Images: “Joker”, Scratchboard by Susan Makara, “Ace of Diamonds (The Painter)” Fine art inkjet print on Archival rag paper by Sharon Wolpoff, “3 of Clubs” Plant and soil pigments, watercolor, and ink by Pam Rogers and “Queen of Spades” Oil on linen by Judith Peck
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"Freedom"
solo exhibition by Andis Applewhite 
Washington Printmakers Gallery | Pyramid Atlantic Art Center | 8230 Georgia Ave | Silver Spring | MD | 20910
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Works by Donna K. McGee
Celebrate the Child In YOU
June 29 through July 31
Artist Reception, Friday, July 1, 6-8 pm
Create a group abstract at the opening
Artist and Early Childhood Educator creates acrylic paintings in the American abstraction tradition. McGee is inspired by Pablo Picasso who said, “Every child is an artist, but the problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.” For thirty years McGee has been teaching and assisting Early Childhood teachers to find the artist within.
Donna K. McGee’s work is well known in the Washington, DC area. Her award winning work has been exhibited in New York and is in public and private collections. Her surfaces initially portray calmness, but they betray the possibility of implosion, as the many facades give way to the unknown beneath.
Workshop: Sat. July 9, 1:00-3:00
CONTACT: Donna K. McGee donna.mcgee@verizon.net limited space; Donation requested
FOUNDRY GALLERY
www.foundrygallery.org
1314 18th St.NW
Wash. DC 20036
through August 27, 2011
Meet the Artists Reception: Wednesday, June 22, 5:30-8:00 PM
Zenith Gallery officially opens a beautiful show, featuring the work of two award-winning sculptors inThe Spirit of Wood exhibition, shining a light on their mettle, musings and talent in bringing out the beauty and soul of wood. Whether using wood in its natural form or found objects constructed of wood, Katie Dell Kaufman and Lynda Smith-Bugge both create a serenity and timelessness in their art. While Katie’s work, made from existing pieces, reflects a ritualistic and ceremonial nature, be it ancient Oriental or early American, Lynda’s, crafted from rare pieces found in nature, expresses the purity and spirit of wood in its original form.
www.zenithgallery.com
Call For Entries
The Sky's the Limit: A juried exhibition of artworks in all media that incorporate photographic techniques
The Brentwood Arts Exchange is pleased to announce The Sky's the Limit, the 2011 Prince George's County Juried Exhibition. Photographic imagery is ubiquitous in nearly every aspect of our lives, from billboards, to cell phone videos, to keepsake albums to Facebook profiles. It's no coincidence that it is just as pervasive throughout contemporary art - even in media that are often thought of in stark contrast to traditional photography. The Sky's the Limit presents a glimpse of the ways photography employs itself throughout the visual arts, here and now. Juried by Michael Platt, the exhibition presents the best photo-inclusive art by artists who live, work, or study in Prince George's County. Hosted in the Gateway Arts District for the second time, this Prince George's County Juried Exhibition is our chance to show off the important contributions that artists in our county make to contemporary art throughout the region.
APPLICATION DEADLINE - July 22, 2011
All submissions must be received by 5:00pm
JUROR
Michael B. Platt Michael B. Platt is a 2007 recipient of the prestigious Franz and Virginia Bader Fund Grant. Long known as a printmaker, Platt now prefers the more encompassing designation, "imagemaker."
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
If you have any questions or would like information, contact: Phil Davis, Assistant Director, Brentwood Arts Exchange phil.davis[at]pgparks.com tel. 301-277-2863; tty. 301-446-6802
Brentwood Arts Exchange - exchanging ideas through art.
@ Gateway Arts Center
3901 Rhode Island Avenue
Brentwood, MD 20722
301-277-2863/ tty. 301-446-6802
arts.pgparks.com
BITE: identity and humor
On view June 23 – July 29, 2011
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 25, 5 – 7pm. Juror’s Talk at 5:30pm
Moderated Dialogue with Philippa Hughes: Monday, July 11, 7:30pm
Hillyer Art Space announces a new music series, The Recorder. Bringing new music into a contemporary art setting, The Recorder hosts independent, contemporary, and experimental music performances.
Kickoff Event Featuring CIGARETTE
Monday, June 20th 7pm-9pm
$10 suggested donation
Refreshments provided
Hillyer Art Space believes that new music plays a critical role in a vibrant arts community, and aims to create new opportunities for music to engage with art. The Recorder provides a meeting place for the art and music worlds, allowing for new encounters between artists and musicians, and creating the opportunity and space for collaborations to occur.
Cigarette is an Arlington-based band that plays well-pitched and heartfelt music. They are bringing a more than welcome appreciation for calm and grace to the local music scene. You can listen to their quiet resonance at www.myspace.com/slowmoans.
