UNDER $500

CALL FOR ENTRY: Have your work noticed and purchased by local buyers & collectors, just in time for the holidays! Maryland Art Place (MAP) is seeking artists for “UNDER $500”, our upcoming winter benefit exhibition & affordable art sale. The exhibition will include approximately 1-3 works by each selected artist (scale dependent – in the case of smaller works more than 3 pieces may be accepted). Each individual piece must retail for $500 or less. If selected you will be issued an UNDER $500 profile form to fill out inquiring anecdotal information to help better engage patrons with the artists and their work alike. 

Proposals should be emailed to under500@mdartplace.org no later than Monday, November 14, 2022, at Midnight.  Subject line: Under $500 Application. OR fill out this FORM online.

UNDER $500 is MAP’s winter benefit. Proceeds from the sale of artwork will be split 50/50 between Maryland Art Place and the artist. The event is ticketed ($25) however participating artists are welcomed free of charge,

UNDER $500 is a hybrid, physical and virtual exhibition event. The physical exhibition opens Friday, December 9th from 6 pm-10 pm. Artworks may be purchased by patrons and taken off the walls on a first come first served basis that night. All works will be wrapped in brown paper with MAP’s signature holiday bow.

The virtual sale will launch the very next day, Saturday, Dec. 10 at 10 am and run through Wednesday, December 14th, 10 pm. The virtual sale will include more artists than the physical sale. *Please note: applications received will be selected for either the virtual sale (featured online) exclusively or for both the physical (featured in gallery) AND virtual exhibition (featured online). Your acceptance letter will indicate in which capacity your work will be presented.

MAP will maintain gallery hours from Saturday, Dec. 10 through Wednesday, Dec. 14th from noon-4pm for any remaining physical works that may be left for purchase.

AFTER PARTY: On December 9th, once the sale closes, MAP will open up its basement venue, UNDERBar for a post-event party, Ticket holders and artists have access to both the sales event and party. Guests can expect light fare, an open bar, our fabulous drag queens, and music from DJ Aran Keating of Ridiculous Entertainment. This year's theme? UGLY SWEATER!

TIMELINE 

• October 12 – Call For Entry Announced
• November 14 – Call For Entry Deadline
• Week of November 21 – Artists Notified of Selection
• Wednesday, November 30 – Saturday, December 3– Artwork Drop Off – 11 am-4 pm
• Friday, December 9 (6 – 10pm) & Saturday, December 10, 2022 (12 to 4pm)– Under $500
• Saturday, December 10, 10 am  – Wednesday, December 14, 10 pm – Virtual Exhibition & Sale

Wanna go to an art opening tomorrow?

 "Sense of Place"

Opening Reception

Friday, October 14th

Gallery B welcomes, "Sense of Place." The exhibit's opening reception will be Friday, October 14, from 5-8 pm. Come view a collection of paintings and mosaic plates from five different artists from the group localColor.

localCOLOR is an organization bringing artists together in the Greater Washington, D.C. The exhibit will include a combination of work from Anne Albright, Shelley Dane, Courtney Severe, Judy Gilbert and Jean Schlesinger.

Gallery Hours: Thur.-Fri., 12-6pm

Sat., 12 - 5pm

Sun., 11am - 3pm

Gallery B is located at 7700 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite E - the site of the old Fraser Gallery.

Call for Art

World AIDS Day is observed around the globe in remembrance of those who lost their lives to the disease and as a reminder that, while there has been progress, the epidemic is not over.

This year, to coincide with CAMP Rehoboth’s World AIDS Day commemoration, an AIDS related community art exhibition “ART & AIDS, A Story to be Told” will be hosted in the CAMP Rehoboth Gallery.

The exhibition will open on World AIDS Day, December 1, 2022 and will be on display through January 6, 2023. Multiple visual art forms will be included – paintings, photography, digital art, video, sculpture, glass art, fabric art, and more.

Click the link below to register. You will be asked to provide contact information, a description of your work, a jpeg if you have it, and a description of how your artwork relates to the exhibition theme.

