TONIGHT NOV 1, 6pm. Faculty Exhibit Reception

WSS Annual Faculty Exhibition. Join Us for Dupont Circle 1st Friday, November 1, 6-8pm. On exhibit are drawings, paintings and sculptures from more than 10 artists who represent our teaching faculty. Show runs through December 8.

Summer Program

We have our Summer Program out now for the month of July and we're convinced that you'll love the classes and workshops that we have to offer. Why not spend an evening after work, unwinding to the rhythm of drawing and painting. Exploring the neighbourhood with our S Street "Street Art" workshop or taking Figure Drawing to new dimensions with our fanatatsic instructor and artist Diane Wilson. A weekend workshop with Susan Yanero promises to be high spirited and full of energy as we play around with still life.

For teens there's a three week long stint with teachers Mary Feedman and Jill Phillips who will be teaching you how to draw exploratively with a range of materials.

We invite you to come and unlock the potential of the artist within!

More information here: http://www.washingtonstudioschool.com/pdf/summer_2011_flyer_website.pdf

Laurel Dugan: Paintings

Washington Studio School proudly presents works by
graduating certificate student LAUREL DUGAN
Come join us and meet the Artist - Friday, June 10 - 6.00pm - 8.00pm
2129 S Street NW, Dupont metro at Phelps and S Street

Works on view in first floor gallery, June 2nd through June 30th

Artist's Statement - Laurel Dugan
These works are authentic to the stage of life that I am living right now. They express both my artistic ideals and my daily experiences of being part of a growing family. I have always found my life as an artist and my life as a wife and mother to be two sides of the same coin. In this same way, the artworks in this series should be totally integrated -- formally and conceptually. This intersection of form and concept is a truth I try to expose in all of my work. Through color, value, rhythm, mark and direction these works express a sense of humor about life. I love to find the absurdity in the serious, the chaos in the order, and authentic beauty in unexpected places. Toys are a light-hearted vehicle for expressing the serious issues of life. They also communicate a "process of becoming". Good art comes from life lived. I never want my art to be a closed program of personal indulgence. Rather, if I achieve my goal, each work's tenor will resonate with viewers in a personal way. The work should continue to evolve in a viewer's eye long after the first glance.

Washington Studio School First Friday

Come join us in celebrating 25 years with an honoree 25th Anniversay Exhibit.
Showcasing Faculty, Atelier and Students. With works including former faculty, Lee Newman, Jo Weiss, Laura Conley and Glen Cebulash.

Friday May 6th - 6pm - 8pm.

Gallery hours - Mon - Fri - 10am - 4pm or by appointment.
http://www.washingtonstudioschool.org/
Washington Studio School - 2129 S Street, NW, Washington DC, 2008.
P: 202-234-3030

Art Classes in Drawing, Painting, Sculpture - OPEN HOUSE April 3

Open House Sunday, April 3, 1pm-3pm, Washington Studio School. Meet faculty, join a "free" drawing session. Register now! Space limited. Exceptional instruction in fundamentals of drawing in an atelier-style art school; mentoring opportunities from a faculty of practicing artists. Day, evening, weekend classes. Term begins April 18. Complete schedule online. Near Dupont metro, 2129 S Street, NW. 202-234-3030. admin@washingtonstudioschool.org

Atelier Artists' Exhibit

Stunning Atelier Artists Exhibit at Washington Studio School Gallery Meet artists. View works. Learn their journey. RECEPTION: Friday, March 4, 2011, 6pm-8pm works on view through March 25th.

Faculty Member Jean Bartoli at WSS

Please join us for an Artist Reception
Friday, October 15th, 6-8 pm

For complete information click here:

http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Faculty-Member-Jean-Bartoli-on-display-at-Washington-Studio-School.html?soid=1101445182541&aid=dIzYWVjiVIE

Last Chance to Register for Fall 2010 Term Courses

Fall Term begins Tuesday, September 7th. Registration is now open. Visit us online to view the complete list of classes and schedule.

