With over 660 pieces now hung in the gallery and up on Flickr, ticket-holders to the 2013 Patrons’ Show are picking out their favorites — and back-up choices — for when their name is called at Sunday’s drawing. Are you wondering if there is a way to increase your chances of getting your very top […]
The 46th annual Patrons’ Show drawing is this Sunday! Are you ready? With 600 pieces and counting donated by our generous artists, it’s been no small feat for our staff and volunteers to frame, hang, and number this year’s show. Check out some of their work in our video above (set to the Hang ’Em […]
See below for details on upcoming exhibits. You can click the banner above to see past opportunities posts. Good luck! Outdoor sculpture Deadline: March 1, 2013. The 2013 Public Art Exhibition on Hilton Head Island, DISCOVER, seeks proposals for sculpture engaged in a contemporary conversation about art within a natural environment. Up to twenty large-scale […]
Our latest video demo (below) comes to us courtesy of Jin Chung’s Monday evening class at The Art League, Portrait Drawing. Jin showed us the steps to drawing a complete portrait in vine charcoal and white chalk. You can find all of Jin’s classes here — registration is open for Spring classes. Click here to […]
It’s here! Most of the Patrons’ Show artwork is now on view in the Gallery, and images are going up on Flickr here! With over 500 pieces in the show so far, there are a lot of decisions to make ahead of the drawing, Sunday, February 17. Click here for all the Patrons’ Show information. […]
As promised, here is part 2 of this Artful Links post, with videos 7 through 13. (Find part 1 here.) Any videos, photos, or websites you’ve seen recently that sparked your imagination? What new projects will you work on this year? Share in the comments! 7. Toronto-based artist Amy Shackleton demonstrates a different kind of […]
With Winter term classes underway, our camera crew is once again making the rounds of Art League classrooms to record instructor demos. Today we’re pleased to add the first pastel demo to our library, courtesy of Nancy Freeman! In the video, Nancy shows her Wednesday morning Exploring Pastel class how to do a quick pastel […]
See below for details on upcoming exhibits and craft shows. You can click the banner above to see past opportunities posts. Good luck! Art of the Found Object Deadline: March 20, 2013. Artists residing in the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada are invited to enter “Eye of the Beholder: The Art of the Found […]
If you resolved to try something new this year, we want to help you with some inspiration in this edition of Artful Links. Get your creative wheels turning with these 13 videos of performances, installation art, demonstrations, video art, inventions, and more! Part 1 includes 6 videos, and the next 7 will be in part […]
This May, artists can pack their sketchbooks and join the latest Art League travel workshop for a tour of the Irish coastline, painting and drawing their way through the countryside’s natural and man-made sights with veteran instructor Avis Fleming. (Click to view her website, with a biography and images of work from Ireland and other […]
The 46th annual Patrons’ Show is coming up, and The Art League needs your help to make this year’s fundraiser a success! Each year, this art-show-slash-block-party attracts hundreds of art lovers and raises funds to support The Art League throughout the year. It all depends on the amazing generosity of our volunteers and artists. We’re […]
See below for details on upcoming exhibits, art fairs, and other opportunities. You can click the banner above to view past opportunities posts. Good luck! Art in the Courtyard Deadline: February 28, 2013. The Merchants of Lorton Station are providing a free community event, Art in the Courtyard. The exact date of the event is […]
The Washington City Paper is once again asking you for the Best of D.C., and The Art League is nominated for the Best Arts and Culture Nonprofit. So if you think The Art League’s programs for artists, students, and the rest of our community are the best around, cast your ballot here! The poll closes […]
The Target Gallery and the March of Dimes are teaming up to raise money for both organizations with their third annual exhibition fundraiser, March150 (formerly titled “March Madness”). The show includes 200 panels of artwork created by local artists, each only $150 (and only $100 the night of the Art Party on March 15), and […]
With Winter term classes now underway, things are busy at The Art League Store — the place to find all your supplies for Art League classes. It’s also one of the few places in the DC area to buy art supplies at low prices from working artists. One such artist is Cindy Packard Richmond, a […]
Drawn to the piece by its emotional content, interesting line, and “wealth of mark-making,” juror Trace Miller selected the drawing above, Burrow Hill, for best in show in this month’s all-media exhibit. The artist, Amanda Nicholas, a new Art League member, drew it en plein air using lithography crayon on Yupo paper. Amanda usually works […]
See below for upcoming exhibits, contests, and events. You can click the banner above to view past opportunities posts. Printmaking Competition Deadline: February 1, 2013. The National Society of Arts and Letters DC’s Dorothy Nicholson Stabell Competition in Printmaking offers a regional first prize of $4,000, with the winner advancing to NSAL’s national career award […]
Art League instructor Rosemary Luckett has a new exhibit of drawings, open through March 2 at the Ramp Gallery at McLean Project for the Arts! For the hours and location, click here. “Virginia artist Rosemary Luckett makes works that spring from many diverse sources of inspiration, from wild American landscapes to Dutch paintings, to surrealism. […]
Curious about joining The Art League’s upcoming travel workshop to Ethiopia with photographer Andargé Asfaw? Join us at the Madison Annex (305 Madison Street) outside room 8 for an information session, this Wednesday, January 23 at 7:00 pm. The workshop, March 11–22, is open to photographers and artists in all media, who will go on a […]
It’s an art show, it’s a block party, it supports The Art League, and it sends hundreds of people home every year with original, affordable art. Are you ready for this year’s Patron’s Show? Tickets for the 46th Annual Patrons’ Show, The Art League’s biggest fundraising event of the year, go on sale this Saturday, […]
On Monday, ACTion Alexandria, with support from the Bruhn-Morris Family Foundation, launched the “Make Us Your Favorite” Contest. They are awarding grants to the top three organizations that recruit the most supporters to their organization pages on ACTion Alexandria (between Monday, January 14 at 9:00 am and Friday, January 18 at 5:00 pm). The prizes are […]
Have you dusted your paintings recently? Do you know what materials to use to keep your creations bright and colorful, year after year? In this installment of Artful Links, we’ve found some links for artists and collectors all about conservation — read on for resources on caring for artwork and repairing damage, and some stories […]
See below for upcoming exhibits and events, and good luck! You can click the banner above to see past opportunities posts. A Thousand Artists January 20–21, 2013. A Thousand Artists is a public art-making installation on the Washington Mall, which will occur on January 20 and 21, 2013, to demonstrate the power of art and […]
This month in the Bin Gallery at The Art League, we have a special wall dedicated to Local Scenes — paintings, drawings, prints, and photographs of DC and Alexandria-area sights. We asked our Bin Gallery artists to bring in their cherry blossoms, their Old Town Alexandria, their monuments, their Rock Creek Park, and more, to […]
