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| Self Portrait as Spider-Man 2013 Andrew Wodzianski 26 x 24 inches. Oil on canvas Will be exhibited at The Affordable Art Fair New York 2013 next month |
Monday, March 18, 2013
Self Portrait as Spiderman
Sunday, March 17, 2013
(e)merge art fair now accepting applications
(e)merge art fair NOW ACCEPTING GALLERY, ARTIST APPLICATIONS ONLINE
The third edition of the (e)merge art fair will take place October 3 – 6, 2013, in Washington, DC, at the Rubell Family’s Capitol Skyline Hotel.
Last year, 80 exhibitors presented rising talent from the Americas and Europe at (e)merge. More than 5,500 art supporters engaged with painting, sculpture, digital media, performance and installation works by 152 artists from 24 countries in both our gallery and our artist platforms.
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 31 and notifications will be sent out in June.
• Exhibitors may present 1-3 artists in each room
• Art being presented may include works in all media: installation, painting, photography, new media, performance, sculpture, works on paper, and video
• Artists presented should not have had a solo exhibition in a major museum or Kunsthalle.
ARTIST PLATFORM APPLICATION (CLICK HERE)
The Artist Platform application deadline is May 18 and notification will be sent out in June.
(e)merge is the only art fair that gives free exhibition space to artists without gallery representation. If you are an artist who is currently unrepresented by a gallery and has not yet had a solo exhibition in a major museum or Kunsthalle, (e)merge is your forum for discovery.
Artists whose proposals are accepted by the selection committee will be provided with exhibition space at the Fair free of charge.
To be eligible for artist exhibition space artist applicants must:
• Be currently without gallery representation
• May have had solo gallery shows, but may not have had a solo exhibition in a major museum or Kunsthalle.
• Whereas work in all media will be carefully considered, projects involving experimental works in non-traditional formats are especially encouraged. Such work may include installation, conceptual art, performance, new media, or the inventive use of materials to express challenging concepts.
Additional information on the EXHIBITOR SERVICES page: CLICK HERE
For additional questions/information: info@emergeartfair.com
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Opportunity for Artists
Deadline: May 1, 2013
The Artraker Fund celebrates and awards artwork which makes a direct positive change in countries that have experienced social upheaval and violent conflict. The Fund was created in 2012 by International Conflict and Security (INCAS) Consulting Ltd.
An international panel of judges from both the art and peace-building disciplines assesses submissions for the Artraker Award. They look for experimentation and engagement, audacity, change and capacity to inspire.
The final prize of GBP2,500 is awarded to the winning submission in London each year on 21 September (International Peace Day).
A further ten short listed projects / artists will be invited to join the Artrakers network. These projects / artists are promoted to peace-builders, curators and other art world professionals. They are featured on the Artrakers section of the Fund's website and in other Fund outreach publications.
The Artraker Fund Advisory Committee is a mix of members from both the art and conflict world: Susanne Bosch, Dr. Bernadette Buckley, Beatrice Catanzaro, Sandrine Crisostomo, Htein Lin, Olufemi Terry and Jason Waite.
The Fund welcomes submissions from artists of all nationalities and at any stage of their careers. See artraker.org for more information and application guidelines.
The Artraker Fund celebrates and awards artwork which makes a direct positive change in countries that have experienced social upheaval and violent conflict. The Fund was created in 2012 by International Conflict and Security (INCAS) Consulting Ltd.
An international panel of judges from both the art and peace-building disciplines assesses submissions for the Artraker Award. They look for experimentation and engagement, audacity, change and capacity to inspire.
The final prize of GBP2,500 is awarded to the winning submission in London each year on 21 September (International Peace Day).
A further ten short listed projects / artists will be invited to join the Artrakers network. These projects / artists are promoted to peace-builders, curators and other art world professionals. They are featured on the Artrakers section of the Fund's website and in other Fund outreach publications.
The Artraker Fund Advisory Committee is a mix of members from both the art and conflict world: Susanne Bosch, Dr. Bernadette Buckley, Beatrice Catanzaro, Sandrine Crisostomo, Htein Lin, Olufemi Terry and Jason Waite.
The Fund welcomes submissions from artists of all nationalities and at any stage of their careers. See artraker.org for more information and application guidelines.
Friday, March 15, 2013
Capital Art Fair next month
The 2013 Capital Art Fair will take place in Arlington, VA, at the Holiday Inn-Rosslyn Westpark Hotel during the first weekend of April.
Saturday, April 6, 2013: 10 am – 6 pm
Sunday, April 7, 2013: 11 am – 5 pm
The Holiday Inn-Rosslyn Westpark Hotel is located at 1900 North Fort Meyer Drive, Alexandria, VA 22209. It is just over the Key Bridge from Georgetown and only one block away from the Rosslyn Metro stop on the Orange and Blue lines.
