Brain Cancer Collectibles and Art Exhibit

Cranial Vault: Artifacts and Impressions is a collaborative exhibit that synthesizes brain cancer collectibles, art, and community.

Participate in the upcoming show by creating and submitting your own DIY phrenology head, designed by Norman Mallard.

Here's a slideshow of the exhibit.

Upcoming Shows

Cut and Paste
An exhibit of collages and collage-paintings
by Kyi May Kaung, Patricia Zannie, and Amy Kincaid
Sept. 3 through 30, 2008
Village of Friendship Heights Art Gallery
4433 S. Park Ave in Chevy Chase, Maryland 301-656-2797
Reception on Sunday, Sept. 14 11:30 to 1:30pm

The Cranial Vault: Artifacts and Impressions
A collaborative show developed and curated by Tom Roberts and Amy Kincaid. Souvenirs, Enhanced and Altered Medical Imagery, Commissioned Artwork, and Interaction.
Nov. 3 through Dec. 31, 2008
Takoma Park Municipal Building, 3rd Floor Gallery, Takoma Park


Reception, Friday, Nov. 14, 7 to 9pm

Tour followed by Book Discussion, Thursday, Nov. 13, 7pm
Journey Round My Skull by Frigyes Karinthy

In the Community...

• ChangeMatters is wrapping up strategic planning and fundraising projects with a handful of local cultural organizations: Arts on the Block, Institute for Musical Traditions, Rockville Musical Theatre, and Gandhi Brigade (see the collaborative collage work in progress, at left).
• Recently joined the board of Pyramid Atlantic Art Center — helping to grow the organization with entrepreneurial director Jose Dominguez and learning about printmaking and collecting with nurturing artist Helen Frederick.
• Helped Joe’s Movement Emporium take up residency at Takoma Park Elementary School for two days in the Spring.
• Curating at Space 7:10, 963 Bonifant St. in downtown Silver Spring: outsider art in August, lithographs in September, illustration art in October, mixed media in November and December, photographs in January.

A Friendly Morning

Just a quick, heartfelt thanks to The Overton Arts Group artists, who welcomed my walk-in participation in their weekly open studio at the Pima County Community Arts Center in Tucson. Thank you for a delightful morning and a highlight of my trip!

About the Artwork

These collage-paintings are experiences in structured improvisation, influenced by and in the tradition of some forms of post-modern dance and performance. They also use what musicians or dj's might call mixing or sampling, because they involve combining, reorienting, layering, and altering unrelated snips of existing images. They layers of collage, paint, and drawing are built, bit by bit, over time. Some pieces start with painting or drawing. Others start with collaged papers. Rather than suggesting a specific narrative, I am trying to reflect the individual’s connection with universal themes of autonomy, community, culture, and place. What interests me are the layered richness, irregular edges, and internal textures of mood.

Bio

Amy Kincaid began showing artwork in 2003, exhibiting in several juried competitions and receiving awards in mixed media. In 2005 and 2006, she had solo exhibits in alternative spaces, and in 2007 was featured in a three-woman show at Artful Gallery in Washington, DC’s Atlas Arts District. A fundraising advisor to leaders in nonprofit organizations, she curates a local alternative gallery and performance space. Kansas City-born and-raised, Amy lives in Takoma Park with her husband, Neal Jeffries, and two young children.

New Artwork at Culture Shop

Half a dozen or so new collage-drawing-paintings are now available at The Culture Shop in Takoma, DC. Two are works on canvas and the others are matted professionally, ready for framing. When you visit, please say "hello" to the wonderful, community-minded owners, Mona and Valentine Davies.

Silence is Broken: Art Anonymous

This is an image of my contributed collage, April, which sold to a collector living in Fairfax, VA. This link (#112) takes you to all the other postcard-sized pieces in Art Anonymous, a Corcoran FRIENDS exhibit. All sales of artwork benefited the Corcoran School of Art & Design.

Special thanks to Sam Kittner, who made a quick snapshot as I rushed downtown on deadline to submit it.

Collectors

Bill and Jacquie Perry
Lene and Abeba Tsegaye
Paula Nersesian
Molly King
Bikem and Selcuk Ozturk
Randal Mason
Nettie Legters
Scott Hardy
Jennifer and Steve Mastrofski
Melissa Ferguson and Trenton Osborne
Aisha Abba
William Robinson
Ruth Pfieffer
Dilip Sheth
Meg and Ted Clabault
Tom Roberts and Patti Mallin
Joseph M. Hiatt
Bobbi Kittner
Eleanor Babco and Jim D'Ambrosia
Ryan Donley
Barry Lynn

Suburbscapes

below
Through the Window, Across the Street
Pen and collage
19x19"
Donated to Institute for Musical Traditions and now in Private Collection

right
Commuter
Collage
21 x 17"
Private Collection

Collectors for a Cause

UPDATE, May 11: Here's a photo of the presentation. Visit www.hoogrrl.com for Philippa's reflections.

