The Creative Alliance Residency Program provides a highly visible, intense and creative environment for the production of artwork in all media.  The program accommodates 8 resident artists, one in each of the studios, for terms of one to three years.  It is intended for emerging artists as well as mid-career artists whose goal is to reinvigorate their work in an intensive, multi-disciplinary atmosphere. Artists are encouraged (but not required) to use the studios as their primary residence.  With the support of the Creative Alliance, Resident artists will be at the center of the Baltimore art scene, with a wealth of community contacts and professional resources at their fingertips.  Specific benefits include:

• Built-in community of professional colleagues
• Relationships with established artists and curators through ongoing studio visits & talks
• Visibility through open studios public programs.
• Extensive connections and exposure to diverse audiences, professional opportunities, other artists and community organizations.
• Opportunity to present a major project through the Creative Alliance in a 2-person gallery exhibition, performance, screening, community art program or other appropriate project.
• Potential use of Amalie Rothschild Gallery on second floor for short-term projects.
• Marketing support from Creative Alliance staff.

 

How to Apply:          

Submit the following materials by the deadline listed below:

• Documentation: Up to 20 images, 10 minutes of audio/video, or 10 pages of written material.
• Written description of documentation, list of works including title, date, media and size/length, or abstracts of written material.
• Resume, including contact information (3 pages max length)
• Artist Statement (1 page max length)
• Letter of intent, indicating your reasons for applying to the Patterson Residency Program, what you hope to accomplish during your Residency, and an indication of what kind of special project you would propose with the Creative Alliance.
• Three professional references, their relation to you, their phone number and email address.

Timeline for Deadlines:

Fri, Mar 28      Postmark deadline for receipt of all materials
Fri, Apr 18      Initial decisions made; artists notified
Fri, May 23     New Resident Artists confirmed
Tue, July 1       New leases begin / Move-in

Contact:                      Jeremy Stern, Exhibitions & Programs Manager
Jeremy@creativealliance.org, 410.276.1651 x 216

http://www.creativealliance.org/events/2014/creative-alliance-residency-program

VisArts At Rockville Solo Exhibitions 2015: Call for Entries

Application Deadline:February 12, 2014 before midnight
Application Fee:$15.00
VisArts invites artists working in all media to apply for 2015 Solo Exhibitions in the Gibbs Street Gallery and Common Ground Gallery.

The Gibbs Street Gallery offers exhibitions that explore the breadth of contemporary art featuring emerging to mid-career artists. Exhibits reflect a wide range of media and experimental approaches that offer the viewer unexpected interactions with art. The gallery is approximately 1,100 square feet with 16 ft. ceilings. It is on the street level with floor to ceiling windows along one wall. International, national and local artists are welcome to apply.

The Common Ground Gallery features exhibitions that reflect the creative pursuits of artists from our community. The gallery is located on the second floor and is approximately 300 square feet. Artists must live in the DC/Baltimore metro area to apply for a solo exhibition in this gallery.

Applicants who have participated in a solo exhibition at VisArts within the past two years are not eligible to apply.

http://www.visartsatrockville.org/call-for-entries/solo-exhibitions-2015

Bethesda Painting Awards: Apply by February 21

The Bethesda Painting Awards was established by Carol Trawick in 2005. Ms. Trawick has served as a community activist for more than 25 years in downtown Bethesda. She is past chair of the Bethesda Urban Partnership, Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District, and Founder of the Trawick Prize: Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards.

Awards
Best in Show – $10,000
Second Place – $2,000
Third Place – $1,000
Young Artists* – $1,000
*Young Artist whose birthday is after Feb. 21, 1984 may be awarded this prize.
The Jurors will select up to nine finalists who will be invited to display their work in a group exhibition at Gallery B in downtown Bethesda in June 2014.

Eligibility
Artists must be 18 years of age or older and a permanent, full-time residents of Maryland, Virginia or Washington, D.C. All 2-D painting including acrylic, watercolor, oil. gouache, encaustic and mixed media will be accepted. The maximum dimensions should not exceed 60 inches in width. No reproductions. Artwork must have been completed within the last two years and must be available for the duration on the exhibit. Artwork does not have to be for sale. Selected artists must deliver and pick up artwork from Gallery B.

Jury
Carrie Patterson, Associate Professor of Art at St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Paul Ryan, Professor of Art in the Department of Art and Art History at Mary Baldwin College
Judy Southerland, artist and adjunct faculty at the Corcoran College of Art & Design

http://www.bethesda.org/bethesda/painting-awards-application

The Society for Photographic Education will have it’s 2014 national conference in downtown Baltimore next month, the weekend of March 6-8. Here’s some recent articles addressing some of the issues to be raised in their conference and in photo exhibitions around the city.

LED streetlights and the changes in nighttime photography in cities.

Images from Chris Morris’ series of New York City subway photos in 1981.

Jerry Saltz’s history of the selfie.

NY Times review of What is a Photograph? at the International Center of Photography.

Short (15 minute) video about Thomas Demands’ work and methods.

Justin Quinnell’s pinhole photography in the Washington Post.