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Wanna go to a DC opening tomorrow? Carolina Mayor...
2007-07-12 00:50:00
Wanna go to a DC opening tomorrow?Carolina Mayor ga will be having her opening event at Transformer tomorrow at 6:30PM. And then Robert Parrish's opening will be a week from tomorrow at the same time, same place.
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The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities is on...
2007-07-12 00:47:00
The DC Comm ission on the Arts and Humanities is on the moveOn July 17, 2007, The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities will be moving uptown to a new location at 2901 14th Street NW, First Floor, Washington, DC 20010 and their phone is 202-724-5613.
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Another Artomatic this year? Blake Gopnik may hav...
2007-07-12 00:42:00
Another Artomatic this year?Blak e Gopnik may have a fit, but I am told (as I mentioned before) that there's a pretty good chance of another AOM this year - this time in DC as usual.Stay tuned!PS - Sorry Blake ... slammajamma two posts in a row; my bad.
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Blake Gopnik got lost in Europe If you think that...
2007-07-11 18:37:00
Blake Gopnik got lost in Europe If you think that DC area artsy writers, and DC area museum staffers, and DC area artists, and DC area gallerists, and Washingtonian magazinists, and DC area art collectors, and WaPo readers are the only ones almost always rolling their eyes over what and how Blake Gopnik writes about art, then you should read what Floridian Glenn Weiss, over at Aesthetic Grounds writes about the Gopnikmeister's recent European dispatches.
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Wanna go to a Virginia opening this afternoon? I ...
2007-07-11 18:23:00
Wanna go to a Virginia opening this afternoon?I know it's hot out there, so why not slip into the League of Reston Artists' opening this afternoon?The opening is Wednesday, July 11 from 4:30 ? 6:30 pm in the main hallway of the National Center Gallery of the U. S. Geological Survey in Reston, VA - details and directions here.
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NY Arts Magazine Looking for Editor NY Arts magaz...
2007-07-11 12:53:00
NY Arts Magazine Look ing for Editor NY Arts magazine is seeking a new editor.The applicant should have at least two years of editorial experience, but should likewise have a significant knowledge of emerging and established contemporary artists, galleries, project spaces, art fairs and biennials. Daily responsibilities will include constant correspondence with artists, curators, directors and writers in pulling in and section editing up to 4 sections of the magazine per issue, online research, copy and line editing up to 200 pages of content per bi-monthly issue, updating, uploading and revamping our website and compiling a daily newsletter of art-related events for distribution. While editorial experience and art knowledge are key, excellent communication and managerial skills are also a must within our busy office space and attached gallery.Submit resume, cover letter and two published clips (preferably art-related) to editor@nyartsmagazine.com with subject line "Editorial Position...

Job in the Arts The Delaware Center for the Conte...
2007-07-11 12:37:00
Job in the Arts The Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts (DCCA), a non-collecting museum located on Wilmington's revitalized Riverfront, is looking to hire a full-time curator beginning fall 2007. The DCCA is conveniently located on the I-95 corridor, within walking distance to an Amtrak/SEPTA station, and 30 minutes from Philadelphia. The DCCA currently presents nearly 30 exhibitions annually of regionally, nationally, and internationally recognized artists in its seven galleries, offers on-site studios to 26 working artists, and carries out an active schedule of educational and community outreach programs. The Curator is responsible for initiating, developing, implementing, and interpreting a schedule of temporary exhibitions. Central to the job is the ability to cultivate and maintain relationships with an active community of artists, collectors, curators, and patrons. Close connection to the contemporary art world is paramount. Strong organizational, research, written and ...
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On the air on Thursday Later this week (on Thurs...
2007-07-10 18:45:00
On the air on Thursday Late r this week (on Thursday, July 10, 2007) I'll be on the Kojo Nmandi Show discussing the Greater Washington area visual arts and artists and art stories as I usually do once or twice a year. Tune in to WAMU 88.5 FM around noon - I'll be up around 1 o'clock together with my good friend Jeffry Cudlin from the Washington City Paper and Dr. Claudia Rousseau from the Gazette newspapers. Wanna know where to get good affordable frames? Wanna know how to approach a gallery? Wanna know when the Friday openings are and where? Wanna know how to properly frame a photograph? Wanna know how to start an art collection? If you have any questions or art issues, you can call Kojo during the show at (800) 433-8850 or you can email me questions to kojo@wamu.org.After the show I will post here all the websites and information that we discuss on the air.
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Mad as Hell Bailey is mad as hell not only at scu...
2007-07-10 18:19:00
Mad as Hell Bailey is mad as hell not only at scumbag New Orleans politicians, but also furious at the increasing numbers of carpetbagging artists who are profiting off the misery of New Orleans. According to Bailey, "Robert Polidori has now licensed the use of his Katrina imagery (most of the images published in his book were captured inside the homes of Katrina victims WITHOUT their permission, which is called trespassing everywhere in this country, for use in an anti-smoking campaign."Details here.

