January 2010 All-Media

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

Just wanted to let everyone know that Receiving for January is next week.
Monday January 4th 6:30pm- 8:30pm
Tuesday January 5th 10am-12noon

All-Media Members Show

Juror: David Munoz

Start your year off right with ART!

Patron’s Exhibit / Art Fair

ArtDC is hosting a free art law lecture along with 4 bands playing at their opening & mini art festival at the gallery on Saturday.

The artdc Gallery will feature a Patron Members’ Exhibition from December 6, 2009, to January 3, 2010. A reception, open studio, and cash-and-carry event, titled “Cool Yule Arty Party,” will be held on Saturday, December 12, 2009, from noon to 6 p.m. The doors open at 11am!

John Mason the intellectual property lawyer is amazing

The Lustine Center, 5710 Baltimore Ave., Hyattsville, Maryland 20781

34th Annual Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show

The application deadline is April 1, 2010. The non-refundable fee for electronic applications is $40.00, payable online by credit card.

This prestigious annual show draws 23,000+ attendees; purchases totaled $3 million in 2009 from the participating exhibitors. Prizes for each category are given – $1,000 each.

At the 2009 Show there were 56 artists new-to-show. Ten of those 56 artists were emerging artists.

This juried exhibition and retail sale will be held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center from November 11 to 14, 2010, with a preview party on November 10.

Please be prepared to pay for your application at the time you fill out the online application. If you prefer to pay by check rather than pay pal, please feel free to do so. Checks are to be made payable to PMA Craft Show and mailed to the address listed below.

Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show
PO Box 7646, Philadelphia, PA 19101
215-684-7930
[email protected]

Click this link to apply www.juriedartservices.com

VISIT THE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION www.pmacraftshow.org

Patrons’ Show


Patrons’ Show Update!

Patrons’ Show Ticket Forms are now available on The Art League’s new website! The forms are available for fax-ins or mail-ins.
We will not be accepting fax-ins until January 16th beginning at 9AM!

We DO still need more framing donations, PLEASE! If you know of anyone throwing away frames or giving away frames, please let them know that the Art League Gallery will be happy to have them!

ATTENTION MEMBERS:

We are accepting donations for the Patrons’ Show! We will accept them anytime during the month of January and February 1st from 10AM to 8:30PM! We really appreciate it and so do the ticket buyers!

Artfest @ The Art League

ART FEST

Open House & Holiday Party

Friday, December 4th
6:00 – 9:00 pm

  • Artist Demonstrations
  • 3-D/2-D Art Exhibits
  • Ceramic & Jewelry Shows (with sales through the Weekend)
  • “Wearable Art” Trunk Show featuring work of Art League instructors and students
  • Live music by the Rew Smith Band
  • Food & Drinks
  • FREE!!!!!!

@ The Art League’s Madison Annex
305 Madison St.
Old Town Alexandria, VA 22314


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Call for Entries

NEW CALL FOR ENTRIES:

36 studios- part 1
Call For Entries: WPA announces 36 Studios – Part 1, a series of studio visits with Mera Rubell of the Rubell Family Collection.
Deadline: Sunday, December 6, 2009 at midnight

Description:
The Rubell Family Collection is one of the leading collections of contemporary art in the world. Started in 1964, soon after Don and Mera Rubell were married, the Rubell Family Collection operates as a non-profit organization based in Miami where it presents rotating, curated exhibitions and hosts a variety of educational and community outreach programs.

Mera Rubell will be one of eight esteemed curators selecting works for Cream, the WPA 2010 Art Auction Exhibition. Building upon the popular Experimental Video Series at the Rubells’ Capitol Skyline Hotel, Rubell has determined to see the work of as many DC-area artists as possible and select up to twelve to be included in the WPA exhibition and auction. Her visits to DC are typically 36 hours long, and she has devoted her next trip to this project.

For 36 Studios – Part 1, Mera Rubell and a team of curators and writers will conduct 36 studio visits over the course of 36 straight hours. Each studio visit will last approximately 15-20 minutes and will take place starting at 5:00am on Saturday, December 12 and continuing until 5:00pm on Sunday, December 13.

Artists will apply to participate and will be chosen at random to have the opportunity to meet and present their work. The work chosen will be included in WPA’s annual Art Auction Exhibition, January 30 through March 6, 2009 at the American University Art Museum at the Katzen Arts Center…

Brand New Website!

The Art League now has a BRAND NEW website! Please check out our new, user-friendly website at www.theartleague.org!

Please be aware that it is brand new, so if you see any horrible mistakes, please let us know so that we can change them as soon as possible.

If you have bookmarked our website in the past, please delete that web address (even though it looks the same) and bookmark us again! It will take you to our new and improved site.

Thanks!

