Annual Call for Proposals 2024
Deadline: Friday, September 22, 2023
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Since 2003... the 11th highest ranked art blog on the planet! And with over SIX million visitors, F. Lennox Campello's art news, information, gallery openings, commentary, criticism, happenings, opportunities, and everything associated with the global visual arts scene with a special focus on the Greater Washington, DC area.
Annual Call for Proposals 2024
Deadline: Friday, September 22, 2023
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The WPA is seeking a Gallery Assistant (part-time internship) to help with the management, promotion, and planning of our events and exhibitions from early Fall 2023 through late Spring 2024.
WPA staff is a small team made up of artists and curators working collaboratively; the Gallery Assistant will play an active role working with the team. This position provides opportunities for mentorship as well as expanding your knowledge of the DC art scene through supporting our program development and interacting with local artists.
The right candidate for the position is responsible, enthusiastic, and organized.
Find more details and apply here.
Call For Entry:
CREATING CONNECTIONS
An Acquisition & Print Replication Project
Monday, August 21 by Midnight
Application Deadline
Google Application Form
Full Prospectus
Maryland Art Place (MAP) is thrilled to partner with N2K Networks again this year to solicit the replication, reproduction and acquisition of a work of art indicative of “Creating Connections” and cybersecurity. MAP is working with N2K to offer a unique opportunity to female and female identifying visual artists of the greater Baltimore metropolitan area. Collectively, MAP and N2K wish to acquire and license the image of a work of art. The image of that artwork will be reproduced in a limited edition and presented to the guests of N2K’s 2023 Women in Cybersecurity event to be held on October 19, 2023 at the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC.
ABOUT “CREATING CONNECTIONS”: We live in a time where cyberspace has become inextricably linked to the lives of individuals and organizations of all kinds. Cyberspace is the medium of global commerce and communication, and it is one of the most important factors in the social, political, and technological changes we see occurring today. N2K provides concise and relevant daily briefings and podcasts on the critical news happening across the global cybersecurity domain. In an industry overloaded with information, we also help individuals and organizations rapidly find the news and information that's important to them.
The aim of N2K’s reception is to facilitate connections among women working in cybersecurity, and N2K would like to acquire a work of art that reflects the theme of “creating connections.” Inherent in the idea of connections is the idea of networks—social networks, computer networks and support networks—which may be an important point of departure for acquired or commissioned work. This opportunity is open to women and women-identifying artists living and working in the greater Baltimore metropolitan area.
The selected artist(s) will be joining a wonderful roster of artists as this program has developed over the last decade. They are: Claire Girodie (year 14’), Anna and Caroline Zellhofer (year 15’), Lindsey McCulloch (year 16’), Carmen Martini (year 17’), and Shanthi Chandrasekar (year 18’), Jackie Hoystead (19’), and Marica Wolfson-Ray (22’). Note: there was a break in this program due to Covid-19.
General Guidelines & Information
MAP only accepts 2-D works for reproduction - photography, painting, mixed media or similar welcomed.
All works must be no less than 4 X 4” and no more than 24 X 20”.
The reproduction edition will be decided on, and agreed-upon at a later date, but will not exceed 500.
All reproductions will receive a ‘chop or seal’ noting N2K Networks as the publisher.
All reproductions will be printed on an agreed upon archival fine art paper, expense absorbed by N2K Networks.
**Artist agrees to not reproduce the selected artwork at the agreed-upon dimensions of this project as this will devalue the edition. Likewise, N2K Networks agrees not to reproduce the image after the edition has ended.
N2K Networks will cover scanning fees/photography associated with the reproduction.
Artist agrees to use the artwork image for press and promotional purposes related to this project and event.
Artist will remain the owner of image copyright.
Artist is invited to attend the Women in Cybersecurity reception on Thursday, October 19, 2023 at the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC.
