Apply for 2021 Solo Exhibitions in the Gibbs Street Gallery, Common Ground Gallery, and Concourse Gallery

Deadline: April 5, 2020. 

VisArts invites artists working in all media to apply for 2021 Solo Exhibitions in the Gibbs Street Gallery, Common Ground Gallery, and Concourse Gallery. Exhibitions in each of the galleries explore the breadth of contemporary art featuring emerging to mid-career artists. Exhibits reflect a wide range of media and experimental approaches that offer the viewer unexpected interactions with art. 

The Gibbs Street Gallery is approximately 1,100 square feet with 16 ft. ceilings. It is on the street level with floor to ceiling windows along one wall. International, national and local artists are welcome to apply. The Common Ground Gallery is located on the second floor and is approximately 300 square feet. 

Artists must live in the Mid-Atlantic region to apply for a solo exhibition in this gallery. 

The Concourse Gallery is located on the second floor and is approximately 500 square feet.  

It has curved windows along one wall. International, national, and local artists are welcome to apply. 

Applicants who have participated in a solo exhibition at VisArts within the past two years are not eligible to apply. 

All application materials must be submitted online through their website no later than 11:59 pm EST on 04/05/2020. 

Click here to submit.

Christie’s Tried a Sale of Art Starting at Just $100. It Paid Off Big Time

Christie’s bet that an online-only sale of lower-priced art would attract new buyers seems to have paid off big time. The sale, dubbed Christie’s 100, featured 92 lots by many well-known contemporary artists, with bids starting at as low as $100. Certain works even sold for considerably less than the average New Yorker’s monthly rent, including a Louise Lawler print for $1,000, and a John Bock work on paper for $750.

Read the whole article by Eileen Kinsella here.

Opportunity for Artists

Deadline: March 2, 2020

Up to four artists are awarded annually with a solo gallery exhibition in one of two gallery spaces (each approximately 13' x 25') at the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts at Penn State Altoona. 

Open to all visual artists in any media. Entries must have been completed within the last two years. 

Artists will be selected from on-line submissions by a faculty committee. Artists creating original works of art in any media are encouraged to apply. If awarded, artwork must be suitable for installation and must not exceed 84" in any firm dimension. 

Two-dimensional works must not weigh more than 60 lbs., including frame and must be ready to hang with the appropriate attached hardware. Three-dimensional works weighing over 80 lbs must have a base that can be rolled or composed of elements that can be easily moved.

 Digital and non-traditional media will be considered. 

There is no submission fee. 

More info., visit: https://altoona.psu.edu/academics/divisions/arts-humanities/misciagna-family-center-performing-arts/application-ivyside-juried-arts-competition  

Contact: ehf10@psu.edu or call 814-949-5451.

Wanna go to an opening?

CARVED IN STONE | PAINTED WITH LIGHT 

Exhibit Dates: January 21, 2020 - April 4, 2020

MEET THE ARTISTS Reception: Wednesday, February 5, 5-8 pm

1111 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington DC 20004

Featured Artists

David Therriault, Carolyn Goodridge & Hubert Jackson 

New Members Show Opens Tomorrow at Foundry

Courtney Applequist and Sheila Blake - New Members Show

February 5 - March 1, 2020

   

       Reception and artists' talk:  Saturday  February 8, 5 - 8 pm

Foundry Gallery

Courtney Applequist
My work draws inspiration from the seen world.  I seek the use of found geometries and colors to depict the feeling of a moment, finding a degree of tension: beauty and dissonance.  I work primarily in oil paint, interjecting charcoal, pastel and other media as the moment requires.  The thoughts I start with are nothing more than a beginning, and I am driven to a new place as the piece unfolds.

Sheila Blake
I’ve been a painter all my life. Creating the illusion of space and light with paint is what thrilled me from the beginning, and it thrills me now.  I went to Cooper Union in New York, lived in California, then moved to Durham, where I taught art at Duke University.  After moving here I taught at the Corcoran.  Now I have a studio in Takoma Park, and keep the demands of life to a minimum so I can paint full time, every day.  There’s so much in these paintings: the light, the mood.  The subterranean menace.

Last week to see this cool show!

Small Treasures  

On display now through February 8, 2020 

At 1429 Iris Street NW, Washington DC 20012  

ARTISTS: Caroline Benchetrit, William Buchanan, F. Lennox Campello, Lea Craigie-Marshall, Elissa Farrow-Savos, Susan Freda, Carolyn Goodridge, Ibou N'Diaye, Peter Hansen, Stephen Hansen, Hubert Jackson, Mihira Karra,  Anne Marchand, Kristine Mays, Hadrian Mendoza, Nancy Nesvet, Carol Newmyer, Keith Norval, Katharine Owens, Suzy Scarborough, Gavin Sewell, Patricia Skinner, Bradley Stevens, Paul Martin-Wolff, Marcie Wolf-Hubbard... 

Artists New to Zenith Gallery: Nina Benton, Najee Dorsey, Lisa Meek

Frazetta and me

When I was a young teen, I ran across the book covers of the late, great master Frank Frazetta.  To say that his artwork made an impression upon me would be the second greatest understatement if all of human history.

I became a Frazetta collector. I bought books, magazines, fanzines, posters, and later on in life, when I could begin to afford it, original artwork.

I met the artist a couple of times in my life, and both times I was essentially hypnotized by what a nice guy he was, and how generous and open.

When I decided to apply to art school at the University of Washington, my application portfolio contained nothing by Frazetta-style works, and comic book style panels.  As my counselor noted during the interview, my application package was not what the review panel was "used to seeing" and thus the interview was going to be "more important that usual."

I was accepted, and in my subjective... cough, cough... opinion, I am currently the second greatest graduate ever from that school... cough, cough.

Two Washington Huskies: Chuck Close and Lenny Campello

But I digress - a well documented Campello habit, which I call "meandering." In the years since, my respect and awe for Frazetta has continued to grow, and he will always be a key part of my artistic footprint.

A few days ago, while searching for something else, I found a couple of the Frazetta style drawings which I created in 1977 for that epic proposal. They are the work of a 20-year-old seeking to imitate a master artist.

I was clearly no Frazetta (by far), and clearly I was soooo lucky that the university's selection panel saw something in these Napoleon Dynamish amateur drawings... Notice how my "art" signature is even in the style of his iconic signature -- but here they are for posterity: