Check it out at the link
Wednesday, August 03, 2016
Pink a Cherry Blossom Fantasy
Check it out at the link
Tuesday, August 02, 2016
Art as Politics at Touchstone
Touchstone Gallery’s timely exhibition, Art as Politics, puts together something that is such a Washingtonian art genre: political art! Artists from across the nation who want their visual arts opinion to be heard along with the current two rather unlikable characters running in the 2016 election cycle.
"The fact that there is a lot riding on this election is the understatement of the century,” says juror and hard-working DC gallerist Jayme McLellan, “And the pressing--perhaps crushing--social problems plaguing the United States are brought to the forefront by the artists in this national juried exhibition at Touchstone called ART AS POLITICS. Gun violence, immigration, border walls, climate change, homelessness, racism, #BlackLivesMatter, rape, women’s rights, net neutrality, the psychology of candidates and elected leaders including Hillary, The Donald, Bernie, Obama, and more– it’s all in here.“
McLellan selected 127 works from the several hundred submitted. It’s an all media show including wall pieces, video installations and sculpture. Artwork for the exhibition will be traveling to D.C. from California, Texas, Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri, Michigan, Maine, Ohio, Iowa and many other states.
“Art represents the time and epoch in which it was created,” McLellan continues, “and if artists are the antenna of the masses, this exhibition reveals much about our present moment. It contains a broad swath of talent and reflects a collective social consciousness that is telling and sometimes hard to endure. As a whole, the exhibition can produce anxiety, some is downright hard to look at, but there is also beauty in there, and hope. The show paints a picture of what it means to be in this melting pot of America right now. For better or worse, this is our shared reality. And as art gatherings build community, it is our chance to dialogue together as we move into the future.”
Touchstone’s August exhibits include both Art as Politics in the main gallery and Touchstone Member’s Summer Sampler Summer Sampler works in the Annex gallery. At the Opening Reception on August 5, 6 - 8:30pm prizes will be awarded to three of the participating artists.
The artists selected by McLellan are:
MARY ELLEN (M'EL) ABRECHT, MICHAEL AUGER, BE/CAUSE - COLLABORATION BETWEEN ROSSANA JERAN AND MARTIN DIGGS,GINNY BAUGHMAN, RON BECKHAM, MARY BISHOP, STEPHEN BORKO, JILL BRANTLEY, KELLY BURKE, TAYLOR CALLERY, AUGUSTINE CHAVEZ, CHRISTOPHER CHINN, KATHRYN CIRINCIONE, JOHN H. CLARKE, MISTY M. COLE, K. M. COPHAM, JIM DESSICINO, EILEEN DOUGHTY, JULIA DZIKIEWICZ, JOHN FIGURA, MICHAEL FISCHERKELLER, CONSTANCE FLERES, FUENTES, RIC GARCIA, KEVIN GRASS, TRISHA GUPTA, AMANDA MARIE HARNER, KRISTEN VICTORIA HARNER, E. SHERMAN HAYMAN, DAN HILDT, ERIN HOFFMAN, MICHAEL PATRICK HOLT, LORRI HONEYCUTT, MARCUS HOWELL, ROBERT S. HUNTER, ED HUTCHINS, JINNY ISSEROW, JUDY JASHINSKY, R. JAY JAY JOHNSON, TIMOTHY JOHNSON, ERIC JOHNSTON, GLEN KESSLER, SALOMON KHAMMI, HALLIE KROST, MICHAEL LANG, JEFF LASSAHN, AMANI LEWIS, ASHLEY LLANES, GEORGE LORIO, SHELLEY LOWENSTEIN, PATRICK A. LUBER, ROSEMARY LUCKETT, BONNIE MACALLISTER, CATHERINE C. MARTIN, PENNY MATEER, PETE MCCUTCHEN, IAN MCDERMOTT, MARLA MCLEAN, REBECCA MCNEELY, MIKE MCSORLEY, CHARLES MENDEZ, RAM - RASHAD ALI MUHAMMAD, DAVID NELSON, KASEY OBOYLE, MARY OTT, SANDI PARKER, GAIL PEAN, JAMES PENFIELD, JOHN PUNSALAN, MICHAEL RICHISON, FEDERICO A. RUIZ, CINDY SACKS, MEG SCHAAP, STEPHEN SCHIFF, JENNIFER L. SCHMIDT, DAVE SEILER, TOM SEMMES, ALI ONUR SENGUL, JANATHEL SHAW, ANNE H. SHIELDS, JAMES SHUMATE, JANOS SOMOGYI, MAUREEN SQUIRES, ANN STODDARD, BYRON TAYLOR, DORRI THYDEN, PATRICIA TURNER, SHAUN VAN STEYN, ANDRE VELOUX, RUBÉN ALEJANDRO LEBRÓN VILLEGAS, NAOMI VOGELS, CATHY WILKIN, CLARE WINSLOW, JENNY WU.
