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.