Artcrank Poster show

Bikes are the world’s most fun and accessible way to get around. Posters are the world’s most fun and accessible art form. ARTCRANK brings them together.

ARTCRANK is a showcase of bicycle-inspired original poster artwork that people can enjoy looking at and afford to take home. ARTCRANK began in Minneapolis in 2007, and has expanded to Denver, St. Louis, Portland, San Francisco and Des Moines.

Every ARTCRANK show features posters created by local artists from the host city. Admission is always free, and posters are priced to let everybody take home at least one.

Full details available at: http://www.artcrankpostershow.com/

The BECA Foundation: Call for submissions (art & design) for solo exhibition

The BECA Foundation is pleased to present the following Solo Exhibition opportunity to one artist or designer to exhibit new works of art or design at BECA ICAD (International Center for Art + Design) located at 527 St. Joseph Street, New Orleans, LA 70130.

Artists, designers that are at least 18 years of age from all countries are encouraged to submit their works for consideration according to the guidelines below. One artist or designer will be selected by BECA Foundation directors + advisors to receive the Solo Exhibition opportunity from June 5 – 26, 2010. Submitted works are not required to conform to any particular medium, style, theme or concept. Accepted works and mediums include but are not limited to: site-specific installations, painting, sculpture, mixed-media, drawing, printmaking, fiber, textiles, illustration, digital art, photography, video/new media, film, performance art, music and sound focused works, 3D animation, graphic design, product design, furniture design, haute couture fashion + accessories, architectural interventions/designs and functional art, etc.

Deadline is May 3, 2010

Full details available at: http://www.becaicad.org/artist-designer-solo-exhibition-opportunity.php 

Art vs. Design: call for submissions

An international Open Call for Unique Talent Details: http://www.artistswanted.org Images are power. In this dynamic era compelling design can move millions and transcendent art can inspire a generation. From cave paintings of early man to today's industrial designers, art & design has uniquely shaped the world around us, each in its own distinct way. This contest is designed to answer the age old question: What shapes our world more, art or design?

Join thousands of creative people in this visual dialogue.

Mark Mothersbaugh, acclaimed artist and lead singer of art-rock band DEVO leads a panel of judges including Jarrett Gregory (curator at NYC's New Museum) and Donwan Harrell (founder and creative director of Akademiks clothing) in selecting the top artist or designer to be featured at a gala reception at the New Museum in June. The public also plays judge - determing the most powerful medium of the moment - in an online face-off that pits art submissions against design submissions.

Opportunities will be created for everyone who participates and we are awarding over $11,000 in prizes. Grand Prize & Student winner will be awarded with: A gala reception the New Museum in New York City. $2009 cash grant International Publicity, including a feature in Filter Magazine and work shown through Gawker Artists exposing the winners art or design to hundreds of thousands of visitors across 190+ website galleries. $500 in gear from Akademiks Plus the Red Bull Prize: Offering a choice of: A vintage Vespa OR a trip to London to visit the Tate Museum and the Design Museum OR a fully loaded Mac Book Pro.

Every participant gets: An online portfolio and international exposure. A $70 "Thank You" package with gear and discounts to help further your work.

Registration is open now and continues through Midnight May 31st. Details: http://www.artistswanted.org/

Art VS Design was put together by a handful of Brooklyn based artists and designers who have experienced first-hand the difficulties of achieving national attention. We believe both Art & Design hold a powerful place in our society and it is our intention to break-out new talent through a process that is dynamic and open-ended.

HIAWATHA LOFTS 1st ANNIVERSARY & URBAN ART FAIR

LOCATION: CENTRAL DISTRICT / JACKSON PLACE NEIGHBORHOOD
(one block east of Rainer between Dearborn at S Charles St.)