Benefits to the artist: The selected artist will benefit in the following ways:
$1,000 Cash Award
Acquisitions of the original work
Increased visibility of the artist’s name and artwork through:
Press announcements
Highlighted on MAP and N2K Networks’ websites
The gifting of artist reproduction to attendees of the Women in Cybersecurity reception
Acknowledgment at Women in Cybersecurity reception on October 19, 2023
To apply please see the following application and required attachments: Please send your application to imprint@mdartplace.org OR fill out the Google application HERE by MIDNIGHT on Monday, August 21, 2023.
Application Fee: $10 for non-MAP members. Submit your fee by clicking on “Get Involved”, “Donate” on MAP’s website and simply adjust the fee to $10. Please attach your payment receipt to your application. Checks can be made payable to: Maryland Art Place | c/o Benefit | 218 West Saratoga Street Baltimore, MD 21201
Member of MAP? Your submission fee will be waived. Please make a note on your submission that you are a member!
TIMELINE
July 20: Release Call
Monday, August 21, 2023 Application Deadline
Week of September 11, Artist Studio Visits/Interviews
September 25, Awarded Artist Announced
October 2-14, Printing/Production
October 16-18, Artist Print Signing Period @ Full Circle Fine Art
Thursday, October 19, 2023 Women in Cybersecurity Reception
We'll be in booth C1 at the coming Affordable Art Fair in Chelsea this September 20-24 - drop me an email if you'd like some complimentary passes. There will be work by Steve Wanna, Christina Helowicz, Seth Fairweather, Dora Patin, Ally Morgan, Jennifer Barlow, Lian Sever, and others.
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Wall Sculptures by Christina Helowicz |
July 19th - August 12th, 2023
The phrase “see you soon” seems to offer many possibilities. A casual farewell between people, the phrase “see you soon” assumes a next meeting. It presupposes that there is a return, a plan, a belief that things will happen as we expect.
Besides being an assurance, it can also be an invitation, a wish, a leap of faith, a longing, a hope that we will be there in the future and witness what has become. With bright colors, or perhaps, dark hues, artists in this exhibition imbue the phrase with their own personal interpretation and nuanced meaning as they navigate our times. - Irene Pantelis
Events:
Opening Reception: Saturday, July 22nd, 3-6 pm
*Third Thursday: Thursday, July 20th, 5-8 pm
First Friday: Friday, August 4th, 6-8 pm
Closing Reception: Saturday, August 12th, 3-5 pm
*Studio Gallery will once again be collaborating with the IA&A at Hillyer (9 Hillyer Court NW), The Phillips Collection (1600 21st Street), and ADA Gallery (R & 21st Street NW) for a night of celebrating our wonderful local artists!
All of these galleries are within walking distance from one another, and will be hosting events between the hours of 5pm to 8pm. Click the links above to visit their websites for more details, or click "Visit Our Website"
for a rundown of the upcoming Third Thursday events!
You can view the show online here.
Here are my two picks as sharing Best in Show!
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Untitled III by Skyler Henry Mixed Media on Mat Board |
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Waiting to be Friended by Wayne Paige 2018 Mixed media (ink, paper on stretched canvas, meteorite fragments) |
Eight regional artists have been selected as finalists for The Trawick Prize: Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards, a juried competition and exhibition produced by the Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District. More than 300 artists from Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., submitted work to the 21st annual competition.
As usual, I will review the artwork and predict the winner - over the years since this great prize was institutionalized by the great Carol Trawick, I've been batting about 75% in being able to predict the prizewinner once I "study" what the jurors produce themselves! As usual, Baltimore dominates the finalists with 30% of the finalists being from Baltimore!
The artwork will be exhibited at Gallery B from Sept. 7 – October 1, 2023, located at 7700 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite E. Gallery hours are Thursday-Sunday, 12 – 5pm. A public opening reception will be held on Friday, Sept. 8th, from 6-8pm.
2023 Trawick Prize Finalists
Rush Baker IV, Riverdale Park, MD
Rex Delafkaran, Washington, D.C.
