SPARKPLUG at Learnapalooza 2008 Saturday, May 10th

Hope you're planning to join us this Saturday for Learnapalooza DC
2008! Check out this awesome selection of workshops at DCAC:

http://www.dcartscenter.org/sparkplug.htm


SPARKPLUG at Learnapalooza 2008


Artist Materials 101: 2:30 PM to 3:00 PM taught by artist, Jenny
Walton
This short demonstration will take you through materials that artists
have traditionally used up to today's vast variety of widely available
media. We will explore the transition from dirt to paint and
everything in between, focusing on the genres of drawing and painting.


*Black and white
Graphite & Charcoal, Differences between each, how are they made
Inks: Sumi and India
Commercial – traditional vs. modern (natural and synthetic)


*Color pigment – what is it and where does it come from?
Natural vs. synthetic
How does it get mixed to create different mediums
Watercolor, Gouache, Oils, Acrylics, Pastels


*Paper - Small history lesson on papermaking
Examples today’s vast variety
Usage
Eastern vs. western methods


*Painting Grounds
Canvas vs. linen painting


Stretching Your Own Canvas: 3:30 PM to 4:00 PM taught by artist, Peter
Gordon
This demonstration (with a handout) will give people the knowledge to
stretch their own painting canvases in order to save them money and
increase their sense of ownership using a three step demonstration so
people can see the process first hand before attempting in their own
studios.


Demonstration supplies:
• Unprimed canvas (3 pieces, roughly 14-17 inches each)
• Stretcher bars (six 11 inch/ six 14 inch length bars)
• Canvas pliers (1)
• Staple gun (1)
• staples (plenty!!!).


Framing Tips: 4:30 PM to 5:00 PM taught by artist and museum
preparator, Mark Planisek
In this demonstration the canvas that was stretched in the earlier
class is placed in a widely available standard size commercial frame.
Students will get pointers on the different fasteners that can be used
to hold the canvas in the frame, how to wrap a professional picture
wire, when to use D-rings and what kind of hanging nail to use with
each hanging mechanism.


Plus 60 more, learn Mandarin, Improv, Meditation, Juggling, Yoga,
Capoeira, Photoshop, Photography, Pool, and dozens of other things...
all for free.
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http://learnapaloozadc.com/workshops/list


AND... AFTER THE WORKSHOPS, LET'S MEET UP FOR DRINKS!


Learnapalooza After-Party
7-10 PM, Saturday May 10th
Local 16 (1602 U St NW)
$4 Learnapalooza drink specials


See you there!


P.S. If you want to help out, email i...@learnapaloozadc.com. We need
volunteers Friday evening 6-8PM and Saturday all day.

Check out this page at NewMuseum.org:

http://www.newmuseum.org/events/139

Night School is an artist's project by Anton Vidokle in the form of a temporary school. A yearlong program of monthly seminars and workshops, Night School draws upon a group of local and international artists, writers, and theorists to conceptualize and conduct the program.

I look at this program at the New Museum and I am in awe. My love of the NewMuseum in NYC and my experience in Philly at the ICA (Institute of Contemporary Art)which I am also in heart with are showing me that part of DC's problem when it comes to Art is that there is no reasonably sized privately funded art venue. The Katzen could become it- but it's not quite that yet.

The depth with which the TNM & ICA plumb their communities for shows and ideas and enrichment is staggering. The federal museums are trying, but so long as local art shown at these venues are spread out it seems like exceptional local art will always seem like "tokenism" to any outsider.

The big money person that realized they could come into DC and start building a private or NGP/NFP venue like the institutions I mentioned in Philly & NYC may have an uphill battle - but so did the New Museum and the ICA when they first opened if anyone that reads this has kept track. Something to think about and proselytize for.

Call for Entry

PAPER AIRPLANE: Call for Entries

Paperwork Gallery in Baltimore, MD presents a juried
show of works on paper, including drawings, paintings,
prints, mixed media, and photography.

Jurors: Amy Eva Raehse, Director of Goya Contemporary
Gallery and Jackie Milad, Director of the Union
Gallery at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Exhibition dates: June 15 - August 30. Applications
must be postmarked by April 1. Applications should
Include three jpegs, a title sheet, a one page resume,
and a $15 application fee made out to Paperwork
Gallery. Send applications to: Paperwork Gallery. 107
E. Preston Street. Baltimore, MD. 21202.

Please email us at paperworkgallery@gmail.com or visit
us at http://paperworkgallery.blogspot.com for more information.

Kathryn just sent me this V-day post from the E32 people - lovely little slide show that is far from 'sugary' - it actually had a friend of mine in it (frosted police car, mmmmm).

Thinking about what we would send - I think something themed is strong-it gives you a reason to keep wanting to see more....not all of us may have work to submit if we narrow the theme, but it may make more of an impact, just a thought....

Dorkbot-anyone?

I have been lurking on this list - "dorkbot" and wonder if anyone has ever checked them out? I certainly recognize some of the members names, but I don't know anyone very well. As my work gets more technical and technological, it seems like a great way to pump up your own DIY skills.

I am not going to be able to make this meeting, but I'll put it out there that if there is anyone else interested in going to one of their meetings or MAKE sessions in future I am totally up for it.

Karen

WHAT: Inaugural DorkbotDC + Make:DC Workshop
WHEN: 16 January 2008 (Wednesday), 7 - 9pm
WHERE: Marian Koshland Science Museum of the National Academy of Sciences
6th & E Streets, NW
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 334-1201 (for directions)
Click here for a map
URLs: http://www.koshland-science-museum.org/
http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotdc/

ALWAYS FREE! (Except for materials, see below.)

Feel free to forward this notice to other interested parties.

Join us for the first-ever joint meeting of Dorkbot DC with the first-ever meeting of Make:DC!

During this meeting, we will be building LED cubes as seen on the Make blog:

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2007/09/make_a_pocket_led_cube_we.html
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2007/09/make_a_pocket_led_cube_we_1.html

But we're going to improve on it by using an open-source Arduino microcontroller instead of an ATtiny2313V.

The chosen project will provide an opportunity for participants to learn:

Structural and electrical soldering
Programming and usage of microcontrollers
Simple programming
About the economical but versatile Arduino microcontroller that participants can use as a basis for future projects

there is more technical stuff, but I am cutting it off here - I think you get teh flavor of the thing...k

Saturday- Free Creativity Brainwave Workshop

This workshop is run by a former creative director of Discovery Channel, HBO and NBC and Pat wanted me to pass it on to all of you. (DOUBLE CLICK on the photo to make it big enough to read!)