Residency in Canada
Gibraltar Point International Artist residency Program
Deadline: March 29, 2004.
The Residency Program provides Canadian and International professional artists from all disciplines with a subsidized opportunity to live and work at the Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts on Toronto Island (Toronto, Canada) from June 1-30, 2004.

Ten solo artists will be selected. Information and detailed application procedures are available on the Artscape website.

For more info: Toronto Artscape, phone: 416.392.7834 x.2 or email Susan.

Yesterday I went to the press preview offered by the Corcoran for "The Quilts of Gee's Bend." This show is about the quilt-making tradition of a geographically isolated African-American community in southern Alabama. I will be reviewing it for a couple of magazines and also later here. The show opens to the public on February 14, 2004.

This coming Friday is the second Friday of the month, which means that it is time for the Bethesda Art Walk. Several galleries and art establishments participate, light food and refreshments are provided, as well as a free shuttle bus to take visitors around the galleries.

We will be opening our annual Contemporary Figurative Painting Show. This is our annual group show of gallery and invited artists around the nation working within the figurative genre opens this coming Friday, February 13 at Fraser Bethesda with a catered opening reception from 6-10 PM to welcome the artists as part of the Bethesda Art Walk. The exhibition runs from Feb 13 - March 10, 2004.

Included in this show are new works by GMU Art Faculty professor Chawky Frenn, recent recipient of a major positive review in the New York Times, New York's David FeBland, who continues to be our best-selling painter, New York painter John Jacobsmeyer, former Corcoran graduate and now San Francisco artist Douglas Malone, BP Portrait Prizewinner Zygimantas Augustinas, British painter Halen Bayley, Cuban realist Augusto Bordelois, our area's own Scott Hutchison, whose large nudes recently caused all the TV and press furor during his Fraser solo show, MICA graduate (and most recent winner of a Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation grant) Andrew Wodzianski (his "Lucha Libre is shown) , New England painters Margaret McCann and Catherine Kehoe and several others.

Come join us from 6-10 PM for Washington's best sangria and some food.

Funding Opportunities for Artists:

Funding for Arts, Education, and Literacy at Barnes & Noble.
They consider requests for local support from organizations in the communities they served, including our area. Its giving focus is on literacy, the arts or education (K - 12). Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations serving the community where its stores are located. Artists can submit proposals through local non-profits. There are no deadlines for applications. Proposals should be submitted to the community relations manager or store manager at the local store.

A plan for promoting the program with Barnes & Noble should be included in the proposal, and the organization must be willing to work with the local store(s) on in-store programming. For further information, go here.

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Altria Group, Inc. announces its 2004 Visual Arts Request For Proposal.
The goal of this grantmaking initiative is to support the organization of a range of visual arts exhibitions that demonstrate some of the most significant, challenging, and innovative work that is being created in the field today. Grants will: foster artistic development; promote innovation and diversity; challenge the art form; present a bold examination of aesthetic, cultural or societal issue; and/or investigate the use of new materials and concepts. Eligible applicants include U.S. nonprofit organizations that are the organizing institution of the exhibition and not a tour site. Grant awards will range from $10,000-$100,000. For further information, go here.

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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts fosters innovative artistic expression and the creative process by supporting cultural organizations that, in turn, support artists and their work. Grants are made on a project basis to curatorial programs at museums, artists' organizations, and other cultural institutions to originate innovative and scholarly presentations of contemporary visual arts. Projects may include exhibitions, catalogues, and other organizational activities directly related to these areas. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations. The deadlines for proposal are March 1 and September 1, 2004. For further information, go here.

For Sculptors:
Deadline: February 23, 2004

The Public Arts Trust Program of the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County announces a Public Art Competition for Fairland Community Center and Library with a budget of $30,000. For details of this and other competitions, contact the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County

Opportunity for artists
Deadline: February 14, 2004
Montpelier Cultural Arts Center. All artists over the age of 18 are invited to enter the Laurel Art Guild's 35th Annual Open Juried Art Exhibition to be held at Montpelier Cultural Arts Center March 5-28.

This year's juror is Scott Habes, Director of the Art Gallery at the University of Maryland and formerly director of school exhibitions at the Corcoran College of Art. Entries must be postmarked no later than February 14.

For more information, call Margary Sampson at 301 604-6750 or to download an
entry form, go here.

Curator Needed
The District of Columbia Housing Authority is seeking a curator to develop an art show at one of their senior buildings in SE D.C. Interested curators should contact Ms. Layne' Spicer, Director of Housing Management at (202) 698-3409 or email her at lspicer@dchousing.org for further information.