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In this issue:
+ Current Exhibition
+ Upcoming Exhibitions
+ Recent Events
+ Q&A with artist René Treviño
+ MSAC Visual Artists' Registry
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News:
Welcome new staff!
We welcome the newest member of the MAP staff: Jessica D’Argenio, Development Assistant.
Jessica was one of our summer interns and decided she liked us enough to stay.
She graduated from McGill University in Montreal, where she studied Economics, Art History, Italian and French. She had much to contribute to MAP as an intern and we are lucky to have her now as a staff member. Thanks to her, lunchtime conversation at MAP has markedly improved since she is an avid reader and moviegoer. Welcome, Jessica!
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The numbers are in!
MAP's 2007 Annual Report
The 2007 Annual Report comprises gifts made to Maryland Art Place (MAP) throughout the 2007 calendar year. To all our donors, members and contributors: on behalf of the staff and Board of Trustees of MAP, we are honored to acknowledge you as supporters of one of the most important cultural art institutions in the region and recognize the importance your contribution signifies to others in the funding community. Thank you.
Read 2007 Annual Report
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MLA Lecture
Thank you to everyone who attended the Maryland Lawyers for the Arts Visual Artists' Practicum, held at MAP on November 15, 2007. Cynthia Blake Sanders and Michael Yang covered a variety of legal issues of interest to visual artists, including copyright, contractual issues, and creative commons.
We look forward to partnering with Maryland Lawyers Arts again in the future. In the meantime, artists with legal questions or concerns are encouraged to contact Maryland Lawyers for the Arts at: www.mdartslaw.org
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Extended Call for Entries:
6th Annual Curators' Incubator
Emerging curators are encouraged to submit proposals for MAP's 6th Annual Curators' Incubator Program. Please note the extended deadline for proposals: 5pm, January 18, 2008.
More information, application, and Prospectus
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Employment Opportunity
Director of Programs
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Membership:
Is it time to renew your membership? As a member you will receive fantastic incentives and have the satisfaction of knowing you are supporting
Maryland ’s premier center for contemporary art.
Become a member or
renew your membership here.
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Gallery Rental:
Interested in having an event at MAP? Consider renting MAP’s beautiful galleries
for your next function.
Learn more!
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Contact Us:
Maryland Art Place
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Baltimore, MD 21202
p: 410-962-8565
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Current Exhibition: Ways of Seeing
Through February 9, 2007
Friday, January 18:
Gallery Talk 6pm / Reception 7pm
Jeremy Drummond, Choiceland/Islamabad (Sparkling Brook) > |
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Maryland Art Place is pleased to present Ways of Seeing—an exhibition featuring the work of Jeremy Drummond, Tonia Matthews, and Rusty Wallace. The exhibition, which is inspired by the preeminent book on visual culture of the same name written by John Berger in 1972, focuses on the concealed ideologies and icons manifested in visual culture.
The artists selected for this exhibition each embody a set of visual images that is unique to their individual work, commenting on topics such as suburban culture, memory, and perception through the use of signs and symbols in a variety of media.
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Upcoming: An Exhibition in Partnership with The Center for Emerging Visual Artists
February 19 - March 29, 2008
Friday, February 29:
Gallery Talk 6pm / Reception 7pm
< work by: Serena Perrone |
The exhibition will feature work by nineteen artist fellows from The Center for Emerging Visual Artists in Philadelphia.
Participating artists include: Julia Blaukopf, Anne Canfield, Andrea Cote, Jarrett Min Davis, Lillian Bayley Hoover, Darla Jackson, Joelle Jensen, John Karpinski, Rafaelo Kazakov, Mark Khaisman, Jedediah Morfit, Matthew Neff, Caleb Nussear, Tara O’Brien, Serena Perrone, Binod Shrestha, Amy Stevens, Jeffrey Stockbridge, and Brian Zegeer.
Learn more about MAP's Upcoming Exhibitions |
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Upcoming: Out of Order!
MAP's infamous free-hung benefit exhibition and auction is back!
Mark your calendars: the Gala and Silent Auction will take place Friday, April 11, 2008.