Tapedude Update It's no secret that I think that ...
2007-07-10 18:03:00
Tapedude Update It's no secret that I think that Mark Jenkins is one of the most original DC-based street artists. Over the years his tape creations have continued to amaze me and thousands of other pedestrians in cities around the world.And Mark has been busy!Check out some of his recent outdoor artwork here.
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Urban Code Magazine Issue number two of Urban Cod...
2007-07-09 18:02:00
Urban Code Magazine Issue number two of Urban Code magazine is out and looks great! The magazine has excellent coverage of the arts, including multiple reviews of DC area gallery shows. You can subscribe for free to the electronic version of Urban Code by sending an email to urbancodemag@gmail.com
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Gee's Bend quilts in Baltimore Deborah McLeod was...
2007-07-09 12:59:00
Gee's Bend quilts in Baltimore Deborah McLeod was as impressed by the Quilts of Gee's Bend as I was when I saw the exhibition at the Corcoran in 2004. She reviews the exhibition, currently at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore through Aug. 26.Read Deborah's review here and just for kicks, see mine from three years ago below:The Quilts of Gee?s BendThere are some museum exhibitions that almost from the first seeds of their conception are destined to great success. And thus I will reveal in the second sentence that I will join the chorus of art critics, writers and curators across America who have lavished nothing but praise on ?The Quilts of Gee?s Bend,? currently on exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC until May 17, 2004.But in addition to the visual power that this exhibition brings to the viewer, I believe that it also teaches several lessons that I think have so far been missed, or perhaps avoided, by all the reviews and articles that I have read about t...
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New Baltimore Gallery The Baltimore City Paper's ...
2007-07-09 12:53:00
New Baltimore Gallery The Baltimore City Paper's Jason Hughes delivers an extensive report on Baltimore's newest art space, the Metro Gallery, directed by Sarah Williams.Read the article here.Reminds me of the fact that in the last year or so about half a dozen new art spaces have opened in the Greater DC area. Maybe the Washington City Paper needs to write an article focusing some much needed attention on these new venues?

New Arts Blog Central Intelligence Art is a new b...
2007-07-09 12:27:00
New Arts Blog Central Intelligence Art is a new blog by talented DC area artist Rex Weil, who also teaches at Maryland and is the DC area editor for ArtNews.Visit him often here.

Opportunity for Pennsylvania Artists Deadline: Au...
2007-07-08 22:16:00
Opportunity for Pennsylvania Artists Deadline : August 1, 2007The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts invites applications for the 2008 Individual Artists Fellowships. They are now accepting online applications to the 2008 Individual Artists Fellowship program, which offers $5,000 to $10,000 fellowships. Discipline categories for this year's fellowship program are as follows: Dance -- choreography; Folk and traditional arts -- performing traditions and apprenticeships; Literature -- poetry; Media arts -- narrative and documentary; Music -- classical composition; Theater -- scriptworks; and Visual arts -- drawing, artists books, printmaking or new technologies or painting. Artists applying for a PCA Fellowship must be permanent residents of Pennsylvania who have established residency for at least two years prior to the application deadline. Students in high school, undergraduate, or graduate programs at the time of application are ineligible to apply for a fellowship.Application guidelin...
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Jericho I am a big fan of the CBS show "Jericho,"...
2007-07-08 02:29:00
JerichoI am a big fan of the CBS show "Jericho," which is a terrific and harshly realistic view of a small Kansas town in a post-nuclear America. It is a superbly crafted drama set in a very scary world where terrorists (or is it them?) have wiped out several key American cities with nukes. Because of its location, Jericho survives the fallout and must now face a post-nuclear America.This SF show almost bit the dust due to sickly ratings in the right demographics, but when CBS announced that it was cancelling the series, fans began mailing CBS bags of peanuts as a protest.Peanuts because in the last episode the lead character, when asked to surrender at the end of an assault by the neighboring town, echoes Gen. McAuliffe's famous WWII reply when also asked to surrender by the Germans when McAuliffe was surrounded during the siege of Bastogne: "Nuts!"20 tons of peanuts later, CBS has the show back on the slate for six new episodes.CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler called the ...
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A View From Maryland With an Opening Reception ne...
