Beware of this scammer trying to rip off artists:
From: James Adam
Saturday, May 31, 2014
Stone Lithos from Art School
These were all done in a printmaking class at the University of Washington School of Art in 1980. The assignment was portraiture; they are all stone lithographs.
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| "Bogey." Stone Litho. 1980. 5x5 inches. Edition of Five. |
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| "Marylin Monroe." Stone Litho. 1980. Edition of 5 |
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| "Ernesto Guevara de La Serna Lynch." Stone Litho. 1980. Edition of 5 |
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| "Marylin Monroe." Stone Litho. 1980. Edition of 5 |
Friday, May 30, 2014
Cross MacKenzie Moves
Georgetown's Cross MacKenzie Gallery has moved to1675 Wisconsin Avenue NW and they're having a Grand Opening of their new space on June 6th from 6-8pm.
"We look forward to presenting our monthly exhibitions of exceptional emerging and established, local and nationally known artists, in this new space where the architecture creates a new context for the art we present. Architect William Teass designed a working space with every amenity from moving walls to an outdoor sculpture garden. Cross MacKenzie Gallery invites the community to join us for the inaugural exhibition."Their program for the 2014- 2015 Season:
July - August Mary Armstrong & Angie To - Paintings
September - Lyn Horton Drawings & Maren Kloppman clay sculpture
October - Carole Bolsey Paintings, Sheryl Zacharia & StacySnyder ceramics
November - GAS "Generic Art Solutions", photography interpreting art history
December - Contemporary French Artists, with the Embassy of France
January - Hyun Kyung Yoon - Ceramics after Ai Wei Wei
March - Patrick Bermingham, "Bridges", Engineered and non-functional
June - Walter McConnell and Ferrin Contemporary's Jingdezhen potters
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Andy Warhol
I remember this litho - it was done when I was a student at the University of Washington School of Art as part of printmaking class as a portrait assignment.
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| "Andy Warhol." Lithograph. Edition of 5. 4x5 inches, circa 1980 |
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Dear Ebay: I told you so!
“Sir,” said the Ebay Support person on the phone, “We’re Ebay, and we’re pretty sure that no one can hack into our system.”
A few months ago, she was responding to my alarmed phone call, as I was pretty sure that someone was hacking into Ebay’s software and system to manipulate the online auction giant and further “hide” already hidden fake auctions designed as a smart phishing effort via Ebay’s apparent ironclad software.
As you may have read recently, a few days ago Ebay requested that all of its users change their passwords. This was as a result of a data breach in which “hackers figured out eBay employee credentials, which helped them gain access to the eBay database.”
Ebays admits now that “email addresses, phone numbers and other details were hacked.”
But I have evidence from the recent past that hackers also potentially may have manipulated the Ebay auction software to use the auction site as a phishing vehicle.
This is how it all started, and here submitted for your consideration:
On January 27, 2014, I was sitting in Glen Echo while my son was in his music class. I was bored and surfing the net and logged onto Ebay. To my surprise I noticed almost a dozen messages in my Ebay inbox. I write “to my surprise,” because whenever I get an Ebay-generated message (either from Ebay or from an Ebay user sending the email from their Ebay account) I have a rule that automatically forwards it to my personal email account.
That’s exhibit (a) – There were multiple messages from Ebay users to my account, all dealing with the same 3-4 Ebay auctions and messages that were never forwarded to me. If I hadn’t logged onto my Ebay account, I would not have seen them... until it was too late! By the way, all auctions were about to end - they were seven day auctions and all were in day 5 or 6.
All the messages referred to the same assorted “auctions” that had been posted as if coming from my account. I have the word "auctions" in quotes because none of the auctions were mine, and also because all of them were cleverly designed to phish people out of their money. I quickly responded to all the emails warning the users that the auctions were a scam and had nothing to do with me.
The fake auctions had been created without my knowledge and had also somehow circumvented the Ebay notification system that sent an email to my account each time that a real auction lot is created under my account.
That’s exhibit (b) – Someone was able to create an Ebay listing under my account and at the same time prevented the Ebay software from notifying me that a new lot had been created.
The fake listings offered tech goods at ridiculous prices, such as Apple MacBook Pro Retina 15.4" GeForce, or a new Samsung 65" 3D Smart TV.
