Artful Weekend March 6 – 8

Welcome to Artful Weekend, our new weekly listing of area art happenings! Check it out every Friday for fun and interesting exhibits and events occurring throughout the DMV. Share your experience at these and other weekend art destinations by tagging us (@theartleague) and including the hashtag #artfulweekend on social media.   This weekend: homages to women, […]

Artist Opportunities #508

Every week, we gather a variety of artist opportunities from the DC area and beyond. Find one below and apply today — good luck! Click here for recent opportunities posts, and submit your opportunity listing here. New:     Decay Corrosion Rust 2020 Call for Entry Deadline: March 8   There is amazing beauty in the decayed, the […]

Artful Weekend February 28 – March 1

Welcome to Artful Weekend, our new weekly listing of area art happenings! Check it out every Friday for fun and interesting exhibits and events occurring throughout the DMV. Share your experience at these and other weekend art destinations by tagging us (@theartleague) and including the hashtag #artfulweekend on social media.   This weekend: A Leap Day […]

Artist Opportunities #507

Every week, we gather a variety of artist opportunities from the DC area and beyond. Find one below and apply today — good luck! Click here for recent opportunities posts, and submit your opportunity listing here. New:   61 New Commissions for Permanent Site Specific Work in Washington, DC Government Buildings and Parks Call For Submissions – […]

Artful Weekend February 21-23

Welcome to Artful Weekend, our new weekly listing of area art happenings! Check it out every Friday for fun and interesting exhibits and events occurring throughout the DMV. Share your experience at these and other weekend art destinations by tagging us (@theartleague) and including the hashtag #artfulweekend on social media.   This weekend: Stunning student art, […]

Patrons’ Show Juror Awards– Q & A With Charlotte Ickes

In addition to being The Art League’s largest exhibition and fundraising event, our annual Patrons’ Show is also a juried competition with generous cash prizes awarded to artists in six categories. For this year’s show, our 52nd, we were pleased to have Charlotte Ickes as our juror. Ickes is an art historian and curator of […]

Artist Opportunities #506

Every week, we gather a variety of artist opportunities from the DC area and beyond. Find one below and apply today — good luck! Click here for recent opportunities posts, and submit your opportunity listing here. New:   Art Speaks Juried Exhibition Call For Artists – Matthews, VA Deadline: March 1   This eighth annual juried exhibition is […]

Artful Weekend February 14-16

Welcome to Artful Weekend, our new weekly listing of area art happenings! Check it out every Friday for fun and interesting exhibits and events occurring throughout the DMV. Share your experience at these and other weekend art destinations by tagging us (@theartleague) and including the hashtag #artfulweekend on social media.   This weekend: An artists’ […]

Artist Opportunities #505

Every week, we gather a variety of artist opportunities from the DC area and beyond. Find one below and apply today — good luck! Click here for recent opportunities posts, and submit your opportunity listing here. New:   Puffin Cultural Forum Call For Art – Teaneck, NJ Deadline: February 11   Puffin Cultural Forum present Conversations 2020, a […]

Artful Weekend February 7-9

Welcome to Artful Weekend, our new weekly listing of area art happenings! Check it out every Friday for fun and interesting exhibits and events occurring throughout the DMV. Share your experience at these and other weekend art destinations by tagging us (@theartleague) and including the hashtag #artfulweekend on social media.   This weekend:  Our really […]

Artists Opportunities #504

Every week, we gather a variety of artist opportunities from the DC area and beyond. Find one below and apply today — good luck! Click here for recent opportunities posts, and submit your opportunity listing here. New:   Back Wall Gallery Call For Submissions – Takoma Park, MD Deadline: February 8   The Back Wall Gallery invites […]

Juror Q & A With Catherine Haggarty

We invited Brooklyn-based artist, curator, and writer Catherine Haggarty to select works for our January 2020 Open Exhibit. She is known for her bright and colorful paintings that, according to Conversation Project NYC, “…explores the sublime and the absurd.” Haggarty’s paintings and curatorial work have been reviewed and featured in Hyperallergic, Art Spiel, Two Coats […]

