"Morning Yoga" photography by Maureen Minehan, is currently on view in the March Open Exhibit.
Welcome to Artful Weekend
-our listing of area art exhibits and events-
This weekend: March Open Exhibit and The Human Vibe: Patterned Portraits and Color by Jimmy James Greene at the League; the 2023 Art Book Fair at Eastern Market; Matthew McLaughlin at Athenaeum Gallery; and Interwovenat the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County.
March Open Exhibit
Seagull’s Nest by Christine Moerenhout-Hubloue; Hand-built stoneware and porcelain, driftwood
Diverse artworks by member artists are the feature of Open Exhibits at The Art League. Over 80 pieces—painting, drawing, photography, mixed media, sculpture, and more—are on view in this month’s show. It was juried by Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann.
The March Open Exhibit is on view through April 2.
The Human Vibe: Patterned Portraits and Color by Jimmy James Greene
Smart Phone by Jimmy James Greene; Watercolor, colored pencil, and acrylic
March solo artist Jimmy James Greene utilizes exaggerated hues and striking designs in his paintings to weave narratives about Black people. In TheHumanVibe: Patterned Portraits and Color, the emotions of his subjects are conveyed through subjective colors, while their concerns, conditions, or social constructs are referred to by immersive patterning.
“I respond to an image that I am intuitively attracted to–it could be a person’s expression, the way light hits their body, or an activity they’re engaged in,” Greene explains. He renders his subjects realistically, then goes beyond what they look like to narrate what he calls “their internal and external vibrations.” His works on paper begin as pencil and pastel drawings that he later paints over using watercolors to create rich color and fluidity. Some of those paintings serve as studies for larger acrylic-on-canvas pieces. Essentially, says the New York-based artist, “I am a visual storyteller, a griot.”
Read more about Greene and his art practice here. TheHumanVibe: Patterned Portraits and Color is on view through April 2.
2023 Capital Art Book Fair
Head to D.C.’s Eastern Market North Hall this weekend for the 2023 Capital Art Book Fair, presented by East City Art! Over 35 independent presses and artists from the DMV and beyond will be on hand. Attend an exhibitor panel discussion (11 am – 12 pm), and the Capitol Hill Art League’s Open Juried Exhibition reception (5:30–7 pm) on Saturday, April 1, at Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (545 7th Street SE). On Sunday, April 2, young artists are invited to get creative at the children’s painting workshop (3–5 pm), and art lovers can view works by artists from throughout the DMV at the DC Regional Exhibition, both at Hill Center (921 Pennsylvania Avenue SE). The Fair takes place inside Eastern Market’s North Hall, 225 7th Street SE, Saturday, April 1 from noon-8pm and Sunday, April 1 from 10am-4pm.
Matthew McLaughlin
Matthew McLaughlin, Untitled (81E), 17” x 22”, mixed media monotype on panel (detail)
Matthew McLaughlin’s work explores how people define space in relationship to themselves on multiple levels, through personal and public forums, by bringing together those themes via mixed-media works from multiple series. His current exhibition, on view at Athenaeum Gallery, covers three distinct series “Proxemic Boundaries”, “Plotting Truths”, and “Reflective Cartography”. The works in “Proxemic Boundaries” examine our relationship with space and division on a personal and societal level by calling into question the nature of our human desire to define spatial areas and create boundaries, whether through fences around a personal property or walls creating borders between countries. “Plotting Truths” brings into focus the unusual nature of political maps and the spaces we are divided into for power and control through imagery, which juxtaposes the nature of congressional district mapping with the mythical tales of constellations. “Reflective Cartography” creates spaces of reflection through the controlled application of line work, reminiscent of maps, over the chaos of color. McLaughlin’s works are on view through Sunday, April 30, with an artist talk from 2 – 3 pm; 201 Prince Street, Alexandria, VA.
The Betty Mae Kramer Gallery presents Interwoven, an exhibition featuring artworks by Montgomery County-based artists Frances Vye Wilson, Nilou Kazemzadeh and Sandra Pérez-Ramos. Curated by Heloisa Escudero, Interwoven explores how fiber art expresses tension, the human body, complex art concepts, and traditions. It is on view through April 14 at the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County, 801 Ellsworth Drive, Silver Spring, MD
Call to Artists, 2024 Annual Arts Program Grant Application — Alexandria, VA
Deadline: April 14 For over 30 years, the City of Alexandria has provided arts grants to numerous arts organizations, artists, and service providers to ensure that all residents of Alexandria have access to quality arts experiences in their community. Submissions are now being accepted for the 2024 grant cycle. Learn more here.
Deadline: April 30 The Women’s Jewelry Association established the Cindy Edelstein Jewelry Design Scholarship in memory of one of the jewelry industry’s most beloved and respected members who died suddenly in 2016 of cardiac arrest. Edelstein was a champion of the jewelry design community and especially understood the unique challenges that newcomers to the field faced. For that reason, the scholarship is targeted to emerging fine jewelry designers or artisans, and memorializes her tireless pursuit of educating, mentoring, and coaching these entrepreneurs. For more information, click here.
2023 The Radiant Minds Technology Scholarship
Deadline: April 30 To honor our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, Women’s Jewelry Association Foundation, Jewelers Mutual(r) Group, and Black in Jewelry Coalition are joining together to offer abusiness technology scholarship with the goal of attracting new talent and strengthen the industry’s talent pool in technology and business operations roles. The Radiant Minds Technology Scholarship is available to women of color inside and outside the industry who are interested in serving in organizational roles in the jewelry industry that require technological skill sets related to front and back-end development, user experience design and coding. For more information, click here.
Call for Entry, New Painting, Site: Brooklyn —Online
Deadline: May 15 New Painting is looking to represent a wide variety of styles and movements, united by unique and unexpected investigations of surface, depth, color, and form. Whether belonging to a distincttradition, intermingling genres and techniques to create a work that reinvents the old in light of the new, or striving to form a new visual language altogether, Site:Brooklyn aims to bring together the most exciting work in contemporary painting. Learn more here.
Call to Artists, The Art of Collage, Second Street Gallery — Charlottesville, VA
Deadline: June 1 Second Street Gallery is currently accepting submissions for a group exhibition, The Art of Collage, to be held in the Main Gallery of Second Street Gallery from June 7 to July 19, 2024. The exhibition will be curated by Second Street Gallery’s Executive Director and Chief Curator, Kristen Chiacchia. For more information, click here.
Call to Artists, The Grand Exhibition: An open art competition: Embodying Masonic Values-2023 — Philadelphia
Deadline: August 10 An open art competition is sponsored by the Masonic Library & Museum of Pennsylvania. All artwork entries must display a visual interpretation of some aspect of Freemasonry in Pennsylvania, whether it be philosopohical, historical, scientific, social, fraternal, charitable, architectural, etc. Selected artwork will be exhibited in the Masonic Temple in Philadelphia. For more information, click here.
Re-runs: These were previously posted, but it’s not too late to enter!
Call for Entry, Works on Paper 2023 — Loveladies, NJ
Deadline: March 31Works on Paper 2023 is the 25th Annual National Juried Competition and Exhibition at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Long Beach Island, New Jersey. Works on Paper can include but is not limited to Drawing, Painting on Paper, hand pulled Prints, Photographic Prints, Digital Works on Paper, and Paper constructions that can be wall hung. The Juror will select 65 artworks to be on display in our spacious Gallery. For more information, click here.
