Stolen art

“It is absurd that the University of Oklahoma would act as if they have done a noble thing by returning a piece of stolen art to France. From the moment that the University of Oklahoma discovered the painting was stolen, university administration, led by President David Boren, has fought tooth and nail to prevent this painting from returning to its rightful owner. In order to accommodate a wealthy donor, President Boren went as far as spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to keep the art away from its rightful owner – a family that was nearly destroyed during one of the darkest periods of humanity,” said Rep. Mike Ritze.

Read the story here. 

Rockville openings

Artists and Makers Studios 2 Presents "anti-land" with Gregory Logan Dunn "Tulipmania" with Patty Hankins

Artists and Makers Studios 2 on Wilkins Avenue in Rockville will present one exhibit in the main galleries for the month of May.

 "anti-land" with artist Gregory Logan Dunn will be featured in the Main and Merge Galleries on the second floor. Work in this solo exhibit represents a new group of paintings that continue to pursue traditional themes in the artist’s work: opacity versus transparency, multiple layers of paint accumulating on the surface while leaving visible existing layers underneath, through holes and rips from the layers above. Mystery, introspection, transformation, absolution. This process is highly personal - it has been an experience Dunn creates, individual and bereft of social or political commentary. Apolitical no more. Negative charges are fired in opposition saturating the American mindscape with polarizing fallout that land like lit fuses in the landscape of the national consciousness. What is fired across the aisle falls out onto the land, and it poisons, burns. There is no harvest in anti-land. "Tulipmania" with Patty Hankins of the Montgomery County Camera Club will open in the Photographers’ Hall, along with exhibits in New Master’s Gallery, Gallery 209, and artists’ open studios to round out the evening.

"anti-land"
"Tulipmania" Opening Reception

6:00 PM – 9:00 PM, Friday, May 5th, 2017
Artists and Makers Studios 2
12276 Wilkins Avenue
Rockville, MD 20852

Additionally AM presents three exhibits in three galleries for the month of May at the Parklawn location in Rockville, just 9/10’s of a mile from the buildings on Wilkins. "Navigation/Immigration" with Alonzo Davis, "Waterborne" with Cindy Packard Richmond, and "This Ain’t Yo Mama’s Textiles" with Melanye Coleman, along with resident artists’ open studios.

These exhibits at both locations open Friday, May 5, and continue through Wednesday, May 25th, 2017. Viewing hours are 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Tuesday-Friday, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Saturdays, and Sundays/Mondays by chance or appointment. 

Kahlo quote

"I used to think I was the strangest person in the world but then I thought there are so many people in the world, there must be someone just like me who feels bizarre and flawed in the same ways I do. I would imagine her, and imagine that she must be out there thinking of me too. Well, I hope that if you are out there and read this and know that, yes, it's true I'm here, and I'm just as strange as you."



― Frida Kahlo

Opportunities

Strategic Goal is to encourage young artists to pursue their own innovative approaches in global art perspective.


Awards will be given for the top 5 chosen winners in the Painting and Sculpture, Contemporary Media Art, and Architecture and Design. The finalists are provided with one round trip ticket and 3 nights' stay in the conference hotel in Vienna, Austria.


No Entry Fee


Details: http://gamma2017.weebly.com

Social Media Art Workshop

Art of Connecting

Thursday, April 27 | 7:00 until 9:00 pmFriday, April 28 | 10:00 until 11:30 am
MPA@ChainBridge, 1446 Chain Bridge Road, McLean

Please join MPA at MPA@ChainBridge for the Art of Connecting. Anne Marie Marenburg, an MPA ArtReach instructor and National Gallery of Art docent will guide parents on creating enriching and enjoyable experiences with art from preschool to high school and beyond. Ms. Marenburg will provide parents tools to facilitate meaningful connections between their children and art objects they encounter. Utilizing these tools will in turn help to deepen the bond between parent and child while strengthening core skills such as reading comprehension and critical thinking at any age.


An exhibition by J.T. Kirkland will be on view and his works will contribute to the discussion. 


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Call for Entries – The Wearable Hat Show with Steven Krensky

If you are a DMV area artist, gallerist, art dealer, college/university art faculty, museum director or curator, and do not know who Steven Krensly is, then you are woefully out of tune with the DMV art scene.

Krensky is easily one of the most visible faces at nearly every DC area art opening or event - not just because he's a good looking feller (which he is), but mostly because of his haberdashery... and also one of the DMV's premier art collectors.

To say that the Krenskiester stands out in a crowd is a gross under-estimattion.

Krensky is really plugged into the scene - he attends nearly every student/MFA art show around the region, and often discovers artists waaaay before most gallerists, curators, etc.

And as a result, he also has the planet's largest art collection focused (mostly) on DC area artists. And when I say large... I mean humongous collection: 100s and 100s of artists.

Anywhooooo.... Krensky, together with his wife Linda, also often dabbles in curating some exhibitions and he's got a really interesting call for artists for his next one:

Artists and Makers Studios is proud to host The Wearable Hat Show – with Steven Krensky at both A&M locations

This exhibit, curated by Steven Krensky and a mystery juror, will offer artists in the metro area an opportunity to make a statement through the art of the hat. Pick a hat form, any hat will do. Paint it, stitch it, weld it, glue it, glass it, bead it, weave it together with wire or string or any old thing. Your hat can be a reflection of your daily creative process, make a political statement, it can be whimsical, flattering, or funny. It must be functional, but need not be comfortable. Your hat must be for sale!

Artists whose work has been selected will be shown at both locations – the Reception Gallery at Parklawn, and in our Wilkins Avenue Merge Gallery for this month long exhibit. Hats will be pinned to the walls, or displayed on pedestals, at the gallerist’s discretion. Artists & Makers Studios will take a nominal 25% commission on sales from this exhibit. The artist should insure their own work for the duration of the exhibit if necessary.

Submission Requirements
****Submissions due on or before August 1st before 4pm, notification by August 9^th.

Accepted work must be delivered to/and picked up from the assigned gallery, no shipments of artwork will be accepted.

Delivery date deadline, Sept 5th – 10-4 (Parklawn or Wilkins in Rockville)
Opening, Sept 8th from 6-9pm
Show ends Sept. 27th
Pick-up of unsold work Sept. 28th, 29^th, 30th – 10-4

Artists may submit up to 5 jpegs of their work for consideration. The curator will choose works appropriate for public display from among all of the works submitted, and will include as many artists as possible. An artist may have one or more works accepted for exhibit. All work must be available for sale, and functional.

All entries must be submitted electronically in JPG format only. Email your images along with the completed form below to: judith@artistsandmakersstudios.com Please type Hat Show and your last name in the email subject line. For example: Hat Show/heartsong.

Images should be sized at no more than 1024 by 768 pixels, and less than 1 megabite in disk space size. Image file names must include artist’s last name and title of the piece in the following format: 

(ArtistLastName_ImageTitle.JPG) example: vanGogh_StarryNight.jpg

Click here to get a pdf of HAT Call for Entries 2017