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Fresh A.I.R. Gallery is pleased to present Grandmother's Curtains, mixed media installation by Sabrina Chapman.

An opening reception with the artist will take place on Wednesday October 8, 2008 from 5:30pm – 7:00pm. The exhibit will continue through October 31. The reception is free and open to the public.

The exhibit "Grandmother's Curtains" encompasses a tragic story which hit Sabrina Chapman's family about a year ago. Her sister, who is bipolar, was poorly medicated by a state agency and was struggling with alcoholism, was in a house fire. It was her grandparent’s house. She was badly burned and the house burnt to the ground. A lot of memories that were lost. Her Grandmother always had the most beautiful curtains. She remembers the way the white shears would play against the rays of light coming through the bay window.

Sabrina Chapman's art is about time, process, material, the aesthetic form, sentimental nostalgia, composition, deeper questioning. She organizes objects collected into 2 and 3 dimensional forms. She finds these objects in her dad’s basement, grandmother’s attic, garage sales, thrift stores, even street markets in Paris and Madrid. She identifies with these objects; in pieces scattered over the world, she finds the pieces of herself.

Carefully compiling compositions of found objects to awaken and encourage the viewer to question the objects he or she engages with in his or her life as well as arouse a multitude of deeper questioning.

Saturday, May 3 - Sunday, May 4

Clear out your basement, closet,
garage, and studio!

Bring all of your unwanted loot to Junctionview for Treasure Swap, a stuff-swapping free-for-all. Those who donate items on Saturday, May 3 will be handsomely rewarded with a GOLD COIN. This magical coin means free entry and first dibs on the awesome stuff that's up for grabs on Sunday, May 4.

Five bucks gets you in the door if you don't have treasure to add to the pile. Once you're in, feel free to take all you can pack into your bag/car/truck/pirate ship! Hot/Not dogs and scurvy prevention beverages will be on hand.

All unwanted stuff remaining at the end of the day on May 4 will be donated to charity.

What can you bring? Where should you bring it? All the details are available on the Treasure Swap website.

Pirate garb optional, but recommended.

Call for Entries – Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition:

Announcing the Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, funded by the Ohio Arts Council and the Ohio Expositions Commission. This year the esteemed jurors include Tim Portlock of Philadelphia, PA, Mike Ferris of New York, NY, and Anderson Turner of Kent, OH. For more information on the jurors, go to http://www.ohioexpocenter.com/osf/osf3.htm#FineArts. This exhibition is open to Ohio artists and typically awards more than $15,000 from such partners as the Ohio Art Council, many local arts councils, and art groups. The exhibition includes more than 300 works of Art in all mediums and disciplines and draws more than 34,000 visitors. Early deadline is June 7, and final deadline is June 11. The prospectus is online at http://www.ohioexpocenter.com/osf/osf3.htm#FineArts or http://ohiostatefairfinearts.blogspot.com.

Design Competition for Courtroom Exhibits:

Call for Entries - $2500 in prize money. Design courtroom exhibits for a national law student moot court competition on trademark law. Law students debate a fictional court case, using your exhibit designs as evidence. This year the case is "ICON v. UIKKON -- the fur's gonna fly!" Exhibits will include a luxury hotel brochure and promotional materials about "green" hotel activities, a teaser advertisement for a high-end fur company, and a full high-fashion print ad for the fur company. Sponsor is the International Trademark Association (INTA). For more information, go to www.inta.org, click on "Academics" and select "Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition". Deadline for entries is April 30, 2008!

Searchable Databases of Scholarships:

Go to www.edonorcentral.com/scholarship/entercriteria.aspx to search The Columbus Foundation’s database of over 140 scholarships
Go to www.nextstudent.com and click on the “Scholarship Search” link
Go to www.college-scholarships.com and click on the “Free Scholarship Searches” box to get a listing of more than 40 links to free online scholarship websites

Art on the Dark Side Symposium:

Columbus Museum of Art

May 15-16

The third annual Art of Concern Symposium, Art on the Dark Side, explores the styles and themes of the gothic. Though typically identified with literary figures such as Edgar Allen Poe or Nathanial Hawthorne, the gothic has persistently “haunted” an optimistic notion of American culture. This year’s symposium will explore manifestations of the gothic in twentieth-century art to better understand the complicated nature of our American experience. Go to http://griptechnology.com/secure/cma/symposium2008/ for more info.

Open Student Television Network MediaFest:

OSTN NBS MediaFest is a full-scale, multi-day student convention featuring production training during the day, and a festival of student-produced medial at night in downtown Cleveland from Oct. 16-18, 2008. They are collecting film submissions until June 15^th for inclusion in the event. For more information on MediaFest or the submission guidelines, go to http://www.ostn.tv/OSTNWebsite/OSTNmediafest/Index.html.

SiDEBAR Podcasts:

SiDEBAR is a podcast about comics, art and pop culture co-hosted by Dwight Clark and Swain Hunt. The show is recorded in Atlanta, GA, and features creator interviews and roundtable discussions with a focus on artists, painters, animators and illustrators. Past guests include: Brian Stelfreeze, Drew Struzan, Celia Calle, James Jean, Shane Glines, Cheeks, Jon Foster, Adam Hughes, Ben Templesmith, Jason Manley, Mark Chiarello, Jason Pearson and more. You can subscribe to the show for free at iTunes or any pod catcher site, or you can listen right in at their address: http://www.sidebarnation.com.

Fashion Designers Sought for Exhibition:

ROY G BIV Gallery for Emerging Artists is currently looking for emerging fashion designers for their annual fashion show and art event – “A Night of Art and Glamour” – June 19^th, 2008 at Spice Bar and Lounge. To submit your work for consideration, please send a CD of 8 complete looks and 3 details of individual pieces, as well as, a bio about yourself and your design inspiration. Deadline for application is April 30, 2008. Applications should be sent to ROY G BIV Gallery at 997 North High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43201. For more information, contact the gallery at info@roygbivgallery.com or call 614-297-7694.

