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Solo Shows, Feature Shows (2 Or 3 Artists), Commissions, Honors PROGRAMS Watch for postcards with details about events and check the WSG email bulletins and website If anyone would like to assist with programs, or has an idea that s/he would like to spearhead, please email Pattie Firestone <pattie.firestone@ verizon.net> 2010: No.3 Fall MEMBER NEWS Many of the listings below are for shows that are over. The editor feels that this is not a “where to go” section, but a source for showing members what their colleagues have been doing and to honor members’ accomplishments in print. Events that are likely to be available after publication will be marked with The Thinker. Solo shows, feature shows (2 or 3 artists), commissions, honors: Chris Bathgate, Energy Fields, curated by Sara Tanguy, American Center for Physics Gallery, Wash. DC, through November 5, 2010. Sculpture 1275, lobby 1275 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Wash. DC, through September 24. Christian Benefiel, Barbara Kobylinska, Christian Benefiel, School Firebird and Hornbill, 33, Members’ Gallery, May – June 2010. industrial extrusion clay, Awarded a Fullbright Grant and going to each about 69"x22" Finland for a year. WSG Programs since Richard Binder and Louise Sennesh, Brush May 2010 and Torch, Orchard Gallery, Bethesda MD, November 17 – December 7, 2010. WSG Annual Picnic June at Emilie Brzezinski’s home and studio. Jackie Braitman, Transparency, Zenith Gallery gaps Greater Reston Arts Center at 1111 Pennsylvania Ave., Wash. DC, Christian Benefiel, Windbag, (GRACE) and Initiative for Public Art – through September 2010. nylon, blower Reston (IPAR) June 2010: exhibit, juror’s salon. Panel discussion with Dale Lanzone. Gallery Chroma Projects, uncounted building- September wall windows multiplied a mile deep into ash- delicate sky… Charlottesville VA, July 2010. Welding Workshop, September 18 & 19 (see page 10 of this publication) Rodney Carroll, Aria, commissioned by Porous Borders reception at Historical Quadrangle Development Corp. for the Society of Washington, DC, Madrigal Building, 4th St. at I, Wash. DC. September 22, 6-8pm Dedication 3-5pm September 30, 2010. 41 Miles North reception at Gallery 405 in Baltimore in collaboration with Jeff Chyatte, two outdoor works, Phi and Tri-State Sculpture Conference at Towson University – see WSG website for details. Elements, commissioned by Chrystal City, on October display in Arlington VA. Jackie Braitman, Almost Through the Glass Ceiling, 36"x38"x38", WSG Annual Member Image Show at Roger Cutler, will be the juror for the Blue Moon glass, stainless steel, aluminum Sumner School with social gathering Festival, at the Blue Elephant Art Center in afterwards, October 28, 6:30-9:00pm Frederick MD, November 20 – 28, 2010. December WSG Annual pot-luck dinner/meeting at Dalya Luttwak’s home, December 4, member news continues on page 3 2010. WASHINGTON SCULPTORS 2010 #22010 Spring #3 Fall 1 WSG INFORMATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS President: Mike Shaffer The Washington Sculptors Group, founded in 1984, promotes an awareness and Vice President: Craig Schaffer Secretary: Craig Schaffer an understanding of sculpture and fosters the exchange of ideas among sculptors, Treasurer: Nancy Frankel collectors, and the general public through: sponsorship of frequent events, including artists’ panels, presentations, workshops, and social gatherings; co-sponsorship of BOARD OF DIRECTORS programs with museums and other art groups; and organization of professionally COMMITTEES curated exhibitions in museums and alternative spaces in the Washington area Communications Committee and beyond. The work of WSG is carried out by its Board of Directors, along with chair: Joan Weber email bulletin: Joan Weber its nearly 350 members—sculptors, collectors, curators, and others interested in periodical: editor: Rima Schulkind; design, image sculpture—in its working committees. WSG received the Mayor’s Arts Award for management, printing coordination: Stephanie Excellence in Service to the Arts in 2004. Firestone*, distribution: Leila Holtsman; group listings: Carmela Knepler* press: Kyan Bishop membership website: Mike Shaffer, Diane Szczepaniak*, Beth Steel* WSG. Dues for a calendar year (Jan. – Dec.) $45/year, $15/year to students with ID. Exhibitions Committee Current paid-up members have “paid through 2010” above their names on their mailing labels. chair: Kyan Bishop To join/renew, send check to: Washington Sculptors Group, PO Box 42534, Washington Connie Fleres, Jim Mallos, Tom Rooney, Craig Schaffer, Novie Trump DC 20015. PayPal may also be used to pay WSG membership dues through the WSG graphics: Kate Hardy website. To change address or add email address (to receive email bulletin), email Mary Early Grants Committee <[email protected]> or send