Washington City Paper 30 Years - Best of D.C. 2011
"Best New Art Space Almost Near D.C."
The 50 percent increase in space for studio, classrooms, and workshops that George Mason University’s School of Art bought for itself with its new $25 million Art and Design Building afforded it about a zillion-percent increase in visibility in the D.C. art community. Mind you, the 88,000-square-foot Art and Design Building isn’t any nearer to the District. It will still take a long slog out Interstate 66 to get there, with only the promise of lunch at the Eden Center to brighten the long commute. One show, however, was worth sitting through traffic: “Tattoos of Ships,” a 2010 solo exhibit featuring Maggie Michael. Going for gold, the school invited Michael to take on its new ground-floor gallery space as if it were her studio, and she accepted. The results - sculpture, installation, and painting, much applied directly to the wall, all resembling Michael’s take on El Lissitzky's classic Proun project- were unlike anything to be seen in the District or its environs last year. See? The drive can be worth it.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Manassas Art Guild Seeks Submissions
CALL FOR ARTISTS - EXHIBITS NOW SEEKING SUBMISSIONS
The Manassas Art Guild is seeking artists who would like to exhibit their work in several upcoming art shows. Currently the Guild has openings for three exhibits, taking place this spring and summer. Works in all media, including photography, are eligible for entry.
The first exhibit, eARTh, is on April 23; the theme for this exhibit is artwork which celebrates the natural world (animals, landscapes, recycled art, etc.) In June, the Guild will be hosting a booth at the Manassas Railway Festival; artists are invited to submit work which relates to trains and railways. And in July, the Guild is sponsoring "Remains to be Scene: Artists and Virginia's Historic Places," an exhibit and competition timed to coincide with the events surrounding the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.
A fourth exhibit, the Guild's annual "Paint! Manassas," is being scheduled for the fall; details will be available later this spring.
The deadline to enter the "eARTh" exhibit is April 9, with deadlines for the other exhibits to follow. Artist can find details and entry forms on the Guild's website, www.manassasartguild.org, or call 571/377-1782 to leave a voicemail message.
The Manassas Art Guild is a not-for profit organization which seeks to build and maintain a visible and active visual arts community in Manassas and beyond.
The Manassas Art Guild is seeking artists who would like to exhibit their work in several upcoming art shows. Currently the Guild has openings for three exhibits, taking place this spring and summer. Works in all media, including photography, are eligible for entry.
The first exhibit, eARTh, is on April 23; the theme for this exhibit is artwork which celebrates the natural world (animals, landscapes, recycled art, etc.) In June, the Guild will be hosting a booth at the Manassas Railway Festival; artists are invited to submit work which relates to trains and railways. And in July, the Guild is sponsoring "Remains to be Scene: Artists and Virginia's Historic Places," an exhibit and competition timed to coincide with the events surrounding the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.
A fourth exhibit, the Guild's annual "Paint! Manassas," is being scheduled for the fall; details will be available later this spring.
The deadline to enter the "eARTh" exhibit is April 9, with deadlines for the other exhibits to follow. Artist can find details and entry forms on the Guild's website, www.manassasartguild.org, or call 571/377-1782 to leave a voicemail message.
The Manassas Art Guild is a not-for profit organization which seeks to build and maintain a visible and active visual arts community in Manassas and beyond.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Thomas Stanley Brown Bag Discussion, Center for Consciousness and Transformation
Tuesday, March 1, 2011, 12-1:15PM
Johnson Center, Gold Room (Lower Level)
The end of history or the end of the world, some type of ontological collapse, is written into the mythologies of many cultures including the judeo-christian archetypes that are still quite resonant in our presumably secular society. Unfortunately, where last days prognostications are taken most seriously, they are also taken most literally and in those dim quarters, the end of the world is painted in the gloomiest colors of catastrophe and travail. The world we inhabit is as much a creation of our discursive manipulations over time and through language as it is the product of physics. The manner in which we inhabit a virtual symbolic world has eclipsed in salience, importance, and immediacy our habitation in what used to be called the real world. (Which is now, of course, just a very bad television show.) Hardware apocalypse is when everything melts, burns, or blows up and humanity along with it. Seems very wasteful. Can we talk in the twenty-first century about something like a software apocalypse? That is, a modification of or an accretion to language and/or how it is used that is so massive in its ontological consequences that we, in effect, experience the end of the world created under the old semantic order. Join Dr. Stanley as he uses his experience in life and music to explore and perhaps make palatable something he calls "velvet apocalypse".
