WSC Fundraiser

The Washington Sculpture Center is being kicked out of their building in order to build the new baseball stadium.

In order to help raise funds to pay for relocation and set-up expenses at their new site, they are hosting a Sculpture Soiree and Silent Auction on September 22, 2005.

View details and RSVP here.

Opportunity for Artists
Deadline: October 15, 2005.

The Cultural Affairs Division of the city of Las Vegas Department of Leisure Services invites the submission of proposals for individual and group exhibitions for its 2006/07 gallery season screening. Exhibition proposals will be reviewed for programming in two city galleries: the Charleston Heights Arts Center Gallery at 800 South Brush Street or the Reed Whipple Cultural Center Gallery at 821 Las Vegas Boulevard North.

To download a pdf with images and floor plans of these gallery spaces click on "Gallery Floor Plans" under related links at this website.

To participate in the screening, artists/curators must submit a written exhibition synopsis (no more than one page) with 15-20 supporting images (slides or jpegs on CD) with an identification list, artist statement(s), and artist resume(s). Other suitable supporting materials include color prints, exhibition cards and press clippings, all of which are optional. Include a self-addressed stamped envelope for return of materials.

All visual art practices suitable for gallery installations of 10 to 12 weeks will be considered. All applicants can expect notification regarding their proposal by mail by February 1, 2006. Address submissions to:

Catherine Borg
Charleston Heights Arts Center
800 South Brush Street
Las Vegas, Nevada 89107

Call (702) 229-4674 or e-mail cborg@lasvegasnevada.gov for information.

Role Play at Target

The exhibition "Role Play: The Definition of Self in Contemporary Society" is currently on view at the Target Gallery in the Torpedo Factory Art Center. This thought-provoking show was curated by my good friend J. W. Mahoney, Washington, DC, Corresponding Editor for Art in America magazine.

This exhibition looks at the range of societal roles and assumptions placed on individuals in contemporary American life. Mr. Mahoney selected artists from some 200 applicants nationwide. The exhibition goes through October 16.

Art Blogs Come to Montreal

ARTIVISTIC 05 is dedicating a significant portion of their conference schedule to Art Blogs and I've been invited to participate, but don't know yet if I will be able to come, due to some health complications of one of my daughters.

But it sounds interesting! Check it out here.

Bailey on Katrina

Bailey has an Op Ed in the Reston Times and Reston Observer newspapers.

Read it here.

Mirrors



The Cultural Institute of Mexico has what sounds like a great exhibition opening on Wednesday.

Titled "Mirrors: Contemporary Mexican Artists in the United States," the opening will take place on September 14th, 7:00 pm at the Institute.

The exhibition presents works of 36 Mexican artists currently living in different cities of the United States. The 100 works in this exhibition have been selected by the prestigious curator Santiago Espinosa de los Monteros and includes paintings, videos, sculptures, installations and photographs.

See ya there!

CAMH for Katrina

The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston announced today the launch of the Katrina Artists Trust (KAT), a grant-making trust to provide financial support for visual artists in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama who were affected by Hurricane Katrina.

By focusing its support on the painters, sculptors, and other visual artists who lived in the regions damaged by the hurricane, the Museum’s KAT program provides a unique source of revitalization for a community with a long artistic tradition. By helping artists rebuild their studios, purchase new materials, and even salvage damaged works, the Trust’s grants will also contribute to the economic revitalization of the devastated region, aid these communities in their reconstruction efforts, and help renew cultural tourism.

The Museum welcomes other organizations as partners and collaborators in this effort. For further information, please call 713 284 8250 or visit their website.

Moon for Katrina

Trawick Prizewinner Jiha Moon's donated piece from her show at Curator's Office sold last night at the opening for $800. Moon also donated the sales proceeds from one work at Atlanta Contemporary Art Center in Atlanta, where she's in the group show called "Red Beans and Rice"; that work sold for $700.

Tapeman Cometh

Mark Jenkins raised $410 dollars today for Habitat for Humanity's Katrina Relief Fund.

A special thanks to our upstairs neighbor, the lovely Anne C. Fisher, who threw in a couple of nice checks both to Mark's fundraiser and one to be added to our donation to the Southern Arts Federation.

Monuments, TV and Tape

Saturday schedule:

1. Drop daughters off at the Mall for sightseeing, museum hopping and monument visiting.

2. Head to Alexandria for videotaping of ArtsMedia News' first segment: the Alexandria Festival of the Arts.

3. Head to Georgetown to Canal Square, where Mark Jenkins is having an installation "tape yard sale" going on from 12-6PM (lots of sangria and munchies). The Canal Square is at 31st and M Street, NW in G'town.

