Category Archives: CHAL Artists Opportunities

For the Record: Artfully Historic D.C.

The Historical Society of Washington, D.C. (HSW) is launching “For the Record: Artfully Historic D.C.”, a new program to capture and preserve scenes of the District’s built environment. Along with the DC Preservation League and the National Building Museum, The Capitol Hill Art League is co-sponsoring the juried competition initiative that seeks submissions of paintings and photography. Continuing on its long tradition of collecting artworks that depict life in Washington, the Historical Society partnered with the DC Preservation League to develop its list of Most Endangered Places. The list includes buildings at risk of being lost or destroyed as the city’s urban landscape continues to transform, and it will provide local artists with the subjects for art and photo submissions.

For full details on the initiative, the exhibit, and the submissions process, please see the Historical Society’s web site here. The exhibit will run April 22nd through May 27th, 2015. The deadline for online entries is February 1st, 2015. Nine jurors from national and Washington area art and cultural institutions will curate the exhibit. The competition’s jury consists of individuals from: FotoDC, The George Washington University, National Building Museum, National Geographic Society, National Park Service, National Portrait Gallery, NEWSEUM, and The Phillips Collection. To learn more about the jurors, click here. The jurors will select 75 artworks for display at the Carnegie Library at Mt. Vernon Square, and these will also be included in a printed catalog. Of those 75 pieces, the top five winning artists will receive a financial award and their artworks will be formally accessioned into the Society’s permanent collection. In conjunction with the Historical Society’s 121st anniversary celebration, a closing night reception will be held on May 27th where awards will be presented.

I See ‘Scapes – CHAL juried exhibit in November

Landscapes, Cityscapes, Seascapes, Dreamscapes – The Capitol Hill Art League hosts I See ‘Scapes, a members’ juried exhibit in November at the Gallery in the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop. CHAL members reveal some of their favorite ‘scapes. The opening reception was Saturday November 8th, 5-7pm in the CHAW Gallery, and the juror Karen Keating, the Director of Photoworks, spoke at 5:30pm. A recap of her remarks can be found here. The list of works in the exhibit is available here. Best in Show by Nancy Freeman below, Interplay. The exhibit runs through December 5th.

ABOUT THE JUROR: Karen Keating holds an MFA in photography, Maryland Institute College of Art, and has studied at the Corcoran School, Maine and Santa Fe Photographic Workshops. She is a photography studio teacher at The Field School, and Director of Photoworks at Glen Echo Park. She is a member of Multiple Exposures Gallery, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, and Society of Photographic Educators. She has received the Tufts University Teacher Award, Maryland State Arts Council grant and, most recently, 2010 Excellence in Teaching Award from CENTER in Santa Fe, NM. She recently self-published her first photography book, Cubans: Watching and Waiting.

Solo Exhibit Opportunity for CHAL Artists

An exciting new solo exhibit opportunity for CHAL member artists is available!! Starting September 22, 2014, the Georgetown wine bar ENO, managed by the Four Seasons Hotel, will exhibit the work of one local artist for a month, and 6 to 8 artists will be selected. Eight to twelve (larger) pieces of art will be needed to fill the space. The management describes the style of work that they are looking for as contemporary and edgy – paintings, photography, collage, or wall-mounted glass and 3-D pieces are acceptable. Wrapped canvas is acceptable. The deadline to enter is 5pm on August 8th, 2014. Full details on how to submit to this opportunity can be found in the file here. Only CHAL members in the 2014-2015 season may submit.

12 x 12 ELEMENTS

CHAL’s August 2014 exhibit at the Capitol Hill Art League is 12×12 ELEMENTS, juried by Carolina Mayorga. The exhibiting artist list can be downloaded here. In this exhibit on the CHAL Wall in CHAW’s Gallery, member artists present works in the 12″x12″ format, exploring any of the four substances air, water, fire, and earth formerly believed to compose the physical universe. The exhibit closes on Thursday October 2nd.

The show opens with a reception on Saturday August 9th, 5-7pm where the juror will give her remarks and present the awards for this exhibit. The juror Carolina Mayorga is an artist working in a broad range of media, including drawing, photography, performance art, sculpture and installation. Mayorga has been exhibiting artworks nationally and internationally for the last 15 years. She has been attached to the Capitol Hill neighborhood for the last decade as an artist and teacher of the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop. For more information about the juror, click here.

BLACK and WHITE and In-Between: next CHAL juried exhibit

In April the next Capitol Hill Art League members-only juried exhibit takes place. Black and White and In-Between has been juried by Richard Dana, and the exhibition opens with a reception on Saturday April 26th, 5-7pm. Of special note, the Wally Szyndler award for 3-D art will be presented that evening. And the exhibit continues through May 30th.

The list of artists with work accepted into the exhibit can be viewed here. Congratulations to Tara Hamiltion (First Place); Judy Searles (Second Place); Stephanie Bianco (Third Place); Nancy Freeman, Eric Johnson, and Fierce Sonia (Honorable Mentions); and Judy Folkenberg (Wally Szyndler award for 3D art)!!

In-person receiving took place on Saturday April 12th and Monday April 14th, 9:30-11:30am in the Gallery at CHAW. For full details plus more information on the juror, please download and read the prospectus here.