"Father and Son," by Soohyun Kim, is one of several photographs featured in the August 2020 Open Exhibit on view in The Art League Gallery.
Welcome to Artful Weekend, our guide to fun and interesting ways to enjoy and engage in art as you shelter-in-place or practice social distancing.
This weekend: Two outdoor exhibits, Cuban youth culture through photography, Ai Weiwei’s new film, and more!
August 2020 Open Exhibit and My Body, Shamed
“Red Goldfish” by Chad Arnold now on display in the August 2020 Open Exhibit.
See the breadth of works created by our member artists in the August 2020 Open Exhibit, on view now in the Gallery. Then step into the solo gallery to view My Body, Shamed, artist Barbara Muth’s series of paintings depicting her journey towards physical self-acceptance. The Gallery’s new hours are 12:00-4:00 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday. There is a limit of ten visitors at a time and face masks and temperature checks are required upon entry. You can also view and shop the both exhibits online.
“Labyrinth of Life: View From the Top of the Whitney, NYC” by Sally Davies
Painter Sally Davies received the August 2020 Open Exhibit Best-in-Show Award for her painting Labyrinth of Life: View From the Top of the Whitney, NYC. Read how this winning work came to be in Creativity in Action.
“Pomegranates and Ginger Jar” by Elizabeth Floyd
If you have been interested in taking one of our online art courses but not quite sure what to expect, have we got a deal for you! Painting instructor Elizabeth Floyd will conduct a free, online Still-Life Oil Painting Demonstration on Tuesday, September 15, from 10 – 11:30 a.m to give you a feel for art classes via Zoom. Don’t miss out! Register today!
Passage
Artist Lynda Andrews-Barry’s 26 large-scale sculptures—created from driftwood, rebar, metal hardware, and canvas sails—are designed to evoke the ships that transported more than 12 million kidnapped and enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean between the 16th and 19th centuries. The artwork skillfully reflects the ways in which Virginia was implicated in, and continues to be impacted by, this history, while also grappling with the legacy of celebrated oceanographer Matthew Fontaine Maury. See Passages on the lawn of the Arlington Arts Center through December 13; 3550 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA.
Havana Youth
“Cuban Youth” by Greg Kahn
D.C.-based fine art photographer Greg Kahn explores Cuban youth culture and examines how the country’s Millennial and Gen Z generations seek to define themselves as individuals in a nation that emphasizes the collective. Havana Youth is on view through November 24 at Marymount University’s Cody Gallery; 2807 North Glebe Road, Arlington, VA.
The National Building Museum, in partnership with the P.A.I.N.T.S. Institute and the DowntownDC Business Improvement District (BID), presents Murals That Matter: Activism Through Public Art, an outdoor exhibit featuring D.C. street art created in response to recent social justice protests. On Saturday, July 29, six artists will add to the exhibit, painting murals commemorating the “Big Six” organizers of the March On Washington—John Lewis, A. Philip Randolph, Roy Wilkins, James Farmer, Whitney Young, and Martin Luther King, Jr.—to mark the 57th anniversary of the iconic event; located on the Museum’s west lawn, 5th Street NW, between F and G streets.
Coranation
Recently, artist and activist Ai Weiwei did a Beyonce by unexpectedly dropping a new work. Coronation, a film he directed remotely from Europe, illustrates the devastation the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked on Wuhan, China—the world’s first epicenter for the virus—and the measures that the Chinese government took to suppress its severity. Rent and stream it on Vimeo On Demand or Alamo On Demand.
Even during difficult times, creativity persists. Throughout this period of social distancing, we will begin our listing with opportunities that uniquely address the coronavirus pandemic—be they calls for art that specifically speaks to it, or virtual exhibits that are cropping up as a result of it. Some have definitive deadlines and others are more flexible, so be sure to check guidelines carefully. We encourage you to share these and other opportunities with your creative circle.
Opportunities in Response to COVID-19
Athenaeum Call For Entries for A Very Weird Time
Deadline: August 14 Artists are invited to submit works that represent the full gamut of how the global coronavirus pandemic and its associated social distancing has affected them. Fear, uncertainty, anger and doubt are certainly typical responses but we are also interested in evidence of the creative benefits of solitude and reflection and the time to process them. For more information click here.
Las Laguna Gallery
Deadline: September 31 In response to COVID-19, Las Laguna Gallery has launched its first online exhibition of art in all media, “A Light in the Darkness.” All submissions will be accepted and posted in an online gallery. Click here to learn more.
COVID-19 Artist Residency Project
Deadline: January 1, 2021 COVID-19 Artist Residency Project is an In-Place Residency that was launched in May 2020 to help creatives reframe their time during the Pandemic as an opportunity for self-exploration. The non-competitive residency is free to apply. All creative disciplines welcome. Learn more here.
Call For Entries, Prayers For the Pandemic, Prayers for Progress – Jersey City, NJ
The Drawing Rooms gallery is currently taking submissions for Prayers for the Pandemic; Prayers for Progress, a worldwide public art project, from artists living locally, nationally, and around the world. Our goal is to flood the world with artist-created prayer flags for an online show of images of the flags which will be posted on our website, Facebook and Instagram. Learn more here.
Call for Submissions: Queer Art Workers Reflect on Pride Amid COVID-19
Cognizant of the need to stay connected and elevate queer voices amid a climate of uncertainty, Hyperallergic is commemorating Pride Month by featuring one queer art worker per day on our website and asking them to reflect on what this time means to them. This series is meant to build on last year’s Queer Artists in Their Own Words. We encourage queer artists, curators, arts educators, filmmakers, programmers, conservators, and administrators from across the art world to join us. Click here to learn more.
A View From the Easel Call For Submissions
Temporarily, during the current COVID-19 pandemic, Hyperallergic is asking artists to share their experiences of their studios during times of quarantine for their “View From the Easel” section. For more information click here.
Artists Against an #Infodemic Call For Artists
The visual media organizations CatchLight, Dysturb, and The Everyday Projects are seeking submissions for visual art and storytelling that addresses key public health messages in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Formats can include: photography, video, cartoons/comics, graphic design, paintings, drawings, memes, and more. We will work with the selected artists to package the material for distribution on social media and for display in public spaces as murals and/or projections. For more information click here.
The Corona Portrait Project Call For Submissions
For tens of thousands of artists around the world, in a matter of weeks the novel coronavirus has caused the loss of exhibitions, projects, side gigs, and left much uncertainty behind. As we sit isolated at home and consider our fears and hopes for the future, this project is a challenge to confront ourselves by creating a self-portrait. A new artist will be featured weekly. For more information, click here.
