Did you see the news this morning? Holly Morris did a live segment for FOX 5 Morning News at the Torpedo Factory highlighting everything going on arts-wise in Alexandria this week, and had her 60-second portrait made by Art League instructor Patrick Kirwin. Watch the video here! The fascinator Holly wore was made by instructor […]
Sharpen your pencils and grab your newsprint pads! Our Drawing Marathon Fundraiser is the forth and final event in The Art League’s “30-Something” Summer Series of events. From 10:00am-10:00pm on Saturday, September 8, artists may come to The Art League’s Duke Street Annex and draw for as little or as long as they like with […]
Have you watched the Ice Cream Bowl Throwdown video we posted yesterday? They make it look easy, don’t they? Don’t make me laugh. My name is George. I do the blogging here at The Art League. Blogging, while requiring a certain amount of creative output, isn’t really a “fine art.” So we thought it would […]
Read on for upcoming classes, exhibits, and other opportunities! You can click the banner above to see past opportunities posts. Apply to Gallery West! Gallery West is jurying for new members. We are at 1213 King Street and would love to see your work. For more information or to express your interest, please contact P. […]
With the ceramics department’s annual Ice Cream Bowl Fundraiser just around the corner, three potters gathered in The Art League’s ceramics studio last Friday for a throwdown. The contestants were Tiffany, Jack, and Blair, who have been churning out hundreds of bowls over the past few weeks along with other ceramics artists. Their challenge: throw […]
For the August landscape show at The Art League Gallery, “’Scapes,” juror Jonathan Linton selected the extra-tall abstract painting you see to the right for the Chameli and Amiya Bose Award, which goes to the best acrylic or oil painting on stretched canvas. Graft Revisited, Morning, by Marsha Staiger, has clean lines with a human […]
Read on for details on upcoming deadlines! You can click the banner above for past opportunities posts. The 31st Annual Smithsonian Craft Show Deadline: September 14, 2012 (late fee for applications Sept. 15–21). The annual Smithsonian Craft Show is a juried exhibition and sale of contemporary American crafts. Three jurors who are experts in the […]
Art League Online Silent Faculty Auction Begins August 26 at 6:00pm and Closes August 28 at 5:00pm Auction site: http://www.32auctions.com/organizations/4312/auctions/4770 The online silent auction of faculty work, the third event in our “30-Something” Summer Series, is only a few days away! We’re thrilled to present such a wonderful collection of works by our generous and […]
This month in The Art League Gallery, the sculpture exhibit “The Shape of Things” is showing alongside the predominantly 2-D landscape show, “’Scapes.” Sculptors in the exhibit used materials including plywood, bronze, silk, steel, paper mache, and clay — the last is the preference of Trinka Roeckelein, whose Giraffe Boy was selected for the Monkith […]
Good luck! You can click the banner above for an archive of past opportunity posts. Fall 2012 Art Show & Sale Deadline: August 19, 2012. The Springfield Art Guild & Friends of Green Spring Gardens Park present this exhibit and sale, August 28–October 28. Artwork submitted must be based on horticultural, natural or local history […]
This month’s return of the annual “’Scapes” landscape exhibit, features 143 scenes of our external world — vistas and details, representational and abstract. One such scene that caught juror Jonathan Linton’s eye was November Morning, a watercolor by Web Bryant. Linton awarded November Morning the Potomac Valley Watercolorists’ Award for the best watercolor in the exhibit, […]
You’ve read about them on DCist and the Huffington Post. You’ve seen some of the pieces on Flickr. Now come see everything for yourself! “’Scapes,” the annual landscape show, and “The Shape of Things,” a sculpture-only exhibit, are on view at The Art League Gallery through September 3. And tonight is the opening reception: Thursday, […]
We’ve just added two new instructor demos to our video demo playlist on YouTube! In the first with Michael Brehl demonstrates how to raise a copper bowl for his class, “Pound It Out: All Things Hammered.” You can watch him demonstrate the first round of raising below: In the other new video, Nancy McIntyre shows […]
Tomorrow, “The Shape of Things” and “’Scapes” open in The Art League Gallery! Jurying for “’Scapes” is going on right now, but you can get a sneak peek of “The Shape of Things” right now on Flickr. 51 pieces were entered at 23 were accepted for the show, a sculpture-only exhibit juried by Mara Adamitz […]
Autumn in Pennsylvania: Painting Hickory Bridge Farm Plein air painting with Bobbi Pratte October 17–18, 2012 After June’s successful lavender-themed painting workshop in Pennsylvania, instructor Bobbi Pratte is returning to the area in October for another colorful event: the fall foliage at Hickory Bridge Farm. The workshop, October 17 & 18, “was a no-brainer,” Bobbi […]
Read below for details on upcoming deadlines! Past opportunities posts can be found here. 2012 Mid Atlantic Juried Exhibition – PA Deadline: August 3, 2012. Hoyt Mid Atlantic Juried Art Exhibition held October 9 – November 2, 2012. Open to artists 21 and over living in the Mid Atlantic States: DE, MD, NJ, NY, OH, […]
FREE Demo/Slideshow/Discussion with Lindsay Oesterritter Sunday July 29, 10:00 am in the Ceramics Studio at The Art League’s Madison Annex Lindsay Oesterritter is a functional potter who teaches at Western Kentucky University. She attended grad school at one of the nation’s premier schools for ceramics, Utah State University. Her work has been exhibited internationally and […]
Maryland artists: apply by Friday for Individual Artist Awards Deadline: July 27, 2012. The Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Awards Program awards grants to Maryland artists through an anonymous, competitive process that encourages the artistic excellence throughout the state. The Program is administered by the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation (MAAF). Recipients of the award […]
Our first “30-Something” Summer Series event, last weekend’s Legacy × 3 Art Sale, was a rousing success! Thanks to the donors and to everyone who came and bought artwork to support the Madison Annex Project. The “30-Something” Summer Series continues this weekend with the Free-Cycle Garage Party at the Duke Street Annex! You can help […]
For our latest video demo, instructor Joyce McCarten let us stop by her Tuesday night class, Abstract Drawing and Painting. Joyce used charcoal, oil pastel, and acrylic to paint up an abstracted, Cubist-influenced still life. Watch the video for tips on how to start your own abstract piece: You can watch all of the demos […]
Today is the kick-off for The Art League’s “30-Something” Summer Series, events happening now through September to support the Madison Annex Project. It all starts with Legacy × 3, a sale of work by Pat Barron, Nancy Reinke, and Marian Van Landingham. The opening reception is tonight, 6:30–8:00 pm, and the sale goes from now […]
In the July All-Media Show, on view through August 6, juror Katie Dell Kaufman awarded the Larry Kirstein Award to Just Waiting, a mixed-media piece by Sheila DeLaquil. “I like the mixed media approach, and I love how the eye is in constant motion,” Kaufman said. (You can read more of the juror’s dialogue here.) […]
FotoWeek DC 5th Annual International Awards Competition Deadline: August 6 (early bird discount), September 17 (regular deadline). FotoWeek DC’s International Awards Competition is looking for extraordinary work! The 2012 competition will honor professional and emerging photographers from our region and from around the world. Cash prizes totally $26,00. Winning images will be exhibited and/or projected […]
Last weekend, artists returned from the latest Art League travel workshop, where they spent two weeks painting en plein air in the beautiful landscapes of Provence, France. Susan Abbott led the latest edition of the long-running workshop, June 22–July 7. The workshop focused on daily independent painting work (in oil, acrylic, or watercolor) and not […]
