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SiteProjects DC on TV I am told that SiteProjects...
2007-08-01 12:56:00
SiteProjects DC on TVI am told that SiteProjectsDC artist Tom Greaves was on the NBC Today show this morning at 8 AM. Tom was interviewed about his piece The Compliment Machine.It's a good thing that this accomplished artist and the WPA/C project is getting national attention. See it here.By the way, am I the only one that sees a very strong similarity between "The Compliment Machine" and Thomas Edwards' "Sycophant"?I don't know which machine came first, but they essentially do the same thing based on the same idea, although Edwards' robot head, once its motion sensor detects you, actually follows you down a rail as it showers you with compliments.It looks like another case of what I have called in the past "Remarkable Confluence." This is when two people, completely independent of each other, toil away and produce remarkably similar products.Here's another example of "Remarkable Confluence."Anyway, read the AP story on Greaves' machine here, it has been picked up worldwide! ...
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Job in the Arts Deadline: May 7, 2008 An establi...
2007-08-01 12:55:00
Job in the Arts Deadline : May 7, 2008 An established international art gallery located on New York's Upper East Side, specializing in museum quality Impressionist and Modern art, is seeking a director.Starting salary is $50, - 60,000 (plus private healthcare), depending on qualifications and salary history.The candidate must be able to work closely with the owner and will be responsible in overseeing all gallery activities including sales, administration and exhibition preparation.He / she should have at least five years solid experience in the international art business. The ability to appropriately handle a high level clientele and knowledge of 19th and 20th century art are essential. We are looking for someone with excellent communication and organizational skills. Foreign languages abilities are favorable. An interest in long-term commitment would be favored.Send C.V. with short covering letter to:Caitlin MillerThe A rt Newspaper594 Broadway, Suite 406New York, NY 10012Or email: c...
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Opportunity for Oz Freaks Deadline: September 21,...
2007-08-01 12:47:00
Opportunity for Oz Freaks Deadline : Sept ember 21, 2007Ozspiration: New Work Inspired by 100 Years of the Wizard of Oz. Call for artists for an Art Show for Nov-Dec 2007 at Gallery 28 in Boston at the New England School of Art & Design, Suffolk University (NESAD/SU).Please contact oz@niftyarts.com with questions. All info on this website.
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The Germans are coming! The long-awaited exhibiti...
2007-08-01 00:23:00
The Germ ans are coming!The long-awaited exhibition by contemporary German artists "Aachen to Arlington: Imagining the Distance," opens today at the Arlington Arts Center, with additional exhibitions by Arlington artists and resident studio artist, Taek Lee. The formal opening reception for the show will be Friday, September 7, 6 ? 9 p.m.Curated by Harald Kunde, Director of the Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst in Aachen, it offers works by six exhibiting German artists: Tobias Danke, Irmel Kamp-Bandau, Andreas Magdanz, Stephan Mörsch and Hans Niehus. These artists are all represented by Stephen Adamski?s Adamski Gallery for Contemporary Art in Aachen, Germany.Running concurrently in the AAC?s Truland Gallery will be a preview of selected works from the show Arlington to Aachen: Imaging The Distance, featuring works by American artists Caroline Danforth, Chawky Frenn, Maria Karametou, Evan Reed, Mona Sfeir and Amy Glengary Yang. This exhibition is co-curated by Claire Huschle, AA...
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Another Good Day Painter First there was Duane Ka...
2007-07-31 18:20:00
Another Good Day Paint er First there was Duane Kaiser with his one-a-day paintings, and we all know what a spectacular success he has enjoyed since.And now Queensland, Maryland area artist Joseph Miller has taken the daily brush to a painting-a-day task and begun a daily painting regime. See his work here.

Kata Mejia If you have noticed a stage being buil...
