Food Glorious Food V Dramatic Dining

 Bradley Stevens, Les pains du jours, 24x30, oil on linen

Presented by Zenith Community Arts Foundation ♦ Hosted by Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

To Benefit the Capital Area Food Bank

Calendar Launch Celebration: Thursday, December 3, 6-10pm
WUSA 9 News Anchor Andrea Roane, emcee

Artworks on Display: December 3 – January 3, 2010

 Bill Mead, Squash Family

Washington, DC – November 2, 2009 – Now in its fifth year, the Food Glorious Food art show and associated 2010 calendar will be unveiled by the Zenith Community Arts Foundation (ZCAF)

@ Woolly Mammoth Theatre 

Thursday, December 3, 6-10pm

with a Calendar Launch Celebration and Silent Auction to benefit the Capital Area Food Bank, celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2010. Emcee for the evening will be WUSA 9 News Anchor Andrea Roane.

Cooked up by ZCAF in 2005, Food Glorious Food’s menu of food, art and charity is a recipe for success that has raised more than $100,000 for the food bank in four years, while pleasing the palates of art patrons and foodies through a unique collaboration between artists and restaurants. Area businesses add spice to the mix by sponsoring the calendar and donating items for the auction. The overall project raises money through calendar sales, a percentage of proceeds from a related month-long food art exhibition and the Calendar Launch Celebration.

James Tormey, SUSPENDED ANIMATION, 26 x 22, oil on canvas

This year’s theme, Dramatic Dining, was inspired by ZCAF’s new partnership with Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, who also in its 30th year, shares the same commitment to community values and the arts as ZCAF. The new alliance, prompted by Food Glorious Food’s move from its former home on Seventh Street NW at Zenith Gallery, will bring a new audience of theatre goers to the show and event, and raise more money for the food bank to help feed the hungry.

Artists: Bert Beirne, Leslie Exton, Cassandra Gillens, Brenda Gordon, Philip Hazard, Robert C. Jackson, Life Pieces To Masterpieces, Chris Malone, Joey Manlapaz, Donna McCullough, Bill Mead, Davis Morton, Stephen Hansen, Michela Mansuino, Ron Schwerin, Bradley Stevens and James Tormey
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Zenith Community Arts Foundation
PO Box 55296
Washington DC 20040-5296
202-783-8005

The Creative List: Visual Arts | Washington Life Magazine

The Creative List: Visual Arts | Washington Life Magazine

All with an eye for the unusual: introducing a cadre of influential metro area visual artists.

Article Includes:
Maggie Michael
Dan Steinhilber
JOHN SMITH: DIRECTOR OF THE Smithsonian Institution’s Archives of American Art
Chawky Frenn
Mark Jenkins
Laurel Lukaszewski’s
Lida MoserJefferson Pinder
Tim Tate
Frank Warren's PostSecret

Last Week for INFLUENCE = CONVERGENCE

November 6 - 25, 2009

COUP D'ESPACE installment V
member artists take over WPA HQ!
 

INFLUENCE = CONVERGENCE
Minna Nathanson and Joan Belmar
 @

WPA: 2023 Massachusetts Ave, NW



A show of works produced by two member artists who once shared a studio that reveal the unforseen influence they had on each other's work.

Laurel Lukaszewski at Project 4 gallery in DC

Washington, DC
Lenny Campello delivers a superb review of Laurel Lukaszewski's art installation.

Read it HERE.....
Laurel Lukaszewski at Project 4 gallery in DC by Lenny Campello on HubPages

Call for Artists - Bucky Art

This Call for Artists announces the opportunity to design and construct small-scale Bucky-inspired geodesic domes or other creations based Bucky’s Design Science Principles, but with individual creativity and ingenuity. Selected artists will receive a grant of $2000 from the Crystal City Business Improvement District.

