1708 Gallery

1708 Gallery is looking for enthusiastic individuals with a passion for the arts for its next round of interns to begin as early as December!

If you wish to gain experience in many aspects of non-profit gallery administration, including the installation and de-installation of exhibitions, artists relations, fundraising, public relations, marketing, and event planning, please consider applying for a part-time or full-time non-paid position.

For more information, visit the opportunities page on our website by clicking HERE.

To apply, please submit the internship application, a cover letter, and a resume to Assistant Director, Jolene Giandomenico at jgiandomenico@1708gallery.org ASAP! We look forward to receiving your application!

The Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)–formerly known as the Contemporary Art Center of Virginia–is issuing a call for submissions for its annual Juried Exhibition, New Waves. Applications are limited to Virginia residents and will be accepted from 9 am, November 1, 2011 to midnight, January 15, 2012. The juror this year is Lane Relyea.

“Dr. Relyea is Associate Professor of Art Theory & Practice at Northwestern University and editor-designate of Art Journal (beginning July 2012). His essays and reviews have appeared in numerous magazines including Artforum, Afterall, Parkett, Frieze, Art in America and Flash Art. He has written monographs on several artists, and contributed to such exhibition catalogs as Helter Skelter and Public Offerings. He taught at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, where he joined the faculty in 1991. In 2001 he was appointed director of the Core Program and Art History at the Glassell School of Art in Houston, Texas. His book D.I.Y. Culture Industry: Signifying Practices Social Networks and Other Instrumentalizations of Everyday Art is forthcoming from MIT Press in 2012.”

This is a great chance for contemporary Virginia artists to get some wider recognition and exposure. More info on  New Waves 2012 can be found HERE and the application itself can be found HERE. Any questions can be addressed to Heather Hakimzadeh, Associate Curator at MOCA, by email (Heather@VirginiaMOCA.org) or phone (757.425.0000 x.27). Get submitting folks!

To All Students:

“The Corporate Support Services Office at the Federal Reserve Bank has an immediate opening in the Art Program function for a student intern working up to 16 hours per week during the 2012 spring semester. The intern will work closely with the Art Program Administrator and will report to the Program Director. In this role, the intern will gain exposure to general art collection duties including art rotation, art placement, maintaining artist files, curatorial maintenance, art label placement and critical support functions as assigned.”

This is a fantastic opportunity to get some hands-on experience in a professional setting. The deadline for applications for this internship is Friday November 11th at 5PM. Students who apply must have a minimum of a 3.0 GPA.  A link to the application and more details about requirements, expectations, and compensation can by found by searching for “art” at http://www.richmondfed.org/about_us/careers/job_openings/index.cfm. The application can be completed and submitted online. Don’t miss out on this chance to get some inside experience in the art world!

Come out and support 1708 Gallery at CultureWorks’ CultshaXpo at the Science Museum of Virginia on Saturday, June 25th from 10 AM – 5 PM!

In preparation for InLight Richmond 2011, we will be hosting an all-day, hands-on lantern-making workshop at CultshaXpo. Bring your family and friends and join us!  Produced by CultureWorks, CultshaXpo offers Richmond the opportunity to learn more about and support area non-profits like 1708 Gallery AT NO EXPENSE TO YOU.

Visitors to CultshaXpo will register as Cultural Shareholders. (We recommend that you register in advance – http://www.richmondcultureworks.org/cultsha).  Cultural Shareholders receive FREE CultshaBucks.  Up to $50,000 in CultshaBucks will be distributed in envelopes with various amounts from $10-$100 inside.  This is FREE money to use and we hope that you will spend it with 1708 Gallery! At the end of the event, all participating organizations will trade in the CultshaBucks that they have received for REAL dollars.

This is the first in a series of lantern making workshops organized by 1708 Gallery.  Workshops will take place throughout the summer and fall in preparation for the Community Lantern Parade that kicks off InLight Richmond 2011. InLight Richmond 2011 will take place along the downtown river front on a site that stretches from the Belle Isle parking lot to MeadWestvaco and includes the American Civil War Center at Tredegar.

PUT THIS ON YOUR CALENDARS AND REGISTER TODAY. This is an easy way to support 1708 Gallery without pulling out your checkbook and is a great way to learn more about how 1708 Gallery and other area non-profits contribute to the rich cultural life of Richmond.

