Local Artist Opportunities

See below for notes and announcements! Some of these opportunities have deadlines very soon: George Mason University, Manassas Campus, is looking for a caricature artist for an event on April 26 (10-2). If anyone is interested, please contact Marit Majeske, 703/993-7741, [email protected] before April 18. Registration for Artomatic is still open! The site crashed when […]

Q&A with Award Winner Betsy Kellum

Artist Betsy Kellum won the Carol Bruce Pastel Award for The Ram, her piece in this month’s all-media show, in The Art League Gallery through April 30. Juror Joseph Di Bella said of the painting, “The nuanced color palette really allows the viewer to sense the light falling on the form. The progression from light […]

Today’s Critique with Deanna Schwartzberg

Today’s critique with Deanna Schwartzberg, who teaches abstract painting at The Art League School, offered a small group of artists constructive criticism on a variety of their works. Deanna and the group set up a semicircle in the gallery. She offered ideas on composition, color, and other perspectives. The other artists present were asked for […]

League of 25 Sculpture Competition Photos

Thursday night was the opening reception for the April exhibits in The Art League Gallery, and it also marked the launch of the League of 25 with a relay-style found object sculpture competition. The League of 25 is a new society of Art League supporters who pitch in to fund an exhibit while having a […]

Support Arts Advocacy Day!

Today, hundreds of dedicated arts supporters from across the country have come together in Washington, DC for National Arts Advocacy Day, a united effort to tell Capitol Hill how important culture is to our communities, how much arts education means to our children, and how much the arts improve our daily lives. As part of […]