Due by Friday!

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
FINAL DEADLINE: October 12, 2012, 5:00pm

Register for the 2013 - 2014 Artist Directory

Published bi-annually, this four-color, 8½ x 5½ inch directory is the definitive listing of established and emerging contemporary artists throughout the Washington region. It is widely used by galleries, curators, art consultants, and art patrons. Copies are distributed to selected art critics and other members of the press, and to museums both within and outside of the region. The 2013 - 2014 Artist Directory will be published in the spring of 2013, and will be available for sale on the WPA website and at select area retail locations at the price of $9.95.

Each participating artist will be featured on a full page (8½ x ½ inches). The page will include the artist's name, a color digital image of their work, their studio address and phone number, email address, web address, categories to describe their work and studio practice, and their gallery affiliation.

All current WPA members are eligible for publication in the Artist Directory. There is an additional participation fee that includes a copy of the Artist Directory.  The registration fee is $75. The final registration deadline is October 12, 2012. No submissions will be accepted after this date. 

Registration for the 2013 - 2014 Artist Directory will be handled exclusively through WPA's website.

Each participating artist can upload one image to be featured on their page. Images must be submitted as .eps or .tif files in CMYK format. They must be 300dpi and as close as possible to, but no smaller than 6 inches on the longest side. If you have any questions regarding the 2013 - 2014 Artist Directory or any issues with registration, please contact Christopher Cunetto, Membership Manager, at ccunetto@wpadc.org or 202-234-7103 x 2.

Heard on Univision

Today Venezuelans as voting for President and running are the current strongman Castro-admirer leftwing nut Hugo Chávez, who over the years has shut down opposition newspapers, TV stations and other media, and who has even organized paramilitary militias to support him.

Running against him (and putting his life into the election) is a younger, more moderate centrist challenger, Henrique Capriles Radonski, and for the first time in almost a decade and a half, things look shaky for Hugo... if the voting is actually done fairly, that is. The government militias are apparently on the look out to make sure that "things go right..."

Univision reports that Hugo Chávez has essentially threatened violence across the country if he doesn't win - he won't be able to "restrain" the disappointed masses, who apparently have forgotten what a democracy is supposed to be like. However, the Venezuelan Justice Minister, Tarek El Aissami, has all but guaranteed "fair elections."

Like Stalin said: It's not the people who vote that count, it's the people who count the votes. 

Remember that when we have our election and your candidate doesn't win...

Update: Guess who was declared the winner? Didn't we know ahead of time?

(e)merge visiting

The second iteration of the (e)merge art fair ended today. I went visiting yesterday (that's me with the amazing Mera Rubell and the amazing Dr. Anderson de Campello hanging out at the bar of the Skyline Hotel).

This second (e)merge cements this art fair as unique not only in its stated goal to focus on emerging artists - it does that and it does it well - but also it has become the leading art fair in the world for performance art.

Last year's (e)merge was the springboard for the extraordinary talent of Wilmer Wilson IV - a spectacularly intelligent performance and installation artist (and one of the artists that I mentored last year!) who used (e)merge to spring straight from student status to worldwide exposure via art fairs from DC's Connersmith.

This year the fair's center of attention was the brilliant performance of my good bud Andrew Wodzianski, whose Ishmael performance was described by a New York gallerist as "heroic" and he added that he needed to "look this guy up!."

Wodzianski (see photos from WJLA TV here), was a little shaky when he was finally "rescued" from the waters of the Skyline pool yesterday, but this multi-talented and multimedia artist was the hit of this second version of (e)merge. Let's all hope that good things happen to him as a result of (e)merge.

That's Andrew below with Mera Rubell.

Art Maryland 2012

Exhibit: Art Maryland 2012

Location: Howard County Center for the Arts, 8510 High Ridge Road, Ellicott City, MD 21043

Dates: October 26-December 14, 2012

Reception: October 26, 6–8pm

Gallery hours: M-F 10am-8pm, Sat 10am-4pm, Sun 12-4pm

Art Maryland has long been one of the premier juried showcases for Maryland's visual artists. Art Maryland 2012 features work selected from nearly 470 entries submitted by 169 artists working in a wide variety of styles and mediums.

Juror Philippa Hughes, Founder and Chief Creative Contrarian of the Pink Line Project in Washington, DC, chose work with a clean, contemporary aesthetic, gravitating to photography and sculpture. Selected artists include: Fran Abrams, Ralph Baney, Kyle Bauer, Ronald Brown, Warren Chambers, Ed Charest, Travis Childers, Sara Dittrich, Annie Farrar, Karen Lynn Gray, Zachary Handler, Courtnee Hawkins, Eric Johnson, Penny Knobel-Besa, Cheryl MacLean, Hyeseung Marriage-Song, Diana Marta, Shelley Meredith-Cooper, Lindsay Rowinski, Daniel Rozmiarek, Charles Sessoms, Anthony Stellaccio, Robert Tennenbaum, Kristoffer Triplaar, Regina Tumasella, John Viles, Sarah Wegner, and Elizabeth Whiteley.

Art Maryland 2012 is on view from October 26 – December 14. Reception  is free and open to the public and is a great opportunity to meet and talk with a diverse group of artists from across the state.

ArtLeaks

(Via)

Depending on your relationship to the powers that be, Wikileaks and its founder Julian Assange rank among either the brightest angels or the darkest demons of contemporary life. Harnessing the power of the internet to blow the virtual whistle on corruption around the world, Wikileaks demonstrated, if nothing else, how much tougher it is to cover up wrongdoing in the age of social media and self-publication. Now, ArtLeaks looks to shine the same spotlight on corruption specifically in the world of art, which they see as a power struggle between rich buyers and institutions and the creators and everyday workers with little sway or pay. Bursting onto a scene desperate for a savior, can ArtLeaks be the Wikileaks of the art world?

Read the entire piece by Bob Duggan here.

WaPo looks at (e)merge

Lavanya Ramanathan has a really excellent review here and Michael O'Sullivan has some great photos here. I'll be there tomorrow and review will be up NLT Sunday morning.

(e)merge art fair opened yesterday in Washington DC

The (e)merge art fair opened yesterday and runs through Sunday, October 7th at the Capitol Skyline Hotel in Washington, DC. The fair features new talent presented by an international mix of 80 exhibitors showing art from 152 artists from 24 countries.

(e)merge combines an exhibition platform for galleries and nonprofit spaces with that for vetted projects by unrepresented artists. Both platforms present new works by emerging artists in performance, installation, painting, sculpture, and video on multiple levels of the hotel.

EXHIBITOR LIST: HERE

(e)merge will present panel discussions on performance art and arts funding at 2pm on Friday and Saturday afternoons. The fair will also include artist performances, interactive works, large-scale installations, and special projects.

PANELS + PERFORMANCES: HERE

Thursday, October 4: 7pm - 11pm
Preview Opening Party and Concert by Thievery Corp with Eric Hilton
Friday, October 5: 12pm - 7pm
Saturday, October 6: 12pm - 7pm
Sunday, October 7: 12pm - 5pm

The Capitol Skyline Hotel
Washington, DC
http://www.emergeartfair.com

Campello on TV

If you watch the new CBS series "Vegas" - look out for my daughter Vanessa Campello -- she's a recurring extra on the show (she plays the receptionist)... yay!

And she's also a recurring extra on "The Mentalist."

36 Hour Live Performance at (e)merge starts at 5AM

Ownership rights

Read this and then do what you think is right.

DC Fine Art Photography Fair

The DC Fine Art Photography Fair will feature 15 established fine art photography galleries from across the United States, with representative samples from their gallery inventories. An extraordinary range of photographs, from 19th century images to cutting-edge contemporary visions, will be on display and available for purchase.

HOURS
Friday, October 5, 2012: Opening Night Preview 6:30-8:30pm (By Invitation Only)
Saturday, October 6, 2012: Open to the Public 12pm – 7pm
Sunday, October 7, 2012: Open to the Public 11am – 5pm

Saturday, October 6, 11am–12pm: Panel Discussion "On Collecting Photography" (Panel will include George Hemphill.)

ADMISSION
The fair is FREE and open to the public.