April 24: Tonight at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, I get to interview the extraordinary Philippa P.B. Hughes about collecting art.
The weekend events benefit Pyramid's youth outreach arts education programs in Montgomery County and DC. April 25-27, Friday, April 25, 6 - 9 pm. Wine tasting at 7 pm @ Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, 8230 Georgia Avenue, downtown Silver Spring

Seriously Affordable Original Art Event in DC

by invited contemporary artists (postcard-sized works—I've got one piece in this one, but can't describe it here), alongside artwork by students, faculty, and staff of the Corcoran College of Art + Design and the Corcoran Gallery of Art.

Art Anonymous, a fundraiser benefiting the Corcoran College of Art + Design’s BFA Scholarship Fund. Hosted by The Corcoran Gallery of Art and FRIENDS of the Corcoran

"All works are only $100—the catch: all artwork is signed on the back, so the identity of the artist will remain a mystery until after the purchase."

*Saturday, May 10, 2008
Members $50, Non-Members $65
All works $100
Raffle for the first 10 picks $50

6 p.m. Preview and Raffle
7 p.m. Bidding Opens
Drinks and dancing until 11 p.m..

Corcoran Gallery of Art
500 Seventeenth Street NW
Washington, DC 20006

RSVP for by May 1, 2008. Call (202) 639-1753.

Works will be available for viewing beginning May 1 in advance of the event in the Corcoran Gallery of Art’s Gallery 31. To access Gallery 31, please use the New York Avenue entrance.

At Warehouse Gallery

Warehouse Gallery presents PeaceNow!
Feb 22 - April 6, 2008
The 6th and final PEACE show at Warehouse on 7th Street (DC)
40 artists show painting, installation, photography, sculpture, video.

Opening Reception
Friday Feb 22 6-9pm

Above: Soldier (Purple Mountain Preoccupation)
Collage 21x23 1/2” Amy Kincaid

I made this collage a few years ago, musing about the soldiers I imagined had enlisted at a time when the world felt less terrifying. Theirs was far from my own experience, and I felt tender and mystified about these young adults who seemed to be in a situation beyond them—a situation that must have been disorienting, disappointing, dangerous, and decidedly unAmerican.

This woman soldier is "over there" reflecting on the promise of purple mountain majesty versus the harsh reality of how America intends to fulfill but continues to break this promise, both at home and far away.

Happy Valentine's Day

Bloom, private collection
Collage 18” by 21”
Amy Kincaid, 2005

Artwork Featured at The Culture Shop

Artwork now available through The Culture Shop in Takoma DC, which offers original artwork by international artists, fair trade crafts, green home furnishings.

Special Event
3rd Annual Chocolate Soiree
Saturday, February 9, 2008 from 2 to 6pm

The Inspiration and Mission of Mona and Valentine Davies:

"The idea of The Culture Shop was borne in 1998 from love of art and anthropology; close contact with an extensive collection of international treasures found within the Smithsonian Museums; and ultimately, an appreciation for the richly diverse and welcoming community of Historic Takoma - which borders both Maryland and Washington, DC. The owners had a vision of one day introducing the artistic beauty of our global community to a sophisticated and yearning audience. This passion has grown into The Culture Shop."

Exhibit

Fine Art Collage
Places of Mind
Jan 6 — Feb 2, 2008

Modern Times Coffeehouse
5015 Connecticut Ave., NW (Politics & Prose Bookstore)
Mon - Fri: 8 am – 10 pm Sat: 9 am – 10 pm Sun: 10 am – 8 pm
202/362-2408
Reception: Thursday, January 17, 6 to 8pm

From Inspired Visions

Mother's Wisdom
Tree of Life 2

Cityscapes

Stare Mesto (Old Town)






Little Big City

Landscapes

Mountainscape 1 Pink Landscape of Sorts

Past Exhibits

Solo Exhibits
January 2008 Places of Mind - Modern Times Coffeehouse
September 2006 Place, Mood, Memory - Space 7:10 at Kefa Cafe
June 2006 City, Suburb, Home - Adams Bank-Silver Spring

Group Exhibits
June 2007 Inspired Visions - Takoma Park Municipal Center
May 2007 Trio: three artists, one show - Artful Gallery
November 2005 Arts & Humanities Commission Juried Show -Takoma Park Municipal Center
June-July 2005 Empowered Women International Juried Exhibition - Arlington Arts Center
June 2005 Montgomery County Art Association Juried Show - Friendship Heights Village Center
May 2005 Rockville Art League Juried Members’ Show - Glenview Mansion
2004 Continuing Education Juried Exhibition - Gudelsky Gallery, Maryland College of Art and Design
2003 Studio Critique - Maryland College of Art and Design

Azeb Zekiros, Kendra Denny, me, Dilip Sheth