Call to Artists-Downtown Olathe Arts Festival

Downtown Olathe Arts Festival      Call to Artists WHAT: The Downtown Olathe Arts Festival - 2013   WHERE: Olathe, KS - The historic county seat of Johnson County      WHEN: Saturday, June 29, 10:00AM - 9:00PM            Sunday, June 30, 10:00AM - 5:00PM            NOTEWORTHY:  Our art fest is very friendly to all artists with amenities such as: * Free continental Saturday breakfast   * Free Saturday lunch   * Free bottled water   * Drive up booths for loading/unloading   * No commissions, artists keep all sales   * Extensive event advertising   * Available flyers for artists to self market   * Electricity available at each site   * Overnight security   * Jury / booth fees - $25/$120.  See more details in Zapplication.     You are invited to apply for participation in the Annual Downtown Olathe Art Festival - 2013. Olathe, KS, is the 4th largest city in a metropolitan area of 2 million residents, and the 24th fastest growing city in the nation.  CNN/Money and Money Magazines have ranked Olathe #11 on its List of the "100 Best Cities to Live in the United States", and the median June temperature is a comfortable mid 80º.   Our festival is a juried art festival that takes pride in quality art. The many visual and performing arts activities make it a family-friendly event.  Our goal is to take advantage of our historic small town atmosphere and provide a gracious and rewarding festival for both exhibitors and attendees alike. Come be a part of our ongoing story! NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS:   Application deadline: 4/5/13 Notification: 4/19/13 Booth Location Notification: 5/13/13 Booth Fee Due: 5/24/13 Apply at:  www.zapplication.org For more information, please visit:   www.downtownolatheartsfestival.org Email or call with questions to:   Jim Walker  jbw@jbwalkerphotography.com  913-485-6690

Fine Art Magazine - YouTube Burt Young: Catch one of my Favorite interviews of all time

Hi  Take a moment & catch the actor ( remember Rocky) Burt Young one of my favorite Videos interviews of all time.

Fine Art Magazine - YouTube:

'via Blog this'

While we are waiting for the new Spring Issue of Fine Art Magazine ,

Hi Read, share and contribute to our Fine Art Magazine creative community in print , on our Blog on line and in print. Contact us at Info@fineartmagazine.com


(129) Jamie Schaller Forbes:

'via Blog this'

H Benitez Fine Art Gallery II - Gallery Night Invitation

Gallery Night Invitation H Benitez Fine Art Gallery II Bird Road Art District | Saturday, March 16th 2013 "The Anniversary" | Limited Edition Reproduction | Artist Humberto Benitez This Piece Now Available! Call for Price Come to the Bird Road Gallery Walk at H Benitez Fine Art Gallery II   Saturday, March 16th 2013 From 7:00pm - 10:00pm Visiting Artist Group PAINTING Julio Bordas - Artist Holly A. Jones - Emerging Artist Ninoska Perez Castellon - Artist PHOTOGRAPHY Roxy Sora - Emerging Photography Artist Christopher Pascual - Emerging Photography Artist   Art Exhibition Curated By: Lissette Benitez Silent art auction on site  Start Developing your Art Collection with an Acquisition Program at the H Benitez Fine Art Galleries! H Benitez Fine Art Gallery II | Bird Road Art District 4277 SW 75th Avenue | Miami, Florida 33155 +1(786)877-1045 Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 1:30pm-6:00pm Saturday and Sunday by Appointment

This is interesting for Art Film maker ‘VIMEO ON DEMAND’ ENABLES CREATORS TO SELL THEIR WORKS DIRECTLY TO AUDIENCES

‘VIMEO ON DEMAND’ ENABLES CREATORS TO SELL THEIR WORKSDIRECTLY TO AUDIENCES

AUSTIN, Tex. (SXSW), Mar. 12, 2013 –Vimeo today launched its open self-distribution service, Vimeo On Demand. Available now to all Vimeo PRO members, Vimeo On Demand empowers creators to sell their works directly to their audiences and retain a 90 percent share of the revenue after transaction costs. In addition to its creator-friendly revenue share, Vimeo On Demand gives creators the flexibility and control to choose their price; select country-by-country availability; customize their page design; and offer content on Vimeo, their own website, or both.
“Vimeo is committed to empowering creators with tools to display and distribute their work in beautiful HD quality,” said Vimeo CEO, Kerry Trainor. “With the addition of Vimeo On Demand, creators can now use Vimeo to control the way they earn revenue and retain a significant portion of the proceeds.”
Videos purchased through Vimeo On Demand are accessible across devices, connecting creators to Vimeo’s 93 million monthly viewers across desktop, mobile (Android/iOs/Windows), connected TV devices (Apple TV/Roku/Google TV/Xbox Live), and major smart TV platforms (Samsung/Panasonic/Phillips).
 “What used to be a confusing and labor-intensive process is now open and simple with Vimeo On Demand,” said Blake Whitman, Vice President of Creative Development. “We always strive to provide our community and visitors with the best experience possible, and this opens up a new world of viewable content and support for creators. We are proud of this first phase of Vimeo On Demand, and we’re already working on another suite of creator-focused features to release in the near future.”
Vimeo On Demand will launch at the SXSW Interactive + Film Festival with a screening of It’s Such a Beautiful Day, the latest work by Academy Award-nominated animator and self-distribution pioneer Don Hertzfeldt. The film will screen on Tuesday, March 12, at the Vimeo Theater at SXSW from 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., and will be followed by a Q&A with Don Hertzfeldt and Vimeo CEO Kerry Trainor. Vimeo is thrilled to offer the newly re-mastered and expanded version of It’s Such a Beautiful Day, which brings together the entire tragicomic story of a troubled man named Bill, for $2 rental or $6 sale, exclusively through Vimeo On Demand.
For more information, please visit vimeo.com/creatorservices, https://vimeo.com/blog/post:559,https://vimeo.com/61103187

Fountain Art Fair At The 69th Regiment Armory (25th Street & Lexington Ave. NYC) This Weekend! Yes! Gallery will have a booth presenting....

THE ARMORY SHOW OPENS ITS ‘CENTENNIAL’ EDITION AND KICKS OFF ARMORY ARTS WEEK 2013

THE ARMORY SHOW OPENS ITS ‘CENTENNIAL’ EDITION AND KICKS OFF ARMORY ARTS WEEK 2013

NEW YORK, March 6: At a press conference at 11:00am EST, the Mayor of New York, Michael R. Bloomberg, will inaugurate the 2013 edition of The Armory Show, New York’s leading fair for contemporary and modern art, highlighting the city’s recognition of the event as a key moment in its annual arts calendar and a cornerstone of the American art market. Mayor Bloomberg will also launch Armory Arts Week, a rich program of cultural events and exhibitions taking place across New York City.

Over 200 specially selected galleries will present key historic and contemporary works from approximately 1,000 artists, with many participating exhibitors honouring the legacy of the original Armory Show of 1913, from which the fair takes its name. The 1913 salon is widely credited with introducing the European avant-garde to the United States. This year also marks the second edition of Solo Projects, a section of the fair dedicated to single artist presentations.

Armory Focus: USA, the fair’s specially curated section which this year shifts its gaze inward to the USA, also pays homage to the shocking and revolutionary impact of the 1913 exhibition. Curated by Eric Shiner, director of The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, it will showcase an exciting selection of 17 established and emerging galleries, providing surprising insight and commentary on contemporary practice in America. Furthermore the fair’s Open Forum, curated by Anne Barlow, Executive Director of Art in General, will feature a series of talks inspired by, and expanding upon Armory Focus: USA, highlighting artistic practices across America, and the history and legacy of the groundbreaking original Armory Show of 1913.