Stephanie Garon, Clarksville, MD
Kei Ito, Baltimore MD
Megan Koeppel, Hyattsville, MD
Giulia Livi, Baltimore, MD
Charles Mason III, Baltimore, MD
Fanxi Sun, Richmond, VA
The 2023 jurors were:
Brandon Morse, Associate Professor and Chair of the Art Department at the University of Maryland College of Arts & Humanities
Brandon Morse is a Washington, D.C.-based artist who works with generative systems to examine how physical phenomena such as entropy and emergence can function in poetic and metaphorical ways. Through the use of code and the creation of custom computer software, he creates simulations of seemingly complex systems to create video and video installations that seek to draw parallels between how these systems work and how we, individually and collectively, navigate the world around us. Morse received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point and his Master of Fine Arts in Art & Technology from The Ohio State University. He has exhibited his work in digital video and sound exhibitions nationally and internationally, including the Corcoran Museum of Art in Washington, D.C., the Nanjing Museum in China, the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, and Kunsthalle Detroit. Morse is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Art Department at the University of Maryland.
Jon-Phillip Sheridan, Chair of the Photography and Film Department at Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Arts
Jon-Phillip Sheridan is the Department Chair of Photography and Film at Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Arts in Richmond, Virginia. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in photography from the Maryland Institute College of Art and his Master of Fine Arts from Virginia Commonwealth University. In 2014, Sheridan curated “Expecting Reality,” an exhibition at Second Street Gallery in Charlottesville, VA. Sheridan has been exhibited in many solo and group shows, including Anti-Grand: Contemporary Perspectives on Landscape at The University of Richmond Museums. His work was used on the catalog cover. His work has been included in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts collections, Markel Corporation, Capital One, and the Federal Reserve Bank.
Naoco Wowsugi, Associate Professor of Art at American University
Naoco Wowsugi is a community-engaged artist and Associate Professor of Art at American University. Wowsugi’s cross-disciplinary projects range from portrait photography and participatory performance to horticulture, exploring the nature of belonging and inclusive community building; while also highlighting and fortifying everyday communal and interpersonal identities. She has been included in exhibits at Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, SC; Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Honolulu, HI and Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. Wowsugi earned her Master of Fine Arts from Virginia Commonwealth University and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Kansas City Art Institute and Osaka University of Arts in Japan.
WPA's Board of Directors announced a few days ago the appointment of Travis Chamberlain as its next Director. Chamberlain—a curator and director with more than 20 years of experience in museum, non-profit, and for-profit contemporary arts spaces in New York City—will begin his new role on September 1, 2023, becoming the 12th Director of one of the most influential and impactful contemporary arts organizations in the region and the U.S.
"We feel very fortunate to welcome Travis Chamberlain as the next Director of Washington Project for the Arts,” said Board of Directors Co-Chairs Ashley Givens, Ph.D. and Jocelyn Sigue. “His decades-long commitment to community organizing through art and his extensive experience as a curator, producer, and institutional leader working at a local, national, and international level will be a tremendous asset to WPA and the greater region.”
Chamberlain assumes the role as WPA’s principal executive leader after five years as Executive Director at Queer|Art, a community-based nonprofit with a mission to connect and empower generations of LGBTQ+ artists throughout the nation. Prior to this position, Chamberlain spent ten years as a curator of performance at the New Museum in New York City.
“Washington Project for the Arts is an incubator for new art that is unrestrained by discipline and anchored by ideas that seek to inspire positive change in the world,” Chamberlain notes. “The fact that WPA is in DC, so close to the Capitol and all that comes with it, only makes the questions we ask and the answers we explore together all the more resonant for artists and communities everywhere. I am excited to join the staff and board in furthering their commitment to facilitating collaborations between audiences and artists. Through our work together, WPA will also become a catalyst for nurturing an exchange of ideas and resource sharing among creative communities on a more global level, with DC as the hub from which all WPA collaborations will flow.”
Chamberlain’s appointment follows an extensive national search supported by Claire Huschle of Good Insight. His arrival coincides with WPA’s 2023–2024 Season Kick-Off and BBQ on Saturday, September 9. The event will introduce the roster of 2023–2024 Artist-Organizers and the projects they will be producing through collaboration with WPA, invited artists, and local communities. All are welcome to attend!