2007-07-07 15:56:00
A View From Maryland With an Opening Reception next Tuesday, July 10, 2007 from 5 PM - 7:30 PM, the University of Maryland University College presents "Landscape and Nature: A View From Maryland," curated by Sigrid Trumpy.This exhibit is the result of a partnership among the state of Maryland, the Maryland Sister States Program, and the Japanese Prefecture of Kanagawa. Participating artists include Mary Arthur, Denee Barr, Karen Birch, Larry Chappelear, Donald Cook, Richard Dana, Kevin D. Augustine, David Driskell, Aline Feldman, Steven Fiscus, Peggy Fox, Kathryn Freeman, Inga Frick, Stephanie Garmey, Ken Giardini, Joshua Greer, Ronnie Haber, Steven Hay, Matt Hyleck, Edda Jakab, Susan Johnson, Chevelle Makeba Moore Jones, Jeanne Keck, Patrice Kehoe, Jinshul Kim, Philip Koch, Perna Krick, Dan Kuhne, Eugene Leake, Ralph McGuire, Raoul Middleman, Tom Nakashima, Susan Due Pearcy, Jan Razauskas, Beverly Ress, Charles Ritchie, Michael Rogovsky, Nancy Sheinman, Joe Shepherd, Tony Shore, Elz...

Print Saturday Tomorrow, DC's Jane Haslem Gallery...
2007-07-07 05:51:00
Print Saturday Tomorrow , DC's Jane Haslem Gallery will host "Print Saturday," one of two events highlighting artists from Washington Printmakers Gallery. Jenny Freestone, Betty MacDonald, Max Karl Winkler, Martha Oatway, Joyce Ellen Weinstein, Lila Oliver Asher, Terry Svat, and Yolanda Frederikse will present portfolios of their prints and be on hand to talk about their work from 12 to 5 pm. This is a unique opportunity to meet the artists and see their latest prints!Part of the proceeds from sales will benefit Union Printmakers Atelier, a printmaking facility in downtown DC providing studio access to artists who work in lithography, intaglio, relief, letterpress and book arts. For more information call Jane Haslem Gallery at 202-232-4644 or Washington Printmakers at 202-332-7757.
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Kahlo or Not? A Happy 100th birthday to Frida Kah...
2007-07-06 18:16:00
Kahlo or Not?A Happy 100th birthday to Frida Kahlo!"Frida Kahlo 1907-2007: National Homage" - a massive Kahlo exhibition at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, "fills all eight galleries of the ornate beaux-arts edifice that is the country's most prestigious cultural showcase. It encompasses nearly one-third of Kahlo's total artistic output, including 65 oils (divided into self-portraits, portraits and still lifes), 45 drawings, 11 watercolors and five prints" and it is part of a month-long series of events covering everything about Frida and marking the 100th anniversary of her birth on July 6, 1907.The exhibition opened two weeks ago and it is already attracting not only huge crowds but also causing a lot of controversy, much like Kahlo did during her life.Officials estimate that 300,000 people will view the show here through Aug. 19. Much of its contents then will be regrouped into smaller exhibitions that will open over subsequent months at the Walker Art Center in Min...
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Print Saturday Tomorrow, DC's Jane Haslem Gallery...
2007-07-06 12:51:00
Print Saturday Tomorrow , DC's Jane Haslem Gallery will host "Print Saturday," one of two events highlighting artists from Washington Printmakers Gallery. Jenny Freestone, Betty MacDonald, Max Karl Winkler, Martha Oatway, Joyce Ellen Weinstein, Lila Oliver Asher, Terry Svat, and Yolanda Frederikse will present portfolios of their prints and be on hand to talk about their work from 12 to 5 pm. This is a unique opportunity to meet the artists and see their latest prints!Part of the proceeds from sales will benefit Union Printmakers Atelier, a superb printmaking facility in downtown DC providing studio access to artists who work in lithography, intaglio, relief, letterpress and book arts; and one of those places that is a key part of the city's art scene and cultural tapestry.For more information call Jane Haslem Gallery at 202-232-4644 or Washington Printmakers at 202-332-7757 or Scip Barnhart at 202 277 1946.
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No! to Lower Merion Township's last ditch effort ...
2007-07-05 18:08:00
No! to Lowe r Merion Towns hip's last ditch effortLower Merion Township's last ditch effort to keep the Barnes Foundation where it is has been rejected.Montgomery County officials, who made the offer, say they will take the Barnes to court in a final effort to prevent the move.The Barnes rejection "shows that they're hellbent on moving and they are much more interested in ingratiating themselves with the power players and the arbiters of culture in Philadelphia than in following the dictates of the trust," said Mark D. Schwartz, a lawyer for the Montgomery County commissioners.Read the Forbes story here.
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Happy 4th! Super proud to be an American!
2007-07-04 19:40:00
Happy 4th!Super proud to be an American !
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Baltimore Arts Blog Bmore Art is a new-to-me art ...
2007-07-04 18:47:00
Baltimore Arts Blog Bmore Art is a new-to-me art blog all about Baltimore. It is a collective group of artist-contributors, including Jarrett Min Davis, Asper Winktop, Don Cook, Rob Sparrow Jones, Cara Ober, and others. It is loosely organized by one of my recently-discovered fave artists, Cara Ober.Visit them often here.
