Cristina Montejo

From the Maryland Art Place website:  
OUT OF ORDER! Information for Artists:
MAP’s infamous free-hung benefit exhibition is back! For twenty-four hours, MAP will open its doors to any artist who wishes to exhibit their work in our gallery. Work must be original and ready to hang. We will accept one piece per artist, with wall dimensions not [...]

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Our trip to Guerra Paint and Pigment in New York City last week went great! Everyone there was so helpful and friendly and we even got a demo of most of the different products they carry, walking away with a really good sense for how they all work.

There are a variety of binders to choose from, which [...]

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I built Nick this fabulous Iron Bunny paper toy that I found at Nice Bunny as a special Easter surprise. I thought he would make a perfect little mascot for Nick’s metal band. I mean, look at how metal he is in spite of being so fragile! Besides Iron Bunny, you’ll also find more free templates [...]

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I spent all day yesterday walking around Arlington, VA taking reference pictures of architecture for my boss and ended up stumbling upon all sorts of unexpected, delightful and sometimes strange surprises.  

There is so much public art to see in Rosslyn and Clarendon (I had no idea!), and it was fun to discover each piece as [...]

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It seems I’ve had just about enough of everything lately, so I’ve been spending a lot of time daydreaming about ways to get away from it all this summer. Going to a peaceful place and getting some art done is my dream right now and so I’ve been toying with the idea of applying to [...]

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My perfect binding (meaning no sewing whatsoever, only glue to hold it together) blank book is finally done!

I’m so happy that I was able to use some of the paste paper I made a couple of weeks back for the covers. The mountain imagery of the decorative Japanese paper on my clamshell box is echoed [...]

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After a short 6-month stint at A. Salon in Takoma Park, I had to move out of my studio space last night because I couldn’t afford it anymore.

It was really great while it lasted and I’m REALLY going to miss hanging out there. Even though I shared the space with 3 other artists, I never [...]

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