Call for Entries, “I Voted” Sticker Contest for Youth City of Hyattsville — Hyattsville, MD
Deadline: April 1Get your art on a sticker and win a gift card by giving us your best “I Voted” sticker design! One winner each will be chosen for the elementary, middle, and high school age ranges. Winning stickers will be handed out to voters on Election Day and winners will also receive a $100 gift card to Target! For more information, click here.
Openingfor Chief Executive Officer, International Arts & Artists — Washington, D.C.
Deadline: April 1International Arts & Artist’s Board of Trustees is immediately seeking a dynamic, skilled, experienced leader to become IA&A’s next President and Chief Executive Officer. For more information, click here.
Call to Artists, Denbo Fellowship Summer 2023 — Hyattsville, MD
Deadline: April 7The Denbo Fellowship is designed to offer artists, from a range of artistic disciplines, an environment conducive to individual and collaborative creative practice. This Fellowship will provide a unique opportunity to complete a new body of work at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center. Two artists will be selected for the Summer fellowship (July-September). Learn more here.
Call to Photographers, Unbound 12!, Candella Gallery — Richmond, VA
Deadline: April 7 This annual summer group exhibition, held in Richmond, VA, is typically the only open call we hold each year. It is dedicated to featuring a wide range of photographic artworks, fine art photography, and artists’ books from 40-50 fine art photographers. UnBound! generates opportunities and exposure beyond the traditional group or juried show by providing a collection opportunity for artists. For more information, click here.
Call for Artists, Dulaney Plaza Mural Project — Towson, MD
Deadline: April 7Dulaney Valley Plaza is inviting artists to submit proposals for a public mural. The Dulaney Plaza branded logo must feature into the mural in a notable capacity, but incorporation and presentation is left to artist discretion. For more information, click here.
Call for Artists, Fairfax County Public Art Project Covid-19 Memorial — Fairfax, VA
Deadline: April 12 ArtsFairfax is accepting qualifications from artists or artist teams for a public art project in Fairfax County, VA. The selected artist/team will design, fabricate, and install a permanent work of art that will commemorate the suffering of people in the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the heroism of the people who responded to the emergency. An existing memorial plaza will be utilized for the placement of a central artwork that commemorates the experience of COVID-19 in Fairfax County. For more information, click here.
Open Call for Artists, Torpedo Factory Art Center — Alexandria, VA
Deadline: April 18 Torpedo Factory Art Center is accepting applications for Resident Artists — individuals or groups of up to four — who will earn three-year studio leases and Artists Pro Tem — individuals who will earn the ability to sublease and participate in the Art Center programming. Applicants accepted as Resident Artists shall receive a three (3)-year studio lease with publicly subsidized rent of $17.39 per square foot per year. Learn more here.
Call to Artists, P.L.A.C.E. Grant — Arlington, VA
Deadline: April 28 This is a competitive grant program that will support community-initiated projects related to Arlington’s history, built environment, and/or cultural heritage that will reinforce the goals of the Arts Commission and enhance Arlington’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. This grant seeks proposals that are at the intersection of arts, culture and heritage with the goal to provide arts opportunities to communities that have had less access to arts programming, education, and other art services. Arlington’s historic communities are a critical priority for this funding. For more information, click here.
Call for Artists, Trawick Prize 2024 Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards — Bethesda, MD
Deadline: April 28 The Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District invites local artists to submit work to the annual Trawick Prize: Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards! This juried art competition awards $14,000 in prizes to four selected winners. Up to eight finalists will be chosen to display their work at Bethesda’s Gallery B in September 2023. For more information, click here.
Call for Entries, The Hopper Prize
Deadline: May 23 The Hopper Prize is accepting entries for Spring 2023 artist grants. We are offering 2 grants of $3,500 and 4 grants of $1,000 ($11,000 USD total prize money). 30 artists will be selected for a shortlist. Additional exposure is available via our online Journal and Instagram feed reaching 74k. For more information, click here.
Call to artists, $1,000 Evolution Grant, Art Fluent
Deadline: June 2 Art Fluent’s grant cycle is now open to individual artists through an international open call. The Evolution Grant will provide unrestricted funding to an individual artist with recognized artistic excellence in fine art media and a demonstrated commitment to their art. $1,000 to one visual artist each grant cycle. Unrestricted funds applied toward any expense to enhance the artist’s ability to create work. For more information, click here.
Glen Echo Park Partnership 2024 Call for Exhibition Proposals — Glen Echo, MD
Deadline: June 5The Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture requests exhibition proposals from artists for the Popcorn Gallery, Stone TowerGallery, and Park View Gallery at Glen Echo Park for the calendar year 2024. The mission of the Glen Echo Park Partnership Galleries is to showcase the work of diverse artists, including resident artists at Glen Echo Park and artists from the greater Washington, D.C. area. We aim to exhibit quality art by artists who represent a broad spectrum of our region, with diverse backgrounds, and working in a wide range of artistic media. Our exhibitions attract visitors from across the region and bring new audiences to Glen Echo Park. For more information, click here.
Foundation Arts Festival 2023 — Loveladies, NJ
Deadline: July 8The Foundation Art Festival (FAF 2023) is a juried Makers retail show, curated by our Arts & Exhibition Committee. We are looking for artists who create handmade, original work. Seasoned or new artisans that create unique, high quality handmade products are encouraged to apply. However, we are open to products that are designed by the artist & produced in small quantities within the continental U.S. All mediums are welcome. For more information, click here.
Prince George’s Arts & Humanities Council Announces Grants for Maryland Artists — Prince George’s County, MD
Deadline: June 30 The Grants for Artists program provides financial support accompanied by recommended, MSAC-supported professional development offerings tailored to meet the needs of artists working in various genres and media. For more information, click here.
Call for Entry, Athenaeum Solo or Group Show: 2022-2023 — Alexandria, VA
Deadline: August 25 Artists who live or work in Virginia, Maryland, or the District of Columbia may submit a proposal for a solo show. A group of artists who live or work in the area may submit a proposal for a group show. A curator, living or working anywhere, may submit a proposal for a show featuring works by artists living or working in this area. For more information, click here.
Instructors Wanted at The Art League — Alexandria, VA
Deadline: Until filled The Art League is looking for skilled instructors in all visual arts disciplines. We’re particularly keen to recruit new hires for our sculpture, stained glass, and watercolor departments. Preferred applicants will have a personable and patient disposition, excellent communication skills, and the ability to teach their medium to groups of beginning, intermediate, and/or advanced level students. Class sizes range, depending on enrollment, from around 5 to 30 students. Experience teaching is helpful but not an absolute requirement. To apply, send a cover letter with statement of intent, resumé, and 6-10 tiffs or jpegs of current work to Ariane D’Souza via email at [email protected].
Ongoing: These opportunities have rolling deadlines.
Studio Sundays Submissions, Create! Magazine
Every month Create! Magazine! picks several winning images of artists’ studio spaces and features them on their website and social media along with artists’ work and story. Submit a quality image of your workspace, studio or kitchen table where you make work for a chance to be featured. For more information and to submit, click here.
Call for Artists, Prince George’s Arts and Humanities Council
Prince George’s Arts and Humanities Council (PGAHC) is featuring county artists at its newest art space Arts’tination at National Harbor, the premier arts and entertainment destination in our regions Located at 162 Waterfront Street, National Harbor, MD. Arts’tination is dedicated to supporting local artists and curating immersive creative experiences. PGAHC is recruiting artists to show and sell their work and/or to conduct arts related workshops for the public. Artists should submit work samples and inquires to [email protected]. For more information please visit https://www.pgahc.org/artstination.