The Daughters of F. Lennox Campello

The Campello sisters are in town

Trawick Prize Winners Announced

Jiha Moon of Annandale has won the $10,000 Trawick Prize.

Trawick Prize Chair Catriona Fraser, 2005 Best in Show winner Jiha Moon and Trawick Prize founder Carol Trawick
Read the WaPo story by Jonathan Padget here, and see lots of photos from the opening and awards ceremony here.

Winners were announced last night at a private reception in Bethesda's Creative Partners Gallery, which is hosting the exhibition of work by the ten Trawick Prize finalists.

Dean Kessman of Washington, DC (who will be having a solo show coming soon at Conner Contemporary) came in second and received $2,000. The third-place winner, Denise Tassin of Baltimore, received $1,000.

Baltimore's Michele Kong, 30, won the $1,000 young-artist award, which we sponsor.


Montgomery County Council Members Howie Denis and Nancy Floreen at the opening reception
The Trawick Prize is sponsored by the amazing generosity of Carol Trawick, who also sponsors the annual Bethesda Painting Awards. Buy Jiha Moon now!

Art Season Opens Tonight

The DC "art season" opens tonight with a series of openings throughout the city and continues through the weekend...

Details here.

I'll be on the radio and on TV over the next few days and weeks discussing all the upcoming DC area gallery and museum shows. More later.

Bethesda Art Walk Tonight

Tonight is time for the Bethesda Art Walk, with 13 participating galleries and art venues.

A free guided tour is also offered. See details of the tour here. Tours will begin at 6:30pm. Attendees can meet their guide at the Bethesda Metro Center, located at the corner of Old Georgetown Road and Wisconsin Avenue. Attendees do not have to participate in tours to visit Art Walk galleries.

And the $14,000 Trawick Prize(s) winners at the finalists' exhibition will be on display at the Creative Partners Gallery in Bethesda. The opening reception will be from 6-9PM.

Also not to be missed is Neptune Gallery's solo exhibition for Scott G. Brooks titled "Jumping Through Hoops." Reception for Scott is from 6-9PM.

We will host the return to the DC area of former area artist (now living in Philly) Michael Sprouse, who returns with an exhibition of new paintings. The catered reception for Sprouse is from 6-9PM.

See ya there!

More Katrina Art Fundraisers

Anne Marchand is offering posters of five of her cityscape paintings in the month of September with all of her September Poster sales going to help victims of Hurricane Katrina. See details here.

Nikolas Schiller has prints of his Katrina Quilt for sale on line. For more information and to see the work click here.

An update on Katrina Art fundraisers follows... Also Solarize This has a great listing here.

Matt Achhammer.

James W. Bailey.

F. Lennox Campello.

Warren Craghead.

Catriona Fraser.

Paul Goode.

Duane Kaiser and also here.

J.T. Kirkland.

Tracy Lee.

Heather Levy.

Anne Marchand.

Gary S. Medovich.

Jiha Moon.

Nikolas Schiller.

Alexandra Silverthorne.

Meghan Taylor

Samantha Wolov.

Where's the Peace?

I missed the opening of Where's the Peace? last night at Warehouse (I was in the emergency room with one of my visiting daughters - she's fine now), but Alexandra Silverthorne has some great photos of the opening here.

Bailey on Slate

Bidisha Banerjee, with a pretty good piece on Katrina, quotes Bailey in Slate.

Read it here.

Opportunity for Artists: Bethesda Fine Arts Festival

Deadline December 15, 2005

The Bethesda Fine Arts Festival, takes place next May 13-14, 2006 and it is a great opportunity to exhibit, see and buy great original art from 160 artists from all over the nation.

I know this first-hand, as I've now done it twice and have sold a lot of work, and I guess about 35,000 to 40,000 people came to this year's festival, and I bet more will come next year as the word gets out. The time to prepare is now! as you will need slides, displays, etc.

Send a SASE to:

Bethesda Urban Partnership
7700 Old Georgetown Road
Bethesda, MD 20814

For more information call the festival Director, Catriona Fraser at 301 718-9651. Download application form here.

Openings this week

Tomorrow, Warehouse Gallery hosts the opening for Where is the Peace?, an exhibition by mostly DC area artists where the artists examine war and peace in our world through painting, sculpture, photography, installations and video. The exhibition runs from September 8 through October 2, 2005 and the Opening Reception is Thursday, September 8th from 6-8pm.

