"PICTURING MARY" 

ART CHAT/TOUR HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR SUNDAY DUE TO WEATHER.

ART CHAT/TOUR SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2015 1:00-2:30 PM. (MUSEUM OPENS AT NOON) RSVP MARILYN HAYES at hayesarts@yahoo.com IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND. 

Represent: 200 Years of African American Art

Philadelphia Museum of Art

January 10, 2015 - April 5, 2015

Explore the creative achievements of African American artists and examine the expression of personal and collective identities in a nation marked by a history of racial inequality.

Represent: 200 Years of African American Art highlights selections from the Museum’s exceptional holdings of African American art and celebrates the publication of a catalogue examining the breadth of these noteworthy collections. With work by renowned artists such as Henry Ossawa Tanner, Horace Pippin, Jacob Lawrence, and Carrie Mae Weems, the exhibition showcases a range of subjects, styles, mediums, and traditions. Since the Museum’s acquisition of Tanner’s painting The Annunciation in 1899, its collections of African American art have grown significantly, especially during the last three decades.

From compelling stories to innovative methods, Represent explores the evolving ways in which African American artists have expressed personal, political, and racial identity. It begins with rare examples of fine and decorative arts made in the 1800s by free and enslaved individuals such as a large storage jar by the accomplished potter David Drake. As access to artistic training and opportunities increased, the relationship between creative expression and identity grew more complex and nuanced. In the early twentieth century, artists like William Henry Johnson and Elizabeth Catlett embraced modernism by representing personal experiences or scenes of daily life in vibrant colors and dynamic compositions.

In the exhibition, abstract paintings and sculpture from the 1960s through the 1980s by Barbara Chase-Riboud, Martin Puryear, and others show a desire to balance cultural and artistic identities, challenging the idea that work by African Americans should be viewed in primarily racial terms. By contrast, many artists working in the 1990s and since, Glenn Ligon and Lorna Simpson among them, have used pictures and text to examine the past and make pointed statements about race. Represent culminates with a wide-ranging array of portraits created by several generations of artists, from those active over a century ago to those making work today, as well as audio excerpts of interviews with contemporary artists Moe Brooker, Barkley L. Hendricks, Odili Donald Odita, Joyce J. Scott, and others.

Contemporary Art Gallery Online (CAGO) presents:
February Art Competition and Exhibition:
All Women
Call for Artists - Deadline: March 1st, 2014

"There is no greater gift you can give or receive than to honor your calling. It's why you were born."
-Oprah Winfrey

Contemporary Art Gallery Online announces their 1st Annual “ALL WOMEN” Online Art Competition for the month of February 2015.  Join Us in this glorious celebration of Women!

The gallery announces an international and national call for entries from artists regardless of where they reside to apply to this competition by submitting their best representational and non-representational art. 

Celebrate Women's Month by joining an exhibition that is celebrating the greatness, strength, beauty, and talent of Women. History has given us great women who have inspired and taught us. Now it is our time to create, influence, change social and political philosophies, and nurture. 
Become apart of history and join today.

There is No Subject Theme for this Art Competition.  But you need to be a WOMAN to participate.

Contemporary Art Gallery Online encourages entries from all 2D and 3D artists regardless of  their experience  or education in the art field. A group exhibition of all entrants will be held online at the Contemporary Art Gallery Online during the month of March 2015. Awards will be for top 5 places. In addition to the winning images, depending on the amount and the quality of the entries received, Honorable Recognition awards will also be presented.

Important MUST Knows 
Art Exhibition and Competition Opens: February 1, 2015 
Deadline for Receiving Entries: March 1, 2015 
Competition Results are Posted: March 16, 2015 
Opening of Online Art Exhibition: March 2, 2015 
Award Certificates Emailed to Artists: March 28, 2015 
Online Art Exhibition Closes & Archived: March 31, 2015

ALL WORK MUST BE CREATED BY A WOMAN.

Entry Fees: $15 for 1 to 3 images and $20 for all images up to 5 
The Paypal account name will appear on your credit card statement as CAGOnline.
It is not necessary to have a Paypal account in order to use this service.

Eligibility: 

·  Must be original work to the artist.

·  Paintings. Mixed Media will be accepted as long as 75% of the work is a painting.

·  The artist must be willing to sell their work (print or original).

Prizes include Lifetime Memberships to Contemporary Art Gallery Online, Radio Interviews, Inclusion in the Year End Anthology Publication, Extensive Marketing and much more. Our Radio Shows have had more than 100,000 listens and the Gallery receives over 125,000 unique visitors a year with over 1.86 Million hits in a year. This is exposure you cannot garner on your own! And finally your entry remains on the Gallery forever.

For More Infomation:
http://www.contemporaryartgalleryonline.gallery/february-2015-art-competition-all-women

COME JOIN US!

