“Drawing for Beginners” at School 33 will now take place on

Saturdays from March 22nd to April 12th, from 10:00am to 12:30pm!

Register now!

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Drawing for Beginners *NEW CLASS*
Registration fee: $120 + supplies (approximately $30)
Four weeks: Saturdays, March 22, 2014 through April 12, 2014
10:00am-12:30pm
Instructor: Ismael Carrillo

This 4-week workshop offers the absolute basics for getting started in drawing. It will cover topics such as basic materials, lighting, proportion, and space. It is intended for people who have little or no experience drawing, and who want to get started in a relaxed, no-pressure setting!

Ismael Carrillo has been working as a visual artist in Barcelona for well over two decades. His artwork appears in various publications worldwide.   He currently is teaching at the illustration department of MICA (Maryland Institute College of Art) and at the Fine Arts Department of the Corcoran College of Art + Design, Washington D.C.

Please email qpalmer@promotionandarts.com or call (443) 263-4350 for more information and to register!

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“Site-specific works of art in the landscape rank among the most organic and historically significant representations of our cultural identity, and are often the most threatened.”

TCLF is now accepting nominations for Landslide® 2014: Art and the Landscape.

This year’s theme will focus on a broad range of sites from ancient petroglyphs and Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty, to Herbert Bayer’s sculpted earthworks, the Modernist installations of Athena Tacha, and site-specific art installations found in remote locales and urban centers – all are distinct expressions of cultural identity and many are endangered by development, neglect, vandalism, industrial operations and other threats. TCLF’s annual compendium will bring attention to these sites in an effort to raise their visibility and promote informed stewardship. Landslide 2014 is made possible by presenting sponsor The Davey Tree Expert Company, educational partner The American Society of Landscape Architects, and media partner, Landscape Architecture magazine.

The deadline for nominations is April 1, 2014. Submissions can be made online or emailed to Amanda Shull at amanda@tclf.org. A word version of the nomination form can be found here.

http://tclf.org/annual-spotlight/landslide-2014

Due: March 15th

OPEN CALL for artists and photographers to participate in the Backlight Photo Festival 2014 in Tampere and the Tampere region, Finland starting in September 2014. The call is open from January 2014 until March 15th 2014.

Participation: The submission is open to all photographers and photo-artists. There is no restriction regarding the age or nationality of the applicant. Also groups and collectives are accepted to participate.
Submitting projects for Backlight Photo Festival 2014 is free of charge. We are looking for photography- and lens-based projects, with professional quality, dealing with Backlight 2014 festivals theme.

HOW TO APPLY

Submitting projects is only possible through on-line application. Submitting the application requires registration. After registration the application and images can be uploaded and edited before final submission,
The application form and images must be completely filled by the deadline.

Images:

max.10 images/application.
max. 1MB/each
accepted formats: PNG, JPG, GIF
Pixel Dimension 800 pixels longest side
Please note: if offering a video work the video can not be sent on-line, please send us a link to your video within your application. If you are offering more than one project, please fill separate application for each project. Each applicant can submit up to 3 (three) projects.
The online submission form is available here in this link: APPLY HERE

SELECTION PROCESS

The decisions of the chosen projects will be made by Backlight ´14 OPEN CALL international jury. We will inform all applicants of the decisions by May 31st the latest.
The amount of projects accepted to the festival is due to the festivals funding. The organizer is a non-profit association functioning on annual grants. We are waiting for the funding decisions during April 2014.
Due to the amount of applications expected the jury is not able to explain and justify the unaccepted applications.

GRANT OF RIGHTS

When submitting entries, participants confirm that the material is their own and copyright has not been violated.
The artist warrants that third party rights are not attended.
The applicant is responsible for authorizations and releases from their models and subjects.
The organizer has no right to use provided material in other purposes than the jury process before the contract has been agreed by the chosen artist and the organizer.

http://www.backlight.fi/2014/01/15/instructions-how-to-apply-open-call-for-submissions/

This is the first in a series of interviews with each of the Sondheim Award Semifinalists. Finalists will be announced in mid-April, and will be on exhibit at the Walters Art Museum June 21 to August 17; those not selcected as finalists with be exhibited at the Decker, Meyerhoff and Pinkard Galleries at MICA  July 17 to August 3, 2014.

Name: Elena Johnston
Age: 29
Website: www.elenajohnston.com
Current Location: Baltimore, MD.
Hometown: Havertown, PA.
School: MICA BFA in Illustration, Towson BA in Art Education.

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Current favorite artists or artwork: Joan Miro, Esther Malaghu and Ndebele art, Alexander Calder, The Maeght Foundation, John Cocteau, Erik Satie, Brian Eno, Sonic Youth, Jordan Bernier, John Bohl, Molly O’Connell, Russell Hite, Beth Hoeckel, Demetrius Rice, Future Islands, Beach House, Floristree, Odwalla 88, Noel Friebert, Miyazaki, Fauvists, Color Field Painters, Baltimore.

What is your day job? How do you manage balancing work with studio time with your life? My focus at the moment is my studio practice as well as pursuing a degree in Art Education. I am student teaching at the moment and my work is mutually as inspired by teaching as teaching is by my practice.

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How would you describe your work, and your studio practice? How do you challenge yourself in your work? My process right now is trying to combine unlikely combinations of media and try to play as much as possibly with different media, design, sound, and other elements. I have always been inspired by and focused on the idea of play as an approach to creating or curating, and this can take many forms. It is challenging sometimes to remain so open to the element of chance, but is also a driving force in my creative process. Surprises happen if you let them. It is important to change up your approach every so often so as to not get too comfortable with any one way of doing something. I can write a song and then get really excited by a painting. When I make something, the process happens really quickly. I am challenging myself to see what happens if I spend more time on things and push them really far.