The hacker had cleverly inserted his email address (4iph55@gmail.com) into the image of the item being offered, highlighted it in yellow, and requested that interested bidders contact him directly prior to bidding. The incoming emails that were in my Ebay inbox (but not being forwarded to my regular email) were from interested bidders wanting to know why they needed to contact the person offering the lots. From reading the threads it was easy to see why…
The phishing scam artist was asking interested parties to wire him money directly, instead of bidding through the Ebay system. When users balked at this, and instead bid the “normal” way via the Ebay lot, he was then able to generate a fake Ebay email from checkout@ebayprotection.com to every single bidder, announcing to the victim that they had won the auction and requesting payment. He also offered next day UPS shipping at no additional cost.
Pretty cool uh? Dude is able to ship a 65" flat screen TV via next day UPS at no additional cost!
I immediately reported the fake auctions to Ebay, and they immediately cancelled them. Subsequently, throughout all this process, I was reporting all of these issues to Ebay via email, and receiving canned email responses from them. I then tried several times to report the issue via telephone, but each time I was assured by the Ebay telephone operator that there was no way that what I was describing could actually have taken place. They told me to change my password (Nevermind that I use really hard passwords: 16-20 mixed characters, and change them several times a year), but refused the logic of the events, or could not explain the technical reasons why these lots had all been posted without generating emails to me, or how the emails to my Ebay account had not been forwarded to me, and even more important --- and the key evidence of hacking into Ebay’s software: why these listings were not visible as my listings in MyEbay!
Exhibit (c) – The hacker was able to create listings using my account and yet they were not listed in MyEbay as my listings.
Working with some of the Ebay users who were nearly scammed, I was also able to piece together the identity of the scammer.
Name: Victor Stan Cornel
Email: 4iph55@gmail.com
Address : Al Solidarnisci Nr. 118/2 00-140 Warsaw Poland.
Bank Name : Millenium Bank
Bank Address : ul.Stanislawa Zaryna 2A 02-593 Warszawa Poland.
IBAN : PL 16 1160 2201 0000 0002 4729 3383
SWIFT : BIGBPLW
I passed all this information to Ebay, who ignored it… at least as far as I know, since I never received a response from them. I also contacted Millenium Bank in Poland and advised them of the issue. They promptly replied to me and passed that they were sending my email to the “right unit of our bank” and advised me to “report it to law enforcement bodies.” And thus I reported the whole event to Interpol, since this phishing mutant apparently lives (or at least has a bank account in Poland). I also tried a dozen ways to report to Google that a phishing scheme was being run from a Gmail account; not sure if I was successful.
Every single thing that I’ve written here has been exhaustively reported to Ebay. When the first telephone operator dismissed me, I called back, got a different operator and reported it all over again from scratch. When that also failed, I did it a third time.
After that I gave up.
And then a few days ago I read about the Ebay system breach. It apparently happened a while back, but Ebay just confirmed it.
Do you think these that two issues are related?
A few months ago, she was responding to my alarmed phone call, as I was pretty sure that someone was hacking into Ebay’s software and system to manipulate the online auction giant and further “hide” already hidden fake auctions designed as a smart phishing effort via Ebay’s apparent ironclad software.
As you may have read recently, a few days ago Ebay requested that all of its users change their passwords. This was as a result of a data breach in which “hackers figured out eBay employee credentials, which helped them gain access to the eBay database.”
Ebays admits now that “email addresses, phone numbers and other details were hacked.”
But I have evidence from the recent past that hackers also potentially may have manipulated the Ebay auction software to use the auction site as a phishing vehicle.
This is how it all started, and here submitted for your consideration:
On January 27, 2014, I was sitting in Glen Echo while my son was in his music class. I was bored and surfing the net and logged onto Ebay. To my surprise I noticed almost a dozen messages in my Ebay inbox. I write “to my surprise,” because whenever I get an Ebay-generated message (either from Ebay or from an Ebay user sending the email from their Ebay account) I have a rule that automatically forwards it to my personal email account.
That’s exhibit (a) – There were multiple messages from Ebay users to my account, all dealing with the same 3-4 Ebay auctions and messages that were never forwarded to me. If I hadn’t logged onto my Ebay account, I would not have seen them... until it was too late! By the way, all auctions were about to end - they were seven day auctions and all were in day 5 or 6.
All the messages referred to the same assorted “auctions” that had been posted as if coming from my account. I have the word "auctions" in quotes because none of the auctions were mine, and also because all of them were cleverly designed to phish people out of their money. I quickly responded to all the emails warning the users that the auctions were a scam and had nothing to do with me.
