ArtsAction DC

A new arts coalition, ArtsAction DC, has been meeting monthly at Arena Stage since the spring of 2014. The coalition of 40 organizations represents performing and visual arts and the creative economy. The group is developing a study entitled "Funding for a Cultural Plan for DC," which the group intends to release prior to the FY16 Budget process next year with the goal of making the case for increased funding for the arts in D.C.

AOM party

You're Invited to the Artomatic Holiday Party on Friday

Please join AOM for Artomatic's Holiday Party this coming Friday, December 5 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in The Gallery Walk at Reagan National Airport -- the location of Artomatic Takes Flight. They'll share information about exhibiting and volunteering at Artomatic. If you plan to attend, please RSVP here.

Heading South

The van was packed today, almost everything fit... almost. It will soon head South to Context Art Miami, where we will be in booth E-44 and showcasing the work of British painter Simon Monk, Mexican photographer Dulce Pinzon, and the sculptures of American sculptors (and DMV area artists) Audrey Wilson and Elissa Farrow-Savos.

Oh yeah... had to drop $1600 in repairs to the van just prior to the drive to Miami... better here than on the road!

I fly down on Saturday and will start daily reports on Monday!

Who's going to ABMB this year?

The below list is courtesy of The Center for the Creative Economy

DC Area Artists - Art Basel Miami - 2014

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VENUE Aqua www.aquaartmiami.com

Jennifer Jacobs, Aqua Art Miami Director  jjacobs@art-miami.com

(T) 503.810.7903

Mayer Fine Arts - Aqua Art Miami

Judith Peck judithpeck@prodigy.net (with Mayer Fine Arts at Aqua Art Miami)

Victoria Gaitan (with Mayer Fine Arts at Aqua Art Miami)

Morton Fine Art - Aqua Art Miami

Stephon Senegal (Morton Fine Art, Aqua Art Miami)

Victor Ekpuk vekpuk@yahoo.com (Morton Fine Art, Aqua Art Miami)

Hamiltonian Gallery - Aqua Art Miami - www.hamiltoniangallery.org

Joshua Haycraft <haycraftj@bhbitb.com> (Hamiltonian Gallery at Aqua)

Annette  Isham <annette.isham@gmail.com> (Hamiltonian Gallery at Aqua)

VENUE Context Art Miami www.contextartmiami.com

Alida Anderson Art Projects - Context Art Miami info@alidaanderson.com

Audrey Wilson audreywilson4@gmail.com (with Alida Anderson at Context Art Miami)

Lenny Campello lenny@lennycampello.com (with Alida Anderson at Context Art Miami)

Curator’s Office – Context Art Miami  www.curatorsoffice.com

Larry Cook <larrywcookjr@yahoo.com> (Curator's Office at Miami Context Art Miami)

VENUE Latin American Art Pavilion latinamericanartpavilion.com

Latin American Art Pavilion latinamericanartpavilion.com

Joan Belmar Joanbelmar@gmail.com (The Latin American Art Pavilion at Red Dot Art Fair) curated by Dennys Matos

VENUE PRIZM Art Fair

Contact: Prizm Art Fair www.prizmartfair.com in Miami and the founder director is Mikhaile Solomon

Holly Bass hollybassdc@yahoo.com

Shaunte Gates Studiogates.gates@gmail.com

Wesley Clark wclark79@gmail.com

Amber Robles Gordon amberroblesgordon@gmail.com

Jamea Richmond Edwards ejamea@gmail.com

Irene Clouthier, www.ireneclouthier.com

Adrienne Gaither adriennegaither.com

VENUE Art Miami www.art-miami.com/

Connersmith Contemporary http://www.connersmith.us.com/

Erik Thor Sandberg  iconologicart@gmail.com

Sheldon Scott  https://www.facebook.com/servingsheldon

DC Area Galleries

Alida Anderson Art Projects info@alidaanderson.com

Connersmith Contemporary info@connersmith.us.com

Hamiltonian Gallery paso@hamiltonianartists.org, angie@hamiltonianartists.org

Morton Fine Art - MFA Amy Morton mortonfineart@gmail.com

Curator's Office andrea@curatorsoffice.com

Mayer Fine Arts www.mayerfineartgallery.com

Miami Organizations that have shown DC artists via application (Note: Aqua Art Miami doesn’t show individual artists, but only galleries via a rigorous application process; however, in the past they have vetted individual performance artists)

From Holly Bass - Map from 2012 - Beginners Guide to Art Base Miami

http://www.boydlevel.com/pdf/MiamiGuide2012.pdf

Beginner's guide to Art Basel:

Art Basel Miami Beach For Beginners | The Pink Line Project

Another scam

This is a scam - they're just beginning to hit artists and galleries with their own domain names:

Subject:   alidaanderson domain and keyword in CN From:   "David Zhang" Date:   Tue, November 18, 2014 11:55 pm To:   info@alidaanderson.com Priority:   Normal

(Please forward this to your CEO, because this is urgent. Thanks)

We are a Network Service Company which is the domain name registration center in Shanghai, China. On Nov 17, 2014, we received an application from Huabao Holdings Ltd requested "alidaanderson" as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names. But after checking it, we find this name conflict with your company name or trademark. In order to deal with this matter better, it's necessary to send email to you and confirm whether this company is your distributor or business partner in China?

Kind regards

David Zhang

General Manager

YIGUDNS (Headquarters)

B06, Yujing Building, No.1 Jihe Road,

Shanghai 201107, China

Tel: +86 21 6191 8696

Mobile: +86 138 1642 8671

Fax: +86 21 6191 8697

Web: www.yigudns.com

Quantum of the Seas in NYC

Super talented DMV area photog Alan Sislen writes...

I was in NYC this weekend doing some photography.  Last night I was shooting lower Manhattan from New Jersey and heard this enormous ships horn.  Coming up the Hudson River was your "Channeling Jackson Pollock: Rock, Paper, Scissors” being transported by Quantum of the Seas!  In the background is the World Financial Center and the Freedom Tower (One World Trade Center).

Thank you Alan!

Amber Robles-Gordon at the Capitol Skyline tomorrow

OPENING RECEPTION TOMORROW --  THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20 FROM 7-9PM

OPENING RECEPTION

November 20, 2014, 7-9pm

LOCATION

South Capitol Street Facade
Capitol Skyline Hotel
10 I (Eye) Street SW
Washington, DC 20024

WPA presents a new work by DC-based artist Amber Robles-Gordon as the second installation in its South Capitol Skyscape series. For the 50-foot banner on the South Capitol Street façade of the hotel, WPA has excerpted a portion of Robles-Gordon's new work entitled At the Altar: Dance of the Serpents. Created through the artist's signature assemblage process combining textiles and found objects, the work takes new form using a recycled hammock as its support and foundation, representing the structural constructs of the past and the restrictive patterns of repetitive thinking.