Collage and Memory in Jill Brantley’s “Then”

Collage and Memory in Jill Brantley’s “Then”   Brown Payne for the Art League   Jill Brantley’s work “Then” won the Art League’s Best in Show award for the July 2023 Open Exhibit.  For this article, I asked the artist questions about her processes, story, and inspirations for her work. This piece, titled “Then” depicts […]

Viviane de Kosinsky on her award-winning landscape

A conversation with Viviane de Kosinsky, winner of the Art League’s 2023 Landscape Exhibit Best in Show Award    Brown Payne for The Art League Artist Viviane de Kosinsky won  the Art League’s Best in Show award for the June 2023 Landscape Exhibit. In her piece “Untitled (Matterhorn),” de Kosinsky’s drawing of the Matterhorn peak […]

2023 Solo Exhibits at The Art League Gallery

2023 Solo Exhibits at The Art League Gallery March – Jimmy James Greene April – Khalid Alaani  May – Keith Parks  June – Mike McSorley  July – Kim Richards August – Rashad Ali Muhammad  September – Rifat Taher  October – Ray Goodrow  November – Andi Cullins December – Donna Cramer   

Donating Artwork to the 2023 Patrons’ Show Fundraiser

YOU Make The Patrons’ Show Fundraiser Possible! A sculpture by Chris Malone watches over the other artworks in the 2021 Patrons‘ Show Fundraiser. The Patrons‘ Show is our largest fundraiser of the year, and each donated work is an essential part of the event. We could not do it without YOU and your generosity! We are in […]

The Patrons’s Show Fundraiser 2022 – Information for artists

We Need Your Help! Donating framed/gallery ready artwork to the Patrons’ Show is a great way help the Art League in an immediate and substantial way. Each donated work is an essential part of the fundraiser. We could not do it without YOU! We are in great need of framed or gallery-ready works. (We will […]

Juror Profile: Adriel Luis

Adriel Luis, our April juror, is a community organizer, artist, and curator who believes that our collective imagination can make a reality where we all thrive. His life’s work is focused on bridging artistic integrity and social vigilance. Adriel is the Curator of Digital and Emerging Practice at the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, where […]

The Poetry of Collage in “Symbiosis”

Artist Rashad A. Muhammad, winner of The Art League’s Best-in-Show award for the March 2021 Line by Line exhibit, shares his thoughts on the creative process. Artists in the exhibit were asked to submit work based on or responding to poetry.    Finding Inspiration in Poetry  “I came across a poem by Helen J. Radford,  […]

A Feast in Fabric by Textile Artist Susan Callahan

By Haven Ashley   Winner of Best-in-Show Award for The Art League Gallery’s November 2020 Feast! Exhibit, “Fruit Bowl” is a bubbly tablescape by fiber artist Susan Callahan. Using hand-printed textiles, the artist created a delightful spread of summer fruit, cheerful blossoms, and a tantalizing three-layer cake, stitching together a variety of fabrics to form […]

52nd annual Patrons’ Show Fundraiser Collector’s Choice Awards

The Patrons’ Show Fundraiser is The Art League’s biggest event of the year, making it possible for us to meet our mission: by nurturing the artist, we enrich the community. Our success depends on our generous artist donors! Thousands of dollars in prize money is available for donating artists. In addition to the juried awards, […]