Gentry liberals—university profs, cutting edge art mavens, foundation executives—like to think of themselves as the key, leading members in the blue coalition. But as the money runs out and the civil war heats up, there’s a tendency to throw the gentry liberals under the bus. This has been happening for years now when it comes to the battles over university education in states, as funds for higher ed keep getting cut back. The fight over paying pensions versus hanging on to Van Goghs brings this tendency to the fore.Read the whole piece here.
Monday, August 05, 2013
We Don’t Need Monet—We Need Money!
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Keep it this way!
The WM is looking both like some Medieval weapon as well as a super-modern glass and lights and steel brutal sculpture -- and also like some new Christo and Jeanne-Claude art project - in fact, making all their previous projects looking a little lame by comparison.
I say, let's keep the Monument like this!
Who's with me?
Sunday, August 04, 2013
Opportunity for Artists
Deadline: August 16, 2013
John Paradiso, artist and curator for the 39th Street Gallery, and
Tim McLoraine, artist and independent curator based in the Gateway Arts
District, invite emerging and established artists to participate in the
Jewel Box Pop Up group exhibition during the month of September.
The
Jewel Box is a 2300sf former jewelry store located at 3104 Queens Chapel
Road in Hyattsville, MD. The Jewel Box will advertise and promote the
exhibition and host an Opening Reception and other programming during
the run of the show.
Approximately 25 artists
will be selected and be given a 10' section of wall (Art-o-Matic style)
with 4' of floor space. We also encourage 3 dimensional works to be
displayed throughout the space.
Deferral at the Corcoran
Starting August 7 and lasting for four days, the
Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art + Design presents Deferral, a
site-specific performance by Mary Coble that addresses the Food and
Drug Administration’s policy of refusing blood donations from men who
have had sex with men since 1977.
The performance is the latest in the NOW at the Corcoran series – the Gallery’s contemporary art program dedicated to showcasing the work of emerging and mid-career artists. NOW Performance addresses issues central to the local, national, and global communities of Washington, D.C.
Over four days, Coble and her collaborators encode the curtains of an anatomical theater—formed by hospital curtains in the Corcoran’s Atrium—with text and images from blood donor campaigns, regulations, and debates. The artist writes using her own blood, drawn onsite, while her collaborators work with thread as a stand in for their “illegal” blood.
Over the course of the performance, their actions create an increasingly tangled web, enveloping and impeding their shared space while reclaiming the image of the male hero.
Deferral is a reaction to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration policy of refusing blood donations from men who have had sex with men (MSM). The FDA’s deferral policy started in 1983, and since 1992 the FDA has permanently deferred MSM donations, explaining: “A history of male-to-male sex is associated with an increased risk for the presence and transmission of certain infectious diseases, including HIV…”
Non-monogamous heterosexuals who have knowingly engaged in intercourse with an HIV/AIDS-positive partner are subject to a one year deferral before they may donate blood.
For Coble, Deferral is a commentary on the FDA policy and marketing slogans from blood donation campaigns that laud donors as “heroes” and as “special” while calling those who do not donate “wusses.” According to Coble, “gay men are never allowed to be heroes.”
The performance is the latest in the NOW at the Corcoran series – the Gallery’s contemporary art program dedicated to showcasing the work of emerging and mid-career artists. NOW Performance addresses issues central to the local, national, and global communities of Washington, D.C.
Over four days, Coble and her collaborators encode the curtains of an anatomical theater—formed by hospital curtains in the Corcoran’s Atrium—with text and images from blood donor campaigns, regulations, and debates. The artist writes using her own blood, drawn onsite, while her collaborators work with thread as a stand in for their “illegal” blood.
Over the course of the performance, their actions create an increasingly tangled web, enveloping and impeding their shared space while reclaiming the image of the male hero.
Deferral is a reaction to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration policy of refusing blood donations from men who have had sex with men (MSM). The FDA’s deferral policy started in 1983, and since 1992 the FDA has permanently deferred MSM donations, explaining: “A history of male-to-male sex is associated with an increased risk for the presence and transmission of certain infectious diseases, including HIV…”
Non-monogamous heterosexuals who have knowingly engaged in intercourse with an HIV/AIDS-positive partner are subject to a one year deferral before they may donate blood.