http://www.crystalcity.org/do/call-for-artists-bucky-art

Harmony Hall 20 Year Retrospective Show

Harmony Hall Regional Center 

November 16, 2009 - January 9, 2010 

Reception for the Artists 

Sat. Nov. 21, 2009 5 - 7 PM

10701 Livingston Road

Ft. Washington, MD

301-203-6070

XVIII Ibero-American Art Exhibit

The Ibero-American Cultural Attaches Association

Invites you to the opening reception of

XVIII Ibero-American Art Exhibit

VIDEO ART

Tuesday, November 24, 6:30pm

@ 3307 M Street, NW

Washington, D.C.20007

The exhibit will be open through December 7, 2009

Chris Murray Speaks at CAG Gallery Opening

Last night I had the pleasure of hearing Govinda Gallery owner, Chris Murray reminisce about beginning his career as a gallery owner in Georgetown and how that lovely area of the city supports its creative side. Lots of applause for the Citizens Association of Georgetown.

Read more here...

Chris Murray Opens Georgetown ARTS 2009

Chris Murray, owner of the internationally-acclaimed Govinda Gallery in Georgetown, kicked off the opening of the Citizens Association of Georgetown's three-day ART 2009 showing featuring resident artists. Chris reminisced about the many galleries and gallery owners that have played such an integral part of the social fabric of our community over the past four decades.

Chris Murray Speaks at CAG Gallery Opening  
georgetownmetropolitan.com

Last night CAG hosted an opening reception for its inaugural art show GeorgetownArts 2009 at the old Smith and Hawken space. To help mark the occasion, the founder of Govinda Gallery, Chris Murray, shared his story of art and Georgetown to the assembled crowd.

Rush down 31st Street and see the many works of art on view.

Georgetown ARTS 2009

1209 31st Street, N.W.

The gallery is located on 31st st. just above M.

Friday, Nov. 20, noon to 8 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 21, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

J. Ford Huffman at the Gallery at Todd Christofaro

Artist Reception, November 21, 7-9pm

3146 Dumbarton Street NW

Washington, DC

RSVP

WSG Gallery | Caring & Giving Fundraiser by Carl Wright

WSG Gallery | Caring & Giving Fundraiser by Carl Wright

Carl Wright Studio is hosting a sculpture fundraiser, the Giving & Carving Fundraiser, for three non-profits: Colorectal Cancer Coalition, Briggs Animal Adoption Center and the Berkeley County Humane Society.

The Sculpture Fundraiser runs from now 'til December 31, 2009.

This is a sculpture fundraiser for several non-profit organizations that are very worthwhile. There are eleven sculptures in stock at Carl Wright's studio, the link to them is at Giving & Carving Sculpture. Purchase one of these sculptures, with Visa, MC, or check, and 25% of the price will be donated to either: one of the three non-profits or you can specify a charity that you would like the 25% to go to with the donations would be made in your name.

The details are here at:
http://www.wsggallery.com/Sculpture-Pages/Giving-and-Caring.htm

The sculptures for the fundraiser are here: http://www.wsggallery.com/Sculpture-Pages/Caring-and-Giving-Sculpture.htm

Carl Wright
Abstract Stone Sculpture
Art for Homes | Art for Corporate, Health Care, Hospitality, Public Art
http://www.wsggallery.com
304-263-2391

Geoffrey Aldridge: Hole in the Wall

Transformer this Saturday, November 21 

7th Annual DC Artist Solo Exhibition
Geoffrey Aldridge: Hole in the Wall
 

 

Geoffrey Aldridge, Yellow Brick Road detail

November 21 - December 26, 2009

ARTIST TALK: Saturday, November 21, 2009; 4pm 

OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, November 21, 2009; 5 - 8pm

Referencing cultural history and the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, Geoffrey Aldridge: Hole in the Wall at Transformer will feature a series of art interventions within our 14th Street, NW project space. DC-based artist Geoffrey Aldridge utilizes video, sculpture, and spatial interventions to create metaphorical moments of reflection that position relationships between identity construction and gay rights activism. Associating memory, perception, and identity, this installation of works at Transformer creates moments of reflection on the continuing struggle of the gay community for recognition and acceptance.