The Business Side of the Art: Behind the Scenes

Tuesday, November 17th
6:30pm @ the Torpedo Factory Art Center
105 N Union Street, Alexandria

Speakers with years of experience in the local arts community will discuss how their organizations are able to forge partnerships with the business community and the mutal value that such partnerships bring.

Panelists:

Deborah Tomkins Johnson, Senior Manager, Dominion Power

Linda Hafer, Executive Director, Art League of Alexandria

Adrien Finlay, Executive Director, Alexandria’s Symphony

Tickets: $12 ($10 for West End Business Association and Friends or Resident Artists of the Torpedo Factory)

Light Refreshments Served & Drawing for Door Prizes!

2010 Virginia Fine Arts Festival

DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 25th

No more artwork will be accepted after this date!


Event Dates: Saturday and Sunday May 15 and 16, 2010 10am – 6pm daily rain or shine

Location: Reston Town Center, Reston, Virginia

Application Deadline and Dates: November 25, 2009, Midnight EST The non-refundable fee for applications of $40** is payable online by credit card or via the mail by check.


Call to Artists

Become a patron member of artdc and exhibit your work in our annual Patrons’ Show at the artdc Gallery in Hyattsville!

For a minimum donation of $35, artdc.org patrons enjoy a number of benefits—access to patron-only forum topics on artdc.org, opportunities to help guide the direction of the organization and its activities, the good karma that comes from promoting emerging artists and energizing the DC art scene, and of course, a guaranteed spot in our December ’09 Patrons’ Show.

Our first Patrons’ Show will happen in December—an exciting month with a Hyattsville open studio day on December 12th. We sold over 20 works from the artdc gallery on the last open studio day in May!

Fotoweek at the Art League

This exhibit by Art League member’s work celebrates the diverse and wide-ranging photographic community in the Art League. This exhibit was juried by Chan Chao. Chao, a native of Burma, is a professor of photography at George Washington and the Corcoran College of Art and Design. His photographs are in the permenant collections of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, The Cocoran Gallery of Art, The Whitney Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, L.A. County Museum of Art and LaSalle Bank Photography Collection. On Thursday, November 19th at 7pm, Chao will talk about his most recent series. Please join us!

Call For Artists

2010 EXHIBITIONS at the FISHER GALLERY

Location: Rachael M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center

DEADLINE: DECEMBER 11th

Artists please submit a complete entry form, resume and a MAXIMUM of 12 slides (CD or DVD also accepted) that represents your work and a brief description of work to be considered. Please include SASE for return of media. Entry forms can be mailed or download at entry form

Any questions:
Linda Vitello
[email protected]
703-845-6156
www.schlesingercenter.com

Ongoing Exhibition Opportunities

Arlington Public Library has juried display space available for exhibits of original fine arts and crafts. Applications are reviewed quarterly.

DEADLINES:
February 1
May 1
August 1
October 1

Open to all artists! Artist must agree to donate 20% of the selling price of work sold during the show to the Friends of Arlington Public Library.

For more info:

Ingrid Kauffman
703-228-5996
[email protected]
www.arlingtonva.us/library

Regional Showcase

The Middle Street Gallery
is searching for local artists
living in VA, MD, WVA, and DC!

Work must have been completed in the last 3 years. All types of work is accepted. Must be hand delivered.$500 in cash prizes!

Show: March 5-28, 2010

Juror: Jane Livingston, nationally renowned curator and author

DEADLINE: December 1, 2009

Send for a prospectus and entry form to:
Janet Brome
[email protected]
540-636-8666
www.middlestreetgallery.org

Polaroid is back!

The Impossible Project revives instant film!!!!!!

The Impossible Project has undergone the task of saving instant film from extinction since June 2008 when Polariod ceased its production!

They have joined with Urban Outfitters, the International Center for Photography, and Ilford on created special edition cameras and film. The new instant film will be different from our 35 years predecessor. It will have new characteristics, components and have a more modern and streamlined production methods.

Also, the Impossible Project, will renamed our beloved Polaroid, so keep you eyes open!

They are expecting a release date in early 2010!!!!

Night Visions


Fotoweek DC
is asking everyone to come out to their spontaneous Saturday night photography event called “NIGHT VISIONS”

Anyone with a camera and adventurous spirit in welcome to join other photographers in an ALL-NIGHT Celebration on November 7th! Fotoweek DC wants to create a live portrait of DC after dark, with the best images from each participant to be printed and displayed instantly at Fotoweek Central 1 in Georgetown!

