Day: March 1, 2012

League of 25: Fund an Exhibit, Have Some Fun

The Art League is launching a new society of donors to fund exhibits in the gallery, and it’s not too exclusive to join. For just $100, you can be a founding member of this new group!

Donations will go to, among other costs, hiring a juror.

Combining, as usual, art and fun, the League of 25 will be made up of — you guessed it — 25 people who donate $100 each to fully fund an exhibit, and then take part in an activity on the night of the opening reception.

It all kicks off at the “Earth” exhibit, opening in April. Teams (participation optional) will use found materials to make a sculpture, relay-style, in a limited amount of time. The winning sculpture will take its place in the exhibit alongside the juried pieces.

Putting together an exhibition each month takes a lot of time and work — and money. Donations go toward hiring a juror, providing awards, gallery maintenance, and paying for staff, the reception, promotion, and office supplies.

Your donation ensures these shows can go on. Round up your friends, family, or classmates from your Art League School class, and see what a difference a few hundred dollars makes.

You can click here for more information about the League of 25, or click here to donate!

The popular Art on the Rocks event was held for the second time in 2011.
News

Join in on a Global Environmental Art Project!

In April, at the same time we are having our “Earth” exhibit, there will be an international environmental art project taking place on the other side of the world in Taiwan. It is the CHEN-LONG WETLANDS INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ART PROJECT. Six artists have been invited to participate in that project, and one of them is New York installation artist Isabelle Garbani. You may have seen her projects “Knitting for Trees” on Governors Island in New York or in Vermont last fall.

Knit for Trees at SculptFest 2011, West Rutland, VT

She has a unique way of cutting plastic bags and knitting the strips into panels, which she then stitches together to wrap around trees or she makes florets and covers trees or buildings with them. In Taiwan she will be doing a project called “Invasive Species,” using plastic bags cut into florets to cover a building. She needs bags! She especially needs COLORED bags! In honor of “Earth” month, we want to support Isabelle’s project by collecting bags for her. You will find a box located at the Gallery entrance between March 2-16. Please bring what you have when you come to receiving, or any time you are at The Art League. Besides plastic shopping bags, newspaper bags, such as the blue ones The Washington Post delivers your paper in, are great to save. Let’s send a little piece of The Art League to Taiwan to make April a truly global effort!

 

Proposal for the Chen-Long Wetlands Project
Exhibits

Artist Opportunities Nationwide

Courtesy of FindArtInfoBank.com:

Emerging Curator Open Call 2012 – NY
Deadline: March 2, 2012. The New York Art Residency and Studios (NARS) Foundation is pleased to announce its second annual Emerging Curator Open Call. The Emerging Curator Program offers an opportunity for a young-in-career curator to present a group show at the NARS Foundation Gallery. The aim of the program is to encourage new dialogue and to create a platform for artists and curators to experiment and exchange ideas. The curator is provided with exhibition space and administrative support to present innovative ideas and artworks in a unique gallery surrounded by an artist community and studios. The curator is responsible for organizing and installing/de-installing the show and writing a short essay to accompany the exhibition. NARS Foundation will provide the gallery space, insurance for the artwork during the term of the exhibition, administrative support including marketing, postcard invitations, email invites and will organize an opening reception and a Curator’s Talk. A stipend of $200 will be awarded to the selected applicant to help subsidize the cost of organizing the exhibition. There will be no other financial support towards production of artwork, installation cost, or shipping/transportation of artwork. Submission guidelines and application forms are available for download from our website: www.narsfoundation.org All applications must be delivered to the office by 5pm on March 2, 2012. A non-refundable application fee of $10 (US) is required with each application.

Venus Envy 2012: Too Much Pink? – LA
Deadline: March 16, 2012. Baton Rouge Gallery is seeking submissions for the Venus Envy 2012 exhibition, April 17-26, 2012 in Baton Rouge, LA. Juror: Michaelene Walsh. Female artists in Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida are eligible. All media. The theme for this year’s exhibition is “Too Much Pink?” From an early age, whether welcomed or not, girls and women are oftentimes faced with the color pink as a gender-identifying color. From advocacy (breast cancer awareness) to marketing, children’s toys to clothing and everything in between, pink is often a part of the female experience. Some despise the color’s prevalence while others seek it out. Others remain indifferent. With this exhibition, we invite artists to explore the role the color pink – and the causes, things and perceptions often associated with the color – plays in the development, life and experience of women. Whether works utilize the color pink or not will not affect their eligibility. $30 entry fee. Download prospectus at: http://www.batonrougegallery.org/pages/documents/FullVE2012BRProspectus.pdf. Questions? Please contact Jason Andreasen at jandreasen@batonrougegallery.org or call 225.383.1470.

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Artist Opportunities

Free Japanese Ceramics Workshop Saturday

Colorado potter Kazu Oba will be teaching a free workshop on Japanese Ceramics this Saturday, March 3, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Kazu, who came to the United States as a young adult, will be focusing on modern and traditional forms from Karatsu, Japan, a center of ceramics where he apprenticed in 2003–2004. You can expect to see mostly bowls, plates, and cylinders, thrown “off the hump” and slightly altered.

Yes, the workshop is free! For more information, call the Art League School office at 703-683-2323.

Events

Submit Public Art for “The Art of Tree”

The Old Takoma Business Association (in DC and Maryland) is looking for public art in most media as part of reCYCLE The Art of Tree Project. The deadline is March 23, 2012. Here is the announcement:

reCYCLE The Art of Tree Project is the second installment of the Old Takoma Business Association’s reCYCLE temporary public art series in Old Takoma (Takoma, DC to Takoma Park, MD). reCYCLE is a public art exhibit designed to highlight the art, recycling and environmental conservation cultures of Old Takoma. The art will be installed throughout Old Takoma creating a self-guided, walking tour with the goal of attracting and engaging visitors and showcasing Old Takoma’s locally owned and independent businesses. For 2012, trees are the theme!

There are three opportunities for participation: outdoor sculptures, non-sculpture visual art, and installation art. Full details and the submission form are here (PDF).

Artist Opportunities