Call for Artists - Juried Show

Interested fine artists are invited to enter artwork to be considered for exhibition in the Allentown Art Museum¹s "30th Juried Show," which will be on view in the museum's Kress Gallery February 1-April 26, 2009. For submission guidelines and entry forms, download the exhibition prospectus at www.allentownartmuseum.org. The submission deadline is November 3, 2008.

Cash awards totaling $2,250 will be presented at the exhibition preview party on Saturday, January 31, 2009. All media are eligible for consideration. All work must be original and made within the past two years.

Jurors are Chakaia Booker, sculptor; James Carroll, director of the New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA; and Michiko Okaya, director of the Williams Art Center Gallery and College Art Collections, Lafayette College, Easton, PA.

Opportunity: National Heritage Fellowships

National Heritage Fellowships
Nomination postmark deadline: October 2, 2008
Awarded to master folk and traditional artists, in recognition of their contributions to our traditional arts heritage. Open to U.S. citizens. Artists must be nominated by submission of a resume or short biography; recent samples of work; and articles about the artist. Award amount is up to $25,000. For more information, contact: NEA National Heritage Fellowships, Folk & Traditional Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W., Rm. 720; Washington, D.C. 20506-0001; Phone: (202) 682-5587; or check website: www.nea.gov/honors/heritage.

Opportunity: Call for Artists MOCA DC

Art & Social Issues – October 2008 Exhibit

MOCADC Gallery is now accepting submissions for the October exhibit, so get whatever you have ready for this socially challenging exhibit. The issues can be anything you're particularly concerned with - poverty, homelessness, the working poor, lack of adequate medical coverage, outrageous conduct of elected officials, whatever. I'm sure there's something in your background that can be expressed through your art, so get ready for it - October is coming around faster than you think. You can download the entry form at www.mocadc.org. See detailed description below.

Art & Social Issues

October 3 to October 25. 2008

Accepting submissions for our October Show

MOCA DC is pleased to participate in BrushFire DC: a Landmark Public Arts Project. Sponsored by Provisions (www.provisionslibrary.org), this project coincides with BrushFire, "a national series of public art projects in the run-up to the Fall '08 elections that use the arts to heighten public engagement with key social issues. . . . economy, health care, immigration, the war in Iraq, food, housing, and the environment . ." The project will be anchored by a September '08 exhibition at the American University Museum at the Katzen Center . . ."

Our participation will include two exhibits at MOCA DC - The Homeless Arts Project in September and Art & Politics in October. The first deals with the problems of homelessness while the latter is open to any social issue an artist may care to tackle. The exhibits will be open to all types of art - paintings, drawings, sketches, sculpture as well as photography, written works, performance art and video presentations.

These projects may receive considerable attention, given that they will be promoted along with other participating galleries and arts organizations.

So far, and in addition to the exhibit at the Katzen Center, these include

Connor Contemporary, Corcoran, Martin Irvine Gallery, Plan B Gallery

and Transformer. Each have chosen specific topics made more relevant

by the elections in November.



I would like to make these serve as exemplary exhibits that demonstrate

our collective ability to produce works that both highlight critical social

issues and shock the viewing audience to become proactive agents of

change.


Marilyn J. Hayes
National President, The Women's Caucus for Art
Website: www.nationalwca.org

Contact: hayesarts@yahoo.com; president@nationalwca.org

The Women's Caucus for Art of Greater Washington DC
Website: www.wcadc.org

Opportunity: Center for the Book and Art Museum

Call for Entries


Found & Bound: Inspired by James Castle

The Philadelphia Center for the Book is pleased to announce a collaboration with the Philadelphia Museum of Art. In conjunction with an upcoming major exhibit, James Castle: A Retrospective there will be three book arts workshops and a small exhibit in the Museum Library, located in the Perelman Building.

The library exhibit, Found & Bound: Inspired by James Castle, will consist of four vitrines: one vitrine with Castle facsimile books; two vitrines with books that are made in the book-making workshops; and one vitrine featuring hand-made books made by the artists who are members of the Philadelphia Center for the Book.

This is a call for entries for the PCB vitrine. Work should represent a response to James Castle’s work, although it should not be an imitation of his work. Entries will be judged from digital images submitted on a CD. (No email submissions). Up to 3 works may be submitted and each may be represented by three images. These images are not for publication, but they should adequately represent the work. The deadline for submission is November 12 at 5:00 P.M.. The exhibit will run from December 1, 2008, to early April 2009.
PREPARING YOUR IMAGES FOR ENTRY - Name your files clearly, with your last name, title of the book, and the number of the book (i.e. 1, 2 or 3) Label the CD with your name in permanent marker.

FILE FORMAT: jpeg images, 6” on longest side, with a minimum resolution of 150 dpi.

ARTIST STATEMENT – Please submit an artist statement about each piece you are submitting. Please keep your statements to less than 200 words per piece.

SEND TO: Philadelphia Center for the Book, Second Floor, 728 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19148. Please also let us know by email that you are sending a CD so that we can insure that we receive all entries: book@philadelphiacenterforthebook.org

This Philadelphia Museum of Art retrospective marks the first comprehensive museum exhibition of the work of James Castle (1899–1977), an artist from Idaho who, despite undergoing no formal or conventional training, is especially admired for the unique homemade quality combined with an acute visual sensibility that characterizes his work.

If you are unfamiliar with James Castle’s work, you may check out the following websites. In addition there will be a screening of the documentary film James Castle: Portrait of an Artist at the University of the Arts on October 14, 7:00 PM, Connelly Auditorium, Terra Building at Walnut and Broad.

www.gallerypauleanglim.com/Gallery_Paule_Anglim/James_Castle.html
www.philamuseum.org/exhibitions/328.html
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmALpxCKHOo
www.flickr.com/photos/sokref1/sets/72157594172342501/

Opportunity: Call for Artists

Member News: Qaadira Allen

Qaadira Allen is featured in the upcoming book entitled The Vision Board: The Secret to An Extraordinary Life by Joyce Schwarz. Qaadira has used vision boards and other transformative art practices for the past 16 years as a tool for healing, transformation, and supporting others in moving through change. Published by Harper Collins, the full-color book will be released October 28.

Member News: Alison Nastasi

My House Gallery invites you to attended its opening of PAPER JAM on Friday, September 19th from 5:30pm to 8:30pm.

The 8 1/2 by 11 inch piece of paper has become a fixture in our
contemporary culture. This standard image confronts us every day.
Containing advertisement, files, faxes, business contracts, photo
copies, and a myriad of information, we take in the information, often
over looking the spatial context within which it is contained. What if
our standard paper size was drastically different? What if it was half
of or doubled in size? How would this change our perception and
understanding of information? Paper Jam puts the 8 1/2 by 11 piece of
paper under the hand of the artist to allow them to expand or contract
their artistic understanding of the parameters of space presented.

PAPER JAM features:

Alison Nastasi
(and others)

I hope you can all make it out to this great opening! Visits by appointment.

Best,

Alex Gartelmann
Executive Director,
My House Gallery

My House Gallery
2534 S. 8th Street
Philadelphia, PA
19148

908.370.1656
myhousegallery@gmail.com
www.myspace.com/myhousegallery

Opportunity: Call for Artists

A Leap of Faith 4: Let Peace Reign
A Leap of Faith 4: Let Peace Reign
Calling for artwork from all traditions and attitudes
that deals with the concept of faith, whatever that
might mean to you and Peace, whatever that might mean to you.
This show has 2 venues: Susan Hensel Gallery and ArtSpace at Lake Nokomis Presbyterian Church in South Minneapolis. The church is a progressive voice in the arts in Minneapolis. They have space for medium to large scale installation and well lit walls for framed work.
All media welcome, including
installation, video, perfomance art. Please submit 3
jpgs, slides or a proposal document, resume, artists
statement by September 20, 2008. Show dates: November
7- December 29, 2008.


Susan Hensel Design,LLC
www.susanhenselgallery.com
www.susanhenseldesign.com
3441 Cedar Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55407
612 722-2324

Minutes from September 2008 Meeting

Minutes of September 10, 2008

We are interested in your proposals for possible venues for upcoming exhibitions. If you would like to help out on the exhibition committee, please reply.

The president of the Bryn Mawr College Art Club contacted member Molly Crowley, because they are looking for interested artists to teach workshops for the Art Club. Bryn Mawr College currently does not offer studio art classes, so the students have organized this club to fill that gap. If you are interested please email Molly at mmcrowley@gmail.com with your workshop proposal(s) and time/materials needed, and your contact info. I'll send these to the Art Club president.