Other Opportunities
Call For Entries, 15th ARC Salon Competition – Port Reading, NJ
Deadline: August 31 The International ARC Salon Competition is the most influential and far reaching competition for Contemporary Realism in the world, offering over $130,000 in cash awards and international recognition through partnerships with prestigious magazines, galleries and museums, with live exhibitions and a strong online presence. For more information, click here.
Call For Entry, Keeping the Arts Alive
Deadline: September 1 With craft shows coming to a complete standstill, artists Kate Gibney and Divya T. Ahuja are filling the void with Art at Your Doorstep, a virtual gallery that connects shoppers to artists’ websites, social media links, or other forms of contact. For more information, click here.
Join the Torpedo Factory Artists’ Association – Alexandria, VA
Deadline: September 1 As the founding entity of the Torpedo Factory Art Center, The Torpedo Factory Artists’ Association (TFAA), is a thriving professional artists community of more than 250 juried visual artists. TFAA is currently open for new membership. To learn more and apply, click here.
Call For Entries, City of Alexandria 2020 Artful Holiday Gift Guide – Alexandria, VA
Deadline: September 7 Calling all artists, designers, artisans, and crafters! The City of Alexandria is hosting an online Artful Holiday Gift Guide featuring unique and authentic works of art and creative goods. For more information, click here.
Art Job Openings, Prince George’s Arts and Humanities Council – Largo, MD
Deadline: September 10 The Prince George’s Arts and Humanities Council is currently accepting applications for an Administrative Officer, Program Coordinator, and Operations Budget Manager. To learn more, click here.
Call For Artists, Generation180 Vote Clean Energy 2020 Campaign – Charlottesville, VA
Deadline: September 16 Generation180, a non-profit working to inspire and equip people to take action on clean energy, seeks submissions for their Vote Clean Energy 2020 campaign. Three selected artists will be awarded a $2,000 contract to produce art for the campaign’s print and digital promotion. Open to all individuals living within the United States. All visual mediums, styles, and formats will be considered, including but not limited to computer-generated drawings, illustrations, paintings, murals, comics, installations, print, sculptural, two-dimensional or three-dimensional, mixed media, video, etc. For more information, click here.
Studio Openings at The Torpedo Factory – Alexandria, VA
Deadline: September 30 The Torpedo Factory Art Center invites artists and artist groups to apply for available open studios. The leases will begin on December 1, 2020, and end on March 31, 2022, with the possibility of renewal. For more information, click here.
Mural Contest Call For High School and College Students, Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge – Woodbridge, VA
Deadline: October 17 We are on the lookout for an eye-catching mural design that incorporates the native flora and fauna of Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge, and will welcome visitors to our main parking lot. Both individuals and groups welcome to enter. For more information, click here.
Re-runs: These announcements have been posted here before, but it’s not too late to enter!
See My Color: A Social Justice Call for Art
Deadline: August 30 The Women’s Caucus for Art of Greater Washington, DC invites members of the National Women’s Caucus for Art to submit artwork for a juried online exhibition titled See My Color, WCADC’s Social Justice Art Exhibition. “See My Color” will explore artists’ relationships with racial injustice, police brutality, and criminal justice reform through visual art. Click here for more information.
Call For Photography, Too Tired for 2020
Deadline: August 31 Too Tired Project is holding a call for photography that explores mental health in our current climate of a global pandemic, political upheaval, systemic oppression, and the social injustices that are happening every single day. To enter click here.
Call for Entries, We Protest! – Princess Anne, MD
Deadline: August 31 The Mosely Gallery at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore invites artists to submit works in response to the recent national and international wave of protests around Black Lives Matter. For more information, click here.
Call For Entries, Aesthetica Art Prize 2020
Deadline: August 31 Since its establishment ten years ago, the Aesthetica Magazine Art Prize has provided a platform for artists across the globe to showcase their work through publication, exhibition, prize money and wider exposure. Aesthetica is looking for artists redefining the parameters of contemporary art. The Prize is open to multiple genres including photography, sculpture, installation, digital media, video, painting and more. To enter click here.
Council on Virginia Tech History Seeks Public Art for University’s Sesquicentennial – Blacksburg, VA
Deadline: August 31 The Council on Virginia Tech History has initiated a call for public art in preparation for the university’s sesquicentennial in 2022. The call, “Understanding Our Complicated Past and Reconnecting with Our Layered Histories: An International Ideas Competition,” seeks proposals for creative approaches to highlight how historically marginalized communities have shaped and will continue to shape Virginia Tech. The winning art pieces will be featured at the university’s oldest structures, Solitude and the Fraction Family House, which were part of the grounds of a former plantation owned by the Preston family. The Solitude House was occupied by the family, and the Fraction Family House is the only remaining structure for housing those enslaved by the Prestons. Proposals for all forms of art, from virtual to physical and everything in between, are highly encouraged. Learn more here.
Call For Entries, Practice What You Teach – Virginia Beach, VA
Deadline: September 1 Virginia’s K-12 Art Educators have an opportunity to show off their own artwork and vie for prizes worth a total of $2000! Virginia Beach Art Center is presenting this states-wide expression of loving what you teach. Learn how to enter here.
Greenwood Cemetery Artist-In-Residence 2021 – Brooklyn, NY
Deadline: September 2 This nine-month-long residency (January– September 2021) will offer one artist the opportunity to create a new project or body of work inspired by beautiful natural landscape, stunning monuments, and compelling history. The residency is open to emerging or mid-career artists residing in New York City and working in the visual and/or performing arts. Learn more here.
Director of Art and Programming Wanted – D.C.
Deadline: September 8 Stable, a new non-profit organization aimed at strengthening Washington, DC’s contemporary visual arts community by providing affordable and sustainable studio space and exhibition opportunities, is seeking a Director of Art and Programming. Learn more and apply here.
Watchmeister Award – Amerherst, VA
Deadline: September 15 This award, administered by the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, acknowledges the vital role of the arts in our world, the importance of artists who exemplify excellence in their field, and the necessity of time and space for the creative phase of all artistic work. This year’s applicants must have worked professionally as a visual artist for the past 15 years with substantial national or international achievement in their field, including grants, awards, performances/installations, etc. Apply here.
Soho Photo Gallery 2020 International Alternative Processes Competition
Deadline: September 22 Soho Photo Gallery, New York’s longest running cooperative gallery, is excited to announce our 16th International Alternative Processes Competition. All selected images will be featured on the gallery’s website. To enter, click here.