Noah Horowitz, Executive Director of the Armory Show, remarks: “This is an important year for The Armory Show, both in New York and as an international Fair. I’m delighted that the strength of the 2013 edition has been reflected across so much of our programme, from the incredible works brought by our exhibitors - over 2,500 of which have been viewed online prior to opening – to our special projects.  We are also honoured by the prestigious and talented individuals who have joined our new collector group, the Centennial Committee, and I look forward to their input in future editions of one of New York’s major lynchpins of the art market.”

Further on site highlights include two limited edition art works by this year’s commissioned artist Liz Magic Laser, internationally acclaimed for her often provocative performance work, the proceeds of which will go to the Museum of Modern Art and the Pat Hearn & Colin de Land Cancer Foundation. The fair will also host the second edition of Armory Film, curated by Moving Image, which will feature a selection of works by leading contemporary film and video artists represented by Armory Show exhibitors.

For the second year running, the fair will be designed by Brooklyn-based architects Bade Stageberg Cox. 

Call to Artists Stone Arch Bridge Festival of the Arts

Stone Arch Bridge 
Festival of the Arts

   

Call to Artists

WHAT:  Fine Arts and Fine Crafts Festival  

WHERE: Riverfront District of Minneapolis, MN

WHEN: Saturday and Sunday 

           June 15 - 16, 2013, Father's Day Weekend

NOTEWORTHY:

*Beautiful riverfront setting within walking distance of downtown Minneapolis.

*250 artists' booths in 12 categories.

*Jury/Booth Fees: $25/$275-$375, depending on location (corners available at $50 additional); limited number of double spaces available, depending on location).

*Estimated attendance: 70,000.

*$175,000 media budget: radio, newspaper and television.

*Excellent artist amenities, including artist-only parking, drive-up day before load-in, overnight security, discounted hotel rates

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS:   

Deadline: 
April 2, 2013
Application through www.zapplication.org

For more details and artist's prospectus, visit: 

www.stonearchbridgefestival.com

Email inquiries to: 

stacy@weimarketing.com

Russian Pavilion NY

The Russian Pavilion NY announces its inaugural edition in conjunction with Armory Arts Week 2013.

The Russian Pavilion is a juried exhibition showcasing emerging and established artists from Russia, Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Baltic regions during leading international contemporary art fairs in New York, San Francisco and Miami.  Russian Pavilion NY offers a unique forum for critics and collectors to encounter the works and some of the artists in person.    

Russian Pavilion NY will take place March 8 -11^th with a special VIP Opening on March 8th on two floors at 25 Central Park West (at 62nd Street). 

The timing of this exhibition coincides with the centennial of the 1913 New York Armory Show.  The original exhibition organized by a small group of artists and introduced the American public to European avant-garde painting and sculpture.  The Russian Pavilion NY retains the spirit of the Armory show by continuing the introduction of international artists to the American public.  It will feature paintings, sculpture, drawings, prints, photography, video installations and performances by artists whose achievements in traditional and new media made them internationally known. 

Russian Pavilion NY exhibitor list:

Ernst Neizvestny Blue Noses Group 

Valery Yershov Artem Mirolevich

Viktor P. Bokarev Igor Vishnyakov 

Rustam Khamdamov Igor Molochevsky

Taguhi Barsegian Leonid Gurevich 

Victoria Kovalenchikova  Dasha Fursey  

Ilya Shevel Sasha Meret

Olga Chemokhud-Doty Alex Khomski 

Igor Zaytsev Yuliya Lanina  Irene Koval 

Inna Antonova

                                                                     

Russian Pavilion NY - 25 Central Park West, New York City.  Hours: 

Friday, March 8th, VIP Opening — 6 pm to midnight (invitation only)

Saturday, March 9th —3 pm to 9 pm

Sunday, March 10th — 3 pm to 9 pm

Monday, March 11th — 3 pm to 8 pm

http://www.russianartpavilion.com/

CULTURAL PARTNERS:

