Bummerooni!

Dear Local Writer,

On behalf of the Bethesda Urban Partnership and the 2020 Essay Contest jury, I would like to thank you for entering 2020 Bethesda Essay Contest. Our jurors truly enjoyed the opportunity to read work from a vast selection of area writers.

We received over 200 entries and while we appreciate your writing, your work was not selected. We thank you for your interest and hope you will consider applying to next year’s Essay, Short Story and Poetry competitions when a new panel of judges will select the winners.

If you’d like to join us to hear some of the winning essays and short stories read aloud, the Awards Ceremony & Reception will be held on Friday, April 17th at The Writer’s Center at 7pm. The Writer’s Center is located at 4508 Walsh Street in Bethesda, MD. 

Thank you again for sharing your work. We wish you the best of luck in your writing.

The Last Frida?

Wondering if this will be my last Frida in my 45-year-old love affair with her image?

"The Incantation of Frida Kahlo" by F. Lennox Campello
Charcoal and conte on paper 20x24 inches, c. 2020

This work will be at the Art on Paper fair which opens in New York on Thursday!

Art on Paper fair

The New York art fair Art on Paper is this week. 

We are in booth E23 - featuring the works of the uber talented Judith Peck, Sheila Giolitti, Mark Langley and yours truly! VIP preview is Thursday, March 5, 2020 6:00pm to 10:00pm!

Public Fair Hours
Friday, March 6
11:00am to 7:00pm
Saturday, March 7
11:00am to 7:00pm
Sunday, March 8

12:00pm to 6:00pm

Nubes Lloronas

The owner of this 1978 painting from my Cuba series would like to sell it - send me a note if anyone is interested - otherwise it is heading to auction.

I did this piece in my sophomore year at the School of Art at the University of Washington in Seattle. The written words on the island say: "Cachita, si puedes tu con Dios hablar, preguntale si sabe como me duele el alma, al sentir las nubes llorar... Llenas todas de tristeza... cuando sobre mi pasan al viajar..."

"Cachita" is what Cubans call the Virgin of the Charity of El Cobre, the patron saint of Cuba.  It translates to: "Cachita, if you can talk to God, ask Him if He knows how my soul aches when I feel the clouds cry... All full of sadness... when they pass over me..."

"Nubes Lloronas" (Crying Clouds)
27.5 x 37.25 inches, oil on board, c.1978

The Coronavirulization of America

As we prepare for the end of the world as we enter The Covidian Age, let me share what a Navy Chief told a bunch of us boot sailors as we reported to our first ship.

"Never forget," he said, "the first thing that a ship runs out of in times of war is shitpaper and then rags."

Understanding Estate Planning for Artists

HelpDesk 2020 with Robin Moore: Understanding Estate Planning for Artists

Saturday, March 14, 2020, 1-2:30 pm

Presented by Washington Sculptors Group at

Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies

3100 Whitehaven St NW

Washington, DC 20008

Parking on premises and Whitehaven Street

Free and open to the public.

Seating is Limited, Register for free tickets through Eventbrite

 

By organizing and documenting your art and your career as an artist, you increase the depth of understanding of your work as a history of culture, aesthetics, and values. The Washington Sculptors Group will offer an hour presentation with a half hour Q & A session with Robin Moore on Saturday, March 14, 2020 at Harvard's Center for Hellenic Studies that offers emerging, mid, and late-career artists the information needed to build and preserve their artistic legacies.

 

The importance of archiving your work, establishing an executor, obtaining appraisals, understanding tax laws, accessibility of your digital information, understanding charitable benefits, obtaining useful software, acquiring high-quality images of your artwork, establishing records of your collectors and sold work, and more, will be shared during the workshop.

Robin Moore, MBA and advisor to artists, was raised in the New York avant-garde art world with parents who ran two small art businesses. She earned her MBA in 2003. Since 2006, Robin has managed the estate of her late husband, Kevin MacDonald, a prominent Washington, DC visual artist. In 2013, she founded a business to help creative professionals and their families live well with legacies. ​Learn more: RobinMooreLegacies.com

Fabiola Santiago explains it to Bernie Sanders

Look at the little girl in the picture.

In her serious demeanor, a front for fear — and in her story — you might find, Senator Bernie Sanders, some of the profundity lacking in your populist bid to become the Democratic nominee and 46th U.S. president.

So begin's Fabiola Santiago's powerful response to Bernie Sanders' disturbing comments on Fidel Castro, the Cuban Revolution, Cuban literacy and acceptable things that bloody tyrants do.

Read it here.