DATE: March 8th, 2009 / 12-7pm

We are pleased to present the official Hiawatha 1st Anniversary and Urban Art Fair on Sunday, March 8th. Completing its’ first year of operation, Hiawatha Lofts invites the public and local community to come and enjoy a full day of art, dance and independent local business provided by Hiawatha tenants & retailers.

The Hiawatha Lofts are located in the Jackson Place Neighborhood and made possible through ARTSPACE, a national nonprofit dedicated to creating, fostering, and preserving affordable space for artists and arts organizations. On the first floor retail space, C Art Gallery, My World Dance, Café Weekend, Youth Venture & Working Dog Bicycles will be showcasing their retail and nonprofit businesses that have brought new character and life to the Jackson Place & Rainier Avenue communities.

Hiawatha Lofts - artist live/work studios.
Hiawatha tenants open their doors to the public! Experience four floors of work/live art studios, open house viewing from 12 - 5pm. The Anniversary Show will exhibit tenants new work in the Community Room on the 1st floor.

C Art Gallery / My World Dance & Fitness
These two spaces will be transformed into the Urban Art Fair venue for local artists to exhibit and sell works to the public. Learn more about C Art Gallery’s mission to support cultural understanding through promoting diversity in the arts. Come dance, get fit and have fun with My World Dance demonstrations and class opportunities.

Café Weekend
Sponsoring the event, Hiawatha’s designer-run, boutique café will offer its’ regular fare of coffee & espresso from Caffé Vita, Morning Glory Chai, teas, sweets, pastries & limited edition art books. Additional food from Hallava Falafel and entertainment from the FYA Filipino Drill Team will be featured in the front plaza to celebrate the event.

The scheduled events include:
Noon – FYA Filipino Drill Team
1 pm – Miho & Diego Duo (marimba, drums, and quena--Andean flute)
2 pm – TBC Youth Speaks (spoken word)
2:20 pm – My World Dance Demos (Belly Dance & Funk Aerobics)
3:45 pm – Leisure Sounds (Jazz, Reggae, Funk project)
5:00 pm – Hiawatha Concert Series featuring Blame Sally (local four part harmonized folk-pop band)

"BROKEN" - Call to Artists

'Broken' Juried Show for April '09

Exhibition Dates: April 1-26, 2009

Broken - Mechanical, physical, emotional, political, environmental and beyond - Broken is an
exploration and statement of what no longer works in your world as expressed through artwork. This gallery event offers insight into the artist's individual statement of how "broken" is defined; from heartbreak to global warming, political ideation to mechanical breakdown - all visions are encouraged and welcomed.

All 2D and 3D media accepted.

February 23, 2009 - Postmark deadline for all entries
February 25, 5:00pm - Walk-in deadline for all entries

Vist www.SixthStreetGallery.com, for more info

Artist sought for Spokane Street Viaduct expansion

View of the Spokane Street Viaduct at the intersection of First Avenue and Spokane Street.

The Office, in partnership with the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), seeks an artist or artist team to develop permanent artwork in conjunction with the widening of the South Spokane Street Viaduct in Seattle's SoDo (South Downtown) neighborhood. The 60-year-old elevated roadway serves as a key transportation link between West Seattle, Port of Seattle terminal facilities and the SoDo district and provides access to State Route 99 and Interstate 5.

The selected artist will develop a creative response to the expansive viaduct and its industrial setting. Possible locations for artwork include the underside of the viaduct's elevated roadway, its forest of support columns, the spaces surrounding new traffic ramps, the lower Spokane Street roadway and its new sidewalk and/or other areas adjacent to the viaduct. Safety issues prevent placing artwork on the elevated roadway.

The call is open to established professional artists living in the United States. The project budget is $60,000 for design and travel. It is anticipated that $340,000 will be available for fabrication and installation, for a total project budget of $400,000. The application deadline is 11 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 17. A link to the online application is available here.

The 16th Annual Art Marathon

Sorry for the hiatus but things have been busy at CoCA. Most notable was the recent 16th Annual Marathon which was hosted at the Engine Room of the old rainier Brewery in Georgetown. The event rocked, the artists were great, the art was amazing and Georgetown as usual was the place to be.