Museum of Russian Art (New Jersey) 

Kolodzei Art Foundation

Kavachnina Contemporary

Russian American Cultural Center 

Northern Cross

TOUR SCHEDULE:

March 8-11, 2013 – New York – Armory Arts week

May 17-20, 2013 – San Francisco - SF Fine Arts Fair week

December 5-8, 2013 – Miami – Art Basel Miami week

CONTACT:

Artem Mirolevich-- russianpavilion2013@gmail.com

Natalia Kolodzei -- Kolodzei@KolodzeiArt.org 

Boris Belenky -- borisny2000@yahoo.com

http://www.russianartpavilion.com/

To RSVP for VIP opening please e -mail russianpavilion2013@gmail.com

TOM JUDD Configurations:New York

Tom Judd Configurations: New Work at William Holman Gallery Configurations: New Work March 7 - March 31, 2013    "Weather is omnipresent and buildings must be left out in the rain."  - Frank Lloyd Wright NEW YORK, February 24, 2013 - William Holman Gallery is honored to present a large solo exhibition of recent work by Tom Judd at the gallery from March 7 to March 31, 2013. As an interpreter of the memories andallegories of modern life, Judd's recent monumental canvases and drawings focus on the architecture and chattel of Modernism, exploring our fading cultural memories of this era, embodied by these once early modern buildings that have surrendered their immaculate facades to the effects of time, appearing now obsolete and abandoned.    In these new works, Judd considers the modernist architecture that saturated his childhood. AS these buuildings age, and leave our contemporary life they enter the the realm of memory and symbol. The allegory begins with Judd's own family's "modern" pink house built in the hills near Salt Lake City, where Judd was raised. The allegory expands in seven other paintings of 20th Century houses by Breuer, Mies van der Rohe, Neutra and others. The iconic buildings float in unstable, intangible space, as desolate as Hopper streetscapes. While the modern house was conceived as a monumental and functional trophy of a new way of life, it has become in time a symbol of the lonely and isolated passages of modern life. As Tom Judd explained: I grew up in the 60s in a pink cinder block house with large windows, a patio with a rock garden and an open carport. Although the design was influenced by the ideas of early modern architecture, the house had none of the attention to detail; it lacked the refinement and subtleties characteristic of the period's great architects. Yet, for its time, the house was a bold statement and embraced exotic ideas about the future.     My parents built the house in 1958. I remember a picture of my  father standing in an empty field in 1957, architectural drawings under his arm, anticipating the ground breaking and imagining living in a "Modern House."  ....This series of paintings reflects my love of early modern architecture, the ideas it represented, the sheer beauty of the "objects." These buildings and their designers represented the audacity of the belief that architecture could make a difference, that it could affect not only where we live, but how. This speaks to an unbridled belief in man's ability to imagine and design his future.      Over time however, these once startlingly simple and forward-thinking designs now appear almost quaint, as antiques from a by-gone era. Judd notes that there is a "nostalgia for a nobler time (the past always seems nobler), when the giants of architecture roamed the earth with their ideas of Utopia." Judd has described these paintings as portraits, floating in space, returned to a world of dreams, in homage to a time of great ideas, from a distance. "They are beautiful things," Judd said, "left out in the rain." Tom Judd lives and works in Philadelphia. Please see the related Documentary Video about Tom Judd and this work at:  http://youtu.be/_YcHnl5_wYg For more information on the gallery's exhibition schedule, images, and a catalogue to the exhibition please visit http://www.wholmangallery.com/exhibitions/.