The fake auctions had been created without my knowledge and had also somehow circumvented the Ebay notification system that sent an email to my account each time that a real auction lot is created under my account.
That’s exhibit (b) – Someone was able to create an Ebay listing under my account and at the same time prevented the Ebay software from notifying me that a new lot had been created.
The fake listings offered tech goods at ridiculous prices, such as Apple MacBook Pro Retina 15.4" GeForce, or a new Samsung 65" 3D Smart TV.
The phishing scam artist was asking interested parties to wire him money directly, instead of bidding through the Ebay system. When users balked at this, and instead bid the “normal” way via the Ebay lot, he was then able to generate a fake Ebay email from checkout@ebayprotection.com to every single bidder, announcing to the victim that they had won the auction and requesting payment. He also offered next day UPS shipping at no additional cost.
Pretty cool uh? Dude is able to ship a 65" flat screen TV via next day UPS at no additional cost!
I immediately reported the fake auctions to Ebay, and they immediately cancelled them. Subsequently, throughout all this process, I was reporting all of these issues to Ebay via email, and receiving canned email responses from them. I then tried several times to report the issue via telephone, but each time I was assured by the Ebay telephone operator that there was no way that what I was describing could actually have taken place. They told me to change my password (Nevermind that I use really hard passwords: 16-20 mixed characters, and change them several times a year), but refused the logic of the events, or could not explain the technical reasons why these lots had all been posted without generating emails to me, or how the emails to my Ebay account had not been forwarded to me, and even more important --- and the key evidence of hacking into Ebay’s software: why these listings were not visible as my listings in MyEbay!
Exhibit (c) – The hacker was able to create listings using my account and yet they were not listed in MyEbay as my listings.
Working with some of the Ebay users who were nearly scammed, I was also able to piece together the identity of the scammer.
Name: Victor Stan Cornel
Email: 4iph55@gmail.com
Address : Al Solidarnisci Nr. 118/2 00-140 Warsaw Poland.
Bank Name : Millenium Bank
Bank Address : ul.Stanislawa Zaryna 2A 02-593 Warszawa Poland.
IBAN : PL 16 1160 2201 0000 0002 4729 3383
SWIFT : BIGBPLW
I passed all this information to Ebay, who ignored it… at least as far as I know, since I never received a response from them. I also contacted Millenium Bank in Poland and advised them of the issue. They promptly replied to me and passed that they were sending my email to the “right unit of our bank” and advised me to “report it to law enforcement bodies.” And thus I reported the whole event to Interpol, since this phishing mutant apparently lives (or at least has a bank account in Poland). I also tried a dozen ways to report to Google that a phishing scheme was being run from a Gmail account; not sure if I was successful.
Every single thing that I’ve written here has been exhaustively reported to Ebay. When the first telephone operator dismissed me, I called back, got a different operator and reported it all over again from scratch. When that also failed, I did it a third time.
After that I gave up.
And then a few days ago I read about the Ebay system breach. It apparently happened a while back, but Ebay just confirmed it.
Do you think these that two issues are related?
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
And this is why...
In the past I've harped as to the danger of grouping the Hispanic or Latino vote into one block, as if all people from the twenty-plus nations south of the border and in the Caribbean are all alike and all think alike.
Spanish is a perfect example... Below is an image of something being sold in a local Supermarket which caters to Central American shoppers... The item being offered is "chocho" - which I have no idea what this is, but I do know, that this is also the Puerto Rican slang for, ahem... a woman's private parts and easily a word forbidden on Spanish language radio on the island.
I Googled the word in Google Images, just for fun, and got a boatload of porn.
But here's a Central/South American "chocho"... cough, cough...
Spanish is a perfect example... Below is an image of something being sold in a local Supermarket which caters to Central American shoppers... The item being offered is "chocho" - which I have no idea what this is, but I do know, that this is also the Puerto Rican slang for, ahem... a woman's private parts and easily a word forbidden on Spanish language radio on the island.
I Googled the word in Google Images, just for fun, and got a boatload of porn.
But here's a Central/South American "chocho"... cough, cough...
Monday, May 26, 2014
Sunday, May 25, 2014
DC Judge rules in favor of DC gallery
From DC's Charles Krause Reporting:
After two years of threats, refusing to meet with me or even tell me the nature of the complaints they had received, the Solo Piazza Condominium Board where I live filed suit on March 16 to shut down the gallery I opened in December 2011.Read the review of their current exhibit by Mark Jenkins in the WaPo here.