A tip from Katie Haegle of thelalatheory.com
Did you know that the Whole Foods on South Street is hosting craft fairs on the last Friday of every month? They started them in June and it's *free* to have a table, you just have to bring your own table or blanket. (A table is better because there's not a lot of room on the sidewalk there.) The person who runs it is Brett Mapp and the store's number is 215.733.9788.

Email Molly if you are interested in a discount printing option: mmcrowley@gmail.com.

Trip: September 20, 2008

National Association of Women Artists 119th Annual Exhibition
August 24 - September 29
Goggleworks, Reading, PA
Email or call Bonnie MacAllister (bmacallister@earthlink.net) for information (215.262.9227)

Woodcut Printmaking Workshop
November 2, 2008
Place:
Martha Knox's Home in Germantown – I am happy to provide vegan-friendly refreshments throughout the time that we work so we don't have to feel rushed. I'm thinking soup in the crock pot, bread, and finger food. And of course coffee and tea.

Description:
A stimulating and pleasant few hours making woodcut relief prints. Beginners can learn the basic process, and those familiar with the process can try more complex or experimental techniques such as using color, doing reduction prints, using both sides of the block, adding collage or sewing, etc. Ideally everyone makes enough prints to do a print exchange at the end. I will let participants know beforehand the size of the blocks so that if people want to come with a prepared drawing and/or pre-cut paper, they can.

# of People:
4-6 is ideal, but could go as high as 8.

Materials and Budget:
-Water-based block printing ink $30.00
-Paper (suggest people bring their own)
-Brayers (I have some, maybe others can bring extra?)
-Wooden spoons (suggest that people bring their own)
-Carving tools (I have lots, maybe others can bring extra?)
-Wood blocks (I will provide)

Opportunity: Call for Artists

2009 Exhibition Call for Entries
http://www.womensartcenter.org/categories/call-for-entries/

The Women’s Art Center still has a few available slots for exhibitions in 2009. Please follow the guidelines below if you would like to be considered for a show this year.

Vision

To be a center helping our community in the best way we know how; artistically. To be a place where women and artists are inspired to take the risks to make their creative dreams real.

Mission

• To improve our community through outreach programs, classes, and artistic endeavors.

• To make a space for established artists to take creative risks and push themselves to new places in their artmaking.

• To inspire and launch emerging artists by providing classes, networking opportunities, challenges, resources, and gallery space to support them in their creative work.

Media

All mediums are accepted: drawing, ceramics, painting, photography, printmaking, mixed mediums, space installations, sculpture, textiles, etc.

Proposal Requirements

1) an email stating your name, address, phone numbers, and medium to info@womensartcenter.org

2) five attached digital images of recent work with attached information indicating your name, title of the piece, medium, size, and date.

3) a statement and description of the proposed exhibition (Please consider the philosophy of the gallery as you develop this section.)

4) a brief resume that outlines your education, exhibition history, awards, and any other relevant information.

Deadline: October 31, 2008

Exhibition Selection

A panel review committee will meets regularly to select exhibitions for available slots in the gallery schedule. Quality of work, evidence of ability to produce proposed exhibit, balance of mediums submitted for the season, and completion and clarity of the proposal will all be considered. Notification will be made one month after proposal is received.

Sales

The Women’s Art Center’s commission is 40% on all works that are sold. Artists are encouraged to have a variety of smaller pieces—including flat files, prints, etc— to sell with their larger work. The commissions are used to help cover the costs of gallery programming and running the center. Work does not have to be for sale.

Questions?

Please email info@womenartcenter.org with any questions or concerns as you develop your exhibit proposal. Thank you for your interest in The Women’s Art Center.

Member News: Bonnie MacAllister & Monica Pace

I have a piece in the upcoming debut issue of the Pittsburgh based Weave Magazine. This is excellent news:

"Weave Magazine would like to express the most sincere gratitude to The Sprout Fund Board of Directors for generously approving our grant proposal. The Sprout Fund is a non-profit organization based in our hometown of Pittsburgh that supports grassroots creative projects that promote community involvement and support the flourishing art and cultural scene in our fair city. The first issue of Weave promises to be a beautiful collection of art and writing. Now we can also expand our efforts into the community by participating in conferences and providing support through informational and creative workshops. Weave strongly believes in the power of engaging the community and thankfully those at The Sprout Fund agree.

