Project Create 5th Annual Project Create Art Auction is May 16

Event 5th Annual Project Create Art Auction Project Create Cordially Invites You to Join Us for Our 5th Annual Art Auction + Benefit Featuring curated artwork selected by Reyes + Davis Independent Exhibitions. Guests will enjoy music by DJ Jahsonic, wine and hors d'oeuvres, as well a student exhibition and silent auction. May 16, 2013 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Paul Hastings, LLP 875 15th Street, NW (McPherson Square Metro) Washington, D.C. Art Available at the 2013 Project Create Art Auction + Benefit Tickets: Student $20 General $50 VIP $100 (includes selected artwork print from artist Dennis O'Neil) Honorary Chair:  Brigitte Reyes | Reyes + Davis Independent Exhibitions Hosted by:       Monica Bussolati | Bussolati       Ines Barlerin | Artist        Ray Farmer | Time Magazine       Jade Floyd | The Case Foundation       Pam Frederick |  ArtSPACE Management, LLC        James Gilbey | Discovery Communication       Flora Kanter |  ArtSPACE Management, LLC        Kira Marchenese | Project Create Board of Directors       Sara Farley | The Global Knowledge Initiative       Ora Nwubueze | The Dunes/Vera Cruz Gallery       Adra Williams | Otim Williams       Matt McGuire | Sarah Craven       Christie Walser | Tom Mullins       Charles Small       Dorothy T. Sales       Doug Heye All of your purchases help Create Art, Create Opportunity, Create Community here in Washington, DC. Project Create provides accessible arts education to promote positive development in the lives of children, youth and families experiencing homelessness and poverty. See www.projectcreatedc.org for more information.

N I C H O L A S & S H E I L A P Y E

U N S P O I L E D
May 18 - June 22, 2013
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 18, 6:30 - 8 pm

In a few years, when I've forgotten you, and when other stories like yours...rise to the surface, I'll remember you the way I would remember the forgetting of love itself. I'll think of this story as I would of the horror of forgetting.
-Hiroshima Mon Amour

Curator's Office is pleased to present Unspoiled, a new exhibition of photographic works by celebrated Canadian collaborative team Nicholas & Sheila Pye. This will be the fourth exhibition of work by the Pyes at Curator's Office. Unspoiled includes four large dramatic photographs. This will be the last exhibition in the space at 1515 14th Street in Washington, DC as the gallery relocates, so it is appropriate to conclude a wonderful nine-year run in Logan Circle with work that explores the psychological intensity of transition.

Art historian and Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden Program Associate Jessica Beck writes, "The artists Nicolas & Sheila Pye have spent their careers exploring the trials and tribulations as well as tender moments of love. In both film and photography, they have explored broad themes of attachment, gender politics, the ego, and the unspoken wishes and desires that can plague relationships. In their new body of photographic work, the Pyes use nature to tell a different, more mature story of loss, the failings of memory, and the fragility of love. The stylized sets that they once employed in films have been traded in for the serene simplicity of nature. In dense forests and clear streams, themes of connection, loss, and memory are staged in sublimely blissful settings."

"While memory and loss are prominent themes in this new series, mutual respect emanates from these images. This series tells a tale of remembrance, esteem, homage and perhaps growth. In this forest of the past, there is perhaps the promise of a new and different future. These figures seem to be treading cautiously, but forward nonetheless."

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Celebrating 10 years of Mid City Artists Open Studios

Downloadable Open Studio Tour Map available at: www.MidCityArtists.com

May 18th and May 19th 

12PM-5PM*

On the afternoons of May 18th and 19th tour 25+ working art studios, in and around the Dupont Circle, Logan Circle, U Street and Shaw neighborhoods, better known as Mid City. Visitors can hop from one studio to another within vibrant Mid City and witness an expansive offering of art and culture by the city’s most-talented and creative artists. This bi-annual event, now in its 10th year, offers visitors a rare portal into the artists’ creative habitat and an opportunity for the public to participate in the District’s dynamic and diverse arts community. Each studio is unique and locations range from retail spaces, old carriage houses, spare bedrooms, apartments to basements. The participating artists represent a great diversity of work, including drawings, sculptures, paintings, prints, photographs and mixed media.

MCA is a distinct and talented group of more than 35 professional artists who have come together to promote their work and to create an artists’ community in the central part of the nation’s capital. Numerous business sponsors support MCA by exhibiting member works throughout the year and during the Open Studios weekend.