SHANE GUFFOGG OPENING SATURDAY MARCH 2

SHANE GUFFOGG
The Annunciation of Ginevra de' Benci Conversations with Leonardo
Ginevra de' Benci #51 2012, oil on canvas. Click image to view the exhibition online.
LESLIE SACKS FINE ART Brentwood
March 2 - April 1, 2013
Reception for the Artist Saturday, March 2, 2013, 5:00 - 7:30 PM Artist's talk 6:00 PM
11640 San Vicente Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90049 (310) 820 9448 info@lesliesacks.com www.lesliesacks.com
Left: Shane Guffogg, Ginevra de’ Benci #10 2011, oil on canvas, 80 x 60 inches Right: Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Ginevra de’ Benci c. 1474, oil on poplar panel, 38.1 x 37 cm, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
On the reverse of the portrait Leonardo painted a symbolic design.
Behind the portrait is a symbolic design referencing Ginevra’s much admired character. The wreath of laurel and palm represents moral and intellectual fortitude. The wreath encircles a sprig of juniper, symbolizing chastity. (The great juniper bush, or ginepro, that dominates the landscape in the portrait itself may well have been a clever play on Ginevra’s name.) Entwined with the wreath and juniper is a ribbon like banner, with a Latin phrase meaning, “Beauty Adorns Virtue". Roughly the lower third of Leonardo’s portrait was damaged sometime prior to 1780 and was removed. In Ginevra de Benci #10 Guffogg approximates the original proportions of Leonardo’s work.   The Ginevra series, consisting of fifty-two oil paintings, evolved out of Guffogg’s immediately prior At the Still Point series, comprised of forty- one oil paintings (selected examples exhibited at Leslie Sacks Fine Art, January 2010). The combined ninety-three At the Still Point and Ginevra de Benci canvases done over the past four years reflect an extraordinarily intense application of attention, by virtue of which Guffogg has provided a window onto a personal renaissance – one that may have significant universal implications as well. He has returned to the Western canon as such is informed by abstraction, contemporary math and science (string theory), and his own sensibilities, just as the art of the Renaissance was informed by classicism, then contemporary math and science, and the sensibilities of artists such as Leonardo.   On the occasion of Guffogg’s recent 2012 retrospective at the Villa di Donato, Naples, Italy, organized by the Italian Cultural Organization Art 1307, da Vinci scholar Marco di Mauro wrote the following: “The American artist Shane Guffogg has captured the potential abstraction of the Portrait of Ginevra Benci, making a very personal interpretation of it. The result of his research is manifested in the execution of abstract paintings where the artist’s rendition takes the form of “a composition of lights and shade together, mixed with the different qualities of all his simple and composed colours…” to quote Leonardo and his Treatise on Painting. In the final analysis, Guffogg makes no attempt to imitate a masterpiece by the Renaissance genius, preferring to capture the admirable harmony of forms which, far from expressing aesthetic perfection, harbour a content that is so profound and secret that it can only be partially deciphered.”
Sources: Parchin,Stan. Ginevra de' Benci by Leonardo da Vinci. Art Museum Journal. July 10, 2010 (referencing sources below) Beck, James. Italian Renaissance Painting. Köln: Könemann, 1999, 316-321, 326-328. Brown, David Alan. Leonardo da Vinci: Origins of a Genius. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1998, 101-122. (Ed.), et al. Virtue and Beauty: Leonardo's "Ginevra de' Benci" and Renaissance Portraits of Women (exh. cat.). Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2001, 11-23, 62-87, 142-153, 162-165. Clayton, Martin. Leonardo da Vinci: The Divine and the Grotesque (exh. cat.). London: The Royal Collection, 106-108. Fletcher, Jennifer. "Bernardo Bembo and Leonardo's Portrait of Ginevra de' Benci." The Burlington Magazine 131 (1989), 811-816. Levenson, Jay A. (ed.), et al. Circa 1492: Art in the Age of Exploration (exh. cat.). Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1991, 270.