Thank you, Sprout Fund, for believing in Weave Magazine!"

http://www.weavemagazine.net
http://www.sproutfund.org
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Jeffrey Ethan Lee, Bonnie MacAllister, Monica Pace, and Brian Sammond

Blam! Poetry Series in Fairmount

Host: Adam Meora

Contact: Adam Meora
adamreal2000@yahoo.com

Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Time: 7 PM

Location: Mugshots
2100 Fairmount Avenue
Philadelphia, PA

Poetry Blam - in Fairmount -
Jeffrey Ethan Lee, Many Mountains Moving, Senior Poetry Editor since 2007
Lee's poetry book, identity papers, a 2006 Colorado Book Award finalist, is available from Ghost Road Press. Visit http://www.identitypapers.org. His first full-length poetry book, invisible sister was published by Many Mountains Moving Press, 2004. Lee won the 2002 Sow's Ear Poetry Chapbook prize ($1,000) for The Sylf (2003), created identity papers for Drimala Records, published Strangers in a Homeland (chapbook with Ashland Poetry Press, 2001), and published hundreds of poems, stories and essays in Many Mountains Moving, Xconnect, Crab Orchard Review, Crazyhorse, Crosscurrents, Drexel Online Journal, Green Mountain Review, Washington Square. He taught creative writing at University of Northern Colorado 2002-2007. He has a Ph.D. in British Romanticism and an MFA from NYU.

Bonnie MacAllister resides in a West Philadelphia house constructed in 1868. In the United States, her multi-media art work has appeared most recently as part of the Feminist Art Project in Michigan, and at the Redding Gallery (Wilmington), Main Line Art Center, DC Arts Center, the Philip Ratner Museum, AIR Gallery (NYC), Penn State, Holy Family College, the Inquirer Building, and High Wire Gallery (Philadelphia). Bonnie's publication credits include Black Robert Journal, nth Position, Helix, Parlor, and Turtle Ink Press (who nominated her for the Pushcart Prize.) Her recent chapbook was recently acquired by the Barnard College Library and permanent collections in Uruguay, Belgium, and Italy. Bonnie is the Co-President of the Women's Caucus for Art, Philadelphia Chapter (National Women's Caucus for Art, an official NGO of the United Nations.)

Monica Pace
A resident of Philadelphia, PA, Monica Pace holds a Master's Degree in Communication from Drexel University. Her academic and avocational interests include writing, languages, visual art, music, travel, education, and international politics and cultures. Her nine published articles include interviews with Pulitzer-Prize winning novelist James Alan McPherson, playwrights Joan Holden and Bruce Graham, and actor and co-creator of Strangers with Candy, Paul Dinello. Her poems have been published in the Philadelphia arts journal, HiNgE (http://www.hingeonline.com), and abroad in Andrew Lovat's Dead Drunk Dublin (http://www.deaddrunkdublin.com). Pace, who vows never to write the Great American Novel, instead entertains thoughts of sending her completed proposal for Let's Bowl, an international bowling travel guide, to a reputable publisher.

Brian Sammond is a work-at-home computer programmer. He can frequently be seen on his mountain bike in the hills of Southeast Pennsylvania, or at open mics throughout the Philadelphia area, when he is not playing with his nieces and nephews. His work has been published in the Philadelphia Inquirer and The Mad Poets Review.

Inliquid Unzipped

WCA members Madeline Adams, Diane Burko, Marie Elcin, Virginia Maksymowicz, Debbie McCarthy, and Michelle Wilson are all participating in the Inliquid Unzipped Auction.
Buy tickets or bid on art now! http://www.inliquid.com/features/auction_v8/index.html
Thursday, September 25th 6-9 pm, Ice Box at the Crane Building.

Opportunity: Call for Artists

Maternal Legends: A Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Artist Books
December 5, 2008 – January 3, 2009
Entry deadline: October 24, 2008

THEME - Maternal Legends. Mothers, grandmothers, sisters, stories,
histories, legends, legacies. What did we learn from our mothers and
their mothers and their mothers? What are the stories that have been
passed down through the generations? How did the women in our family
shape who we are today? Let's explore and celebrate our Maternal
Legends through the magic of artist books.

MEDIA - This exhibit is open to book arts related artworks created as
either edition or one-of-a-kind. Artist books, sculptural books, book
objects, altered books, zines or broadsides are encouraged. Any
medium, any style. Broadsides must be framed behind acrylic (not
glass) and ready to hang.

JUROR - This exhibition will be juried by Cara List who is the artist
books librarian at the Art and Architecture Library at the University
of Oregon.

