Last week’s budget agreement for fiscal year 2012 averted a government shutdown, but also made large cuts to arts funding, including $9 million to the National Endowment for the Arts. Still, things could have been worse: the $9 million decrease (to about $146 million) in President Obama’s proposed budget was less than the House of […]
On Thursday we brought you an interview with Margaret Huddy, who won the Carol Zakaski Memorial Award for best watercolor in this month’s all-media show. The other award winner this month was Samuel Miller, whose unique sculpture — or three-dimensional still life — won the Adam Wishnow Memorial Award for Creativity and Innovation. Samuel mentioned […]
You too can give the gift of creativity this season, with a little help from The Art League Gallery. So put a twist on familiar, traditional gifts and dust off your shopping list as we present a guide to creative gift-giving with artwork from local artists. The December All-Media exhibit has lots of inspiration to […]
Torpedo Factory artist Margaret Huddy has been painting for decades, but this month she was selected by jurors as the recipient of the Carol Zakaski Memorial Award for best watercolor out of all the pieces juried into December’s All-Media exhibit at The Art League Gallery. The winning piece was Trade Winds, one of many watercolors […]
Last month we shared tips from Art League member John Burgess’s lecture on Photoshop. Today, we dropped in on a brief tutorial on saving images to CD for submission to juried shows. Assistant Gallery Director Megan Fox gave the lesson. Here’s her walkthrough: Retrieve images from your hard drive, camera, USB drive, or CD. Save […]
The Target Gallery in the Torpedo Factory and the Philadelphia Museum of Art are looking for artists to exhibit, with entry deadlines early next year: Target Gallery — Push Pull Play Deadline: February 6, 2012. In celebration of VA Commission for the Arts Minds Wide Open Celebration of Children and the Arts, the gallery will […]
This month’s solo exhibit in The Art League Gallery, “Transitions,” showcases the found-wood sculpture of Guy and Marco Rando. The opening reception is tonight, December 8, 6:30 – 8:00 pm. The father-son show features Guy’s wood inlay sculpture and Marco’s kinetic sculpture, both highlighting wood in all its forms: wild and organic, smooth and tamed, […]
Organizations in DC and New York are looking for artists to submit art, fill studio space, and participate in a project. Details below. Photographers Wanted — Exposure 2011 Deadline: December 20, 2011. You’re invited to participate in Artists Wanted’s 3rd annual photography competition: EXPOSURE, an international call for photographers of all backgrounds who speak in […]
Printmaking exhibition and award Deadline: December 10, 2011. $500 First Place award. This exhibition is open to printmaking students age 18-24 in an MFA/BFA program in the following states: DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, NC, PA, VA, and WV. Of the 40 works selected by Joann Moser, Senior Curator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, […]
Exhibition, residency, fellowship and teaching opportunities courtesy of FindArtInfoBank.com: Montpelier All Hung, All Galleries – MD Deadline: January 4, 2012. Begin the new year by submitting a work of art to the Montpelier all hung, all galleries. January 8 – 25, 2012, free public reception: Sunday, January 8, 2-4 pm. Drop-off date for artwork: January […]
Last month’s “Small Works” exhibit has closed to make way for this month’s all-media show, but Everitt Clark’s silver gelatin contact print, Cabin 2, winner of the Eleanor Boudreau Jordan Award, lives forever on Flickr. We asked Everitt, who will have a solo show in The Art League Gallery in 2013, to tell us more […]
ArtFest Weekend is over: the Jewelry Show and Sale has shown and sold, demonstrations demonstrated, and the band has played its last song. The weekend’s events were a huge success, though, so in case you missed it (or if you just want to relive it) here are some photos from Friday night’s ArtFest party. Thanks […]
Preparations are underway for tonight’s ArtFest party — the fun, free festival of art hosted by The Art League. The party starts at 6:00 pm at The Art League’s Madison Annex, 305 Madison St. in Alexandria. The 3-D instructional space will be open for special events including live music in the sculpture classroom, food and […]
Art League instructor and forensic artist Joe Mullins has new work on display at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, using high-tech tools to learn more about a very old — and very young — mummy. Joe reconstructed the face of the 2,500-year-old, 3-year-old boy using CT scans and 3-D sculpting software. He added […]
With another Thanksgiving behind us, the Art League offers a friendly reminder that this month’s events make great opportunities for holiday gift-giving. Featuring unique works hand-made by local artists, these shows are one more thing to be thankful for as you plan for the holidays. First, this month’s “Small Works” exhibit ends soon! Get down […]
This month’s “Small Works” exhibit in The Art League Gallery, which ends December 5, includes two award winners. Theresa Esterlund‘s collage, Variation, won the Anne Banks Collage Award. We asked Theresa to tell us more about her work. What was your inspiration or reason for creating Variation? Theresa: This piece is part of my Utopia […]
Are you ready for ArtFest? The Art League’s popular annual open house party is this Friday, December 2, 6:00 – 9:00 pm, with more events throughout the weekend. For the low, low cost of admission — free! — you get to: Watch demos by artists, including Art League instructor and forensic artist Joe Mullins Visit […]
The Arts Council of Fairfax is offering fellowships to Fairfax artists, the Maryland Federation of Art is seeking submissions for an upcoming gallery, and both have deadlines in January. Art on Paper — Deadline January 11, 2012 The Maryland Federation of Art (MFA) invites all artists residing in the United States and Canada to enter […]
Putting up a new exhibit in The Art League Gallery is always a joyous affair, but an even more festive sort of hanging took place today as the Holiday Ornament Collection arrived, along with branches to hang it on. Popular for holiday gift-giving, the collection was hung with care, despite the gallery’s lack of a […]
Courtesy of FindArtInfoBank.com: Call for Exhibition Proposals – NY Deadline: January 31, 12. The Lake George Arts Project Gallery Committee invites artists to submit exhibition proposals for the Courthouse Gallery 2013 exhibition season. Strong preference is given to work created within the past two years. Proposals for special exhibitions, installations, mixed media presentations, and performance […]
The Art League Gallery became a classroom, briefly, on Tuesday for a lecture on Adobe Photoshop by Art League member John Burgess. John, who gave another lecture Wednesday on exhibition-quality prints for photographers, spelled out the basics of Photoshop and answered questions at the free lecture, part of The Art League’s FotoWeek DC events. Among […]
It’s not too soon to start getting excited about The Art League’s travel workshop this spring to Ethiopia. We spoke to instructor and photographer Andargé Asfaw, who was born in Ethiopia and called the land “a paradise” for photographers and other artists. This workshop is open to artists of all media. Inside Abune Aron Church […]
Last week The Art League Plein Air Painters, a group previously featured on this blog, were up to their usual antics, painting at Green Spring Gardens Park in Alexandria, Burke Lake Park in Fairfax, and Theodore Roosevelt Island, where David Diaz painted this scene: Kim Stenberg also shared her painting from Green Spring Gardens, Autumn […]
Several local groups are seeking submissions for upcoming exhibits, including one with a late deadline today. We also received an announcement for available studio space. Final deadline today — 21st Annual Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival May 19 and 20, 2012 marks the 21st Annual Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival showcasing the best contemporary fine […]
