One of the award-winners in this month’s all-media exhibit will be familiar to recent visitors of The Art League Gallery: Sheila DeLaquil also won an award in July’s group exhibit. This time around, her painting Under the Microscope was awarded the Evelyn Turner Award for abstraction. The juror, Stefanie Fedor, said she was drawn to […]
See below for details on upcoming exhibits and other calls for artists. You can click the banner above to view past opportunities posts. Good luck! Trawick Prize Deadline: April 1, 2013.The Trawick Prize: Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards is now accepting applications for the annual juried art exhibition and awards. $14,000 in prize money is awarded […]
Thanks to an extraordinary donation, The Art League School will host a Stained Glass Materials Sale Sunday, March 24 from 12:00 noon to 4:00 pm in the Sculpture room at the Madison Annex! Find us at 305 Madison Street in Alexandria, Virginia. We’re selling glass sheets in a wide array of sizes and colors, foil, solder, […]
If you’re an artist and you don’t have a website yet — or if you want to change the one you have now — it’s never too late!
The Art League Gallery is hosting two free events in the next seven days — tomorrow, there will be a presentation on matting and framing for professional artists, and next Thursday, there will be a demo and presentation by a Liquitex acrylics representative. Please call or email the gallery to register at 703-683-1780 or [email protected]. […]
It’s that time of year again! Summer Art Camps for kids ages 5 and up (and summer workshops for teenagers) are a great opportunity for budding artists to try something new, or explore their favorite medium in-depth. Art camps start up the week of June 17 and continue throughout the summer. You can read more […]
See below for details on upcoming exhibits. You can click the banner above to view past opportunities posts. Good luck! Art in City Hall Deadline: March 29, 2013, 6:00 pm. The latest Art in City Hall exhibit opens this April. (To read about the Art in City Hall partnership, click here.) Entry open to members […]
There are plenty of opportunities to get involved with The Art League this week! Check out what’s happening: Alice Ferguson Foundation Talk Thursday, March 21 at 6:30 pm in The Art League Gallery The Art League is pleased to partner with the Alice Ferguson Foundation during Sabyna Sterrett’s “State of Emergency” to raise pollution awareness […]
Next month, The Art League premieres a new course in digital art: Apps for Artists, starting Monday, April 8. With smartphones and tablets everywhere, digital arts programs have grown much more advanced since the days of MS Paint. Apps for Artists will cover tools that manipulate existing images, work with the iPad camera, create new work […]
March on into The Art League Gallery today to see our new shows — the March All-Media Exhibit and “State of Emergency” — and stick around for the opening reception tonight, March 14, at 6:30 pm. For the March All-Media Exhibit, juror Stefanie Fedor of Arlington Arts Center selected a wide variety of work submitted […]
See below for details on upcoming lectures and exhibits. You can click the banner above to view past opportunities posts. Solo exhibits at Arlington Arts Center Deadline: March 15, 2013. Each year AAC selects artists from across the mid-Atlantic region for solo exhibitions in AAC’s seven separate gallery spaces—or outside on the grounds. Artists are […]
There is often a common thread that runs through many of the works that are selected for Art League exhibits. While our jurors come from a myriad of artistic backgrounds and visual disciplines, they all feel that the same qualities make up a successful work of art: a combination of skill and personal vision. It […]
Shows that ask you to submit images of your artwork online or on CD will also usually have strict rules about how to size and format those images. For example, The Art League’s upcoming ceramics show “Tabletop” is digital entry only: “Images must be in jpeg format, 300 dpi, and no larger than 2100 pixels […]
Our latest trip to The Art League School took us to Peter Ulrich‘s classroom in the new Madison Annex, where he showed his class “The Watercolor Experience” how to paint a rainy-day scene with a limited palette. Peter used only Daniel Smith Indanthrone Blue, Da Vinci Cadmium Red Light, and Winsor & Newton Raw Sienna, […]
See below for details on upcoming exhibits and more. You can click the banner above to see past opportunities posts. Good luck! (Edited to add: This Friday, March 8, is the deadline to enter the 9th Annual Plein Air–Easton! Competition. Click here for more information.) Torpedo Factory jury Receiving: March 18, 2013. A reminder for […]
Along with the annual Student/Faculty Show open now in the Gallery, we’re showing off work by our young, budding artists (ages 5 and up) on the second floor of the Torpedo Factory. Stop on by to see artwork by students in Art Fun-damentals (ages 5–8), Drawing and Painting (ages 9–12), The Art of Cartooning […]
Spring Workshop season is upon us! With the close of the Winter Term around the corner, signing up for a Spring Workshop is the perfect opportunity to dive into a new medium, style, or sharpen up your skills. Here are all of our upcoming March workshops: Ceramics: Jumpstart in Ceramics with Blair Meerfeld, March 23 […]
Opening next Thursday, March 7 in The Art League Gallery, mixed media artist Sabyna Sterrett’s “State of Emergency” will exhibit textural installations woven from plastic bags, trash bags, and plastic tape. In this video, Sabyna tells us about how she started working with plastic, what the pieces mean to her, and how she creates the […]
Oil painter and Art League instructor John Murray will have an exhibit of his paintings at Marin-Price Galleries in Chevy Chase, Maryland. The exhibit of still lifes, figures, landscapes, and other scenes opens Saturday, March 2 with an opening reception 5:30–7:30 pm. John Francis Murray at Marin-Price Galleries 7022 Wisconsin Ave., Chevy Chase, MD March […]
See below for details on exhibits, craft shows, and studio space. You can click the banner above to see past opportunities posts. Good luck! Ceramic art Deadline: March 4, 2013. “Beyond Function” at the Target Gallery is a media-specific exhibition with a focus on non-functional ceramic artwork. These works go beyond utility, seeking to be […]
Visit the Gallery through March 3 to see what students at The Art League have been up to in the past year — and what you could do this year! The 2013 Student/Faculty Show showcases artwork from students and faculty members in every medium taught at The Art League. It’s a great chance to see […]
See below for details on upcoming exhibits and a financial planning workshop for artists. You can click the banner above to see past opportunities posts. Good luck! Painting Awards Deadline: February 22, 2013 (Friday). The Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District is currently accepting applications for the seventh annual Bethesda Painting Awards. Artists must be 18 […]
Sunday evening’s Patrons’ Show at The Art League was a big success, with our fantastic patrons taking home 663 works of art and lots of door prizes. As you can see from the photos, this year’s event was both a great chance to unwind and party with neighbors — and serious business. In the days […]
Some Patrons’ Show Tickets Available! Our artists have been SO generous in donating artwork to the Patrons’ Show this year that we now have some TICKETS AVAILABLE!! Call the gallery if you’re interested (703-683-1780) or purchase tickets online. These won’t last long! Patrons’ Show App Up & Running! “The Art League Patrons’ Show” App is […]