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grants
These monthly grants range from $500–$3,000, with the average amount being $1,700. Visual and performing artists whose work is of a contemporary, experimental nature and who have a US Tax ID Number can apply. For more information, click here.
Call for Art, Links Bridge Vineyards—Thurmont, MD
Links Bridge Vineyards, a small artisan style winery located just outside of Frederick, Maryland, is looking to feature the artwork of various artists on the walls of their tasting barn for two weeks at a time. To learn more, call Joan Cartier 301-602-5733 or email her at [email protected].
Pyramid Atlantic offers year-round workshops in printmaking, papermaking, book arts, and hybrids thereof. We offer multi-week, daytime, evening, and weekend intensives for adults in our fully equipped studios. As part of a robust and diverse schedule of offerings, we welcome unsolicited workshop proposals, and hope that you will consider applying! Workshop proposal reviews are ongoing, but for best consideration, submit class proposals by the following dates: 1/15 for Summer Workshops; 4/1 for Fall Workshops; 7/1 for Winter Workshops; 10/1 for Spring Workshops. Questions? Email Gretchen, Artistic Director, [email protected]
Call For Stories About Women in the Arts, Maryland State Arts Council
2020 has been dedicated to the Year of the Woman in Maryland. Do you have an inspiring story about vital contributions of women-identifying people who are artists, arts administrators, or cultural workers? Perhaps an exhibition, performance or project featuring women? Share it with the Maryland State Arts Council for potential use in marketing and communications! Send your ideas to [email protected], and include “Year of the Woman” in the subject line. Satff will contact senders whose stories are selected for inclusion in future newsletters, eblasts, or social media postings. Learn more about Maryland’s year of the Woman here.
Call For Artists, Busboys and Poets
Busboys and Poets is looking for submissions from Maryland and Virginia artists as it expands to new locations in both areas. Submissions can include drawings, painting, photography, sculpture, mixed media, assemblage, fiber, quilts, etc. Art images reflecting life in the city, family, portraits, whimsy, abstraction, social uplift and life experiences within diverse cultures are encouraged for submission. For more information, click here.
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, MD
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, click here.
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, click here.
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].
"Beach Enterprise", archival print photography by Julie Miller, is currently on view in the March Open Exhibit.
Welcome to Artful Weekend
-our listing of area art exhibits and events-
This weekend: March Open Exhibit and The Human Vibe: Patterned Portraits and Color by Jimmy James Greene at the League; Pour, Tear, Carveat The Phillips Collection; K–Animation with Literature at the Korean Cultural Center; and the 2023 Blossom Kite Festivalat the Washington Monument.
March Open Exhibit
“Beacons of Light” by Laurence Raine
Diverse artworks by member artists are the feature of Open Exhibits at The Art League. Over 80 pieces—painting, drawing, photography, mixed media, sculpture, and more—are on view in this month’s show. It was juried by Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann.
The March Open Exhibit is on view through April 2.
The Human Vibe: Patterned Portraits and Color by Jimmy James Greene
Sankofa by Jimmy James Greene; Acrylic on canvas
March solo artist Jimmy James Greene utilizes exaggerated hues and striking designs in his paintings to weave narratives about Black people. In TheHumanVibe: Patterned Portraits and Color, the emotions of his subjects are conveyed through subjective colors, while their concerns, conditions, or social constructs are referred to by immersive patterning.
“I respond to an image that I am intuitively attracted to–it could be a person’s expression, the way light hits their body, or an activity they’re engaged in,” Greene explains. He renders his subjects realistically, then goes beyond what they look like to narrate what he calls “their internal and external vibrations.” His works on paper begin as pencil and pastel drawings that he later paints over using watercolors to create rich color and fluidity. Some of those paintings serve as studies for larger acrylic-on-canvas pieces. Essentially, says the New York-based artist, “I am a visual storyteller, a griot.”
Read more about Greene and his art practice here. TheHumanVibe: Patterned Portraits and Color is on view through April 2.
Pour, Tear, Carve
IMAGE: Dindga McCannon, Charlie Parker and Some of the Amazing Musicians He Influenced, Painting from 1983, mixed media quilt from 2010, 54 x 44 in., The Phillips Collection, Director’s Discretionary Fund, 2022
The relationship between artists and their materials lies at the core of creative production. Featuring over 65 works drawn from the permanent collection, Pour, Tear, Carve considers how artists have utilized traditional and nontraditional art materials—including paint, wood, paper, plastic, steel, bones, dirt, glass, sand, and cloth—to act as conduits of meaning. It is on view at The Phillips Collection through May 14; 1600 21st Street, NW, Washington, D.C.
K–Animation with Literature
Courtesy of the Korean Cultural Center.
The Korean Cultural Center Washington, D.C. (KCCDC) proudly presents K–Animation with Literature, a new special exhibition, in collaboration with celebrated Korean animation studio Meditation with a Pencil, that explores the studio’s acclaimed films and their real-world inspirations from influential 20th century Korean literature. K-Animation with Literature offers a behind-the-scenes look at the studio’s impressive body of work. It is on view through December 29; 2370 Massachusetts Ave NW Washington, D.C.
2023 Blossom Kite Festival
Blossom Kite Festival this Sunday on the Washington Monument Grounds.
Go fly a kite this Sunday at the Blossom Kite Festivalon the grounds of the Washington Monument! Kite enthusiasts, beginners, families, and friends are all welcome. Bring your own kite, purchase one onsite, or pick up a free kite kit that you can decorate onsite, courtesy of presenting sponsor Hilton. There will be kite demonstrations, competitions, Japanese drumming performances, and more!
Call for Artists, Dulaney Plaza Mural Project — Towson, MD
Deadline: April 7Dulaney Valley Plaza is inviting artists to submit proposals for a public mural. The Dulaney Plaza branded logo must feature into the mural in a notable capacity, but incorporation and presentation is left to artist discretion. For more information, click here.
Call for Artists, Fairfax County Public Art Project Covid-19 Memorial — Fairfax, VA
Deadline: April 12 ArtsFairfax is accepting qualifications from artists or artist teams for a public art project in Fairfax County, VA. The selected artist/team will design, fabricate, and install a permanent work of art that will commemorate the suffering of people in the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the heroism of the people who responded to the emergency. An existing memorial plaza will be utilized for the placement of a central artwork that commemorates the experience of COVID-19 in Fairfax County. For more information, click here.
Open Call for Artists, Torpedo Factory Art Center — Alexandria, VA
Deadline: April 18 Torpedo Factory Art Center is accepting applications for Resident Artists — individuals or groups of up to four — who will earn three-year studio leases and Artists Pro Tem — individuals who will earn the ability to sublease and participate in the Art Center programming. Applicants accepted as Resident Artists shall receive a three (3)-year studio lease with publicly subsidized rent of $17.39 per square foot per year. Learn more here.
Call for Artists, Trawick Prize 2024 Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards — Bethesda, MD
Deadline: April 28 The Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District invites local artists to submit work to the annual Trawick Prize: Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards! This juried art competition awards $14,000 in prizes to four selected winners. Up to eight finalists will be chosen to display their work at Bethesda’s Gallery B in September 2023. For more information, click here.
