Art Notes

Party launches new art blog

This month, photographer Kathryn Wagner has joined six other Charlottesville artists in launching a collaborative contemporary arts blog called theartklatch.com.

An official launch party will take place from 8 to 10 tonight at the Garage. Drinks and food will be provided.

Anyone who would like to attend should R.S.V.P to kathryn@wagnermedia

works.com.

ArtKlatch wants to foster collaboration, community, and conversation surrounding contemporary arts. Art Klatch’s authors include Leah Cupino, Kate Daughdrill, Jenny Garnett, Carissa Henriques, Lauren Maupin and Stephanie deSocio.

The Garage is on First Street, across from Lee Park.

For info, visit kathryn

wagner.blogspot.com.

Family Jam is back at UVa

The University of Virginia Art Museum resumes its children’s program, the Family Art JAM, next week.

On Sunday, the museum will offer “Cartooning: Exploring the Oliphant and Daumier Exhibitions” for children ages 4 to 12.

Children and their grownups will receive a docent-led tour of “Leadership: Oliphant Cartoons and Sculpture from the Bush Years. ” The tour will focus on the aspects of Oliphant’s cartooning that children can understand, and help them comprehend what the artist is saying.

The tour also will include a companion exhibit on the work of Honore Daumier (1808-1879), whom Oliphant sites as a key inspiration of his work.

Following the tour, students spend hands-on time with Charlottesville cartoon artist Warren Craghead III, whose work includes comics, drawings and illustrated books. His most recent book is based on the poetry of Guillaume Apollinaire, “How to be Everywhere.”

Craghead will talk about common cartoon language, understanding and creating symbols and using drawings to communicate ideas. Students and their caretakers will create their own cartoon stories, and Craghead will help convert them into printable, foldable books.

The Family Art JAM for 4- to 7-year-olds and their caretakers or parents will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Seven- to 12-year-olds are invited to attend from 3 to 5 p.m. with a parent or caretaker.

To register, or for more details, call 243-2050.

ArtinPlace seeks entries

In honor of the 50th anniversary of desegregation in area schools, ArtinPlace’s theme this year is “Charlottesville: A Multicultural Community.”

Anyone who would like to participate in C2D 2009 is asked to submit his or her work. All entries will be exhibited and juried. Our jurors for 2009 are Isabelle Ramsey, art teacher; Tom Clarkson, PVCC art professor, and Janet Grahame, local artist.

There will be four $25 awards for elementary and middle school entries, two $50 awards for high school entries and a $700 best-in-show award.

Submissions, ready for hanging, are due Feb. 28 from 1 to 5 p.m. at McGuffey Art Center.

The show will hang from March 1 to 29 at McGuffey.

The opening reception is from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. March 6.

From staff reports

The Family Art JAMs are available to museum members for $10 for one adult with one to two children and to nonmembers for $20. Additional children or adults can attend for $3 each.

Museum membership is available for $75 for families and $40 for seniors and UVa faculty and staff.

The museum is at 155 Rugby Road.

Information is available at http://www.virginia.edu/artmuseum.

To register, call 243-2050 or send e-mail to .

From staff reports