2007-07-31 18:09:00
Kata MejiaIf you have noticed a stage being built in the parking lot off 14th Street/Corcoran in DC, it is being built for "Healing," a four night performance by artist Kata Mejia.The performances will take place Wednesday through Saturday (August 1st-4th), nightly at 6pm and each performance lasts approx. 1 hour. The location is the BodySmith Parking Lot (1622 14th Street, NW (between Corcoran and R streets, NW in DC)."Healing" commemorates the first anniversary of the death of the artist's little brother, who was kidnapped and murdered in Colombia by the FARC terrorist guerrillas.Details at the Randall Scott Gallery's website.
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Opportunity for Artists Massachusetts' Storefront...
2007-07-31 18:01:00
Opportunity for Artis ts Massa chusetts ' Storefront Artist Project is currently looking for artists for Exhibitions, Projects, Etc.The Storefront Artist Project is in the process of expanding its artist network and is looking for artists interested in participating in its various activities.Areas of opportunity include: exhibitions, studios, residencies, and artist mentors for high school students and other outreach programs.Please send a letter (and/or email) stating areas of interest, bio, images, website, etc. to:Storefront Artist Project124 Fenn StreetPittsfield, MA 01210Or email: mail@storefrontartist.org
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Picture New York Sign this. It is a petition to ...
2007-07-31 12:59:00
Picture New York Sign this.It is a petition to defeat a new NYC regulation introduced quietly just before Memorial Day weekend. The regulations could severely impede the ability of even casual photographers and filmmakers to operate in New York City.More details here.
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Pyramid Atlantic Art Center Seeks Executive Direct...
2007-07-31 12:27:00
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center Seek s Executive Direct orDeadline: August 17, 2007Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, a contemporary visual arts center and gallery in Silver Spring, MD, dedicated to creation, exhibition and appreciation of paper, prints and book art, seeks a new Executive Director to succeed founder, Helen Frederick, who has been running the joint for over 26 years. ?We have been working with Helen to ensure that Pyramid Atlantic will continue to flourish in our Silver Spring home,? said Board Chair Sally Sternbach. ?For the board, our members and patrons, this is a time to celebrate Helen?s remarkable artistic and administrative achievements in building this organization over the past 27 years. It?s also a time of great excitement with the advent of new leadership, which will continue the tradition of excellence that Helen has established and assure a bright future for Pyramid Atlantic.? The new person will direct, inspire and oversee art programs through collaboration with e...

Che Che Kole If you have kids, then you know that...
2007-07-30 18:57:00
Che Che KoleIf you have kids, then you know that "Che Che Kole" is a Ghanian children's chant that's usually taught in the US to kids in pre-school or the early years of school as part of having them learn children music from other nations.It goes on like this:Chekere, kalimba Che che kole, che che kole Che che kafisa, che che kafisa Kafisa langa, kafisa langa, Co co shi langa, co shi langa, Koom ma dye day, koom ma dye day, Ya!Great artists have the ability to take anything, including a Ghanian children's chant and re-invent it as another song, such as Willie Colon and Hector Lavoe did with Che Che Kole as a 70s super mega dance floor salsa hit. Listen and see them below as they perform the hit and then hear the Ghanian words in the song.From something with a long history and tradition, something new and exciting, but aligned with the past and with tradition without any issues or baggage.
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Introductions3 at Irvine Irvine Contemporary has ...
2007-07-30 18:51:00
Introductions3 at Irvine Irvine Contemporary has Introductions3 coming up next month. This exhibition is a selection of recent graduates from leading national and international art schools. This third year of Introductions at Irvine Contemporary is the first gallery exhibition of its kind. Over 250 artists from 60 different art colleges were reviewed for Introductions3, and final selections were made with the advice of a panel of art collectors, rather than curators or gallerists. Introductions3 has grown to an inclusive ?MFA annual? that brings the best rising artists to Washington, D.C. Participating artists are listed below with their most recent college or institute affiliation. Opening reception with artists, Saturday, August 11, 6-8 PM. Look for the work of Akemi Maegawa (Cranbrook Institute, Sculptures and Installation) and Sarah Mizer (Virginia Commonwealth University, Sculpture and Installation) to stand out.
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Wanna do something this Wednesday in DC? ALEATORI...