Also on Thursday, the Arts Program Gallery at the University of Maryland University College in Adelphi, MD has an opening reception from 5-7PM for glass sculptor Alan Binstock's solo exhibition titled "A celebration of glass, steel and stone." The show runs until October 2, 2005.

On Friday, September 9, 2005, it is time for the Bethesda Art Walk, with 13 participating galleries and art venues. A free guided tour is also offered. See details of the tour here. Tours will begin at 6:30pm. Attendees can meet their guide at the Bethesda Metro Center, located at the corner of Old Georgetown Road and Wisconsin Avenue. Attendees do not have to participate in tours to visit Art Walk galleries. Noteworthy this Friday is the fact that the $14,000 Trawick Prize(s) will be announced at the finalists' exhibition at the Creative Partners Gallery in Bethesda. The announcement ceremony and catered reception will be from 6-9PM. Also noteworthy is Neptune Gallery's solo exhibition for Scott G. Brooks titled "Jumping Through Hoops." Reception for Scott is from 6-9PM. We will host the return to the DC area of former area artist (now living in Philly) Michael Sprouse, who returns with an exhibition of new paintings. The catered reception for Sprouse is from 6-9PM.

Also opening on Friday, Sept. 9 is Julee Holcombe at Conner Contemporary in DC. The exhibition, titled "Homo Bulla (Man in a Bubble)" opens with a reception from 6-8PM and runs until Oct. 22, 2005.

Kendall Buster's "Model City" opens at Fusebox on Saturday, Sept. 10 with an opening reception from 6:30 - 8:30PM. The exhibition runs until October 22.

Also on Saturday, Transformer has video artist Jason Zimmerman' "Fair Game." This is Zimmerman's first solo show and he has taken footage from over 150 episodes of Fox TV’s reality show "Cops" to create a looped video projection of foot chases edited into one continuous sequence. According to Zimmerman: "the fast paced movement, and rough-cuts of each clip, stream endlessly into one another creating a scenario where the police and the criminals are caught-up in an endless game of cat and mouse." The opening reception is Saturday from 7-9 PM. Zimmerman will also have an artist's talk on Saturday, October 1, 2005, starting at 2PM.

Still on Saturday, Photoworks Gallery at Glen Echo has guest artists joining the Photoworks faculty in exhibiting their work in the Photoworks Gallery. Representing a range of media and artistic perspectives, the Faculty/Guest show is a celebration of the broader Washington area arts community and offers a window on the local artistic influences that have shaped the work of Photoworks photographers. Artists will be on hand at the opening reception to answer questions and discuss their work. Opening Reception Saturday, September 10 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm, and the exhibition runs until Sept. 28, 2005.

And Hemphill Fine Arts also has an opening on Saturday, from 6:30 - 8:30PM, when they host Renee Stout's Fragments of a Secret Life and Joseph Mills' Anarch Angel. The exhibitions run until Oct. 29th. George will also host a book signing and cocktail party (you must RSVP ) for Mills' book Loves of the Poets, on Tuesday, Sept. 20 from 6:30-8:30PM and an art talk and conversation with Renee Stout and Stephen Bennett Phillips (Curator of the Phillips Collection) on Saturday, Oct. 1 from 10-11:30PM (RSVP required and $12 per person).

And David Adamson has an opening for an old schoolmate of mine, Chuck Close (no, not same class, geez). The exhibition is titled A Couple of Ways of Doing Something and opens with a reception on Saturday from 6-8PM.

And the ubiquitous Mark Jenkins expands upon his current "Storker" exhibition at our Georgetown gallery by setting up an outside installation in the Canal Square (31st and M, NW), where he will set up an entire yard sale of tape sculptures. Jenkins intends to make a variety of the usual objects found in a real yard sale, but made out of tape. As part of the installation and event, Jenkins will then barter with buyers, like a real yard sale, and sell the tape sculptures after agreeing on a price. All proceeds will be donated to charity. The "yard sale" reception will be from 12-6PM. See ya there!

On Sunday, September 11, photographer Scott Lassman opens an exhibition from a new series of photographs entitled "Come Unto Me," which documents life over the past year at All Souls Unitarian Church in Mount Pleasant. The exhibition will be held in Pierce Hall at All Souls Unitarian Church on 16th & Harvard Streets, NW.

Also on Sept. 11, artist G.C. Myers is having an artist's talk at the Principle Gallery in Old Town Alexandria commencing at 1:30 PM.

If I missed anything of substance, email me.

Tate on TV

Well... his pad actually.

If you ever wanted to see Tim Tate's swank artists' condo, it will be appearing on HGTV Thursday night at 8pm on the show "Small Space, Big Style."