Opportunities for Artists

Deadline: April 1, 2013 

THE ARTIST'S MAGAZINE 30th ANNUAL ART COMPETITION More
than $25,000 in cash prizes will be awarded, and Top Award Winners
will be featured in the December 2013 issue of The Artist's Magazine!

All winners will also appear in a special online gallery. There are 5
categories for you to compete and win. Plus, there's a Special
Student/Beginner Division for new artists. Entry fee. 

For details and to enter, contact art-competition@fwmedia.com

Update: Laurie found a direct link:  
http://www.artistsnetwork.com/the-artists-magazine-annual-competition

OPTIONS 2013

Washington Project for the Arts Presents
OPTIONS 2013
April 10 - June 9, 2013
Location: Arlington Arts Center, 3550 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA 22201   

Opening Reception: Saturday, April 13, 6-9pm
Curator Talk: Saturday, May 18, 4pm
Exhibition Hours: Wednesday - Friday, 1-7pm; Saturday-Sunday, 12-5pm

Aaron McIntosh, Dream of Darkness, 2010, Artist's teenage t-shirts and underwear and craft felt; quilted, 60" x 108"

The Washington Project for the Arts has announced OPTIONS 2013, the fifteenth installment of WPA's biennial exhibition of works by emerging and unrepresented artists from DC, Maryland, and Virginia. OPTIONS 2013 will take place from April 10 through June 9, 2013 at the Arlington Arts Center, 3550 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA 22201. The exhibition will include work by sixteen artists selected by curator Gerald Ross, Director of Exhibitions and Faculty, MFA in Curatorial Practice, Maryland Institute College of Art.
There will be an opening reception for the exhibition on Saturday, April 13 from 6-9pm and a talk with the curator and participating artists on Saturday, May 18 at 4pm. Both events are free and open to the public.

Participating artists include: Selin Balci (Annapolis, MD), Christina Billotte (Baltimore, MD), Michael Borek (Bethesda, MD), Julia Brown (Washington, DC), Carolyn Case (Cockeysville, MD), Bonnie Crawford Kotula (Baltimore, MD), Evan Hume (Washington, DC), Lisa Marie Jakab (Washington, DC), Magnolia Laurie (Baltimore, MD), Aaron McIntosh (Baltimore, MD), Mark Parascandola (Washington, DC), Wendy Rodgers (Takoma Park, MD), Kathryn Sowinski (Baltimore, MD), Colette Veasey-Cullors (Baltimore, MD), William Whitaker (Washington, DC), and Millicent Young (Ruckersville, VA).

Off and On...

A painting by African-American artist Kara Walker has gone back on display at Newark Library.

The artwork had been covered almost immediately after it was first shown because library workers found it offensive.

Read it here.

 This is not the first time black viewers have expressed disapproval of Walker's imagery. In 1997, artist Betye Saar led a campaign against Walker's work, sending letters to people in the art world, asking, "Are African-Americans being betrayed under the guise of art?"

Read that here.

Makes my head hurt...

The California woman accused of slaughtering her ex-boyfriend at his Arizona home in a gruesome "Fatal Attraction"-style attack has made more than $1,000 hawking her jailhouse artwork online.

Read the whole story here.

Hang her high...

Read this.

Original student-era Keith Haring mural discovered

In the market for some new digs? Check out this 8,200 square foot TriBeCa maisonette, complete with three floors, 19th century adornments, double floor ceilings, factory windows and an original student-era Keith Haring mural.

Read the whole article by Julia Dawidowicz here.

Audrey Wilson

One of the most pleasant surprises that I had in doing the Aqua Art Fair last December in Miami Beach (other than record sales, which is always a good thing), was how efficient and hardworking Audrey Wilson, the gallery's intern for the fair and current intern at the Washington Glass School was. But the real surprise was the beauty and intelligence of her work (which we displayed in Miami and sold well!).

Here's Audrey Wilson's current productions - buy some now.


Bluebook for a Woman's Revenge
Kiln formed tempered glass, found metal, latex
H 9'' W 8'' D 7''

Mechanically Activated Patent US1680
Kiln formed tempered glass, found metal
H 5'' W 4'' D 6''


Quadratically Coupled Optomechanical Doubled Wing
Pate de verre kiln formed glass, found metal, latex
H 7' W 7'' D 6''


Broken Enigma Number Two
Kiln formed tempered glass, found object
H 18' W 18''
In a private collection in New York