Opportunities & Art Contests
Here are a few creative opportunities for all artists out there. Listed by deadline: 1. Write a Musical Ode to Your Pet Deadline, Friday, September 19. Sponsored by the Washington Post. Prize $100 if selected. Contest Rules. 2. Washington, DC Fotoweek Event & Contest Hoping to establish itself as the nation’s premiere photography festival, this inaugural event of Fotoweek DC will feature an exhibition in the heart of Georgetown, awards ceremony and gala at the National Geographic Society’s Headquarters. Fotoweek DC will run from November 15-22. Deadline to enter: September 22, 2008. For more information about this exciting event, visit: www.fotoweekdc.org. Offering professional, amateur and student awards up to $37,000…
9/11 Pentagon Memorial
Life is hard. I know that’s an understatement, particularly for those who have suffered loss. This is why I am always amazed at people’s resilience to make something beautiful from some sense of destruction, turning their grief into hope. The Pentagon Memorial is this very kind of extraordinary art. It is a very moving tribute to those who lost their lives in DC on that horrible September 11th morning in 2001. To me, it looks like bold, moving strokes of light “heading Home.” It’s hard to believe it’s been seven years because it feels very fresh and raw to recall every anniversary. I think those of us who lived through…
Boat Design +
Just wanted to follow up on my previous post, Traveling in Style about the “Fine Art Yacht.” While that one is a traveling art exhibit, this one, belonging to Greek Tycoon, Dakis Jaonnus, is a traveling art display — visible from the outside as linked on Art Observed. This might remind my boys of legos, at least it does for me. But just as I was getting ready to post this, I received this email with this new luxury, jet liner, Singapore Airlines. At only $10,000 a ticket, now that’s traveling in style! I just wish I could fly like this once!