Touchstone Gallery
"The fact that there is a lot riding on this election is the understatement of the century,” says juror and hard-working DC gallerist Jayme McLellan, “And the pressing--perhaps crushing--social problems plaguing the United States are brought to the forefront by the artists in this national juried exhibition at Touchstone called ART AS POLITICS. Gun violence, immigration, border walls, climate change, homelessness, racism, #BlackLivesMatter, rape, women’s rights, net neutrality, the psychology of candidates and elected leaders including Hillary, The Donald, Bernie, Obama, and more– it’s all in here.“
McLellan selected 127 works from the several hundred submitted. It’s an all media show including wall pieces, video installations and sculpture. Artwork for the exhibition will be traveling to D.C. from California, Texas, Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri, Michigan, Maine, Ohio, Iowa and many other states.
“Art represents the time and epoch in which it was created,” McLellan continues, “and if artists are the antenna of the masses, this exhibition reveals much about our present moment. It contains a broad swath of talent and reflects a collective social consciousness that is telling and sometimes hard to endure. As a whole, the exhibition can produce anxiety, some is downright hard to look at, but there is also beauty in there, and hope. The show paints a picture of what it means to be in this melting pot of America right now. For better or worse, this is our shared reality. And as art gatherings build community, it is our chance to dialogue together as we move into the future.”
Touchstone’s August exhibits include both Art as Politics in the main gallery and Touchstone Member’s Summer Sampler Summer Sampler works in the Annex gallery. At the Opening Reception on August 5, 6 - 8:30pm prizes will be awarded to three of the participating artists.
The artists selected by McLellan are:
MARY ELLEN (M'EL) ABRECHT, MICHAEL AUGER, BE/CAUSE - COLLABORATION BETWEEN ROSSANA JERAN AND MARTIN DIGGS,GINNY BAUGHMAN, RON BECKHAM, MARY BISHOP, STEPHEN BORKO, JILL BRANTLEY, KELLY BURKE, TAYLOR CALLERY, AUGUSTINE CHAVEZ, CHRISTOPHER CHINN, KATHRYN CIRINCIONE, JOHN H. CLARKE, MISTY M. COLE, K. M. COPHAM, JIM DESSICINO, EILEEN DOUGHTY, JULIA DZIKIEWICZ, JOHN FIGURA, MICHAEL FISCHERKELLER, CONSTANCE FLERES, FUENTES, RIC GARCIA, KEVIN GRASS, TRISHA GUPTA, AMANDA MARIE HARNER, KRISTEN VICTORIA HARNER, E. SHERMAN HAYMAN, DAN HILDT, ERIN HOFFMAN, MICHAEL PATRICK HOLT, LORRI HONEYCUTT, MARCUS HOWELL, ROBERT S. HUNTER, ED HUTCHINS, JINNY ISSEROW, JUDY JASHINSKY, R. JAY JAY JOHNSON, TIMOTHY JOHNSON, ERIC JOHNSTON, GLEN KESSLER, SALOMON KHAMMI, HALLIE KROST, MICHAEL LANG, JEFF LASSAHN, AMANI LEWIS, ASHLEY LLANES, GEORGE LORIO, SHELLEY LOWENSTEIN, PATRICK A. LUBER, ROSEMARY LUCKETT, BONNIE MACALLISTER, CATHERINE C. MARTIN, PENNY MATEER, PETE MCCUTCHEN, IAN MCDERMOTT, MARLA MCLEAN, REBECCA MCNEELY, MIKE MCSORLEY, CHARLES MENDEZ, RAM - RASHAD ALI MUHAMMAD, DAVID NELSON, KASEY OBOYLE, MARY OTT, SANDI PARKER, GAIL PEAN, JAMES PENFIELD, JOHN PUNSALAN, MICHAEL RICHISON, FEDERICO A. RUIZ, CINDY SACKS, MEG SCHAAP, STEPHEN SCHIFF, JENNIFER L. SCHMIDT, DAVE SEILER, TOM SEMMES, ALI ONUR SENGUL, JANATHEL SHAW, ANNE H. SHIELDS, JAMES SHUMATE, JANOS SOMOGYI, MAUREEN SQUIRES, ANN STODDARD, BYRON TAYLOR, DORRI THYDEN, PATRICIA TURNER, SHAUN VAN STEYN, ANDRE VELOUX, RUBÉN ALEJANDRO LEBRÓN VILLEGAS, NAOMI VOGELS, CATHY WILKIN, CLARE WINSLOW, JENNY WU.