More information, including directions and a list of participating dealers, can be found at the Capital Art Fair website: http://www.capitalartprintfair.com/.
A successor to the Washington International Print Fair and the Washington Print Fair, the Capital Art Fair is now in its fourth year of bringing collectible and desirable art to the Washington, DC, area. This year, the fair boasts over 20 distinguished art dealers from across the United States and Canada.Tickets to the 2013 Capital Art Fair can be bought at the fair for $10. The fair hours are as listed below:
Visitors to the fair will find thousands of works on paper from great master prints to cutting edge, contemporary pieces. The original prints, paintings, drawings, and photographs span over 500 years of creative expression, offering an impressive and expansive selection to DC art collectors.
The Capital Art Fair presents an invaluable opportunity, both in access and convenience, to the seasoned art collector, as well as those looking to break into the market. It is the only art fair in the Washington, DC, area where an extraordinary range of fine art will be available for collectors, museums, and the curious to purchase. It also gives a chance for the vibrant DC art community to interact and talk with exhibitors and dealers who are highly respected in the field, many of whom are well known to the curators of DC museums and established members of the International Fine Print Dealers Association.
Saturday, April 6, 2013: 10 am – 6 pm
Sunday, April 7, 2013: 11 am – 5 pm
The Holiday Inn-Rosslyn Westpark Hotel is located at 1900 North Fort Meyer Drive, Alexandria, VA 22209. It is just over the Key Bridge from Georgetown and only one block away from the Rosslyn Metro stop on the Orange and Blue lines.
More information, including directions and a list of participating dealers, can be found at the Capital Art Fair website: http://www.capitalartprintfair.com/.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
The place to be on Saturday!
I can tell that this is gonna be big!
Art Underground will celebrate its launch on Saturday, March 16 with an open house and free mega paint-off hosted by ArtJamz from 6pm – 10pm at 2100 Crystal Drive. This event will be an energetic opportunity for the public to get a taste of the newest arts and cultural destination in the area with tours of brand new artist studios (Studios Underground) the Gallery Underground curated by the Arlington Artists Alliance, music, beverages, and snacks. Stop by and you can also catch Synetic’s latest installment of its famous silent Shakespeare series, The Tempest, at 8 PM (visit www.synetictheater.org for tickets).
The Crystal City Business Improvement District (BID), in partnership with Vornado/Charles E. Smith and the Arlington Artists Alliance (AAA), is transforming five blocks of Crystal City’s interior retail space into a vibrant arts and cultural destination with galleries, studios, interactive exhibits and activities, performance and classroom spaces, and a host of special events. This effort will create a powerful new incubator for the arts that will further activate and support Crystal City businesses and retail by attracting additional exposure, visitation, business and opportunities.
Art Underground is a collection of arts programming that will initially include:
Art Underground will celebrate its launch on Saturday, March 16 with an open house and free mega paint-off hosted by ArtJamz from 6pm – 10pm at 2100 Crystal Drive. This event will be an energetic opportunity for the public to get a taste of the newest arts and cultural destination in the area with tours of brand new artist studios (Studios Underground) the Gallery Underground curated by the Arlington Artists Alliance, music, beverages, and snacks. Stop by and you can also catch Synetic’s latest installment of its famous silent Shakespeare series, The Tempest, at 8 PM (visit www.synetictheater.org for tickets).
The Crystal City Business Improvement District (BID), in partnership with Vornado/Charles E. Smith and the Arlington Artists Alliance (AAA), is transforming five blocks of Crystal City’s interior retail space into a vibrant arts and cultural destination with galleries, studios, interactive exhibits and activities, performance and classroom spaces, and a host of special events. This effort will create a powerful new incubator for the arts that will further activate and support Crystal City businesses and retail by attracting additional exposure, visitation, business and opportunities.
Art Underground is a collection of arts programming that will initially include:
- Studios Underground: an outlet for local artists to create, practice and showcase their talents while providing an engaging cultural experience for area residents, employees, visitors and guests.
- Gallery Underground (formerly the Northern Virginia Art Center): a showcase of original artwork by regional artists with monthly rotating exhibits to excite the imagination, stimulate creativity, and encourage repeat visitation.
- FotoWalk Underground: in partnership with FotoDC, FotoWalk is a yearlong, 1000-foot, 150-image gallery that changes every six months.
- Synetic Theater: the premier American physical theater, fusing dynamic art forms – such as text, drama, movement, acrobatics, dance and music.
- Special Events: Art Underground will host and present ongoing activities and events, including monthly ArtJamz sessions.
Details here.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
The first American Pope!
American in the true meaning of the word (which means "from The Americas") as Argentina's Jorge Mario Bergoglio becomes the first Pope from the New World!Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum; habemus Papam:
Eminentissimum ac Reverendissimum Dominum,
Dominum Georgium Marium
Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae Cardinalem Bergoglio
qui sibi nomen imposuit Franciscum.