Glen Echo Park Partnership 2024 Call for Exhibition Proposals — Glen Echo, MD
Deadline: June 5The Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture requests exhibition proposals from artists for the Popcorn Gallery, Stone TowerGallery, and Park View Gallery at Glen Echo Park for the calendar year 2024. The mission of the Glen Echo Park Partnership Galleries is to showcase the work of diverse artists, including resident artists at Glen Echo Park and artists from the greater Washington, D.C. area. We aim to exhibit quality art by artists who represent a broad spectrum of our region, with diverse backgrounds, and working in a wide range of artistic media. Our exhibitions attract visitors from across the region and bring new audiences to Glen Echo Park. For more information, click here.
Prince George’s Arts & Humanities Council Announces Grants for Maryland Artists — Prince George’s County, MD
Deadline: June 30 The Grants for Artists program provides financial support accompanied by recommended, MSAC-supported professional development offerings tailored to meet the needs of artists working in various genres and media. For more information, click here.
Re-runs: These were previously posted, but it’s not too late to enter!
Call to Artists, Laurel Traffic Box Art Wrap Project — Laurel, MD
Deadline: March 24 The City of Laurel and the Laurel Arts Council announces a Call for Artists’ designs to transform select traffic signal cabinets into public artworks. This call is open to all artists, graphic designers, illustrators, and photographers who currently live or work within the State of Maryland. (Preference is for those living in or near the City of Laurel.) For more information, click here.
Call for Artists, Montpelier Arts Center Annual Studio Jury Competition 2023 — Laurel, MD
Deadline: March 26 Join a thriving community of professional artists in the Montpelier Resident Artist Program. These artists work in a diverse variety of media and styles, maintain studio hours for the public to visit, and participate in community events. These artists are selected by an annual jury panel and exhibit their work in the Montpelier Arts Center’s Resident Artist Gallery on a revolving basis. For more information, click here.
Call for Entry, LEVEL UP: A Juried Exhibition for Graduate Students — Brentwood, MD
Deadline: March 26 This exhibition opportunity is open to graduate and postgraduate art students in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. For more information, click here.
Call for Artists, Montpelier Arts Center Short Term One Year Studio Jury Competition 2023 — Laurel, MD
Deadline: March 26Join a thriving community of professional artists in the Montpelier Resident Artist Program for a short-term lease. There is one studio available for an artist to work alongside others working in a diverse variety of media and styles, maintain studio hours for the public to visit, and participate in community events. Artists are selected by an annual jury panel and exhibit their work in the Montpelier Arts Center’s Resident Artist Gallery on a revolving basis. Interested artists are encouraged to visit the Arts Center, located on the beautiful grounds of Montpelier Mansion in Laurel, MD. Learn more here.
Call for Entries, 2023 ThePhoto Review International Photography Competition
Deadline: March 27ThePhoto Review, a highly acclaimed critical journal of photography, is sponsoring its 38th annual photography competition, one of the oldest continuous photography competitions in the world. The Photo Review will reproduce accepted entries in its 2023 competition issue and on its website. Thus, the accepted photographs will be seen by thousands of people all across the world and entrants will have a tangible benefit from the competition. Also, the prizewinning photographers will be chosen for an exhibition at Philadelphia’s noted Woodmere Art Museum. Plus numerous Editor’s Selections will be exhibited in several Photo Review web galleries. Deborah Willis, Ph.D., University Professor and Chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, is this year’s juror. Learn more here.
Call for Entry, Works on Paper 2023 — Loveladies, NJ
Deadline: March 31Works on Paper 2023 is the 25th Annual National Juried Competition and Exhibition at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Long Beach Island, New Jersey. Works on Paper can include but is not limited to Drawing, Painting on Paper, hand pulled Prints, Photographic Prints, Digital Works on Paper, and Paper constructions that can be wall hung. The Juror will select 65 artworks to be on display in our spacious Gallery. For more information, click here.
Call for Entries, “I Voted” Sticker Contest for Youth City of Hyattsville — Hyattsville, MD
Deadline: April 1Get your art on a sticker and win a gift card by giving us your best “I Voted” sticker design! One winner each will be chosen for the elementary, middle, and high school age ranges. Winning stickers will be handed out to voters on Election Day and winners will also receive a $100 gift card to Target! For more information, click here.
Openingfor Chief Executive Officer, International Arts & Artists — Washington, D.C.
Deadline: April 1International Arts & Artist’s Board of Trustees is immediately seeking a dynamic, skilled, experienced leader to become IA&A’s next President and Chief Executive Officer. For more information, click here.
Call to Artists, Denbo Fellowship Summer 2023 — Hyattsville, MD
Deadline: April 7The Denbo Fellowship is designed to offer artists, from a range of artistic disciplines, an environment conducive to individual and collaborative creative practice. This Fellowship will provide a unique opportunity to complete a new body of work at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center. Two artists will be selected for the Summer fellowship (July-September). Learn more here.
Call to Photographers, Unbound 12!, Candella Gallery — Richmond, VA
Deadline: April 7 This annual summer group exhibition, held in Richmond, VA, is typically the only open call we hold each year. It is dedicated to featuring a wide range of photographic artworks, fine art photography, and artists’ books from 40-50 fine art photographers. UnBound! generates opportunities and exposure beyond the traditional group or juried show by providing a collection opportunity for artists. For more information, click here.
Call to Artists, P.L.A.C.E. Grant — Arlington, VA
Deadline: April 28 This is a competitive grant program that will support community-initiated projects related to Arlington’s history, built environment, and/or cultural heritage that will reinforce the goals of the Arts Commission and enhance Arlington’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. This grant seeks proposals that are at the intersection of arts, culture and heritage with the goal to provide arts opportunities to communities that have had less access to arts programming, education, and other art services. Arlington’s historic communities are a critical priority for this funding. For more information, click here.
Call for Entries, The Hopper Prize
Deadline: May 23 The Hopper Prize is accepting entries for Spring 2023 artist grants. We are offering 2 grants of $3,500 and 4 grants of $1,000 ($11,000 USD total prize money). 30 artists will be selected for a shortlist. Additional exposure is available via our online Journal and Instagram feed reaching 74k. For more information, click here.
Call to artists, $1,000 Evolution Grant, Art Fluent
Deadline: June 2 Art Fluent’s grant cycle is now open to individual artists through an international open call. The Evolution Grant will provide unrestricted funding to an individual artist with recognized artistic excellence in fine art media and a demonstrated commitment to their art. $1,000 to one visual artist each grant cycle. Unrestricted funds applied toward any expense to enhance the artist’s ability to create work. For more information, click here.
Foundation Arts Festival 2023 — Loveladies, NJ
Deadline: July 8The Foundation Art Festival (FAF 2023) is a juried Makers retail show, curated by our Arts & Exhibition Committee. We are looking for artists who create handmade, original work. Seasoned or new artisans that create unique, high quality handmade products are encouraged to apply. However, we are open to products that are designed by the artist & produced in small quantities within the continental U.S. All mediums are welcome. For more information, click here.
Call for Entry, Athenaeum Solo or Group Show: 2022-2023 — Alexandria, VA
Deadline: August 25 Artists who live or work in Virginia, Maryland, or the District of Columbia may submit a proposal for a solo show. A group of artists who live or work in the area may submit a proposal for a group show. A curator, living or working anywhere, may submit a proposal for a show featuring works by artists living or working in this area. For more information, click here.