LOCATION
Former Residence of the Ambassador of Spain
2801 16th Street, NW, Washington DC 20009
call 202.986.0105 for more information
www.dcfineartphotography.com

This is really funny!

Wanna see some of the worst police sketches ever?

Click here.

Ouch!

Prez Obama wasn't the only one getting spanked on live TV tonight... A little while back I saw Mayor Guiliani spank Chris Hayes on live TV on MSNBC... Ouch!

Death of a dialect

With the political news flush with commentary about the opportunistic use of dialects, this is sad news for the language:

In a remote fishing town on the tip of Scotland's Black Isle, the last native speaker of the Cromarty dialect has died, taking with him another little piece of the English linguistic mosaic.

Details here.

Job in the Arts

 VISUAL ARTIST/EDUCATOR 

Part time, Seasonal 

Applications accepted through 11:59 PM on Thursday, October 11, 2012 (or until filled) 

POSITION SUMMARY 

This is a part-time, seasonal position working with teenagers/young adults for Arts on the Block (AOB). The Visual Artist/Educator works closely with the Lead Teaching Artist for AOB’s “Pour Your ART Out” workshop to deliver a high-quality art, job, and life skills training experience to up to 20 workshop participants (“Apprentice Artists”). The person who fills this position may have the opportunity to move into a Lead Teaching Artist/Educator position for the Summer 2013 workshop.  

ABOUT ARTS ON THE BLOCK 

The mission of Arts on the Block (AOB) is to empower creative youth to imagine and shape fulfilling futures and contribute to the quality of life of their communities. Arts on the Block achieves its mission by providing youth with paid opportunities to work with established artists/mentors on commissioned artwork and entrepreneurial projects.  Please visit www.artsontheblock.com for additional information. 

WORKSITE 

AOB Studio 

11501 Georgia Avenue - Wheaton, MD 20902 

240-645-0730 

WORK SCHEDULE 

• Start Date:  Saturday, October 27, 2012; End Date:  Saturday, March 23, 2013 
• Wednesdays (20) - 3:00 PM to 6:30 PM; Saturdays (19) – 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM 
• Must be available for planning sessions, trainings, and staff meetings  

SALARY 

Commensurate with experience 

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS 

• Participate in screening and selection of Apprentice Artists 
• With Lead Teaching Artist, design and manage all aspects of program including work flow creation, program budgeting and tracking, and quality control 
• Manage customer relations on commissioned projects 
• With Lead Teaching Artist, develop, refine, and implement project ideas 
• Lead arts education and job training exercises 
• With Lead Teaching Artist, maintain a safe worksite 
• Document daily workshop progress 
• Document completed artwork 
• Prepare monthly reports and administer Apprentice Artist assessments 
• Manage preparations for semi-annual open houses and/or other events 
• Train Apprentice Artists to deliver effective presentations 
• With AOB staff or volunteers, assist with management of blog and other social media efforts 
• Other duties as assigned 

MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS 

• Undergraduate degree or higher in an arts discipline 
• Five or more years professional arts experience including participation in local and regional exhibitions 
• Five or more years working with a diverse population of high school aged or older youth 
• Demonstrable interpersonal skills in working with a diverse population of employees, customers, managers, vendors, partners, and the general public 
• Demonstrable business competence including verbal, written, and presentation skills as well as organizational, leadership, and supervisory skills 
• Ability to pass conducted Montgomery County criminal background check 

DESIRABLE JOB QUALIFICATIONS 

• Experience designing and implementing arts curriculum 
• Experience with mosaics and other sculptural materials 
• Significant experience in the areas of commissioned artwork and public art 
• Advancing Youth Development training/certification 
• Familiarity with the Washington, DC area arts community and art sites 
• Experience creating fliers and other PR materials using Photoshop, InDesign and/or other software 
• Competence with both Apple and Microsoft operating systems 
• CPR/First Aid certification 
• Some Spanish language speaking ability 

TO APPLY 

Please send cover letter, résumé, and three digital images of relevant work. 

By email, send to aob@artsontheblock.com  and include Visual Artist/Educator in the subject line. 

