Welcome to Pelican Arts! 

The Pelican Arts Studio — primary working space for resident artist Tom Cardarella — was located in Mount Rainier, Maryland, from August, 2004, through August, 2008.  This is within the Gateway Arts District of Prince Georges County.  Due to, among other things, harassment by the city of Mount Rainier the studio has moved to an undisclosed location.

To see some of Tom's artworks as well as photos of the studio itself click here.

You can also see some of Tom's drawings and paintings in the artdc.org gallery, and in the Artomatic catalog.

The Pelican Arts Live section was a calendar of events (mostly musical, mostly "acoustic") in the Washington, D.C. area.  Due to lack of traffic here, and since there are other more useful and more thorough online calendars, this section is discontinued as of December 2007.

Here are a few other calendars you might find useful:

   WFMA (World Folk Music Association): http://www.wfma.net/DCEVENTS.htm
   Mary Cliff/Traditions: http://marycliff.net/whoswhere.php
   Musi-Cal Concerts: http://www.musi-cal.com

And, of course, you can always use your favorite search engine to find the web sites of your favorite performers and venues.

This section contains random quotes and written excerpts that appealed to me for some reason.  They come from various sources – mostly books, at least one verbal comment, perhaps some song lyrics.  Many are funny, some contain striking ideas, some are (perhaps) beautifully written, all are meant to be interesting, to stimulate thought about either form or content.

These are some of the organizations that I support as a member, a donor or a volunteer.  (Click on a logo to visit their web site.)

			ARTS RELATED
			artdc.org "the art forum" - a community of DC area artists
			Artomatic An occasional arts extravaganza - "By Artists, For Everyone"
			Focus Folk/acoustic music in Rockville, Alexandria...
			Joe's Movement Emporium Performing arts center - "Rare. Gritty. Brilliant."
			Gateway Community Development Corp. The Gateway Arts District of Prince George's County, Md.
			Hyattsville Community Artists Alliance An artist collective in the Hyattsville, Md., area
			Arlington Arts Center Artist studios and galleries
			The Arlington Philharmonic
			D.C. Arts Center An art gallery and a black-box theatre
			Washington Project for the Arts

			OTHER
			American Civil Liberties Union
			The Brights  [I'm a bright.  Are you?] "illuminating & elevating the naturalistic worldview"
			The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry [formerly CSICOP] publisher of Skeptical Inquirer magazine
			Council for Secular Humanism publisher of Free Inquiry magazine
			James Randi Educational Foundation
			Skeptics Society publisher of Skeptic magazine