Cooper Carry hosts Art Show Fundraiser in Alexandria, VA

Deadline: Friday, July 27, 2007

Cooper Carry, a national architecture and design firm, is hosting its first biannual fundraiser and art exhibition in its award-winning Alexandria office. Cooper Carry is seeking artists from the Baltimore/Washington Metro area to display their work at the event. Sales will benefit the artists (60%) and the HSC Pediatric Center (40%).

The HSC Pediatric Center is a pediatric health care facility in Washington, D.C., that provides transitional care to children from infancy to age 21. For the entry form and prospectus, please visit this website. Phone: 202-492-7228; Email: liani.foster@gmail.com.

Opportunity for Artists

Deadline: August 17, 2007

The Curfman Gallery at Colorado State University announces a national call to artists for the 2009-2010 exhibition season. No entry fee. All work/exhibition proposals will be considered. Please send a SASE along with slides and or CD of high res. images of your work, as well as an artist CV and formal exhibition proposal to:

Curfman Gallery
8033 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-8033

For more information contact Stanley Scott at lscarts2@lamar.colostate.edu or 970-491-2810.

And the Cane controversy begins

A few days ago I wrote my opinions on the new CBS series "Cane," which is sort of a new Sopranos-themed series with a powerful Cuban-American family running a sugar empire in Florida. I also told you that it appeared to me that the series was loosely based upon the powerful Fanjul Family billion dollar empire.

The Palm Beach Post seems to think so as well, and the Fanjuls are pissed. Read the story here.

Opportunity for Art Students

The Regional Museum in Stalowa Wola, Poland has a call for art students for the "International Competition Self-Portrait for Art Students." It is open to art students from universities, academies and colleges.

Additional information as well as complete instructions, forms that need filled out or to contact the exhibition coordinator directly visit this website, or the contact person is Ms. Monika Kuras, at mkuras@stalowawola.pl.

The Lorton Arts Foundation

Lorton Arts Foundation, Inc. (LAF) is leading an innovative “adaptive reuse” of the former Washington D.C. Lorton Correctional Complex. With the creation of the Workhouse Arts Center at Lorton, Virginia, this extraordinary 55-acre cultural arts center is designed to promote, facilitate and provide life-long arts education opportunities. They have a plan that will celebrate the architectural significance and convey the fascinating story of this historic landmark, while creating an inspirational center for artistic expression.

Plans include: 68 artist studios in seven studio buildings, art galleries, exhibition spaces, a 500 seat events center, a 300 seat theater, an outdoor music barn, classes and workshops for art education, a museum, restaurants, residences for artists, gardens and a visitors center. They are on track to open all of the artists’s studio buildings as well as the main gallery building in early 2008

Opportunity for Artists

Deadline: Postmarked by Sept. 4th, 2007

The Workhouse Arts Center is pleased to announce their first call to jury for the Workhouse Artist Association membership, and studio rental. The Workhouse Photographic Society is also issuing its call to jury for membership. Submittal deadline: postmarked by Sept. 4th, 2007.

All information about the Workhouse, jury packets and the many opportunities to be available in early 2008 are available on the web at www.lortonarts.org.

Applications may also be picked up at their office trailers on the site, 9601 Ox Road, Lorton, VA Monday – Friday 9AM to 4PM. Informational sessions & site tours are scheduled for July 14th and August 18th 10AM, setting is limited, so pre-registration is required. Registration and/or questions may be sent to Marti Kirkpatrick, Studio Manager at martikirkpatrick@lortonarts.org or phone 703 495-0001 ext 301.

Letter to the Editor

Theodora T. Tilton writes an interesting Letter to the Arts Editor about Blake Gopnik, art, and the Venice Biennale reporting.

Wanna go to a few DC area openings tonight?

A few cool DC area openings tonight are: District Fine Arts' "Summer Solstice," a group show of contemporary art from the United States and Turkey. It includes drawings by the amazing photographer Lida Moser, who says "It was so wonderful to discover the joys of drawing after more than forty years in photography!" The opening is Saturday June 23rd, from 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. and it features an acoustic set by Brad Radish at 7pm.

Up the road off Wisconsin Avenue in Bethesda, at Heineman Myers Contemporary Art, Zoe serves "Yummy," and exhibition by artists and their relationship to food and food issues. The opening is on Saturday, June 23rd with an artist talk at 4pm and a reception for the artists from 6 to 9pm.

And Randall Scott Gallery has Hiroyuki Hamada opening tonight, but I'll be willing to bet that the photographer in the back gallery, Elena Volkova, will steal the show. Her ethereal photographs are simply gorgeous and she has a singular eye and touch. Volkova lives in Baltimore and is completing her MFA at MICA in July, although she has already exhibited widely in the DC area. The reception will be held on June 23rd from 6-9pm.