The issue before the Court was whether an art gallery was an "accessory office use" permitted by the condominium's by-laws, which I was bound by when I purchased my apartment seven years ago. In letters to my attorney, Benny Kass, and to me before the suit was filed, the board changed its story a number of times about why it was so opposed to allowing me to operate the gallery---especially after it learned that I had obtained a permit from the DC government giving me the right to do so.
Nonetheless, the board clearly expected to win the suit, allocating only $500 for legal fees in the building's 2014 budget (because the bylaws say that if the board has to go to court to enforce the bylaws and wins, the co-owner who loses has to pay both his own legal fees and the condominium's legal fees as well).
Pushing its luck even further, the board filed a motion for summary judgment shortly after it filed its complaint, arguing that since an art gallery is obviously not an "office," the judge should execute summarily; obviously, they were thinking the judge would make short work of my gallery, not their credibility.
As it turned out, however, the only thing that was obvious about the board's complaint and its motion for summary judgment was that neither they nor their attorney had bothered to do the most basic legal research to determine how the word "office" is defined.
What my attorneys at Kass, Mitek & Kass discovered, much to their surprise and very much to their credit, was that the word "office" had never been litigated before-- in which case the DC courts rely on Webster's Unabridged Dictionary to define legally undefined words for them.
And sure enough, Webster's defines "office" as "a place where a particular kind of business or service for others is transacted."
So, dear friends and art aficionados, the judge denied the board's motion for a summary judgment and, instead, ruled in my favor. It's official: my home is now an office and my office is now a place where I can show and sell art that might not otherwise have a home if DC Superior Judge Michael O'Keefe hadn't found that the condo board where I have my home, my gallery and my office hasn't a clue what the bylaws mean nor the wit to look in a dictionary before they file a mean-spirited and expensive lawsuit contending that an art gallery isn't an office and therefore isn't a permitted "accessory office use" of my home office which, by the way, is located in a section of Washington that's an officially designated arts zone.
Is this the end? Probably not. But it's a good beginning.
Saturday, May 24, 2014
Friday, May 23, 2014
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Opportunity for Artomatic 2012 Artists
Artists
who participated in Artomatic 2012 are invited to exhibit in Artomatic
Takes Flight opening July 25 in The Gallery Walk at Ronald Reagan
Washington National Airport.
They'll send an email soon with details about the call for entries, online artist registration at noon on May 31, art drop off on the evening of July 18 and the morning of July 21 at the airport, and the reception on July 25.
They'll send an email soon with details about the call for entries, online artist registration at noon on May 31, art drop off on the evening of July 18 and the morning of July 21 at the airport, and the reception on July 25.
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
2015 Maryland Individual Artist Awards
The
2015 Maryland Individual Artist Award guidelines and application are
now available. Applicants must be full-time Maryland residents. The
funding categories for 2015 include:
- Non-Classical Music: Composition
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Non-Classical Music: Solo Performance
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Playwriting
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Visual Arts: Crafts
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Visual Arts: Photography
All applications must be submitted online. Applicants can click here to access the guidelines and application. The deadline for 2015 applications is 4:30 PM on Thursday, July 24, 2014.
The
Maryland State Arts Council and Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation will offer
three webinars for prospective Individual Artist Award applicants that
will:
- Address applicant eligibility, discipline categories, and work sample formats;
- Provide instructions on how to complete the online application; and
- Provide information on the submission of digital images for visual artists
Advance registration is required.
To register, please follow the link listed next to your desired webinar date.
WEBINAR 1: June 19, 2014
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
WEBINAR 2: June 21, 2014
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
WEBINAR 3: June 25, 2014
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
An instructional video to assist
artists with the application process and work sample preparation guide
is also available online here.
Questions about Fellowships or webinar registration?
Please contact Kimberly Steinle-Super at kimberly@midatlanticarts.org
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
(e)merge art fair deadline approaching!
ARTIST APPLICATIONS ONLINE
The fourth edition of the (e)merge art fair will take place October 2-5, 2014, in Washington, DC, at the Rubell Family’s Capitol Skyline Hotel.
The DC region is home to one of the nation’s wealthiest, youngest, most highly educated populations. (e)merge provides inside access to a rapidly expanding cultural market with immense economic power.
EXHIBITOR PROSPECTUS (CLICK HERE)
ONLINE APPLICATIONS ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED
GALLERY PLATFORM APPLICATION (CLICK HERE)
The Gallery Platform application deadline is May 30 and notifications will be sent out in June.
