This month, The Art League Gallery’s solo room is home to Cecily Corcoran’s paintings of the DC area. The exhibit’s name, “Genius Loci,” is Latin for “a sense of place.” As someone who lives, commutes, and paints in the region, Corcoran captures familiar sights at different times, in different moods and lights. “I want my […]
Read below for details on upcoming deadlines! La Jolla Art & Wine Festival Deadline: July 12, 2012. The 2012 La Jolla Art & Wine Festival returns to La Jolla for its fourth annual season on October 13th and 14th. All money from artwork sold goes directly to the artists. Whether you participated in our 2009 or 2010 show […]
This past Saturday and Sunday, while some Art League-rs were busy painting at the Pennsylvania Lavender Festival, others were at the Madison Annex learning how to create fascinators — the eye-catching headpieces sighted everywhere from last year’s royal wedding to the Kentucky Derby. Jan Wutkowski, a milliner with a workshop and store in North Carolina, […]
Just in time to catch the yearly lavender bloom on this side of the Atlantic, a group of artists joined instructor Bobbi Pratte for a travel workshop to Willow Pond Farm in Pennsylvania for plein air painting in the sweeping lavender fields. This past Saturday and Sunday, Bobbi and her students painted the landscape, ate […]
Art League instructor Diane Tesler has a solo exhibit going on now at the Still Life Gallery in Ellicott City, Maryland. “Off the Beaten Path,” a show of over 25 paintings of the abandoned, the discarded, and other scenes, runs through July 15: Still Life Gallery 8173 Main Street, Ellicott City, MD 21043 Ph: 410-461-1616 […]
In our latest video demo with an Art League instructor, Ted Reed shows his Oil Painting class how to start a painting of a hand by blocking it out and finding the gesture. The finished painting appears at the end of the video. You can watch all of the demos so far in this YouTube […]
The following announcements are courtesy of FindArtInfoBank.com. More listings are after the jump! Call for Entries: “The 99%” – OR Deadline: August 30, 2012. Wiseman Gallery, Rogue Community College is seeking work that reflects income inequity in the modern world (decline of middle class etc.). Any media, any size. If selected, artist is responsible for […]
Last week, painting students gathered for an artful getaway at instructor Danni Dawson’s home. They spent the week painting, eating gourmet lunches prepared by Danni and her neighbors, and sipping wine — and you can, too! The workshop, “Painting in Danni’s Living Room or Rose Garden,” is held twice yearly, with the next session August […]
Do you want to learn how to mat and frame your own artwork? Jurors for Art League exhibits tell us how important presentation is when they consider what pieces to select. With two workshops coming up this weekend, artists and collectors alike can learn how to present artwork acceptable for submission at The Art League […]
See below for details on two DC-area exhibit opportunities, studio space, and a vacancy on the Alexandria Commission for the Arts: The Ripple Effect: Currents of Socially Engaged Art Deadline: June 25, 2012. Washington Project for the Arts and Art Museum of the Americas seek submissions from artists based in the DC region (DC, MD, […]
Last Thursday was the graduation ceremony for the ten girls in this year’s SOHO class, an opportunity for them to remember the year and share what they did. There was an exhibit in the gallery of some of the artwork the students completed during the mentorship program, as well as a video (below) of the […]
School’s out for summer, and kids and parents everywhere know what that means: time for Summer Art Camp at The Art League! These popular weekly day camps, in subjects like cartooning, painting, and ceramics, begin next week and run through August 24. Camps are a great way to keep your kids happily — and creatively […]
A continuous line of small, jewel-like landscape paintings adorn the walls of The Art League Gallery’s solo artist room this month. Landscape artist Pattee Hipschen’s exhibit “Rural Connections,” open through July 2, provides the viewer with a walk through the American landscape. These 79 small, 5” x7” paintings compose a visual record of Hipschen’s travels […]
Juror Mark Cameron Boyd chose the mixed-media painting Tamil by Shanthi Chandrasekar as winner of the Urquhart Award for best in show in this month’s all-media exhibit. Boyd said the piece “has a commanding atmospheric presence, persona. The way in which the texture merges and fades in and out of the symbols is intriguing and […]
Our calendar is bursting at the seams these days — so to keep you on top of things, we compiled all the events coming up at The Art League this month, including: Annual Art League meeting Opening receptions A free Photoshop seminar A free seminar on creating exhibition prints with inkjet printers “Success As An […]
Join the flock! This summer, The Art League will be hosting a variety of creative fundraising events to fund the build-out at the newly expanded Madison Annex facility. You can support the “30-Something” campaign by coming to the summer series events below and telling your friends! More details about the “30-Something” campaign and the Madison […]
This month’s all-media exhibit in The Art League Gallery, an eclectic selection of works juried by Mark Cameron Boyd, is paired with “Rural Connections,” a journey across America in dozens of small-scale landscapes. “Rural Connections” and the June All-Media show are open through July 2, with an opening reception next Thursday, June 14, at 6:30 […]
If you missed them, check out the announcements we posted yesterday, too. Today’s opportunities are courtesy of FindArtInfoBank.com: Open Call for Mural Proposal – NY Deadline: June 18th, 2012, 5pm. Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC), in partnership with the TnT Scrap, seeks proposals for artwork to be installed on a large corrugated metal fence in Greenpoint, […]
We’re organizing old newspaper clippings at The Art League, and reliving exhibits, workshops, and art camps past in the process. Recently we rediscovered the story from the time Hollywood made The Art League a star! From the August 21, 1997 Alexandria Gazette Packet: “While Washington, DC is coping with road closures and snarled traffic due […]
Today’s slate of announcements includes two upcoming exhibits at Target Gallery, two other regional opportunities, and a studio space in Alexandria. Don’t forget to check Tidings or the gallery page for opportunities at The Art League Gallery! 25: Target Gallery Celebrates Twenty-five Years Deadline for Entry: June 18th, 2012; Exhibition Dates: September 8 – 30th, […]
Thursday’s opening reception for the Ikebana show and “Tea” included a visit from John Neely, who flew in from Utah to see the international ceramics show he juried digitally. John wanted to see the pieces — ceramic teapots, cups, bowls, and other wares associated with drinking tea — in person before selecting the award winners, […]
Last night was the opening reception for our 14th Biennial Ikebana Show — the four-day event that pairs plant and flower arrangements with the artwork that inspired them. “Sogetsu Ikebana is not your grandmother’s Ikebana,” director of the DC Sogetsu branch Diana Cull said at the reception. “Anything goes: that’s our motto.” That philosophy comes […]
Ceramics students from The Art League School joined ceramics chair Blair Meerfeld on a Saturday morning this month to fire their work using the raku process. After the raku ware is heated in a kiln until red-hot, the pieces are placed in metal cans filled with combustible material, like newspaper. The paper ignites and the […]
Next week is the graduation for the girls in this year’s SOHO program, a mentorship program by The Art League and the Alexandria Court Service Unit that engages at-risk, low-income, fifth-grade girls in a year of personal growth centered on art. Since September, ten girls and their mentors have been meeting weekly for lessons about […]