Call For Entries, Focus National Juried Photography Exhibition – Frederick, MD
Deadline: September 28 The National Juried Photography Exhibition is held biennially in November at The Delaplaine Arts Center as part of Focus, our month-long celebration of photography. All photographs, black & white, color, non-silver, computer-manipulated, digital, or pinhole are eligible. Learn more here.
Delaware Contemporary Call For Submissions – Wilmington, DE
Deadline: September 30 The Delaware Contemporary is accepting submissions for our spring exhibition Round About: Reconsidering the Object in Space. This small group exhibition of four artists will take a fresh look at the traditional models for sculptural work through the lens of today and reconsider the viewers’ relationship to the presence of objects in space. Learn more here.
Open Call For Public Programs – D.C.
Deadline: October 1 Hamiltonian Artists is launching a new initiative of public programming, Platform, that positions the organization as a hub for conversation amongst practitioners. For the first season, now through the Presidential election on November 3, we invite artists, independent curators and organizers, organizations, and others to submit a proposal for a public program that specifically addresses racial justice, social justice movements and practices, collective action, and other conversations that intersect with the arts. Learn more here.
National Sculpture Society Grants
Deadline: October 5 The National Sculpture Society offers three grants of $5000 each. Figurative, realist and animal sculpture of greatest interest. Open to US residents and citizens with a social security number. For more information click here.
Bennett Prize Call For Entries, Women Figurative Painters
Deadline: October 16 The Bennett Prize, created in 2018, awards $50,000 to a woman artist to create her own solo exhibition of figurative realist paintings, which will travel the country. The Prize will propel the careers of women painters who have not yet realized full professional recognition, empowering new artists and those who have painted for many years. The Prize will expand opportunities for the public, who may not be familiar with figurative realist painting, to learn more about the creative vision of talented women painters in this increasingly popular genre. Apply here.
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts 2021-22 Fellowship Program – Richmond, VA
Deadline: November 6 The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship (VMFA) Program, a vital source of funding for the visual arts and art history in Virginia, is committed to supporting professional artists as well as art and art history students who demonstrate exceptional creative ability in their chosen discipline. Applications are now being accepted for the 2021-22 fellowship program. Click hereto apply.
Atlantic Gallery Juried Show 2021: Drawn to Paper
December 1 Artists are invited to engage in a conversation with paper in whatever way they want. Some examples of paper but not limited to: cardboard, paper, rice paper, newsprint, construction paper, decoupage paper, card stock, recycled paper, kraft paper, deconstructed books, etc. To enter, click here.
Call For Entries, Artist/Writers: Cover Art For Academic Medicine
Deadline: December 30 Submit original works of art inspired by, but not necessarily representative of, an academic medicine experience from any perspective: caregiver, researcher, teacher, learner, or patient (for example, learning how to be a physician or scientist, caring for patients, exploring research questions, making a new discovery, being a research participant, teaching, or being cared for in a teaching hospital). The journal welcomes photography, sculpture, painting, textile work, and other visual media. Images may be cropped or resized to fit into the allotted cover space. Artists must also submit a related Cover Art essay as a narrative companion to the artwork, to explain the connection between the work and the “academic medicine experience.” Learn more here.
Ongoing: These opportunities have rolling deadlines.
Alterwork Studios Online Residency
This residency was designed to give emerging contemporary artists an online platform to create new work and explore their practice. Over the course of four weeks, artists will be encouraged to experiment and explore their concepts and move their work forward in the contemporary art world. Learn more here.
Accepting Artwork for Curatorial Review by AIWA
The Alper Initiative for Washington Art features five exhibitions per year in the newly constructed first floor space in the American University Museum. We accept submissions, on a rolling basis, from Washington artists of all ages and backgrounds, and working in diverse media. The museum’s Director and Curator, Jack Rasmussen, will select curators who will review these submissions for potential use in Alper Initiative exhibitions. For more information click here.
Call For Entry Hamilton Arts Collective Guest Artist Exhibition – Baltimore
The Hamilton Arts Collective (HAC) and the Hamilton Gallery seek applications from artists for month-long Guest Artist exhibitions at Hamilton Gallery located at 5502 Harford Road, Baltimore, MD. The selected guest artists will be invited to exhibit a selection of their current work in Gallery I of the Hamilton Gallery. The Guest Artist exhibition is featured in Hamilton Gallery communications and will be promoted by the HAC and Hamilton Gallery. This is an open call to artists residing within 60 miles of Baltimore City. Baltimore residents are encouraged to apply. Click here to learn more.
Howard County Arts Council Quarterly Call For Artists – Ellicott City, MD
The Howard County Arts Council gallery program was established to enhance the public’s appreciation of the visual arts, provide a venue to exhibit the work of local, regional, and national artists in a professional space, and provide leadership in the arts by presenting a broad spectrum of arts in all media from both emerging and established artists. Artists, ages 18 and older, working in all media and styles including time-based and installation artists, are encouraged to apply either individually or as a group. Proposals from curators and arts organizations are also welcome. Click here to learn more.
Exhibit at Hotel Indigo Downtown Baltimore — Baltimore, MD
The Maryland Art Place (MAP) is working with Hotel Indigo in downtown Baltimore to offer rotating exhibitions in the hotel’s library and Poets Modern Cocktails and Eats restaurant. This opportunity is open to visual artists living or working in Maryland. ’s public art partnership projects (MAP), in partnership with Hotel Indigo, is pleased to announce an open call to artists. MAP will curate four exhibitions a year based on submissions entered through a rolling basis. Click here to learn more.
Solo or Group Shows in Athenaeum Gallery – VA
The Athenaeum Gallery in Alexandria, Virginia exhibits visual arts created solely by artists living or working in the region (DC, Maryland and Virginia) and strives to present visitors with a wide variety of excellent art and unique experiences. In addition to the shows curated by the Gallery Director, the Athenaeum Gallery invites artists and curators to submit show proposals. For more information, visit https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=6876.
The Creativity Grant Program State of Maryland (MD)
Deadline: Rolling. The purpose of the Creativity Grant Program is to strengthen the vitality and sustainability of artists and small organizations to maintain a strong and stable arts infrastructure in the State of Maryland. The Creativity Grant also provides opportunities to serve the growing needs of relevant arts projects and collaborations within Maryland communities. For more information regarding eligibility and funding timelines, please review the Creativity Grants Guidelines. For more information about the program, and to apply visit the Creativity Grant Program State of Maryland website.
