Opening next week...Trish Ratliff @ ArtSpace

Health and Happiness by Trish Ratliff.

A good friend of mine is going to be taking my place at ArtSpace next month starting Tuesday 5 May, with her show "Unfolding the Kimono". She's a very talented up-and-coming oil painter, and is also a fellow refugee from the tech world.

I always enjoy her work, not only because of the excellent use of color and skill, but also because she comes up with the most interesting subjects and backstories associated with the work.

Her opening is on Saturday, 9 May 2009, from 6pm to 9pm, with a gallery talk and live music by Al Robertson.

ARTSPACE Gallery, 750 Center Street, Herndon VA 20170

Upcoming shows

Untitled (Construction Worker), ©2004 Edward Hahn All Rights Reserved.
Hi all - I will be doing two shows over the next two months.


First is the ArtDC.org 12x12 show in conjunction with the Hyattsville Arts Festival, in Hyattsville, MD. I have two pieces in a show that should ultimately have around 144 works in it. A 12x12 show is for small artwork - the finished, framed pieces must fit in a 12x12 box (or 12x12x12 cube). Not only does this give an opportunity for many artists to exhibit in a reasonable sized space, it's also a good format for sales, as usually the prices reflect the modest size of the work. The Hyattsville Arts Festival is 16 May this year, but the show will hang from 3 May to 6 June.

http://artdc.org/forum/index.php?topic=11451.0


Second is Artomatic 2009. Artomatic is a huge (1000+ artists!) group show in its tenth incarnation. This year the venue will be the new but not yet occupied office building directly above the Washington Nationals ballpark exit of the Navy Yard metro stop, at 55 M St. SE, Washington DC (corner of Half St. and M St.). I will be exhibiting on the second floor, near the elevators (Area 12, Partition #8). In addition to visual art, there's also performances, dance, music, a tattoo parlor, and other stuff ongoing.

Artomatic runs from 29 May to 5 July.

http://www.artomatic.org

Both of these events are free and open to the public.

"Elements" on display now to 3 May, 2009

After 8 hours and some help from Doug and Guy, the show is hanged. Hung. Whatever.

More pics of the show here, and here's the show images.

It's running from now until 3 May; hope to see you there!

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Upcoming events...show opening, and teaching classes!

Colocasia Illustris, ©2007 Edward Hahn All Rights Reserved
Hi all,

As mentioned below, I am exhibiting at ArtSpace in Herndon from 7 April to 3 May. I've been spending a lot of time prepping for the show, and am just finishing up a few loose ends, as I go to hang the show on Monday.

There's a reception at the gallery on Saturday 18 April, from 7pm to 9pm, that is open to the public. If you're around, please attend by all means!

ArtSpace is located at 750 Center St, Herndon, VA 20170

In addition to this show, I'm also going to be teaching two classes at ArtSpace starting in about a month:

First: “Introduction to Creative Digital Photography for Students” link to flyer
Tuesday afternoons, 3:30-5:30pm, May 5th – June 16th

This class is intended to introduce the world of creative digital photography to middle and high school age students. The focus of the class is to get students out and taking photographs, minimizing the theory and lecture time to that needed to communicate the key concepts. No prior experience with photography is necessary.

Initial classroom sessions will concentrate on providing a foundation of how cameras work, and how to achieve desired results through use of the camera’s settings. Later classes will introduce the basics of photographic composition, lighting, and color. The last classes will introduce the use of computer editing software such as Google’s Picasa to alter or improve images.

But the heart of the class is to get students out taking photographs; this is done through shooting assignments to be performed on the student’s own time outside of class. The assignments are geared toward allowing students to demonstrate knowledge of key technical and artistic concepts. Classroom time will be devoted to group review and discussion of student assignments.

Second: “How to Digitally Photograph Your Artwork” link to flyer
A Workshop for Artists
Saturday, June 13th 9:00am – 12:00noon

One of the common reasons why artwork is rejected from juried exhibitions is that the submitted photographs do not accurately capture the artwork – they don’t adequately capture the color, subtleties of light and shading, or have some other technical flaw that impairs the communication of the artist to the jury through the artwork. In extreme cases, the submitted image may not meet the requirements of the jury process, and be rejected out of hand for that reason.

Even more extreme issues exist for web portfolios – will web viewers accurately see what the artist has created, while conforming to reasonable expectations for web page loading times?

This class is intended for practicing artists who want to learn more about taking digital photographs of their painting, sculpture, or other artwork, so that images capture the artwork more accurately for web display or for electronic jury submission.

The class will discuss:
• how to light your artwork for photography
• how to set up your camera to capture color as accurately as possible
• what other equipment can improve the taking of your photographs
• how to perform adjustments on the computer in a systematic, color managed way
• how to format photographs on the computer to meet standards for ZAPP, Juried Art Services, and the recommendations of the National Association of Independent Artists (NAIA)
• how to adjust photographs for the web

Tricia Cherrington Ratliff at Applegate Gallery, Vienna VA

A good friend of mine, Trish Ratliff, is having a show, "Portraits and Nudes" at the Applegate Gallery in Vienna, VA. Trish is an oil painter who, like me, left the tech world and consulting to paint full time. She's got an excellent sense of color and style. Please check her show out.

The show runs April 4 - April 29, and there's an artist's reception at the gallery on April 4, from 6 to 9 pm.

Tricia Cherrington Ratliff

Applegate Gallery

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