For more information visit:
www.fotoweekdc.org
or
RSVP
[email protected]

Artist Prospectus

40th
Treasury of Art Show
Annual Juried Art Show and Sale
November 20-22, 2009

Vienna Community Center
120 Cherry Street
Vienna, VA 22180

Juror: Frederic S. Briggs, AWS

Show Schedule
Friday, November 20, 2009 10 AM – 9 PM
Saturday, November 21, 2009 10 AM – 9 PM
Sunday, November 22, 2009 10 AM – 9 PM

Events Schedule
Pre-registration postmark deadline: Friday, November 13
On-site registration & delivery: Wednesday, November 18, 6 – 8:30 PM
Pick up of non-accepted work: Thursday, November 19, 6 – 8 PM
Awards Reception: Friday, November 20, 7 – 9 PM
End-of-show pick up: Sunday, November 22, 4:30 – 5:30 PM

For more information including Eligibility & Entry Requirements:
http://www.viennaartssociety.org/Shows.htm

Small Works Show

**CALL FOR ARTISTS**

Oerth Gallery’s 1st Annual all-Media Small Works Exhibit 2009

Lorraine Oerth is inviting fellow-artists to join us at Oerth Gallery as an exhibitor in our upcoming “Small Works Show”. We’re celebrating “The Small Work” – and this is a group multi-media exhibit at Oerth Gallery November 20 – December 31, 2009.
Number of Pieces Allowed: You may exhibit 2 pieces.
Sizes Allowed: All pieces must be no larger than 12 inches in any dimension.
Media Allowed: Only original media created by you is allowed, including, Paintings, Original Prints (No reproductions or giclees), Drawings, Collage, Mixed Media, Sculpture in any Media, Fine Crafts including ceramics, glass, jewelry (only if the jewelry can be mounted inside a shadow box ), and photography.
Presentation: Pieces must be ready-to-show.
All wall-mounted pieces must be framed according to professional standards using a traditional hanging-wire system (no clip frames, no temporary framing, no scratched or damaged frames or glazing – please!)
Sculpture must be ready-to-exhibit and must be secure and stable.
Fee: $5.00 per 2 items. ($10 due at drop-off – $5 will be refunded at pick-up)…
Jury: There is no jury, (yeah NO REJECTION) but gallery owner, Lorraine Oerth, will curate the exhibit’s hanging – and select a “Best of Show” and “2 Honorable Mention” Awards.
Awards: The “Best in Show” winner will be offered a solo or group exhibition at Oerth Gallery.

Important Dates:

Delivery: Monday Night November 2 by appointment 703-836-3784 to coincide with The Art League’s drop-off
Tuesday November 3 through Saturday November 7 from 11 – 5 PM.
Tuesday November 10 through Saturday November 14 from 11 – 5 PM.
Exhibit Dates: November 20 – December 31, 2009
Friday Night Reception: November 20, 2009 from 7 – 9 PM
Pick-up: Thursday December 31 from 10:30 – 5:30

Saturday January 2 from 10:30 – 5:30

Tuesday January 5 – Saturday January 9 from 10:30 – 5:30.

Please note: Oerth Gallery has NO storage space. Works left after January 30, 2010 will be considered abandoned by the artist and may be donated to a charity of our choice – Animal Welfare League of Alexandria’s 2010 Annual Dinner & Silent Auction.

Please help us spread the word.

Art Whino Event

OLD SKOOLIN FOR CHILDREN

Event Location:
The Portals Theater

1236 Maryland Ave, SW
Washington, DC 20024

Saturday, Nov 7th, from 6pm – 12pm
$25 advance tickets, $35 at the door – Non Profit Donation Entry Fee

Exhibit featuring work by 100+ Art Whino Artists
Show Run Date: 1 Day so don’t Miss it!

Art Installation by AM RADIO

Special musical performance by:Darryl “DMC” McDaniels of Run-DMC


Music by Black Cats Resident DJ Lil’e

Opening for DMC will be the winner of the Talent Search Competition.
For more information visit: www.whalers-creation.us

FOR TICKETS AND SHOW INFO: TICKETS

Call for Entry

GRACE presents:
Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival


Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival’s juried show is right around the corner!

How to Apply: www.juriedartservices.com

Online application DUE: November 1st by midnight EST

Jury fee: $40

Jurors include:
  • Elizabeth Agro, Associate Curator of American Modern and Contemporary Crafts and Decorative Arts at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
  • Bruce Helander, collage artist, educator, critic, and curator
  • Lloyd Herman founding Director of the Smithsonian Institution’s Renwick Gallery, author, and curator

Show begins May 15-16, 2010 in Reston, VA

Smithsonian Workshop: Exploring Nature in Detail

The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History is having a FREE special event for budding and professional artists. This event will allow the public to draw directly from the Smithsonian’s collections!

Be ready to draw from plants, insects, rocks, minerals, fossils and more!

Bring your own art supplies, and begin drawing! Professional artist will be on hand for questions or career information.


At 1:30pm, local artist, Brian Kirk will demonstrate how to create a copper beetle!

Open for artists 10 years old and up!

The workshop begins Saturday, November 7th from 11 am – 4 pm
at the
Naturalist Center

741 Miller Drive SE Suite G2
Leesburg, Virginia