Artist/Writers: Cover Art for Academic Medicine
Deadline: Rolling. Submit original works of art inspired by, but not necessarily representative of, an academic medicine experience from any perspective: caregiver, researcher, teacher, learner, or patient (for example, learning how to be a physician or scientist, caring for patients, exploring research questions, making a new discovery, being a research participant, teaching, or being cared for in a teaching hospital). The journal welcomes photography, sculpture, painting, textile work, and other visual media. Images may be cropped or resized to fit into the allotted cover space. Artists must also submit a related Cover Art essay as a narrative companion to the artwork, to explain the connection between the work and the “academic medicine experience.” The related narrative should be 250 to 600 words and is subject to editing. To apply for this opportunity, and to learn more, visit the Academic Medicine website.
The Awesome Foundation Accepting Applications for Art Projects
Deadline: Open. The Awesome Foundation for the Arts and Sciences is a worldwide network of people devoted to forwarding the interest of “awesomeness in the universe.” Established in 2009, the foundation distributes $1,000 grants on a monthly basis to projects and their creators. The money is pooled from ten or more self-organizing “micro-trustees.” The chapters are autonomous and organized by the trustees around geographic areas or topics of interest. Apply on the Awesome Foundation website.
Call for Artists: Maryland Art Place Seeks Proposals for Rotating Exhibition Partnership with Baltimore’s Hotel Indigo (MD)
Deadline: rolling. Maryland Art Place (MAP), in partnership with Hotel Indigo is pleased to announce an open ‘Call to Artists’. As an extension of MAP’s annual IMPACT public art partnership projects, MAP is working with Hotel Indigo to offer rotating exhibitions in Hotel indigo’s library and Poets Modern Cocktails and Eats. This opportunity is available to visual artists living or working in Maryland. Maryland Art Place will curate four exhibitions a year based on submissions entered through a rolling basis. Guidelines and information here.
Peripheral ARTeries – Biennial Contemporary Art Publication
Deadline: Rolling. Peripheral ARTeries is looking for artists to be featured in the new special Biennial Edition of their art publication, that comes to its 10th edition. This opportunity is great for both established and early career artists who need a boost to their artist portfolio. The 10th edition will once again explore and show current trends and tendencies in Contemporary Art: Peripheral ARTeries cultivates a spirit of openness through a unique collaborative and participatory approach.Each artist may submit a maximum of three works or projects made in any technique: painting, drawing, video art, experimental cinema, fine art photography, experimental media, mixed media, installations, public art, performance. The call is open to all proposed kind of art and media capable of challenging the viewers’ traditional perspective on art itself. To submit, visit the Peripheral ARTeries website.
Exhibit at Hotel Indigo (VA)
Artists works will displayed in the hotel’s gallery (220 S Union St, Old Town Alexandria) for a six-month period. Two-dimensional, framed works only. Artists will install the work using the hotel’s mounting hardware. Labels will be provided by the hotel. All sales handled by artist, no commission. Preference for local or locally influenced selections but not required. The space measures approximately 7’10” by 8’3.″ If interested, contact Kate Ellis, General Manager, [email protected].
The New Project Studio – Ongoing Opportunity (VA)
Ongoing. Located in Studio 8, the New Project Studio is a community-focused arts incubator space that offers a short-term location to test new program ideas, spotlight underrepresented voices, and enhance community engagement. Projects rotate on a regular basis. For more information, clickhere.
Public Arts Grants & Opportunities (VA)
Ongoing. The City of Alexandria’s Office of the Arts provides grants for nonprofit arts organizations as well as individual artists. See all current opportunities and online applications here.
Residency: Maryland
Deadline: ongoing. Montgomery College, Rockville and Germantown Art Department is seeking proposals for its Artist-in-Residence Program, encouraging proposals that cultivate collaborative work between artists and students.
Looking for artists: Foundry Gallery (DC)
Deadline: ongoing. Foundry Gallery is seeking a few artists in the greater Washington, DC area. If interested in applying for membership please send up to five images (jpg attachments) and an email letter to: [email protected]. The oldest cooperative in Washington, the gallery holds monthly solo and members’ group shows at its beautiful space north of Shaw near the 9:30 Club.
Looking for artists: Printmakers (DC)
Deadline: ongoing. Washington Printmakers Gallery is seeking artist members specializing in printmaking, photography and book arts. An active cooperative for over 30 years, the gallery holds monthly solo and members’ group shows in its lovely space in upper Georgetown. Distant and shared memberships are available. If interested in applying for membership please email [email protected].
Sally Davies. 0ur August 2020 Open Exhibit Best-in-Show Award winner (photo by Derrick Early).
By Haven Ashley
Five years ago, painter Sally Davies began work on Labyrinth of Life: View From the Top of the Whitney, NYC, sorting through hundreds of photos from her visit to The Whitney Museum of American Art. She eventually settled on a photo that would become the inspiration for her best-in-show winning painting in our August 2020 Open Exhibit: an image of sunlit leisure, fluctuating patterns, and complex aerial perspective.
“Labyrinth of Life: View From the Top of the Whitney, NYC” by Sally Davies
Davies laid the groundwork, sketching the background, placing the figures, and designing the space with a touch of Escherian flair. “Design is very important in my work. The composition needs to have strong relationships between dark and light colors, patterns, and textures,” the artist remarked.
Davies’ painting was left unfinished until the Spring of 2020 when her untouched draft proved to be a healing tonic for the listlessness she had felt since the beginning of the pandemic. “Finding inspiration during the pandemic has been very difficult. I was so unmotivated until I revisited the draft of this painting.”
How life has changed since Davies’ trip to the Whitney in 2016. Now, the sight of such mingling, maskless crowds evokes feelings that range from anxiety to wistfulness. The artist says that life now feels like living inside Daedalus’ ancient labyrinth. While we needn’t fear the Minotaur, we must face beasts that are even more sinister: a virus, an economic crisis, and systemic racism.
Although Davies wanted to incorporate the turmoil of this year into the metaphor of a labyrinth, her painting is illuminated by hope—solving a maze or labyrinth can also be a process of meditation and reflection. Sparkling shades of violet, magenta, and sandstone envelope Davies rooftop scene, which she reimagined as a diverse, multicultural gathering. She hopes that her vision of diversity, health, and peace is a reality we can someday enjoy. But first, we must find our way out of the labyrinth.
See how Labyrinth of Life progressed from start to finish in this time-lapse video created by Davies:
Sally Davies studied illustration and graphic design at Sheridan College, Canada, and has illustrated magazines, posters, cookbooks, and many children’s books. In recent years, she has shifted her interest to teaching and exhibiting her paintings. She was pleased to be awarded the 2019 Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award for Painting. Her latest solo show, “Vantage Points,” was up for only a short time at Maryland Hall in Annapolis before the building closed due to the pandemic.
