Artomatic opened this past Friday, May 9 in Washington, DC. I was too lazy and scared to go to the opening, but the sheer numbers of artists involved in this project make it an impressive and overwhelming spectacle. Think MAP's Out of Order times, like, A LOT...
According to wikipedia, Artomatic is a five-week, multimedia arts event held in the Washington, D.C. area. It has been held in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, and will be held May 9 through June 15, 2008 at the Capitol Plaza I building located at 1200 First Street, N.E., one block west of the New York Avenue Metrorail station.
This is taken from the Artomatic website...
About Artomatic
Artomatic is a month-long multimedia arts event that draws together visual artists, musicians and performers and brings their work to the community without charge.
It was originally conceived as a way to break down the geographical and social segmentation of the Washington arts scene, to bring art directly to the public and to build cohesion among artists. The city's ongoing development in recent years has diffused the arts community by breaking up pockets of artist studios. In addition, local artists are sometimes overshadowed by national blockbuster shows and federal landmarks. Artomatic provides a forum for all of our area's artists to convene, perform and exhibit, strengthening the visibility, cohesion, and marketplace of Washington's arts community.
To get more factual info, go to www.artomatic.org.
Click here for Art-o-Matic coverage by Ten Tigers.
Click here for F. Lenny Campello's review on CultureFlux. He's got a great mention and pic of an installation by Baltimore artists Jordan Tierney and Marcia Hart.
Monday, May 12, 2008
Artomatic opened last Friday, May 9 in Washington, DC
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Jackie Milad: Just Between Us opens Thursday, May 15 at 7 p.m.
Just Between Us: New Drawings by Jackie Milad at Paperwork Gallery
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 15, from 7-9:30 p.m.
Exhibition: May 15 - June 24, 2008.
With a catalogue essay by Jack Livingston.
“Ms. Milad's exuberant andro-fem figures mix archetypes, channeling the likes of Nefertiti, Carolee Schneemann and Courtney Love into one timeless sweetly odd and transgressive "her". They possess a fairy-tale power similar to the late works of the poet Ann Sexton.”-Excerpt from 2006 Peek Review, by Jack Livingston.
Paperwork Gallery is located at 107 E. Preston Street in the Midtown Yoga Building.
Check out our new website at www.paperworkgallery.com!
Jarrett Min Davis: Survey of the Land at SubBasement Studios Friday, May 16
There's an old Billie Holiday song called "Strange Fruit,"about the lynching of African Americans in the Deep South. In a drawing of the same title by Korea-born artist Jarrett Min Davis, the dead bodies hang from a tree like shadows of Billie's voice. Davis's work loves to poke at native cultures, teasing old images into new relationships for unexpected meanings.
SHOWING: MAY16 - JUNE 7
ART TALK: FRIDAY MAY 16, 2008 6:00PM
ARTIST RECEPTION WITH SELECT WINES FROM BIN604: 6:30 PM - 8:00PM
GALLERY HOURS: SUNDAY-FRIDAY appointments anytime
SATURDAY 11AM- 5PM
SUB-BASEMENT ARTIST STUDIOS
118 NORTH HOWARD STR, BALTIMORE, MD 21201 US
www.sbastudios.com
Friday, May 9, 2008
Millenium Art Salon at The Phillips Collection
Millennium Arts Salon holds its 4th and final salon in its 2007-8 series,
Scholars Speak: Dr. Beth Turner, Dr. Leslie-King Hammond (moderator), Dr. David Driskell, Looking Forward, Looking Back
Thursday, May 29th, 6:30pm at The Phillips Collection
Against the backdrop of the Jacob Lawrence Migration Series (now on view at The Phillips Collection through October 26), three leading scholars on African American art speak – Dr. Turner, University Professor at the UVA and curator of two major national traveling exhibitions on Jacob Lawrence, Over the Line: The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence (2001-03) and The Migration Series (1993-1995) for The Philips Collection, former senior Phillips curator and vice-provost for the arts at the University of Virginia; Dr. King-Hammond, Dean of Graduate Studies and Professor of Art History, at the Maryland Institute College of Art and Chair of the Board of The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture; and Dr. Driskell, an emeritus professor at the University of Maryland, College Park where the David C. Driskell Center of African American and African Diaspora Visual Arts and Culture was founded in his honor, artist, collector, and cited as one of the world's leading authorities on the subject of African American art. One scholar asks, the others respond. All reflect on artists of the 20th century and look ahead to artists in the new millennia.
Millennium Arts Salon and The Phillips Collection are jointly sponsoring this event, to be held in the Sant Auditorium at The Phillips Collection, 1600 21st Street, NW , Thursday, May 29th starting at 6:30pm. Free, with suggested donation.
Millennium Arts Salon is focused on advancing cultural literacy through its art programming, which includes salon talks, exhibitions, tours and special events. Based in Columbia Heights , most of its intimate salon talks and art exhibitions are held in its beautifully restored 1923 town home. It also hosts programs in various venues around the city and collaborates with art institutions, such as The Phillips Collection, The David C Driskell Center at the University of Maryland College Park , Parish Gallery of Georgetown, and the Brandywine Workshop in Philadelphia . Millennium Arts Salon is primarily funded through memberships.