PURCHASE PRIZE - One artwork chosen by the jurors will be awarded a
purchase prize. That work will be purchased and donated to the artist
book collection at the University of Oregon.

More information and entry forms at:
http://www.23sandy.com/MaternalLegends/CallForEntries.html

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Laura Russell
23 Sandy Gallery
623 NE 23rd Avenue
Portland, OR 97232
Phone: 503-927-4409
Email: laura@23sandy.com
Web site: www.23Sandy.com

Orchard Artworks

Orchard Artworks Presents:

Join us for the 4th Annual Johnny Appleseed Festival!

Saturday - September 20, 2008
11am to 4pm

The 4th annual Johnny Appleseed Festival features: children's arts and crafts, story-telling by "Johnny Appleseed," art activities, cider-making with antique apple press, children's clothesline art show, apple tree planting, apple baked goods; and the opening for the "Autumn in the Orchard Art Show". Co-sponsored by Bryn Athyn Cathedral. FREE. For more information contact 215-947-9882.

Schedule:
10 - 4 pm Autumn in the Orchard Group Show
11 - 2 pm Children's Art Show & Activities
11 - 2 pm Apple Dessert Sale
11 - 1 pm Apple Cider Pressing
Noon Apple Tree Planting
12:30, 1:30, 2:30 pm Johnny Appleseed Storytelling
1, 2, 3 pm Rope Making

Upcoming Events:

October: Gillian Bedford- Recent Works, Oils on Canvas, Opening October 5, 2008
November: Jonathon's Spoons & More, Opening November 18, 2008
December: Ornaments and Adornments Show, Opening December 7, 2008

Upcoming Workshops:

Children's Art Classes
Brought to you by
Kathleen Hope Smith
Ages 8+
Friday Afternoons for four weeks starting
9/12/2008
1:30-3:30 pm
Cost: $80.00
Registration Required: Call Orchard Artworks at 215-947-9882 or Kathleen Hope Smith at 215-379-3576

Week one: Printmaking with Nature's Shapes
Leaves ferns and flowers will surround our negative-space shape of an animal for a unique and beautiful printed piece!
Week two: Hip-Hop Sculpture
Learn to draw moving, dancing figures and how to turn that into a cool stand-up sculpture!
Week three: Landscape painting
Borrow some ideas from the past master artists and create and acrylic landscape painting on your own.
Week for: “Blue” Guitar Still Life
Why did Pablo Picasso have a “blue period” in his art, and what does that have to do with us drawing and painting a guitar still life? Come find out!

We are continually adjusting our database. Please reply Unsubscribe along with your name if you no longer wish to be on our e-mailing list. We will do our best and apologize for any inconvenience. Thank you for supporting Orchard Artworks and its network of artists.

Member News: Sonia Sherrod

Community Art Center's
Sixth Annual
Fine Arts and Crafts Festival

Saturday and Sunday,
September 27 and 28, 2008
10am-5pm

RoseTree Park
Providence Road
Media, PA

I'm in booth 31!

Studio Available

Heron Crest Studios Inc

10 minutes from Media in Aston, PA
343 square feet
$353.00 per month plus utilites

1 year lease
storage
bathroom and utility sink
wireless access available
off street parking

heroncreststudios@comcast.net

Member News Dae Rebeck Sanchez

RECENT WORK BY DAE REBECK SANCHEZ
and
FELLOW MCGOPA MEMBERS

SEPTEMBER 27 - NOVEMBER 8, 2008
RECEPTION: SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 27TH  5 to 7 pm

At SPP Galleries in the Inquirer Building
Route 23, between  Rts.320 and  202  in Conshohocken, PA

Come enjoy wine, light snacks, and music

You may park in the lot (Please ignore the sign about tire damage, it
is
not true!)

Hope to see you there...
Dae

Opportunity: Networking

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smart business consulting
presents

Meet and Greet

Calling All Artists...
Now is the perfect time to move your art career forward.
Come meet other creative people, network and receive handouts on topics
about the business side of art.

Tuesday, September 23 from 6 to 7:30 PM
Free hors oeuvres - Cash bar
Select $4 drafts, wine, bottles, and mixed drinks

JL Sullivan's Speakeasy
The Bellevue
Broad and Walnut Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19102

Linda Dubin Garfield can help you reach your goals and your audience.
Isn't your art career worth it?
RSVP
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Michelle L. Dauberman
Bridges & Skyscrapers
The Arts Network of Harrisburg
PO Box 8862, Elkins Park, PA 19027
www.bridges-skyscrapers.com, www.artsnetworkharrisburg.org

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Member News: Jane Craven from NYT

Art Review

Outdoors, and Out of Bounds

By BENJAMIN GENOCCHIO

Published: August 29, 2008

Seventeen artists and groups of artists are part of the second annual outdoor sculpture show organized by the Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts in Long Branch. The works are installed throughout the city and along the oceanfront boardwalk.