"Layered Gestures" by Octavia Frazier is currently on view in the August 2020 Open Exhibit.
Welcome to Artful Weekend, our guide to fun and interesting ways to enjoy and engage in art as you shelter-in-place or practice social distancing.
This weekend: League exhibits, new Hirshhorn sculptures, meditative video art, and more!
August 2020 Open Exhibit and My Body, Shamed
“Standing,” by Linda Lowery, is one of the Honorable Mention awardees in the August 2020 Open Exhibit.
See the breadth of works created by our member artists in the August 2020 Open Exhibit, on view now in the Gallery. Then step into the solo gallery to view My Body, Shamed, artist Barbara Muth’s series of paintings depicting her journey towards physical self-acceptance. The Gallery’s new hours are 12:00-4:00 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday. There is a limit of ten visitors at a time and face masks and temperature checks are required upon entry. You can also view and shop the both exhibits online.
New Kids on the Block
“We Come in Peace” by Huma Bhabha
Visit the recently reopened Hirshhorn Museum Sculpture Garden and see two new acquisitions by two contemporary artists: We Come In Peace, Huma Bhabha’s 12-foot, a multi-headed bronze figure whose title references the sci-fi classic “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” speaks to the notion of otherness. Sterling Ruby’s Double Candle are towering twin bronze candles that museum director Melisa Chiu calls “a work that evokes the twin towers and a vigil.” Read more about each installation in this Washington Post review.
Natural Beauties
This Faberge Leaf-Shaped Box, made of bloodstone and featuring delicate golden leaves and bezel-set diamond berries, is one of several objets d’art featured in “Natural Beauties.”
Businesswoman and philanthropist Marjorie Merriweather Post was not only a renowned collector of fine jewelry (her collection is considered to be one of the most important of those assembled in the twentieth century), she also had an appreciation for exquisite hardstones. Natural Beauties: Exquisite Works of Minerals and Gems is the first exhibition at the Hillwood Estate Museum to focus on the heiresses’ distinctive collection of objets d’art crafted from jade, onyx, lapis lazuli, and other semiprecious gemstones. Reservations are required for timed-entry; 4155 Linnean Avenue, NW.
Gender/Space
“Gaunlet” by David Frey
Gender/Space, an online exhibit presented by Photoworks At Glen Echo, features the works of 12 photographers who employ traditional and innovative photographic genres to examine the various ways in which spaces, both natural and manmade, reflect perceptions of gender.
Breath & Delirium: Selected Works by Glenda León
An image from “Breath & Delirium.”
Glenda León’s meditative video art creates visual metaphors that explore the relationship between the body, nature, and imagination. Says the Cuban-born, Madrid-based artist, “What my videos want to say is that we can change the world through our breathing, we can breathe together with the sea, with the sky, with the trees and become one with them.” Experience Breath & Delirium online at the University of Maryland Art Gallery.
Even during difficult times, creativity persists. Throughout this period of social distancing, we will begin our listing with opportunities that uniquely address the coronavirus pandemic—be they calls for art that specifically speaks to it, or virtual exhibits that are cropping up as a result of it. Some have definitive deadlines and others are more flexible, so be sure to check guidelines carefully. We encourage you to share these and other opportunities with your creative circle.
Opportunities in Response to COVID-19
Las Laguna Gallery
Deadline: September 31 In response to COVID-19, Las Laguna Gallery has launched its first online exhibition of art in all media, “A Light in the Darkness.” All submissions will be accepted and posted in an online gallery. Click here to learn more.
COVID-19 Artist Residency Project
Deadline: January 1, 2021 COVID-19 Artist Residency Project is an In-Place Residency that was launched in May 2020 to help creatives reframe their time during the Pandemic as an opportunity for self-exploration. The non-competitive residency is free to apply. All creative disciplines welcome. Learn more here.
Call For Entries, Prayers For the Pandemic, Prayers for Progress – Jersey City, NJ
The Drawing Rooms gallery is currently taking submissions for Prayers for the Pandemic; Prayers for Progress, a worldwide public art project, from artists living locally, nationally, and around the world. Our goal is to flood the world with artist-created prayer flags for an online show of images of the flags which will be posted on our website, Facebook and Instagram. Learn more here.
A View From the Easel Call For Submissions
Temporarily, during the current COVID-19 pandemic, Hyperallergic is asking artists to share their experiences of their studios during times of quarantine for their “View From the Easel” section. For more information click here.
Artists Against an #Infodemic Call For Artists
The visual media organizations CatchLight, Dysturb, and The Everyday Projects are seeking submissions for visual art and storytelling that addresses key public health messages in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Formats can include: photography, video, cartoons/comics, graphic design, paintings, drawings, memes, and more. We will work with the selected artists to package the material for distribution on social media and for display in public spaces as murals and/or projections. For more information click here.
The Corona Portrait Project Call For Submissions
For tens of thousands of artists around the world, in a matter of weeks the novel coronavirus has caused the loss of exhibitions, projects, side gigs, and left much uncertainty behind. As we sit isolated at home and consider our fears and hopes for the future, this project is a challenge to confront ourselves by creating a self-portrait. A new artist will be featured weekly. For more information, click here.
Other Opportunities
East Yacht Lights Parade Poster Contest – Annapolis, MD
Deadline: August 27 Maryland Federation of Art (MFA) and Eastport Yacht Club (EYC) invite all artists to enter this inaugural poster competition. All original 2-D work in any medium which depicts an Annapolis landmark or Annapolis skyline and includes the EYC burgee as well as follows MFA entry guidelines, will be considered. Click here to enter.
Call For Photography, Too Tired for 2020
Deadline: August 31 Too Tired Project is holding a call for photography that explores mental health in our current climate of a global pandemic, political upheaval, systemic oppression, and the social injustices that are happening every single day. To enter click here.
Call for Entries, We Protest! – Princess Anne, MD
Deadline: August 31 The Mosely Gallery at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore invites artists to submit works in response to the recent national and international wave of protests around Black Lives Matter. For more information, click here.
Watchmeister Award – Amerherst, VA
Deadline: September 15 This award, administered by the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, acknowledges the vital role of the arts in our world, the importance of artists who exemplify excellence in their field, and the necessity of time and space for the creative phase of all artistic work. This year’s applicants must have worked professionally as a visual artist for the past 15 years with substantial national or international achievement in their field, including grants, awards, performances/installations, etc. Apply here.
Soho Photo Gallery 2020 International Alternative Processes Competition
Deadline: September 22 Soho Photo Gallery, New York’s longest running cooperative gallery, is excited to announce our 16th International Alternative Processes Competition. All selected images will be featured on the gallery’s website. To enter, click here.
Delaware Contemporary Call For Submissions – Wilmington, DE
Deadline: September 30 The Delaware Contemporary is accepting submissions for our spring exhibition Round About: Reconsidering the Object in Space. This small group exhibition of four artists will take a fresh look at the traditional models for sculptural work through the lens of today and reconsider the viewers’ relationship to the presence of objects in space. Learn more here.
Atlantic Gallery Juried Show 2021: Drawn to Paper
December 1 Artists are invited to engage in a conversation with paper in whatever way they want. Some examples of paper but not limited to: cardboard, paper, rice paper, newsprint, construction paper, decoupage paper, card stock, recycled paper, kraft paper, deconstructed books, etc. To enter, click here.
Re-runs: These announcements have been posted here before, but it’s not too late to enter!
Deadline: August 23 The Kay Daugherty Gallery at Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center will showcase artworks that reinvent and reconsider recognizable works of art and popular culture icons through a contemporary lens. Artists are encouraged to submit works that speak to contemporary culture, current events, or envision the “new normal.” For more information, click here.
Athenaeum Call for Artists & Poets: Speak Your Truth | Black Lives Matter Alexandria, VA
Deadline: August 27 We continuously celebrate the creativity of our diverse population in the DMV region and plan to launch an online digital gallery, Speak Your Truth | Black Lives Matter, an exhibition that aims to represent the depth and diversity of the region and its reflections on the activities associated with BLM. Click here for more information.
Part-Time Content Manager Wanted – D.C.
Deadline: August 31 Hemphill, a leading gallery of contemporary art in Washington, DC, seeks a part-time Content Manager for primarily remote work during the pandemic with the possibility of becoming full-time. To apply click here.
See My Color: A Social Justice Call for Art
Deadline: August 30 The Women’s Caucus for Art of Greater Washington, DC invites members of the National Women’s Caucus for Art to submit artwork for a juried online exhibition titled See My Color, WCADC’s Social Justice Art Exhibition. “See My Color” will explore artists’ relationships with racial injustice, police brutality, and criminal justice reform through visual art. Click here for more information.
Call For Entries, Aesthetica Art Prize 2020
Deadline: August 31 Since its establishment ten years ago, the Aesthetica Magazine Art Prize has provided a platform for artists across the globe to showcase their work through publication, exhibition, prize money and wider exposure. Aesthetica is looking for artists redefining the parameters of contemporary art. The Prize is open to multiple genres including photography, sculpture, installation, digital media, video, painting and more. To enter click here.
Council on Virginia Tech History Seeks Public Art for University’s Sesquicentennial – Blacksburg, VA
Deadline: August 31 The Council on Virginia Tech History has initiated a call for public art in preparation for the university’s sesquicentennial in 2022. The call, “Understanding Our Complicated Past and Reconnecting with Our Layered Histories: An International Ideas Competition,” seeks proposals for creative approaches to highlight how historically marginalized communities have shaped and will continue to shape Virginia Tech. The winning art pieces will be featured at the university’s oldest structures, Solitude and the Fraction Family House, which were part of the grounds of a former plantation owned by the Preston family. The Solitude House was occupied by the family, and the Fraction Family House is the only remaining structure for housing those enslaved by the Prestons. Proposals for all forms of art, from virtual to physical and everything in between, are highly encouraged. Learn more here.
Call For Entries, Practice What You Teach – Virginia Beach, VA
Deadline: September 1 Virginia’s K-12 Art Educators have an opportunity to show off their own artwork and vie for prizes worth a total of $2000! Virginia Beach Art Center is presenting this states-wide expression of loving what you teach. Learn how to enter here.
Greenwood Cemetery Artist-In-Residence 2021 – Brooklyn, NY
Deadline: September 2 This nine-month-long residency (January– September 2021) will offer one artist the opportunity to create a new project or body of work inspired by beautiful natural landscape, stunning monuments, and compelling history. The residency is open to emerging or mid-career artists residing in New York City and working in the visual and/or performing arts. Learn more here.
Director of Art and Programming Wanted – D.C.
Deadline: September 8 Stable, a new non-profit organization aimed at strengthening Washington, DC’s contemporary visual arts community by providing affordable and sustainable studio space and exhibition opportunities, is seeking a Director of Art and Programming. Learn more and apply here.
Call For Entries, Focus National Juried Photography Exhibition – Frederick, MD
Deadline: September 28 The National Juried Photography Exhibition is held biennially in November at The Delaplaine Arts Center as part of Focus, our month-long celebration of photography. All photographs, black & white, color, non-silver, computer-manipulated, digital, or pinhole are eligible. Learn more here.
Open Call For Public Programs – D.C.
Deadline: October 1 Hamiltonian Artists is launching a new initiative of public programming, Platform, that positions the organization as a hub for conversation amongst practitioners. For the first season, now through the Presidential election on November 3, we invite artists, independent curators and organizers, organizations, and others to submit a proposal for a public program that specifically addresses racial justice, social justice movements and practices, collective action, and other conversations that intersect with the arts. Learn more here.
National Sculpture Society Grants
Deadline: October 5 The National Sculpture Society offers three grants of $5000 each. Figurative, realist and animal sculpture of greatest interest. Open to US residents and citizens with a social security number. For more information click here.
Bennett Prize Call For Entries, Women Figurative Painters
Deadline: October 16 The Bennett Prize, created in 2018, awards $50,000 to a woman artist to create her own solo exhibition of figurative realist paintings, which will travel the country. The Prize will propel the careers of women painters who have not yet realized full professional recognition, empowering new artists and those who have painted for many years. The Prize will expand opportunities for the public, who may not be familiar with figurative realist painting, to learn more about the creative vision of talented women painters in this increasingly popular genre. Apply here.
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts 2021-22 Fellowship Program – Richmond, VA
Deadline: November 6 The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship (VMFA) Program, a vital source of funding for the visual arts and art history in Virginia, is committed to supporting professional artists as well as art and art history students who demonstrate exceptional creative ability in their chosen discipline. Applications are now being accepted for the 2021-22 fellowship program. Click hereto apply.
Call For Entries, Artist/Writers: Cover Art For Academic Medicine
Deadline: December 30 Submit original works of art inspired by, but not necessarily representative of, an academic medicine experience from any perspective: caregiver, researcher, teacher, learner, or patient (for example, learning how to be a physician or scientist, caring for patients, exploring research questions, making a new discovery, being a research participant, teaching, or being cared for in a teaching hospital). The journal welcomes photography, sculpture, painting, textile work, and other visual media. Images may be cropped or resized to fit into the allotted cover space. Artists must also submit a related Cover Art essay as a narrative companion to the artwork, to explain the connection between the work and the “academic medicine experience.” Learn more here.