Artists: Hanging Dates and Times are 9am, April 9 through 9am, April 10 (That's twenty-four nonstop hours!) Please check MAP's website for more details, coming soon. |
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Upcoming:
22nd Annual Critics' Residency Program
April 22 - May 31, 2008
Critic: Robert Berlind
Participating Artists: Vincent Carney, Timmerman Daugherty, Dennis Farber
Symmes Gardner, Catherine Kleeman, Isabel Manalo, Jacqueline Schlossman, Jacquelyn Singer, and Diane Szczepaniak |
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Participating Writers:
Robert Jason Fagan, Kriston Capps, Darcelle Bleau |
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Recap: The Nude
MAP's Annual Fall Benefit Exhibition and Auction
November 1, 2007
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Thank you to everyone who attended and supported MAP’s fall benefit exhibition and gala, The Nude, held on Thursday, November 1, 2007.
We are pleased to report that the event was a tremendous success, grossing over $124,000. Of the sixty-five works exhibited, 78% sold, with 40% of the sales being returned to the artist. Proceeds from the event will directly support MAP’s ongoing programming and educational initiatives.
MAP extends its sincere appreciation to everyone involved in making the gala such a success. Special thanks to: Gala Co-Chairs Costas Grimaldis and Michel Modell; Board of Trustees Chairperson Suzi Cordish; the participating artists; and our fabulous volunteers. |
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Q&A
with artist René Treviño |
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| René Treviño is a Baltimore-based artist, who works in a variety of 2-D media. He is an Artist-in-Residence at Baltimore’s Creative Alliance at the Patterson, and is represented by C. Grimaldis Gallery. Here, René talks about his background, his work, and his influences: |
Can you tell us a bit about yourself?
I was born in Texas and lived there for 23 years. My family is of Mexican descent, my grandparents immigrated to the United States, neither of my grandmothers ever learned to read or speak English. I had a very Catholic and working class upbringing…I have a huge family. I moved to New York in 1996 and lived there for 7 years. I received my BFA from the School of Visual Arts (NYC) in 2003 and then I moved to Baltimore in 2003 to study at MICA in The Mount Royal School of Art. I received my MFA in 2005.
Your work appears to be largely informed by history: historical figures, events, icons, old photographs, etc. Can you discuss your draw to the past?
History is so subjective…so many blurred lines and so much distortion. Context and point of view is very important. As a gay Mexican-American, I have always felt somewhat excluded or underrepresented by history. By working from old photographs and using history as a backbone for a lot of my work, I can reweave these "lessons" of the past. My work is an attempt to make our already complicated history even more complicated…the more layers that I present, the closer I can get to something that might resemble truth.
I've heard you speak about "heroes" in past work, and the mythologies that lead us to these monolithic icons. Who are the heroes in your work, and what do they represent for you?
One person's hero is another person's villain…it depends on who tells the story. That said, there are certain men who transcend their own histories. I assembled a group of really strong, virile and masculine men in life-sized graphite drawings on paper for my most recent show at C. Grimaldis Gallery. When I started the series (titled Saguaro Warriors) I quickly came to see them as an army…an army for a new kind of hypothetical war. I included Sitting Bull and William
Howard Taft but also Dolce & Gabbana and Cary Grant. These men embody their times, but by bringing them together I imagine them as a "Justice League" of sorts who can counter the evils of man with their wide-ranging abilities and intellect.
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above top: view of the artist's studio
above: René Treviño, General Grant and a Giant Saguaro, 2007, Graphite on paper, 84" x 42"
To learn more about René Treviño's work you may visit his website at www.renetrevino.net
We hope you enjoyed Q&A, MAP's new addition to our online newsletter. To let us know your thoughts, or to submit your own work for consideration, please contact Emily Hunter at: registry@mdartplace.org |
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MSAC Visual Artists' Registry
Are you an artist? The Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC) Visual Artists’ Registry is an important resource, available free of charge to artists in the Mid-Atlantic region. The Registry, which is housed and maintained by Maryland Art Place, includes profiles and images for over 2,800 artists in a searchable online database.
As a part of the MSAC Online Registry, your profile will be accessible to curators, galleries, patrons of the arts, artists, and the general public.
The Registry works to showcase and promote area artists, leading many artists to make important professional contacts in order to sell and/or exhibit their work.
Questions about the Registry may be directed to Emily Hunter, Registry Coordinator at registry@mdartplace.org or 410-962-8565.
Visit the MSAC Visual Artists' Online Registry
MSAC Resource Bulletin for visual artists
The Online Resource Bulletin lists hundreds of opportunities for artists and is available through MAP's website. The Bulletin is updated regularly and includes calls for entry, funding opportunities, studio spaces, classes and workshops, jobs, and more.
If you have information that you wish to have included in the Resource Bulletin, please email registry@mdartplace.org, subject : “Resource Bulletin Listing”
View the online Resource Bulletin |
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