ART & AIDS, A Story to be Told Registration

The first 12 artists to register will each be able to exhibit one original work in this exhibition. The registration period will close when 12 artists have registered. Registered art will need to be delivered to CAMP Rehoboth on November 22, 28, or 29 between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.

The purpose of this exhibition is to promote dialogue and raise awareness. HIV/AIDS has a complicated story, one of devastation, loss, anger, and isolation, as well as survival and hope. There are many aspects to consider: the deep cultural history of HIV/AIDS and activism, contemporary issues around Black and Brown lives, the disproportionate infection rates among youth of color, homophobic and transphobic driven laws still present today, and the hope for a future in a world without AIDS.

AIDS experiences have changed the world of art. Self-expression and social commentary are important aspects of the art we create. How have you used your art to give voice to these issues?

CAMP Rehoboth looks forward to including your art in this thought-provoking exhibition.

ARB at ACO

 On Saturday, October 29, Art Clinic Online (ACO) will have an exciting guest, and one of the DMV's hardest working art dealers!

The guest is Owner/Director of Adah Rose Gallery, Adah Rose Bitterbaum.

Saturday, 10/29 at 10:30am - details here.

About Art Clinic Online (ACO)

The mission of the Art Clinic Online (ACO) is to create dialog, relationships, and community among artists of all levels working in the DMV area.  Every other Saturday, we virtually join together to discuss art. At least once monthly, a featured artist showcases their work and takes questions from participants. At the ACO, our aim is to curate a variety of different presenters’ perspectives, backgrounds, and art making styles in order to highlight the diversity of our incredible DMV artists. 

The ACO is FREE. 

No membership required. 

"We’re providing artists and art supporters with a platform to talk about local art, often their art. Please show support by attending, asking questions, and spreading the word! We’re hoping this experience is educational and provides different perspectives for everyone involved."

- Jordan Bruns

Girl Power with Gallerist Myrtis Bedolla

WHAT: The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) monthly talk show connects viewers to the museum and special guests who consider topics relevant to our world and offer insight into collaborations that the museum is fostering while the building is closed.

Joining in this episode is Myrtis Bedolla, the owner and founding director of Galerie Myrtis, an emerging blue-chip gallery and art advisory specializing in 20th- and 21st-century American art with a focus on work by African American artists. Established in 2006, the gallery aims to raise awareness of artists for their contributions in portraying our cultural, social, historical and political landscapes and to recognize art movements that paved the way for freedom of artistic expression. Bedolla recently gained national press in the New York Times article “Black Gallerists Press Forward Despite a Market That Holds Them Back” and wrote “Why My Blackness is Not a Threat to your Whiteness” for Cultured Magazine. Bedolla holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Maryland, University College, and received her curatorial training at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland.

WHERE: Online.  

WHEN: Tuesday, November 8, 12–12:45 p.m.

PRICE: Free. Registration required.  

Nueva Vida - Save the Date!

The Trail of Painted Ponies Holiday Design Contest 2022

The Trail of Painted Ponies invites artists to let their imaginations run wild, using three-dimensional horse forms as a canvas for creative expression. Cash Prizes: 1st Place - $1,000, 2nd Place - $500, 3rd Place - $250. Every year The Trail of Painted Ponies releases new Holiday figurines and corresponding ornaments. These are extremely popular among collectors, and everyone looks forward to seeing which holiday designs will become the next Painted Ponies. Artists from around the world are invited to submit designs, which may be presented on one of the Painted Ponies templates. The most outstanding designs may be crafted into figurines and ornaments in the future. No entry fee. Deadline: November 20, 2022.

DEADLINE: November 20, 2022

DATES: December 1, 2022 - January 1, 2023

FEE: Free to apply

AWARD INFO: Cash Prizes: 1st Place - $1,000, 2nd Place - $500, 3rd Place - $250.

WHO: International; Painting on pre-determined 3d horse forms. 

APPLY: here