Ongoing: These opportunities have rolling deadlines.
Alterwork Studios Online Residency
This residency was designed to give emerging contemporary artists an online platform to create new work and explore their practice. Over the course of four weeks, artists will be encouraged to experiment and explore their concepts and move their work forward in the contemporary art world. Learn more here.
Accepting Artwork for Curatorial Review by AIWA
The Alper Initiative for Washington Art features five exhibitions per year in the newly constructed first floor space in the American University Museum. We accept submissions, on a rolling basis, from Washington artists of all ages and backgrounds, and working in diverse media. The museum’s Director and Curator, Jack Rasmussen, will select curators who will review these submissions for potential use in Alper Initiative exhibitions. For more information click here.
Call For Entry Hamilton Arts Collective Guest Artist Exhibition – Baltimore
The Hamilton Arts Collective (HAC) and the Hamilton Gallery seek applications from artists for month-long Guest Artist exhibitions at Hamilton Gallery located at 5502 Harford Road, Baltimore, MD. The selected guest artists will be invited to exhibit a selection of their current work in Gallery I of the Hamilton Gallery. The Guest Artist exhibition is featured in Hamilton Gallery communications and will be promoted by the HAC and Hamilton Gallery. This is an open call to artists residing within 60 miles of Baltimore City. Baltimore residents are encouraged to apply. Click here to learn more.
Howard County Arts Council Quarterly Call For Artists – Ellicott City, MD
The Howard County Arts Council gallery program was established to enhance the public’s appreciation of the visual arts, provide a venue to exhibit the work of local, regional, and national artists in a professional space, and provide leadership in the arts by presenting a broad spectrum of arts in all media from both emerging and established artists. Artists, ages 18 and older, working in all media and styles including time-based and installation artists, are encouraged to apply either individually or as a group. Proposals from curators and arts organizations are also welcome. Click here to learn more.
Exhibit at Hotel Indigo Downtown Baltimore — Baltimore, MD
The Maryland Art Place (MAP) is working with Hotel Indigo in downtown Baltimore to offer rotating exhibitions in the hotel’s library and Poets Modern Cocktails and Eats restaurant. This opportunity is open to visual artists living or working in Maryland. ’s public art partnership projects (MAP), in partnership with Hotel Indigo, is pleased to announce an open call to artists. MAP will curate four exhibitions a year based on submissions entered through a rolling basis. Click here to learn more.
Solo or Group Shows in Athenaeum Gallery – VA
The Athenaeum Gallery in Alexandria, Virginia exhibits visual arts created solely by artists living or working in the region (DC, Maryland and Virginia) and strives to present visitors with a wide variety of excellent art and unique experiences. In addition to the shows curated by the Gallery Director, the Athenaeum Gallery invites artists and curators to submit show proposals. For more information, visit https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=6876.
The Creativity Grant Program State of Maryland (MD)
Deadline: Rolling. The purpose of the Creativity Grant Program is to strengthen the vitality and sustainability of artists and small organizations to maintain a strong and stable arts infrastructure in the State of Maryland. The Creativity Grant also provides opportunities to serve the growing needs of relevant arts projects and collaborations within Maryland communities. For more information regarding eligibility and funding timelines, please review the Creativity Grants Guidelines. For more information about the program, and to apply visit the Creativity Grant Program State of Maryland website.
Artist/Writers: Cover Art for Academic Medicine
Deadline: Rolling. Submit original works of art inspired by, but not necessarily representative of, an academic medicine experience from any perspective: caregiver, researcher, teacher, learner, or patient (for example, learning how to be a physician or scientist, caring for patients, exploring research questions, making a new discovery, being a research participant, teaching, or being cared for in a teaching hospital). The journal welcomes photography, sculpture, painting, textile work, and other visual media. Images may be cropped or resized to fit into the allotted cover space. Artists must also submit a related Cover Art essay as a narrative companion to the artwork, to explain the connection between the work and the “academic medicine experience.” The related narrative should be 250 to 600 words and is subject to editing. To apply for this opportunity, and to learn more, visit the Academic Medicine website.
The Awesome Foundation Accepting Applications for Art Projects
Deadline: Open. The Awesome Foundation for the Arts and Sciences is a worldwide network of people devoted to forwarding the interest of “awesomeness in the universe.” Established in 2009, the foundation distributes $1,000 grants on a monthly basis to projects and their creators. The money is pooled from ten or more self-organizing “micro-trustees.” The chapters are autonomous and organized by the trustees around geographic areas or topics of interest. Apply on the Awesome Foundation website.
Call for Artists: Maryland Art Place Seeks Proposals for Rotating Exhibition Partnership with Baltimore’s Hotel Indigo (MD)
Deadline: rolling. Maryland Art Place (MAP), in partnership with Hotel Indigo is pleased to announce an open ‘Call to Artists’. As an extension of MAP’s annual IMPACT public art partnership projects, MAP is working with Hotel Indigo to offer rotating exhibitions in Hotel indigo’s library and Poets Modern Cocktails and Eats. This opportunity is available to visual artists living or working in Maryland. Maryland Art Place will curate four exhibitions a year based on submissions entered through a rolling basis. Guidelines and information here.
Peripheral ARTeries – Biennial Contemporary Art Publication
Deadline: Rolling. Peripheral ARTeries is looking for artists to be featured in the new special Biennial Edition of their art publication, that comes to its 10th edition. This opportunity is great for both established and early career artists who need a boost to their artist portfolio. The 10th edition will once again explore and show current trends and tendencies in Contemporary Art: Peripheral ARTeries cultivates a spirit of openness through a unique collaborative and participatory approach.Each artist may submit a maximum of three works or projects made in any technique: painting, drawing, video art, experimental cinema, fine art photography, experimental media, mixed media, installations, public art, performance. The call is open to all proposed kind of art and media capable of challenging the viewers’ traditional perspective on art itself. To submit, visit the Peripheral ARTeries website.
Exhibit at Hotel Indigo (VA)
Artists works will displayed in the hotel’s gallery (220 S Union St, Old Town Alexandria) for a six-month period. Two-dimensional, framed works only. Artists will install the work using the hotel’s mounting hardware. Labels will be provided by the hotel. All sales handled by artist, no commission. Preference for local or locally influenced selections but not required. The space measures approximately 7’10” by 8’3.″ If interested, contact Kate Ellis, General Manager, [email protected].