2007-07-30 18:48:00
Wanna do something this Wednesday in DC?ALEATORIC is going on this coming Wednesday!Several local artists fill up two floors with installation art and emerging bands will be performing to keep up a lively atmosphere.Sponsored by the new Artcade Magazine, and by Civilian Art Projects and by Panache, with Marissa Botelho, Curator, Reuben Breslar, Music Coordinator and work by local arts students, artists, musicians, and creative writers.Bands involved include "Pontiak," "The Show is the Rainbow," and "Black and Tan Fantasy Band." This night of Music and Installation Art is Wednesday, August 1, 2007 from 7:45pm ? 12am and donations for the bands are encouraged. It takes place at:Bobby Fisher Memorial Building (aka Borf Building)1644 North Capitol St, NW,Washington, D.C., 20002*3 blocks north west of New York Ave. Metro Station
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Another art fair coming to DC It will be August 1...
2007-07-30 18:42:00
Another art fair coming to DCIt will be August 10-12, 2007 at the Washington Convention Center.Click on the image for a larger image of the card or visit this website.
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Johnny Cash Like many people my age, when I was a...
2007-07-29 18:32:00
Johnny Cash Like many people my age, when I was a kid in Brooklyn, I grew up knowing who Johnny Cash was and who Ray Charles was, but I was not at all interested in their music.I find it peculiar that now, after the two hit biographical movies came out about these two music giants (and both Jamie Fox and Joaquin Phoenix did such great jobs in recreating Charles and Cash's music), my interest -- along that of millions of new fans -- has been kindled for their music.My house backs to up to a large park in Media, PA, and they have a stage there which is set-up for outdoor concerts, sort of a mini Wolf Trap. I can walk there from my house, so once in a while we walk and sit in for whoever is playing.Last night Johnny Cash was playing. Well, actually David Stone and the Johnny Cash Experience, but let me tell you, this man was amazing!He is not a Johnny Cash impersonator, but clearly a highly talented artist and someone who has studied Cash's life, music, mannerisms, voice and style for...
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Corcoran responds to my idea A few days ago I dis...
2007-07-29 18:07:00
Corcoran responds to my ideaA few days ago I discussed one idea that I had sent the Corcoran for possible inclusion in their Ansel Adams exhibition. And below, Paul Roth, Curator of Photography and Media Arts at the Corcoran Gallery of Art responds:Dear Lenny,Paul Greenhalgh and Philip Brookman have referred your letter of July 12 to me for response, as I am the in-house curator supervising the Corcoran's installation of the Ansel Adams exhibition. Please accept my apology for the lateness of this reply; our coming photography exhibitions have had many pressing deadlines the last couple of weeks.First, regarding your suggestion about the public domain set of Ansel Adams photographs at the Library of Congress . This idea is interesting and would no doubt be a feature valued by many of our visitors. Unfortunately, a variety of reasons--relating to logistics, timing, available space, and other factors--make this an impossible option for us at this time. Another major issue for us is ou...
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Artcade Magazine New, super cool DC-based online...
2007-07-28 19:22:00
Artcade Magazine New, super cool DC-based online art magazine... visit them here.
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Two million The most visited blog by a Cuban-Amer...
2007-07-28 19:05:00
Two millionThe most visited blog by a Cuban -American is...Perez Hilton 's celebrity juice and gossip blog in LA! With over two million hits a day!But we're hot on your tail Perez!
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New Curator at AAC Jeffry Cudlin tells us that he...
2007-07-28 01:31:00
New Curator at AACJeff ry Cudlin tells us that he's the new curator at the Arlington Arts Center.This is nothing but good news for the AAC and for Arlington.
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Cool Art Thing of the Moment I don't know where D...
2007-07-27 18:23:00
Cool Art Thing of the Moment I don't know where DC artist Guy Mondo finds these things, but he is certain to find the oddest things in the world of fine arts."The images above illustrate the results of an unusual artistic collaboration between the French artist Hubert Duprat and a group of caddis fly larvae... Duprat, who was born in 1957, began working with caddis fly larvae in the early 1980s... After collecting the larvae from their normal environments, he relocates them to his studio where he gently removes their own natural cases and then places them in aquaria that he fills with alternative materials from which they can begin to recreate their protective sheaths. He began with only gold spangles but has since also added the kinds of semi-precious and precious stones (including turquoise, opals, lapis lazuli and coral, as well as pearls, rubies, sapphires, and diamonds) seen here. The insects do not always incorporate all the available materials into their case designs, and cer...
