Among the 12 new instructors teaching classes at The Art League in the 2013/14 school year, four will be teaching ceramics: Judit Varga, Susan Greenleaf, Tony Clennell, and Allison Severance. And with the delivery of a new kiln last month, wood-firing and raku-firing workshops to come, and the Ice Cream Bowl Fundraiser coming up next […]
It’s back-to-school time at The Art League — registration for Fall classes started Monday! The classes themselves start the week of September 16. This year, we have a new crew of instructors coming in to teach ceramics, jewelry, painting, and everything else we offer. Meet the new faculty below, and browse the catalog on the […]
’Scapes and Shapes August 7–September 2, 2013 Opening reception: Thursday, August 8, 6:30–8:00 pm Our big annual August exhibits are now open, and this year, our artists delivered again. Look at this image gallery to see for yourself:
Our blogger, George, entered his first exhibit at The Art League today, submitting two photos for ’Scapes. Here’s his experience: When last we checked in, I had just finished taking Basic Drawing and Stained Glass at The Art League School. Since then, I’ve been inspired to return to photography, a medium I have a good […]
See below for information on upcoming exhibits and available studio space. You can click the banner above to see past opportunities posts. Good luck! Maryland pop-up exhibit Deadline: August 16, 2013. John Paradiso, artist and curator for the 39th Street Gallery, and Tim McLoraine, artist and independent curator based in the Gateway Arts District, invite […]
It’s back-to-school time at The Art League — registration for Fall classes is now open! The classes themselves start the week of September 16. This year, we have a new crew of instructors coming in to teach ceramics, jewelry, painting, and everything else we offer. Meet the new faculty below, and browse the catalog on […]
When we stopped by the fiber arts studio for last week’s weaving class video, we were intrigued to see an unexpected machine among the looms: a laptop. We asked instructor and weaver Marilyn Harrington to tell us a little bit more about how this ancient art form is finding new tools in the 21st century.
“The exhibit is titled ‘Shapes,’ but for me it was all about materials,” wrote juror Laura Roulet about The Art League’s annual sculpture exhibit.
See below for information on upcoming exhibits and other announcements. You can click the banner above to view past opportunities posts. Good luck! Arlington Arts Center space Deadline: August 1, 2013 (Thursday). AAC invites Washington-area visual artists to apply for this prestigious six-year residency program, which supports artists by providing spacious and light-filled studios, subsidized […]
In our quixotic quest to showcase all the cool things happening in our art classes, last week we visited The Art League’s fiber studio and Marilyn Harrington’s weaving class. Watch the weavers in action and see what they make in the video above. More on the fiber arts department is here. To see new videos […]
This looks like a great exhibit opening today at the American Art Museum. Gallery members might want to check it out as they decide what to enter for ’Scapes next month and look for new ways to approach landscapes. (See the call to artists for ’Scapes here.) “Landscapes in Passing” is open through January 20, […]
What with all the heat waves and thunderstorms, no one can blame you if your summer reading happens inside instead of on the beach. Here’s our second edition of arts-related things to read, watch and do: [article] Colorful stories: Allison Meier on Hyperallergic wrote a series of posts on historical art materials: pigments, pigments part […]
Click above to check out our classes for the next year! Registration starts August 5 and fall classes start September 16; stay tuned for the searchable online class listings and the print copies of the catalog.
See below for details on upcoming exhibits and other announcements. You can click the banner above to see past opportunities posts. Good luck! Call for photo portfolios Deadline: July 28, 2013. (Late entry through August 4.) FotoDC’s Uncover/Discover will once again spotlight regional photographers’ work that displays a focused and consistent vision. Photographers from DC / […]
Currently on view at the Target Gallery here in the Torpedo Factory, Ruth Gowell’s “Optical Studies” joins glass with fiber, straight lines with bent, and organization with distortion. Although Gowell’s pieces are made with woven fiber and kiln-formed glass — not paint and canvas — for Art League instructor Carol Dupre, the strong sense of […]
We’re on a mission to spread the word about The Art League Store — a brick-and-mortar art supply store hidden in a second floor corner of the Torpedo Factory — by introducing its staff of working artists here on our blog. Last time, we interviewed Cindy Richmond. This time we talked to long-time Art Leaguer […]
Amid the wealth of abstraction in our July All-Media Exhibit, juror Jerry Coulter selected one piece for best in show: a photograph masquerading as a painting. The photo, Clyfford Still’s Latch by Blair Jackson, was awarded the Larry Kirstein Award for best in show. Coulter said of the piece: “This photograph is a complete statement. […]
Interested in guest blogging for The Art League? Click here to learn more. Sarah Dale is an emerging Alexandria artist who uses upcycled materials to experiment with color and visual elements. Her 3D pieces bridge the gap from painting to sculpture where she focuses on trying to find her own voice using color and form. […]
See below for info on upcoming shows and exhibits. In this week’s post: Artomatic@Frederick, Crafty Bastards, and more! You can click the banner above to view past opportunities posts. Good luck! Landscapes Deadline: July 17, 2013. On September 2, Capitol Arts Network will open “The Land”, a juried gallery exhibition featuring landscapes and plein air […]
One rainy day in March 2011, The Art League approached the Alexandria Seaport Foundation with an idea. Now, this wasn’t the first time the League and Seaport Foundation had worked together — we’ve had great success through the years placing talented seaport program participants in art classes through The Art League’s Geri Gordon Scholarship Program. […]
Have you heard about our Open-Life Drawing Sessions? Our monitored open studios are a way for artists of all levels to work from a model, using their own media, in a quiet, focused environment. (For an idea of what a typical open studio is like, read our blog post, “A Visit to the Open-Life Class.”) […]
We’re four weeks into Summer Art Camp at The Art League, with six weeks still to come and open for registration! Whether they’ve been before or it’s their first time, art campers ages five and up and budding teenage artists can find fun new activities at our day camps and workshops scheduled weekly throughout July […]
See below for info on exhibits and studio space. You can view past opportunities posts by clicking the banner above. Good luck! Shapes at The Art League Deadline: July 12, 2013. Enter The Art League’s annual sculpture exhibit by this Friday at 6:00 pm! “Shapes” is digital entry only. To download the prospectus and entry […]
It’s never too late to take that art class you’ve been eyeing, and this summer is the perfect time to do it! The Art League’s summer classes are going on now, and you can join a class in session at a prorated fee by contacting the School (703-683-2323). There are also a number of classes […]
