Wilmington, NC Cameron Art Museum puts it on State of the Art/Art of the State

Went to check out the flow of artists lining up to enter their one piece into this unique event around 1:30 PM. Arrived back around 5 to a jammed parking lot and slipped into a spot off the grounds and conveniently close.
I'd applied online and was directed to the "sign in room" to get my entry number. #202 gave me a sense of being well grounded here!. Staff were at the beginning calls, "11 - 20", "21 - 30", etc. A well organized excitement filled the Cameron spaces. I ran into several local artists, a friend from FB, and met several new folk from different areas of NC. By 6:30 "201 - 210"!
Initially I was warmly and enthusiastically greeted by Susan Davidson, Senior Curator, Collections & Exhibitions at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in NYC. Then a very attentive and personably interested interview about my work, WebhGround 3, by Timothy Anglin Burgard: The Ednah Root Curator of American Art and the Curator-in-Charge of the American Art Department for the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco lasted for a couple minutes. Did I talk quickly Timothy?! The staff at the Cameron receiving the work were most careful in listening to and handling my installation requisites.
When I left a little after 7PM they had reached #33o something.
The opening is tonite. The works will remain at the Cameron thru Oct 31.
enThanks to everyone involved!

  

early line up

http://www.cameronartmuseum.com

State of the Art/Art of the State

May 8 – October 30, 2011

Organized by the Cameron Art Museum, this exhibition focuses on contemporary art by artists currently living in, or native to, the state of North Carolina. Artists are invited to bring a single work of art to be installed in the museum, delivering the work within a 24-hour period (between 5:00 pm Friday, May 6 and 5:00 pm Saturday, May 7, 2011). During this timeframe, one of three internationally renowned curators will be present to greet each artist, shake his/her hand - and direct the exhibition installation. All three curators will attend the exhibition opening on Saturday May 7, 2011 from 6:00-9:00 pm.

The design of this project provides any participating artist equal opportunity to meet a significant curator working in the field of contemporary art today and have their work seen by all three visiting curators. The curators for this event are Susan Davidson, Senior Curator, Collections & Exhibitions at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, and Nicholas Cullinan, Curator at the Tate Modern, London.

This event pays homage to the open, creative curatorial spirit of the late art world maverick, Walter Hopps (1932-2005). In 1978, responding to a comment from his junior colleague, Deborah Velders (Jensen) about the problems artists face gaining access to notable curators, Walter Hopps conceived an entirely open, unmediated event to remedy the situation. His program invited any artist to bring a single work of art, to meet Hopps, and see installation of work. This event called “36 Hours” occurred in a gritty, street-level alternative space called MOTA (Museum of Temporary Art), located in downtown Washington, D.C. There was no jurying, no selection (or rejection), and no entry fee. The only restrictions were size (work needed to fit through the door), weight (regarding transporting/placing and support capacity), and the delivery time frame (36 hours). This unprecedented opportunity for artists was covered by the Washington Post, and attracted over 400 works of art, all by artists living and working in the Washington, D.C. area.

Celebrated curators for State of the art/Art of the State event are:

Susan Davidson, Senior Curator, Collections & Exhibitions at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, New York;


Nicholas Cullinan, Curator at the Tate Modern, London, England;


Apsara Di Quinzio: Assistant curator of painting and sculpture at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; 


Timothy Anglin Burgard: The Ednah Root Curator of American Art and the Curator-in-Charge of the American Art Department for the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.


A few more shots;

line up to the "curator/install room"

artists waiting their spot

the event!

doors into from out to to into

staff preparing for hanging

curators chatting w/artists

Opening shows @802 NC Artists with a turnout that Sparkles for Wilmington and NC arts...

the public shows up to support NC Arts

wall to wall 

Showing at Chapel Hill Public Arts Office in 2012

Have never scheduled a show more than a year in advance. There's a certain sense of relief in knowing some of my art commitment for the next year. Is there a corresponding energy to this and having just signed a one year lease on my new abode/studio space?!