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Opportunity for Artists Deadline: August 17, 2007...
2007-07-03 12:21:00
Opportunity for Artists Deadline : August 17, 2007 The Curfman Gallery at Colorado State University announces a national call to artists for the 2009-2010 exhibition season. No entry fee. All work/exhibition proposals will be considered. Please send a SASE along with slides and or CD of high res. images of your work, as well as an artist CV and formal exhibition proposal to: Curfman Gallery8033 Campus DeliveryFort Collins, CO 80523-8033.For more information, visit this website or contact Stanley Scott at lscarts2@lamar.colostate.edu or 970-491-2810.
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Grants for Young DC artists Deadline: September 1...
2007-07-03 12:15:00
Grants for Young DC artistsDeadline : September 19, 2007, 7pm. The DC Arts Commission recognizes up and coming DC artists with the Young Artist Grant Program. This initiative, which offers grants of up to $3,500 to artists between the ages of 18 and 30, is funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts' Challenge America program. Grants support individual artists in two funding categories: Young Emerging Artist Grant Program-artists may apply for up to $2,500 of support for innovative art projects. Young Artist Community Service Program-artists may apply for up to $3,500 of support for projects that strengthen communities as well as provide positive alternatives for youth. For more information please visit this website.
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Affordable Housing for DC area Artists Deadline: ...
2007-07-03 12:12:00
Affordable Housing for DC area Artists Deadline : August 9, 2007, 5pm. The Cultural Development Corporation (CuDC) has partnered with Manna, Inc., to develop approximately 40 affordable work/live housing units for artists and their families at 2414 Douglas Street, NE, in the Woodridge area of Washington, DC. The intent of this project is to create work/live artist housing units designed primarily as functional studio space with basic living space as an ancillary use. Construction is scheduled to begin in the fall of 2008, with occupancy expected in 2009. Applications are now available. CuDC will start accepting applications on Monday, June 4, 2007 at 9 a.m. All applications are due to CuDC no later than 5 p.m., Thursday, August 9, 2007. For more information on the application visit this website.
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The Franz and Virginia Bader Fund Deadline: Septe...
2007-07-03 12:09:00
The Franz and Virginia Bader Fund Deadline : Sept ember 15, 2007The Franz and Virginia Bader Fund welcomes applications from visual artists aged 40 years or older, who live within 150 miles of Washington, D.C. and can demonstrate that they have the potential to benefit as artists from a grant. The Franz and Virginia Bader Fund does not, however, accept applications from filmmakers, video artists, and performance artists. In 2006 the Franz and Virginia Bader Fund awarded three grants totalling $60,000.The deadline for applications is September 15, 2007. Application forms may be downloaded from the fund's web site: www.baderfund.org or may be requested by sending an email to grants@baderfund.org or by sending a request to:Bader Fund5505 Connecticut Avenue, NW #268Washington, D.C. 20015

Opportunity for artists Deadline: ASAP! Light St...
2007-07-03 01:18:00
Opportunity for artistsDeadline : ASAP!Light Street Gallery in Baltimore has two upcoming group shows scheduled and they are inviting any artists interested in submitting artwork for these shows to first email images and/or ideas to gallery director Linda Krensky.The first opportunity is an Open Call for Artwork for their "Box Show." All artists are welcome to submit any size Two or Three Dimensional creative artwork that includes a box of some kind. That exhibit will take place from August 18th thru October 6th, 2007.The second opportunity is for their small works show. Two Dimensional Work: Maximum image size to be 144 square inches, (i.e. 12? x 12?) or less, xxcluding matting and framing. Three Dimensional Work: Maximum sculpture size to be 1728 Cubic Inches, (i.e. 12? x 12? x 12?), excluding Display or Pedestal. That exhibition is from From November 17th thru January 12th, 2008.Questions? Call Ms. Krensky at the gallery, 410-234-0047 or email her at info@lightstreetgallery.com.
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Go to this opening One of my favorite DC area pai...
2007-07-02 18:13:00
Go to this openingOne of my favorite DC area painters is and has been for many years the hugely talented A.B. Miner.A.B. Miner's solo exhibition, titled Chimera opens on Thursday, July 5 at H&F Fine Arts in Mount Rainier, MD just outside of DC. The opening reception will be on Friday, July 6 from 6-9pm.
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Seduction Below is "Seduction," charcoal on paper...
2007-07-02 12:34:00
SeductionBelow is "Seduction," charcoal on paper, circa 2001, about 20 x 40 inches, sold at my 2002 solo show in DC.As I'm rather fond of doing, there are several "hidden" drawings within the body shadows, but they're nearly impossible to detect in this digital image.
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