Throughout the year - Ongoing events: Mondays, 7-10pm, OPEN FIGURE DRAWING WITH THE MODEL. Thursdays, 7-10pm, OPEN FIGURE PAINTING WITH THE MODEL. NEW--Saturdays, 1:30- 4:30, OPEN STILL LIFE SESSIONS. Cost: $18 per session, or you may purchase packs of classes for a discount (ask about it when you stop in). 4 SESSIONS $65, 8 SESSIONS $130, 12 SESSIONS $180. Professional models will be available to all artists who wish to attend. No RSVP required, just drop in. No instruction, this class is run by a moderator only. Space is available on a first come first serve basis. Easels are provided. Please bring your own materials and drawing boards.

Artist Reception - Certificate Student Exhibition

The Washington Studio School is delighted to announce the opening of our Certificate Student Graduation Exhibition featuring artist Jill Bateman, on view August 29th to September 26th, 2010.

Join us and meet Jill at the Artist's Reception on Friday, September 10th (from 6-8:30pm). This is a free event. RSVP is NOT required.



About Jill:
Jill graduated from the University of Tennessee, Phi Beta Kappa, with a B.A. in French. She studied art at both the University of Tennessee and The University of California at Los Angeles, and she holds a Certificate in Painting and Drawing from the Corcoran School of Art as well as the Washington Studio School.

To view more of Jill's work visit www.jillbateman.net.


Artist Statement:
"I fell in love with drawing and painting in college and have over the years sought out artistic knowledge and experience wherever I could get it. I didn't necessarily set out to become an 'artist.' I just know that when I am behind an easel, I'm happier with a sense of my life holding together in a more integrated balanced way. I find this balance exploring the grid, enjoying the tension between the organic sensitivity and fluidity of the line as it intersects the more rigid and predictable horizontals and verticals."


About the Certificate Program:
The Washington Studio School Certificate Program provides students with a structured course of study designed to advance a student's ability and comprehension and equip graduates with an applicable mastery of the visual language. Intensive studio classes in drawing, painting, sculpture, and related subjects are supported by seminars in history, theory, and critique. Our Certificate Program is directed to those whose primary goal is the making of art.


Washington Studio School
2129 S Street NW
Washington, DC 20008
Located a few blocks North of the Dupont Circle Metro Station.

T: 202.234.3030
admin@washingtonstudioschool.org
www.washingtonstudioschool.org

Jill Bateman - Certificate Graduation Exhibition

The Washington Studio School is delighted to announce the opening of our Certificate Student Graduation Exhibition featuring artist Jill Bateman, opening August 29th to September 26th, 2010.

Also come to our Artist's Reception on Friday, September 10th (from 6-9pm). This is a free event. RSVP is NOT required!

About Jill: Jill graduated from the University of Tennessee, Phi Beta Kappa, with a B.A. in French. She studied art at both the University of Tennessee and The University of California at Los Angeles, and she holds a Certificate in Painting and Drawing from the Corcoran School of Art as well as the Washington Studio School.

Artist Statement Excerpt:

I fell in love with drawing and painting in college and have over the years sought out artistic knowledge and experience wherever I could get it. I didn’t necessarily set out to become an ‘artist.’ I just know that when I am behind an easel, I’m happier with a sense of my life holding together in a more integrated balanced way. I find this balance exploring the grid, enjoying the tension between the organic sensitivity and fluidity of the line as it intersects the more rigid and predictable horizontals and verticals.

About the Certificate Program: The Washington Studio School Certificate Program provides students with a structured course of study designed to advance a student's ability and comprehension and equip graduates with an applicable mastery of the visual language. Intensive studio classes in drawing, painting, sculpture, and related subjects are supported by seminars in history, theory, and critique. Our Certificate Program is directed to those whose primary goal is the making of art.

The Fall 2010 Term Schedule Is Here!

The Washington Studio School Fall Term Schedule is now available!

Fall Term classes officially begin September 7th, 2010. Register now to ensure placement in the class of your choice, as spaces are limited.

Schedules are being mailed out this week, but you can view the Fall Schedule and course descriptions now at: Fall Term 2010 Schedule

Also mark your calendars for our Open House which will be held on August 29th, 2010 (from 1- 3pm).

We hope you are enjoying the summer and we look forward to seeing you for classes in September!

Summer Workshops

It's not too late to sign up for Summer Workshops at Washington Studio School. What a better way to spend those hot summer days, in doors taking an art class! The workshops are to be held the last three weeks in July. The entire schedule can be viewed on our website www.washingtonstudioschool.org.

