Passion for Knowledge is a festival that brings world leading scientists and humanists together from different disciplines and cultures to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Donostia International Physics Center under the commitment for progress of science driven by the love for knowledge. Along with highlighting the thirst for knowledge as the driving force behind scientific, technological and cultural progress, the festival aims to expand the debate and to engage the society in the celebration, and is spread out to different venues in the entire city of San Sebastian. The festival comprises a number of outreach activities such as encounters, exhibitions, seminars and contests with the objective of promoting science as a cultural activity, establishing connections between scientists and citizens, and fostering the participation of the public in the dissemination of science.

Quantum Tunneling, by Orfescu

The NanoArt21 exhibition will run from September 20 to October 10, 2010. The exhibition curated by Cris Orfescu (USA) and Igor Campillo Santos (Spain) features 2D, video, and multimedia works authored by 31 worldwide Top 10 artists at 4 editions of the NanoArt International Online Competition: Imamedin Amiraslan (Azerbaijan), Daniela Caceta, Maria Matheus, Ricardo Tranquilin (Brazil), Bjoern Daempfling, Jan Schmoranzer (Germany), Gilberto Sossella, Simone Battiston (Italy), Teresa Majerus (Luxemburg), Pilar Azuara (Mexico), Han Halewijn (Netherlands), Elena Lucia Constantinescu (Romania), Janko Jelenc, Teja Krasek (Slovenia), Frances Geesin, Leonel Marques (UK), Anna Ursyn, Carol Flaitz, Chris Robinson, Cris Orfescu, Darcy Lewis, David Derr, David Hylton, Janis Kirstein, Jean Constant, Linda Alterwitz, Lisa Black, Patrick Millard, Shruti Gour, Deeraj Roy, Steven Pollard (USA).
The exhibition will be open seven days per week. After the show, the artworks will be exhibited in different research centers in San Sebastian city: nanoGUNE, DIPC, the Faculty of Chemistry...

NanoArt21 was founded by scientist and artist Cris Orfescu, to promote NanoArt throughout the world as a reflection of the technological development. Orfescu considers that NanoArt is a more attractive and effective way of communicating with the general public in order to provide information on the new technologies of the 21st Century. NanoArt aims to raise the awareness of the general public with regard to nanotechnology and its impact on our lives.

"NanoArt is a new art discipline at the art-science-technology intersections. It features nanolandscapes (molecular and atomic landscapes which are natural structures of matter at molecular and atomic scales) and nanosculptures (structures created by scientists and artists by manipulating matter at molecular and atomic scales using chemical and physical processes). These structures are visualized with powerful research tools like scanning electron microscopes and atomic force microscopes and their scientific images are captured and further processed by using different artistic techniques to convert them into artworks showcased for large audiences." (Cris Orfescu)

2010 CA Open Exhibitors 
(in alphabetical order)

Jim Akers; Linda Alterwitz; Dan Alvarado; Brian Andrews; Terry Arena; Rosemary Bandes; Stephen Barnwell; Nancy Baron; Sky Bergman; Liza Hennessey Botkin;
Sharon Brooks; Sukey Bryan; Lorraine Bubar; Christine Caldwell; Bryan Cantley;
LingLing Cheng; Peter Combe; Cynthia Eddings; Michael Giliberti; David Grigsby;
Larry Grossman; Heather Halavais; Belinda Hanson; Sandra Heard; Dan Hittleman; YK Hong; Marcus Howell; Jamie Johnson; Stanley Kastner; Sara Jasmine Khademi;
Dave Lebow; Laura Makar; Michael McAlister; Janet Milhomme; Olga Ponemarenko; Serena Potter; David Pruitt; Margaret Realica; Lisa Beth Robinson;
Karrie Ross; Terese Schwartz; Aline Smithson; Allen Teng; Patrick Ting; Geoff Tuttle; Melinda Warren; Sandra Chen Weinstein; Felice Willat; Megan Willshon;
Michael B.Wood; Joan Wynn; Karen Yee; Mara Zaslove

 

Concrete & Sparkle: Influences of Las Vegas Signs and Architecture
a new exhibit opening up July 1, 2010, at the Historic Fifth Street School in downtown Las Vegas. This show will include paintings, traditional photographs, and digitally manipulated photographic work. The works of several artists who have explored the visuals of local signs and architecture will also be included.

