For this Tuesday

There are some great works of art at some very low starting bids at the Habatat for Healing Auction to raise funds for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

It all started online April 1st at 12:00 p.m. and runs through April 7th at 5:00 p.m. and you can view the artwork and bid now. Details here.

On Tuesday there is really going to be a great kick-off event. Besides Healthy Chocolate, Complementary Valet, Complementary Markers Mark Whiskey, and Wine by Delfosse Vineyard & Winery, they will have some really awesome silent auction art, other items and raffle prizes by Capital Grille, Sakura Steakhouse & Markers Mark among others, and the first 10 women through the door receive gift bags by Shea Terre Organics. Details here.

You can bid on my donation (see below) here.

Woman Jumping into the Void. Charcoal on Paper. 11x14 inches framed.
F. Lennox Campello, c. 2009.

Artists' Websites: Jenny Mullins

Jenny Mullins received her BFA in Studio Art from The University of Texas at Austin. She has studied at the Arrowmont School of Art, the cultural center for the arts at Santa Chiara, Italy, and later at the Vermont Studio Center.


She just finished her MFA in the Hoffberger School of Painting at MICA in Baltimore. Her meticulous, miniature drawings and large scale paper installations depict dense worlds of mythological beasts. The often comedic characters explore the dynamics of a dysfunctional human society. Gallerists and collectors can contact her here.

Wanna go to an opening in Baltimore tomorrow?

Loyola College in Maryland’s Julio Art Gallery will host its annual student exhibition from Monday, April 6 – Wednesday, April 22. An opening reception will be held on April 6 from 4 – 6 p.m.

We're huge fans of student art, and this exhibit, the year’s most anticipated event for students and faculty in Loyola’s fine arts department, features more than 150 photographs, paintings, collages, ceramics and other works created by undergraduate students.

The gallery is open Monday – Friday from 11 a.m.–5 p.m. and Sundays from 1–4 p.m. It is closed on all university holidays. For more information, phone Gallery Director Kay Hwang at 410-617-2799.

MICA Thesis Exhibitions

I'm a big supporter of student art and the MICA Thesis Shows are some of the best places to discover new talent.

The next set of openings take place on Friday, April 10, 2009! The reception is from 5-7 PM in the Decker Gallery at MICA. Please come and enjoy good food, good company and good art at the Decker Gallery. While there check out Jenny Mullins' work.

Caterpillar installation by Jenny Mullins
Decker and Meyerhoff Galleries will be filled with work of graduating MFA students in the Hoffberger School of Painting, Photo, New Media, Graphic Design and The Rhinehardt School of Sculpture.

In addition, there are Thesis talks on Wednesday April 15th beginning at 1:00 PM in the Decker Gallery. Details here.

5 - 7 pm, Friday, April 10, 2009!
MICA, Decker Gallery .
Show Dates: April 10, - April 21, 2009.

Congrats

To my good friend Sara Pomerance, whose film screens tomorrow at 6PM at Anthology Film Archives in NYC.

Wanna go to a whole bunch of openings in DC tonight?

In fact you can go to a whole bunch of them, as it is First Fridays and the Dupont Circle area galleries are having their openings and extended hours.

While there make sure that you check out the Caos on F Street gallery collective to see David Harp: Photography, Michael Berman: Mixed Media and Matthew Falls: Furniture.

Also "A Cast of Characters" - A survey of kiln cast and lamp worked glass as seen by the instructors and studio artists of the Washington Glass School. Reception tonight, Friday, April 3, from 6 to 8 pm at Foundry Gallery (1314 18th Street, N.W., 1st Floor, between Massachusetts and N Streets, just off Dupont Circle).

Dawson on Space Unlimited

"Space, Unlimited" shows us just how terrifying it is to be an artist right now.

In nearly all the show's pieces -- and there is one self-assured exception -- we sense a waking terror at the long shadow of art history. With so many Titians and Mondrians behind us, how to carve the road forward? Beat them or join them?

Read Jessica's review here and then go to the lecture by my good friend and co-curator Laura Roulet on Sunday, April 5 starting at 3PM at the Art Museum of the Americas, located at 201 18th Street, NW in DC.

I'm not really terrified by the way...