Transformer began working with Geoffrey Aldridge in spring 2009, presenting his brick project as part of Transformer's participation in NO SOUL FOR SALE - A Festival Of Independents (June 24-28, 2009), hosted by X-initiative at the former Dia Center for the Arts in Chelsea, New York, NY. The brick project was an interactive work that explored the creative and intellectual process of planning, fabricating, and executing an artistic concept from beginning to an unknown outcome.

EXHIBITION HOURS: Wednesday - Saturday, 1-7pm & by appointment*

*Transformer will be open by appointment only November 25-28, and December 23-26, 2009.

www.transformergallery.org
1404 P Street NW
Washington, DC 20010
202-483-1102

IA&A's New Website

IA&A's newly designed website is online!

Please check out the fresh design, more user-friendly navigation and up-to-date information on new exhibitions such as contemporary Cuban art, Japanese ceramics, the work of Loïs Mailou Jones and a new smaller PostSecret exhibition and well as favorites Norman Rockwell and Marilyn Monroe. You can also view a complete listing of available exhibitions and opportunities for reduced fees! Download an exhibition prospectus for select exhibitions through the site for more detailed information on the exhibitions that interest you. The staff will continue to develop the site to include installation images and press coverage as well as more video and other elements to give you the most complete picture of an exhibition. They welcome your feedback.

http://www.artsandartists.org/ 

International Arts & Artists
9 Hillyer Court NW
Washington, DC, 20008 USA
202.338.0680

Hillyer Art Space / Home / Open Mic Event

International Arts & Artists invites you to come
HOME this Friday, November 20th!
Featuring Rodrick Freeman

9 Hillyer Court NW
Washington, DC 20008
T. 202.338.0680
Sign-up for poets is at 6 p.m.
The open mic begins at 7 p.m.

$5 for non-members of International Arts & Artists

Free for members of IA&A

Free for performing poets

Hosted by Fred Joiner, curator and host of the American Poetry Museum's Intersections at the Honfleur Gallery and poet-in-residence at Busboys and Poets, Shirlington.

Rodrick Freeman aka Rod-zilla the Blackademic has been a staple in the international spoken word scene for the last five years. Originally from California, his dynamic performances have graced stages from Sacramento to Sydney, Australia. Heralded as the "hip hop griot", Rod-zilla stuns crowds with his creative natural realism, an abundance of alliteration, and a delivery that is authentically rich and transcendent. A true representative of the Black Arts movement this Blackademic has made it his duty to kill black male stereotypes with his scholarly work, proving that the myth of the black intellectual is not a farce at all. Equipped with knowledge of self and African conviction, Mr. Freeman has set out to be in the vanguard as a Pan-Africanist. His prolific body of work details the need for economic freedom in urban communities, holistic healing and black accountability while not sparing venomous critiques on the powers that be.

HOME is on every THIRD Friday of the month at Hillyer Art Space.

Gallery Hours:

Monday 10am-5pm

Tuesday-Friday 10am-7pm

Saturday 11am-4pm
Otherwise by appointment.

www.artsandartists.org/artspace.html

Last 3 days of "What Lies Beneath" / FotoWeek DC

This is the last weekend—SAT-Sun, 11 to 4 at HOS to see the exhibition curated by Judith Turner-Yamamoto for FotoWeekDC. It’s an opportunity to see European work that has not been shown in DC. 

This blog has some good shots of the installation: http://www.brightestyoungthings.com/photo-posts/stills-and-flicks-fotoweek-dc-house-of-sweden/

House of Sweden
www.houseofsweden.com
Ste 100
2900 K St, Washington, DC 20007-5106
(202) 333-3168<

Black at DCAC tonight

Friday, November 20 – Sunday, January 10
 @

DCAC, 2438 18th St. NW

Washington, DC 20009

Opening Reception: Friday, November 20, 7:00 pm-9:00 pm

Artists Talks/Closing Reception: Sunday, January 10, 5 pm-7 pm

Jurors: Renee Stout, Blake Kimbrough, and Marvin Bowser
Curator: Amber Robles-Gordon, Co-Curator: Daniel T. Brooking
Judges: Teresia Bush and Eugene R. Vango