By regular mail, send to: 

Arts on the Block; Attention:  Mary Ngo; 11501 Georgia Avenue, Suite 104 - Wheaton, MD 20902 

If sending materials by regular mail, submit a CD containing images of relevant work. 

For most favorable consideration, applications must be received by 11:59 PM on October 11, 2012. Applications received after that date will be considered only if position is not yet filled.

Lida Moser's Exxon Building at Leggoland?

(Via) It has just been brought up to my attention that the Exxon Building made up of Leggos from Leggoland Florida is a pretty good copy of the iconic Lida Moser photograph of the Exxon Building.

I wonder if Lida knows about this?

I'm going to ask her tomorrow... details later.

Update: Talked to Lida Moser today (Wed) and she had no idea that there's a Leggo building in Florida that looks suspiciously like her iconic photograph.

Geez... all they had to do was ask!

(e)merge is here again!

OCTOBER 4 - 7, 2012    Follow us! The (e)merge art fair advances multiple platforms where artists, gallerists, curators and collectors can discover and experience emerging art.

(e)merge opening preview party + concert by the pool

Design a Wine Label

Attention Artists: The Capital Grille Now Accepting Submissions

for 2012 Wine Label Design Competition

Artists of all media are invited to enter; winning artwork will adorn bottle

of exclusive 2009 Arrowood Cabernet Sauvignon

 

 

ORLANDO, Fla. (Sept. 30, 2012) – The Capital Grille is now accepting artwork submissions for its fourth-annual Artist Series Wine Label Design Competition. Through October 19, 2012, aspiring and established artists nationwide, aged 21 years or older, are invited to submit original artwork that will be considered for the label of a limited-allocation wine served exclusively at The Capital Grille, whose award-winning wine program is routinely recognized by Wine Spectator magazine. In addition to having his or her artwork adorn the bottles of this year’s featured vintage, the winning artist also will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to the wine country of California’s Napa Valley.

This unique competition sponsored by The Capital Grille celebrates the art of the wine label.  For centuries, wine-label design was about as basic and austere as a shipping label. That changed in 1940 when Baron Phillippe de Rothschild of Chateau Mouton Rothschild began enlisting famous artists, including Joan Miro and Pablo Picasso, to craft a masterpiece for the outside of the bottle that would beautifully convey the work of art inside.  

The bottled inspiration for the 2012 Artist Series competition is a 2009 Arrowood Cabernet Sauvignon, blended by winemaker Heidi von der Mehden from Arrowood Winery and George Miliotes, The Capital Grille’s own Master Sommelier. Intensely purple in color, this wine presents aromas of ripe, dark fruits that are matched on the palate with notes of blackberry, plum and blueberry. Mehden and Miliotes describe this exceptional wine as “a natural beauty,” imparting layers of flavor that begin with a deep intensity and end with a soft, rich finish.

“This competition combines two complementary cultural passions: fine wine and fine art,” said Miliotes. “While my expertise focuses on what’s inside the bottle, I love that this competition is as much about the palette as it is the palate.”

Only 1,000 cases of the Arrowood Cabernet will be produced for this year’s Artist Series event, which will take place next spring in all 47 locations of The Capital Grille nationwide. The restaurants will donate a portion of the proceeds from each bottle sold to Share Our Strength in support of its mission to end childhood hunger in America. To date, The Capital Grille has raised more than $1,000,000 on behalf of the organization.

How to Enter

To enter, use the medium of your choice to create an original piece of art that captures the essence of this exclusive, world-class Cabernet Sauvignon. Entries should be original artwork and will be accepted through October 19, 2012. Entries will be accepted via mail or email. To enter, visit http://www.thecapitalgrille.com/enter/ for contest rules and details.

New Drawing

Male Nude in a Barnett Newman Composition (Detail). Charcoal on Paper, 2.75 x 22.25 inches. 2012.

Male Nude in a Barnett Newman Composition. Charcoal on Paper, 2.75 x 22.25 inches. 2012.

Neoscona Crucifera?

As far as I can tell, these huge spiders (who seem to love to build their nests around my deck) are Neoscona Crucifera. They are apparently not poisonous, so I'm leaving them alone, but they are huge (about the size of a quarter) and rather scary-looking.