Spring Open Studios Participating Artists: Chuck Baxter, Scott G. Brooks, Jane Cave, Robert T. Cole, Michael Crossett, Aster da Fonseca, Thomas Drymon, Gary Fisher, Charlie Gaynor, Sally Kauffman, Miguel Perez Lem, Eileen Lyons, Lucinda Friendly Murphy, Betto Ortiz, Mark Parascandola, Dave Peterson, Brian Petro, Ronald Riley, Marie Ringwald, Peter Alexander Romero, Richard Siegman, George H. Smith-Shomari, Michael Torra, Robert Wiener, Colin Winterbottom. Others by appointment.

*individual artist studio times may vary. Please check website.

Anne Marchand: Illumination Exhibition @ Emerge Fine Art

The show is up through May 17, this is the last week!
Go see it if you are in North Carolina!

Anne Marchand: Illumination
On View: April 26, 2013 – May 17, 2013


Pictures from the artist reception are up on Flickr. Enjoy!

Artravelin's photostream on Flickr.

Emerge Fine Art
200 South Academy Street, Suite 110
Cary, North Carolina 27511
919-380-4470
www.emergefineart.com

MPA and VMFA Present a Talk on Pop Art and Beyond at The Alden

McLean Project for the Arts in partnership with the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts will present a Power Point lecture on the work of Tom Wesselmann at The Alden on June 7 at 7:30 pm. VMFA Deputy Director Robin Nicholson will talk about this remarkable exhibition currently running at the VMFA. Famous for his Great American Nude series, American painter Tom Wesselmann (1931 – 2004) is widely regarded as one of the leading figures in the vanguard of American Pop Art. Mr. Nicholson will also give a sneak preview of the upcoming VMFA exhibition "Hollywood Costume".

The Alden is located in the McLean Community Center at 1234 Ingleside Avenue in McLean.

Free, tickets required and limited in number. Contact Ellen Face at eface@mpaart.org or 703-790-1953 to reserve your tickets now.

McLean Project for the Arts is a non-profit visual arts center founded in 1962 to exhibit the work of emerging and established regional artists. In addition to its program of high quality, professionally-curated art exhibitions, MPA offers art classes for children and adults taught by professional art instructors. MPA also presents the Art Reach program for area schools, gallery talks, and day trips to area museums and galleries. MPA is a partner with the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

For more information, visit www.mpaart.org or cal 703-790-1953

The Gateway Arts District Open Studio Tour 2013. 5/11/13 @ 12pm

Saturday, May 11, 2013 |  12-5pm   The Gateway Community Development Corporation brings together professional and upcoming artists representing almost every visual arts medium for The 9th Annual Open Studio Tour.    This Gateway Arts District event has grown to feature over 140 Artists and music performances by the NEW Community Supported Music Group and performances at Urban Eats Cafe!  See their work, explore their studios, and drop into all studios and galleries that the Gateway Arts District has to offer.    Don't forget to reserve your seat on the Open Studio Tour Guided Shuttle. And it's FREE! Reserve your spot today!   Open Studio Tour Open Receptions & After-Party Don't miss the Opening Receptions @ Brentwood Arts Exchange (reception) and 39th Street Gallery (Reception & After-party) and immediately following Open Studio Tour until 8pm. And check out the Prince George's African American Museum and Cultural Center's exhibit, Paper Dolls.

Bethesda Fine Arts Festival - May 11 & 12

Saturday, May 11, 10am - 6pm

Sunday, May 12,  10am - 5pm
Auburn & Norfolk Avenues in Bethesda 

Browse and shop for fine art & craft, eat delicious food and listen to live music at the Bethesda Fine Arts Festival this weekend!

130 artists from throughout the United States and Canada will converge in Bethesda's  Woodmont Triangle for the Bethesda Fine Arts Festival. Join us for a unique shopping experience in downtown Bethesda. Browse jewelry, furniture, painting, photography, sculpture and more. Click here for a list of participating artists.

Along with booths of fine art and fine craft, the festival will feature live musical, a children's activity area and great eats from Bethesda restaurants. Eateries include Mamma Lucia, Hard Times Cafe, Freddy's Lobster & Clams, Haagen-Dazs and Yamas Mediterranean Grill.

