Call for "Bear" artists

CAMP Rehoboth is issuing a call for artists for “It’s all about the Bear!” a juried group show of bear-friendly art that will be on display from September 14 until October 7, 2023.

This exhibit is open to all. Just click the link below, complete the submission and registration form, and upload up to three entries. The deadline is August 20, 2023 at 11:59 p.m

https://forms.gle/YiWjN35LzBoTQkxs9

A team of community members will juror this exhibit. Artists will be notified of acceptance by August 23.

Call for artists

The 52nd anniversary of this event - will take place in the Spanish Ballroom this year as it has for over half a century! The show will be held from September 2 - September 4, 2023, with an opening reception on September 1.

They are now inviting artists from the public to submit entries for the 52nd Annual Labor Day Art Show, a Glen Echo Park tradition where students, teachers, and art enthusiasts come together each year to celebrate the Park and its many distinctive arts programs.

In the past, the show has featured work from more than 200 artists from the greater Washington, DC area. The display includes a wide range of media, including sculpture, paintings, works on paper, ceramics, fiber arts, jewelry, photography, and furniture.

The Call for Entries is open, so visit Labor Day Art Show Call for Entries

The Abandoned President Statues In Virginia

Did you know about this field of abandoned, huge (22,000 pounds each) Presidential statues in Virginia? 

More here.

The Quilts of Gee’s Bend Syndrome

What is the Quilts of Gee’s Bend Syndrome you ask?

In a nutshell: There are some art shows, and some artwork, which no one (who cares how others “perceive” them) dares to write a negative review about because if a writer did dare to criticize it, he/she would be skewered by readers and others in the art world cabal’ PC police. It is essentially the PC’ing of the art world.

Read the whole definition here.

Ally Morgan at the Affordable Art Fair in NYC

We'll be in booth C1 at the coming Affordable Art Fair in Chelsea this September 20-24 - drop me an email if you'd like some complimentary passes.  There will be work by Steve Wanna, Christina Helowicz, Seth Fairweather, Dora Patin, Ally Morgan, Jennifer Barlow, Lian Sever, and others.

Do You Remember the Birds, 11x14 inches
Watercolor on Paper by Ally Morgan, c. 2023

New from Dora Patin for the Affordable Art Fair NYC

We'll be in booth C1 at the coming Affordable Art Fair in Chelsea this September 20-24 - drop me an email if you'd like some complimentary passes.  There will be work by Steve Wanna, Christina Helowicz, Seth Fairweather, Dora Patin, Ally Morgan, Jennifer Barlow, Lian Sever, and others.

Double Mars, Oil on panel, 11x14" by Dora Patin

2023 MPAartfest Artists

From MPA:

McLean Project for the Arts announced the selection of 38 artists whose work will be featured at MPAartfest 2023 on October 1, 2023 in McLean Central Park. A one-day juried fine art show and sale, MPAartfest features the work of visual artists showcasing a wide variety of media and styles. During MPAartfest, McLean Central Park is transformed into a lively landscape of mini art galleries showcasing the work of acclaimed artists from across the Mid-Atlantic region.

 

Featured artists include: Lynda Andrews-Barry, Michele Banks, Jill Banks, Cheryl Ann Bearss, Adah Rose Gallery, Chris Carskaddan, Jacqui Crocetta, Lucinda Esh, Robert A. (Bob) Friedenberg, Ute Gil, Justine Thompson Godown, Hilary Hachey, Amoretta M Hoeber, Yasmine C. Iskander, Carolee Jakes, M. Jane Johnson, Carl Johnson, Katie Keister-- ReCreatively, Giselle Kolb, Camille Kouyoumdjian, Christiane Lavin, Joyce Lee, Susan Livingston, Mike McConnell, Haley McKey, Beaudoin Glass (Jennifer Beaudoin Mofftt), Begoña Morton, Renee Lajoie Newell, Susan Moskow, Marc Roman, Carol Samour, Claudia Samper, Bikki Stricker, David Sturtevant, Laura Summer, Davrill Nash, Dorian Traynham/STUDIO 797, and Julie Wallace

 

Along with the artists’ tents and live music, MPAartfest offers food from local restaurants; Café Beret, presented by The Mather; the New Dominion Women’s Club Children’s Art Walk; and a hands-on Children’s Art Village to engage creative minds and captivate art-lovers of all ages, sponsored by BOWA and Deirdre Maull Orthodontics. 

 

MPAartfest 2023 is presented by the McLean Project for the Arts, with the help of lead community sponsor, McLean Community Center; signature sponsor, Mars, and through partnership with Fairfax County Park Authority. 

 

MPAartfest admission is FREE, and all are welcome and encouraged to join. Parking will be available at the McLean Community Center, at 1234 Ingleside Avenue. For more information visit www.mpaart.org/ or call 703-790-1953.