Additional information on the EXHIBITOR SERVICES page: CLICK HERE
For additional questions/information: info@emergeartfair.com
Monday, May 19, 2014
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Don't sign your next contract without reading this...
Contracts are everywhere. Whether you are a struggling artist, world renowned photographer or a gallery owner, you will be inundated with contracts from art dealers, agents, exhibitors, publishers, ad agencies, museums as well as non-art industry members like landlords and contractors. If contracts are supposed to make sure that both parties fulfill their obligations, then why are there so many …
Saturday, May 17, 2014
Send off Luncheon
The Prince George's African American Museum & Cultural Center at North Brentwood in conjunction with the Museums Connect Program, will host a Luncheon on June 7 from 11:30am to 2pm at the College Park Marriott and Conference Center.
The Luncheon is to honor the teen emissaries from the Museum's Culture Keepers program at the Suitland School for the Visual and Performing Arts who journeyed to Sao Paulo Brazil as part of the Department of State's Museums Connect program. They will share their trip, the experiences they had and the historical research and art projects they produced with their counterparts in the Afro Museo in Sao Paulo.
Guests will also enjoy the live Steel Drum music played by young students from Pan Jamboree and the wares of talented Arts District vendors for sale.
Luncheon Tickets will be available on line beginning Monday April 28th on the Museum website at PGAAMCC.ORG.
Luncheon Tickets are $45.00 - They encourage Table sponsors of $450 for groups of 10. Because so many wish to support the wonderful work of these highly talented students, and they can only accommodate 220 guests, they encourage early ticket purchase.
Local artists are invited to display art work for sale during the luncheon. The cost per table for art displays are $100.
For more information contact: Ms. Tracey Jones, Director of Media and Public Programs at ttjones@pgaamcc.org
The Luncheon is to honor the teen emissaries from the Museum's Culture Keepers program at the Suitland School for the Visual and Performing Arts who journeyed to Sao Paulo Brazil as part of the Department of State's Museums Connect program. They will share their trip, the experiences they had and the historical research and art projects they produced with their counterparts in the Afro Museo in Sao Paulo.
Guests will also enjoy the live Steel Drum music played by young students from Pan Jamboree and the wares of talented Arts District vendors for sale.
Luncheon Tickets will be available on line beginning Monday April 28th on the Museum website at PGAAMCC.ORG.
Luncheon Tickets are $45.00 - They encourage Table sponsors of $450 for groups of 10. Because so many wish to support the wonderful work of these highly talented students, and they can only accommodate 220 guests, they encourage early ticket purchase.
Local artists are invited to display art work for sale during the luncheon. The cost per table for art displays are $100.
For more information contact: Ms. Tracey Jones, Director of Media and Public Programs at ttjones@pgaamcc.org
Friday, May 16, 2014
ART FAIRS: AN IRRESISTIBLE FORCE IN THE ART WORLD?
Want to go to a panel discussion and reception held by the Fine Arts Committee of the New York State Bar Association Entertainment Arts & Sports Law Section?
Tuesday May, 27th from 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Followed by a Wine and Cheese Reception
Are brick and mortar art galleries the loss leaders in an art world, potentially spiraling beyond viable limits?
More than ninety art fairs now define the rhythm of globalized art
business. This development has profoundly altered the relationships
amongst artists, gallerists, and collectors.
The panel will explore and critique the impacts and challenges – legal, ethical and business – of the rise of art fairs. This is part of an initiative to create dialogue amongst lawyers, artists and emerging and established art professionals working in the primary or secondary markets.
The panel will explore and critique the impacts and challenges – legal, ethical and business – of the rise of art fairs. This is part of an initiative to create dialogue amongst lawyers, artists and emerging and established art professionals working in the primary or secondary markets.
Cost for the event is $15 including reception.
Registration is here.
Registration is here.
Panelists:
Attorney Richard M. Lehun of Stropheus Art Law will examine the plethora of ethical and business issues that art fair participants confront.
Attorney Nicholas M. O'Donnell, a litigation partner at Sullivan & Worcester LLP, will present on the legal issues that art fairs carry with them.
Gallerist Edward Winkleman will offer an overview of the research he is conducting on art fairs in preparation for his upcoming book "Selling Contemporary Art: How to Navigate the Evolving Market" (Allworth Press).
The panel will be moderated by attorney, educator, mediator, and arbitrator Judith B. Prowda, Faculty at Sotheby’s Institute of Art and author of Visual Arts and the Law: A Handbook for Professionals (Lund Humphries 2013).
Heard on Univision
Every once in a while there's a commercial in Univision, where the voice over (in Spanish of course) has a "fake" accent - that is, the voice over is in Spanish as it would be spoken by a stereotypical American person who has learned Spanish.
But it is not a "real" accent, but a fake accent.
It's rather odd.
But it is not a "real" accent, but a fake accent.
It's rather odd.
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Help Fund Elise's Wedding
So... I've romanced the stone and pulled the first litho proof of this
new set of 10 signed and numbered Frida Kahlo portraits. It is matted in
a white, pH-balanced acid free museum mat and then framed under glass
in an austere black wood frame to a 16x12 inches size.
Want it?
Then help fund my daughter Elise Campello's wedding and send her an offer via email and the highest offer by May 25th gets it! As the first proof, this piece is thus unique.
Email her here.
Want it?
Then help fund my daughter Elise Campello's wedding and send her an offer via email and the highest offer by May 25th gets it! As the first proof, this piece is thus unique.
Email her here.
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Nazi Art Hoarder Dies: So Who Gets the Art?
Cornelius Gurlitt, the infamous son of a Nazi art dealer, died on Tuesday at the age of 81. Gurlitt shocked the world when German police found 1,280 works from venerated artists like Picasso, Chagall and Matisse, in his Munich apartment, many of which were believed to be stolen Holocaust-era Nazi loot. The German government had been holding the works, researching their provenance in an attempt to return them to their rightful owners but Gurlitt been fighting to have these works returned to his possession. Unless proven otherwise, the works remain Gurlitt’s property. With very little progress made in discovering the provenance of these works, legal pressures had been building to return the works to Gurlitt.Read the fascinating article here.
Monday, May 12, 2014
My suggestions for the new US Women's History Museum
This may be a surprise to some, but I
don’t think that having a new US History Women’s Museum is a good idea.
Nothing against women; if you read this
blog consistently, then you know that I am generally against any and all museums that
segregate people by race (there are several race-centric museums in the US),
ethnicity (such as the planned National Museum of the American Latino in DC),
gender (such as the National Museum of Women in the Arts in DC), or any other
label, instead of leading efforts to incorporate those same people into the
major museums.
And yes, I do get the point that many of
those “other major museums” are essentially mostly focused on mostly men from or of
European ancestry.
My original opening argument and
position usually falls on deaf ears, and DC’s only Frida Kahlo painting remains in the NMWA instead of the National Gallery of Art, where it belongs.
Nonetheless, it is my position and I’ve
become used to people reacting to it by attacking me, rather than my ideas.
That is, unfortunately, collateral spillage from the toxic political dialogue
between the vast right wing conspiracy and the even vaster left wing nuthouse:
If you disagree with someone’s political ideas/position, then you attack the
person, rather than debate the ideas/position.
The new US History Women’s Museum will
be built, regardless of what I think, and as such, here are some early
suggestions, cough, cough…
First and foremost, mostly progressive,
liberal women are allowed to be honored and included in the museum, regardless
of any “firsts” or historical contributions that any overtly Republican or
Conservative woman has ever made to American history. We’re not sure of Betsy
Ross’ political leanings or most of those Revolutionary War women, so they’re
OK, as long as the DAR is not too enthused about any particular one of them.
Contemporary women are another issue and
the one where all the headlines will be made.
As such, in spite of the remarks that she made about Barack Obama, Geraldine Ferraro must be
included and honored as the first woman VP candidate from a major party; but
Crom save the poor curator who suggests even mentioning Sarah Palin! Second
doesn’t count anyway... right?
However, because of Ms. Ferraro's Obamistic remarks, the whole female VP part of US women's history may have to be skipped all together... cough, cough...
Representative Jeannette Rankin of Montana was the first woman to serve in
Congress, and she’ll probably need to be included, even though she was a
Republican. But since that was in 1917, those were the “good” Republicans back
then, so she’ll be OK.
All the other such
female political “firsts” will of course need to be there – after all they led
the way: Hattie Wyatt Caraway (first elected
female Senator), Nellie Tayloe Ross (first female elected governor
of a state), Esther Morris (first female
judge in the US)… and so on.
Mrs. Clinton hasn’t accomplished any firsts… yet…
and may have to wait and see if she gets elected in the next elections to
deserve inclusion in the museum… unless Senator Elizabeth Warren decides to run also and somehow beats Mrs. Clinton and then wins the Presidential election and will
thus become not only the first female President, but also the first Native
American President… cough, cough…
The museum will then, in order to be progressive,
have to include also female firsts according to race and ethnicity.