Enjoy live music all weekend long. Browse art while listening to the sounds of the Dave Klein Jazz Trio, Sweet Saludos, Sandra Y. Johnson Quartet, Marek and the Boss Chops, Angie Miller, Round About and Elikeh. Click here for the performance schedule.

Admission to the festival is free and free parking is available in the public parking garage on Auburn Avenue. This event is held rain or shine.

Illumination: New Work by Anne Marchand

Emerge Fine Art

April 26 - May 17, 2013

Anne Marchand, A Breath Closer,  36"x36", acrylic and mixed on canvas

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Emerge Fine Art
200 S. Academy Street
Cary, North Carolina
(919) 380-4470
www.EmergeFineArt.com

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Project Create 5th Annual Art Auction

Reception: Thursday, May 16, 2013 6-9 pm 

www.projectcreatedc.com

@

Paul Hastings Law Firm

875 Fifteenth Street NW, WDC 

Please join us on May 16th!

Purchase tickets online at

http://projectcreatedc.brownpapertickets.com/

Freya Grand at Plan B

125 Local Artists & 16 Curators Join Forces for Upcoming Exhibition + Benefit

Exhibition Dates: April 26 – June 7, 2013

Opening Reception: Friday, April 26, 7-9pm

Benefit Event: Friday, May 17, 7-9pm (details below)

Artists' Closing Reception: Friday, June 7, 7-9pm

Washington, DC, March 19, 2013 - Smith Center for Healing and the Arts is thrilled to announce a unique initiative to engage local artists, curators, collectors and the general public in a community dialogue about the transformative power of the arts.

Debuting April 26, 2013 at the Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery at Smith Center, the “Alchemical Vessels” exhibition will feature the work of 125 local artists, hand-selected by 16 invited curators, to transform ceramic bowls by means of their own personal aesthetic and medium. Garnering inspiration from the alchemical process, each bowl symbolically references creating a place where healing can take place, which is at the heart of Smith Center’s work and mission. The bowl form brings up such associations as a place of holding, open community, a circle of care, sacred space, nourishment, and even the alchemical vessel. The respected 20th century alchemist, Jean Dubuis, wrote, “Alchemy is the art of manipulating life, and consciousness in matter, to help it evolve, or to solve problems of inner disharmonies.”  

Metaphorically speaking,  Smith Center - the space and the work that happens within it – can be described as an alchemical vessel. People bring their most challenging burdens, fears, and pains to be transformed and in this place of holding. Smith Center’s deep, holistic programs—such as therapeutic creativity programs, yoga, and immersion retreats—help transform those toxic elements into hope, light, wisdom and strength. Healing is often that of transforming suffering into meaning, and art is one of the many tools that are available to aid in this process. As local artists transform the commonplace object of a bowl into an alchemical vessel, they will indirectly illustrateSmith Center’s transformative work within the community and engage participants in the healing power of the arts. Rather than merely decorating the bowls, each artist will be asked to answer the profound question of what it means to transform poison into medicine, or pain into wisdom. Thus, the exhibition’s 125 expressive responses will hang as a community dialogue on healing and transformation through the arts.

Benefit Event

In addition to viewing the exhibition from April 26-June 7, the community is invited to purchase tickets to attend a special benefit event on Friday, May 17 from 7-9 pm. This reception will offer the public the opportunity to claim one of the 125 unique pieces for their own collection—with the purchase of their benefit ticket. These tickets, which are priced at $125, will go on sale at 10 am on Tuesday, March 26. On the evening of the benefit, each ticket holder will select a vessel to take home after the exhibition closes. Priority will be given by the order in which the tickets were purchased, so the first to buy a ticket will be awarded the first pick, and so on.

A $50 ticket will also be made available for supporters who would like to attend but are not interested in owning a work of art. 100% of proceeds from ticket sales will go to support Smith Center’s programs for people living with or recovering from cancer.

About Smith Center for Healing & the Arts & the Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery:

Smith Center for Healing and the Arts is a unique 17-year old health, education, and arts nonprofit that serves individuals affected by cancer. We offer programs and resources built on an integrative model that addresses healing and wellness for the whole person – physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual.  As the only DC-based cancer support organization serving the entire community, Smith Center specializes in using creativity and the arts as tools for healing.

