The Student Show is up through May 8, 2010

The Closing Reception will be held on May 8, from 2:00 to 4:00 pm at The Art League at The National Harbor, 120 American Way Oxon Hill, Maryland 20745.  Awards will be presented at 3:30 pm.  Artwork pick-up will be from 4:00 to 5:00 pm after the reception on Saturday, May 8.

Some classes start the week of June 28, but please check your courses to verify their specific start dates.

A celebration for the 2009-2010 SOHO class!  The event will include an exhibit of the girls' artwork made across the year, debute of the end-of-year video showing the girls' room renovations, and a presentation by the girls about their experiences in SOHO. All are welcome to attend!

Art Camps run through out the weeks of June 21 - August 13, please check your courses to verify their specific start dates.

'Curves' Receiving

Monday May 3rd from 6:30pm to 8:30pm and Tuesday May 4th from 10am to 12noon

To learn more about the theme 'Curves', please visit our upcoming exhibits page for the show's prospectus.

Join us Thursday March 11 at 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm for the opening reception of "HerStory" and Rosemary Feit Covey's "Peep and Strip Show" during the regional Minds Wide Open launch event. Enjoy modern dance throughout the evening inspired by Covey's work.

Join us for the opening of Fierce Sonia's solo exhibit "Paper Dolls." Joe Chiocca band, Old Town's favorite band, will play during the evening and reunite with special guest singer Kim Kenny.

On the Mediterranean, Collioure France: The Distinctive Light of Matisse

Plein air painting with Peter Ulrich

Informational Night May 6, 2010 at 7pm

There are worse torments than reading an artist’s statement.  Some things ostensibly written for other people to read are even more tedious and less satisfying than a typical artist’s statement. Insurance policies, for example.  The writings of Hegel come to mind. But statements like this one are usually high on the list.

Verbal explanations about visual experience often seem to miss the point. We (artists) know that.  We’ve read our statements, and we don’t like them either.  So, we clam up.  It feels like less harm done that way.  “Silence is so accurate,” Rothko said.

But there’s just no separating thought and sight. That’s my premise.  We think with our eyes; we see with ideas. Words do what they can. And the images in my paintings are born of ideas – or questions – that, frankly, are difficult to express in any form.   No mystery or distortion is invented along the way for artistic value; it’s all there from the start. The struggle is to be direct, clear, and vivid in expressing notions that by nature resist description, shed clarity and elude precision.

And yet the questions expressed in my paintings are questions anyone might find familiar. Familiar, but regarded as unimportant. Or not regarded at all.  Some may have occurred to us first (and last) when we were children.  Since then we’ve probably come to dismiss them as mysteries so fundamental, and so difficult, they should be ignored. We are fish; they become the water we’re unaware of.

Whatever your take on these images might be, I hope one or two stick with you.

If they give you something to still think about later – that would be even better.

Come join us for Kate Fraser of Fraser Gallery's Success as an Artist Seminar

Ms. Fraser has over 13 years experience as one of the most successful art dealers in the area and has earned an excellent reputation for supporting local emerging artists.

The following issues will be covered during the seminar: Materials, Conservation issues, Limited editions - signing and numbering, Creating a Resume, Building a Portfolio, Juried Shows, Selling your art, Galleries, Outdoor Art Festivals, Grants, Alternative Marketing

The seminar will be June 13th from 10am - 4pm. You must pre-register and pay $80 to participate.

To participate in the Seminar, please contact The Art League Gallery at 703-683-1780.

Join us for the opening reception of Megan Coyle's solo exhibit Stories in Paper.

Join Ted Reed, well-known Art League instructor, for a critique of your work. Limit of 15 participants. Artists can bring up to three pieces for this group session. Free of charge. Please sign-up by calling the gallery at 703-683-1780 or e-mail us at roseo@theartleague.org or whitneys@theartleague.org

Memorial Exhibit in honor of Ted Betts

Please join us for a reception on Tuesday, June 8 from 6:30-8:30 pm at our National Harbor Gallery.

The exhibit will run Friday, May 28 through Sunday, July 25, 2010

Art League instructor Ted Betts was born in rural Maryland, and it is this landscape to which he paid homage in his many atmospheric paintings. Ted's artwork persuades us to engage with subjects that may not be considered for artistic expression— the rusty drainpipe, the fallow field, and the collapsed foundation of an abandoned barn. The symbolic relationships between decay and rebirth, forgotten and recovered, unkempt and aligned, have fond interpretation in his paintings. Ted's low-key approach and engaging manner built him a loyal following at The Art League— both inside and outside the classroom environment. His commitment to his students was well known and the steady stream of beautiful artwork flowing from his former students is a tribute to his gifts as a teacher.

