Studio B July Exhibition

STUDIO B

7475 Wisconsin Avenue,

Lower Level, Bethesda, MD 20814

Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Friday, 3-7pm & by appointment

Opening Reception: Friday, July 14, 6-8pm

Located in the lower level of 7475 Wisconsin Avenue, the studio is home to artists Linda Button, Judy Gilbert Levey, Steve Hay and Shanthi Chandrasekar. Each artist creates, showcases and sells their work onsite.

July's exhibition features the Red Dot series by Shanthi Chandrasekar. Regarding the series, Chandrasekar says, "Not long ago I had a dream that filled me with the promise of great joy and limitless possibility, a feeling that unfortunately faded much too quickly upon waking. I was left with nothing more than the memory of a series of red dots arranged purposefully on a white background, an image I found I could not get out of my head. Did the dots represent the pottu or bindi on an Indian woman's forehead? Were they the dots in the kolam? Were they symbolic of the sun? Or did they denote some other energy source?"

Wanna go to an opening?

39th Street Gallery/Gateway Arts Center

3901 Rhode Island Ave., Brentwood, MD 20722

(Second Floor, 39th Street entrance)

Artist Reception July 22, from 6 - 8 PM

"She fell into a dream, twenty years into the past, into the face that was not hers for so many years, into the face that vanished when death arrived. She woke up to a mix of unfamiliar faces resembling the one that was never there. Now she stands up twisted looking at herself, in her so many forms."  Juliana Vallejo

Juliana Vallejo is a Columbian artist residing in the Washington Metropolitan area. She received her B.A. in Studio Art from the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Her main focus has been painting and drawing, although she is continually experimenting with new media that allow her own language and convey her buried thoughts.


In The Corridor Gallery and Summer A.I.R. Kyujin Lee

Born in Seoul, South Korea, in 1972, Kyujin Lee received her MFA from the City College of the City University of New York in 1997 and her MA from the Teacher College, Columbia University in 2000. Since the fall 2001, she has been living, working, and teaching art in Washington, DC.

Our View From Here

Linn Meyer's wonderful wall drawing/show at the Hirshhorn, Our View From Here closes on August 13!  

Our View From Here, Linn Meyers, The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
Photo by Cathy Carver

After that date, the drawing will be painted over and the piece will vanish.  If you haven't yet seen it, I hope you will visit the Hirshhorn before the exhibition is over.  

There have been several articles written about the show. If you're curious to read more, check out: Smithsonian Magazine, The Washington Times, Hyperallergic, The Washington Post, and Bmore Art.  

More information on the exhibit can be found on the museum's website here.

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Heading to Halifax, Nova Scotia to install, and then attend a party for a giant commission that was delivered about a month ago...


Since I'm there already, will stay a few days - anyone have any tips as to what to do and see?

Harry Potter, the NSO, and Wolftrap

We have three Wolftrap stadium seats tickets to the sold out HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE™ - IN CONCERT NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA with EMIL DE COU,  conducting at Wolftrap for tomorrow evening (Saturday) and now can't go.... anybody interested in buying them from me? 

Details here: 

http://www.wolftrap.org/tickets/calendar/performance/17filene/0707show17.aspx

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.