Instructors Wanted at The Art League — Alexandria, VA
Deadline: Until filled The Art League is looking for skilled instructors in all visual arts disciplines. We’re particularly keen to recruit new hires for our sculpture, stained glass, and watercolor departments. Preferred applicants will have a personable and patient disposition, excellent communication skills, and the ability to teach their medium to groups of beginning, intermediate, and/or advanced level students. Class sizes range, depending on enrollment, from around 5 to 30 students. Experience teaching is helpful but not an absolute requirement. To apply, send a cover letter with statement of intent, resumé, and 6-10 tiffs or jpegs of current work to Ariane D’Souza via email at [email protected].
Ongoing: These opportunities have rolling deadlines.
Studio Sundays Submissions, Create! Magazine
Every month Create! Magazine! picks several winning images of artists’ studio spaces and features them on their website and social media along with artists’ work and story. Submit a quality image of your workspace, studio or kitchen table where you make work for a chance to be featured. For more information and to submit, click here.
Call for Artists, Prince George’s Arts and Humanities Council
Prince George’s Arts and Humanities Council (PGAHC) is featuring county artists at its newest art space Arts’tination at National Harbor, the premier arts and entertainment destination in our regions Located at 162 Waterfront Street, National Harbor, MD. Arts’tination is dedicated to supporting local artists and curating immersive creative experiences. PGAHC is recruiting artists to show and sell their work and/or to conduct arts related workshops for the public. Artists should submit work samples and inquires to [email protected]. For more information please visit https://www.pgahc.org/artstination.
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grants
These monthly grants range from $500–$3,000, with the average amount being $1,700. Visual and performing artists whose work is of a contemporary, experimental nature and who have a US Tax ID Number can apply. For more information, click here.
Call for Art, Links Bridge Vineyards—Thurmont, MD
Links Bridge Vineyards, a small artisan style winery located just outside of Frederick, Maryland, is looking to feature the artwork of various artists on the walls of their tasting barn for two weeks at a time. To learn more, call Joan Cartier 301-602-5733 or email her at [email protected].
Pyramid Atlantic offers year-round workshops in printmaking, papermaking, book arts, and hybrids thereof. We offer multi-week, daytime, evening, and weekend intensives for adults in our fully equipped studios. As part of a robust and diverse schedule of offerings, we welcome unsolicited workshop proposals, and hope that you will consider applying! Workshop proposal reviews are ongoing, but for best consideration, submit class proposals by the following dates: 1/15 for Summer Workshops; 4/1 for Fall Workshops; 7/1 for Winter Workshops; 10/1 for Spring Workshops. Questions? Email Gretchen, Artistic Director, [email protected]
Call For Stories About Women in the Arts, Maryland State Arts Council
2020 has been dedicated to the Year of the Woman in Maryland. Do you have an inspiring story about vital contributions of women-identifying people who are artists, arts administrators, or cultural workers? Perhaps an exhibition, performance or project featuring women? Share it with the Maryland State Arts Council for potential use in marketing and communications! Send your ideas to [email protected], and include “Year of the Woman” in the subject line. Satff will contact senders whose stories are selected for inclusion in future newsletters, eblasts, or social media postings. Learn more about Maryland’s year of the Woman here.
Call For Artists, Busboys and Poets
Busboys and Poets is looking for submissions from Maryland and Virginia artists as it expands to new locations in both areas. Submissions can include drawings, painting, photography, sculpture, mixed media, assemblage, fiber, quilts, etc. Art images reflecting life in the city, family, portraits, whimsy, abstraction, social uplift and life experiences within diverse cultures are encouraged for submission. For more information, click here.
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, MD
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, click here.
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, click here.
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].
"Mexico Pool Side", acrylic on panel by Lisa Laohaphan, is currently on view in the March Open Exhibit.
Welcome to Artful Weekend
-our listing of area art exhibits and events-
This weekend: March Open Exhibit and The Human Vibe: Patterned Portraits and Color by Jimmy James Greene at the League; Focus on Faces—All Humanity by Linda Lowery at Mosaic Arts Gallery; Georgetown Spring 2023 Art Walk; and HEATWORK 3.0at VisArts.
March Open Exhibit
Ring of Fire by Michaela Borghese; Glass
Diverse artworks by member artists are the feature of Open Exhibits at The Art League. Over 80 pieces—painting, drawing, photography, mixed media, sculpture, and more—are on view in this month’s show. It was juried by Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann.
The March Open Exhibit is on view through April 2.
The Human Vibe: Patterned Portraits and Color by Jimmy James Greene
Spaaa! by Jimmy James Greene; Watercolor, pencil
March solo artist Jimmy James Greene utilizes exaggerated hues and striking designs in his paintings to weave narratives about Black people. In TheHumanVibe: Patterned Portraits and Color, the emotions of his subjects are conveyed through subjective colors, while their concerns, conditions, or social constructs are referred to by immersive patterning.
“I respond to an image that I am intuitively attracted to–it could be a person’s expression, the way light hits their body, or an activity they’re engaged in,” Greene explains. He renders his subjects realistically, then goes beyond what they look like to narrate what he calls “their internal and external vibrations.” His works on paper begin as pencil and pastel drawings that he later paints over using watercolors to create rich color and fluidity. Some of those paintings serve as studies for larger acrylic-on-canvas pieces. Essentially, says the New York-based artist, “I am a visual storyteller, a griot.”
TheHumanVibe: Patterned Portraits and Color is on view through April 2.
Focus on Faces—All Humanity by Linda Lowery
Linda Lowery at her solo exhibit Focus on Faces—All Humanity.
“The racial divide so evident in our country today has made me want to explore this topic by painting it,” painter and Art League member Linda Lowery says about her exhibit Focus on Faces — All Humanity at Mosaic Arts Gallery. Her larger-than-life encaustic paintings are closeup portraits of young adults of different ethnicities. “My hope is that the viewer will see the oneness in all humanity as they connect with the individuals I paint.” Focus on Faces—All Humanity is on view through April 2; 2931 Eskridge Road, Suite B, Fairfax, VA.
Georgetown Spring 2023 Art Walk
Courtesy of Georgetown Main Street.
Join Georgetown Main Street on Saturday, March 18 from 12 pm – 4 pm for the Georgetown Spring 2023 Art Walk featuring six local galleries showcasing a diverse range of artwork, including paintings and mixed media pieces plus there will be live music and art workshops. Throughout the day, you’ll have the chance to meet and chat with the artists, learn about their inspirations and creative processes, and purchase unique pieces to add to your collection. Participating galleries include Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington Printmakers Gallery, Klagsbrun Studios, Gallery Article 15, Calloway Fine Art & Consulting, L’Enfant Gallery, and Shop Made in DC.
HEATWORK 3.0
Courtesy of VisArts.
HEATWORK 3.0 celebrates VisArts’ vibrant ceramics community and the strong, creatively inspired collaboration between our students and faculty. VisArts’ ceramics program serves more than 300 students in 12-week sessions and supports beginners through advanced students in all aspects of ceramic creation, including wheel throwing, handbuilding, sculpture, surface decoration, alternative firing techniques, Raku, and glaze applications. Join VisArts for the Opening Reception Friday, March 31. HEATWORK 3.0 is on view through April 23; 155 Gibbs Street, Rockville, MD.
