During this time, we are also soliciting donations of new and used art materials including used canvas and wood blocks. We are also collecting magazines for a green art project that we are planning with youth girls. We hope that you can take some time to come mingle with us and possibly spring clean a bit and donate your unwanted material.
2012 ParticipantsMore about the HerStory series: http://makingherstoryartseries.blogspot.com/2009/03/girl-herstory-creator-michelle-d.html
“Making HerStory 7: journey of creative spirits”
Washington, DC
The Center for Green Urbanism Tubman-Mahan Gallery is excited to partner again with Michelle D. Parrish of The ThickArt Collaborative for “Making HerStory 7: journey of creative spirits.” in a continuation of the Making HerStory Art Series.
Making HerStory celebrates the vast and diverse forms of creativity offered by women artists. This year’s focus celebrates the journey women artist travel in their quest to explore their inner creativity. HerStory 7 continues to encourage collaboration, growth, and sustainability among women artist. 2011 marked the beginning of a new decade which we coined “the era of our dreams.” As we carry on through this new era in 2012, we continue to travel the journey of creative spirits. In the spirit of collaboration, the Making HerStory series is proud to come together again with the Center for Green Urbanism in co-curating this exhibit.
We are seeking submissions of two-dimensional original artwork in any medium that embodies the artist’s reflection on the theme, “journey of creative spirits.” All artwork should be no larger than 30″W x 30″H in size and must be properly wired and ready to hang. Larger works may be considered on a case by case basis. No saw-toothed hangers or hooks will be accepted. Unframed works should be properly wired and have neatly finished edges. In addition, there is limited space for small sculptured media.
Important Exhibition Dates
Entry Details
Interested participants shall submit an expression of interest of up to three (3) JPEGs (a resolution of at least 300 dpi preferred) of artwork you propose to include in Making HerStory to herstory@thickart.com.
Deadline
Expressions of interest must be received by February 13, 2012 to be considered. However, early entry is encouraged.
Notification
Artists selected to exhibit will be notified no later than February 19, 2012; however, notification may be provided on a rolling basis from the issuance of this call. There will be a $25 hanging fee for selected artists to reserve their place. Installation is scheduled for February 25 & 26, 2012. Instructions for delivery of work shall be included in notification.
Artwork is to be for sale at prices established by the artist. Artist will retain 70 percent of all sales.
For Additional Information:
Contact Michelle d. Parrish at mik@thickart.com.
Please join The Tubman-Mahan Gallery and Critical Exposure for an exhibition displaying the students of Critical Exposure’s program.
The opening reception will feature an artist’s talk and silent auction of the artists’ work. This event will take place at The Center for Green Urbanism, Thursday, January 19th, 6:30-8:30pm.
Critical Exposure is a nonprofit that teaches youth to use the power of photography and their own voices to become effective advocates for school reform and social change.
By empowering young people to develop skills as documentary photographers and advocates, we expose citizens and policymakers to the reality of inadequate schools and low-income communities through the eyes of the youth who confront those realities every day. We use a unique, three-pronged approach that combines art and advocacy:
Critical Exposure was founded in 2004 by two photographers with education backgrounds —a teacher/community organizer and an education policy analyst. The policy changes required to ensure adequacy and equity in our schools and communities won’t happen without widespread recognition of injustice and a collective sense of responsibility to address it.
Critical Exposure seeks to empower youth to provide this necessary light.
Our students have documented inadequate school facilities, poor school nutrition, teen pregnancy, youth homelessness and unemployment, and the causes and consequences of dropping out of school, among other issues.
Our youth have contributed their images and stories to successful campaigns for more than $400 million in additional funding for public schools.
Please join us
Friday, November 18, 2011
for The Exposure Group‘s
“A Sense of Place” exhibition opening and artist meet.
6:30-8:30pm
at The Center for Green Urbanism Tubman-Mahan Gallery
Featured artists:
The Exposure Group African American Photographers Association is a membership driven non profit professional organization open to photographers worldwide.
Our monthly meetings at the historic Charles Sumner School Museum & Archives in Washington DC offer fellowship, a focus on photographic basics and encouragement to create new photographic works that reflect what we have gained from each other.
Members include portrait artists, photojournalists, documentary photographers and fine artists who work as freelancers, are employed full-time as photographers, or who own their own studios. The mix of disciplines is the basis for energetic meetings and thought provoking discussions that range from photographic critiques to workshops on profitable business practices.
Featured Exposure Group artists: Bonita F Bing, Benson Blake, E. Carol Burns, Danita Delaney, Bruce Fagin, Lisa A. Fanning, Sharon Farmer, Michael Gross, Gail Hansberry, Donnamaria R. Jones, Gloria Kirk, Lionel Miller, Otis P. Motley, and Michael G. Smith
Click here for our press release!
The ReCREATE: H20 art exhibition will celebrate the one-year anniversary of the opening Center for Green Urbanism’s Tubman-Mahan Art Gallery in Washington, DC. The Gallery is part of the Center’s eco-friendly business incubator facility providing office space for small to mid-sized businesses and start-ups. The Center and Gallery is located in Ward 7 of northeast Washington, DC on the edge of Fort Mahan Park, a national park site and gateway to the Fort Circle Park Trail.
This year’s theme is: WATER. Water plays such an important role in our lives, encompassing social, economic, cultural, and environmental issues. Some ideas to think about are: How does water play a role in your life individually and on a global scale? How would you recreate your world to make it better? What would you change? How does your art express the vision of ReCreate and theme of water?
FEATURED ARTISTS:
Irisol Gonzalez
Carol Herwig
EVENTS
*All events are at The Center for Green Urbanism
Friday 10/14 6:30-8:30pm: Opening Reception with a Steel Band!
Wednesday 10/19 6:30-8:30pm: Coffee with the Artists of ReCreate
Saturday 11/5 11am-2pm: Film viewing of F.L.O.W. (For the Love of Water), DCWater presentation and discussion
