Courtesy of FindArtInfoBank.com! Southern Mills Art Gallery: Call to all Visual Artist – GA Deadline: January 4, 12. Southern Mills Art Gallery is now accepting proposals. We have been located here for over a year and now is your chance to have your own solo, group exhibition or host any artistic event you may be […]
With as cold as it’s been this week, everyone is going to be itching to escape somewhere WARM and sunny this winter. Now is the time to book your Winter Break to the Bahamas with internationally known artist Susan Abbott! From February 9-14, 2012, escape to Elbow Cay, a tiny gem amongst the islands of […]
The Alexandria Office of the Arts and Alexandria Commission for the Arts invite artists to submit proposals for two and three dimensional, original exhibits to be shown in one of fifteen gallery spaces during 2012-2014. Individual artists or consortia of artists, who work, study or live in the City of Alexandria are eligible. There is […]
The Art League’s non-profit, service based art supply store is truly unique. Not only is it one of the last few physical shops in the Washington, DC area where you can walk in and buy artists’ materials, but our store employees are knowledgeable, working artists who are ready and willing to guide you through your […]
by Lisa Vershbow, teaching “Earrings, Rings, and Things: Jewelry with Felt and Metal.” The Fall Term may be underway, but there are still plenty of special workshops you can sign up for in October and November! Visit our school homepage and download a PDF.
Courtesy of FindArtInfoBank.com! Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition – DCDeadline: October 31, 11. The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery seeks entries for the next “Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition.” The juried exhibition is open to artists over the age of 18 who may submit portraits in any visual-art medium, including painting, drawing, sculpture, prints, photography, electronic and digital […]
Old Town’s landmark, The Christmas Attic, is seeking qualified artists to help produce a temporary exhibition featuring illuminated canvases of art to be revealed in each of the stores windows for The Christmas Attic’s Holiday Advent Calendar Event – part of the store’s 40th Anniversary Celebration. Starting December 1 through December 25, 2011 each day […]
The Alexandria West End Art and Wine Festival will take place October 8-9 in Cameron Station and Ben Brenman Park. If you are interested in applying to show your work during the festival, click here for submission guidelines and for more information!
Even before her “Red Dots” appeared on our walls this month, Shanthi Chandrasekar was creating buzz in the DC area art community. Check out this interview featuring Shanthi and her 15-year-old daughter, Aishwariya, in the June 15th issue of Potomac Patch! Local Mother, Daughter Keep Traditional Indian Folk Art Alive A mother and daughter team […]
Tonight at 7:00 pm is the second lecture in our fall speaker series, Copyright for Artists.Sam Miller, Intellectual Property lawyer and member of The Art League, will talk about issues related to copyright for artists including how to copyright your own images and when you can use copyrighted images as source material for your own […]
The Art League goes to (e)merge! Art League member Fierce Sonia is starting a group to get together, meet-up, and go visit local art museums and other venues. Our first trip will be to the DC based art fair, (e)merge: An art fair that advances multiple platforms where artists, gallerists, curators and collectors can discover […]
The 2012 Smithsonian Craft Show is now open for business and Co-chairs Anne-Lise Auclair-Jones and Ann Peel invite all eligible candidates to apply for this 30th Anniversary celebration of American craft. As in the past, the exhibitors will be selected by a jury of three highly qualified independent experts. The Smithsonian Women’s Committee asks the jurors to […]
There are several spaces at the Arlington Arts Gallery, a co-op gallery in Arlington! The gallery is located at 5179 Lee Highway near the intersection of Lee Highway and George Mason Drive and is open Monday through Saturday from 11 am – 7 pm and closed on Sundays. The cost is $300 for 6 […]
Many years ago, as a sophomore at Tulane University, I sat in my Intro to Psychology class and learned something that has truly stuck with me, a theory designed by Abraham Maslow in 1943. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is a basic framework to understand humanity and its motivations. It is a theory of psychology that […]
If you’re a photographer in DC, then FOTOWEEK DC is probably already on your calendar. But if not, make sure you check out their website and see how you can get involved! 2011 FotoWeek DC International Awards Competition Challenge the Way We Look at the World FotoWeek DC’s fourth Annual International Awards Competition is looking […]
From FindArtInfoBank.com! Barry Goldwater Commemorative SculptureDeadline: July 29, 2011. The Arizona Historical Advisory Commission is seeking proposals for a commemorative, site-specific sculpture of Barry M. Goldwater for placement in National Statuary Hall, U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. The RFP requirements may be viewed atwww.spo.az.gov/docs/Notices/Solicitations/AHAC-Goldwater2012.pdf. Please review carefully before submitting a proposal. Arizona Capitol Museum, 1700 W. Washington, […]
From FindArtInfoBank.com! “Arkansas Pastel Society 4th National Exhibition” Deadline: August 4, 2011. The Arkansas Pastel Society announces a call to artists for a pastel exhibition, October 14, 2011 – January 14, 2012 at the Butler Center at Arkansas Studies Institute in Little Rock, Arkansas. Cash and Merchandise totaling $5000. Juror: Doug Dawson. Open to soft or oil […]
100 Artists of Washington, DC Book Release Party A coffee table hardbound art book published by Schiffer Press and authored by well-known DC area artist and art critic F. Lennox Campello, and which is the first of three volumes highlighting the top, mid-career and emerging artists of the Greater DC area, is about to be released […]
One floor down and across the building is another beautiful art gallery living inside the Torpedo Factory Art Center. Target Gallery also hosts monthly exhibits and they’re still looking for artists to show this fall! Deadlines are approaching fast, so check out the calls! Masks – Deadline for Entry: August 1, 2011Exhibition Dates: October 1 […]
Watercolor artist and gallery owner Marilyn Swift. Photo by gallerysystems.com Beautiful art arrangements in galleries, museums, art stores and even private homes are never accidents (no matter how effortless they might look). There’s a simple yet solid process to follow when displaying art that many creative businesses follow in order to maximize appeal. The good […]
Do you have what the Maryland State Art Council is looking for? If ya do, there’s a grant waiting for you! Every year, the MSAC chooses a few categories and puts out a call for entries. 2011’s categories are: non-classical music composition non-classical music solo performance playwriting visual arts: crafts visual arts: photography Deadline […]
Jack Dyer Once a month on second Sunday mornings this summer, a group of painters can be seen setting up shop by the Alexandria waterfront. They pull out their easels, arrange the canvases, spread out their paints and brushes, and get to work immortalizing the beautiful scenery. Vicki Blum This group of artists is known […]
2011 Downtown Holiday Market Applications Now Open December 2nd-December 23rd, noon-8pm 801 S. F Street NW Washington DC 20004 In partnership with the Downtown Business Improvement District and Diverse Markets Management, this year’s downtown market will operate for 3 weeks before Christmas. The location this year will be in front of the Smithsonian Reynolds Center […]
Americans for the Arts does a lot more than fight for artists’ rights on Capitol Hill. They also have an incredible job bank, which gathers employment opportunities for the creavity-inclined all over the country. Have a look at their website if you happen to be job hunting! Here are just a few of their most recent […]
