Significant Donation Reported – The Miami Art Museum has reported that local business leader Jorge M. Pérez has increased his contribution to the new Museum Park facility to $35 million, including a gift of contemporary Latin American art valued at $15 million. In recognition of Mr. Pérez's generosity and commitment, the board voted to change the name of the museum to the Jorge M. Pérez Art Museum of Miami-Dade County.

Art Equipment

Light Boxes—Great Tools for Artists

Artists and quality crafters frequently need to duplicate designs and shapes for their work. Light boxes make the job easy and accurate and offer a wide range of options for the dedicated artist or serious crafter. Available in a wide range of sizes and with various lighting options, light boxes make tracing and duplicating designs easy. The soft glow lighting used is easy on the eyes and allows for long work sessions without fatigue.

Most light boxes are made with a slanted work surface which makes them comfortable to use. The back-lighted surface usually has a tray ledge to hold pencils, pens, chalk, pastels and the like so you can work rapidly with materials at your fingertips. Whether you are designing stencils, patterns, lettering or incising shapes for ad art and camera-ready duplication, a light box is an indispensable tool.

Available in a good range of prices, each style and model offers different options for light output and work surface size. There is a light box just right for every artist, whether hobbyist or professional. It seems that each type of artist needs to enlarge, copy, duplicate or embellish his previous shapes and designs at one time or another.

Slide preparation for competition can be simplified by using a light box to sort, categorize and label slides. Simply lay out slides, organize and packet them for sending. You can also use a light box to assist in masking any areas of the slides that distract from the art itself. Use special metallic tape to mask off areas and its density will block those areas when the slide is projected.

Graphic designers use light boxes to design concept drawings and acetate overlays. The light box offers them the work space and layout capabilities for all design work. Artists use the light box in much the same way when they are doing stencil design work for silkscreen masters. Stencils cut with the use of a light box are more accurate than those cut with regular room light since the backlighting is more intense. Detailed designing is much easier, whether for stencil cutting or other fine detail work.

Crafters can use a light box for a myriad of techniques. Accurate duplication of paper designs for greeting cards, for instance, is much simpler than trying to cut without backlighting. Quilters can design and test shape relationships on a light box rather than investing the extra time in actual piecing. Hobbyists can use a light box to trace shapes and duplicate drawings. The box helps the artist learn perspective and is a great way to learn the basics of drawing.

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