This is a win-win situation for the Church... an Italian from Argentina, which is essentially the New World's version of Italy anyway... brilliant! An Italian Pope from the New World!
The son of an Italian immigrant to Argentina, the new Pope seems like a really good guy for both of those who endorse the Church's dogma as well as those who appreciate a socially active Pope.
An a Jesuit! WOW! That even harder to believe than a Pope who wasn't born in Europe! If my memory serves me right, the only other Jesuit ever offered the Papacy declined it.
And the last Spanish speaking Pope was the Borgia Pope... cough, cough...
And by the way... his name is Pope Francis (and not Ignatius as a good Jesuit would have chosen... which is of itself an interesting sign) and NOT Francis The First as nincompoop talking heads on TV keep saying... he's the first Pope named Francis - not the first King named Francis.... otherwise the announcement would have been: qui sibi nomen imposuit Franciscum Primum.
This is what happens when Latin gets dropped from being taught in schools.
My best to the 266th Pope!
Vaya Pana!
Bring your ideas
Artomatic Happy Hour - Focus on Music
On Thursday March 28, 2013 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM join new Board Member Jerry Hergenreder to discuss strategies for the presentation of music within the next Artomatic.
Bring your ideas and suggestions.
Old Dominion Brewhouse
1219 9th Street, NW
Washington, DC, 20001
On Thursday March 28, 2013 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM join new Board Member Jerry Hergenreder to discuss strategies for the presentation of music within the next Artomatic.
Bring your ideas and suggestions.
Old Dominion Brewhouse
1219 9th Street, NW
Washington, DC, 20001
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
International artists residencies in the US and abroad.
On Wednesday March 13, 2013, from 5:00-7.30 PM, join members of the Washington Glass School, Flux Studios and invited guests for a roundtable discussion at the Pepco Edison Place Gallery about international artists residencies in the US and abroad.
702 8th St NW
Washington, DC, DC 20068
35 Years of Zenith
Zenith Gallery is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year - in gallery years that's like 350 years! Join them at the celebration of their anniversary!
Join Us for a Celebration of Our 35th Anniversary
Zenith Gallery at the
Sculpture Space at Eleven Eleven Pennsylvania Avenue
"The Best of All Worlds ... Modern and Traditional Art"
The Sculpture of Paul Martin Wolff and Oil Paintings by Bradley Stevens
MEET THE ARTISTS RECEPTION: Wednesday, March 13, 5:30 - 8:00 PM
SHOW DATES: Now through April 27, 2013
Monday, March 11, 2013
Country & Western Ahmadinejad
Ahmadinejad!
A snowy wet Washington, DC area drive finds a Country & Western marriage between Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Jerry Jeff Walker.
A snowy wet Washington, DC area drive finds a Country & Western marriage between Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Jerry Jeff Walker.
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Saturday, March 09, 2013
Walk around Scope
I came in early today to re-hang the booth, as I had taken everything down last night just in case new leaks sprung. In any event, I then had time to walk around the fair a bit... here are some images:
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| One of my favorite pieces - seen at Parlor Gallery from Ashbury Park, NJ |
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| A rare sighting of glass, from Sophia Collier Gallery, Sausalito, CA |
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| Seen at Aicon Gallery, NYC and London |
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| Seen at Allegra LaViola Gallery, NYC... cough, cough |
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| Seen at La Lanta Gallery, Bangkok |
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| Artomaticky wall from Fred Torres Collaborations, NYC |
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| Seen at Weldon Arts, Brooklyn |
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| What looked like colored felt wrapped around foam core to reproduce Van Gogh's works... just sayin' |
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| Spectacular self-contained video sculpture by Marck, showing at Lich Feld Gallery, Basel |
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| Cliteracy |
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| The usual gorgeous light work at Baltimore's C. Grimaldis Gallery |
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| Self contained video sculptures by Gabriel Barcia-Colombo at Muriel Guepin Gallery, Brooklyn |
Friday, March 08, 2013
Rain, slush, snow and leaks
The snow storm arrived in New York overnight and this city responded beautifully... I walked several blocks from my hotel to the Scope Art Fair and the most dangerous event proved to be the New Yorkers with huge umbrellas and looking down to avoid the fierce cold wind as a slushly snow fell... as a result of the Venturi effect caused by the tall buildings, there were very fierce winds at every corner as well.
When I was a kid in Brooklyn, my high school was in Long Island City in Queens, and I used to spend over an hour in the subway going to High School... I am sure that we had school "snow days" back then. but frankly, I don't remember ever been off from school because of snow.
When I got to Scope I discovered that the the old post office's roof had been leaking above my neighbor's space (Fitzroy Knox from New York) and the two pretty gallerists were bravely securing work as the Scope crew attacked the problem.
And I must give kudos to the Scope crew.
As I stood watching them tarp over the leaks and then build a roof under the leaking area, I was thinking to myself "These union guys are really on the ball here... they might just give some of these New York unions a good name if they are not careful..."
Later I found out that these were not the union guys responding to the barely avoided disaster, but in fact the Scope crew, and they deserve a superbly earned "Well Done!"
The Scope director (Sonja Hofstetter) was on the spot and working the issue, and the tall good looking guy (who looks a little like a young Jim Carey) in charge of the work crew, was so nit picky about making sure that it was a perfect job, that even after the space had been re-roofed, he actually had a guy come over and tape the edges and re-paint the whole thing.
In cases like this, the response of an art fair's crew to unplanned close calls like this is the key to avoiding disaster and these guys had half a dozen people on the job right away and it showed in the manner and professionalism with which they responded and the final solution to the problem.
Later on I found out that the skinny guy directing the response to the leak is in fact the owner of Scope (Alexis Hubshman), which makes this an even cooler response, as there's nothing like a hands-on boss who gets his hands dirty to make things happen.
Check out the picture to the left - these guys essentially re-roofed the leaky area and made it look good.
Great job Scopers!
When I was a kid in Brooklyn, my high school was in Long Island City in Queens, and I used to spend over an hour in the subway going to High School... I am sure that we had school "snow days" back then. but frankly, I don't remember ever been off from school because of snow.
And I must give kudos to the Scope crew.
As I stood watching them tarp over the leaks and then build a roof under the leaking area, I was thinking to myself "These union guys are really on the ball here... they might just give some of these New York unions a good name if they are not careful..."
Later I found out that these were not the union guys responding to the barely avoided disaster, but in fact the Scope crew, and they deserve a superbly earned "Well Done!"
The Scope director (Sonja Hofstetter) was on the spot and working the issue, and the tall good looking guy (who looks a little like a young Jim Carey) in charge of the work crew, was so nit picky about making sure that it was a perfect job, that even after the space had been re-roofed, he actually had a guy come over and tape the edges and re-paint the whole thing.
In cases like this, the response of an art fair's crew to unplanned close calls like this is the key to avoiding disaster and these guys had half a dozen people on the job right away and it showed in the manner and professionalism with which they responded and the final solution to the problem.
Later on I found out that the skinny guy directing the response to the leak is in fact the owner of Scope (Alexis Hubshman), which makes this an even cooler response, as there's nothing like a hands-on boss who gets his hands dirty to make things happen.
Great job Scopers!
Thursday, March 07, 2013
Seen in a hoity toity art fair in New York...
You know how art critics are always slamming Artomatic for this and for that?
Just sayin'
Only a few days left before deadline!
One thing that nearly every artist on the planet
(including myself) shares is rejection letters/emails from galleries,
juried competitions, curators and your aunt Elvira... in fact,
since I have been a juror, gallerist and curator for a ton of art shows,
I hate to say that I've written a fuckload of rejection letters myself.
And now Worn Magazine wants them! Read the below note from them:
And now Worn Magazine wants them! Read the below note from them:
Dear Readers,
I'm excited to announce that the Spring/Summer issue of Worn Magazine is well under way and will be released at the end of April. The theme of this upcoming issue is "Dreams." One way to interpret this theme is to consider the personal journey we're all on to accomplish our dreams.
One important part of this journey is enduring rejection and then going on to kick butt anyway. Because I want all aspects of dreaming to be represented in this issue (not just the typical ones) I'd like you brave souls to send us your rejection letters so that we can print them in the upcoming issue or on our website. In addition to your letter, please include a short paragraph that explains how you've gone on to kick butt since that once unfortunate correspondence.
This is your opportunity to stick it to the man! [My note: highly sexist... artists get rejection letters/emails from all sexual varieties... not just the man... that's me trying to be semantically hip as a Virgo... I know what they mean]
Personally, I have two rejection letters I'd be willing to share, one from the FBI and another from the L.A. Times.
Please address your letters as follows:
Subject- Rejection Is the Best Protection
Send to: info@wornmagazine.com
Please include a scanned copy of your letter OR forward us the initial rejection email.
Deadline to submit letters is Monday, March 11.
Be brave!
Nicole Aguirre, Editor-in-Chief
Wednesday, March 06, 2013
Art Underground is coming to Crystal City!
I can tell that this is gonna be big!
Art Underground will celebrate its launch on Saturday, March 16 with an open house and free mega paint-off hosted by ArtJamz from 6pm – 10pm at 2100 Crystal Drive. This event will be an energetic opportunity for the public to get a taste of the newest arts and cultural destination in the area with tours of brand new artist studios (Studios Underground) the Gallery Underground curated by the Arlington Artists Alliance, music, beverages, and snacks. Stop by and you can also catch Synetic’s latest installment of its famous silent Shakespeare series, The Tempest, at 8 PM (visit www.synetictheater.org for tickets).