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The best way to see this entertaining exhibition is on foot, beginning at the Shore Institute. Free maps are available there listing the location of each of the 26 works. It takes about an hour to see everything if you take your time, which I did, for part of the fun is ferreting out the sculptures in the urban landscape.

This is not always easy, for some artists have worked hard to make their sculptures blend into the environment. Chela St. Onge’s “Pueblo,” a blue and white concrete structure in a pedestrian walkway between buildings, doesn’t immediately register as art. It looks more like a playhouse for kids.

Last year there was a great deal of abstract metal sculpture in the show, and this year is the same; it is a smart choice for the outdoors, since it doesn’t deteriorate. Kevin Karwan’s “El Nuevo,” for instance, is a tubular metal abstract installed near a bus stop in front of the Portuguese Club on Broadway, the main street. It looks pretty good there, livening up the sidewalk.

Farther along the same street is Bob Mataranglo’s “Cone Boy,” a figure with an ice cream cone for a body, a boy’s head and sneakers. Standing on top of a building, it is easily missed. The boy is watching another figure, also by the artist: a man suspended on a pole as if flying. It is a lot of fun.

Happily, vandalism and theft have not been too much of a problem for the artists, according to Douglas Ferrari, the exhibition coordinator and the director of SICA. However, one night somebody removed the figures from Merelee Syron’s mixed-media installation “The Snowball Fight” and rearranged them in a compromising position on a median strip. They are now in a vacant lot behind a fence.

Several works are installed along and around Ocean Boulevard, which pretty much divides the beach from the town. Once again, you’ll have to take some time to look for them, but most are easy to find. Many of the best outdoor sculptures in the show are also installed here, with two in particular catching my eye.

The first was Jane A. Craven’s “Artistic Platforms,” a group of wooden soapboxes for impromptu speeches installed at a busy intersection. Ms. Craven has customized each of them for different kinds of public pontification, painting along the side words like “religious,” “political,” “feminism” and “academic.” I love the artist’s cheekiness.

I also liked Pat Brentano’s “Missing Tree,” a silhouette of a tree cut from an aluminum plate and installed in a vacant lot against trees and scrub. When viewed from the front, the metal plate looks like a tree itself. It is simple but clever, and a bit more intriguing than many of the other pieces.

Most of the artists in this exhibition are from New York and New Jersey. The majority are not very well known, which is refreshing but means the standard of work varies considerably. Some of the pieces were also a little worse for wear when I saw them in August, about three months into the show, suggesting that not all the artists are experienced at making sculpture for outdoor environments.

Adam D. Murray is one artist who seems to have a good understanding of the specific challenges of outdoor sculpture. His “Weeds,” installed on a median strip in the middle of a traffic circle at the bottom of Garfield Avenue, opposite the beach, is one of the most successful works in the show.

Mr. Murray’s work consists of a series of narrow metal rods topped with decorative arrangements made of pieces of rubber car tire. They look a bit like Hawaiian tiki lamps, which is not a bad association since they are installed right near the beach. Over all they are strange yet powerful, something different from the flowers that often grace such spaces. These are darker blooms.

Location is crucial in placing outdoor sculpture. That SICA managed to get the city behind the exhibition, giving the organization access to so many interesting spaces, is what makes this show different from, and a lot better than, most other temporary urban sculpture parks.

WCA/Rubia Quilt New Exhibition Announcement

New Exhibition for Women Helping Women: Stitch by Stitch
Our "Women Helping Women: Stitch by Stitch" quilt will be included in an exhibit in Portland Oregon, in their City Hall.

This exhibit is scheduled for November 2008.

For more information on our quilt project which benefits and displays work by women in Afghanistan and the Women's Caucus for Art, please visit:

http://www.marycrowley.com/rubia/

The quilt is currently on display in Florida and will travel throughout the United States in 2008 and 2009.

Member News: Sharon Burton, Marilyn Hayes, Jennifer Judelsohn, Bonnie MacAllister, Marcelle Harwell-Pachnowski