QUEER INTERIORS | ART & LGBTQI+ EXPERIENCE

A BMA WORKSHOP FOR TEACHERS

SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 2017

8:30 AM-1:30 PM

Join the BMA on Saturday, April 1^st for an important teacher workshop on art and the LGBTQI+ experience. Explore the Queer Interiors exhibition with artists Rahne Alexander and Jaimes Mayhew; hear from young people in the LGBTQI+ community about their experiences; learn fundamentals about LGBTQI+ identities and how to be a good ally to your students and colleagues with Kate Bishop of Chase Brexton Health Care; and make a button that visually communicates a vital part of your own identity.

In addition:

• A light breakfast is included
• Receive print materials to support your understanding of LGBTQI+ issues and identities
• Receive 10% off in the BMA Shop

This workshop is $20 for Members and $25 for Non-Members. Please visit https://artbma.org/educators/workshop.html to register.

15th Annual Trawick Prize: Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards.

The annual juried competition, founded by Carol Trawick and produced by the Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District, awards $14,000 in prize monies to selected artists and features the work of the finalists in a group exhibition.

The jury will select up to 10 finalists who will be invited to display their work in a group exhibition in downtown Bethesda in September 2017. Applicants must be 18 years of age or older and permanent, full-time residents of Maryland, Virginia or Washington, D.C. All original 2-D and 3-D fine art including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, fiber art, digital, mixed media and video will be accepted.

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THE EXHIBITIONS PROGRAM AT AAC SUPPORTS THE WORK OF EMERGING CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS IN THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION THROUGH OUR SOLOS EXHIBITIONS.

Exhibition proposals are reviewed by jurors who then make recommendations on exhibitions for inclusion in SOLOS. The 2017-18 jurors are: Kate Haw, Director fo the Smithsonian Institution’s Archives of American Art and Mika Yoshitake, Assistant Curator at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.

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WHAT ARE THE SOLOS?

Each year, artists from across the Mid-Atlantic are selected for solo exhibitions to take place in one of AAC’s seven separate gallery spaces, or outside on the grounds resulting in an exceptional suite of cutting-edge exhibitions featuring art in variety of media. Proposals that specifically take into account AAC’s space, layout, and surrounding environs are encouraged.

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Do you have a vision to change the world? Become a Halcyon Fellow!

We are launching applications for the seventh cohort of Halcyon Incubator and the inaugural cohort of Halcyon Arts Lab. Halcyon provides the catalytic support and skills that emerging artists and social entrepreneurs need to achieve their goals and scale new and ambitious projects.

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2017 Sondheim Artscape Prize Semifinalists

Mequitta Ahuja, Baltimore, MD

Mary Anne Arntzen, Baltimore, MD

Carolyn Case, Cockeysville, MD

Cindy Cheng, Baltimore, MD

Heather Clark, Leesburg, VA

Shannon Collis, Lutherville, MD

Hoesy Corona, Baltimore, MD

Rachel Debuque, Riverdale Park, MD

Sara Dittrich, Baltimore, MD

Selina Doroshenko, Baltimore, MD

Tim Doud, Washington, DC

Mary Early, Washington, DC

Colin Foster, Baltimore, MD

Emily Francisco, Washington, DC

Bryan Funk, Baltimore, MD

Tatiana Gulenkina, Washington, DC

Cadeatra Harvey, Baltimore, MD

Muriel Hasbun, Silver Spring, MD

Taha Heydari, Baltimore, MD

Ricardo Hoegg  , Baltimore, MD

Benjamin Kelley, Baltimore, MD

Travis Levasseur, Baltimore, MD

Nathaniel Lewis, Washington, DC

Giulia Livi, Baltimore, MD

Kelly Lloyd, Baltimore, MD

Bruce Mckaig, Baltimore, MD

Scott Pennington, Baltimore, MD

Paul Rucker, Baltimore, MD

James Singewald, Baltimore, MD

Julia Smith, Baltimore, MD

Dan Steinhilber, Washington, DC

Kyle Tata, Baltimore, MD

Katya Vilano, Baltimore, MD

Jessica Walton, Baltimore, MD

Xiaofu Wang, Baltimore, MD

Amy Yee, Baltimore, MD