The Crystal City Business Improvement District (BID), in partnership with Vornado/Charles E. Smith and the Arlington Artists Alliance (AAA), is transforming five blocks of Crystal City’s interior retail space into a vibrant arts and cultural destination with galleries, studios, interactive exhibits and activities, performance and classroom spaces, and a host of special events. This effort will create a powerful new incubator for the arts that will further activate and support Crystal City businesses and retail by attracting additional exposure, visitation, business and opportunities.
Art Underground is a collection of arts programming that will initially include:
Art Underground will celebrate its launch on Saturday, March 16 with an open house and free mega paint-off hosted by ArtJamz from 6pm – 10pm at 2100 Crystal Drive. This event will be an energetic opportunity for the public to get a taste of the newest arts and cultural destination in the area with tours of brand new artist studios (Studios Underground) the Gallery Underground curated by the Arlington Artists Alliance, music, beverages, and snacks. Stop by and you can also catch Synetic’s latest installment of its famous silent Shakespeare series, The Tempest, at 8 PM (visit www.synetictheater.org for tickets).
The Crystal City Business Improvement District (BID), in partnership with Vornado/Charles E. Smith and the Arlington Artists Alliance (AAA), is transforming five blocks of Crystal City’s interior retail space into a vibrant arts and cultural destination with galleries, studios, interactive exhibits and activities, performance and classroom spaces, and a host of special events. This effort will create a powerful new incubator for the arts that will further activate and support Crystal City businesses and retail by attracting additional exposure, visitation, business and opportunities.
Art Underground is a collection of arts programming that will initially include:
- Studios Underground: an outlet for local artists to create, practice and showcase their talents while providing an engaging cultural experience for area residents, employees, visitors and guests.
- Gallery Underground (formerly the Northern Virginia Art Center): a showcase of original artwork by regional artists with monthly rotating exhibits to excite the imagination, stimulate creativity, and encourage repeat visitation.
- FotoWalk Underground: in partnership with FotoDC, FotoWalk is a yearlong, 1000-foot, 150-image gallery that changes every six months.
- Synetic Theater: the premier American physical theater, fusing dynamic art forms – such as text, drama, movement, acrobatics, dance and music.
- Special Events: Art Underground will host and present ongoing activities and events, including monthly ArtJamz sessions.
Details here.
Boots...
Seems like every other woman in New York is wearing those tall hooker boots - you know, the kind that Julia Roberts' character wears in Pretty Woman?
I'm pretty sure that I've never seen anyone in the DMV wear boots like these...
Just sayin'
I'm pretty sure that I've never seen anyone in the DMV wear boots like these...
Just sayin'
Scope about to start...
It's all up and running and the fair opens in half an hour for the VIPs and press... just made a quick round of the fair and Contemporary Wing from DC and Grimaldis from Baltimore are looking good. Here are some shots of the booth and also the wall in front of me, where all through the fair I'm gonna be looking at a skinny nude Swiss woman smoking a cigarette - I understand from the staff at Lausanne's Dubner Moderne that she's a banker.
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| View of Alida Anderson Art Projects at SCOPE NY |
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| View of Alida Anderson Art Projects at SCOPE NY |
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| Ivan Simeon "Are you Beautiful" |
One of the great joint projects of painters and bankers—the modern art market—was also an invention of the Gilded Age. What made the art market as we know it possible, starting in the middle of the nineteenth century, was the availability of cash.Banks and the art market.... naaah! Read it here.
Tuesday, March 05, 2013
The Joker is in Gotham again...
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| "Self Portrait as The Joker" Andrew Wodzianski 28 x 20 Oil on Canvas |
Monday, March 04, 2013
Congrats!
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Peck is an artists' artist - by that I mean that Judy (whose work I love and have taken to art fairs many times) is admired by nearly every artist who is familiar with it.... she has exhibited widely around the US and her work has been featured multiple times in art magazines and newspaper reviews.
Among these, most recently in 2012 alone her work has been featured in The Artists’ Magazine, Combustus 13, Poets and Artists, The Birmingham Arts Journal and the book “Bourgeon, Fifty Artists Write About Their Work”, published by Day 8 Publishers.
This hard working and widely
exhibited artist participated in eight exhibitions in 2012 alone, including a
solo show at the Hoyt Institute for the Arts in New Castle, PA and an
invitational show at the Georgia Museum of Art.
And she works in one of the most difficult art niches that exist - nearly always doing portraits. That is one hard science... the subtle ability to not only capture someone's likeness, but also deliver someone's psychological and non kinetic make-up -- that's what makes Peck tick and cross over from a super gifted technical artist into that super rare upper artmosphere of the great portraitists of our time.