information to the WSG PO Box [see above]. chair: Leila Holtsman Discounts Judy Stone* and Sarah Stout* International Sculpture Center. WSG partnership with the ISC earns WSG mem- Membership Committee bers a $15 discount on ISC membership dues when a note indicating WSG membership is chair: Mary Early included with payment. www.sculpture.org Nominations Committee Mike Shaffer, Pattie Porter Firestone, Joan Weber Regional Sculpture Groups Mary Early Baltimore’s Sculptors Inc. www.sculptorsinc.org full membership discounted from Outreach Committee $35 to $25; no further student discount. Alan Binstock, Mahasti Y Mudd* Philadelphia’s Sculptors Group www.philasculptors.org will give a discount. Program Committee Elena Patino*, Jason Haber* Tri-State Sculptors Group tristatesculptors.org will give a discount. Special Projects New England Sculptors Association www.nesculptors.com will give a discount. Mariah Josephy Volunteer Coordinator Pattie Porter Firestone resources *non-board member volunteers WSG Website <www.washingtonsculptors.org> WSG ADVISORY BOARD 2010 Information about WSG, its Boards and governance and its exhibitions; downloadable forms Philip Barlow, Collector for membership, Calls for Entries; rotating images of members work; past issues of Washing- John Beardsley, Author ton Sculptors; links to other sculptors’ organizations, sculpture parks and museums; current Emilie Brzezinski, Sculptor Kendall Buster, Sculptor membership list with searchable database to find 4 images, artist statement and links to Lynden Cline, Sculptor each individual website or other contact information which each member has uploaded. Joan Danziger, Sculptor Alonzo Davis, Sculptor Washington Sculptors periodical David Furchgott, President, International Arts & Artists Issued three times a year. Deadlines April 10, Aug. 10, and Dec. 10. Send information Glenn Harper, Editor, Sculpture to <[email protected]>. See the website for information on submitting Olga Hirshhorn, Collector visual materials. To enter the drawing for a feature article in the newsletter, send your name Martha Jackson-Jarvis, Sculptor to Rima Schulkind who will continue to do interviews. Vivienne Lassman, Curator Virginia Mecklenburg, Senior Curator, WSG Group listserve Go to <http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/washingtonsculptors/ Smithsonian American Art Museum Ramon Osuna, Gallery Owner & Collector, Osuna Art Yahoo Group: Washingtonsculptors: Washington Sculptors Group, Washington DC. Jack Rasmussen, Director and Curator, Discussion group for members of Washington Sculptors Group, including sculptors, collec- American University Museum at Katzen Arts Center tors and all those interested in three-dimensional media. We encourage our members to Victoria Reiss, Executive Director, Transformer use this forum to share information, get technical advice, discuss exhibitions at area muse- Wendy Ross, Sculptor ums and galleries (including your own), or anything else you want to … Laura Roulet, Curator Foon Sham, Sculptor WSG Bulletin email Lou Stovall, Artist, Printmaker Late-breaking exhibition opportunities; WSG news; events of interest and other last Vesela Sretenovic, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Phillips Collection minute information sent monthly. To receive or to contribute to the bulletin, contact Joan Sarah Tanguy, Curator, Art in Embassies Program, Weber <[email protected]>. U.S. State Department Duncan Tebow, Assistant Dean for Liberal Arts, contact Northern VA Community College at Annandale Washington Sculptors Group Françoise Yohalem, Consultant, Curator PO Box 42534, Washington DC 20015, tel: 202-686-8696 email: <[email protected]> website: <www.washingtonsculptors.org> 2 2010 #3 #2 Fall Spring WASHINGTON SCULPTORS MEMBER NEWS continued Mary Early – sculpture image on the cover of August 6 Mara Odette, Glenview Mansion, Rockville Civic Center Weekend section of the Washington Post. Park, Rockville MD, November 7 – 30, 2010. Opening Sculpture, Hemphill Fine Arts, Wash. DC, June – reception Nov 7, 1:30–3:30. August 2010. Jane Petit, Imagine a Garden, Seth Goldstein, Nancy Pascale, curator; article in Artique Underground Washington Post Gallery and Volt Restaurant, June 13, 2010 about Frederick MD, August – his sculpture. September 2010. Emily Piccirillo, Artemis Herber, recipient of Work 2006 – a 2009 Franz and Virginia 2010, Artprize Bader Fund award ($1500). 2010, Paderborn, Marie Ringwald, Richard Binder, Open Mary Early, untitled(wreath), Joan Belmar, Germany. Cameron Petke, Dialogue, Arms, stainless steel, 48"x100", wood, beeswax 26.5"x22"x19" Mat Kessler, Work of Courtesy of the artist and Hemphill. Gallery Neptune, Bethesda Photograph by Brandon Webster. a Visually Disabled MD, May – June 2010. Individual, curated Wendy Ross, A Century of Design: the U.S. Commission
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