"FIGHT OR FLIGHT" Featuring ALL-NEW Large-Scale Sculptures and Paintings by Alessandra Torres & Katie Pumphrey is ON VIEW at The Creative Alliance through March 22, 2014!!!

MY ARTWORK WAS SELECTED BY MERA RUBELL TO BE INCLUDED IN WPA'S SELECT 2014 EXHIBITION!!!

SELECT 2014: WPA EXHIBITION + ART AUCTION GALA

Free public opening reception: Thu Feb 27 / 7-10pm
THU FEB 27 – FRI MAR 21 
FREE
Terrace + Works In Progress Galleries

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Free public opening reception: Thu Feb 27 / 7-10pm
Curator Talks: Thu Mar 6 + 13 / Free / 6:30-8pm
SELECT 2014 Gala: Sat March 22 / 7-11pm / For ticket information please visit WPA's website

WPA’s Annual Art Auction Gala is the highlight of DC’s contemporary art world season! DC’s longest running and most-established contemporary art auction,SELECT is an annually anticipated event that supports the organization and the artist community.

SELECT 2014 comprises a three-week exhibition and a festive auction gala with works available for purchase chosen by eight of the region’s top and emerging curators as well as selections by WPA’s Board of Directors. Featuring works by over 100 established and emerging artists from DC, Baltimore, Richmond, and beyond, WPA’s selection of exquisite, engaging, and exciting art works offer something for collectors both seasoned and aspiring.

Curator Talks Schedule:
March 6 - Cynthia Connolly, Olivia Kohler-Maga, Jennifer Scanlan
March 13 - Jeffry Cudlin, Brandon Fortune, Megan Rook-Koepsel, Gregory Volk

SELECT 2014 Exhibition Curators:
Cynthia Connolly - Visual Arts Curator, Artisphere, Arlington, VA
Jeffry Cudlin - Professor of Curatorial Studies and Practice, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Brandon Fortune - Chief Curator and Curator of Painting and Sculpture, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC
Jennifer Scanlan - Independent Curator, New York, NY
Olivia Kohler-Maga - Assistant Director, Luther W. Brady Gallery, The George Washington University, Washington, DC
Megan Rook-Koepsel - Independent Curator, Washington, DC
Mera Rubell - Co-founder, the Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL
Gregory Volk - Art Critic/Independent Curator/Associate Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA and New York, NY

 *Participating Artists to be announced soon.

PURCHASED!!! BEHOLD: THE SCULPTURE PALACE (pre-renovations)

My Artwork was selected by Mera Rubell for SELECT 2014, DC and a show at Marianne Boesky Gallery, NYC in January 2014!!!!

I've been selected for a Studio Visit with Mera Rubell and Lisa Gold!!!

36 Studios: Part 2–Charm City Edition

WPA Announces the 36 selected artists for 36 Studios – Part 2 Charm City Edition

Lauren Adams

Lauren Boilini

David Brown

Ellen Burchenal

Amanda Burnham

Jennifer Coster

Caitlin Cunningham

Michelle Dickson

Laure Drogoul

Dave Eassa

Alex Ebstein

Cliff Evans

Sean FitzPatrick

Felipe Goncalves

Lesser Gonzalez

Terence Hannum

Stephen Hendee

Ryan Hoover

Timothy Horjus

Jason Hughes

Tiffany Jones

Lou Joseph

Gary Kachadourian

Magnolia Laurie

Jon Malis

Curtis Miller

Lisa Moren

Cara Ober

Rachel Rotenberg

Ginevra Shay

Leslie Shellow

Jo Smail

Julia Smith

Ryan Syrell

Alessandra Torres

Stewart Watson

Over 150 artists entered the lottery to have the opportunity to have Mera Rubell visit their studio and these 36 were the lucky ones selected.  Joining Ms. Rubell and Ms. Gold at points throughout their 36 hour tour will be notable arts professionals from esteemed local museums as well as members of the press from Baltimore and Washington, DC.