Dear Greg,

Congratulations! You and thirty-one other artists have been selected to participate in the 2011 - 2013 Juried Exhibitions Series. The Public Arts Office would like to invite you to exhibit at Chapel Hill Town Hall from Tuesday, May 1, 2012 to Friday, June 29, 2012 with the following artist(s):

Jane Levy janeleiferlevy@gmail.com / 967-5736 Gracelee Lawrence lawrencegl@guilford.edu

To install your show, please deliver 10 - 20 artworks to the exhibition venue at 10 a.m. on the first day of the time frame provided above. Please make sure that each piece is labeled and ready to display or hang (if applicable - our hanging system requires at least 5" of wire on the back). A contracted installer will hang the show, so you do not need to assist with the actual hanging. All artworks are subject to final acceptance upon delivery and may be withdrawn at the discretion of the Public Arts Office. Artwork will be insured under the Town of Chapel Hill's insurance policy for the duration of the exhibit; the Town assumes no liability beyond this. Delivery, packaging, and return of

the artworks are solely the responsibility of the artists and/or their representatives. Prior to the installation, please email the following to swright@townofchapelhill.org:

1) 2) 3)

A one-paragraph artist's statement A one-paragraph artist's biography in third person A list of the titles, media, dimensions and prices for the pieces to be exhibited. If a piece is not for sale then please provide its value for insurance purposes. A 15% commission is required for any work sold to help defray the cost of the exhibition series

The Public Arts Office will publicize the exhibition to the media, to its list of arts patrons, and on the following webpage: http://www.townofchapelhill.org/index.aspx?page=255.

At the exhibition's close on Friday, June 29, 2012 please pick up your artwork at 10 a.m. unless other arrangements have been made.

If you have questions, scheduling conflicts, or would like to tour the space please call me (number below). I will contact you one month prior to your show to begin making specific arrangements. If your contact information changes during the interim, please let me know. Finally, please email or call me to confirm your participation in this exhibition at your earliest convenience. Again congratulations, and I look forward to working with you!

Sincerely,

Steve Wright Public Art Coordinator Public Arts Office Town of Chapel Hill (919) 968-2749 swright@townofchapelhill.org www.chapelhillarts.org

The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education

http://www.schuylkillcenter.org
About

Since its incorporation in July 1965, The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education (originally named Schuylkill Valley Nature Center) has been a regional and national leader in urban environmental education. As a not-for-profit institution, the Center began operation as one of the first environmental education facility located within the limits of a major metropolitan area in the country.
The organization's grounds, located on agricultural land that was farmed until the mid-1960's, has grown from the 11 acres originally gifted by the Center's Founders: Lawrence M. C. Smith, Mrs. Lawrence M. C. Smith, Mrs. Robert R. Meigs, and Henry H. H. Meigs. Under the direction of Richard James, the organization's founding Executive Director; the Center grew to encompass 340 acres of land - the largest privately-owned open space area within the city limits of Philadelphia - featuring a variety of habitats including woodlands, meadows, five teaching ponds and wetlands. In addition, four miles of hiking trails, public programs for all ages, school programs for K-graduate level students, and teacher workshops attract a multitude of visitors to the Center.
Originally operating out of River House, a historic summer home once a part of the Center's property, the organization now occupies the main Education Building. The entire Education Building houses laboratories, classrooms, an interactive children's exhibit (Discovery Center), a bookstore, an auditorium, staff offices, and the K-8th grade Green Woods Charter School. In addition, the Center's grounds contain a pavilion, environmental art trail, native plant nursery, and various ecological restoration sites. Located on the eastern side of the property is the Center's Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic, which treats injured, orphaned, and sick native wildlife and provides wildlife education community programs.
In 2000, the Center adopted its Facilities Master Plan. This document was developed by Andropogon Associates, Ltd. and provides a framework for translating the Center's mission into a coherent physical plan in order to enhance the organization's educational programming.
Today, the Center continues to provide a high level of environmental education to the surrounding communities through its four interrelated departments: Education, Land Restoration, Wildlife Rehabilitation, and Environmental Art.

Cleaning work for show.

There are times an artist and galleries need to get work together quickly for opportunities that arise. Sunday at a member meeting at ArtExposure, www.ArtExposure50.com. a no show turned into a member whatever we wanted to show Show. The opening;

You are invited to our 2nd Friday Opening Reception! Friday, February 11th 6-8 pm "Artists' Choice"    Come join us for Art, Refreshments and Door Prizes!