She was also my Congresswoman when I lived in Brooklyn and my
Congressional sponsor for the US Naval Academy. She nominated me in 1977 (and I
was accepted and offered an appointment!) for the class of 1981 – I declined
the appointment and instead went on to the University of Washington. When Chisholm
found out, she called me and yelled at me for half an hour on the phone and damned near changed my mind. She is
one of my personal heroes! If Shirley is not highlighted in this museum, I will
be pissed!
The first Latina elected to Congress will be
hugely problematic to include, as she is the fiery, brilliant (and very right
wing) Republican Ileana Ros-Lehtinen; a fellow peeps Cuban-American and another
personal hero of mine. I suspect that she will barely get a mention. Five gets
you ten that California’s very cute Loretta Sanchez gets more attention (even
though California’s Lucille Roybal was elected first, and no, I am not
objectifying congresswomen…).
Susana Martinez, also a Republican, will be also an
issue… she’s the first Latina elected to be a governor of a US state… What’s
with these Republicans electing all these minority women first? That's no way to win a war... Cough, cough...
And what will the museum do about Condoleezza Rice? After all, according to Rutgers University Professor Francois Cornilliat (who is apparently not a fan of
free speech), she’s “not a role model”, and 50 or so opinionated Rutgers students think that she is a “war criminal” … Sorry
Condie… cough, cough.
Sally Ride, the first American
woman in space should be there… is that the best astronaut name ever?
Mae Jamison, first African
American woman in space and Ellen Ochoa, first Latina in space, will also be
there… other possibilities are first Jewish woman in space, first
Asian-American, etc.
Nanny Pelosi, as the first
female Speaker of the House is a shoo-in and rightly deserves to be there, will
be there, and it better be a damned good spot!
Although all the high schools
and streets are named after Cesar Chavez, once you do a little research, one
realizes that Dolores Huerta actually carried a lot of the load, did a lot of
the organizing and seldom got the credit that Chavez did; reserve a spot for
Huerta.
Military US women who paved the
way for today’s sailors, soldiers and airwomen should also be honored and a
special scientific spot as well should be reserved for Admiral Grace Hopper.
And they better have a friggin’
good spot for the incredible Civil War exploits of Loreta Janeta Velazquez, the Cuban woman otherwise known as Lieutenant Harry T. Buford during the war. Think of how many angles the museum can cover with that selection!
Will female entertainers be part
of the museum? That will be entertaining to see…
I'm pretty sure that today's Hollywood does not allow any Conservative woman to become a leading star, so we should be pretty safe from debate with anyone from the 60s onward.
If entertainers are included, don’t
forget Rita Hayworth (born Margarita
Carmen Cansino in Brooklyn) as she can
cover the Hispanic angle as her father was from Spain, but not the Latina
angle, as her father was… ahem, from Spain, and as some people know, Spain is
actually in Europe and not Latin America… cough, cough.
Female athletes will be easy:
Sports Illustrated has already assembled a list of the top 100 female athletes ever – just pick the Americans out of the list.
If only everything was that
easy!
Good luck to the US History
Women’s Museum; I know that your intentions are good, but you should have
fought better to have American women contributions to American history better
represented in the American History Museum, rather than segregating women in their own museum.
Sunday, May 11, 2014
Saturday, May 10, 2014
Bethesda Fine Arts Festival this weekend
It is this weekend around the Woodmont triangle in Bethesda... All free and plenty of parking.
Details at www.bethesda.org
Friday, May 09, 2014
Thursday, May 08, 2014
Portnoy's Complaint, The Constitution and Fallen Angel
Below you will find three new works.
"Fallen Angel" (From the Genesis Series). Charcoal and Conte on Paper. 2014. 27.5 x 11.5 inches. Matted and framed under glass in a black, minimalist wood frame to 28x12 inches.
"Portnoy's Complaint" (From the Written on the Body Series). Charcoal and Conte on Paper. 2014. 11x13 inches. Matted and framed under glass in a white, minimalist wood frame to 16x20 inches.
"The Last Copy of The Constitution" (This is version II -- also from the Written on the Body Series). Charcoal and Conte on Paper. 2014. 22x17 inches. Matted and framed under glass in a black, minimalist wood frame to 38x34 inches.
These are all available via the galleries which represent my work.
