Fundraising auction

Any artist interested in submitting any pieces; there's no entry fee, W7AC retains 20% of all sales... 

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Art auctions

From Art Law Journal:

Paddle8 is a virtual auction house, backed by the owners and technology investors behind Uber, Pinterest and Vimeo. The company is focused on fine art, holding two types of auctions: benefit auctions, which are held through collaborations with non-profits and major museums, and biweekly themed auctions. 

In the first half of 2014, total sales reached $17.8 million, a 400 percent increase over the same period in 2013. The company has received $17 million from Investors. Not nearly as large as the major auction houses, founder Alexander Gilkes isn’t worried, claiming that his company’s “focus is on the whole middle market, . . . the $100,000 range.” although he did qualify the statement saying, “we had a Jeff Koons egg that started at $500 and went to $900,000.” 

With Paddle8’s success, the major auction houses are ramping up their online business. In 2014, Sotheby’s inked a deal with eBay to stream its auctions online and Christie’s, the world’s largest auction house, putting additional marketing efforts into its $50 million media platform. In the first six months of 2014, 27 percent of Christie’s online buyers were new to the auction house.

Opportunities for Artists

Nominate now for the 2015 Baker Artist Awards. In its seventh year, the Baker Artist Awards were established in 2008 to support Baltimore area artists and to promote their work to regional, national and international audiences. Up to three Mary Sawyers Baker prizes of up to $25,000 each are awarded annually to celebrate a dedication to art, mastery of craft, and a commitment to excellence. Nominations close January 15, 2105.

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation  through its Creative Fellowships program annually supports residencies for writers, composers, and visual artists at the Millay Colony for the Arts and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts  (VCCA). Starting in 2015, the Foundation will support residencies at VCCA for artists currently residing in New York in addition to Delaware, Maryland, and West Virginia. The application deadlines for VCCA are January 15, May 15, and September 15, 2015. 

The Grit Fund, administered by The Contemporary, supports unincorporated and collaborative artist-organized activity that contributes to Baltimore's arts landscape but seldom qualifies for traditional funding. The Contemporary will lead four free information sessions providing details on the application process, guidelines, eligibility, funding priorities, and more. More information is here.

SELECT 2015 opens at the end of the month

SELECT 2015 consists of a 5-week public exhibition and a ticketed auction party to support contemporary art and the local artist community. The artists invited to participate in this exhibition were selected by a group of notable curators from some of the most important institutions in our region, emerging curators, and WPA’s Board of Directors.

Location

Artisphere
1101 Wilson Blvd
Arlington, VA 22201

DIRECTIONS

EXHIBITION HOURS (FREE)

Thursday, January 29 through Friday, March 6, 2015

Wednesdays through Fridays: 4–11pm

Saturdays: 12 – 11pm

Sundays: 12 – 5pm

Mondays and Tuesdays: CLOSED

The exhibition is open to the public free of charge.

EXHIBITION OPENING RECEPTION (FREE)

Thursday, January 29, 2015, 7–9pm

VIEW ARTWORKS

New DMV art space

Olly Olly Presents

Bodylore

January 24, 2015 – February 6, 2015

Opening Reception

Saturday, January 24, 2015, 7pm – 10pm

Olly Olly, a new alternative art space in Fairfax, VA, is pleased to present its inaugural pop-up art exhibition, Bodylore, an exploration of the human figure and an investigation into the body as social construct, tradition, myth, and fairytale.  On Saturday, January 24, 2015, from 7pm to 10pm, spend an evening with the artists:

Eames Armstrong
Jackie Hoysted
Carolina Seth
Robert C. Yi

Bodylore features a variety of work dealing with the body, the interaction of bodies, embodiment, the folklore of bodies, play, and the role of the body in our everyday experience, dream-life, and cultural imagination.

Olly Olly wants to nourish the body and the community as well. We will be collecting healthy non-perishable food items for the Food Bridge Program at Our Daily Bread, which provides short-term emergency food assistance to Fairfax County area residents who are in crisis. We encourage you to bring a healthy non-perishable food item to donate. The Food Bridge Program is most in need of cooking oil, brown rice, dried beans, canned fruit in its own juices, and pasta sauce.

Olly Olly, located at 10417 Main Street, 2^nd Floor in Fairfax, VA, is open Tuesdays from 6pm-9pm, Saturdays 11am-4pm, and by appointment. Bodylore will be on view at Olly Olly from January 24, 2015 through February 6, 2015.

http://www.ollyollyart.com/

https://www.facebook.com/events/1520963774853508/

Jodi Walsh at Longview

Thursday, January 15th, 6:30 - 8:00pm

RSVP at the facebook event page

 

Show Dates: January 15 - February 11

DC metro based artist Jodi Walsh uses environmentally safe and natural materials to create unique mixed media works utilizing both paint and ceramic. Many of her works feature textured backgrounds layered with hand thrown ceramics suspended by stainless steel thread on heavy metal hardware. Past, Preset & Future will seamlessly combine her wall hanging pieces with her new ceiling mounted sculptural works.
 

Moods—In the end, the work is about providing a moment of visual and mental repose in the hold of abstraction and beauty -- a reflection of the settings of life.

 

Long View Gallery

1234 Ninth St NW, Washington, DC 20001 longviewgallerydc.com info@longviewgallery.com | 202.232.4788 facebook page

Opportunities for Artists at Montgomery College

EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITY: Themed exhibition series

Interactivity: Sight and Sound

Colored hearing: sounds, music or voices seen as colors is referred to as synesthesia. Synesthetic art refers to multi-sensory experiments in the genres of visual art, music visualization, audiovisual art, abstract film and other multi-and intermedia. The concept of synesthesia has long been a source of inspiration for artists, composers and writers. The work produced by artists attempting to provoke simultaneous perception by different senses has suggested the idea of "interactivity": between sight and hearing in particular, but not necessarily excluding interactivity among the other senses. Artists are invited to consider this concept and propose an exhibit of works that might connote or express it.

The Department of Visual and Performing Arts is calling for exhibition proposals for the Open Gallery in The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Arts Center that address the theme, "Interactivity: Sight and Sound." Four exhibitions will be scheduled for the 2015–2016 academic year.

Proposals must be received by April 17, 2015.  Applicants will be notified by June 1.

For detailed information about the exhibition space and the application process please visit:

http://cms.montgomerycollege.edu/arts-tpss/exhibitions/opportunities.html

ARTIST RESIDENCY OPPORTUNITY

Deadline: Postmarked by March 31, 2015

Montgomery College Artist in Residence Program

The Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus of Montgomery College offers semester-long residencies for visual artists.  Fall residencies run from mid-August through mid-December.  Spring residencies run mid-January through mid-May.  This program provides artists with a dedicated space to pursue their professional art practice within an academic environment populated by art students and faculty.  Resident artists may also be granted access to the many other studio facilities available in the Cafritz Foundation Arts Center on a case-by-case basis.  No living accommodations are provided.

Applications are being accepted for the 2015-2016 academic year.

Deadline for applications is March 31, 2015.  There are no fees for participation in this residency.

For further information and the application forms, please visit:

http://cms.montgomerycollege.edu/arts-tpss/residencies/