EXHIBIT Opportunity in New Jersey

Hey members - the Shore Institute of Contemporary Arts (SICA) has an open call for art. SICA is a great gallery in Asbury Park. Here's some history on SICA - yes, they are in the NY Times!

The deadline for entries is Oct. 9. So get to making some art. More details on entering - click here.

Members, if you are accepted to the show, PLEASE let me, Laura Petrovich-Cheney, know - Luvtoteachart@gmail.com and I will post a blog about you and your work! 

Opportunity: Creative Philadelphia Public Art Artist Registry

Public Art Artist Registry Application

Philadelphia's Public Art Program invites artists to submit an application with the Public Art Artist Registry.


The registry allows artists to participate in all selection processes by maintaining a record of their work that will be consulted by Public Art staff, panelists, architects, and City agencies as public art opportunities become available. The registry is open to all professional artists. There are no residency requirements for the registry, although some opportunities will be limited to artists living in the greater Philadelphia region.

Joining our Public Art Artist Registry is now easier than ever! Apply online or by mail, and be considered for all future Public Art Program opportunities.


http://creativephl.org/registry

Member Spotlight: Jeanne Lombardo and Bonnie MacAllister

Congratulations Bonnie MacAllister and Jeanne Lombardo, winners of the $500 Artlines Fall Edition Grant! They will be working together to produce WCA's first art-focused Artlines this fall.

Rachel Lloyd signing at F&N Gallery:  Bonnie (top left),  Jeanne (right)

Just recently, this duo participated in Zig Zag Handmade's "Branching Away: A Sestina" written for puppets. Bonnie wrote the text, recorded the audio, and helped direct and Jeanne Lombardo was half of George the Dragon. The performance was held at The Walking Fish Theater located in Fishtown.  The production also starred WCA members Ellen Bonett and Ruth Schanbacher as well as Jamie Campbell.

   Zig Zag Handmade will perform at in “Discordinalia: Goddess Night” at Ellen Powell Tiberino Museum on this Saturday, July 28 from 7 p.m.-12 a.m.  Bonnie will screen and perform "Water the Water Wore" which debuted at our chapter and DC chapters' joint show at the Sandy Spring Museum.

Jeanne as 1/2 of George the Dragon

Designer Jeanne Lombardo specializes in all things creative: graphic design, marketing, resume writing, event coordination, craft workshops, blogging, bartending, and creating specialty partyware that sells in two boutiques: Square Peg Artery & Salvage and Vix Emporium in Philadelphia. Also, she teaches jewelry workshops at Blueberry Bog in Media, every Monday night during the month of August. She is currently launching a creative art party business.  Jeanne teaches workshops in a creative art party format for birthdays and special events in people's homes.  This could include painting wine glasses, or making jewelry, or a custom craft project she can create for special events.  For more information, please contact Jeanne at creativeart.parties@gmail.com. Additionally, our talented friend is taking guitar lessons, singing in a cover band and secretly hoping that 80's BIG hair will make a comeback. She is a graduate of Cabrini College where she edited the art & entertainment and features sections of the student newspaper revived the college literary and art magazine, and hosted radio shows.

Editor Bonnie MacAllister renders moments in a variety of media. She is an editor of a multimedia collaborative site and print edition of Certain Circuits. She recently exhibited cross-genre work in New York at Et Al Projects and curated performances at Raandesk Gallery, in Maryland at Sandy Spring Museum, in Pennsylvania at the Ellen Powell Tiberino Museum, and in Virginia at Artomatic. Her written work has appeared in Flying Kite, Esque, On Barcelona, Classwar Karaoke, Apiary, and 10,000 Poets for Change: Fieralingue. She has debuted five original plays and readings at the Adrienne Theatre, Green Light Arts, Fringe Festival, Shubin Theatre, and Walking Fish Theatre. She has won multiple championships in poetry slam competitions in the US and France. MacAllister is a Pushcart Prize nominee and a Fulbright-Hays recipient to Ethiopia.  

Bonnie MacAllister:  "Cracker Jacks" 

Additionally, Bonnie is the curator of Certain Circuits Magazine , which publishes poetry, experimental prose, art, and new media. Certain Circuits Magazine is hosting a workshop “Creating Collaborative Multimedia Poetry” at Big Blue Marble Bookstore on August 4 from 2:00-4:00.  Lora Bloom will co-teach the workshop.  The magazine is currently accepting submissions in all genres.  Submissions are due August 1; for guidelines, www.certaincircuits.org.  Zig Zag Handmade will be part of the Lancaster Avenue Second Friday Events, which will be on August 10. 

           For more about Jeanne, intuitionjeanne.blogspot.com. For more information about Bonnie, check out bonnie-macallister.com.

Member News: Simone Spicer

Congratulations to our member, Simone Spicer!

Woodmere Art Museum is holding its 71st annual juried exhibition from July 28th to September 30, 2012.  The opening reception will be this Sat., July 28 from 1 to 4 pm.

Simone has installed her milk jug 'Igloo' in the show and invites you all to come crawl inside it!  

The Museum is located at 9201 Germantown Ave. in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia.    www.woodmereartmuseum.org

Monmouth County Members

Everyone wonders why did a Jersey girl join the PHILADELPHIA WCA? Bascially, because my family roots  and my alma mater, Moore College of Art & Design, are in Philly. But if you are Jersey girl like me and live in Monmouth County - and a few of our members do - check this opportunity out.
http://www.180nj.org/2012HeadsUpDVAM.htm. The exhibit is called "Heads Up" and it  serves as a vehicle for the education and prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault through the visual arts. 180 is a private, non-profit charitable organization with more than 35 years experience providing model programs in the field of sexual assault and family violence. 180 is the only domestic violence agency in Monmouth County, NJ with 24 hour hot-line services. Our organization is dedicated to ending the cycle of domestic violence and sexual assault in our community. Please click on the link for more information. I thought it would be more important to share this information with our members because it serves the greater good of protecting women through the arts.
Laura Petrovich-Cheney

Opportunity: Woodmere Museum

Woodmere Museum

9201 Germantown Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19118
Located at Bells Mill Road
in Chestnut Hill

Doris Staffel: Painter, Teacher
July 28 – September 30, 2012

Doris Staffel (born 1921), a former student of both Philip Guston and Hans Hofmann, is one of Philadelphia's preeminent abstract painters and colorists. In honor of her long commitment to the city's arts community, Woodmere will present an exhibition of fourteen paintings and works on paper by Staffel from Woodmere's collection, pieces that represent the various phases of her career from the 1940s to the present, along with loans from public and private collections. Read more >>

Generations: Louise Fishman, Gertrude Fisher-Fishman, and Razel Kapustin 
October 13, 2012 – January 6, 2013

The exhibition explores the relationships between the art of Louise Fishman (b. 1939) and the work of both her mother Gertrude Fisher-Fishman (b. 1916) and her aunt Razel Kapustin (1908-1968). Key pieces by the three artists, each of whom is represented in Woodmere's collection, will be exhibited together, underscoring the pictorial, philosophical, and emotive relationships between three distinct artistic voices. Learn More >>