She sells well too... and as any art dealer can tell you, selling someone else portrait's is one of the hardest things to do on planet Artdealer... but collectors just fall in love with Peck's ability to "deliver" someone; not just an image of that person.
Peck’s work has also been exhibited
widely in multiple art fairs, including the Aqua Art Fair in Miami Beach, and the Affordable Art Fair in New York and Red Dot in Miami.
Go Judith!
Senator Durbin... why?
For
many years, large national retailers, big business and many hungry state tax collectors have
hoped for new Internet sales tax collection policy. They want Congress
to pass a federal law that would allow tax agents from one state to
enforce their sales tax laws on retailers based in other states, even
when a business is based thousands of miles away. Nearly everyone that I know opposes this
misguided idea that goes against everything that the Internet stands for, and I (like millions of others worldwide) believe that small businesses selling via the Internet should only be subject to the tax laws of the states in which they operate.
The news from Capitol Hill is clear and just like the economy... it's grim.
Internet sales tax supporters are convinced that 2013 is their year, and they are determined to pass a new Internet sales tax bill when our out of control "tax everything" Congress (that refuses to face real financial austerity) tackles "corporate tax reform" in spite of the fact that "corporate" and the millions of small American businesses that operate on the Internet seldom share the same anything.
In December, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), the misguided idiot who smells more and more sources to suck money out of the economy and is the sponsor of Internet sales tax legislation, publicly announced that he had a commitment from the Senate Finance Committee to "take it up early next year and move it to the floor." Why Durbin wants to lead an effort to bleed more and more taxes is something between himself and his big money donors...
Your opinion matters. If you oppose giving state tax collectors new powers to impose and enforce out-of-state sales tax burdens on small businesses that sell via the Internet, now is the time to make your voice heard.
This is not a Republican or Democrat issue - but an issue that deals with the freedom of the worldwide web and the never-ending appetite for some in Congress to try to tax any and everything that moves.
Take the time to email, call or write to your two Senators and your Congress person... feel free to use, edit and adapt the letter below, but DO SOMETHING!
The news from Capitol Hill is clear and just like the economy... it's grim.
Internet sales tax supporters are convinced that 2013 is their year, and they are determined to pass a new Internet sales tax bill when our out of control "tax everything" Congress (that refuses to face real financial austerity) tackles "corporate tax reform" in spite of the fact that "corporate" and the millions of small American businesses that operate on the Internet seldom share the same anything.
In December, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), the misguided idiot who smells more and more sources to suck money out of the economy and is the sponsor of Internet sales tax legislation, publicly announced that he had a commitment from the Senate Finance Committee to "take it up early next year and move it to the floor." Why Durbin wants to lead an effort to bleed more and more taxes is something between himself and his big money donors...
Your opinion matters. If you oppose giving state tax collectors new powers to impose and enforce out-of-state sales tax burdens on small businesses that sell via the Internet, now is the time to make your voice heard.
This is not a Republican or Democrat issue - but an issue that deals with the freedom of the worldwide web and the never-ending appetite for some in Congress to try to tax any and everything that moves.
Take the time to email, call or write to your two Senators and your Congress person... feel free to use, edit and adapt the letter below, but DO SOMETHING!
Dear Member of Congress,
As
your constituent and one of the millions of Americans concerned with this issue, I'm asking you not to impose any new sales tax laws on small
businesses operating on the Internet.
In
the 1992 Quill Decision, the Supreme Court ruled that it was
unconstitutional to allow state tax enforcement authorities to impose
their sales tax laws on small businesses located in other states.
However, an effort backed by giant retailers and a group of state
legislators is trying to push Congress to overturn the Quill Decision
and establish an unfair tax regime that would force small online
businesses to be subject to sales tax laws all across the country,
regardless of where the small business is actually located.
Millions of American small business retailers, would be directly
impacted by any new Internet sales tax system. It would increase the
cost of doing business and shopping on-line, which would hurt sellers
and buyers alike. I believe that small businesses selling via the
Internet should only be subject to the tax laws of the states in which
they operate. Instead of imposing new tax burdens on small businesses, I
would encourage Congress to do EXACTLY the opposite and look at new policies that encourage small
business growth and development on the Internet, which in turn will spur
job growth and increase consumer choice.
As
your constituent, I would ask that you please oppose any efforts to
impose new tax burdens on small businesses operating on the Internet.
Thank you for your support.
Sincerely,
YOUR NAME
YOUR NAME
Sunday, March 03, 2013
Mingering Mike in the museum!
Between 1968 and 1977, Mingering Mike released around 50 albums, each with its own hand-drawn album art, and played sold-out shows around the world. Yet if you haven’t heard of the prolific soul and funk singer, it’s because he was entirely fictional, but the art was real and has just been acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum.Details in Hyperallergic here.