The Phillips Collection offers an intimate encounter with one of the finest collections of impressionist and modern American and European art. The Phillips Collection, America ’s first museum of modern art, has an active collecting program and regularly organizes acclaimed special exhibitions, many of which travel nationally and internationally.
The Phillips Collection is a private, non-government museum supported by donations and public funds. Contact: Richard Everett, MAS Public Relations Director, (202) 716-3315
PLAYTHINGS AT METRO GALLERY on Friday / Jimmy Rouse at Creative Alliance on Saturday
Metro Gallery
1700 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
BALTIMORE- "Playthings", a group exhibit of art influenced by the act of play, will be shown at the Metro Gallery during the month of May. The exhibition will include works by some of the most exciting young local artists: Dina Kelberman, Milana Braslavsky, Noel Freibert, Alex Worthington, Ryan Cecil Smith, Natalie Jenison, Nik Pence, Michael Gerkovich, Meghan Clay, and Giuliana Pinto. Showcasing a variety of media, the works included in "Playthings" iterate the importance of play within current art, and the centrality of toys within this discussion.
"Playthings" embraces acts of play: through the thematic and visual influence of playthings, through the welcoming of physical interaction. The works included in this exhibition embody the both the spirit and the function of toys. They imitate mundane necessities of life or they provide relief through alternative fantasy, and often these two binaries collide. Through the language of toys, "Playthings" presents a wonderland of invention, whimsy, and playfulness.
An opening reception will be held at the Metro Gallery on Thursday, May 8th from 7 to 11PM.
Click HERE for a review of the show on the Ten Tigers blog.
Sarah Williams
Metro Gallery // Owner
sarah@themetrogallery.net
www.themetrogallery.net
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Jimmy Rouse: People, Things & Places
Opening Party w/ Mambo Combo
Fri May 9 Reception 6-8pm, dance party 8pm
The first major exhibition in ten years by painter Jimmy Rouse is a testament to the enduring power of representational painting to describe the world, and its potential to address contemporary themes. People, Things & Places demonstrates the artist’s range and development over time, for whom the act of painting is always about learning, exploring the medium, and understanding both his inner and outer worlds. Self portraits capture his often mischievous, occasionally cranky stare, and still-lifes, portraits of bohemian friends and landscapes of old Fells Point are suffused with the soft, clear light of Sisley or Seurat. Rouse’s real power, however, is reserved for his larger figurative paintings, where he and longtime muse Ava Oelke often reenact compositions from baroque masters or the artist’s imagination to eerie effect. One time owner of Louie’s Bookstore Café, longtime presence at Martick’s Restaurant Francais, a leader of the Charles Street Development Corp during its heyday as a gallery district, and the son of visionary developer James W. Rouse, Rouse has been a jovial force-to-be-reckoned-with on the city’s cultural scene for over three decades. 
Two public programs capture a sense of Rouse’s place in Charm City’s social and gustatory history. Food + Art: Stories from Louie’s and Martick’s revisits two legendary Baltimore establishments, where food and artists have commingled for over forty years. A gathering of folks who were there (and who wasn’t?) share stories and invite you to bring your own. The exhibition opens with a party featuring Jimmy’s fave dance band Mambo Combo, retro and original songs by Ava Oelke, and catering by On the Hill that does justice to Rouse’s other role as a pioneer of Baltimore dining. On view May 3-31.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
THE ORPHAN WORKS BILL IS BACK.
This bill has been ongoing for a number of years and this time the wheels have been greased for quick passage.
Yesterday a revived Orphan Works Bill sailed through a House panel. Today the Senate bill will be marked up. These bills will expose ANY work of art to commercial infringement. This will include everything from professional paintings to personal photos placed on the net.
At the heart of the bill is a way to “Orphan” all works of art leaving them open to use by others. Then the bills will coerce you to register your work with for-profit registries as a condition of protecting your copyrights. Any unregistered pictures will be subject to Orphan Works infringement. This is a radical departure from international copyright law and normal business practice.
I feel this legislation will hurt all creatives and needs to brought to your attention, so I'm doing my little part by forwarding these links. - Alzaruba.
The orphan works legislation, has been referred to as the end of copyright. THIS IS IMPORTANT.
A very easy simple primer is a link at YouTube, 7.5 mins long.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqBZd0cP5Yc
Then read the position papers, the bills (they are not that long)
themselves and decide for yourself what is in your best interest.
APA has posted them at http://www.APAnational.com
ASMP has posted them at http://www.asmp.org/news/spec2008/orphan_update.php
Illustrators Partnership
There are a ton of blogs
Do it quick, the countdown has begun.
Be heard.
Bethesda Painting Awards Finalists Announced
I'm putting my $$ on Baltimore once again!! Go team Baltimore!
2008 Finalists:
Amy Chan, Richmond, VA
Suzanna Fields, Richmond, VA
Janis Goodman, Washington, D.C.
Tom Green, Cabin John, MD
Lillian Bayley Hoover, Baltimore, MD
Sangram Majumdar, Baltimore, MD
Katherine Mann, Baltimore, MD
B.G. Muhn, North Potomac, MD
Bill Schmidt, Baltimore, MD
$10,000 Best in Show
$2,000 Second Prize
$1,000 Third Prize
The Bethesda Painting Awards is downtown Bethesda's annual juried art competition that exclusively honors painters from Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. The finalist's work will be on exhibit at The Fraser Gallery in downtown Bethesda from June 4 - July 5, 2008.
