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FTC'ing bloggers
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It is the first time since 1980 that the commission has revised its guidelines on endorsements and testimonials, and the first time the rules have covered bloggers.
Matt Sesow at MFA
New Drawing
The first one in months!
Excuse(s): I've been away (spent all of July screwing around the desert in California), had to make a major move back to DC from Philadelphia, and had my third child arrive a month ago. I'm still unpacking yo! And getting less than 3-4 hours sleep a day!
Andrew Wodzianski's House opens next week
On Thursday, October 8, 2009, the place to be and be seen in the District is at Flashpoint, for the most unusual opening reception from 6-8pm of Andrew Wodzianski's House.
Let me start with a warning: prepare yourself for an art exhibition like no art exhibition that you’ve ever been to, in fact, an art exhibition like no one has ever been to.
Not that novel ideas for art exhibitions are anything new for Andrew Wodzianski, but this one takes the prize.
Years before Twitter, Wodzianski orchestrated a solo show at Fraser Gallery where visitors could use Yellow Arrows (Twitter’s predecessor) to text immediate criticism and comments about his work to an online site.
It was such a new and innovative marriage of art and emerging digital communications technology, that most of it completely went over the heads of art critics and visitors alike: “text what to where?” It did catch the attention of a University curator who gave Wodzianski a follow up exhibition of this novel pre-Twitter concept of immediate digital feedback.
He also once showed up to an opening dressed as a ninja, and once as a woman.
In this exhibit you will see thirteen artworks (not a coincidence), nine of which will be paintings. All nine paintings depict interior sets and props used in William Castle’s cult campy film 'House on Haunted Hill’, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. The paintings are a triumph of technical and creative visual minimalism as still images from the film are manipulated and juxtaposed onto tinted canvas, and obfuscated by multiple layers of white glaze and velaturas [literally, there is only white titanium oil paint on a pastel ground]. Much like the 1959 film, the paintings themselves appear veiled and slightly threatening and unresolved.
But there’s a lot of other stuff going on around this exhibition besides these uneasy images. There is a real casket, a haunted house, Andrew’s first “official” art performance, selective mailings, miniature coffins, a scavenger hunt, free artwork, nurses, funeral directors, pall bearers, Twitter feeds, a Halloween after-party, and O yeah… be prepared to meet Vincent Price (star of the film).
And most of all be prepared for an art experience like you’ve never experienced before.
October Art festivals
Lots of great art festivals coming to the area this month, starting this Saturday with one of the area's beat art and craft festivals: Alexandria's Art on the Avenue in Del Ray. Music, food, kids' activities and loads of good, affordable artwork.
Art on the Avenue
Saturday, October 3, 10-6PM
Mt. Vernon Avenue in Alexandria
www.artontheavenue.org
Crafty Bastards Arts n Crafts Fair
Saturday, October 3, 10-5PM
Marie Reed Learning Center on 18th NW St, NW at Wyoming.
www.washingtoncitypaper.com/cratfybastards
Bethesda Art Market
Saturday, October 10, 10-5PM
Bethesda Place Plaza, corner of Old Georgetown Road and Woodmont Avenue.
www.bethesda.org
Lee-Fendall House Art and Craft Show
Saturday, October 17, 10-4PM
Orinoco Street, Alexandria
www.leefendallhouse.org
12th Annual Bethesda Row Arts Festival
Saturday, October 17th from 11am – 6pm
Sunday, October 18th from 11am – 5pm
www.bethesdarowarts.org
Wanna sell some artwork in NYC this weekend?
Then the Autumn Art Bazaar at Lyons Wier Gallery, NYC may be for you!
Autumn Art Bazaar @ Lyons Wier Gallery
October 3rd and 4th, 2009
On the heels of the success of the summer ART BAZAAR, Lyons Wier Gallery is pleased to announce its Autumn Art Bazaar being held this weekend, Saturday & Sunday, October 3rd & 4th.
The ART BAZAAR is an OPEN CALL opportunity for any artist not represented by Lyons Wier Gallery to display and sell their work in the gallery, located on the NE corner of 20th Street and 7th Avenue. There is no price structure, no visual filter for inclusion and no politics for entrance other than a willingness to show up, step-up and sell their work.
The ART BAZAAR strives to be a grass roots venue that is a catalyst for collecting art. The ART BAZAAR offers a unique opportunity for unrepresented artists living in New York to establish a presence in the art community. It allows for an open dialogue between the artist and collector and is unabashedly about the transaction between artistic creativity and financial sustainability. Due to its spontaneous nature, there is no telling who or what will be represented. This summer, participants varied from the seasoned professional to the absolute novice, prices ranged from $50 - $4500, and every possible medium was shown.
The ART BAZAAR continues to utilize social networks like Facebook, eBlogger, Twitter, uTube, Tumblr. and uStream.tv and is streamed LIVE on www.ArtBazaar.tv. The ART BAZAAR opens to the public Saturday 11-7 & Sunday 12-7.