Saturday, March 02, 2013
Next week: SCOPE New York
Next week is Armory week in New York, which means that several art fairs will be going on the Big Apple, all anchored around the Armory fair.
Starting on Wednesday, we will be at the Scope Art Fair, booth J09... from the DMV Contemporary Wing will also be there, so if any of you are heading to visit the art fairs, please make sure to stop by and say hi to me and CW.
We're all hoping that the fiscal Omaggedon doesn't hurt the fair too much... feh!
Starting on Wednesday, we will be at the Scope Art Fair, booth J09... from the DMV Contemporary Wing will also be there, so if any of you are heading to visit the art fairs, please make sure to stop by and say hi to me and CW.
We're all hoping that the fiscal Omaggedon doesn't hurt the fair too much... feh!
DATES and TIMES
- VIP and Press First View, Wednesday, March 6: 3pm – 9pm (By Invitation)
Daily
- Thursday, March 7: 11am - 8pm
- Friday, March 8: 11am - 8pm
- Saturday, March 9: 11am - 8pm
- Sunday, March 10: 11am - 7pm
SCOPE NEW YORK PAVILION
Skylight at Moynihan Station
New York City Main Post Office
312 West 33rd Street
New York, NY 10001
Skylight at Moynihan Station
New York City Main Post Office
312 West 33rd Street
New York, NY 10001
Open the flood gates!
One thing that nearly every artist on the planet (including myself) shares is rejection letters/emails from galleries, juried competitions, curators and your aunt Elvira... in fact, since I have been a juror, gallerist and curator for a ton of art shows, I hate to say that I've written a fuckload of rejection letters myself.
And now Worn Magazine wants them! Read the below note from them:
And now Worn Magazine wants them! Read the below note from them:
Dear Readers,
I'm excited to announce that the Spring/Summer issue of Worn Magazine is well under way and will be released at the end of April. The theme of this upcoming issue is "Dreams." One way to interpret this theme is to consider the personal journey we're all on to accomplish our dreams.
One important part of this journey is enduring rejection and then going on to kick butt anyway. Because I want all aspects of dreaming to be represented in this issue (not just the typical ones) I'd like you brave souls to send us your rejection letters so that we can print them in the upcoming issue or on our website. In addition to your letter, please include a short paragraph that explains how you've gone on to kick butt since that once unfortunate correspondence.
This is your opportunity to stick it to the man! [My note: highly sexist... artists get rejection letters/emails from all sexual varieties... not just the man... that's me trying to be semantically hip as a Virgo... I know what they mean]
Personally, I have two rejection letters I'd be willing to share, one from the FBI and another from the L.A. Times.
Please address your letters as follows:
Subject- Rejection Is the Best Protection
Send to: info@wornmagazine.com
Please include a scanned copy of your letter OR forward us the initial rejection email.
Deadline to submit letters is Monday, March 11.
Be brave!
Nicole Aguirre, Editor-in-Chief
Wanna go to an opening tonight!
AMY LIN
DIFFUSION
March 2 -April 27, 2013
opening reception for the artist,
Saturday, March 2, 5-7pm
Friday, March 01, 2013
Norm Parish
That guy on the left is one of the hardest working, least recognized, key members of the visual arts cultural tapestry of our capital region.
That guy on the left is one of the longest surviving independent fine arts commercial gallery owners in the region and a champion for the DC area visual arts.
That guy is Norm Parish, owner, director and curator of Parish Gallery, established in Georgetown in 1991, which means that in "gallery years", his gallery has not only survived but flourished in a town where art galleries struggle to stay open.
He was my neighbor for many years while I was half of The Fraser Gallery's original location in G'town from 1996 - 2006 and I consider him a friend and my earliest inspiration for trying to do something positive for the DMV art scene.
Tokesplace has a tribute to him here and I applaud that! Check out the video below...
Tonight's key opening is...
If you're not going to this opening tonight, then you're just off the visual arts radar in the DMV.
Here... HERE!
Here... HERE!
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Beer Art Intervention Project
Anna U. Davis is one of the DMV's hardest working artists. By that I mean that Anna shows a lot of work around the DMV and is a key, active member of the visual arts tapestry that makes the DMV one of the hottest (in spite of the apathy of the press and local museums) visual art scenes on the planet.
A little like my own hotel art intervention project, Anna has a very cool art beer intervention project going on... she says:
A little like my own hotel art intervention project, Anna has a very cool art beer intervention project going on... she says:
Every time I buy a 6 pack of mixed beers @ S & S liquors @ Takoma Park Metro Station, I will return the cardboard beer carrier to the store with a drawing on it. If you want it, grab it at the store when you buy a mixed 6 pack! Free, oh well you have to pay for the beer! :)Check them out below... I know that I'm headed there soon to buy some brews - S&S is located at 6925 4th St NW, Washington, DC 20012 and they're gonna start selling a lot of Anna's beer tomorrow and they owe her at least a free six pack once in a while...
