2018 Maryland Individual Artist Award

Deadline: July 21, 2017

The deadline for Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC) 2018 Individual Artist Award (IAA) applications is fast approaching. 

These highly competitive awards recognize outstanding artistic achievement, honor the unique contributions of Maryland artists to the state's creative economy, and include grants of $1,000-$6,000 to support artists as they advance their craft. 

MSAC is accepting 2018 IAA applications in the following categories: 

Non-Classical Music: Solo Performance

Non-Classical Music: Composition

Playwriting

Visual Arts: Crafts

Visual Arts: Photography

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation (MAAF) administers MSAC's IAA program.

Applicants can access IAA guidelines, application, and application assistance resources by clicking the "Maryland" tab here on MAAF's website. 

The deadline for 2018 applications is

Friday, July 21, 2017 at 4:30 pm EST

 

All applications must be submitted online.

MSAC and MAAF will offer one additional webinar before the deadline to guide IAA applicants through the application process. Advance registration is required. 

Saturday, July 8, 2017, 10:00-11:30 AM - Register here

Warhol's first solo show

Just to make you feel a little better:

When Los Angeles gallerists Irving Blum and Walter Hopps offered a young Andy Warhol his first-ever solo painting show, they thought it would be a sensation.

They were wrong. Local critics panned it; the Los Angeles Times went so far as to publish a snarky cartoon of two barefoot beatniks contemplating Warhol’s Campbell’s soup paintings. “Frankly, the cream of asparagus does nothing for me,” says one, “but the terrifying intensity of the chicken noodle gives me a real Zen feeling.” A nearby gallery tried to capitalize on the outrage by setting up a window display of Campbell’s soup, accompanied by the sign: “Get the real thing for only 29 cents a can.”

Andy Warhol, Pepper Pot Poster: Ferus Gallery, 1962.

Read this excellent article by Abigail Cain here.

Art Scam Alert

Beware of this thief trying to rip off artists:

 From: Dennis Smith <Dennis_Smitth02@outlook.com>

Good Morning,

Do you Shipped to Poland  ? and Accept Credit Card issued in USA as Payment Method and Regarding The shipping Company l have a Freight Company that you will contact Regarding Shipping Cost ,They can get the items picked up from your location and deliver directly to the final destination without any Problem of additional importation tax.

Thanks
Dennis Smith

Bootcamp for Artists Seminar

Early heads up!


On September 30, from 2-4:30 pm, The Brentwood Arts Exchange and I will be once again hosting my well-known “Bootcamp for Artists” seminar at no cost to the artists.



This seminar is suitable for all visual artists interested in taking their careers to the next level.



Ever wondered how to maximize the attention your work gets from the press, galleries, and museum curators? How to present your work in a professional manner and save money in the process? How to tap into grants, awards and residencies? How to approach a gallery?



Then this is the seminar for you! This program is free, but space is limited to 40 persons, and last year lots of artists were turned away because it filled up so quickly!


As soon as they start taking reservations (and I will announce that soon), I recommend that interested people reserve early, as this seminar always books up very quickly!



This program will be held in MNCPPC’s Brentwood Arts Exchange on the 1st Floor of the Gateway Arts Center, 3901 Rhode Island Avenue, Brentwood, MD 20722, just over the District line on Rhode Island Avenue.



See ya there!

Duty station ball caps

A sampling of some duty stations ball caps while I was honored to wear the uniform of the United States Navy (not all of the duty stations... by a long shot... but a "sampling" - missing are NTC Orlando, NTC San Diego, NTC Great Lakes, NTTC Corry Station, NSGD Rota, NSGA Imperial Beach, USS Fresno, USS LaSalle, USS Coronado, USS Virginia, NSGA Edzell, NPS Monterey, COMSPAWARSYCOM, and who knows how many others I've forgotten....
 

Petty Officer Third Class Campello

, US Navy

 

Lieutenant Commander Campello, US Navy

Happy Independence Day my fellow Americans! 

Whatever your political views are... always remember that what makes us different is that we are the mongrels that created the greatest experiment and then the greatest nation in the history of this planet!

Disagree with your neighbors if you have to... but always listen to them... and then shake hands and have them over for a BBQ.

“I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: 'I served in the United States Navy." - John F. Kennedy

Instagram

And... nu ......... I broke down: this is my Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lennycampello/?hl=en

Vintage 1997 Mermaid at Auction

Bid for it here.
 

"Mermaid"
Limited Edition Lithograph, circa 1997. 9 x 4.5 inches

Bid for it here.