Free After-Hours Fall Celebration at Torpedo Factory Art Center this Friday

Folklore and Fall Celebrations at Torpedo Factory Art Center

Live Mural Painting, Artist Receptions, Hands-On Art Making and More

The Late Shift: Folklore

Friday, October 12
7 – 10 pm

October 4, 2018 – Alexandria, Va. – The Torpedo Factory Art Center stays open late on Friday, October 12, for the next Late Shift event. Folklore is an early-fall celebration of stories, traditions, and fall. Festivities run 7 – 10 pm.

Artist Receptions

·         In Target Gallery, there will be a special reception for Juxtaposed. The exhibition focuses on the contradictory and conflicting. Artist talks begin at 8 pm.

·         There is also an artists’ reception in the New Project Studio for Connecting the Dots 2. 

·         Fall post-grad resident Kelly Johnston welcomes visitors as she moves into Studio 319.

Paint Jam on the Waterfront

·         Curated by New Project Studio artists Shani Shih and Michelle Chen, regional artists come together to create original murals that will be donated to a number of Alexandria-based nonprofits and social-service organizations.

o    MasPaz

o    Monolith

o    Jah-One

o    Jamilla Okubo

o    Gean Martinez

o    FAME

o    Michelle Chen

o    Shani Shih

Interactive Projects

·         The Omi Collective transforms the North Hall of the Art Center into a lounge featuring two participatory art projects. Nicole Wandera leads kids from the Dunbar Alexandria-Olympic Boys & Girls Club on a work that will be donated to the club at the end of the night.

·         Healing the Body leads a project with visitor that is dedicated to promoting painting as a mental wellness tool.

·         Pop-up performances with Through the 4^th Wall give visitors a peek at their new musical, 19, a story about women gaining the right to vote.  

Find new art throughout the building. Torpedo Row features artists from across the DMV. Resident artists on all three floors keep their doors open into the evening.

Ms. Marvel

Next: Texas Contemporary Art Fair

Come see us at the Texas Contemporary Art Fair in Houston!

George R. Brown Convention Center - Hall A3
1001 Avenida De Las Americas in Houston, Texas  77010 - we are booth 819 and featuring the works of Jodi Walsh, Georgia Nassikas, Kathleen Hope, Michelle Matthews, and yours truly!

October 4-7, 2018

Details here.

A photographer is suing Netflix

A storm could be brewing for Netflix, as a Montana photographer Sean R. Heavey has filed suit against the streaming giant, alleging that it stole his image of a cloud formation without payment or permission.  

Read all about it here. 

Jeff Koons was accused of plagiarizing

The creative director behind a 1985 advertising campaign for French fashion brand Naf Naf is suing Jeff Koons for allegedly plagiarizing one of the ads to make his sculpture Fait D’Hiver (1988

Read about it here. 

Award!

Inigo and the man in black meet

“You seem a decent fellow," Inigo said. "I hate to kill you."
"You seem a decent fellow," answered the man in black. "I hate to die.” 

― William Goldman, The Princess Bride

Andy Thomas at the White House?

I hear from my gofer bud at the White House that President Donald Trump liked a painting of him (by artist Andy Thomas) and which shows the President having drinks with several Republican Presidents - such as Ike, Ronaldus Magnus, Abraham Lincoln, Richard Nixon, Bush I and II, and Teddy Roosevelt - so much that he has a print of it in the White House.

Wonder where the original is?

Andy?

Grants for Sculptors

Deadline: October 1, 2018

The National Sculpture Society has calls for three grants for figurative/realist sculptors - $5,000 each. No Entry Fee. 

Details: 212-764-5645 OR click here.

Opportunity for artists

Deadline: December 31, 2018. 

Arts and Education at the Hoyt is currently seeking artists to fill its 2020 - 2021 Exhibition Schedule. Solo, duo, collectives and curatorial proposals are welcome. 

Artists living in the Mid-Atlantic region (PA, OH, NY, NJ, MD, VA, W.VA, DE and Washington DC) are invited to apply. 

Please submit a proposal that includes; exhibition description, 10-20 jpeg images, image list with titles, media and dimensions, resume or curriculum vitae, and a $25.00 review fee. 

For more information or to apply online visit this link.

Ave Frida Es Regina

AVE FRIDA ES REGINA, 2012
Original Charcoal and Conte Drawing with Embedded Video Player -Continuous Loop
31 × 26 in; 78.7 × 66 cm

This work of mine from 2012 is currently available for a steal at this wonderful charity auction for a great cause - read about the auction below and bid here.