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
The Art of Street Portraiture
While traveling in Cuba with National Geographic Expeditions I had the fortunate opportunity to interview a real life ¨fotógrafo minutero¨ that expanded my knowledge on a craft that is used less frequently now a days, but still in Cuba, Argentina and other locations around the world.Read the whole piece (Via) here...
The beauty of these fotógrafos minuteros or street portrait photographers, is it’s authentic nature, and it’s ability to develop photos instantly. The liveliness caught with this type of practice, and equipment is something unlike anything else in the photography world used today. It has a raw, yet intimate style all at the same time.
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
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| The Lilith and Eve (After The Sin) - detail |
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| The Lilith and Eve (After The Sin) Charcoal and Conte on Paper. 4x12 inches Will be at SCOPE New York next month! |
DATES & TIMES
- VIP and Press First View, Wednesday, March 6: 3pm – 9pm (By Invitation)
Daily
- Thursday, March 7: 11am - 8pm
- Friday, March 8: 11am - 8pm
- Saturday, March 9: 11am - 8pm
- Sunday, March 10: 11am - 7pm
SCOPE NEW YORK PAVILION
Skylight at Moynihan Station
New York City Main Post Office
312 West 33rd Street
New York, NY 10001
Skylight at Moynihan Station
New York City Main Post Office
312 West 33rd Street
New York, NY 10001
Monday, February 25, 2013
The Virgin Mary as Superhero
Meet ‘Super Mary’, a pop culture version of her former self, part of a series by French artist, Soasig Chamaillard, who restores and transforms damaged statues, either donated or discovered in garage sales.Details and lots more versions of this artist's work here.
By the way, those of us who have been to Artomatic over the years, know that there is an Artomatic artist whose name escapes me now, that several years ago did this idea first (if I recall correctly in more than one Artomatic) where instead of the Virgin's statue, he used statues of The Christ, which he then transformed into a whole array of new versions of Jesus that a few centuries ago would have merited frying at the stake.
If anyone recalls that artist's name, please leave it in the comments!
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Spiderman Naked
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| Spiderman Naked Charcoal and conte on paper 14 x 8 inches. 2013 Will be part of the "Superheroes" exhibition at SCOPE NY next month. Booth J09. |
DATES & TIMES
- VIP and Press First View, Wednesday, March 6: 3pm – 9pm (By Invitation)
Daily
- Thursday, March 7: 11am - 8pm
- Friday, March 8: 11am - 8pm
- Saturday, March 9: 11am - 8pm
- Sunday, March 10: 11am - 7pm
SCOPE NEW YORK PAVILION
Skylight at Moynihan Station
New York City Main Post Office
312 West 33rd Street
New York, NY 10001
Skylight at Moynihan Station
New York City Main Post Office
312 West 33rd Street
New York, NY 10001
Portlandia mocks postmodernism
Labeling everyday objects as postmodern "art" is dangerous, as the creators of Portlandia demonstrated last week.
Check it out here.
Saturday, February 23, 2013
Rousseau reviews
Dr. Claudia Rousseau has a couple of really good reviews in The Gazette (which is owned by the Washington Post) here.
The Wapo, since they own The Gazette, often reprint Gazette articles in the WaPo, but have never re-used an art review, which I find odd, considering that Dr. Rousseau, an award winning writer, is one of the most talented art writers around and already in their employ.
It's a good thing that Mark Jenkins is doing a GREAT job at the WaPo since he took over the freelance arts coverage job from Jessica Dawson, but one would think that once in a while the WaPo would augment the visual arts coverage with a Gazette review here and there.
If you don't get it... you don't get it!
The Wapo, since they own The Gazette, often reprint Gazette articles in the WaPo, but have never re-used an art review, which I find odd, considering that Dr. Rousseau, an award winning writer, is one of the most talented art writers around and already in their employ.
It's a good thing that Mark Jenkins is doing a GREAT job at the WaPo since he took over the freelance arts coverage job from Jessica Dawson, but one would think that once in a while the WaPo would augment the visual arts coverage with a Gazette review here and there.
If you don't get it... you don't get it!
Yap, yap, yap
Wanna go to an opening tonight?
There's an artist talk at 8PM.
VisArts
Common Ground Gallery.
150 Gibbs St.
Rockville (part of Rockville Center).
There’s a metro stop nearby, and also a big parking garage close by.
Also a ton of great restaurants and bars in a very pedestrian friendly zone - if you haven't been to the "new" Rockville downtown in a while, prepare to be surprised.
Artists: OUT OF ORDER is coming...
YOU SHOULD DO THIS!
FRIDAY, APRIL 5th, 8PM @ MAP
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