Save the Date Feb. 11th 6-8pm artexpo0@gmail.com 910-330-4077 or 910-803-0302 www.artexposure50.com

You are invited to our 2nd Friday Opening Reception!

Friday, February 11th

6-8 pm

"Artists' Choice"

  

Come join us for Art, Refreshments and Door Prizes! 

Save the Date

Feb. 11th

6-8pm

artexpo0@gmail.com

910-330-4077

or 910-803-0302

www.artexposure50.com

   Being in process of moving my home and studio I have placed some 300 paintings into a climate controlled storage unit. The above pieces had been at the bottom/back of stacks for years. They were an early series I did back in the late 80's and needed cleaning, repair and some light! My image keeping records of them were still on slides! It was early work I had done using beeswax and natural pigment. The series of seven were a sequential of my crossing the Hudson River in New York State in my canoe from the West bank of the great river near Albany, NY crossing to the East bank into a little cove. Four of the seven were sold to a collector back at that time. Old friends!

   In meeting the time limit to place them in the "Artist Choice Show" a quick repair was necessary. Person(s) interested in purchasing one/two/them can choose to keep them in the frames I made for them originally and I will take them to my framers PattersonBehm in Wilmington, NC and I will cover the costs, or buyer/collector(s) can have them reframed at their own expense.

   I placed glazier points to keep the backing secure while hanging in the gallery, scraped some old paint and wax off the tung oiled White Oak frames, blew the dust away and washed the glass with organic distilled white vinegar to chase away the dark and let the light in, and took them to the gallery. 

   Hope to see you Friday nite!

   

Hotel des Arts, The Question of Ex-istence Exhibition

I am in the "Reserve Collection"? The answer is in the what kind of question is that! Check out the artists who are at bat in the present showing. Step aside Giants!

Hotel des Arts, The Question of Ex-istence  Exhibition mariekazalia | November 4, 2010 at 12:36 pm | Tags: Alex Segal, Business and Economy,  California, Los Angeles, Marie Kazalia, Metro Areas, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay Area,  United States | URL: http://wp.me/pqZQo-C9

The Question of Ex-istence

Exhibit Reception

Saturday, November 6, 2010

7:00 - 9:00 PM

Hotel Des Arts : San Francisco

447 Bush Street

Questioning Statement

All of the artists featured in this exhibition have answered 'The Question of Ex-istence' with their artistic creations. We know this because it is not the label that makes them artists, but that in which they create to represent their existence. The questions we ask are often what unites us as a global community and is part of the fabric in which the human experience is woven. Without the ongoing asking of intelligent questions, we become blanketed in complacency.

The many types of questions that let us grow as real beings,paving the way for the next chapter in our lives are usually, factual, convergent, divergent and evaluative in nature .

Many of the questions in which we encounter are needed to explore abilities and reveal potential to ourselves and others so that we may move forward and endure.

Factual questions are simply straight forward, and are based on facts of awareness, with little processing power they are often answered, with a yes, no, right or wrong.

Convergent questions offer a finite range, of acceptable accuracy with complex analysis, cognition, comprehension and synthesization, make your creative thinking ability strong.

Divergent questions explore alternate perspectives and create variations of correctness, scenarios may be based on logical projection, and the conceptual ability to think long.

Evaluative questions require a high level, of logical cognition and a predefined process, answers let the questioners know, within a comparative framework where they belong.

R.S.V.P. : About : Schedule of Events : Press Release : Bidding Guidelines : Artists

View Exhibit @ http://www.SCREAMiNC.net

S.C.R.E.A.M. iNC,

Featured Artists

Candace Loheed : San Francisco

Jane Elliot : San Francisco

Marie Kazalia : USA

Craig Britton : San Francisco Bay Area

Benjamin L.M : Australia

Alex Segal : San Francisco

Claudie Bastide : France

Sona Mirzaei : Los Angeles

Dean Gustafson : San Francisco

Orangeland 5 : Global

Arthur Pusher': North Beach, San Francisco

Reserve Collection

Robert Kipniss

Leonor Fini

Toxic heavy metals in Art Museums...