Call for Artists

Deadline: 10/26/18 

Public Art Reston, in partnership with Reston Association and Atlantic Realty Companies, seeks an artist or artist-led team to develop a site-specific artwork in a permanent medium to enhance the exterior and interior walls of the Colts Neck Road underpass in Reston, VA. The project will promote active use of the underpass that links residential areas, Hunters Woods Village Center, two schools, two senior facilities, and two community centers. At the Colts Neck Road underpass, public art will have the opportunity to enhance the community’s relationship to their infrastructure and encourage active transportation options such as walking and cycling. The artist or artist team will actively engage with community stakeholders to develop the concept of the artwork and will give workshops to students.  This project is an opportunity for infrastructure beautification, education, engagement, and inspiration. 

VIEW MORE INFO
APPLY TO THIS CALL

Museum Day: Celebrate women at AU today!

Smithsonian Magazine's Museum Day represents a nationwide commitment to access, equity, and inclusion. Stop by the AU Museum from 11-4PM to view their Fall exhibitions, and join them for a special Saturday docent-led tour at 1PM.

The theme of this year's Museum Day is "Women Making History," honoring women in society who are trailblazers in the arts, sciences, innovation, and culture. Today, they are spotlighting Emilie Brzezinski and Dalya Luttwak's exhibition "Finding a Path", a collaboration in wood and steel in the museum and sculpture garden.

Here in the DMV we are lucky in that most museums (including AU) are free; however, for those few ones that require an entry fee (such as the amazing Spy Museum), they're free today!

Bruce McKaig at Gormley Gallery

Bruce McKaig: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Workers, on view October 22 through November 30.

Artist's Reception

Saturday, October 27, from 4:00 to 6:00

Gormley Gallery

Parlor Games in the Library

Saturday, November 10, from 4:00 to 6:00

Fourier Hall 103

Bruce McKaig's practice explores the power of images to reshape realities, sometimes juxtaposing antiquated techniques or objects with contemporary themes and issues. This exhibition, organized around three series -- the cowboy, the wrestler, and the dictator -- combines McKaig's own artworks with curated images and materials that explore some of the historical and current cultural and socio-economic relationships between photography and those themes.

Gormley Gallery-Notre Dame of Maryland University, 4701 N. Charles St., Fourier Hall, 2nd floor, Baltimore, MD 21210

17th Annual County Awards

Daphne is ready to ship

Daphne
Charcoal on paper, 28x22 inches, c.2018

Just finished this piece. It is titled "Daphe", and it is a charcoal on paper, 28x22 inches. It will soon either be at the Superfine Art Fair in Washington, DC or at Context Art Miami in Miami.

Daphne (meaning Laurel) was a nymph who was the daughter of the river god Peneus. Apollo fell in lust with her and chased her - as he was about to ravish her, either the Earth goddess Gaea or her father, reached from under the Earth and turned Daphne into a Laurel tree to save her from Apollo. 

Erwin Timmers named Montgomery County "Outstanding Artist"

The Washington Glass School's own Erwin Timmers has been given a Montgomery County Executive's Awards for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities!

These awards are the most prestigious honors conferred by Montgomery County on individual artists, scholars, organizations and cultural patrons. 

This year, WGS Co-Director Erwin Timmers has been named Montgomery County's "Outstanding Artist" .

Details here.

Roulet curating!

My good friend and DMV uber curator Laura Roulet has been busy as ususal!

She has openings of two exhibitions, both on Saturday, November 10 which she worked. 

She organized Ian Jehle: Dynamical Systems for the Katzen Center, American University Museum, here in Washington. It features Jehle's portraits of luminaries from the D.C. art community combined with site-specific, mathematical wall drawings.  

She also curated Brian Michael Reed: In the Crosscurrent as a dialogue between West Virginia artist Reed's assemblage sculpture and the Huntington Museum of Art's outstanding Haitian art collection.

Scholarship for college students

Deadline: October 15, 2018

Pretty Photoshop Actions recognizes the importance of higher education and the role it plays in our personal and professional fulfillment. That's why they are so excited to continue their Pretty Photoshop Actions $500 bi-annual scholarship. 

This ongoing scholarship provides college and university students an opportunity to earn money to further their education and achieve their goals! 

No Entry Fee. Details: http://bitly.com/2LZ7XkU

Call for show proposals for 2019

Deadline: October 15, 2018

Valdosta State University (VSU) Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery (Valdosta, Georgia) is reviewing solo and small group exhibition proposals for the 2019-2020 academic year.

Application fee: $15, Artists 18+, All media, Artwork is insured while in the gallery. 

No sales commission. Application Fee. 

Details: 229-333-5835 OR http://bit.ly/2Q9oGFo OR jabowlan@valdosta.edu