For Coble, Deferral is a commentary on the FDA policy and marketing slogans from blood donation campaigns that laud donors as “heroes” and as “special” while calling those who do not donate “wusses.” According to Coble, “gay men are never allowed to be heroes.”
Saturday, August 03, 2013
Connecticut Avenue as canvas
It’s
not every day that a busy sidewalk on Connecticut Avenue becomes an
artist’s concrete canvas, but the Golden Triangle Business Improvement
District (BID) is doing just that with its “Explore Our Neighborhood in
Chalk” project, Monday, Aug. 5 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (If it rains, the
project will be moved back each day Aug. 6-8 until the weather permits.)
The
chalk mural will be drawn by Whitney Waller who will transform the Connecticut Avenue
Overlook into sidewalk scenery for commuters, office workers and
tourists to enjoy. The Connecticut Avenue Overlook is located at the top
of the Golden Triangle in the semi-circle above the underpass, near Dupont South Metro Station.
Whitney
Waller, of Virginia Beach, is currently a Bachelor of Fine Arts student
at the Corcoran College of Art + Design. She teaches for the
Corcoran’s Aspiring Artists and Camp Creativity programs. She is also
one of the Corcoran’s Summer Saturdays chalk artists, as she recreates
gallery pieces on the front steps. She has previously studied at the New
Orleans Academy of Fine Arts.
Waller
will use chalk to recreate iconic destinations that are located within
the 43 blocks of the Golden Triangle neighborhood, including the
National Geographic Museum, St. Matthew’s Cathedral, the Heurich House
Museum and the Tiny Jewel Box, located in a historic building on
Connecticut Avenue.
While
the chalk art project is temporary, the Golden Triangle BID has other
permanent public art displays that have made the central business
district one of the city’s most vibrant commercial areas. Last year, the
BID unveiled the second phase of the Connecticut Avenue median,
complete with colorful plants and a display of lights, pattern and
movement programs that change the avenue into a magical scene at night.
“This
chalk art project is part of the Golden Triangle’s ongoing effort to
create interest and add texture and excitement to Connecticut Avenue,”
said Leona Agouridis, executive director of the Golden Triangle Business
Improvement District. “We’re using this chalk art project to showcase
our treasured buildings, special events and numerous services. Our
public art program is another way we’re promoting vitality in this
neighborhood.”
Friday, August 02, 2013
Go to this opening tonight!
The artists included in the exhibition approach their topic with a mix of levity and seriousness, using the figure of the superhero to explore issues of identity, immigration, and the struggles of daily life.
The Art of the Super Hero - Revisited features photography, painting, and mixed media work by F. Lennox Campello, Carla Goldberg, Jeannette Herrera, Simon Monk, Dulce Pinzon, and Andrew Wodzianski.
The exhibition opens with a reception in the Capitol Skyline Lounge on Friday, August 2, 2013 from 6-8pm and runs from Friday, August 2 through Sunday, August 25, 2013.
Friday, August 2 – Sunday, August 25, 2013
Opening Reception: Friday, August 2, 6-8pm
at the Capitol Skyline Hotel , 10 I (eye) St. SW, Washington, DC
Participating Artists: F. Lennox Campello, Carla Goldberg, Jeannette Herrera, Simon Monk, Dulce Pinzón, and Andrew Wodzianski
Opening Reception: Friday, August 2, 6-8pm
at the Capitol Skyline Hotel , 10 I (eye) St. SW, Washington, DC
Participating Artists: F. Lennox Campello, Carla Goldberg, Jeannette Herrera, Simon Monk, Dulce Pinzón, and Andrew Wodzianski
ABOUT HOTHOUSE
Hothouse is a new series of exhibitions, installations, and events organized by Washington Project for the Arts and taking place in the Capitol Skyline Hotel Lounge. Created as a way to provide new opportunities for WPA member artists and forge new connections within DC’s creative communities, Hothouse will present member-initiated programming on a regular basis.
ABOUT WPA
Washington Project for the Arts
(WPA) is an independent, nonprofit 501 (c)(3) organization whose mission is to
serve as a catalyst for contemporary art. WPA supports artists at all
stages of their careers and promotes contemporary art by presenting
exhibitions, issues, and ideas that stimulate public dialogue on art and
culture.www.wpadc.org.
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