Artful Weekend January 31-February 2

Welcome to Artful Weekend, our new weekly listing of area art happenings! Check it out every Friday for fun and interesting exhibits and events occurring throughout the DMV. Share your experience at these and other weekend art destinations by tagging us (@theartleague) and including the hashtag #artfulweekend on social media.   This weekend: Exhibits to […]

Artists Opportunities #503

Every week, we gather a variety of artist opportunities from the DC area and beyond. Find one below and apply today — good luck! Click here for recent opportunities posts, and submit your opportunity listing here. New:   Open Space Gallery Call For “Expressions” Exhibit Submissions – Rockville, MD Deadline: February 7   Stone Branch School of […]

Artful Weekend January 24-26

Welcome to Artful Weekend, our new weekly listing of area art happenings! Check it out every Friday for fun and interesting exhibits and events occurring throughout the DMV. Share your experience at these and other weekend art destinations by tagging us (@theartleague) and including the hashtag #artfulweekend on social media.   This weekend: Imaginative ways […]

Artists Opportunities #502

Every week, we gather a variety of artist opportunities from the DC area and beyond. Find one below and apply today — good luck! Click here for recent opportunities posts, and submit your opportunity listing here. New: The Creative Affairs Office/202Creates Spring Residency Program – DC Deadline: January 30   The Creative Affairs Office/202Creates Residency Program is […]

Artful Weekend January 17-20

Welcome to Artful Weekend, our new weekly listing of area art happenings! Check it out every Friday for fun and interesting exhibits and events occurring throughout the DMV. Share your experience at these and other weekend art destinations by tagging us (@theartleague) and including the hashtag #artfulweekend on social media. This (long) weekend: Our Patron’s […]

Artists Opportunities #501

Every week, we gather a variety of artist opportunities from the DC area and beyond. Find one below and apply today — good luck! Click here for recent opportunities posts, and submit your opportunity listing here. New:   Donald M. Robinson Photography Biennial 2020 Call for Entry – Loretto, PA Deadline: January 22   Southern Alleghenies Museum […]

Artful Weekend January 10-12

Welcome to Artful Weekend, our new weekly listing of area art happenings! Check it out every Friday for fun and interesting exhibits and events occurring throughout the DMV. Share your experience at these and other weekend art destinations by tagging us (@theartleague) and including the hashtag #artfulweekend on social media.   This weekend: Our January […]

Artist Opportunities #500

Every week, we gather a variety of artist opportunities from the DC area and beyond. Find one below and apply today — good luck! Click here for recent opportunities posts, and submit your opportunity listing here.   Carrie Able Gallery Artist-In-Residence Summer Program – NY Deadline: January 10   Carrie Able Gallery is seeking eight […]

Class Notes: John Murray

“I’ve loved art since I was a child,” says painter and long-time Art League instructor John Murray. “My elementary school had paintings [borrowed] from the National Gallery of Art, so that’s where I fell in love with it.” And then there was that time that he got to see Michelangelo masterpieces up close—sort of. “My father […]

Artist Opportunities #489

Every week, we gather a variety of artist opportunities from the DC area and beyond. Find one below and apply today — good luck! Click here for recent opportunities posts, and submit your opportunity listing here.   Open Call: Race and Revolution Home/Land – NY Deadline: December 21   Race and Revolution Home/Land, the fourth art […]

Artfelt Gift Ideas for Everyone on Your Holiday List

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This year skip the big-box stores and crowds. Head over to The Art League for unique and memorable presents.   Give the gift of art without breaking the bank.   Choose a small-scale masterpiece—paintings, ceramics, stained glass, and more—from our Petite December exhibit, ranging in price from $30 to $150. More affordable originals await you […]