Save the date: Bootcamp for Artists

Early heads up!


On September 30, from 2-4:30 pm, The Brentwood Arts Exchange and I will be once again hosting my well-known “Bootcamp for Artists” seminar at no cost to the artists.



This seminar is suitable for all visual artists interested in taking their careers to the next level.



Ever wondered how to maximize the attention your work gets from the press, galleries, and museum curators? How to present your work in a professional manner and save money in the process? How to tap into grants, awards and residencies? How to approach a gallery?



Then this is the seminar for you! This program is free, but space is limited to 40 persons, and last year lots of artists were turned away because it filled up so quickly!


As soon as they start taking reservations (and I will announce that soon), I recommend that interested people reserve early, as this seminar always books up very quickly!



This program will be held in MNCPPC’s Brentwood Arts Exchange on the 1st Floor of the Gateway Arts Center, 3901 Rhode Island Avenue, Brentwood, MD 20722, just over the District line on Rhode Island Avenue.



See ya there!

Opportunity for Artists

DEADLINE TO APPLY: Saturday, September 9, 2017

Call for Entries

Splash: Attitudes and Process.

The 2017 Prince George’s County Juried Exhibition, presented at the Brentwood Arts Exchange

 

Eligibility: Splash: Attitudes and Process is open to all artists 18 and over who live, work, study, or have an art studio in Prince George’s County, MD

 

DEADLINE TO APPLY: Saturday, September 9

 

Featuring a purchase prize awarded by the Prince George’s Arts and Humanities Council

 

Full guidelines and applications online at: m-ncppc.submittable.com

 

Applications will only be accepted online. No other forms of application will be accepted.

 

Splash: Attitudes and Process seeks artworks that embody attitude and style. Attitudes are catalysts for new processes and new ways of making. Creating with style and intention reveals an artist’s point of view. This exhibition celebrates all of those things.

 

Juried by Ginevra Shay, Artistic Director of The Contemporary Museum, Baltimore; Curator of Rose Arcade; Founder of Current Space Community Darkroom and Photo Program.

John Aquilino at Artists & Makers

The “Metropolis” series is a new body of work by DMV artist John Aquilino that combines his "interest in cityscapes with my past professional experience as a 3D digital artist. For this series, I’m creating virtual urban scenes working with a computer software program. The design process is enabling me to use technology to express my passion for the urban landscape and to continue exploring the relationships among space, shapes, light, and color."


Opening reception: Friday, August 4, 6 - 9 p.m.

Metropolis: Paintings and Drawings by John Aquilino
August 4 - 30, 2017
Artists and Makers Studios 2 (main gallery)
12276 Wilkins Avenue
Rockville, MD 20852

Artists' Websites: Chirstine Kaiser

Once again, later this year we're trudging to Chicago to participate in the SOFA Art Fair... showcased at that fair, will be work by the DMV's Lori Katz, myself and Illinois artist Christine Kaiser.


See her work here.

Even death dies

 “That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons, even death may die."

      - Stephen King... Revival

Business of Art Workshop

On Saturday August 12th, Artists & Makers Studios is hosting Wendy Rosen and Carolyn Edlund, who run the Arts Business Institute out of Baltimore for a 2-day ABI workshop at Artists and Makers Studios 2 (Wilkins in Rockville).


Details here.  Register now and get real world help in advancing your art career!!


There is also a expert panel between 11:45 and 12:45, and I'm honored to be part of the panel, along with DMVC uberartist Michael Janis.

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. The New Marketplace – Wendy Rosen
10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Creative Marketing – Carolyn Edlund
11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Lunch – Expert Panel Discussion
12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Pricing for Profit – Wendy Rosen/Carolyn Edlund
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Sales Strategies for Artists – Carolyn Edlund

Press Outreach Toolkit

HCDC + Gateway CDC with the support of MSAC are developing a Press Outreach Toolkit that will offer Gateway Arts District stakeholders the ability to access an online, nationwide press/media contact database called Cision.

RSVP to attend a Public Info Session and to learn more

Mon, Aug 7, 7pm	Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center
Thur, Aug 17, 7pm	Gateway Media Arts Lab
Sat, Nov 4 2pm	Brentwood Arts Exchange