Collioure, France with Peter Ulrich

June 10th - 18th, 2010

Our Annual Student Show has been postponed to April 8 through May 8, 2010 at our National Harbor location.

For further information on the show, please click here.

All-Media and 'Found' Show Reception

Reception opens at 6pm til 8pm

Awards begin around 7:30pm

Join internationally known stained glass artist and Art League instructor, Jimmy Powers, as he guides you through a day filled with incredible visual delights. The Virginia Museum of Fine Art in Richmond celebrates the work of Louis Comfort Tiffany— the only U.S. stop for this exhibit! Featured are more than 180 objects including leaded-glass windows and lamps, as well as blown-glass vessels and decorative objects.

In addition, view the Glorious Glass in the Garden: The Art of Hans Godo Frabel exhibit at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. Over 100 pieces ranging from the realistic to the whimsical are on display. Prestigious collectors of Frabel’s glass creations include Queen Elizabeth II, the Emperor and Empress of Japan, and President Jimmy Carter.

A motorcoach will depart the Torpedo Factory Art Center at 7:00 am.

Includes coffee and breakfast snacks prior to departure, a boxed lunch sandwich combo and guided tours through both exhibits. Time to explore and visit the museum gift shop is included.

***Spaces are extremely limited as this show closes its American tour on August 15.
Day trip price: $105.00 per person.

For additional information, or reservations please contact Margaret Cerutti at
margaretc@theartleague.org
703-683-1780 x 13
www.theartleague.org

Old Town Alexandria's Union Street will be the stage for the 1st Annual Christmas in July Celebration, co-presented by The Christmas Attic and the businesses of Union Street, including The Art League, taking place the weekend of July 16-18, 2010. Over 15 retailers, community and city organizations will host a variety of festive activities either inside stores or on Union Street ranging from pictures with “Summer” Santa (all ages and pets welcomed), carolers, historical tours, holiday trunk shows, food and wine tastings, children storybook time, ornament making, arts & crafts, bagpipe performances, fashion styling and much more. The entire weekend will be filled with activities, raffle drawings, shopping/ dining deals and holiday delights for all ages.

The Art League will participate by featuring ornament painting demonstrations by two of our member artists who are known for their wonderful ornaments:
Saturday, July 17, 2:00 - 4:00 pm: Ornament painting demonstration with Norma Lasher.
Sunday, July 18, 1:00 - 3:00 pm: Ornament painting demonstration with Betsy LeBleu Curry.

The Art League Lecture Series:

Join us as we present John Burgess' Color Managment for Exhibition Prints

Have you ever taken a digital image of your work and then found the colors weren't the same on your computer screen?

John Burgess explains how you as an artist can control your color on the computer. He also reviews how to manipulate the colors on the computer to work for websites, printing and digital submissions. Click here for information on Mr. Burgess and the equipment featured in this lecture.

All types of artists are welcome. In the digital age, we should all have control over how our works look.

This event is free and open to all! Please sign up ahead for Tuesday, June 22, 2010 from 1pm - 3pm, space is limited.

For more information, please contact The Art League Gallery at 703-683-1780

Join us for the opening reception of Curves and Teresa Oaxaca's solo exhibit Classical Realism: New Works. Piccoloboe will accompany the reception with Ava Oaxaca playing oboe/English horn and her duet partner Lisa Konorts playing the flute.

Informational Meeting about

Santa Fe: New Mexico

Exploring Art, Glass and Clay with Blair Meerfeld

This informational meeting will explain the unique trip hosted by the Chairman of The Art League Ceramics Department and internationally known ceramic artist, Blair Meerfeld. He is taking a trip to the oldest capital city in North America and oldest European community west of the Mississippi to explore the art, glass and clay of those areas. The trip will begin June 16-21, 2010.

Blair will discuss this workshop and his own personal works. All are welcome!

Please come to ask questions or contact Margaret Cerutti at 703-683-1780 x13

Enjoy harmonious installations of fine art and nature composed by the Washington, DC Sogetsu School of Ikebana. Free events throughout the weekend!