Featuring work by John Earl Cooper, Arcmanoro Niles, Cedric Baker, Jacqueline Lee, Valentina Andaya, Akili Ron Anderson, Viola Leak, Bruce McNeil, Gloria C. Kirk, Stanley Squirewell, Claudia Gibson-Hunter, Michael Platt, Sonya Clark, Ann Marie Williams, Alec Simpson, Daniel T. Brooking, Amber Robles-Gordon, Prelli Williams, Kristen Hayes, Serinity Knight, Anne Bouie, James Brown, Jr., T. H. Gomillion, Adjoa J. Burrowes, Deidra Bell, Willard Taylor, Carlton Wilkinson, Constance Porter Uzelac, and Juilett Madison.

New Mythology / Tracey Clarke

Artist's Opening Reception

Sunday, November 22, 4 pm (no charge)

Clarke's otherworldly work pairs dramatic images with short narratives that both answer - and ask - questions. New Mythology / Tracey Clarke will be on display in the Athenaeum Gallery from November 19 through January 3.

Images: Top -  Effervescent (detail)   Bottom - Flowering Bull, Unikoi

Athenaeum
201 Prince Street, Alexandria, Va 22314
703.548.0035
nvfaa.org

Thursday, Friday and Sunday from 12 to 4 pm, and Saturday from 1 to 4 pm. The Athenaeum is closed on holidays. Admission is free.

City Arts / Public Mural Dedication Ceremony

H Street, NE Mural 

Saturday, November 21 at 3:00 p.m.

  @

1010 H Street, NE

Washington, DC 

Meet-and-greet with the artists afterwards

@

SOVA, 1359 H Street, NE

with 20% of all food and drink purchases supporting City Arts. 

City Arts will hold a public mural dedication ceremony for its newly completed H Street, NE Mural on Saturday, November 21 at 3:00 p.m.  The dedication will take place at the site of the mural at 1010 H Street, NE.  It will be followed by a meet-and-greet with the artists at SOVA, 1359 H Street, NE, with 20% of all food and drink purchases supporting City Arts. 

http://cityartsdc.org/
City Arts creates vibrant public murals and mosaics in Washington, DC and beyond through a collaborative process with community members. G. Byron Peck, Founder/Artistic Director since 1997, City Arts' professional artists and student apprentices have created more than 25 high-profile artworks. The results of City Arts' long-term dedication to enlivening neighborhoods will be seen for decades.

Art is the Best

DCCAH November Video Spotlight: A Conversation between E. Ethelbert Miller and Sam Gilliam.

 
"One of the things that I've been doing as I worked has been to  re-read the important history of art also to reconstruct at least periods." - Sam Gilliam

Corcoran College of Art & Design / Continuing Education 2009 Juried Exhibition

November 18−December 13, 2009

Juried by Jayme McLellan, Director/Founder, Civilian Art Projects


 
Opening Reception: Thursday, November 19, 6-8 p.m.
North Atrium, Corcoran Gallery of Art

The 2009 Continuing Education Juried Exhibition showcases a variety of work from the Corcoran College of Art + Design Continuing Education program. The artwork includes everything from jewelry and printmaking to photography and painting. For more information about Continuing Education at the Corcoran, please visit http:/www.corcoran.edu/ce.

Functionless Form, Functional Décor

November 20, 2009 -  January 16, 2010
Opening Friday, November 20th from 6pm-9pm.
@ School 33 Art Center

Featured Artists: M. Angelo Arnold, Shannon Donovan, Chiara Keeling, & Allison Reimus
Curated by Philippa P.B. Hughes with assistance from Elizabeth Ward

The works in this exhibit reconsider the questions of art as décor, and décor as art. These four artists consider their creative output and its relevance to space, aesthetic, and taste. They perceive and appreciate the prospective place in which their artwork will reside. Like the pop artists, they remove familiar from its context and isloate the objects to provide contemporary interpretations and definitions of fine art.