Call to Artists, Laurel Traffic Box Art Wrap Project — Laurel, MD
Deadline: March 24 The City of Laurel and the Laurel Arts Council announces a Call for Artists’ designs to transform select traffic signal cabinets into public artworks. This call is open to all artists, graphic designers, illustrators, and photographers who currently live or work within the State of Maryland. (Preference is for those living in or near the City of Laurel.) For more information, click here.
Call for Entry, LEVEL UP: A Juried Exhibition for Graduate Students — Brentwood, MD
Deadline: March 26 This exhibition opportunity is open to graduate and postgraduate art students in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. For more information, click here.
Call for Artists, Montpelier Arts Center Short Term One Year Studio Jury Competition 2023 — Laurel, MD
Deadline: March 26Join a thriving community of professional artists in the Montpelier Resident Artist Program for a short-term lease. There is one studio available for an artist to work alongside others working in a diverse variety of media and styles, maintain studio hours for the public to visit, and participate in community events. Artists are selected by an annual jury panel and exhibit their work in the Montpelier Arts Center’s Resident Artist Gallery on a revolving basis. Interested artists are encouraged to visit the Arts Center, located on the beautiful grounds of Montpelier Mansion in Laurel, MD. Learn more here.
Montpelier Arts Center Call: Annual Studio Jury Competition 2023 — Laurel, MD
Deadline: March 26Join a thriving community of professional artists in the Montpelier Resident Artist Program. These artists work in a diverse variety of media and styles, maintain studio hours for the public to visit, and participate in community events. These artists are selected by an annual jury panel and exhibit their work in the Montpelier Arts Center’s Resident Artist Gallery on a revolving basis. Interested artists are encouraged to visit the Arts Center, located on the beautiful grounds of Montpelier Mansion in Laurel, MD. Learn more here.
Openingfor Chief Executive Officer, International Arts & Artists — Washington, D.C.
Deadline: April 1International Arts & Artist’s Board of Trustees is immediately seeking a dynamic, skilled, experienced leader to become IA&A’s next President and Chief Executive Officer. For more information, click here.
Summer 2023 Denbo Fellowship, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center — Hyattsville, MD
Deadline: April 7The Denbo Fellowship is designed to offer artists, from a range of artistic disciplines, an environment conducive to individual and collaborative creative practice. This Fellowship will provide a unique opportunity to complete a new body of work at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center. Two artists will be selected for the Summer fellowship (July-September). For more information, click here.
Re-runs: These were previously posted, but it’s not too late to enter!
Southern Watercolor Society Annual Juried Exhibition 2023 — Panama City, FL
Deadline: March 15 Artists participating in the juried competition must be 2023 members of the Southern Watercolor Society and reside in the District of Columbia or one of the following southern states: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia or West Virginia. Members in good standing who have moved from these states remain eligible. Learn morehere.
Call for Entry, Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community Juried Art Exhibition 2023 — Harrisonburg, VA
Deadline: March 17 The Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community (VMRC) hosts an annual Juried Art Exhibition with a history dating back to 2004. The purpose of the exhibition is to showcase working artists to enhance the lives of VMRC residents, staff, and visitors. Drawing, painting, printmaking, photography/digital artworks, and 3–dimensional/fabric/assemblage/other media welcome; cash prizes awarded. For more information, clickhere.
Call for Submissions, Paper Works — Online Exhibition
Deadline: March 20 The modern world is, if not made, then at least recorded on a piece of paper. From the intricate constructions of Islamic bookmakers and the Cubist papier collé, to the work of contemporary artists, such as Ed Ruscha to Dorothea Rockburne, paper has itself been central to the development of art. Site:Brooklyn invites artists to exhibit work that focuses on paper, as physical substance and/or subject matter. For more information, click here.
Call for Artists, Montpelier Arts Center Annual Studio Jury Competition 2023 — Laurel, MD
Deadline: March 26 Join a thriving community of professional artists in the Montpelier Resident Artist Program. These artists work in a diverse variety of media and styles, maintain studio hours for the public to visit, and participate in community events. These artists are selected by an annual jury panel and exhibit their work in the Montpelier Arts Center’s Resident Artist Gallery on a revolving basis. For more information, click here.
Call for Entries, 2023 ThePhoto Review International Photography Competition
Deadline: March 27ThePhoto Review, a highly acclaimed critical journal of photography, is sponsoring its 38th annual photography competition, one of the oldest continuous photography competitions in the world. The Photo Review will reproduce accepted entries in its 2023 competition issue and on its website. Thus, the accepted photographs will be seen by thousands of people all across the world and entrants will have a tangible benefit from the competition. Also, the prizewinning photographers will be chosen for an exhibition at Philadelphia’s noted Woodmere Art Museum. Plus numerous Editor’s Selections will be exhibited in several Photo Review web galleries. Deborah Willis, Ph.D., University Professor and Chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, is this year’s juror. Learn more here.
Call for Entry, Works on Paper 2023 — Loveladies, NJ
Deadline: March 31Works on Paper 2023 is the 25th Annual National Juried Competition and Exhibition at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Long Beach Island, New Jersey. Works on Paper can include but is not limited to Drawing, Painting on Paper, hand pulled Prints, Photographic Prints, Digital Works on Paper, and Paper constructions that can be wall hung. The Juror will select 65 artworks to be on display in our spacious Gallery. For more information, click here.
Call for Entries, “I Voted” Sticker Contest for Youth City of Hyattsville — Hyattsville, MD
Deadline: April 1Get your art on a sticker and win a gift card by giving us your best “I Voted” sticker design! One winner each will be chosen for the elementary, middle, and high school age ranges. Winning stickers will be handed out to voters on Election Day and winners will also receive a $100 gift card to Target! For more information, click here.
Call to Artists, Denbo Fellowship Summer 2023 — Hyattsville, MD
Deadline: April 7The Denbo Fellowship is designed to offer artists, from a range of artistic disciplines, an environment conducive to individual and collaborative creative practice. This Fellowship will provide a unique opportunity to complete a new body of work at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center. Two artists will be selected for the Summer fellowship (July-September). Learn more here.
Call to Photographers, Unbound 12!, Candella Gallery — Richmond, VA
Deadline: April 7 This annual summer group exhibition, held in Richmond, VA, is typically the only open call we hold each year. It is dedicated to featuring a wide range of photographic artworks, fine art photography, and artists’ books from 40-50 fine art photographers. UnBound! generates opportunities and exposure beyond the traditional group or juried show by providing a collection opportunity for artists. For more information, click here.
Call to Artists, P.L.A.C.E. Grant — Arlington, VA
Deadline: April 28 This is a competitive grant program that will support community-initiated projects related to Arlington’s history, built environment, and/or cultural heritage that will reinforce the goals of the Arts Commission and enhance Arlington’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. This grant seeks proposals that are at the intersection of arts, culture and heritage with the goal to provide arts opportunities to communities that have had less access to arts programming, education, and other art services. Arlington’s historic communities are a critical priority for this funding. For more information, click here.
Call for Entries, The Hopper Prize
Deadline: May 23 The Hopper Prize is accepting entries for Spring 2023 artist grants. We are offering 2 grants of $3,500 and 4 grants of $1,000 ($11,000 USD total prize money). 30 artists will be selected for a shortlist. Additional exposure is available via our online Journal and Instagram feed reaching 74k. For more information, click here.
