FOUR Calls to Artists

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WPA Bag Design Contest
Deadline for submissions: Feb 2, 2009
Help design an awesome reusable tote to give out at the Auction in March!

PRIZE: The winner and a guest will be able to attend the 2009 WPA Auction Gala as a WPA Artist for free ($200 value!). The Auction will be held March 7, 2009 at the Katzen Arts Center. The winning artist will also get recognition at the event and on web site.
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Idylls in partnership with the World Bank Art Program
Juried by Andrea Pollan, Director of Curator's Office

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: February 6, 2009 (received)

SHOW DATES: May 22 - July 3, 2009
Opening Reception: Friday, May 22, 5:00-8 :00pm
LOCATION: The World Bank
Main Complex Front Lobby Gallery
1818 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20433 (Do not send submissions to this address)

CALL FOR ENTRIES:
The World Bank aims to build better societies through lending funds for civic infrastructure, basic services, housing, and food programs. This is a critical yet utopian agenda that tries to take into account the needs of its constituents. The goal of this exhibition is to see how artists of this greater metropolitan area interpret the idea of an idyll or a utopian environment. These could be personal or social idylls or utopias, ideal worlds, domiciles or languages.

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OPTIONS

DEADLINE: March 16, 2009 (received)
SHOW DATES: Fall 2009, LOCATION: TBD
curated by Anne Collins Goodyear, Assistant Curator of Prints and Drawings, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

OPTIONS features the brightest and most talented emerging artists in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia region. Originally developed in 1981 by the WPA board of directors, the first WPA OPTIONS biennial was curated by legendary artist Gene Davis and Washington Review editor Mary Swift. Continuing with this historic and eagerly anticipated exhibition, we are pleased to have Anne Collins Goodyear, Assistant Curator of Prints and Drawings at the National Portrait Gallery as curator for this13th installation of OPTIONS.

ELIGIBILITY: All artists residing in DC, Maryland, and Virginia are eligible to enter OPTIONS 2009. All original work must be produced within the past 3 years. Artists working in all media will be considered. Artists must not have gallery representation. You do not have to be a WPA member to apply, and there is no submission fee.

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COUP D'ESPACE

DEADLINE: Ongoing, applications accepted on a rolling basis
(up to 10 events selected annually to be held at WPA HQ)

Washington Project for the Arts is pleased to announce it's new artist-run series, COUP D'ESPACE. Channeling our roots, this program celebrates the WPA's new location and launches it as a dynamic space for thought provoking, art-minded events.

Artists and curators are invited to submit proposals for a veritable 'take-over' our office space. This call is intentionally vague so that we do not shape or limit the types of submissions we
receive.

Examples of what may be considered include but are NOT limited to:
Performance · Discussion / Salon · Food Event · Intervention · Small Exhibition (group/individual) · Projection / Video screening · Workshop / Class · Contest or Competition · Outreach / Community event

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For questions on any of these programs, contact Kristina Bilonick, Program Director at 202-234-7103 x 2

Washington Project for the Arts
2023 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20036
202.234.7103
www.wpadc.org

One day left for Options 07

OPTIONS 2007 @ Edison Place Gallery Sept 13-Oct 26

Pepco's Edison Place Gallery
702 Eighth Street NW
Washington, DC 20001

Curated by PAUL BREWER
ARTIST TALK: Friday, October 26, 6:30-8:30 pm
GALLERY HOURS: Tuesday - Saturday, 12 - 4 pm

2007 OPTIONS ARTISTS:

TAYLOR BALDWIN
ANNE CHAN
NEIL FEATHER
ELI KESSLER
CORY OBERNDORFER
PAT O'MALLEY
SIOBHAN RIGG
KATHLEEN SHAFER
SAYAKA SUZUKI
RENE TREVINO

Originally developed in 1981 by the WPA board of directors, the first WPA OPTIONS biennial was curated by legendary artist Gene Davis and Washington Review editor Mary Swift. Continuing with this historic and eagerly anticipated exhibition, OPTIONS 2007 curator Paul Brewer, Director of the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, has selected 10 emerging artists who represent the creative diversity of the region. 2007 marks the 12th year of OPTIONS and the ongoing dedication of the WPA\C to support, promote and encourage new and emerging talent, as well as to stimulate dialogue between established and emerging artists, and the regional community.