Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Art Works: Address from the NEA Chair

Check out this inspiring address from the new Chair of the NEA, Rocco Landesman.

http://www.arts.gov/artworks/?p=13#more-13

Friday, October 23, 2009

Philly artist wins $150,000 prize.

Imagine being awarded $150,000, at the age of 28! Read the article about a Philly artist who won the first Wolgin International Competition in the Fine Arts.

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home_top_left_story/20091023_Global_search_for_prizewinner_yields_a_young_Phila__artist.html

Thursday, October 22, 2009

2 New Jams





psychedelic bear week, coming soon on the discovery channel.com

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

CHECK OUT THIS TIMES ARTICLE: Luring Artists to Lend Life to Empty Storefronts

" Pop-up galleries" are taking hold in New York as development advocates and landlords are turning to artists with vivid imaginations and splashy exhibits.

Does this sound familiar?

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/nyregion/13galleries.html?emc=eta1

Artist Networking Opportunity Friday, October 23rd at Deep Blue


LEARNING THE TRADE

Check out the article "Learning the Trade" in the Baltimore City paper. It is a review of the Seventh Annual Curator's Incubator Program at Maryland Art Place in Baltimore. Included is Soft Space: Architecture in Contemporary Art curated by NWAA curator Margaret Winslow and including work by NWAA member's Ron Longsdorf, Janell Olah, and Stephen Ruszkowski.

http://www.citypaper.com/arts/story.asp?id=19139

Sunday, October 18, 2009

JANE CHESSON






















NWAA Artist member Brad Turner's new show at the Red Mohawk Gallery





Event details: The opening will take place on Friday Nov. 6th, from 6PM - 9PM at the Red Mohawk Gallery in Wilmington. It will be a great time and as always there will be beverages to consume. There also will be a band. I will have plenty of shirt for those who missed out on the last run... I know many of you will be there in spirit and cannot make it out. There will be plenty of opportunities in the future! - Hope to see you there. - Brad


Red Mohawk Gallery & Studio
228 West 9th St. Wilmington, DE 19801
Date: Friday, November 6, 2009
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Friday, October 16, 2009

SHIPLEY LOFTS! Available in March 2010








The roof will be on 701 Shipley by the end of October!

Check out the article in Spark weekly for further details about the affordable artists live/work spaces that will be available this spring!

http://www.sparkweekly.com/article/20091006/SPARK0101/910070309/1129/SPARK

Applications for Shipley Lofts can be downloaded by following this link: http://www.ingerman.com/pdf/rental_app.pdf


The Ingerman Group and the Shipley Village Community Development Organization will begin taking applications from artists immediately. The application will be a three-part process: the applicant must first qualify as a perspective renter, followed by an income and credit check, and lastly there will be a review of the applicant's artwork.

New Wilmington Art Association will continue to provide up-to-date information about Shipley Lofts. If you are interested in learning more about the live/work spaces contact Michael Kalmbach at new.wilmington.art@gmail.com

Wednesday, October 14, 2009


Art:21 screening at 312 N Market Street Thursday, October 15th from 6-9pm



At the October 15th closing reception for the exhibition Eclosion, New Wilmington Art Association is proud to present a screening of episodes 3 & 4 of Season 5 of art:21. This screening event is part of a national initiative titled Access '09 which aims to introduce the award winning PBS production, Art:21 Art in the Twenty-first century, to a larger audience.

Episode 3 Transformation


Episode 4 Systems

Ryan Jones




In-progress.

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Jerry Saltz takes us through the Chelsea shows on 24th Street...



Can you believe Jerry missed the Opening of Eclosion for this!

Sunday, October 4, 2009