Call to artists, $1,000 Evolution Grant, Art Fluent
Deadline: June 2 Art Fluent’s grant cycle is now open to individual artists through an international open call. The Evolution Grant will provide unrestricted funding to an individual artist with recognized artistic excellence in fine art media and a demonstrated commitment to their art. $1,000 to one visual artist each grant cycle. Unrestricted funds applied toward any expense to enhance the artist’s ability to create work. For more information, click here.
Foundation Arts Festival 2023 — Loveladies, NJ
Deadline: July 8The Foundation Art Festival (FAF 2023) is a juried Makers retail show, curated by our Arts & Exhibition Committee. We are looking for artists who create handmade, original work. Seasoned or new artisans that create unique, high quality handmade products are encouraged to apply. However, we are open to products that are designed by the artist & produced in small quantities within the continental U.S. All mediums are welcome. For more information, click here.
Call for Entry, Athenaeum Solo or Group Show: 2022-2023 — Alexandria, VA
Deadline: August 25 Artists who live or work in Virginia, Maryland, or the District of Columbia may submit a proposal for a solo show. A group of artists who live or work in the area may submit a proposal for a group show. A curator, living or working anywhere, may submit a proposal for a show featuring works by artists living or working in this area. For more information, click here.
Instructors Wanted at The Art League — Alexandria, VA
Deadline: Until filled The Art League is looking for skilled instructors in all visual arts disciplines. We’re particularly keen to recruit new hires for our sculpture, stained glass, and watercolor departments. Preferred applicants will have a personable and patient disposition, excellent communication skills, and the ability to teach their medium to groups of beginning, intermediate, and/or advanced level students. Class sizes range, depending on enrollment, from around 5 to 30 students. Experience teaching is helpful but not an absolute requirement. To apply, send a cover letter with statement of intent, resumé, and 6-10 tiffs or jpegs of current work to Ariane D’Souza via email at [email protected].
Ongoing: These opportunities have rolling deadlines.
Studio Sundays Submissions, Create! Magazine
Every month Create! Magazine! picks several winning images of artists’ studio spaces and features them on their website and social media along with artists’ work and story. Submit a quality image of your workspace, studio or kitchen table where you make work for a chance to be featured. For more information and to submit, click here.
Call for Artists, Prince George’s Arts and Humanities Council
Prince George’s Arts and Humanities Council (PGAHC) is featuring county artists at its newest art space Arts’tination at National Harbor, the premier arts and entertainment destination in our regions Located at 162 Waterfront Street, National Harbor, MD. Arts’tination is dedicated to supporting local artists and curating immersive creative experiences. PGAHC is recruiting artists to show and sell their work and/or to conduct arts related workshops for the public. Artists should submit work samples and inquires to [email protected]. For more information please visit https://www.pgahc.org/artstination.
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grants
These monthly grants range from $500–$3,000, with the average amount being $1,700. Visual and performing artists whose work is of a contemporary, experimental nature and who have a US Tax ID Number can apply. For more information, click here.
Call for Art, Links Bridge Vineyards—Thurmont, MD
Links Bridge Vineyards, a small artisan style winery located just outside of Frederick, Maryland, is looking to feature the artwork of various artists on the walls of their tasting barn for two weeks at a time. To learn more, call Joan Cartier 301-602-5733 or email her at [email protected].
Pyramid Atlantic offers year-round workshops in printmaking, papermaking, book arts, and hybrids thereof. We offer multi-week, daytime, evening, and weekend intensives for adults in our fully equipped studios. As part of a robust and diverse schedule of offerings, we welcome unsolicited workshop proposals, and hope that you will consider applying! Workshop proposal reviews are ongoing, but for best consideration, submit class proposals by the following dates: 1/15 for Summer Workshops; 4/1 for Fall Workshops; 7/1 for Winter Workshops; 10/1 for Spring Workshops. Questions? Email Gretchen, Artistic Director, [email protected]
Call For Stories About Women in the Arts, Maryland State Arts Council
2020 has been dedicated to the Year of the Woman in Maryland. Do you have an inspiring story about vital contributions of women-identifying people who are artists, arts administrators, or cultural workers? Perhaps an exhibition, performance or project featuring women? Share it with the Maryland State Arts Council for potential use in marketing and communications! Send your ideas to [email protected], and include “Year of the Woman” in the subject line. Satff will contact senders whose stories are selected for inclusion in future newsletters, eblasts, or social media postings. Learn more about Maryland’s year of the Woman here.
Call For Artists, Busboys and Poets
Busboys and Poets is looking for submissions from Maryland and Virginia artists as it expands to new locations in both areas. Submissions can include drawings, painting, photography, sculpture, mixed media, assemblage, fiber, quilts, etc. Art images reflecting life in the city, family, portraits, whimsy, abstraction, social uplift and life experiences within diverse cultures are encouraged for submission. For more information, click here.
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, MD
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, click here.
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, click here.
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].
"Anne", an archival pigment print by Jo Ann Tooley, is currently on view in the March Open Exhibit.
Welcome to Artful Weekend
-our listing of area art exhibits and events-
This weekend: March Open Exhibit and The Human Vibe: Patterned Portraits and Color by Jimmy James Greene at the League; Intuiting Landscapes at Artists & Makers Studios; Second Nature at Morton Fine Art; and Hacia la Vida | Toward Lifeat Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art.
March Open Exhibit
Ring of Fire by Michaela Borghese; Glass
Diverse artworks by member artists are the feature of Open Exhibits at The Art League. Over 80 pieces—painting, drawing, photography, mixed media, sculpture, and more—are on view in this month’s show. It was juried by Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann.
The March Open Exhibit is on view through April 2.
The Human Vibe: Patterned Portraits and Color by Jimmy James Greene
I am the Storm by Jimmy James Greene; Watercolor, color pencil and collage
March solo artist Jimmy James Greene utilizes exaggerated hues and striking designs in his paintings to weave narratives about Black people. In TheHumanVibe: Patterned Portraits and Color, the emotions of his subjects are conveyed through subjective colors, while their concerns, conditions, or social constructs are referred to by immersive patterning.
“I respond to an image that I am intuitively attracted to–it could be a person’s expression, the way light hits their body, or an activity they’re engaged in,” Greene explains. He renders his subjects realistically, then goes beyond what they look like to narrate what he calls “their internal and external vibrations.” His works on paper begin as pencil and pastel drawings that he later paints over using watercolors to create rich color and fluidity. Some of those paintings serve as studies for larger acrylic-on-canvas pieces. Essentially, says the New York-based artist, “I am a visual storyteller, a griot.”
TheHumanVibe: Patterned Portraits and Color is on view through April 2.
Intuiting the Landscape by Jean Hirons
Rehoboth Bay #1 by Jean Hiron
Artists & Makers Studios presents Intuiting the Landscape, Jean Hirons’ series of pastel landscape paintings created during 2022-2023, a time of change and challenge. Her goal was to create paintings not completely based on any one photo that would have strong value shapes and harmonious color based on her intuition. Meet the artist this Saturday, March 11, from 1 – 3 pm. Intuiting Landscapes is on view throughout the month of March; 1810 Parklawn Drive, Suite 210, Rockville, MD.
Second Nature by Vonn Cummings Sumner
Vonn Cummings Sumner Horse and Rider, 2023
Morton Fine Art presentsSecond Nature, a solo exhibition of new paintings on paper and canvas by artist Vonn Cummings Sumner. First rendering Krazy Kat, George Herriman’s influential comic strip character, during the early period of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sumner returns to the wandering, curious avatar with Second Nature, escorting the titular figure through newly verdant, water-pooled landscapes, open spaces and art historical-coded landscapes, longing for escape and a reconnection with nature. The opening reception is this Saturday, March 11, from 2 – 4 pm. Second Nature is on view through April 8; 52 O St NW #302, Washington, D.C.
Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art (Tephra ICA) presents Hacia la Vida | Toward Life, an exhibition featuring work by Baltimore-based artist Hoesy Corona and California artist duo Cog•nate Collective. Each of Mexican descent, the artists create a new framework for understanding the position of the immigrant as deeply optimistic and full of hope. An Opening Reception and Artist Talk will be held at Tephra ICA on Saturday, March 11, from 5 – 7 pm; 12001 Market St #103, Reston, VA.
This weekend: Student/Faculty Show at the League; Away From Home at DISTRICT Arts; The Wind We Cannot See at Touchstone Gallery; and Oleg Kudryashov: A Tribute to the Life of An Artist at Gallery Neptune & Brown.
The Art League Student/Faculty Show
The 2023 Student/Faculty Show is now on view.
The artistry of our many students and instructors is on display in our annual Student/Faculty Show. The exhibit is back in person this year and features 263 works in a variety of mediums including painting, printmaking, ceramics, metalsmithing, and jewelry making. Don’t miss our youth art exhibit, featuring the works of young student artists, on view on the second-floor corridor. The Student/Faculty Show is on view through Sunday, March 5. Join us that day for a closing reception from 2 – 4 pm.
Home Away From Home
Images courtesy of DISTRICT Arts.
Artist Laurenee Gauvin pays homage to her Haitian roots in Home Away from Home, colorful, cubist style paintings and upholstered furniture to match. Home Away From Home opens at DISTRICT Arts Saturday, March 4, with a reception from 5 – 7 pm, and is on view through March 26; 15 North Market Street, Frederick, Maryland.
The Wind We Cannot See
Image courtesy of Touchstone Gallery.
“The wind can be fierce and graceful, sublime, and holy,” says Arlington, Virginia-based artist Sharon Malley. “It is our first breath, the source of earth’s weather, and yet elusive, transient, and intangible.” The Wind We Cannot See, Malley’s first solo exhibition at Touchstone Gallery, features paintings and mixed media works that evoke her deep reverence for, and connection to, the forces of nature manifested in movements of air. It is on view through March 26, with an opening reception Saturday, March 4 from 4 – 7 pm; 901 New York Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.
Oleg Kudryashov: A Tribute to the Life of An Artist
Composition, Pl. 2335, 1995, drypoint and watercolor on paper.
The iconography of Russian artist Oleg Kudryashov’s prints, whether it is a composition, relief or construction, focuses on the scenes and cityscapes of post-war Moscow. He created some of his strongest work from memory while living in London between 1974 and 1997. The Gallery Neptune & Brown presents Oleg Kudryashov: A Tribute to the Life of An Artist, an exhibition celebrating 40 years of showcasing the late artist’s work. It is on view through April 8; 1530 14th Street NW, Washington, D.C.
Artist Jimmy James Greene utilizes exaggerated hues and striking designs in his paintings to weave narratives about Black people. In The Human Vibe: Patterned Portraits and Color, opening March 8 at The Art League Gallery, the emotions of his subjects are conveyed through subjective colors, while their concerns, conditions, or social constructs are referred to by immersive patterning.
“I am a visual storyteller, a griot,” says the New York-based artist who renders individuals realistically, then goes beyond what they look like to narrate what he calls “their internal and external vibrations.” In a piece titled Across Centuries and an Ocean, a young woman in flowing braids admires an African mask as bold diamond patterns in the background suggest an ancestral connection between the two. The young man depicted in Poker Face Aloof appears nonplussed, but the shapes comprising his face hint at underlying tension. The lush vining flora and pea pod patterns framing the woman in Snap Peas and Beans transforms a mundane act into a sacred act.
“I respond to an image that I am intuitively attracted to–it could be a person’s expression, the way they are lit, or an activity they’re engaged in,” Greene explains.
The works on paper begin as pencil and pastel drawings that Greene later paints over using watercolors to create rich color and fluidity. Some of those paintings serve as studies for his larger acrylic-on-canvas pieces.
Here, Greene talks about his early masterpieces, the artists who inspire him, and what The Human Vibe is all about.
What was the first thing you created that you were particularly proud of?
The first work I felt proud of was a paint-by-numbers kit with clowns that I completed. I was about ten- years-old and enjoyed learning how to control a brush and combining small shapes into a finished work. It gave me a sense of accomplishment. The next piece that I was proud of was a four-foot by eight-foot tempera painting I did when I was 15. The vice principal of my junior high school let me paint instead of getting detention. It depicted the backdoor of a local wine store with lots of neighborhood characters in a style similar to the Ernie Barnes painting The Sugar Shack that appeared during the end credits roll on the ‘70s sitcom Good Times. It won an award at the school’s art show that year.
The proud artist with his painting.
When did you know that you were an artist?
I felt that I was an artist since third grade because I drew well and my family, friends, and teachers always said I was one.
Talk about your art education. Did you attend art school?
I got serious about art in high school where I had a friend who also loved painting. Our art teacher was a great influence on us. I majored in art when I went to college, but stopped my academic studies to work as an apprentice for Jon Onye Lockard, a noted muralist based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, for several years. It was a great hands-on experience that also informed and reinforced my outlook as an African American artist. I returned to college at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and majored in illustration. Upon graduation, I spent a semester in Howard University’s graduate art program before moving to New York.
A young Greene working as an apprentice with muralist Jon Onye Lockard.
Describe your art.
My work is narrative. It is figurative and rooted in the African American visual arts tradition.
What ideas or questions drive your artistry?
I am driven by two goals: the challenge of effectively and creatively using materials, and communicating an idea through an image in a provocative and impactful way.
Pokerface Aloof; TK
What artists inspire you?
One of my first inspirations was Picasso–both his synthetic and analytical cubism. Also Romare Bearden’s collages which are informed by his abstract paintings. They both use figurative images as a starting point for their artistic interpretations.
Describe your process.
My work usually begins with a spark that might be an image, an idea, or reaction to a piece of art. The next step is sketches or studies which lead to a finished piece.
Across Centuries and an Ocean; Watercolor
What is The Human Vibe about?
This body of work is based on the merging of three approaches I have used previously: my “People of Color” series where subjective colors are applied on figurative forms; phone doodles, or the digital manipulation of images I create on my iPhone; and pattern immersion, where background patterns overlap into the foreground. My original intent was exploring a middle ground between abstraction and representation. This objective has remained consistent.
What do you hope viewers glean from The Human Vibe?
I hope that viewers can see that a portrait can work on several levels to communicate ideas about its subject. I use colors to express an emotional state and use patterns to imply a social construct or elements in the subject’s life.
What are you working on now?
Currently I am continuing in the same vein but trying to move more towards abstraction. I also look forward to working in mediums that I set aside while working on this show like stained glass mosaics and printmaking. There are also two unfinished projects that I’d like to get back to. One is The Life of Christ, a series of collages I began as an undergrad at RISD. It was my senior project. The other is a mixed media series based on playwright August Wilson’s Century Cycle.
Three of Greene’s must-have items when making art:
A light table, Carnan d’Ache water soluble crayons and pencils, and TV.
“The Human Vibe: Patterned Portraits and Color” is on view through April 2.