Join us for the official regional launch of Minds Wide Open: Virginia Celebrates Women in the Arts. Launch events include presentations by distinguished Torpedo Factory women alumni; a solo exhibit of award-winning artist Rosemary Feit Covey’s wood engravings in The Art League Gallery with modern dance performances inspired by her work; and the opening reception and awards presentation in The Art League Gallery for our exhibition, HerStory. Events take place in the Target Gallery and The Art League Gallery.

Receiving in the Gallery for the month of April 

Monday April 5th from 6:30pm to 8:30pm and Tuesday April 6th from 10am to 12noon

There will be receiving for an All-Media Show and for our themed 'Found' Show. For more information about the 'Found' show, please visit our upcoming exhibits page!

Registration begins May 3,and it is ongoing until classes are filled.

Alice in Wonderland
—CMDupré—

July 20 – September 5, 2010

Reception: July 20, 2010, 6:30-8:30 pm 

The Art League at National Harbor
120 American Way
Oxon Hill, Maryland 20745
Hours: Wednesday–Friday, noon–7:00pm;
Saturday–Sunday, noon–6:00 pm

Recognized for his signature miniature teapots, Fong Choo will demonstrate in detail the teapot form with reference to proportion: from the large to the small and from the whimsical to the utilitarian. There will be discussions on glazing with the use of the spray gun and brush layering to achieve the jewel tone and other effects. There will be ongoing in-studio discussions, tool making demonstrations, and cane handle demonstrations. In the process Fong Choo will discuss the issues of networking, pricing, and presentational aspects of the work that have been so prevalent in the success of his work. Examples of the artist’s work will be on display for use as visual references. Friday evening will include a slide presentation of his work ranging from early to current.

$170     

September 10, 2010, (Fri slide show/pot luck), 7:00pm–9:00pm &

September 11 & 12, 2010, (Sat–Sun), 10:00am–4:00pm

June All-Media Membership Exhibition

Receiving: Monday, June 7 6:30pm-8:30pm; Tuesday, June 8 10am-12noon

Exhibit is Open: June 9 thru July 5

Reception: June 10, 6:30pm to 8:30pm Awards at 7pm

July All-Media Membership Show

Receiving: Monday July 5 6:30pm-8:30pm; Tuesday July 6 10am-12noon

Exhibit is Open: July 7 thru August 2

Reception: July 8, 6:30pm-8:30pm, Awards at 7:30pm

'Scapes' - International Landscape Exhibition

Receiving: Monday, August 2 6:30pm-8:30pm; Tuesday, August 3 10am-12noon

Exhibit is Open: August 4 thru September 6

Reception: August 12, 6:30pm to 8:30pm Awards at 7pm

September All-Media Membership Exhibition

Receiving: Monday, September 6 6:30pm-8:30pm; Tuesday, September 7 10am-12noon

Exhibit is Open: September 8 thru October 4

Reception: September 9, 6:30pm to 8:30pm Awards at 7pm

'Dinner Party' Exhibition

Receiving: Monday, October 4 6:30pm-8:30pm; Tuesday, October 5 10am-12noon

Exhibit is Open: October 6 thru November 1

Reception: October 14, 6:30pm to 8:30pm Awards at 7pm

Small Works Exhibition & Large Works Exhibition

Receiving: Monday, November 1 6:30pm-8:30pm; Tuesday, November 2 10am-12noon

Exhibit is Open: November 3 thru December 6

Reception: November 11, 6:30pm to 8:30pm Awards at 7pm

December All-Media Membership Exhibition

Receiving: Monday, December 6 6:30pm-8:30pm; Tuesday, December 7 10am-12noon

Exhibit is Open: December 8 thru January 3

Reception: December 9, 6:30pm to 8:30pm Awards at 7pm

Bin Gallery Orientation for 2010-2011

New or renewing Bin members are welcome to come with questions about the Bin Gallery membership. We will discuss the Dos & Don'ts of the Bin Gallery.

Bin Gallery Orientation for 2010-2011

New or renewing Bin members are welcome to come with questions about the Bin Gallery membership. We will discuss the Dos & Don'ts of the Bin Gallery.

Join July’s solo artist, Megan Coyle, as she talks about the development of her blog, http://blog.mcoyle.com/. Coyle uses her blog to explain her technique, market her work and define herself as an emerging artist. Megan has her BA in Fine Arts from Elon University and is currently part of the Visiting Artist program at the Torpedo Factory. Free of charge. Sign-up by calling the gallery at 703-683-1780 or e-mail us at roseo@theartleague.org