The New Project Studio – Ongoing Opportunity (VA)
Ongoing. Located in Studio 8, the New Project Studio is a community-focused arts incubator space that offers a short-term location to test new program ideas, spotlight underrepresented voices, and enhance community engagement. Projects rotate on a regular basis. For more information, clickhere.
Public Arts Grants & Opportunities (VA)
Ongoing. The City of Alexandria’s Office of the Arts provides grants for nonprofit arts organizations as well as individual artists. See all current opportunities and online applications here.
Residency: Maryland
Deadline: ongoing. Montgomery College, Rockville and Germantown Art Department is seeking proposals for its Artist-in-Residence Program, encouraging proposals that cultivate collaborative work between artists and students.
Looking for artists: Foundry Gallery (DC)
Deadline: ongoing. Foundry Gallery is seeking a few artists in the greater Washington, DC area. If interested in applying for membership please send up to five images (jpg attachments) and an email letter to: [email protected]. The oldest cooperative in Washington, the gallery holds monthly solo and members’ group shows at its beautiful space north of Shaw near the 9:30 Club.
Looking for artists: Printmakers (DC)
Deadline: ongoing. Washington Printmakers Gallery is seeking artist members specializing in printmaking, photography and book arts. An active cooperative for over 30 years, the gallery holds monthly solo and members’ group shows in its lovely space in upper Georgetown. Distant and shared memberships are available. If interested in applying for membership please email [email protected].
Welcome to Artful Weekend, our guide to fun and interesting ways to enjoy and engage in art as you shelter-in-place or practice social distancing.
This weekend: the Alexandria Sidewalk Sale, eye-popping art at Del Ray, tie-dye fun at Rhizome, and more!
Hangin’ With the League
“Late Lunch” by Peter Ulrich
Calling all art lovers! Deeply discounted artworks, vintage art supplies, and cool giveaways from The Art League await you at the 11th Annual Alexandria Sidewalk Sale, Saturday, August 15 through Sunday, August 16. Look for our table on the corner of King and Union Streets at the Arcade entrance, and shop for great deals on art and more both days, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
“I Can See Light Between Your Sister’s Thighs” by Barbara Muth
While you’re in the area, visit The Art League Gallery and see our two new exhibits: The August 2020 Open Exhibit features over 100 works in various mediums by our member artists. “My Body, Shamed,” a series of paintings by artist Barbara Muth, chronicles her journey with body image and self-acceptance. Get 20 percent off all artwork in the August Show all weekend.
Hello, Bright Eyes
“Flirty Eyes” by Gabriel Perez
The eyes have it in this fun and quirky exhibit featuring art made from upcycled eyeglasses as well as vision-inspired paintings, drawings, and jewelry. See Hello, Bright Eyes at Del Ray Artisans Gallery or online; Del Ray Artisans Gallery, 2704 Mount Vernon Avenue, Alexandria.
Indigo & Shibori 101
Learn the basics of indigo dying and create Shibori-inspired patterns with master dye maker Sophie Kanter in the backyard of Rhizome D.C. on Saturday, August 15 at 4 p.m. Materials for the workshop are provided, but you may bring a few additional items from home to dye. Tickets are on a sliding scale of $10-$25. Preregister here; Rhizome DC, 6950 Maple St NW.
Summer Selections 2020
“Fold/Slice Topo 1” by Tauba Auerbach
Addison/Ripley Fine Art presents Summer Selections 2020, an online group exhibit, features works by Sam Gilliam, Nan Montgomery, Lou Stovall, WC Richardson, Suzanne Caporael, Tom Green, Frank Hallam Day, Kerry James Marshall, Jeffrey Smith, Carol Brown Goldberg, Tauba Auerbach and Tom Meyer.
Welcome to Artful Weekend, our guide to fun and interesting ways to enjoy and engage in art as you shelter-in-place or practice social distancing.
This weekend: Our August Open Exhibit, David Driskell’s Trees, area galleries to visit, and more!
August Open Exhibit 2020
Best-in-Show winner “Labyrinth of Life: View From the Top of the Whitney, NYC” by Sallie Davies.
After months of being shuttered we are thrilled to present our August Open Exhibition in the Gallery! Open exhibits are not limited by theme, medium, process, or content, and are a great way to see a range of works created by our member artists. This month’s exhibit was juried by D.C.-based artist and photographer Nancy Daly.
While there, be sure to see My Body, Shamed, painter Barbara Muth’s deeply personal solo show that addresses issues of body shaming and physical self-acceptance that many women experience. The Gallery’s new hours are 12:00-4:00 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday. There is a limit of ten visitors at a time and face masks and temperature checks are required upon entry. You can also view and shop the August Open exhibit online, and don’t forget to RSVP for our Opening Zoom Reception Thursday, August 13 at 6:30 p.m.
In April the art world mourned the passing of David Driskell, the celebrated painter, scholar, and University of Maryland professor for whom the school’s David C. Driskell Center is named. Trees by David Driskell, an online exhibition of 31 drawings, prints, and paintings of trees that the artist created throughout his lifetime, honors his memory. Dorit Yaron, the Center’s deputy director, says he curated Trees “ for people to enjoy while remembering David.”
Patterning
“Big Green Flower” by Ellen Hill
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center presents Patterning, a group exhibition ranging from prints and fabric art to sculpture that probes the notion of order through assembled and disassembled patterns. View it in person beginning August 8 but be sure to review the gallery’s new visitation guidelines before you go. Patterning opens online August 9; Pyramid Atlantic Art Center 4318 Gallatin Street, Hyattsville, MD.
Ribbons of Stretch + Art & Activism
“Domestic Life II” by Eleanor Kotlarik Wang
D.C.’s Studio Gallery, now open for walk-in visits on Saturdays, has two new exhibitions: Artist Eleanor Kotlarik Wang’s appreciation of textiles comes through in Ribbons of Stretch, her body of new work that incorporates embroidery, weaving, stitchery, and folkloric references from her native Slovenia and other world cultures, with abstract painting.
“Honor Guard (First Time Ever, Pride Parade)” by Gordon Binder
Art & Activism presents works by Studio Gallery members that address civil rights, the climate crisis, and other issues on the forefront of our national consciousness. Both shows, which can also be viewed online, run through August 22; Studio Gallery, 2108 R St. NW.
Artist’s Choice 2020
“All Things Black White and Yellow” by Bevadine Terrell
See the varied works—paintings, drawings, collage, photography, sculpture, and a light installation— selected by artists Matt Malone, Sheila Blake and Patsy Fleming for Foundry Gallery’s Artists Choice 2020 national online exhibit. It is on view through August 30.
