This is how you do it!
As constant readers know, I often post and bust online art scammers on DC Art News. But now artist and anti art scam samurai Katie Moe has taken the blade directly to the ever growing business of scamming artists out of their artwork.
Her blog Stop Art Scams deserves constant visits.., visit her online here.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Wilmar Villar Mendoza: Another Hero Dies
On Thursday evening, Wilmar Villar Mendoza died pursuant to a 56-day hunger strike protesting his unjust imprisonment by the brutal and murderous Castro regime.
He was imprisoned on November 2, 2011, after participating in a peaceful demonstration calling for freedom, human rights and democracy.
Wilmar was charged with “contempt” and sentenced to four years in prison in a hearing that lasted less than an hour.
Here's a picture of Wilmar during the peaceful demonstration (the "crime" according to the Castro regime) that cost him his life.
The sign reads "No More Lies."
From Human Rights Watch:
Prison guards placed Villar Mendoza in solitary confinement after he initiated the hunger strike on November 25, his wife said. He told his wife he was stripped naked and placed in solitary confinement in a small, cold cell. The last time she was allowed to visit her husband was on December 29, she said.Read that report here.
In an official statement, President Obama said:
President Obama’s thoughts and prayers are with the wife, family, and friends of Wilmar Villar, a young and courageous defender of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Cuba who launched a hunger strike to protest his incarceration and succumbed to pneumonia.
Villar’s senseless death highlights the ongoing repression of the Cuban people and the plight faced by brave individuals standing up for the universal rights of all Cubans. The United States will not waver in our support for the liberty of the Cuban people. We will remain steadfast in our outreach to the Cuban people through unlimited Cuban American family visits and remittances, purposeful travel, and humanitarian assistance to dissidents and their families in support of their legitimate desire to freely determine Cuba’s future.
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Cody Calamaio on Jesse Cohen
The Gazette's Cody Calamaio has a very cool profile piece on even cooler and good bud Jesse Cohen, the founder, driver and soul of artdc.org, now with over 2,400 members.
Read the piece here.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Drawing meet Powerpoint
A work in progress; the alternate Universe story so far:
We're sometime in the late 1950s, and late one night, Cuban actor and band leader Desi Arnaz, one half of the "I Love Lucy" TV super hit heads home to discover his wife, the gorgeous and talented Lucille Ball, in the arms of a fellow Cuban, soon to become an icon himself, if because of more brutal causes. In the background, a B&W TV set from the period plays scenes from "I Love Lucy."
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Artomatic Returns to Crystal City in 2012!
Wooo Hoo!
The DMV's most spectacular art energy generator,Artomatic, returns to Crystal City in 2012 for their unique, massive, liberal and most Democratic free arts event, to be held in the biggest Artomatic building ever, from May 18 - June 24.
Artomatic will partner with the Crystal City Business Improvement District (BID) to transform the Transwestern Presidential Tower at 2511 S. Clark St. in Crystal City into a vibrant arts community that celebrates creativity and creates a unique and exciting event for tens of thousands of visitors - all free to visit.
Registration information to exhibit work at Artomatic will be available soon. Meanwhile, check it all out here.
Bethesda Artist Market
The Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District is looking for local and regional artists to display and sell their fine art and fine craft during the Bethesda Artist Market. This year’s Market will take place on three Saturdays this summer: June 9, July 14 and August 11.
· Each artist must submit five images of their work and one image of their booth.
· The images must be representative of the work the artist plans to exhibit at the Bethesda Artist Market.
· A non-refundable entry fee of $15 must accompany the application.
· A $50 booth fee will be required for each Market the artist attends, due after artist is accepted into the show.
Apply online here. If you would like a mail-in application, please send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to:
Valerie Hillman
Bethesda Urban Partnership
7700 Old Georgetown Road
Bethesda, MD 20814
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