Also, next Thursday, July 8th, 6-8pm, join us for the opening reception of the WSS Alumni Exhibition. A group show of work from former students. Artists will be in attendance.

Abstraction/Representation: A Georgia O'Keeffe Art Workshop

March 25, 6-8 p.m.

Georgia O'Keeffe, Jack-in-the-Pulpit No. IV, 1930.

Image courtesy of the Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington

Instructors from Washington Studio School lead a gallery discussion of Georgia O'Keeffe: Abstraction, considering the artist's use of natural objects as a point of departure for her abstractions. Participants then explore their own artistic responses to O'Keeffe's work. All experience levels welcome. In collaboration with Washington Studio School.

General $35; members $25, Patrons and Circle Members free. Registration is required: www.phillipscollection.org/calendar.

All information regarding this event and for registration please contact:


The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
202-387-2151
2129 S Street NW

________________________

Washington Studio School
2129 S Street, NW
Washington, DC 20008
202.234.3030
admin@washingtonstudioschool.org
www.washingtonstudioschool.org

Located a few blocks North of the Dupont Circle Metro Station.

Washington Studio School announces Certificate Student Graduation Exhibition featuring artist Sally Levie.

Please join us, Friday, March 12, 2010, 6-8pm.
This is a free event. RSVP NOT REQUIRED.


Sally Levie, now a graduate of the Certificate Program at Washington Studio School, holds a BA in Visual Arts and Art History from the University of California at San Diego and a Masters in Education Degree from California State at San Jose. She served as the Chairman of the Art Department at Blessed Sacrament School in Washington, DC for 22 of the 30 years she has spent teaching art to children. For the past three years at Washington Studio School, Sally has pursued a Certificate in Painting. Sally's work has been exhibited at the University of California at San Diego; 222 Gallery, Leesburg, Virginia; Bethesda Community Center; Corcoran School of Art; The Washington Art League and Washington Studio School.

Artist Statement: My work draws heavily on observation and a direct response to images in the natural world. My overall objective is to rearrange reality in my work to attract the eye and provoke the imagination of the viewer. I like to take known objects and reconstruct them - remake them - to interpret shapes and colors. It is my goal to focus on the junctures in the geometry of objects to punctuate my interpretations and memory of the subject using small, moving, glistening areas against larger masses of color. I paint using the relationships between colors, as well as the texture of the media, particularly the malleable thickness of oils and washes, to build up the surface and to define form. My work has been inspired by well known artists throughout history, especially the artists Diebenkorn, DeStahl, Redon, Klimt and Bonnard as well as the jewel like qualities in Celtic art.

About Us: Washington Studio School, conveniently located near Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C., is a community of artists and art students dedicated to the practice of visual art. Washington Studio School offers a range of non-degree classes as well as an advanced graduate level certificate program. Classes in drawing, painting, sculpture and printmaking emphasize working from life and are offered to adults and high school students. In addition to its regular schedule of classes, the school provides a variety of lectures and exhibitions of work by students and faculty.

About the Program: The Certificate Program provides students with a structured course of study designed to advance a student's ability and comprehension and equip graduates with an applicable mastery of the visual language. Intensive studio classes in drawing, painting, sculpture, and related subjects are supported by seminars in history, theory, and critique. Our Certificate Program is directed to those whose primary goal is the making of art. Each Certificate Student who graduates from the program has his/her own solo exhibition in the school gallery.



Washington Studio School
2129 S Street NW
Washington, DC 20008
202.234.3030
admin@washingtonstudioschool.org
www.washingtonstudioschool.org
Located a few blocks North of the Dupont Circle Metro Station

Art History for Artists

Last week to register!

Art History for Artists: Centuries of Still Life

Wednesday, 1:30-3:00pm (6 weeks: Jan 13–Feb 17)

Donna McKee

$165.00

The class will explore the history of still-life painting as a major theme in European and American art that continues to engage artists today, with its focus on the world of objects within arm’s reach. Class sessions will include detailed visual study of works from the early Netherlandish painters who depicted objects that held symbolic meaning to Braque, Picasso and the development of the modern still life. The first session will meet at the Washington Studio School and will include an informal slide overview of the history of still life and an introductory discussion of the many ways that this traditional subject can suggest new creative possibilities for personal artistic expression. Subsequent class sessions will meet in the galleries of The National Gallery of Art, The Phillips Collection, and other Washington DC museums. Museum visits and recommended readings to be discussed in the first class.

