Friday, July 29, 2022

Alberto Gaitán

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I am sad to pass that my good friend Alberto Gaitán has moved on... here he is with Victoria F. Gaitán at the book party for my 2011 book ho...

When Che Guevara almost got me whooped!

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Read this cool 2011 piece by Maura Judkis on how an irate Cuban once threatened to kick my butt in Miami during Art Basel week - by the way,...

Teresa Jade Jarzynski at Artists & Makers Studios

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Artists & Makers Studios welcomes Teresa Jarzynski back for her solo “Strange & Beautiful” with Resident Artist exhibit “Real or Im...
Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Printmakers

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 Printmakers -- true hardcore printmakers, not the kind that takes their drawing or watercolor to a digital wizard and says "Hey buddy,...

A 20 year old idea which is still hot!

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Twenty years ago I proposed the below idea to kindle our Greater region's visual art scene -- the Universities have (so far) all ignored...
Tuesday, July 26, 2022

A guerrilla technique for saving money on framing costs

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First and foremost: Prepare! Do not leave your framing to the very last minute. Having said that, I know that most of you will leave the fra...
Monday, July 25, 2022

The Paint the Town Labor Day Show

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I will be the judge for this year’s   "Paint the Town" Labor Day Show sponsored by the Montgomery Art Association The Paint the T...
Sunday, July 24, 2022

Montgomery Art Association’s annual Paint the Town Labor Day Show

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I am honored to serve as 2022 judge of one of the region’s largest and longest-running art shows over Labor Day Weekend: the Montgomery Art ...
Saturday, July 23, 2022

The Coronavirulization of the art world

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Covidian? …Covidism? …Covidnineteenism?…Coronaism? A couple of months ago I wrote about some help lines for artists as the Coronavirulizatio...
Friday, July 22, 2022

What shows up on Ebay

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  Skies above the Montrose Links, Scotland 1990 Watercolor on paper by F. Lennox Campello This 1990 watercolor - done while I lived in Scotl...
Thursday, July 21, 2022

When you get grease on paper

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Master iguana-eaters perfect their eating craft while carrying one of those giant buckets of popcorn (at the movies) in one hand, and a gian...
Wednesday, July 20, 2022

My picks for the current Art League show

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An easy way to spend most of a summer rainy afternoon (and there are plenty of hem coming!) is a visit to the Torpedo Factory, host to many ...
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Tuesday, July 19, 2022

I keep giving this advice out...

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This month this column is just going to re-address some thoughts about our DMV area non-profits – an idea which I’ve been venting on about f...
Monday, July 18, 2022

Death on Tik Tok

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The arrival of Death will be on Tik Tok 2022 watercolor by Florencio Lennox Campello  
Sunday, July 17, 2022

Arlington Art Center to become a museum

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The Arlington Arts Center will reopen on 1 October as the Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington ! Cool or what?
Saturday, July 16, 2022

Lucky find

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A few years ago I told you how I sneak artwork in Thrift shops... perfect way to dispose of frames which have seen better days. etc. Anyway...
Friday, July 15, 2022

On the subject of photographers

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You can put money on this: a thousand years from now, there will still be photographers who still use the techniques of that profession that...
Wednesday, July 13, 2022

37TH Annual Mayor's Arts Awards

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The 37TH Annual DC Mayor's Arts Awards will take place in September 2022!  Please visit www.dcmayorsartsawards.com for more information...

Me bitchin' to the WaPo in 1995

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A general rule of any code of ethics is that if something feels funny or unethical, then it probably is. Add a corollary -- if an action, wh...
Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Artist Panel: Home-Land: Exploring the American Myth

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Curators Michael Quituisaca and Alexandra Schuman, together with the artists of the exhibition "Home-Land Exploring the American Myth&q...