Greater Reston Arts Center (GRACE) Call for Exhibition Proposals, 2013 Season - VADeadline: October 16, 2011. GRACE (Greater Reston Arts Center) is a non-profit arts center in Northern Virginia dedicated to presenting visual art that illuminates new ideas and promotes dialogue between artists and audience. The exhibition program offers artists from the mid-Atlantic region opportunities to experiment and expand their work in an open, contemporary space. Artists living or working in Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and West Virginia are invited to submit proposals. The arts center is now accepting proposals for periods of approximately 4 – 6 weeks from November 2012 through September of 2013. Six solo artists will be grouped into two Focus Exhibitions, each featuring three artists in separate areas of the gallery. Group exhibition proposals are also welcomed. Please see the Prospectus for further information and for application details: http://www.restonarts.org/
Connect with a national network of women artists. Join a nurturing community that supports women in art at all levels. Participate in chapter and national exhibitions. Gain leadership experience in community activities. Interact with artists of diverse ages and ethnicities. Raise the visibility of women in art. New members are welcome. Please contact us at wcadc@gmail.com
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Call for Art: Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition - DC
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 media. Works must have been created after January 1, 2010. Submissions may be submitted online at portraitcompetition.si.edu between September 1 to October 31. The work of finalists will be shown in a major exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, March 22, 2013–January 4, 2014. The grand-prize winner will receive a $25,000 cash award and have the opportunity for a separate commission to portray a remarkable living American for the gallery’s collection. In addition, entrants may be featured on face2face.si.edu, the gallery’s blog, as the competition unfolds. Please visit portraitcompetition.si.edu for more information about the submission process.
Call for Art: Eye of the Beholder: The Fine Art of the Found Object - MD
Eye of the Beholder: The Fine Art of the Found Object - MDDeadline: August 28, 2011. October 30 – November 26, 2011. Enter online at www.mdfedart.org or send your CD to the address below. Eligible: 2D/3D original work created with one or more found objects incorporated. Juror: Janet Maher, Associate Professor at Loyola University Maryland. Cash awards $1000. One-two entries $35 (MFA members $20), additional entries $5 each, up to 6 entries total. US and Canada residence. Exhibited at Maryland Federation of Art’s, Circle Gallery, Annapolis MD. Prospectus: Send SASE: Found Object, 18 State Circle, Annapolis MD 21401. Download: www.mdfedart.org; Email: info@mdfedart.org
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Call to Artists: ARTBANK 2012
The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities is seeking to purchase two and three-dimensional works of art including, but not limited to, prints, drawings, mixed media compositions, paintings, photographs, ceramics, and moveable sculptures to be included in the Art Bank Collection. They are especially encouraging video artists and other technological innovators to apply.
The call is open to artists who reside or maintain studio space in the Washington DC metro area, however, preference will be given to DC residents.
The deadline for submission is Friday, September 30th. Please follow dcarts.slideroom.com to find the Art Bank 2011 Call to artists.
For additional information, contact Zoma Wallace at zoma.wallace@dc.gov or 202.724.5613.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Call for Artists: CORNUCOPIA
Capitol Arts Network Presents…CORNUCOPIA: Food for Thought from Female Artists
A Mixed Media, National Juried Exhibition
Opening Reception
Friday, October 14, 2011
Washington Gallery of Photography
Bethesda, MD
Ladies, take off your aprons and join us in front of the sketchpad, canvas,
or behind the lens! Cornucopia will present female artists’ renderings of
food, in celebration of October marking national apple, popcorn, caramel,
pineapple, and vegetarian month, among others. Show us your best 2-d works
of art for a show that will also benefit The Manna Food Bank, serving
Montgomery County, MD.
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Monday, August 1, 2011
Featured Member Artist: Jane Forth
Living in
nature and my reflections of it have created the direction of my work. The Blue
Ridge Mountains are powerful in color as light washes over them. The ancient
history of the earth and the natural forces that created the Blue Ridge are evident
and I think of landscape painting as a connection.
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| In the Shade of Oaks (Encaustic--11 x 14 ©Jane Forth 2010) |
Watercolor,
I find, is a medium expressive of nature—in its luminous and fluid character; encaustic
has similar qualities, since heated wax has alchemy of its own that influences the
painting process. I rely very much
on drawing as the beginning and most direct notes for painting. For this reason, pastel with it’s
intensity of pigment and versatility as a medium is often my most immediate
reference.
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| Jane Forth: Solstice Kayakers (Encaustic-16x20 in©Jane Forth 2011)
Having
lived in cities much of my life, I had no idea of the impact that actually
living in a rural setting would have on my work --when I moved to the Northern
Virginia countryside in 1978. I often paint the same locations over and
over, yet there is always something new in color and how light defines the
moment.
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Jane Forth
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