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I was quite surprised to receive a free magazine, the current issue of Art Journaling--with their standard accompanying note, "Hey! We published your work! Check it out in this free issue of our magazine that we just sent you! You are such an awesome artist! YAY!" Okay, I'm very much paraphrasing there. Their notes are much... Continue Reading →
Out of over 600 entries, my two works were accepted into this year's Peace Project publication and traveling art exhibition (consisting of 150 pieces). Life was sort of crazy at the time, with starting a new job and other craziness, and I forgot to purchase a book (and they appear to have sold out of... Continue Reading →
Back to Basics: Artist Uses Stream of Consciousness to Create Latest Pieces Written by Wade Rupard/Photograph by Logan Werlinger March 13 2015 When many go to art galleries, they search for deep meaning and emotion in what they're viewing. But Carly Swenson's newest show at the Third Street Gallery isn't about preconceived ideas or a larger... Continue Reading →
This month I had a six-page article spread in the Summer 2014 issue of Somerset Art Journaling. Click here to view the entire journal and read my artist statement. It is always intriguing to me which pages the publishers decide to print. They didn't choose my favorite pages from this journal, however, I am still... Continue Reading →
I recently received an email informing me my article and several of my digital works have been selected for the first volume of the Digital Inspiration by Stampington & Co. I had written the piece back in 2011, and it was published in the winter edition of Somerset Digital Studio. I was elated to see that... Continue Reading →
Upon receiving my copy of The Peace Project 2013, I was excited to see that two of my submissions had been chosen for publication, these included a detail image from Chronos: God of Time and a digitally altered detail image from Every Man Should be Equal at Last. The annual Peace Project consists of a smaller... Continue Reading →
I had mentioned in a previous post that I was recently interviewed for an article for my hometown newspaper. It was published several days before my Sonhos Melancholia exhibition was going to open at the Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, in Great Falls. I was amazed! It was such a striking layout and beautiful... Continue Reading →
Swenson Exhibit at the Square Written by: Jake Sorich, Tribune Staff Writer Mixed-media artist Carly Swenson, a Havre native now living on an exotic European island, returns to her roots with a photo exhibit “Sonhos Melancolia“ (Melancholy Dreams) at the Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art. The show opens Tuesday with a reception from 5:30 to... Continue Reading →
I had a two page spread of visual journal images in the summer 2013 issue of Somerset Art Journaling magazine. The theme of this visual journal was simply the color, blue--based on my color association from my Week Eight task, back when I was working through The Artist's Way.