FEBRUARY 21, 2015
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS
TOUR/ART CHAT - "PICTURING MARY" 11:00 AM-12:30pm
MEET IN LOBBY AT 11:00
Stay and view other exhibits or have lunch at a local restaurant
www.nmwa.org


REWRITE:RE-RIGHTING
PREPARE, PROVOKE, PREVAIL
Work in an exhibition sponsored by the Women's Caucus for Art of Greater
Washington D.C.
March 4, 2015-March 28, 2015
Opening Reception Saturday, March 7, 2015, 2-4 pm
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center
8230 Georgia Ave.
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Gallery Hours, Wednesday-Saturday 12-6 pm, Sunday, 1-4 pm.
contact:Marilyn Hayes- hayesarts@yahoo.com


BOOKMAKING CLASS

You are invited to my sister’s book art workshop to be given at my house on the weekend of Saturday and Sunday, March 15, 16 from 10:30 am -4:30 pm.  The class is a computer program called Blurb BookSmart to self- publish your book with images and photos on any theme, from a family album to art and poetry. The cost is only $200 for two days. Send the check for $200 made out to Linda Wasko to me by Wed., Feb. 19. Thank you.

Sandra Wasko-Flood
2229 Lake Ave.

Baltimore, MD 21213    
waskoart@gmail.com


Call for Artists: Bethesda Painting Awards - MD

Submissions must be received by Monday, February 20, 2015.
The Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District is currently accepting applications for the 
seventh annual Bethesda Painting Awards. Up to nine finalists will be selected to display 
their work in an exhibition during the month of June at Gallery B in downtown Bethesda, 
and the top four winners will receive $14,000 in prize monies. Best in Show will be awarded
$10,000; Second Place will be honored with $2,000 and Third Place will receive $1,000. 
Additionally, a “Young Artist” whose birthday is after February 20, 1985 may be awarded 
$1,000. Artists must be 18 years of age or older and residents of Maryland, Virginia or 
Washington, D.C. All original 2-D paintings including oil, acrylic, watercolor, gouache, 
encaustic and mixed media will be accepted. The maximum dimensions should not exceed
60 inches in width or 84 inches in height. No reproductions. Artwork must have been 
completed within the last two years and must be available for the duration of the exhibit. 
Each artist must submit 5 images, application and a non-refundable fee of $25. Digital 
entries will be accepted on DC in JPG, GIF or PNG format. For a complete application, 
please visit www.bethesda.org, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to the Bethesda
Painting Awards, c/o Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District, 7700 Old Georgetown Road, 
Bethesda, MD 20814 or call 301-215-6660 x117. 

Exhibition REWRITE::RE-RIGHTING PREPARE, PROVOKE, PREVAIL (Pyramid Atlantic, Opens 3/7 2-4)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

REWRITE::RE-RIGHTING
PREPARE, PROVOKE, PREVAIL

Work in an exhibition sponsored by the Women’s Caucus for Art of Greater Washington (WCA/DC)

www.wcadc.org

DATES: MARCH 4, 2015 - MARCH 28, 2015

EXHIBITION RECEPTION:  Saturday, March 7, 2015 - 2pm – 4pm

PYRAMID ATLANTIC ART CENTER

8230 Georgia Avenue

Silver Spring, MD  20910

www.pyramidatlanticartcenter.org

Gallery Hours: Wednesday-Saturday, 12-6pm; Sunday, 1-4pm

Contact: Marilyn Hayes - hayesarts@yahoo.com

In celebration of National Women’s History Month, the Women’s Caucus for Art of Greater Washington (WCA/DC) will showcase fifteen women artists at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center.  Titled “Rewrite::Re-Righting: Prepare, Provoke, Prevail,” the exhibition makes a declarative statement on the role of women artists in 2015.   

Exhibiting Artists:

Kirstin Bruner, Washington, DC

Melissa Carr, Alexandria, VA

Sandra Davis, Gaithersburg, MD

Jane Forth, Linden, VA

Sonia Friedman, Silver Spring, MD

Lynne Grossman, Burke, VA

Marilyn Hayes, Arlington, VA

Phyllis Jaffe, Salisbury, MD

Cynthia Farrell Johnson, Silver Spring, MD

Susan Kraft, Redwood City, CA

Bonnie MacAllister, Philadelphia, PA

Margaret Paris, Silver Spring, MD

Natalya Parris, Gaithersburg, MD

Cherie Redlinger, Alexandria, MD

Barbara Wolanin, Bethesda, MD

The Women’s Caucus for Art WCA is the major national organization for women in the visual arts professions. WCA was founded in 1972 in connection with the College Art Association (CAA). It is unique in its multi-disciplinary, multicultural membership of artists, art historians, students, educators, and museum professionals. WCA has 28 chapters nationwide, including WCA/DC www.wcadc.org.

For more information on WCA National, please visit the website at www.nationalwca.org. 

image credit: Sandra Davis, “Generations,” painting

Bonnie MacAllister, "Behind Her Eyes," embroidery

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