!
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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.
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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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March - 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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Our Next Themed Show is... |
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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 Tribal Leaders. 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 doesn’t matter what your sculpture/artdoll is made of as long as it’s made entirely by you without the use of commercial molds.
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
- network with these amazing artists and the other artists in the Artdoll community
- have them provide you with feedback on your artwork 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, you’re automatically a nominee for our ‘Best In Show’ 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 up 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 next show at the next artist level. If they don't win they go back to entering the next show at the original artist level until they win at that level.
We are doing this so that Members no longer win be default as those wins don't feel as good 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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Member Spotlights! (video interviews)
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We’ll 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. We’ll ask them about their achievements, awards and present recognition of their work. You’ll get an insight to them as an Artist of Figurative Sculptures and an IADR member. We’ll 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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Take a look at our most recent Member Spotlight video interview for the month of March below! |
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Learning Center Tutorials! |
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Have you ever wanted to try something new, create artdolls with a new medium to spice things up and/or broaden your skill set with other materials? I think many of us have but either have not had the time and/or the information and resources to do anything about it. We are in the process of creating a new section on our website we will be calling “THE LEARNING CENTER“ which will house and provide you with at least the informational portion of the equation so you have a starting point and actually take that leap into the “unknown.” |
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MEMBERS, WE NEED YOUR HELP…
WE HAVE TONS OF TALENT WITHIN IADR—If you’re a Member with experience in any of the mediums listed at that link below (or you think of other styles/mediums you think others would enjoy) please consider contributing your knowledge/links/videos/free tutorials for the membership to benefit from, PLEASE reach out to us and we will collect that information from you to add to The Learning Center for all the other Members to benefit from.
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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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Members-Only Facebook Group! |
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⚠️ If you’re not yet part of our private Members Only Facebook group and would like to be added,
- Please send a friend request to our Executive Administrator
- And ask him to add you.
In that group we share to-the-minute group news, announcements & updates so don’t miss out!
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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 everybody’s 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 “PayPal Checkout” button at the bottom to complete the process and you are done!
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We value and support our Members and we know that as artists we all tend to create different kinds of art as opposed to sculptors JUST creating sculptures. We also dabble in crafts, painting, photography, scrapbooking, drawing, digital art, etc. These galleries are exclusively dedicated to our Member’s other artistic interests.
NOTE: Although these works aren’t eligible to be registered in our Registry, they’re still here for your viewing pleasure.
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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 “Open Commissions”or they share an art doll for sale in our Members-Only FB Group, we’ll be sharing that news in our Instagram, Facebook & 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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or, simply send him a direct Facebook message.
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