Columbus Arts Festival Volunteers Sought:

If interested, go to http://public.gripserver4.com/gcac/html_email/volunteer08/.

Company Seeks Artwork for Display:

Edward Jones is seeking local artists to display their work for 2 month time periods in their conference room/gallery, located in the Short North at 850 N. High St. The conference room has about 50 lineal feet of wall space and includes track lighting and a simple way to hang the art. The art is viewed by clients meeting in the office for investment reviews. If the artist wants the art available for sale, any sales would be agreed upon between the buyer and artist with no charge from the office. They have time slots available starting in the fall. If interested, contact David Weibel at 614-297-1190.

These opportunities brought to you by Dwayne Todd at CCAD

Majestic Galleries' Annual Juried Competition
Nelsonville, OH
June 27th - July 20, 2008
Deadline: May 23, 2008 by 5:00

* This year's juror is Kevin Ewing, a visiting instructor in painting at Ohio University. Kevin received his BFA from the College for Creative Studies in Detroit and his MFA from Wayne State University.
* Open to all artists ages 18 and older living and working
* in the United States and Canada.
* All media and processes are excepted. Artists needing open space for multi-media or installation work will find this to be an exceptional opportunity.
* All work will be judged by JPEG's on CD (300-dpi, no more than
* 10 MB) or for interactive or movement based works or video, no more than 10 minutes on CD or DVD (cued to beginning) or 35 mm color slides (plastic mount only).
* There is a one time entry fee of $25 per individual for 3 works.
* Cash prizes will be given for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. Last year's
* awards totaled over $500.
* All art work will be insured while on display at the gallery.
* Artists are responsible for all shipping charges to and from
* the gallery and insuring work while in transit.

For more information about this opportunity and to download a prospectus please visit Majestic Galleries or email Annette Gaspers at
members@majesticgalleries.com

2008 Pacific States Biennial National Print Exhibition
University of Hawaii at Hilo, Campus Center Gallery
October 15, 2008 - April 21, 2009
Deadline: May 15, 2008

* Juror: Tomie Arai
* Open to all artists 18 years or older presently residing in the US and territories.
* Original work in all printmaking media including monoprints and monotypes are eligible ( no photographs). Work can not exceed 30" x 40" frame dimensions.
* For preliminary jurying, only a cd with jpeg images will be accepted. Jpeg images must be 300 dpi and can not exceed 6" in height or width.
* $3,000 available for purchase awards. Juror's awards selections are invited to participate in the annual international or national invitational exhibition at the University of Hawaii at Hilo.
* Non-refundable entry fee of $30 is required and entitles the artist to submit one to two works.

For for information and a full prospectus email Professor W. Miyamoto at wmiyamot@hawaii.edu
ArtPerk.com

ArtPerk.com is a new website for artists seeking to locate display opportunities and gallery openings. ArtPerk lists opportunities throughout the nation and offers unique features to help artists find show opportunities in a quick, user-friendly way.

Artists seeking shows to enter now have the ability to search for opportunities by media (nice for sculptors and photographers, sometimes not allowed in jurored shows), by location (if you're partial to show your work only near your home), and other search parameters.

ArtPerk also allows users to save their searches and receive daily or weekly e-mails with those search results as reminders. The site is free for artists to search and for galleries and venues to post. Galleries can create listings for a fee if they'd like front page placement and other advantages.

The owners of the site will add new features weekly, including new types of opportunities such as jobs and residencies for artists, and articles on business and marketing.

Based in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, ArtPerk is owned by the photographers and web design specialists at DoubleShot Studio, LLC of Gaithersburg, MD and is located on the Internet at ArtPerk.com.

The Greater Columbus Arts Council has partenered with Artspace Projects, a Minneapolis-based national, nonprofit developer, to study the space needs or the creative community in the Columbus area.

The study will assist in the development of affordable space where artists may live and work, and where arts organizations and creative busines my thrive.

To take part in this survey visit www.columbusartspace.org. The survey will be online until May 20, 2008. Don't miss your chance to be heard!

ArtCycle Project
Columbia Art League's Art in the Park
Columbia, MO
June 7 and 8, 2008
Deadline - May 23, 2008

At this year's Golden Jubilee Art in the Park in Columbia, Missouri, art and cycling are going tandem, with a new art project called ArtCycle: a competitive art project with a $1000 top prize. ArtCycles are defined as working bicycles transformed into works of art. The bicycles should still be rideable, have anywhere from 1 to 3 wheels, and be weatherproof, other than that, the only bounds are each artist's creativity. Alongside the competitively entered ArtCycles, ten local artists have been commissioned to create their own ArtCycles, which will all be launched at Columbia's Bike Walk & Wheel Week from 3-10 May. The ten commissioned ArtCycles and the winners from the ArtCycle competition will all be placed around the city to create a public art project through the summer.

There is no cost to enter an ArtCycle either in the competition or the parade. Any questions, should be sent to Diana Moxon at artleague@centurytel.net or by phone to 573-443-8838. Click here to download an entry form and obtain more information about the event.

These opportunities brought to you by the Ohio Art League

Artist Sarah Dawson exhibits at High Road Gallery for Clintonville Arts Guild

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Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Michael Reed: Nothing mystical, just Now

Monday, October 6, 2008

Sabrina Chapman

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Friday, September 19, 2008

accessible expressions ohio through September 26

Friday, August 1, 2008

steven riggs "winds of change"

Friday, June 13, 2008

Goodbye Pork Pie Hat

Friday, May 23, 2008

Thursday, May 1, 2008

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