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Thomas Stanley is...
* Ethnomusicologist specializing in new and emerging musical practices, especially as these relate to the collective experience of temporal texture on a macro-scale (i.e., history).
* Author of George Clinton and P-Funk: an Oral History (1998).
* On-air music programmer at WPFW-FM presenting an amazing array of underground and experimental musics.
TOPIC DISCUSSION VIA PB WIKI
We invite you to respond to the following question prior to the presentation on March 1 on the CCT Brown Bag Wiki: What does the expression "I-and-I" mean to you? Source it, interpret it, and connect it, if possible to our discussions of consciousness and its transformations.
If you’ve already signed on to the list, you can go directly to the question prompt by following this link: https://cctbbag.pbworks.com/w/page/36203673/March-2011-Brown-Bag
If you'd like to join the list but haven't, please contact Martha Souder at msouder@gmu.edu.
RSVP via PINGG
Please let us know whether you’ll be attending or not. You should soon receive an invitation from Stacey Guenther for a PINGG evite. Please respond there. If you have trouble accessing the evite, please respond here. We’re asking you to respond, so we can ensure we have enough space to accommodate everyone.
BE THERE, Even if You Can’t Be There
For members of the community who can’t physically attend, University Life will be streaming the presentation, so you can be there without physically being there. This should be especially beneficial to those of you on the Arlington and Prince William campuses. To view a live stream of the event, go to http://www.livestream.com/universitylifelive
Johnson Center, Gold Room (Lower Level)
The end of history or the end of the world, some type of ontological collapse, is written into the mythologies of many cultures including the judeo-christian archetypes that are still quite resonant in our presumably secular society. Unfortunately, where last days prognostications are taken most seriously, they are also taken most literally and in those dim quarters, the end of the world is painted in the gloomiest colors of catastrophe and travail. The world we inhabit is as much a creation of our discursive manipulations over time and through language as it is the product of physics. The manner in which we inhabit a virtual symbolic world has eclipsed in salience, importance, and immediacy our habitation in what used to be called the real world. (Which is now, of course, just a very bad television show.) Hardware apocalypse is when everything melts, burns, or blows up and humanity along with it. Seems very wasteful. Can we talk in the twenty-first century about something like a software apocalypse? That is, a modification of or an accretion to language and/or how it is used that is so massive in its ontological consequences that we, in effect, experience the end of the world created under the old semantic order. Join Dr. Stanley as he uses his experience in life and music to explore and perhaps make palatable something he calls "velvet apocalypse".
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Thomas Stanley is...
* Ethnomusicologist specializing in new and emerging musical practices, especially as these relate to the collective experience of temporal texture on a macro-scale (i.e., history).
* Author of George Clinton and P-Funk: an Oral History (1998).
* On-air music programmer at WPFW-FM presenting an amazing array of underground and experimental musics.
TOPIC DISCUSSION VIA PB WIKI
We invite you to respond to the following question prior to the presentation on March 1 on the CCT Brown Bag Wiki: What does the expression "I-and-I" mean to you? Source it, interpret it, and connect it, if possible to our discussions of consciousness and its transformations.
If you’ve already signed on to the list, you can go directly to the question prompt by following this link: https://cctbbag.pbworks.com/w/page/36203673/March-2011-Brown-Bag
If you'd like to join the list but haven't, please contact Martha Souder at msouder@gmu.edu.
RSVP via PINGG
Please let us know whether you’ll be attending or not. You should soon receive an invitation from Stacey Guenther for a PINGG evite. Please respond there. If you have trouble accessing the evite, please respond here. We’re asking you to respond, so we can ensure we have enough space to accommodate everyone.
