Check out Art on the Rocks Cocktails in the Making!
Watch Laura Seckler of Vermilion make her yummy Art on the Rocks cocktail! Watch Genni Ahrens of Columbia Firehouse make her Art on the Rocks cocktail, Uncle Albert’s Cure for Pain.
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Weekend Art Links
Some art world stories from around the web:An apartment in Paris went uninhabited for over 70 years, a time capsule of nineteenth century treasures, including an uncatalogued painting by the Italian portraitist, Giovanni Boldini.In celebration of 10/10/10, Mental Floss has Ten Facts about The Ten, a group of American painters who seceded from the Society […]
October 2010 – Dinner Party
Dinner Party and Art on the Rocks
The October Dinner Party exhibit is up and participating bartenders for Art on the Rocks have already started coming by to select their pieces which will inspire their creative cocktails. Have you bought your Art on the Rocks tickets yet?? Click here for more information and to download an order form!
Fashion Illustration Class
This fun new class at The Art League School begins this Saturday, October 9, and runs for five weeks… and there’s still room! Click here for more info and to register. This course introduces basic illustration styles and techniques to aspiring fashion illustrators and designers. Students will work on the drawing, sketching and textile rendering […]
Alexandria Exhibition Opportunity
Alexandria Office of the Arts and Alexandria Commission for the Arts – Call for Entries 2010-2012 The Office of the Arts and Alexandria Commission for the Arts seek artist proposals to exhibit their works in one of 12 galleries in the City. Proposals will be accepted from individual artists, consortia of artists, and organizations who […]
New Alexandria Arts Calendar!
Check out this new arts calendar to see what art events are happening in Alexandria!
Taste for Giving
http://www.intellivolve.com/tasteforgiving.asp 2010 Rotary – Taste for Giving
Upcoming Opportunities for Artists
Gallery West: 14th Annual National Juried Show Gallery West is pleased to announce its 14th Annual National Juried Show. Open to all local or national artists 18+ years of age. Original fine art in any medium is acceptable. No videos or reproductions. Entry fee is $35.00 for up to three original 2D & 3D work […]
Art on the Rocks
Who: You’re invited! What: Art on the Rocks! Where: The Art League Gallery, 105 North Union Street, (in the Torpedo Factory Art Center), Alexandria, VA 22314 When: Wednesday, October 27, 6:30 – 10:30 pm Why: Because who doesn’t love great art and cocktails?? How: Buy tickets beginning October 1 either by: phone (703-683-1780), in person, […]
Artist Lisa Vershbow Speaks at Morrison House
Morrison House Lecture Series Presents: Art and Diplomacy: A Torpedo Factory Metalsmith Makes Cultural Diplomacy with her CraftOctober 5, 6:00 – 8:00 pm Accompanying her husband, Alexander Vershbow abroad for eleven years with three back-to-back Ambassadorships to NATO (Belgium), Russia and Korea, Lisa set up a studio and worked at each posting, made connections […]
Art Vending Machines
Vending machines…for art? Yes, they exist! Vintage cigarette vending machines are refurbished into Art-O-Mats around the country to dispense 2 1/8″ x 3 1/4″ x 7/8″ original works of art. They create an inexpensive opportunity for new art collectors while allowing artists to display and sell their artwork in a unique venue. Around 400 international […]
Online Courses at the MoMa
MoMA COURSES ONLINENew classes start in OctoberREGISTER TODAY ONLINE: Modern Art, 1880–1945This course introduces students to key works and ideas of modern art, from Post-Impressionism to the beginnings of the New York School. Students will have access to a wide range of multimedia educational resources, assigned readings, and discussion forums where the teacher will be […]
Modus Union 2010
2nd Annual MODUS UNION 2010Presented by Labels For Love MODUS UNION: An exclusive evening of Fashion, Art and Philanthropy! Labels for Love founder Mary Amons created “Modus Union”, a unique event to collaborate our active philanthropic, political, and artistic communities within the Nation’s Capital. Modus Union was formed from two words that represent unification with […]
David Carter at Krekeler Brower
Read David Carter’s artist’s statement here. Krekeler Brower Wealth Advisors 1800 Diagonal Road, Suite F Alexandria, VA 22314 703-740-4671 fax 703-740-4679 www.KrekelerBrowerWA.com Securities offered through LPL Financial. Member FINRA/SIPC. Investment advice offered through Independent Financial Partners (IFP), a registered investment advisor and separate entity from LPL Financial.
FotoWeek DC’S International Awards Competition
Something grabs your attention. What do you do? You jump at the chance: capture the moment immediately! In the world of photography, a split-second delay means a lost opportunity. So what are you waiting for? SUBMIT YOUR WORK TO FOTOWEEK DC’S INTERNATIONAL AWARDS COMPETITION RIGHT NOW. The deadline for entry is today. The 2010 FotoWeek DC International […]
Bravo’s ‘Work of Art’ Series Gets a Second Season
Los Angeles Times Culture Monster blog, 9/8/10“It’s official: There will be a second season to Bravo’s reality series Work of Art: The Next Great Artist. Producers of the series announced that they will be holding open casting calls later this month in Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York. In the announcement, they said that like […]
Snap To Grid at LACDA
Show your work in the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art’s un-juried exhibit featuring digital art and photography. All entries will be printed (8.5″x11″ on heavyweight paper) and shown in their gallery arranged in a grid. All styles of artwork and photography where digital processes of any kind were integral to the creation of the […]
2012 Solo Artist Jurors Announced!
2012 Solo Artist Jurying is coming up on October 18 and we have finalized this year’s panel of jurors: Duane Keiser received his master’s degree in fine arts from Brooklyn College in New York, and his undergraduate degree from Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia, where he’s currently an adjunct art professor. Zoe Charlton is an […]
September All-Media Show – Juror’s Dialogue
September 2010: All-Media Membership Exhibit Juried by F. Lennox Campello Juror’s Dialogue with Whitney Staiger & Megan Fox With over 700 entries to select from, F. Lennox Campello had to make a lot of challenging decisions as this month’s juror. However, he saw the high number of entries as a sign of the fierce competition […]
Young at Art
24th Annual Juried Art Show for Artists 55+ Deliver art to The Durant Arts Center, 1605 Cameron St., Alexandria, VA on Thursday, September 30, 10:00am – 12 noon. Pick up pieces not in show – Friday, October 10:00am – 12 noon. Entry Fee: $25 for up to three works; $15 for each additional piece. For […]
September All-Media Exhibit 2010
VCUarts and Fountainhead Development Announce Incubator
VCUarts and Fountainhead Development invite fine artists to apply for a subsidized non-living art studio in the New Manchester Flats incubator. This is part of a new 10-acre, eco-friendly, mixed-use development (artist studios, apartments) in the Manchester neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia. This is an opportunity to develop work within a community of challenging artists. It […]
Michele Rea: Vantage Point
Michele Rea. Built to Last. Michele Rea’s complex watercolor paintings capture cross sections of deteriorating, industrial structures. By finding beauty in decomposing and weathered objects and rendering them in an abstracted and beautiful way, her unique perspective forces the viewer to see these familiar structures in a new light. Vantage Point, Rea’s solo exhibit of […]