"Fallen Angel" (From the Genesis Series). Charcoal and Conte on Paper. 2014. 27.5 x 11.5 inches. Matted and framed under glass in a black, minimalist wood frame to 28x12 inches.
"Portnoy's Complaint" (From the Written on the Body Series). Charcoal and Conte on Paper. 2014. 11x13 inches. Matted and framed under glass in a white, minimalist wood frame to 16x20 inches.
"The Last Copy of The Constitution" (This is version II -- also from the Written on the Body Series). Charcoal and Conte on Paper. 2014. 22x17 inches. Matted and framed under glass in a black, minimalist wood frame to 38x34 inches.
These are all available via the galleries which represent my work.
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| "Fallen Angel" (From the Genesis Series). Charcoal and Conte on Paper. 2014. 27.5 x 11.5 inches. Matted and framed under glass in a black, minimalist wood frame to 28x12 inches. |
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| "Fallen Angel" (Detail) |
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| "Portnoy's Complaint" (From the Written on the Body Series) by F. Lennox Campello. Charcoal and Conte on Paper. 2014. 11x13 inches. Matted and framed to 16x20 inches |
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| "Portnoy's Complaint" (From the Written on the Body Series).Detail. |
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| "The Last Copy of The Constitution" (also from the Written on the Body Series). Charcoal and Conte on Paper. 2014. 22x17 inches. Matted and framed under glass in a black, minimalist wood frame to 38x34 inches. |
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| "The Last Copy of The Constitution" (detail) |
Wednesday, May 07, 2014
An Open Letter from East City Arts
For the past four years, we have covered the visual arts in NE and SE DC as well as the Gateway Arts District. The ECA staff met on several occasions to discuss how we could best expand our coverage. As a result we have decided to include the following areas:
Starting this week, you will see articles and posts related to these areas. In the Fall 2014 Quarterly, listings for Mid-City will be included in print.
- Northern Prince George's County, MD
- The "Mid-City" area of DC or as we like to call it "the East City of NW"
We will continue to diligently serve our original coverage area and we will add a couple of new writers to ensure our content keeps pace with the expansion.
In the future look for the following:We greatly value your readership and your opinion here at East City Art. As we undertake this expansion please send us you feedback and comments on how we can serve you better or please attend one of our meetings in early June to discuss in person.
- An updated website (mid-2014) with posts organized by category (openings, classes, interviews, etc...)
- Increased ECA Quarterly circulation
- Notices of June meetings for public participation and feedback
- The announcement of the creation of an East City Art nonprofit dedicated to expanding the reach of our region's visual arts movement via exhibiting opportunities and documentation through a small press
With warmest regards,
Phil Hutinet
Founding Publisher
Tuesday, May 06, 2014
Art Scam Alert!
This walking cockroach is trying to scam artists - Beware!
From: Lindsey Supply Co. (contact@connectagri.com)
Sent: Mon 5/05/14 11:37 AM
To: lennycampello@hotmail.com
Good day,
I want to place an order in your store/Gallery/Company and i will like to
know if you ship to Singapore and my payment will be remitted via Credit
Card Issued in United States.
please let me know if you can assist me with the order,and please do not
forget to include your website in your reply.Your quick response will be
highly appreciated,I will be very glad if you treat this email with good
concern.
Regards,
Lindsey Supply Co.
Shun Li Industrial Complex,
603 Sims Drive, #03-10,
Singapore 387384
Monday, May 05, 2014
Stephen King Redux
A while back I took this pic while watching an episode of Revolution, the most excellent TV show about an apocalyptic world sans electricity... In this scene, the Aaron Pittman character, who looks like a lot like the world's best selling writer, the amazing Stephen King, stands next to a poster of the great American storyteller.
In this scene, Pittman is hiding in some abandoned school, and the writers of the series pay an homage to King, as in the background we see him next to Papa Hemingway.
If you've ever seen and met the bearded King of the 90s, as I did, then you'd get the irony and smart scene-making of this clever scene, where SK and an SK-look alike are juxtaposed for a brief moment.
Art Bank 2014 Call for Artists
The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities is once again calling for DC artists and DMV area artists to submit works for consideration to be acquired for the permanent collection of the city.
There is no fee to enter and the entire process is done online and it is super easy. Ahead of time you will need to have a current CV, and Artist's Statement, 10 images of the artwork and and Image Listing.
The deadline is May 23 and you can submit your materials online at http//:dcarts.slideroom.com
Do it now - not at 11:45pm on May 23rd!
