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Key to the City, a public art project by Paul Ramírez Jonas

It's difficult to even imagine how large this participatory event will be. It's a New York City public art project that allows every New Yorker and visitor to open spaces in all five boroughs. To get a key you must bring some with you a collegue, friend, family member and bestow them with the key for a deed or special trait. Presented by Creative Time in cooperation with the City of New York. There are many ways to be part of this art piece. All the details are at the Creative Time site.

We can’t believe that Storm King one of the world’s outstanding sculpture parks, located about an hour north of NYC, is celebrating it’s fiftieth anniversary. It’s a great time of year to head up the Hudson River Valley and experience a sculpture on a grand scale. We’ve included links to the work of the invitees [...]

All black and white photography is welcome. This includes alternative, traditional, digital, and toned black and white images. All subjects are eligible. Submissions are made online. JUROR Andrea Modica is an internationally renowned fine art and assignment photographer and educator. She has been awarded a Fulbright-Hays Grant, a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, an Aaron Siskind [...]

Julie Mehretu, is large scale.

The complex energy of Julie Mehretu’s art makes your brain work but doesn’t exhaust you. Stimulating and restful, a perfect balance. ART21 doesn’t allow us to embed the video: Enjoy the video here > from ART21: Julie Mehretu’s paintings and drawings refer to elements of mapping and architecture, achieving a calligraphic complexity that resembles turbulent [...]

The Times Square Alliance seeks letters of interest from arts organizations and artists across disciplines to present contemporary art projects and art events in the public spaces in and around Times Square. In a one-page letter, applicants should propose a single project or series for anytime between September 2010 and December 2012. Artists and arts [...]

in memory: Louise Bourgeois

Louise Bourgeois has died in New York, after a career exploring women’s deepest feelings on birth, sexuality and death. She was 98. She continued creating art until her death. We have lost a great artist. links : New York Times > ART 21 >

Open Call for Artist Members Postmark Deadline: July 16, 2010 The DCCA is now accepting applications for members’ solo exhibitions.The Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts was created in 1979 by a group of artists who believed that a small industrial city on the East Coast could and should support contemporary art and artists. In addition to its [...]

The Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts has reopened the application process for the Art & Community Visual Arts Residency Program! Letters of Intent and curriculum vitae are being accepted through midnight, May 31, 2010. Letters of Intent should include a brief personal history of your involvement in the arts as well as your interest in partnering [...]

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Scapes and Circumspections : Carol Wisker and Howard Brunner

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May 13 – June 7, 2010

Abstract artists Carol Wisker and Howard Brunner will present new paintings and new digital prints at the Smile Gallery.
This show is the couple’s first exhibition together as well as Brunner’s return to creating images generated from his inner vision. Howard, who is well known for his abstract urban photography, says of his latest work: ”In my photography work I go looking for pertinent visual experiences while in this new body of work I can build internal experiences that are hopefully moving and emotionally engaging”.

Changing Landscapes is a 6-week residency based on the premise that Southern Louisiana can be seen as a microcosm of the global environment, manifesting both the challenges and possibilities inherent in human interaction with the natural world. We ask artists to propose a new work creatively using A Studio in the Woods’ resources including its natural [...]

Vox Populi has announced an open call for VOX VI — their sixth annual juried exhibition of emerging artists. The exhibition will take place July 9 — August 1, 2010. Deadline for submissions: June 18, 2010. This year’s jurors are artists William Powhida and Jennifer Dalton. For complete information visit the open call at the vox populi [...]

Barry McGee : art in flux

Barry McGee was born in 1966 in California still lives and works there. His drawings, paintings, and mixed-media installations are inspired by contemporary urban culture. In the 1980’s he was known by the tag name Twist.

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