Royal portrait woes

I'm thrilled! Kate puts on a brave face as she sees first official portrait critics are calling 'rotten'

Read the story here.

Miami Art Fairs Panel

MIAMI ART FAIRS – REAL DEAL OR HYPE? 

FIRST‐HAND PERSPECTIVES FROM EXPERTS AND NEWCOMERS

Date: Monday, January 14th, 2013, 6:30 – 7:30 pm

Catalyst Projects will moderate this discussion, generously hosted by Arch Development and The Hive 2.0. The panel is going to feature Lenny Campello, distinguished art dealer and artist at Aqua; Adah Rose Bitterbaum, owner of the Adah Rose Gallery and exhibitor at Pulse; Tim Tate, established glass artist at Art Miami; Sean Hennessey, glass artist and newcomer to Aqua; and Shaunte Gates, exhibiting artist at Select.

This panel discussion will offer the DC arts community a look at the increasingly important world of art fairs from diverse perspectives.

This event is free of charge and open to the public.

Location:
The Hive 2.0
1231‐B Good Hope Rd SE
Washington, DC 20020

Miami Art Fairs Discussion Panel

Arch Development has been kind enough to offer The Hive as a venue to host a panel organized by Zofie Lang discussing the Miami art fairs, artists, galleries, lessons learned, strategies for artists, Q&As, etc. The panel is free and open to the public and will be held on Monday, January 14th starting at 6:30PM.

The address is:
1231-B Good Hope Rd SE
Washington, DC 20020

WPA on the move

Washington Project for the Arts Announces Move 

to Capitol Skyline Hotel

Washington, DC, January 10, 2013 - Washington Project for the Arts (WPA) announces the move of its administrative offices to the Capitol Skyline Hotel at 10 I ("Eye") Street SW, Washington, DC on February 1, 2013. WPA will take up temporary residence in a suite on the fourth floor of the Capitol Skyline for the next year as it finalizes plans for securing a long-term location which will house both administrative and exhibition space.

WPA's Executive Director Lisa Gold explains, "We are extremely excited about moving to such a creative and flexible location which will allow us to continue our programming throughout the DC region, while offering a home base for our administrative operations and a gathering place for artists to meet and share ideas. We look forward to presenting ongoing exhibitions and projects in collaboration with other organizations and institutions as well as offering new programs and events at the Capitol Skyline Hotel."

Well known for its support of contemporary art and artists, the Capitol Skyline Hotel is owned by internationally renowned collectors Don and Mera Rubell. Mera Rubell, co-founder of the Rubell Family Collection, stated, "WPA has always been at the heart of what defines the Capitol Skyline Hotel. It was the artists of WPA that performed at the SynchroSwim (WPA's synchronized swimming performance art competition inaugurated in 2009) to launch the South Beach pool experience for the community at the Hotel, along with the CONNERSMITH gallery who started an innovative cutting edge artist video program in collaboration with the Rubell Family Collection. The Rubell family and its entire team are excited to welcome WPA to its new home at the Hotel."     

 

Fluid Movement performs an excerpt from Jason and the Aquanauts at the WPA SynchroSwim 2010. Photo by Max Cook.

In addition to the SynchoSwim events in 2009 and 2010, WPA has organized and participated in other programs at the Hotel over the past few years including a panel discussion about the state of arts coverage in the mainstream DC media in 2010 and participation in the (e)merge art fair held at the Hotel for the past two years. Rubell added, "We welcome the staff to its new headquarters and all of the 1,000 artists that make up its membership to feel at home at the Hotel.  We invite them to see the Hotel as a place to engage with each other and the many global guests who frequent the Hotel. And, we believe that new and inspiring collaborations will result from these encounters at the Hotel."

 

WPA Chairman of the Board, Frederick P. Ognibene, M.D., noted that taking up temporary residence in the Capitol Skyline during its search for long-term, permanent space will afford the organization the ability to continue and even expand its community outreach while facilitating the kind of flexible and innovative programming for which WPA is known. "The ability to offer artists a venue to convene for formal programming as well as casual conversation is equally important," stated Dr. Ognibene. The hotel's location in the rapidly transforming Capitol Riverfront area is a mere 4 blocks from the Navy Yard Metro station and 5 blocks from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities' new offices. 

Over its 37 year lifespan, WPA has had multiple homes from its founding  location at 1227 G Street NW to the Jenifer Building at 400 7th Street NW to 434 7th St NW to the Corcoran Gallery of Art in 1996 and then to its current location at Dupont Circle in 2008. Read more about WPA's history on the 35th anniversary exhibition (Catalyst) website at http://wpadc.org.         

 

WPA will announce plans for a welcome reception at the Hotel after the annual SELECT Art Auction Gala on March 16, 2013 at 64 New York Avenue NE.

More information: www.wpadc.org

1000 Artists! Call for entry!‏

Envision

 

An army of artists interspersed among the enthusiastic crowds celebrating the Presidential Inauguration on January 21st on the Mall in Washington DC, all quietly making  art.  They have the focus of monks meditating, simply being present, reflecting, and innovating. 

 

Some artists are sculpting, drawing and painting while others are making wild knittings and creating collages. A group of people are engaged in a slow meditative dance and a man is pulling silk screen prints which he hands out on the spot. These art-makers are all wearing white jump suits and orange hats, helping to make art-making visible and central to our national values and identity at this major ritual and celebration. 

Details here.

On the Verge

Announcing:

On the Verge: Extension, Transition, Conversation

An Exhibition of Prince George's County Artists

Presented by the M-NCPPC's Department of Parks and Recreation, Prince George's County Arts and Cultural Heritage Division

Dates: January 11 - April 9, 2013

Artists Reception Presented by the Prince George's Arts and Humanities Council: TBA

Featured Artists: Stanley Agbontaen, Eloy Areu, Jennifer Axner, Rebecca Bailey, Gasby Brown, Alicia Chin, Alonzo Davis, Jan Garland, Bill Harris, Winston Harris, Belle Hinnefeld, Kevin Holder, Arnold Hurley, Paula A. Ibey, Wayson R. Jones, Sonia Keiner, Ludie Kidd, Freddie Larkin, Allen Linder, Stephanie O'Grady, Russell Simmons, Ronnie Spiewak, Fran Stetina, Charles Reiher, Linda Lee Uphoff, Richard Paul Weiblinger

Location:

Lowe House Office Building, Prince George's Delegation Areas

6 Bladen Blvd
Annapolis, MD 21041

Glass flavor of the month

The DMV's own Michael Janis is officially the flavor of the month for the Art Alliance of Contemporary Glass! 

Check out the AACG's website here.

If you collect DMV artists and don't have a Janis, then you either suffer from glassism and are an official glassite, or you are simply a comemierda.