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Call for Artists Deadline: Saturday August 18, 20...
2007-07-27 18:15:00
Call for Artists Deadline : Saturday August 18, 2007Somerville, Mass' Nave Gallery's Young Turks returns for a second year with an exhibition featuring art and artists "taking a walk on the wild side." The show aims to highlight all that is not part of the status quo. They seek work that questions, confronts, and, yes, attacks ideas, images, and ideology that others take for granted.No submission fee!Anger, disassociation, a rejection of the societal norm are some of theemotions they expect artwork in this show to explore. Commentary on larger societal issues such as world poverty, the Middle East crisis, global warming or of issues closer to home such as the Big Dig mess, gas prices, gang violence, or drugs, left wing and right wing rhetoric, are just some examples of possible themes. Or it can be strictly personal, an illustration of the artist using the creative process to express a specific state of being or growth.Artists are invited to submit work that addresses their connecti...
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And the answer is... Zoe's answer to my question ...
2007-07-27 18:08:00
And the answer is...Zoe's answer to my question below is: "it's a close second to the biennial. It's in a "suite" area so it's not open to everyone who comes to a game. If it was in a public area, it might tie the biennial."
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Congrats! To Philly's wonderphotog Zoe Strauss, w...
2007-07-26 18:14:00
Congrats!To Philly 's wonderphotog Zoe Strauss, who tells us that The Philadelphia Eagles will be purchasing a vinyl print of her photo "Mattress Flip" for display in the "Red Zone" at Lincoln Financial Field.So what's cooler, being selected for the last Whitney Biennial or being selected by an NFL powerhouse?Time for the 'skins to step up and ante up some artwork for their stadium.
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Mary Coble Mary Coble will be performing "Marke...
2007-07-26 12:48:00
Mary CobleMary Coble will be performing "Marker DC" this Saturday, July 28th, 2-5pm at the entrance to the U Street / Cardozo Metro Station (green line) 13th and U Street, in Washington,DC.In Marker, performance artist Mary Coble "expands the focus of her previous performances, Note to Self 2005 (on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered persons murdered in hate crimes) and Aversion 2007 (shock aversion therapy). The artist now invites viewers to emulate the physical + verbal assaults marginalized groups have endured by penning hate-inspired epithets such as 'dyke', 'spic' or 'nigger' on her body."Marker (DC) is a part of the WPA/C's SiteProject DC events curated by Welmoed Laanstra. Coble is represented by Conner Contemporary.
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Renoir at the PMA The Philadelphia Museum of Art ...
2007-07-26 12:15:00
Renoir at the PMAThe Philadelphia Museum of Art will be the only U.S. venue for the first exhibition to explore the inventiveness and importance of the landscape painting of Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) during the first 30 years of the artist?s career.?We are delighted to collaborate with our colleagues in London and Ottawa on this major exhibition from public and private collections around the world to explore a little studied aspect of Renoir?s genius that is so central to his overall vision,? said Anne d?Harnoncourt, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. ?It will be especially gratifying to see the exhibition in the context of our own collections, which are renowned for their representation of Impressionism and particularly rich in figure paintings by Renoir. It will be a great pleasure to welcome visitors from throughout the United States and beyond to Philadelphia.? Renoir Landscapes is organized by the National Gallery, London, The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa...
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Hard Questions David Genovesi has an interesting ...
