MOCA Update

1 - Wednesday Model - Brandie - In costume - 7 to 10 pm - $12 artist fee - Art Students $5 - first time free

2 - Don't forget the 3rd Friday Open House this Friday, May 18 from 6 pm to ???

3 - Now accepting work for our June show, Artists & War - In Favor & Opposed - June Exhibit - check the details at www.MOCADC.org - a major effort, guaranteed to be provocative

4 - A retrospective for Richard Takeuchi is planned for August, 2007 - will advise status later -- will include many, many of his finest work

5 - See these artists at Artomatic - Jim Akers, 6th Floor, Red, Room 6B08; Robin Walker, Salon 6B44; Luba Sterlikova, Blue 6D39; Bill Remington, 6D13; Tracy Lee, 6B40; Marielle Mariano, 6D39; Cedric Baker, 6C04;

6 - Gaithersburg Art Train - Call for artists to paint, decorate or otherwise adorn a fiberglass Locomotive & Caboose for display in Gaitherwsburg - Get app online at www.gaithersburgmd.gov/arttrain or call Natalya B. Parris at 301.258.6394

7 - Call to Artists - multiple galleries in Gaithersburg are participating in the City of Gaithursberg Visual Arts Exhibition for 2008 - Exhibition runs January through December 2008 - for more info contact Natalya Parris, Gallery Coordinator at 301.258.6394 or arosati@gaithersburghmd.gov

8 - Images of Justice Art Show - The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law is calling for submissions of artwork dealing with the theme of Social Justice. For complete information and prospectus visit: law.cua.edu/News/Socialjusticeartshow - Entry Form, slides and statement must be submitted by August 1, 2007. Exhibit on display during October 2007

9 - MOCA DC Fund Raiser - March to June - these events will be fundraisers, so donations - cash, artwork, ??? are welcome
a - Membership - if you aren't a member now, or have not paid dues prior to January of 2006, then a membership would be great - it's only $40 Regular, $30 for Seniors and $20 for Students - good for 1 year. Benefits include a reduced hanging fee for exhibits - ($40 nonmember - $25 member, $20 Senior, $15 Student) - you can probably enter at least 6 to 8 a year, depending on subject of show. And if you send in a membership now, but don't enter anything in the current exhibit, your membership period won't begin until you hang something in a show. For those non-artists, then, a membership now could conceivably be a lifetime membership. Other benefits include to have your work on the internet on the MOCA DC artists section, now under development. Will put headshot of the artist, brief bio and 2 images of work, plus a link to your website. If you don't have a website, then will add 2 extra examples of your work. This is in development now, and will begin to appear on the MOCA DC website in March.

b - Donations - cash - Any cash donations are welcome - bless you very much - make checks payable to MOCA DC - we now have a business checking account, and the gallery is both incorporated in DC and is an IRS certified 501 (c) (3) nonprofit corporation. Certificate of Good Standing available, as is all other paperwork to support this.

c - Donations - artwork - I am preparing a section of the gallery to hold all artwork donated for a fundraiser - so donate some stuff, look at some to buy, or just do something crazy to help fund the galleries expenses.

MOCA DC
1054 31st St NW
Canal Square in Georgetown
Underground Parking - $7 all day on Weekends and after 5 pm weekdays
Free parking may be found on side streets a few blocks up or down 31st St

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Figure Models Guild - www.FigureModelsGuild.org
Artists & Models chat group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Artists-Models/
MOCA DC - www.MOCADC.org
MOCA DC Gallery chat group at www.MOCADC-A_M-subscribe@yahoogroups.ca