Opening Reception: Thursday, July 1st, 5-7
Where: 401 S. 4th Street, Las Vegas, NV 

"Temptress" by Linda Alterwitz

"Dust" by Atsuko Parker

Here is a list of featured artists: 
• Linda Alterwitz
• Randa Bishop
• Catherine Borg
• Diane Bush
• Ed Dominguez
• Darius Kuzmickas
• Jerry Misko
• Atsuko Parker
• Merri Stevens

A new and improved website just arrived.
Great job Julia, Chris and Brandon!
In 2009, I received an honorable mention
in their annual Berenice Abbott Competition.
Check out the gallery page at:
http://juliadean.com/linda-alterwitz/



"Transitions"
A Virtual Exhibition

http://www.penandbrush.org/transitions.html
at The Pen and Brush, Inc.
16 East 10th Street
New York, NY 10003 

 

 

Last month, BLVDS magazine featured an article called:
Linda Alterwitz
 Finding the Art in Fear and Conflict
written by Becky Bosshart

To see this article, click the link below and then go to page 29.
http://issuu.com/BLVDS/docs/18_blvds_alfresco_feb_2010

Opening Night 3 Photographers   Shy Rabbit Contemporary Arts Opening Night

April 1st, 2010
Joyce Tenneson spoke at CSN!
It was an evening not to have been missed!
 I felt honored to have shared this time with Joyce, and to have been
able to learn about her life in photography in her own words.
  She was inspiring to say the least.


Photo by Lollo Sievert
Linda Alterwitz, Joyce Tenneson, and Heather Protz



March 31st, 2010
21st Annual Juried Show
The Contemporary Arts Center


Opening Night at the CAC Juried Exhibition


Linda Alterwitz
"Downpour" (2009) from the series The Saturated Landscape

Many thanks to Jeff Gauntt, juror, for putting together a great exhibition! 
Check it out! It's open from March 31st through May 22nd
Contemporary Arts Center
107 East Charleston Blvd. Suite 120, Las Vegas, NV 89104

Check out the article in City Life
http://www.lasvegascitylife.com/articles/2010/04/01/ae/art/iq_35083243.txt




13th International Open
Woman Made Gallery in Chicago
For all of my friends in Gary, Indiana,
the next time you're in Chicago, check out this exhibition.

 

Fusion: Science and Art
Foundry Art Centre

Merge, Emerge

BY ALISON SIELOFF

Photo: Linda Alterwitz

Beach Bone

While the left sides of our brains and the right sides handle different parts of the human experience, these processing centers aren't so vastly far away from each other so as to be incommunicative. Artsy Right Brain can convey information to analytical Left Brain and vice versa, adding to the richness of our lives and our understanding of the world. A new exhibition at the Foundry Art Centre (520 North Main Center, St. Charles; 636-255-0270 or www.foundryartcentre.org) seeks to highlight this kind of collaborative thought.Fusion: Science and Art brings together elements of the scientific process, specifically those used in medicine, and combines them with artistic concepts, creating a show that all of your brain will enjoy. Fusion: Science and Art opens on Saturday, December 26, and remains on view through Friday, February 5.



 

If you're in the DC area, stop by and check out the AnnaMarie Gardens in Solomons, MD

GLOW November 24, 2009 - February 14, 2010 Main Gallery Let there be light! During the darkening months of the year, light artists will set the Arts Building aglow with their work.  GLOW Reception - Sunday, December 6, 5-7pm

 Julia Dean Photographic Workshop Gallery in Venice, California