What part of artmaking to you like or enjoy the most? The least? I enjoy making art from the initial thought or inspiration, to the actual process and exploration of materials and ideas, to the post-production work such as uploading a photo to my website, designing, printing, documenting, framing, and exhibiting. It is all fun, exciting, and productive for me. The art process is both very intimate and private to wildly public. This push and pull is exciting.

What research do you do for your art practice? I am consistently inspired by the work of my peers and the past. I enjoy working solo and collaborating with my contemporaries. I try to see as much art being made now as possible, by going to art openings in Baltimore and museums, elsewhere, etc. I look at some art blogs or go to the library to look at art books old and new. I am mostly inspired by music, as most of my work comes from a thought or idea or feeling from hearing a song or melody.

I read this quote recently and really loved it: “I have come to the conclusion that, thanks to geometry, the simplest shapes- the square, the triangle, and the circle- I’ve been able to construct a world of my own.” – Juan Stoppani

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What books have you read lately you would recommend? Movies? Television? Music? Right now I love Apartamento magazine and Haruki Murakami.

Do you ever get in creative dry spells, and if so, how do you get out of them? If I ever feel like I am uninspired, I take a break to get perspective, which is necessary for all artists. There is time to play and time to think about ideas and both are equally as important. I find that if I exhaust one medium for myself at any given moment, I try to approach an idea from another direction such as making a song, animation, or having a conversation. Having conversations with other artists is important. Sometimes the work itself is a conversation as well.

What is your dream project? I want to make a music album, I want to continue to curate shows and make more paintings. My dream right now is to collaborate more, make books of my own work and others. To be able to dedicate more time to my art process is a dream.

The Harpo Foundaton Grants for Visual Artists award provides direct support to under-recognized artists of any age.

Application Process and Deadline

The deadline for eligible artists to apply is May 6, 2014 (11:59 PM Pacific Standard Time). Applicants must use this online application to submit the following:

  • Artist resume
  • Artist statement
  • Work samples (up to 20)

Eligibility

  • Self-defined under recognized visual artist
  • United States citizen
  • Not enrolled in a degree program
  • Not a previous Harpo grantee

Criteria

Applications are evaluated on the basis of the quality of the artist’s work, the potential to expand aesthetic inquiry, and its relationship to the foundation’s priority to provide support to visual artists who are under recognized by the field.

Funding and Reporting

Funding decisions are made by the Board of Directors. Awards are made of up to $10,000.  The number of awards is determined each year by the annual granting budget. Grants are made to support the development of artists’ work and a grantee may use their award to support any activity toward that purpose. A report detailing how funds were used is due within 10-months of receiving funds.

In rare cases the foundation will make a multiyear grant of up to 3 years to artists whose projects warrant this sustained support. Artists who receive multiyear support must report annually to the Board before new funds are released.

Notification

Grant decisions are announced no later than November 1, 2014.

Questions

Visit our frequently asked questions page or address other questions to the Director by emailing Julie Deamer at jdeamer@harpofoundation.org

New York Times profile on Alice Aycock’s new public art project on Park Avenue in Manahattan

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Profile of Texas artist Cakky Brawley’s public art work in San Antonio.

“Caruso’s Dream” is a new public art installation by Brian Goggin and Dorka Keehn displayed at 55 9th Street near Market in San Francisco.

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Slideshow of 13 must-see public art projects in San Francisco.

Ann Arbor, Michigan city council defunds public art program, read about the debate here.

Virginia Beach to convert lifeguard stands into public art.

Washington, DC to commission 25 new public art projects.

THE URBAN ARTS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTENSIVES:
Sign up now! 9 spaces left!

Ever wonder how to get in the door for an interview, navigate organizational politics, or help open doors to arts management jobs for others?

The Urban Arts Leadership Program (UALP) of the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance is offering Professional Development Intensives March 14 and 15th and March 21 and 22nd that include a range of topics of critical concern to aspiring arts administrators, particularly those of color. Participation is free, but space is limited.

As each session is designed to carry-over from the previous day, participants must attend the two consecutive days of the intensive they register for. For a fuller experience, participants may sign up for both weekend intensives. To take advantage of this opportunity, please email David D. Mitchell at the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance to reserve a space: dmitchell@baltimoreculture.org.

Intensive Dates and Content:

March 14 and 15
Friday 5:00pm – 9:00pm and Saturday 9:00am – 4:00pm

CV/Resume Review and Interviewing Training facilitated by Doreen Bolger
Soft Skills Training/ Team Building facilitated by Kristina Berdan
Soft Skills Training/ Group dynamics facilitated by Kristina Berdan

March 21 and 22
Friday 5:00pm – 9:00pm and Saturday 12:00pm – 5:00pm

Interviewing Training and Work Place Etiquette/ Image facilitated by Cash Hester
Community Engagement Training “Effective tools facilitated by Kibibi Ajanku
Grant Writing – “Nuts and Bolts” facilitated by Cynthia Hypki

Location:
Humanim – American Brewery 5th Floor
1701 N Gay St, Baltimore, Maryland 21213

What is the Urban Arts Leadership Program?

UALP diversifies and strengthens administrative leadership in arts organizations by connecting emerging arts administrators to resources and professional development that will help position them as leaders. The Program will provide information, training, and help participants develop new and expanded networks. It is open to all participants with a particular focus on serving emerging leaders of color.

UALP is a program of the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance. The development of UALP has been guided by community input and the participation of more than 30 administrators from partnering arts organizations. The UALP Professional Development Intensives are an immediate response to the needs of emerging arts professionals in Baltimore.