Friday May 20th
6:30-9:00pm
the Bumper Car Pavilion at Glen Echo Park
Tickets are $40 and are available at www.niharts.com
The Washington Conservatory of Music will perform jazz “Music From the Village: Dave Brubeck to Miles Davis” the evening of the benefit, while J. Jordan Bruns, Walter Bartman, Jackie Hoysted, Margaret Panas and Lida Stifel will render their unique expressions of the performance in paint. Guests will be entertained with extraordinary sounds and sights and have the opportunity to purchase the original artworks created that evening through a silent auction.
All ticket and art sales go directly to the Children’s Inn at NIH. Visitwww.niharts.com for ticket sales and information.
The Children’s Inn at the National Institutes of Health is a residential “place like home” for sick children and their families. Families stay in residence with the child while he/she receives ground breaking medical treatments at the NIH. While the NIH takes care of the child’s medical needs, The Inn tends to the child’s heart, soul and spirit.
It’s always good to have people write about you, it’s better when they are nice! Check out the article written about Jon and me in our little Greenbelt show!
http://www.thesentinel.com/pgs/Abstract-art-show
Had a great show at Long View Gallery, 1234 9th St NW Washington D.C. There was a great turn out at the opening and I really like the way the work shows off on the walls. Not many galleries around anymore where the work feels “small” due to gallery size. Hope everyone can see the show, there is one week left.
I hope that everyone gets a chance to see the show at Long View Gallery. I’m in the good company of other great DC artists including Shawn Richards and Ryan McCoy, every one’s work seems to complements each others nicely. The show is up till March 13th. You can also see the new work “Prism Prison there.
We’re in our last week of the Collaboration of 14 Yellow Barn instructors in the stone tower, first floor. Next Saturday will be our open house where the three paintings will be auctioned off. To see the progress that we’re doing, check out the blog (which I am also running), http://yellowbarnstudio.blogspot.com.
Prism Prison- mixed media on panel, 48x36in, 2011
The newest of the work finished on Feb 7th.
Because I do SUCH a great job keeping this blog update (yeah right), I’ve put myself in charge of the new Yellow Barn Studio and Gallery Blog as well.
Next month we’ll be doing the Instructor Collaboration in the Stone Tower at Glen Echo Park, 14 instructors working on 3 paintings for the month. All our images, YouTube feeds and updates will appear on this new blog.
Later, it will focus on news about our instructors and yellow barn events!
Check it out! http://yellowbarnstudio.blogspot.com/
Like any good artist, preparing those panels for that great wave of creativity. Sides are panted glossy black, which makes me a little light headed despitethe paint mask. Classes are starting soon so now is the time to be productive!
Winter Session classes start soon!
You can find the supply lists for classes that you have signed up for in the class notes pages.
“An Evening with the Arts: A Benefit for the Children’s Inn at NIH” is looking for artist to paint live at the May 20th 2011 event. The Washington Conservatory of Music will be playing a jazz concert at Glen Echo Park where artist will be asked to paint either the musicians as they preform, or abstractly paint the music itself (or some variation of the two). The five pieces produced that evening by our artists will be silent auctioned for the benefit of the Children’s Inn at NIH. Artists must be able to paint quickly, and capture the spirit of the evening within the 2hrs 30 minutes of concert time. All paint and canvas for the event will be provided.
Selected artist will also be participating in a group show for the month of April 2011 at the Pop Corn Gallery, Glen Echo Maryland. The five person group show will include the artists “typical work” and the artists will receive 65% of their sales, (gallery fee of 25%, 10% to Children’s Inn at NIH).
Application is available to DC, Virginia and Maryland artists (representational and abstract) who are energetic, personable, and able to paint quickly. Approx. 200 attendees will be watching and biding on the work.
To apply, please send a CD with 15-20 images of current work, (first 10 pieces on cd must be available for the April show), resume, and a cover letter briefly describing why you would be good choice for the event. There is no application fee. For more information about our first annual event, email Jordan@jjbruns.com. Application deadline to participate is February 28th.
Send application to:
Evening for the Arts @Glen Echo Park
Care of Jordan Bruns
7300 MacArthur Blvd
Glen Echo, MD 20182
