"The Conversation"

Seven Artists at Gallery B Combine Work for a Good Cause

WHO: Artists Fran Abrams, Rockville, Nancy Donnelly, Washington, DC, Naomi Taitz Duffy, Washington, DC, Judy Gilbert Levey, Bethesda, Donna K. McGee, Bethesda, Robert Wiener, Washington, DC, and Patricia Zannie, Silver Spring.               

WHAT: Art titled "The Conversation" is being offered for sale by silent bids to benefit Edgemoor Children's Center in Bethesda

WHEN: Through Saturday, May 25 at 6:00 pm

WHERE: Gallery B, 7700-E Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20817

Free and open to the public

Seven artists who are now exhibiting at Gallery B in Bethesda decided to do something different at their exhibit to benefit a worthy cause in the neighborhood of the gallery.  Each of the artists contributed a piece of work to create a larger work, titled "The Conversation," which is being sold by silent auction to benefit Edgemoor Children's Center located in downtown Bethesda.   

Wonders at Edgemoor Children's Center serves children from infancy through pre-kindergarten and is accredited by the National Academy for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).  (http://www.wonderschildcare.org/edgemoor-childrens-center/)

The seven artists who work in a variety of mediums are Fran Abrams, polymer clay, Nancy Donnelly, glass, Naomi Taitz Duffy, oil, Judy Gilbert Levey, oil, Donna K. McGee, acrylic, Robert Wiener, glass, and Patricia Zannie, collage.  

Each of the artists has signed the back of "The Conversation."

Visitors to the gallery are encouraged to place a bid on "The Conversation."  The winning bidder will give the bid amount to Edgemoor Children's Center and take home the artwork created by the seven artists.  Bidding closes at the end of the exhibit on Saturday, May 25 at 6 pm.  Gallery hours are Wednesday-Saturday 12-6 pm and Sundays 11-3.  For more information, visit www.bethesda.orgor call 301-215-7990.

Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival is this weekend

The Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival, produced by the Greater Reston Arts Center, is a top-rated annual juried outdoor street festival held in the heart of the elegant and bustling Reston Town Center. The three-day event attracts over 50,000 patrons and provides an interactive experience to view, purchase, and experience art directly from the unique and talented artists who have created it.

50,000 people looking and buying art!

Check out the participating artists from all over the nation... here.

This is your weekend art event... See ya there!

 Festival Hours OPEN to the Public:

Friday, May 17 - 5pm - 8pm
Saturday, May 18 - 10am – 6pm
Sunday, May 19 - 10am – 4pm

Ice Cream Articulation (with giveaway)

It's summer time! Ok. Not quite...but let's just pretend it's already June! 

You can find Summer Articulation Later Sounds Here and Summer Articulation Early Sounds Here.

Summer: Later Developing Sounds Game for Articulation practice. S, L, TH, SH, CH, J, R, S blends, L blends 

This is a HUGE game set that includes two ways to play.

Includes 75 pages of articulation card games with an ice cream theme! 384 color pictures for the sounds listed above. 12 cards in the initial, medial and final position for each sound. The /r/ sounds include 12 prevocalic and 12 of each vocalic /r/ sound in mixed positions. 

Spring: Early Developing Sounds, Articulation Game for speech therapy. P,B,M,T,D, K, G, F


Includes 46 pages of articulation card games with a summer treat theme! 216 color pictures for the sounds listed above. 12 cards in the initial and final position for each sound. 

You can find Summer Articulation Later Sounds Here and Summer Articulation Early Sounds Here. If you would like to win a copy, just enter below! Happy Summer!

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Syllable Splash {App Review & Giveaway}

Syllable Splash is the latest app from Smarty Ears. As you might have guessed by the name, it's an ocean themed app targeting phonological awareness skills of syllable segmenting.

The app is designed with preschool- kindergarten students in mind. The game contains hundreds of images of 1-4 syllable words. 

Get set up by adding students with pictures or avatars.  Edit your settings including how many foils are added and the type of syllables to include. 

To play the students are prompted with an image and asked to identify how many syllables it has. My students favorite part was the shark eating their wrong answer. Which might have led to a few extra mistakes on purpose! 

Data is collected throughout the app and visible with options to share/print. 

Cons: The syllable numbers at the bottom are mixed in the app. When playing with 4 options, I really wish they stayed labeled 1-4 across the bottom. The confusion of the out of order numbers was difficult with some of my students. 

Pros: This app can be used to target a lot of phonological awareness goals. We used the same words to target rhyme and alliteration too! The app has a built in feature that increases difficulty automatically if selected. So if they answer 10 correct in a row, the app adds another foil. 

The app is currently listed for $9.99 in itunes. If you'd like to win a free copy, please use rafflecopter to enter to win!

Disclosure Statement: Speech Room News was provided a copy of this app for review. No other compensation was provided. 

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Maryland Art Place announces two new calls for entry

Maryland Art Place (MAP) is currently seeking applications for a Regional Juried Exhibition opening in September 2013 and IMPACT 2013 at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Baltimore.

CALL FOR ENTRY: RegionalJuried Exhibition

Maryland Art Place (MAP) is seeking artists working in a diverse range of media for a Regional Juried Exhibition, opening September 19, 2013. The exhibition is intended to explore the contemporary, cultural climate of Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania. Submissions will initially be vetted by MAP’s Program Advisory Committee and juried by Kristen Hileman.

My good friend Kristen Hileman is the Curator of Contemporary Art and Department Head at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Hileman organized Seeing Now: Photography Since 1960 (2011) and Anne Truitt: Perception and Reflection (2009-10), the first full career museum retrospective of that artist’s work.  Hileman oversaw a full reinstallation of the BMA’s contemporary collection in November 2012 for the museum’s newly renovated wing for contemporary art.  At the time of the re-opening, the contemporary wing featured a major site-specific commission created by Sarah Oppenheimer and an exhibition of Zwelethu Mthethwa’s photography.

Prior to coming to Baltimore, Hileman was the Associate Curator of Contemporary Art at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C.  She was also adjunct faculty at George Washington University and the Corcoran College of Art and Design.  Before her appointment at the Hirshhorn, she was the curator of the Arlington Arts Center, where she organized exhibitions of work by artists from the Mid-Atlantic region. Hileman received her M.A. in Art History from the University of Maryland, College Park (2001) and her B.A. in International Studies from American University, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa (1995).

Please visit this website for complete submission guidelines.

Opportunity for Artists

Deadline: Monday July 1st.


Harwood Art Center invites artists to submit works for consideration in "Disaster/Resilience," Harwood Art Center's 4th annual international exhibition program dedicated to the artistic exploration of contemporary social justice issues.

Learn more and submit your works here.

Lemonade Attributes Game

This sweet and sour lemonade game challenges students to think critically and match 4 attributes with a given object. Each lemonade stand lists an item(16 included). Students work to match a pitcher, spoon, lemon and money for each given item. This can be tricky because there are multiple items that have similar attributes (ie: two fruits). If you loved my Plant Your Garden attribute game, you'll love this one too!

Directions: 

1. Print all pages. Laminate and cut apart all materials.

2. Spread out lemonade stands across the table and divide between students.

3. Have students read the descriptors on the lemonade materials to find the right matches for each stand.

4. Self check each stand by checking for one of each item (lemon, pitcher, spoon, money).

5. As student make matches, consider that a ‘sale’ at their stand! Keep score on the included ‘my sales’ sheet. Student can write 25 cents for each sale or use plastic coins. 

The download includes 16 lemonade stands and 64 matching attributes. You can purchase this 15 page set on TpT here, or you can enter to win it for free below!

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