I've just submitted a comment to http://bit.ly/bGozSa, The Art Newspaper online in its commentary section regarding loosening standards on relative humidity restrictions within art museums worldwide. There is a movement within the museum community to lessen restrictions on the range of relative humidity, RH, of there climate control systems. The debate is whether the preventative costs taken conserving energy used to keep tight temperature ranges will out weigh the conservation of art work costs. My comment was directed to relative humidity restricting the amount of airborn release of the toxic materials, lead, mercury, cadmium, etc within the museums themselves. I went on to question why the EPA spends millions of dollars to remove these toxic metals from office buildings, libraries, schools, dwellings, etc. and to my knowledge has never addressed the fact that museums are filled with artifacts containing these materials. Why is that?, or, perhaps the EPA does address it and I am just not knowledgeble of that fact.

Marie Kazalia's "Artist Marketing Resources" and her art

Artist Marie Kazalia's website for artists, art dealers, gallery directors, curators and the public interested in Fine Arts. Her description of this fascinating blog is "Artists will find useful information here–this blog is a reference library of sorts…a repository to aid you in your own self-directed art promotion and artist marketing. Categories  and info under subheadings is undated continually. This is an ongoing effort.  New Calls to submit added regularly–sometimes daily…so check back often or subscribe to this blog via email…….check the blog roll…lots of useful links. IF you would like to suggest a link, or a topic, or have an article to contribute please contact Marie Kazalia via email: mariekazzaz@embarqmail.com

If you start out spending one hour per day checking the web-links here and acting upon those that are right for you, you will make lots of progress …"

Marie's topics include; Art Magazines, Art Newsletters, Art Shippers, Artrepeneurs/Agents/Reps/Consultants, Artist Residencies, Exhibition Ops, Grants, Green Resources, Museum Submit Guidelines, Online Portfolio Sites, Open Calls to Submit, Percent for Art, Slide Registries, Sponsorships, etc...

Marie's paintings are layered and rich w/color, line, form with infinite depth and can be viewed at her personal website; http://mariekazalia.com/

mixed media on handmade Thai paper, 22” w. x 31”h. (irregular edges) 56 cm x 78.7 cm

"What Matters Most?"

"What Matters Most?" ecoartspace benefit SALE $150 each email amy@ecoartspace.org to purchase works

http://ecoartspacewhatmattersmost2010.blogspot.com/

S.C.R.E.A.M. INC

Have just registered ten works to the S.C.R.E.A.M. INC website for participation in their art project. The works can also be seen in my Facebook photo album; http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2062342&id=1381040993

Description

S.C.R.E.A.M. iNC. has just launched an online concept gallery that offers collectors and artists financial transparency within a logical pricing framework and reports the results in an 'Index' format. 

S.C.R.E.A.M. iNC.

Spontaneous 

Creativity 

Rapidly 

Expands 

Art 

Market

All works listed in the Gallery Index will be offered at one of three price ranges in a hybrid retail-auction system developed by S.C.R.E.A.M. iNC.

$ 500 - $ 1,000

                                                     $ 2,500 - $ 5,000

                                                     $ 5,000 - $ 10,000

Through the duration of this event artists will receive 80% of the final bid amount.

Artists that sell at least one work of art within this period, which is also successfully delivered to the client, will be 'locked' in at the current percentage rate of 80%.

All works must be shipped to client by artist. Artist will receive 50% payment before shipping work and the balance after delivery to client.

Scenarios : 

Art the artist has 3 paintings hanging in the neighborhood cafe and several more in her studio that she would like to show. She excitedly decides to apply to S.C.R.E.A.M. iNC. with the following paintings:

3 medium @ 5,000 = $ 15,000

2 large @ 10,000 = $ 20,000

5 small @ 1,000 = $ 5,000 ( 3 from cafe)

10 Works of Art 

High Market Value $ 40,000

Min. Market Value $ 20,000

Scenario A: Catherine the collector decides she likes Art's work and calls SCREAM iNC.to place a bid. She puts a $2,500 dollar bid on a medium painting and buys one of the smaller pieces outright. The smaller painting is shipped to her right away and if she is not out-bid by the end of the modeling period she will win the medium sized painting.

Scenario B: Carl the collector sees a few paintings he likes and doesn't want to take the chance of being out bid so he visits www.screaminc.net and buys the work online and pays full price. When the sale is validated and monies received the artist will be paid 50% of the final price and the balance after successful delivery to the client.