If you missed it, here is the link to our Flickr site where you can find photos of the event. Paul Swortz of HonuPhoto pitched in and helped photograph the event, here's a link to the photos on his Flickr site.

Leonard Shlain: "Art & Physics" at Town Hall

Tuesday, May 13, 2008 | 7:30pm Location: Downstairs at Town Hall, enter on Seneca Street. Leonard Shlain, a surgeon and author, proposes that visionary artists are the first members of a culture to use image and metaphor to see the world in a new way. These preverbal expressions of novel concepts are then later formulated by physicists. His theory is rooted in brain research and in Jungian archetypal unconscious said to be stored in DNA. Using examples of specific art works alongside the world-changing ideas of great thinkers, Shlain demonstrates how throughout history changes in music and literature synchronized with those occurring in art and physics and explores why these connections occur. Tickets are $5 at the door only. Town Hall members receive priority seating. Click here to learn more about Town Hall

UW SCHOOL OF ART OPEN HOUSE: Friday April 25, 2008 / 2-7pm

The students, faculty, and staff in the School of Art invite you to join us during UW's annual Washington Weekend to celebrate our abiding passion for art, art history and design. Explore our teaching, research & practice as we present and reflect upon different styles and techniques in the visual arts.

The quad is the epicenter for the Arts at the UW as departments, student groups, and museums come together to showcase this creative and robust community of performers, artists, writers, scholars and designers.

Explore the arts vignettes

• More than a dozen tents will provide venues for arts “vignettes” - conceived and designed by students - to reveal the essence of their major.

Get behind the camera on a live film set (DXARTS)

• Guerilla-style film making!

Participate in the Patrick Swayze Challenge on the wheel

• A perennial favorite from the Ceramics program

Enjoy live musical performances under the Big Top Tent:

• 12:00pm......Gyil Xylophones by The Awesome Badgers
  12:45pm......Steelband
  1:30pm......The Pulkrabek/Gray Quintet
  2:15pm...... UW Double Bass Ensemble
  3:00pm ......The String Beats
  3:45pm...... Seattle Chamber Brass
  4:30pm...... Jazz Duo

• Be sure to grab a soda when you stop by - sold by Kappa Kappa Psi, Band Fraternity!

Join in an open mic poetry reading

• Creative writing students showcase their work

Buy student art at the sales under the tents: 2-7pm

• Print, painting and drawing, ceramics, sculpture, fibers, photography and more...

Piper Hopkins sightings at Area 51

"Donegal Dress", 30"x30" silver leaf, metallic pigment and india ink, by Piper Hopkins. 2008.
Photo by David Emory

Piper Hopkins: New Work explores the nuances of emotion and nostalgia through frenetic line work, jarring static forms and scale. By creating visual juxtapositions of loose figural forms placed on highly reflective metallic and silver-leafed backgrounds, Hopkins delves into how memories and feelings of nostalgia are interwoven, contained, or obfuscated by time.

Piper Hopkins: New Work opens May 10th
Area 51, 401 E. Pine St
Seattle, WA 98122

Opening reception 6-9pm.
Valet Parking will be provided.
Please RSVP to piper@piperhopkins.com

For more information about the artist, please visit www.piperhopkins.com

Going once, going twice, Sold!

Everyone's favorite art fundraising auctioneer, Laura Michalek is interviewed by Michelle Goodman of the Seattle Times for her column “How’d You Land that Great Job?”

For you Amish types, the interview will run in the Sunday March 2, 2008 edition of the Seattle Times.

For everyone else, read the interview online at http://blog.marketplace.nwsource.com/jobsdream/20080222.html

Or on Michelle Goodman's blog at http://www.anti9t o5guide.com/2008 /02/28/anti-9-to-5-profile-laura-michalek