Philippa P.B. Hughes has established a reputation for creating inventive and collaborative environments in which people who would not normally have the opportunity to interact with each other or with contemporary art gather to experience art in alternative and stimulating ways. Philippa founded The Pink Line Project with a mission to (1) inform and inspire the emerging art collector, and (2) foster intellectual and artistic innovation fueled by the transformative power of art.

School 33 Art Center is dedicated to providing opportunities for artists through exhibitions, art classes, workshops, a Studio Artist Program, and special events. School 33 Art Center is a program of the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts, Inc., and is supported in part by grants from the Mayor and the City Council of Baltimore, Provident Bank, Corrigan Sports/The Under Armour Baltimore Marathon, the Maryland State Arts Council, and through private contributions to School 33 Art Center.

School 33 Art Center
1427 Light Street
Baltimore 21230
www.school33.org

Motion Graphics Festival 2009

Washington DC :: Nov 18-22, 2009

The DC Motion Graphics Festival showcases explosive artists and motion picture creators including: Shepard Fairey, Nine Inch Nails, David Byrne, Chuck D of Public Enemy, KRS-One, Addictive TV, Digital Kitchen, The Mill, Passion Pictures, Animal Logic, Post Panic, Dvein, David Lobser and more.

MGFest hosts workshops and lectures about the shift in motion-picture audiences and explores the new technologies that motion designers will need on the video internet frontier. Motion design, sound design and interactivity, are all featured during November 18th through 22nd, with daytime workshops featuring amazing instructors such as: Richard Harrington and Nick Campbell at Future Media Concepts and Sterling Ledet training facilities.

Click here for more info.

Image Project / Juried Photo and Video Exhibition

A national show of contemporary photography and video juried by acclaimed photographer Taryn Simon

November 20, 2009 – January 16, 2010
Opening Reception: Friday, November 20, 6 – 9 pm

@ Arlington Arts Center

The roster for the AAC’s national juried show of photo and video work, IMAGE/PROJECT, was chosen by Taryn Simon, a Guggenheim fellow represented by Gagosian gallery in New York. From our pool of entries, Simon selected 17 different projects by 19 artists hailing from New York, LA, Chicago, and all points inbetween. The exhibition itself features three black box spaces for video projections and four galleries of photographs.

The show reflects the ways in which contemporary artists tend to approach photography and video. Many of the artists presented here use photography as either a means for documenting or presenting cross-disciplinary projects, or as a tool for inquiry into the way we perceive and live in the world.

Below is a list of the finalists: Morgan Ashcom (Free Union, VA) Leslie Awender (Topanga, CA) Jason Burch (Jersey City, NJ) Judith Connell (Falls Church, VA) Elizabeth Crisman (Baltimore, MD) David Hartwell and Josef Jacques (San Francisco, CA) Jason Havernaas (Brooklyn, NY) Linda Hesh (Alexandria, VA) Jaime Kennedy and Kelly Urquhart (Kent, OH) Alma Leiva (Miami, FL) Karen Ludlam (Brooklyn, NY) Jeroen Nelemans (Chicago, IL) Minou Norouzi (Los Angeles, CA) Nicholas O’Brien (Chicago, IL) Adam Pape (Chicago, IL) Laurie Rubin (Chicago, IL) Michael Wallace (Cleveland, OH)

In the Wyatt Gallery: New work by resident artists Evan Reed and Jill Romanoke. Reed builds large wooden sculptures that often resemble architectural models for larger buildings—some historical, some fantastic. For this show, Reed will offer large scale drawings and studies related to this work. Romanoke is known for double-sided drawings and prints executed on translucent paper that use elements from maps, texts, and biological systems.

3550 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington VA 22201
 703.248.6800
http://www.arlingtonartscenter.org

Timeless / Kathy Wismar

November 21st, 2009 @ 1pm to
November 22nd, 2009 @ 6pm

Location:
Christopher H Jones Antiques
210 North Lee Street
Alexandria, Virginia

New Mythology / Tracey Clarke

New Mythology / Tracey Clarke

in the Athenaeum Gallery

November 19 through January 3, 2010

Artist's Opening Reception: Sunday, November 22, 4 pm

Upcoming Workshops:
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Photography Workshops / Images that Pop with Kate Headley
November 15 and December 5, 2 - 3:30 pm, $125

This workshop, conducted by leading wedding photographer Kate Headley, is for anyone who wants to take better photographs. Her work has appeared in national publications including Martha Stewart Weddings and Southern Weddings. For more information or to register visit Kate Headley Photography.