After the 36 hour marathon Ms. Rubell has invited participants and all applicants to 36 Studios: Part Two to join her for an after party at the Lord Baltimore Hotel on Sunday, October 27 from 6-8:00pm.

Ms. Rubell will be conducting the studio visits in her role as a curator for SELECT 2014, Washington Project for the Arts’ 33^rd annual art auction exhibition, taking place at Artisphere in Rosslyn, VA from February 27 through March 21, 2014. (Artwork will be available for purchase the night of the SELECT gala, March 22, 2014.) Rubell, who is based in Miami and New York, but frequently visits Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD for 36-hour periods to visit her hotel properties, is known for her passion for contemporary art and her deep commitment to artists. Since the family’s acquisition of the Lord Baltimore Hotel in the spring of 2013, Rubell has been increasingly interested in the vibrant Baltimore art scene and engaging with artists there.

See more at: http://wpadc.org/36studios-charmcity/#sthash.O0TuIcHb.dpuf

MY FIRST MUSEUM SHOW:"CHASING HORIZONS"!!!

Chasing Horizons 

The Villa Terra Decorative Art Museum in Milwaukee, WI. May 3 - August 25, 2013


Opening Reception Friday, May 3 
6:00 - 8:30 p.m. 


Panel Discussion Begins at 7:00 p.m. 


5:30 - 6:00 p.m. Members Only Preview

“How are present day artists responding to the land? Have technologies like satellite imagery and the internet demystified the landscape? How are artists in turn using these technologies to enrich and influence their work? Has the reverence for the landscape that artists like George Innes and Winslow Homer portrayed in their work diminished or increased in recent artwork?" These are the questions that curators Nirmal Raja and Christopher Willey are exploring in the upcoming exhibition Chasing Horizons; which opens at the Villa Terrace Museum of Decorative Arts on May 3, 2013.

12 Artists will be exhibiting their response to the varied, open, and constantly changing concept of “landscape” through a variety of media such as digital photography, video, kinetic and site specific sculpture, paintings, and mixed media installations.

Artists: Emily Belknap, Beki Borman, Crystal Ann Brown, Stephen Cartwright, Allan DeSouza, Kevin Giese, Tonia Klein, Dara Larson, Paul Ramirez Jonas, Alessandra Torres, Clement Valla, and Jason S. Yi.

http://www.villaterracemuseum.org/calendar.html

The Creative Alliance Presents: MARQUEE BALL 2O13 "KISS ME DEADLY" (This Saturday, April 20th!!!)

Baltimore's Best Costume Bash! Three parties in one evening! 

...AND, I'll be there. In Lingerie.

Private Eye Dinner:
 Our honorary chair, M&T’s Mike “the Hammer” Riley, invites you to join us for a ritzy dinner. Creative Alliance doles out the Formstone Award to the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation and the Lifetime Achievement Award to jazz great Ethel Ennis! LIVE Auction! LIVE Jazz! 6pm. Tix $185. Table of 10 @ Dinner: $1,650. Includes full dinner, live auction, entertainment, open bar all night, and tix to Dance Party.

Marquee Lounge Noir Cocktail & Buffet: 
Get dolled up in black and white, or blood red, and step into the Golden Age of Film Noir. Hosted by Jeanine and Pat Turner, the Marquee Lounge turns into a sultry nightclub as we debut a special cocktail with a Marquee Lounge buffet just for this soiree. Then dance to the Bellevederes! Ticket includes a scrumptious buffet, special noir cocktails, beer, wine, and tix to the Speakeasy Dance Party. 7:30pm. Tix $90. (ONLY 55 tickets available)

Speakeasy Dance Party
: Party w/the Bellevederes. Join other private eyes, femme fatales, and regular stiffs, and rock out to the awesome power of the Baltimore’s Boogaloo-ing Bellevederes. Creative Alliance is transformed into film noir scenes of Blood Red Kisses and White Hot Thrills. Doors open @ 9:30pm. Advance $40, $35 mbrs. $45 at door. Includes performances, silent auction, beer, wine, and light fare.

Buy tickets NOW: http://www.creativealliance.org/marquee-ball