2007-07-25 18:18:00
Hard Questions Davi d Genovesi has an interesting list of 22 art questions that he hopes he is never asked in an interview:- What is art?- Does art have a purpose, if so, what is it?- Who determines whether an artist is an artist?- Why do you create?- Does the art you create have any particular meaning?- Does the art you create have any social implications?- Does the art you create pay the rent?- What effect is the digital revolution having on art? - Who has the final authority for determining the ?validity? of contemporary art?- Would you advise a young person to become an artist?- Must art be beautiful?- Is there such a thing as "good art" or "bad art", if so, what's the difference?- Is there such a thing as "a good artist" or "a bad artist", if so, what's the difference?- Is painting still a valid art form?- Is a print of a painting art?- To what extent must an artist consider his audience?- What?s the most important asset an artist needs to survive today?- Why buy art?- Is buyin...
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WCP Sold The Washington City Paper has been sold....
2007-07-25 18:07:00
WCP Sold The Washington City Paper has been sold. Details here.If it wasn't for the CP's visual arts coverage, all that we'd have in the nation's capital is the voice of a freelancer writing 20 odd columns a year for the WaPo's Style section and O'Sullivan's weekly column in the Weekend section.Let's hope that the new ownership continues the CP's tradition of leading the visual arts coverage in the printed media in DC.
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Wanna go to a DC opening tomorrow? Rebecca C. Ada...
2007-07-25 12:58:00
Wanna go to a DC opening tomorrow?Rebecca C. Adams: Compulsory Figures and ? at Transformer.Using sound and large street drawings to interpret an archaic division of figure skating, this indoor and outdoor installation captures the sonic environment of practicing compulsory figures on ice, while visually striving to reproduce similar exercises on pavement. Opening : July 26, 6:30 - 8 PM.
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Coming to the Corcoran The Corcoran's fall season...
2007-07-25 03:18:00
Coming to the Corcoran The Corcoran's fall season will feature two photography exhibitions, Ansel Adams, opening September 15, and Annie Leibovitz : A Photographer's Life, 1990-2005, opening October 13.Yes, another Annie Leibovitz exhibition at the Corcoran.When I got the news release, I sent the Corcoran's director, Paul Greenhalgh (who by the way, has been doing a really decent job since taking over the reigns of the Corcoran) a couple of suggestions for future photography shows. One idea "augments" the Ansel Adams exhibition, which will hopefully add a new dimension to yet another Adams photo show.To start, I will admit that "Moonrise Over Hernandez" is a great photograph and people will oooh and aaah over it, as they have done for the dozens and dozens of previous Adams' exhibitions over the years.Here's my idea: The Library of Congress has a HUGE collection of Ansel Adams negatives that are the property of the people of the United States.It is my impression that anyone can (...
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Pediatric AIDS/HIV Care Fundraiser The Pink Line ...
2007-07-24 12:15:00
Pediatric AIDS/HIV Care Fundraiser The Pink Line Project will host a happy hour fundraiser to support Pediatric AIDS-HIV Care, an organization dedicated to children living with AIDS/HIV in the Washington metropolitan area. Their program employs creative approaches - including art and music - to help children cope with the stress and stigma associated with this disease.Great video art from "barely emerging artist" Kathryn Cornelius, Jeff Wyckoff, Kathleen McGlaun, Koike Susumu, and Live Music by Ben Gilligan (from French Toast and Small Doses)!Wednesday, July 25, 6 to 8 PM at 18th Street Lounge (1212 18th Street, NW in DC).
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Spray Painting Depending on many variables (most ...
2007-07-23 12:59:00
Spray Paint ing Depending on many variables (most of which I think have to deal with culture, upbringing, formation, sense of inferiority, elitist aspirations, and hidden wanna-be issues), often artsy people stand on definite sides when it comes to what the art world describes as "low brow art" and "high art."In the various earlier discussions here on what makes good art, a lot of theory and art history has been discussed and written about.I'm of the opinion that the only proven and tested art critic of what makes good art is time.And often what was once considered low brow art, or art that wasn't good enough, stands the test of time just as well (or even better) than what the contemporary critics or artsy folks of the time would have selected.History is full of such examples: Ukiyo-e in Japan, Salon des Refusés in France, most 19th century steelpoints, Frida Kahlo in Mexico, Norman Rockwell in the US, most photography until Steiglitz dragged it into art galleries, Florida's Highwa...
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