Sculpture Talk :  The Lost Wax Method with Rick Weaver
November 19, 7 pm (no charge)

Rick Weaver will explain the lost wax process of creating bronze sculpture.  He will have several finished bronzes on display as well as examples from each stage of the foundry process (clay, mold, wax, investment mold, etc.) to illustrate the process.

Athenaeum
201 Prince Street, Alexandria, Va 22314
703.548.0035 / nvfaa.org

Citizens Association of Georgetown Presents Georgetown ARTS 2009

Opening Reception: Thursday, November 19, 6-9pm

Govinda Gallery owner Chris Murray talks about the Georgetown art scene at 7pm

Show continues on

Friday, November 20, noon-8pm
Saturday November 21, 11am-6pm
 @

1209 31st Street NW, WDC

(the former Smith and Hawken space)

The talent of Georgetown resident artists will be on view for the first time under one roof at the former Smith and Hawken space at 1209 31st Street for three days in November.  The opening reception, Thursday evening, November 19, from 6 to 9, will feature Govinda Gallery owner Chris Murray talking about the history and evolution of the Georgetown art scene - drawn from his 34 years as a central presence in the ever-changing Georgetown art world. 
    
CAG's new and unique show of more than 25 Georgetown artists will include painting, photography, and sculpture.  While some works will be just for display, many will be for sale. CAG's Georgetown ARTS 2009 will also be highlighted in the new Gallery Gaze that takes place on Friday evenings.
FRIDAY, November 20th 6 - 9 PM
http://georgetowngallerygaze.com/news.html

Artists in the show include:
Michele Banks ~ Dede Caughman ~ Betsy Cooley~ Arthur Day ~ Barbara Downs ~ Anne Emmet ~ Heidi Hess ~ Michele Jacobson ~ Bo Jia ~ Sidney Lawrence ~ Wendy Plotkin-Mates ~ Christopher Matthews ~ Starke Meyer ~ Elba Molina ~ Rosie Moore ~ Johanna Mueller ~ Emma O'Rourke ~ Isabella Page~  Larry Parlier ~ Hayley Pivato ~ Joan Shorey ~ Elizabeth Smythe ~ Polly Townsend ~ Dariush Vaziri ~ Homayoun Yeroushalmi

 Chris Murray, founder and director of Govinda Gallery on 34th Street, will be a fascinating speaker as he has been in the midst of the art scene here since 1975. His Govinda Gallery has pioneered cutting edge art, beginning with pop artists and his personal friendship with Andy Warhol led him to many other innovative artists. He had the first exhibition of photographer Annie Leibovitz's work in the 80s and(Chris Murray here with Muhammad Ali: photo copyright Chester Simpson) also showed her work twice in the 90s. His gallery is renown for exhibiting photographs related to contemporary music. 

Join CAG November 19 to hear Chris Murray's fascinating recollection of artists and galleries in Georgetown and his personal insights and stories about the artists who have been influential here.  In addition to the wine and cheese, the reception will also feature one of Georgetown's popular "designer" treats - from Georgetown Cupcake.  So mark your calendar for November 19 and the subsequent show on the 20th and 21st - to see your favorite local artists - and to discover new ones in the neighborhood!

Greater Reston Arts Center / Focus Exhibitions

November 20 -December 23, 2009

The Empty Landscape - Doug Moulden
Small Worlds - Sharon Fishel and Nancy Sausser

Artist Talk - Saturday November 21, 5 - 6 pm
Reception - Saturday November 21, 6 - 7:30 pm

In The Empty Landscape, Doug Moulden exhibits his fine sensitivity to the natural world through large-scale acrylic on panel paintings. On long walks through the woods and fields near his Frederick, Maryland home, Moulden gathers imagery via photography and memory. Back in his studio, using a process that relies as much on sculpture as it does on painting, Moulden warps and shapes plywood panels and covers them with a dense network of paint applied through syringes.  Sometimes he carves into the surface, digging down through the physical history of his paint to reveal the density of landscape. Despite this laborious process, each painting vibrates rhythmically, evoking a world out of time. Reminiscent of Seurat’s pointillist work, Moulden’s paintings allude to a larger, more complex narrative than their surface serenity might imply. What appears to be a quiet countryside at first glance transforms over time into a more intricate story.

Nancy Sausser, A Small View In, 12” x 12” x 3”, ceramic, 2009

In Small Worlds, Sharon Fishel and Nancy Sausser juxtapose their divergent works to explore similar concerns. Both artists examine and celebrate the natural world but through different materials, techniques, and approaches. They explain that, “Using the landscape as a gateway, we create small worlds that bracket or freeze frame small moments or events in time as a way of looking at and seeing the world with greater clarity.” Fishel is fascinated with plants. On strolls through her garden she watches the variety of ways in which plants move – spiraling, exploding, falling, opening, and closing.  In contrast to Fishel’s process of expanding infinitesimal floral activity, Nancy Sausser encapsulates grand geologic events within her small-scale, relief sculptures.


Greater Reston Arts Center
12001 Market Street
Suite #103
Reston, VA 20190
703.471.9242
www.restonarts.org

Neptune Artist Marketplace

November 21 – December 20, 2009
opening reception November 21, 7 PM
extended gallery hours: Wednesday – Sunday, 12-5 PM

Ed Bisese “Rousseau Ornament” oil on 4” glass globe

An abundance of affordable, small scale artworks on display at the Neptune Artist Marketplace featuring work by Carol Barsha, Ed Bisese, Lisa Brotman, Glenn Friedel, Elyse Harrison, Ellen Hill, Wayne Paige, Albert Schweitzer, Helga Thomson and Wireman

(images courtesy Gallery Neptune)

Gallery Neptune will be packed with over 200 fantastic small scale artworks this holiday season! Ink drawings, watercolors, charcoal, art on vinyl records, 3D paintbrush heads, miniature photograms, small scale canvas paintings, video stills, wire sculpture, wooden quilts and ceramics represent just some of the wide range of artistic treasures which will be available on a cash and carry basis. The exhibit will operate with extended gallery hours and include a great line up of special events.

Lisa Brotman “She was cautiously optimistic”, limited edition print on canvas, 10” x 8”

 Wayne Paige “Binary Blues”, ink on paper, 7” x 9”

Gallery Neptune
5001 Wilson Lane
Bethesda, MD 20814
301-718-0809 
www.galleryneptune.com

Pink Panel @ Flashpoint "Games, Technology & Creativity".

The Pink Line Project and Flashpoint Gallery sit down with artist Kenny George to discuss the concepts of pop art and video game art in conjunction with his caricature-ized Flashpoint exhibit, "Pacguy."

Panelists:
Kenny George, Artist
Alberto Gaitán, Media Artist
Joe Corbett, COO iStrategyLabs
Dean Kessman, Associate Professor, GWU
Philippa P.B. Hughes, Moderator

Wednesday, November 18
6:30 to 8:30 pm
@ Flashpoint Gallery
916 G Street, NW
$10 suggested donation

RSVP: info@pinklineproject.com

A video game competition will be held in the gallery at 6:30pm before the panel discussion. Come test your skills!

Kenny George crosses the line from fine art to mainstream consumerism, to transform and commodify his work and himself into objects from popular culture. The focal point of Pacguy, part of FotoWeek DC, will be a cocktail-style arcade game that borrows its format from the ubiquitous Pacman game.  George uses an image of himself to replace the Pacman icon and to merchandize a fictionalized caricature throughout the exhibition. In addition to the video game, which visitors will be invited to play, Pacguy will feature lenticular flip animations, a retrofitted slot machine and a computerized pogo stick.