InLight 2011 and the lantern making workshops and parade are generously sponsored by Altria, MeadWestvaco and Dominion Resources.

More about CultshaXpo

Produced by CultureWorks, CultshaXpo will take place at the Science Museum of Virginia on Saturday, June 25^th from 10 AM – 5 PM.  Dance, sing, draw, paint, listen, learn and enjoy FREE admission to the Science Museum.  More than 50 of the Richmond Region’s arts and cultural organizations will perform and distribute information about all of their wonderful programs.

For more information or to register visit http://www.richmondcultureworks.org/cultsha.

1708 Gallery is pleased to announce a new online publication, tentatively titled “The Warhol Project”, made possible by a grant from The Andy Warhol Foundation.

In an effort to expand the opportunities for education and dialogue about contemporary art, the online journal will feature essays, interviews, and other writings, using 1708′s exhibitions as a starting point. A range of writers from graduate students to professionals will be included.

Our first feature was written by Robin Ashworth, a doctoral student in the Media, Art, and Text program at Virginia Commonwealth University. Her article, written in response to Matthew Friday’s Liberty of Empire exhibition, advances Friday’s call to engaged, thoughtful citizenship.

Our publication is still in its beginning stages. We will launch the full version in spring 2011- so stay tuned for further details! If you are interested in writing an article for us in the future, please send a statement of interest to info@1708gallery.org.

Once again, 1708 Gallery thanks the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts for their continued support. Our new online publication is an extension of a print-based project funded by a previous Andy Warhol Grant. By moving our dialogue to the electronic sphere, we hope to create a space that will be highly accessible and free of charge to viewers, as well as easily continued into the future.

1708 Gallery is excited to announce that FEED, our biennial national juried exhibition, will take place on September 2, 2011. This year, our Jurors include Lauren Marinaro, Assistant Director at Zach Feuer Gallery in New York, and Elizabeth Schlatter, Deputy Director and Curator of Exhibitions at the University of Richmond Museums.

The submission process is now open! The deadline is Midnight on March 31, 2011. For more information, visit the submissions page.

To learn more, visit the FEED 2011 website.
To learn about FEED 2009, visit the event page.

February is here, and that means another First Friday! We are pleased to be hosting exhibitions both at our main gallery and at our satellite space at Richmond’s historic Linden Row Inn. Both locations will be hosting receptions open to the public from 6 to 10 p.m. on February 5th.

Opening at Linden Row is Art as the Mother Tongue: A Dialogue between East and West, curated by Richmond artist and 1708 board member Amie Oliver. This exhibition features work from artists from Australia, China, Ireland, and the US, and reflects the universal language of art. For more information, visit the event page.

On view at 1708 gallery is Matthew Friday’s The Liberty of Empire. This show features a site-specific, interactive wall mural. Fill out the questionnaire online or in person at the gallery to become part of the exhibition! To learn more, visit the event page.

We are excited to announce 1708 Gallery’s 21st Annual Art Auction Benefit! Join us on Saturday, April 9th for the opportunity to view and purchase art by some of the area’s most established artists. The event will be held at Try-Me, a gallery space located at 1623 Main St. that houses the collection of Bill and Pam Royall. In addition to our curated live and silent auctions, we are excited to introduce a second silent auction which will feature works from the portfolio “Playing Cards” by this year’s honorary chair, Donald Sultan, whose work is also on display at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Wear your lucky cuff-links and come play in one of Richmond’s biggest benefit events of the year!

For more information, or to purchase your admission, sponsorship, or absentee bid, visit the event page here.

*Works will become available to view at the gallery the prior Friday, April 1st.

1708 Gallery is pleased to announce two exhibitions opening on February 18. Keith Lemley’s Something and Nothing and Kimberly Witham’s Transcendence both ask the viewer to pause and contemplate the underlying beauty of re-contextualized everyday phenomena.

On Friday, February 18 the exhibitions will open with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. The evening will feature talks by both artists beginning at 6:30 p.m. The exhibitions will close on Saturday, April 16 at 4 p.m.

For more information, visit the event page here, or visit the artists’ websites:
www.keithlemley.com
www.kimberlywitham.com