An Art Model's Perspective

"From the Other Side of the Canvas"

My friend and long time art model, Dave Quammen has a feature interview in an LA based E-zine called Artist's Perspectives. Check it out here: www.artist-perspectives.com/

Dave is also the new co-director of MOCA DC and founder of the DC figure Model's Guild.

Long Hours in the Studio

Long hours in the studio will make a person do strange things..here's one of my studio mates..

Upcoming Student Exhibition At Catholic U

Catholic U. is holding their Spring Juried student art exhibition, opening Thursday, March 10th through March 23. The juror is Michael Clark, well-known artist and former director of MOCA DC. The reception will be Thursday, March 10th from 6-8 at Salve Regina Gallery. The gallery is located on CUA's campus, 620 Michigan Ave, NE, Washington, DC. Metro: CUA/Brookland red line metro.

National Women's Exhibition 2005 in Buffalo

It was so snowy here in Washington, DC this week it felt just like Buffalo! I will be heading up to my old stomping ground next week (Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY area) for my spring break(for those of you who don't know I am finishing up my last semester of graduate school). I also happen to have a painting in an exhibition up there. Here's the info: National Women's Exhibition 2005 at Impact Artist's Gallery, Tri-Main Center, Suite 545, 2495 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214. March 2-31
Hours: Tues-Fri 11am-4pm, for info visit my website www.candysart.com or call 716-835-6817

Last Chance to See Exhibition at CUA!

In Dialogue with the Elders, sculpture by Greg Metcalf and paintings by Champneys Taylor at Salve Regina Gallery, Catholic University, runs through March 2nd. If you have not seen this show yet, I highly recommend that you check it out! The show was curated by Phoebe Esmon, who writes: "The works of Greg Metcalf and Champneys Taylor that were chosen for this exhibition embody two unique but contiguous perceptions of art history and its relationship to working in the studio. Uniting these works is the fact that each artist is engaged in a dialogue with particular figures from art history-the "Elders" of the exhibitions title. Each artist invokes and thus engages with the creative forces that inform the artist's own art-historical movement, and this dialogic process both forms and informs the artist's work. While Metcalf overtly invokes the cultural figures that have interested and excited him, Taylor's references are more metaphorical, and often so subtle as to be subliminal." The show was reviewed in last week's Washington Post, Galleries section.
Catholic University is located at 620 Michigan ave, NE, Washington, DC Metro red line to Brookland/CUA
Salve Regina Gallery Hours: Mon-Fri 10-5pm
For info call 202-319-5282

Christo's and Jeanne-Claude's Gates

I spent the weekend in NYC with my Aunt and Step Dad. Saturday was a great day to stroll through Central Park and wind through the swirling maze of saffron! It was amazing! There were so many people and so much energy. Late afternoon was really nice because the sun was showing through the fabric and casting wonderful shadows from the trees. We went to the Met and checked out the exhibition of Ruben's drawings and then back through Central Park on the way home after dark. Walking under the gates at night was entirely different from the daytime. It was quite a contrast, everyone had cleared out and the wind died down, so it was very still and serene. After that, we went off to Queens for some excellent Italian food and wine! Yummy!

Drawing National 2

DRAWING NATIONAL 2
> A Juried Exhibition of Drawings
> February 21-March 11, 2005
> Curated by Sarah Stecher
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> Opening reception: February 21, 6-8 p.m.
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> Participating Artists: Kelly Adams, Lila Oliver Asher, Alastair
> Bolton, Scott Brooks, F. Lennox Campello, Warren Craghead III, Elli
> Crocker, Pamela DeLaura, Haig Demarjian, Jan Dove, Laura Evans, Sondra
> B. Gair, Javier Gil, Mikhail Gubin, Sharon Harper, Jeffrey Haupt,
> Candace Keegan, Richard Keen, Ronald Keeney, Kathleen King, J.T.
> Kirkland, Mary Kate Maher, Allison Miner, Sarah Oldenburg, Mary Ott,
> Sky Pape, Susan Due Pearcy, Mark Pomilio, Selena Reames, Mari
> Richards, Jacqueline Saunders, Terri Schmidt, John P. Semple, Marc
> Snyder, Caroline Thorington, Adrienne Trager, Michael Voors, Yida
> Wang, Maya Weber, and Alice Whealin.

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
> Tuesday and Wednesday, 6-8 p.m.
> Saturday, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
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> Location: The Art Gallery is located on the 2nd floor of the Paul Peck
> Art Building on the Rockville Campus.
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> For information please call: 301-279-5115
> http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/artrockville/
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New to Blogging

Hi Everyone!
I have just created my very first blog. I hope to have new postings every few days. I will post art related events and happenings, exhibitions and thoughts about them, as well as any other random thoughts I think are worth sharing. Words of caution: I am not the best writer in the world, so bear with me and feel free to share your thoughts with me on anything posted here.