Touchstone Gallery
901 New York Ave NW
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 347-2787
Monday, August 01, 2016
The Veterans Administration and art spending
“Yet, in the midst of these horrific failings the VA managed to spend $20 million on high-end art over the last ten years—with $16 million spent during the Obama years,” Andrzejewski said.Sigh... bully the artsy kid when the VA sucks from top to bottom... Read the piece here.
Sunday, July 31, 2016
Pittsburgh visuals
We're in Pittsbugh, which surprisingly enough, at least to me, seems to be quite a cool city, in fact a small city with an enviable big town feel, and bridges everywhere.
We're here because the Professor is presenting some paper on the Arts in Special Education at a conference here... but since our hotel is next to the Convention Center, and since we saw some cool costumed geeks walking around the area, Little Junes and I sniffed it out and discovered that the ReplayFX Convention is going on at the Center.
Also going on at the joint was a Hillary Clinton rally, and by noon all the Clintonites, and all the protesters were already lining up. It occurred to me that there might develop some interesting photographic visuals once all the Bernistas, Clintonistas, and assorted protest-everything left wingnuts mixed it up with light saber wielding Star Warriors, Trekkies, and Mario characters... cough, cough.
We're here because the Professor is presenting some paper on the Arts in Special Education at a conference here... but since our hotel is next to the Convention Center, and since we saw some cool costumed geeks walking around the area, Little Junes and I sniffed it out and discovered that the ReplayFX Convention is going on at the Center.
Also going on at the joint was a Hillary Clinton rally, and by noon all the Clintonites, and all the protesters were already lining up. It occurred to me that there might develop some interesting photographic visuals once all the Bernistas, Clintonistas, and assorted protest-everything left wingnuts mixed it up with light saber wielding Star Warriors, Trekkies, and Mario characters... cough, cough.
Saturday, July 30, 2016
Review in the WaPo
The WaPo's Mark Jenkins reviews the current shows at The Katzen Museum at American University, including The Looking Glass: Artist Immigrants of Washington, in which I am honored to participate.
Read the review here.
Read the review here.
Friday, July 29, 2016
Call for Artists
UNITED in Passion and Pride.
September 10 - October 22, 2016
39th Street Gallery/Gateway Arts Center, 3901 Rhode Island Ave. Brentwood, MD 20722 (Second floor, 39th Street entrance)
This call for visual art is in response to the mass shooting that took the lives of 49 people at the Pulse Night Club, a gay bar in Orlando Florida, in the early morning hours of June 12, 2016. We are deeply saddened by this attack on the LGBTQ Community and our thoughts are with the family and friends of the people we lost. This tragedy is multi-layered and as such, this call is open to your interpretation of the title and theme. All artists are encouraged to enter work.
The 39th Street Gallery is located in Brentwood Maryland, a quarter mile from the Washington DC Line, in the heart of the Gateway Arts District. The Gateway Arts District strives to be a diverse community that is inclusive to all.
Please submit up to 3 pieces (both 2-D and 3-D works will be considered),
Entry Requirements:
1.) All submissions must be sent electronically to be considered.
2.) Images should be submitted in JPEG format, ideally 4" x 6"image size
3.) Any selected work MUST BE READY to Hang, Any pieces selected that arrives not ready to hang will be returned to artist upon delivery
4.) Work should not exceed 60" in any one dimension.
5.) Number and Label all images with the artist's last name and title in the JPEG file (Example: 01_Jones_Untitled.jpeg
6.) Include a corresponding image list with JPEG file name, artwork title, medium, year, size, and price.
All work needs to be hand delivered or shipped at the artists expense including prepaid return shipping.
The gallery will not take any commission on sales from this exhibition.
EXHIBITION SCHEDULE - Important Dates:
September 10 - October 22, 2016 -- exhibition dates
August 12-- deadline to apply
August 19 -- notifications of acceptance
August 20-27-- shipped artwork to arrive at the gallery
August 27, from 12-3PM -- hand delivered artwork to arrive at the gallery (or by appointment)
August 27, from 12-3PM -- hand delivered artwork to arrive at the gallery (or by appointment)
September 10, 5 pm - 8 pm -- opening reception
October 22 -- last day of the show
October 23- 27- artwork pick up and shipping (pick up at gallery by appointment)
Jurors:
1. John Paradiso, Artist, Curator of Programs, 39th Street Gallery
2. Margaret Boozer, Artist, Founder of Red Dirt Studio
3. Tom Hill, Artist, Senior Advisor, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration
For more information please write or call John Paradiso, 202-487-8458. Email: artprograms@gatewaycdc.org
John Paradiso
39th Street Gallery
Curator of Programming
202-487-8458
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
