Cora Rupp, former President and Executive Director of The Art League and Torpedo Factory Artist, passed away on October 4, 2012. Cora was a creative force in our community who touched many lives through her artistic talents and seminal work with the League. The Rupp Family will hold a memorial celebration of Cora’s life on […]
Yesterday, Americans for the Arts Action Fund released its newly compiled analysis of the presidential candidates’ arts policy positions. This new report is one of the many programs and publications of ArtsVote2012, the Arts Action Fund’s biennial initiative coinciding with the election cycle, that educates candidates and informs voters on issues impacting the arts and […]
With fall classes well underway at The Art League School, we’ll be bringing you new instructor video demos in the weeks ahead. Today’s video comes from Priscilla Treacy’s class, “Basic Oil Painting and Beyond”: For more of our instructor demos, check out this YouTube playlist.
F11, a women’s photography collective including several Art League members, will be putting up an exhibit in Alexandria’s Beatley Central Library to coincide with FotoWeek DC, a regional photography festival taking place November 9–18 with events including exhibitions, seminars, portfolio reviews, and more. The show, “Down by the River: Visions of the Potomac” will be in […]
See below for details! You can click the banner above for past opportunity posts. FotoWeek DC Events The following events are from FotoWeek DC: Pre-Festival Instagram Contest — Submit your best Instagram photos to our contest by November 7th -12pm EST for a chance to win Festival Passes, Seminars, Portfolio Reviews, and Launch Party tickets! Additionally, […]
You can read the rest of this series here. I’m still busy with my classes at The Art League. On Wednesday, our drawing class got a crash course in shading from George Tkabladze. Having perfected — more or less — the shapes in our still lifes, we got to work bringing them to life. George […]
The Washington Post reviewed Juan Hernandez’s solo exhibit in today’s issue! (Scroll down to “Juan E. Hernandez G.”) “Tierra y Memoria” is open in The Art League Gallery through Monday, November 5. We don’t want you to miss it, so please come by if you haven’t yet! Juan spoke about his work at the October […]
In “Color Sphere,” on view in The Art League Gallery through Monday, November 5, Marilyn Milici’s painting La Banda won the Sid Platt Watercolor Award, with the juror praising its strong graphical quality and contrast between light and dark. We had a chance to talk to Marilyn about the “very shocking” award, and she told […]
Last night’s Art on the Rocks — The Art League’s third annual art-inspired cocktail party — was a rousing success, with over 200 guests enjoying cocktails created for the evening and voting for their favorite. Thank you to everyone who came, to the participating restaurants, our volunteers, and our partners: the Pink Line Project and […]
Today’s Art League Happy Hour is a little early — call it a liquid lunch — because we want to remind you to get your tickets for tomorrow’s Art on the Rocks cocktail party! Wednesday’s event will include live jazz, complimentary appetizers, and six new cocktails created specially for the evening by bartenders from local […]
See the rest of this series here. This week Basic Drawing met for the fifth time and Stained Glass met for the fourth time. Here’s where my stained glass panel is so far: The pattern paper is on top of the magenta and brown pieces, and the green (top row center) looks black in this […]
We’re bringing you an extra edition of artist opportunities this week to let you know about two upcoming workshops you might be interested in: Public Art Workshop Sunday, October 21, 2:00 pm. Washington Project for the Arts, in collaboration with Arlington Public Art, presents a free, participatory lecture as part of the 2012-2013 Professional Practices series, […]
Do you have your ticket for next Wednesday’s Art on the Rocks yet? To entice you, we have a preview of one of the cocktails created for the event. We stopped by Bastille to see Rebecca Dincher make her Potiron, which, if you know French, you’ll know is pumpkin-themed: The Potiron is inspired by a […]
Liquitex artist Tony Zatzick will be back at The Art League next week for another free demo on topics including color mixing, permanence, product history, mediums, pigment characteristics, and techniques! Attendees also get a free bag of samples to take home. The demo will be Monday, October 22, 2012 from 2:00–4:00 pm. It’s totally free, […]
See below for upcoming deadlines and other opportunities. Be sure to make it to the Gallery this Thursday for Art Insurance 101, the latest in our Fall Lecture Series! You can click the banner above for past opportunity posts. Art Insurance 101: An Overview for Artists and Collectors Thursday, October 18, 7:00 pm in The […]
Join us a couple days a week for Art League Happy Hour (yes, we like to go to happy hour a couple days a week). During Art League Happy Hour you can read up on Art on the Rocks news and see video clips of our participating bartenders creating their artistic cocktails. We stopped by […]
The 2012–13 Space of Her Own (SOHO) class is learning and growing on Thursday nights at The Art League’s newly expanded Madison Annex. This year’s students are getting lessons in art and healthy eating, and last week, they contributed to an upcoming exhibit on the National Mall.
In this month’s “Color Sphere” exhibit, the Gilham Award went to Christine Lashley for Margaret, an appropriately colorful portrait of her daughter. Juror Lee Boynton called the oil painting “evocative and full of great color and emotion.” We asked Christine about the painting, her views on color, and her artwork in general. How was Margaret […]
See the rest of this series here. I had another fun Stained Glass class today and got to see my project start to take shape. After tracing my pattern onto vellum paper last time, today it was time to cut all the pieces out. Here’s what that looked like: To cut out the pieces, I […]
In our continuing quest to be helpful, we’ve gathered some inspiration-themed links artists might find useful or interesting. Click away! Inspiration, education, and entertainment all in one: it’s easy to get lost in the videos and interviews posted at Those Who Make. They aren’t all artists, but they all use their hands to make — […]
October’s exhibits are up in the Gallery and looking good! This Thursday, October 11 at 6:30 pm is the opening reception for “Tierra y Memoria,” an exhibit of paintings and linocuts by Juan E. Hernandez G., and “Color Sphere,” the juried group exhibit exploring color. Both shows are open through November 5. Hernandez’s artwork takes […]
See the rest of this series here. Here’s what I did in today’s drawing class: That was taken near the end of class, though I fixed it up some after that. In particular, instructor George suggested I work on straight lines (as well as centering the subject on the paper). I can definitely see what […]
Join us a couple days a week for Art League Happy Hour (yes, we like to go to happy hour a couple days a week). During Art League Happy Hour you can read up on Art on the Rocks news and see video clips of our participating bartenders creating their artistic cocktails. With Art on […]
See below for upcoming workshops and deadlines. You can click the banner above to see past opportunities posts. Art League classes & workshops Get back in the swing of art classes this fall! Check out the school homepage for upcoming workshops. There are also a few weekly classes that haven’t started yet: Felting – Expanding […]