To register visit www.washingtonstudioschool.org.

Announcing return of Open Painting and the Constant Creative Discount Card.

Washington Studio School is pleased to announce the return of Open Painting with the Model Sessions. These sessions will be held starting August 20th on Thursdays, 7-10pm, and will run continuously throughout the Fall term. Still on are the Open Drawing Sessions on Monday, 7-10pm. Visit us online for more information. Also, check out the new Constant Creative Discount Card. www.washingtonstudioschool.org

Click here for more information.

Fall 2009 Class Schedule is Out. Register Now as space is Limited.

For more information on the schedule or courses visit us online www.washingtonstudioschool.org.

The Painted Word

The Painted Word
by Tom Wolfe
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
1975

I'm starting a book club. Who's with me? I want to read The Painted Word, by Tom Wolfe, but it's the kind of book that I know is going to generate more questions than answers for me. So, I would like to read it WITH my fellow art-seekers and discuss, at our leisure, via blog.

The Painted Word will raise questions of art theory and the course we're following–or rebelling against–as artists. I think it will really challenge us to consider where and how our work falls into the canon of art history.

If it turns out to be very one-sided in its opinions, I propose we follow up with a counterpoint book/article(s) after.

You can buy a used copy of the book for $1.99 on amazon.com.

Here's a blurb about the book:
(from http://www.tomwolfe.com/PaintedWord.html)

"The Painted Word charts the erratic course of the social history of Modern Art from its beginnings in revolution—a revolution against literary content in art—to its present state, in which it has become, quite unconsciously, a parody of itself, obsessedly devoted to the pronouncements of certain guru-critics, to the point of reductio ad absurdum, to the point where—turnabout being fair play—it has become as literary, as academic, as mannered, as clubby, as the salon painting against which it first rebelled.

Soon after Modern Art developed, it became fashionable. Society (le beau monde, Cultureburg) and art critics attached themselves to it like pilot fish; but then they grew, and grew, and grew, until—as Abstract Expressionism gave way to Pop, as Pop spawned Op, as Op fell before Minimal opposition, as what was Minimal became no more than Conceptual—Art began to serve fashion and theory. The shark vanished and left the pond to le beau monde and to the critics, custodians of the painted Word. Clement Greenberg, Harold Rosenberg, Leo Steinberg—these are the big fish, Wolfe argues, not Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, or Jasper Johns. The argument is utterly convincing . . .

. . . and wildly entertaining. Tom Wolfe is our premier social historian, and he is writing at the top of his form. Whether he is describing the Art Mating Ritual (in two parts, the Boho Dance and the Consummation) or taking the census of Cultureburg, he writes with an energy and irony all his own. His style has never been more dazzling, his wit has never been more keen. For everyone but his targets, the publication of The Painted Word is cause for celebration."

PAINT MADE FLESH TOUR TODAY

1:30 at The Phillips -- Be there! (o:

Ciao from Art Seeker, a new poster to the blog

Hi All,

I'm going to be posting on the WSS Blog now. My real name is Laurel, I live in the DC area, and for my whole life, all I can remember really wanting to do was to make art. It's not that I don't think other things aren't fascinating or worthwhile; it's just that I knew from a very young age that I couldn't help but want to make art.

I chose the name "Art Seeker" because I feel that I'm on an endless path of art-making, art-looking, art-thinking and art-discussing. "Endless" not in a hopeless sense, but in an ever-evolving, always moving forward sense.

So, here I am. I'm a certificate student at WSS and an artist. I mostly paint and draw, but I'm interested in all media and design. I wanted to blog about art because every time I start to think I'm getting a handle on really understanding fine art, something pulls the rug out from under me...and I have only myself with whom to discuss these things on a daily basis. I'm hoping to have conversations with YOU about art matters, specific works and YOUR thoughts on art things...basically, I can't get enough. I hope you will email me with your questions and thoughts--about current exhibitions, things you've been wondering or thinking about, etc. I really want to start a meaty, on-going conversation.

I hope we can seek together.

Art Seeker