Connect for a Cure,Rady Childrens

You are invited! Media Encourage to attend!    "Connect for a Cure" aims to bring professionals from all walks of life together in one amazing place. Connections made by the organizers have grown exponentially in our time in San Diego, and we wish to make the city a smaller place to do business. Join us! Net Proceeds go to Rady Children's Hospital right here in SD!  Beer & Wine Bar (Cash Bar) Raffles! Drop your business card in for a chance to win. Purchase your tickets here: http://connectforacure.eventbrite.com/# (21+ Event) Raffle Prizes: - Pair of SOLO eye wear. http://www.soloeyewear.com/ - Chronic Tattoo Gift Certificate http://www.chronictattoosd.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/chronic-tattoo/325178723450?ref=ts&fref=ts Featured Artists: DJ YO Rider http://www.yoridermusic.com/ http://soundcloud.com/yorider DJ Kombat http://www.soundcloud.com/kombat http://www.mediafire.com/kombat http://www.thedjlist.com/djs/kombat Live Performance by: Avarra LaRoux Ponto https:// www.facebook.com/La.roux.amour Net proceeds to benefit: Rady Children's Hospital- Peckham Center for Cancer & Blood Disorders NO DOOR SALES

CHRIS BRACEY,I've looked up to heaven and been down to hell

CHRIS BRACEY IʼVE LOOKED UP TO HEAVEN AND BEEN DOWN TO HELL

12 April – 25 May 2013
Private View on Thursday 11^th  April 6 – 8pm by invitation only 

Scream is proud to present London-based light artist Chris Braceyʼs first UK solo exhibition. Chris Bracey has worked with neon and lights for over thirty years and has acquired a vast fan base including commissions from high-profile clients such as David LaChapelle, Stella McCartney, Martin Creed and Vivienne Westwood. Bracey has also provided dramatic installations for films such as Kubrickʼs Eyes Wide Shut, Burtonʼs Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the Batman films. Many of his works are self-produced neons, referencing popular culture and iconic imagery, from the streets of Soho, tattoo culture, evocative statements and a lexicon of retro texts and references. Bracey also salvages old lights from fairgrounds, film props and vintage signs to re-work and re-generate them into contemporary pop sculptures that luminate and conjure a sense of wonder, nostalgia and glamour.

Braceyʼs father was a neon sign-maker, predominantly for fairgrounds and amusement arcades, and Chris learnt how to manufacture and design the neon signs at an early age. Inspired by the vibrancy and kitsch character of the Soho area in London during the 1970s, Bracey was confident that his designs for the signs would bring a fresh sense of glamour and intrigue to the area. The work went from strength to strength with every Soho club owner wanting Braceyʼs magic touch to revitalize their venues. During this time Bracey was approached by art director Chris Townsend who introduced him to the world of film and this gave Bracey the autonomy to expand the possibilities of what could be done with neon. Bracey comments, “Like any work of art, itʼs got spirit. Neon is only happy when itʼs on, when itʼs alive”.
Having shown extensively in the US and with a focus on commercial projects for the last few years, this exhibition brings together a selection of new works specifically dealing with themes of heaven and hell – a metaphor for Braceyʼs diverse biographical journey. These themes bring together the highlights of Braceyʼs practice and transform the gallery into the realms of heaven, with free-standing Angel and Jesus sculptures, suspended wings and star constellations; and hell with his trademark Soho sex, tattoo and rock ʻnʼ roll iconography such as “Hot Burning Love”.
Braceyʼs entrance into the London art world will be dramatically evident as you approach the gallery, with a site-specific window installation of a dagger smashing through the window into a neon heart. Bracey provides an immersive experience for the viewer where he playfully creates a sense of theatricality and implicitly raises questions about morality, spirituality and their role in society.

NOTES TO EDITORS
Scream

27 – 28 Eastcastle Street | London | W1W 8DHT +44(0)207 268 9857 |www.screamlondon.cominfo@screamlondon.comsales@screamlondon.com
Mon-­‐Fri 10am-­‐6pm; Sat 11am-­‐4pm