BE THERE, Even if You Can’t Be There
For members of the community who can’t physically attend, University Life will be streaming the presentation, so you can be there without physically being there. This should be especially beneficial to those of you on the Arlington and Prince William campuses. To view a live stream of the event, go to http://www.livestream.com/universitylifelive
Design Competition
A new non-profit group, The Red Truck Foundation, is launching its campaign with a logo design competition. RTF is an organization that works to bring emergency care services to third world countries. RTF recognizes the lack of infrastructure in many of these developing nations - and has found a solution through the use of motorcycle ambulances. Through the competition initiative the organization hopes to not only bring awareness to its cause, but to also encourage creativity across the design community. Logo entries are due by midnight on March 10, 2011. Entries can only be made by individuals, and must be original graphics. There will be two rounds of voting - the first will be conducted by the public, and the second by a jury panel selected by RTF. The final winner of the competition will win $300, and the opportunity to showcase his/her talents. Your design can be the first response. Save lives with a creative design. To learn more about RTF and how you can participate in the competition please visit their website: www.redtruckfoundation.org, or search The Red Truck Foundation on Facebook.
Graduate Student Exhibition
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Chinese Scrolls from the Collection of Dr. Chi Wang
The School of Art invites you to the reception for an exhibition of Chinese scroll paintings from the collection of Dr. Chi Wang on Thursday, February 24, 2011 from 6 to 8 PM in the Mason Hall Atrium Gallery. The reception will be preceded by a panel of scholars within the gallery who will discuss the works on view and provide some background for these fine works.
This exhibition is jointly supported by the Confucius Institute and the School of Art at George Mason University.
Call for Works: BITE: identity and humor
BITE: identity and humor
Juror Jefferson Pinder
Exhibition dates: June 23-July 30, 2011
Application Deadline: March 31, 2011
Eligibility: All artists, 18 years and older, living in Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, or West Virginia are eligible.
Acceptable Works: All media including video and new media. Work installed in the gallery must fit through standard double doors, 8H x 6W. All work must be ready for installation with proper hanging devices if needed and instructions where necessary.
Described by the juror, Jefferson Pinder, "Humor is one of the best tools to open dialogue about heavy issues...For this exhibition, artists are asked to use irony, sarcasm, and wit to shed light on issues of personal struggle in mainstream society. Artists are asked to create and share work that challenges historical, societal, and cultural norms that dictate expectations of who we are supposed to be. The selected work does not have to be funny as much as insightful."
Full prospectus:http://www.restonarts.org/Exhibitions/ProspectusBITE.pdf
Each application requires an online application through Juried Art Serviceswww.juriedartservices.com and must include the following:
1. Non - refundable application fee: $10 for GRACE members, $35 non-members
2. 10 works or 3 videos, resume, artist statement, link to artist website if available
For questions or additional information please call Greater Reston Arts Center at 703.471.9242 or visithttp://www.restonarts.org/Exhibitions/Exhibit-Opps.htm
Juror Jefferson Pinder
Exhibition dates: June 23-July 30, 2011
Application Deadline: March 31, 2011
Eligibility: All artists, 18 years and older, living in Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, or West Virginia are eligible.
Acceptable Works: All media including video and new media. Work installed in the gallery must fit through standard double doors, 8H x 6W. All work must be ready for installation with proper hanging devices if needed and instructions where necessary.
Described by the juror, Jefferson Pinder, "Humor is one of the best tools to open dialogue about heavy issues...For this exhibition, artists are asked to use irony, sarcasm, and wit to shed light on issues of personal struggle in mainstream society. Artists are asked to create and share work that challenges historical, societal, and cultural norms that dictate expectations of who we are supposed to be. The selected work does not have to be funny as much as insightful."
Full prospectus:http://www.restonarts.org/Exhibitions/ProspectusBITE.pdf
Each application requires an online application through Juried Art Serviceswww.juriedartservices.com and must include the following:
1. Non - refundable application fee: $10 for GRACE members, $35 non-members
2. 10 works or 3 videos, resume, artist statement, link to artist website if available
For questions or additional information please call Greater Reston Arts Center at 703.471.9242 or visithttp://www.restonarts.org/Exhibitions/Exhibit-Opps.htm
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