Wednesday, May 16, 2007

New Drawing

Below is "St. Sebastian," which is one of my recurring subjects. It is 8 x 21 inches, charcoal and conte on 300 weight paper. Click on it for a larger image.

Saint Sebastian


"St Sebastian" by F. Lennox Campello


I am also working on a piece tentatively titled "Superman Flying Naked," but you'll have to wait to see the man of steel in the nude.

This Friday

One of my favorite (and damned few that I like in this genre) performance artists is Mary Coble, and she opens her new show "Aversion" this coming Friday, May 18. 2007 at Conner Contemporary in DC.

The exhibition goes through June 30, 2007 and the opening night reception is Friday, May 18th from 6:30 to 8:30pm with a performance at 7:30PM.

Mary Coble
Also on Thursday, May 24th at 7pm, join Mary Coble in conversation with Andy Grundberg, Chair of Photography + Photojournalism at the Corcoran College of Art + Design.

Opportunity for Artists

The Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center in MD has a call for artists for their annual regional show.

Artists living within a 75 mile radius of Frederick, MD are eligible to bring three pieces of art to the center on Sunday May 20, or Monday, May 21 for jurying by Tom Ashcraft, Associate Chair, Associate Professor, Sculpture Coordinator, Department of Art and Visual Technology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. Some 400 pieces of work are expected to be submitted by artists from a 75-mile radius, and the juror will select about 100 for exhibition.

Entry forms and details here.

Cameron on Artists as Curators

Prof. Mark Cameron Boyd is seeking to focus his class on artist-curator shows (such as Supple and Ian and Jan) and their relationship to the discourse of art.

Details here.

Open Studios

Yesterday I mentioned briefly the Gateways Arts District in MD. They're having an open studio tour this coming Saturday. Details here.

The Jackson Art Center in Georgetown (DC) is having its annual Spring Open Studios on Sunday, May 20th, from 12 noon to 5 p.m. Jackson is located in the old Jackson School, just across the road from Montrose Park, on R NW between 30th and 31st Streets. Over 45 artists work in all media: painting (oil, acrylic and watercolor), photography, sculpture, pottery, drawing, paper arts and printmaking.

Also in DC, the Mid City Artists are having their Open Studios on Saturday and Sunday, May 19-20, 2007 from 12 noon - 5 pm.