Congrats!
To my good buddy Jeffry Cudlin who once again has been nominated as a finalist for an Association of Alternative Newsweeklies award for Arts Criticism.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Opportunity for Artists
Deadline: July 1, 2008
VisArts - the Metropolitan Center for Visual Arts in Rockville, MD has a call for glass artists to exhibit in an upcoming show: “Glass: Evolving” Sept. 14-Nov. 16, 2008.
Open to Mid-Atlantic artists, this content-driven glass exhibit will investigate new ideas, narratives, concepts and directions in regional contemporary glass. Entry fee.
For more information, contact: Harriet Lesser, Director of Exhibitions and Programming, 301-315-8200 or gallery@visartscenter.org
Call for entries deadline: July 1, 2008.
The jurors include Lindsey Scott and Jay Scott of Habatat Gallery, VA and the directors of Washington Glass School.
AOM Visit One
On the way to my AOM panel I did a whirlwind tour through the 700 artists at Artomatic and my very first impressions is that this is the best AOM ever.
I know that this comes from an AOM supporter without objectivity on the subject, but it also comes from someone who has examined and visited every single AOM in details, explored every gallery and every artist since it all started a decade ago.
The work that the ceramicists have self-curated and installed is worthy of being in a museum show, both in quality and presentation.
I will be back with a more detailed visit, my top picks from the show, my "new discoveries" and a review and videos.
Below is a photo from last night's panel, which was very well attended and could have gone for hours! There is soooooo much thirst out there for information!
Memo to Philippa: Let's do this again soon with a 2-3 hour window for questions and discussions - I'm game!
Above: Philippa Hughes introduces the panel: Dr. Fred Ognibene, (me missing and taking photo), Martin Irvine, JW Mahoney and Sharon Burton.
Update: Ann Marchand has a great report and pics here.
Congrats
To DC area artist Dana Ellyn whose solo show in Wilmington, NC is doing really well!
Dana's show at the ERA Gallery is titled "Up For Discussion" and prior to the show, she received two write-ups in two local papers and today a review of the show was published.
Check out all the interviews, articles and review here. The show is up through June 28, 2008.
Silly Rabbit, Myths are for Kids. 22"x28" Acrlylic on Canvas by Dana Ellyn
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Millennium Arts Salon: Scholars Speak
Against the backdrop of the Jacob Lawrence Migration Series (he's one of my former professors and now on view at The Phillips Collection through October 26), three leading scholars on African American art speak:
- Dr. Beth Turner, University Professor at the UVA and curator of two major national traveling exhibitions on Jacob Lawrence, Over the Line: The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence (2001-03) and The Migration Series (1993-1995) for The Philips Collection, former senior Phillips curator and vice-provost for the arts at the University of Virginia.
- Dr. Leslie King-Hammond, Dean of Graduate Studies and Professor of Art History, at the Maryland Institute College of Art and Chair of the Board of The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture.
- Dr. David Driskell, an emeritus professor at the University of Maryland, College Park where the David C. Driskell Center of African American and African Diaspora Visual Arts and Culture was founded in his honor, artist, collector, and cited as one of the world's leading authorities on the subject of African American Art.
One scholar asks, the others respond. All reflect on artists of the 20th century and look ahead to artists in the new millennia.
Millennium Arts Salon and The Phillips Collection are jointly sponsoring this event, to be held in the Sant Auditorium at The Phillips Collection, 1600 21st Street, NW, Thursday, May 29th starting at 6:30pm. The cost is free with museum admission.
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