In May 2008, Smith Center expanded by opening the Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery to advance the understanding and utilization of the arts to build, unite, inspire, and heal our communities. The gallery is the first professional, nonprofit gallery dedicated to promoting the innate connection between healing and creativity. Each year, the gallery hosts six exhibitions featuring contemporary, award-winning artists addressing significant themes, such as social change, multiculturalism, health, identity and community, to name a few.  On average, each opening exhibition reception welcomes over 225 visitors, and each show receives over 700 visitors.

In 2011, Smith Center initiated The 9/11 Arts Project -- a successful city-wide response to the 10th anniversary of 9/11 that engaged over 30 community partners in dialogues about leveraging the power of the arts throughout the healing process.

Featured Curators Include: 

Felix Angel, Myrtis Bedolla, Margaret Boozer, Lenny Campello, Richard Dana, Mary Early, Lillian Fitzgerald, Helen Frederick, Mel & Juanita Hardy, Laila Jadallah, Bridget Lambert, Wendy Miller, John Paradiso, Annette Polan, Alec Simpson, Ellyn Weiss, and Smith Center for Healing and the Arts.

Featured Artists Include:

Akili Ron Anderson, Sondra Arkin, Tom Ashcroft (Workingman Collective), Joanna Axtmann, Rosana Azar,  Cedric Baker, Carol Barsha, Joan Belmar, Kristina Bilonick, Alan Binstock, Emily Biondo, Natalya Borisovna Parris, Anne Bouie, Elle Brande, Laurie Breen, Sally Brucker, Lenny Campello, Gloria Capron, David Carlson, Mei Mei Chang, Hsin-Hsi Chen, Kay Chernush, Natalie Cheung, Irene Clouthier, Tory Cowles, Sheila Crider, Joan Danziger, Alonzo Davis, Katie Dell Kaufman, Elsabe Dixon, Mary Early, Cheryl Edwards, Laura Elkins, Kathy Emery, Dorothy Fall, Phoebe Farris, Susan Finsen, Lillian Fitzgerald, Helen Frederick, Maya Freelon Asante, Adrienne Gaither, Ric Garcia, Matthew Gifford, Olivier Giron, Carol Goldberg, Susan Goldman, Pat Goslee, Elizabeth Graeber, Drew Storm Graham, John Grunwell, Mel Hardy, Winston Harris, William Harris, Elyse Harrison, Rania Hassan, Francie Hester, Tom Hill, Ellen Hill, Lisa Hill, Laila Jadallah, Pilar Jimenez, Wayson Jones, Becca Kallem, Rebecca Kamen, MJ Kavian, Madeleine Keesing, Jeffrey Kent,  Micheline Klagsbrun, Bridget Lambert, Elaine Langerman, Mary Virginia Langston, Joren Lindholm, Shelley Lowenstein, Marta Luz Gutierrez, Dana Jeri Maier, Matthew Mann, Kaltoum Maroufi-Colle, Percy Martin, Janet Mathias, Kathryn McDonnell, Maggie Michael, Wendy Miller, Nan Montgomery, Bill Newman, Sarah Nikitopoulos, Jared Packard-Winkler, John Paradiso, Brian Petro, Michael Platt, Darien Reece, Jamea Richmond-Edwards, Amber Robles-Gordon, Jessica Rose, Wendy Ross, Rachel Rotenberg,Louise Sagalyn, Rachel Schmidt, Greg Scott, Pat Silbert, Alec Simpson, Susan Stacks, Rob Tarbell, Valerie Theberge, Evelyn Tickle, Erwin Timmers, Novie Trump, Aniekan Udofia, Patricia Underwood, Pamela Viola, Kazaan Viveiros, Sigrid Vollerthun, Tom Wagner, Jenny Walton, Ellyn Weiss, Lee Wheeler, Peter Winant, Julie Wolfe, Tom Wolff, Yuriko Yamaguchi, Millicent Young, and more...

Critical Exposure 8th Annual Spring Exhibit

 Zoom In: National Lens, Local Focus

Critical Exposure is a non-profit organization that empowers low-income D.C. youth to use photography as a tool to create social change in their schools and communities. 

This exhibit is Critical Exposure's annual opportunity to showcase the best student photography, writing, and social change initiative from this year. 

This event will take place on May 22, 2013, 6-8pm at the PEPCO Edison Place Gallery, 702 8th St. NW, Washington, DC 

$35 suggested donation.