WASHINGTON SCULPTORS GROUP CALL FOR ENTRIES
By the Numbers
An Exhibition Connecting the World of Sculpture to the World of Numbers
BlackRock Center for the Arts
12901 Town Commons Drive
Germantown, MD 20874
www.blackrockcenter.org
EXHIBITION DATES
September 7 - September 30, 2011
APPLICATION DEADLINE
July 5, 2011. Submissions must be received by the CaFE website by 12 midnight.
JUROR/CURATOR: Claudia Rousseau, Professor, Art History, School of Art + Design at
Montgomery College, Takoma Park/Silver Spring, MD
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
BY THE NUMBERS will be about relationships among mathematical representations and real
world entities, articles, gadgets, devices, objects and materials. This show will seek to explore how these relationships can be illustrated or revealed through spectacle and magic that relies on arrays, sequences, intervals, quantity, counting and numbering schemes, geometry, lines, linearity, circles, sectors, angles, measurement, mechanics, engineering, and similar notions. BY THE NUMBERS will also attempt to include connections, relationships and intersections among these concepts and the natural and environmental forms and influences evident in numerology and metaphysics.
ELIGIBILITY
The exhibition is open to members of the Washington Sculptors Group whose 2011 membership status is current (Refer to your spring Newsletter mailing label for membership status). Artists who are not already members may join WSG by paying the annual dues of $45 ($15 for full-time students). To join please go to: http://washingtonsculptors.org and click on "Join WSG."
Visit CaFE Calendar to view the application.
CAPITAL FRINGE FESTIVAL 2011
Capital Fringe Festival
Thursday, July 4 through Sunday, July 24, 2011
Performance Preview – Evening of Friday July 1st
NO LATE SEATING: All seats are general admission. There is no late seating at Fringe because it’s too disruptive for the audience and difficult for the all-volunteer box officers to manage. With only 30 minutes between performances, things run on time.
capitalfringe.org
2011 Capital Fringe Festival will launch its festival schedule and ticket sales for this year’s lineup of over 100 shows at 19 venues on June 20, 2011. The area’s largest performing arts festival takes place Thurs., July 7 through Sun., July 24, 2011.
This year—the festival’s sixth—about 2,000 participating performing artists participate in shows ranging from comedy to dance, from musical theatre to experimental performance art. Fringe staff expects to issue more than 30,000 tickets to the 18-day festival.
The festival’s beer tent, The Baldacchino Gypsy Tent Bar, will open on June 20 for a series of pre-festival events. After seeing a show, patrons are encouraged to visit The Baldacchino Gypsy Tent Bar at Fort Fringe to share your experience and hear about other shows. This is a great opportunity to build bridges between communities and also between the artists and patrons.
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Host a Visiting Artist
Tuesday - Sunday, July 19th - 24th
Hosts Receive
One 110 Proof Pass for admission to 10 shows
One Fringe Festival 2011 Admission Button
Capital Fringe is still in need of volunteers to host eight visiting artists for up to six nights. If you have a spare bed, a sleep sofa, or room to set up an air mattress, please consider hosting one or more of these artists; if not, please forward this request to friends, relatives, and colleagues who do. Every year, Capital Fringe welcomes dozens of out-of-town artists from cities here and abroad. As Fringe artists generally don't have funds for hotels and are truly appreciative of the volunteers who host Fringe artists.
Capital Fringe staff will coordinate with each potential volunteer host the dates available to host a performing artist and any other specific criteria of the host to ensure a favorable match. For more information on hosting an artist and to sign up for hosting an artist contact
coordinator@capitalfringe.org
For festival information
www.capitalfringe.org
Capital Fringe Festival607 New York Ave NW
202.737.7230
Metro: Gallery Pl-Chinatown, exit 7th and H or
Mt Vernon Sq0inh Street-Convention Ctr
The WPA 2011-2012 Artist Directory
Join us for a Launch Party at the Washington Design Center's DreamHome to celebrate the publishing of the 5th edition of the WPA Artist Directory!
Tuesday June 14, 2011 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
@
The Washington Design Center
300 D Street, S.W.
Washington, DC 20024
RSVP for the Launch Party
This will be the very first opportunity to see and purchase this full-color guide to WPA member artists that serves as a reference tool for curators, gallerists, patrons and artists. This year, the 2011-2012 Artist Directory is available for a new, lower price of $9.95 plus tax.
The venue is the DreamHome located on the 5th Floor of the Washington Design Center, an extraordinary space that features work by several WPA member artists in rooms decorated by some of Washington's top interior designers.
Work by Anne Marchand is featured in Andy Staszak's "Family Room" in the DreamHome. Come see.
Artists and advertisers who have not previously indicated that they will take delivery of their complimentary copy of the Artist Directory by mail may pick up their copy at this event. Additional copies may also be purchased.
WPA would like to thank the Washington Design Center for its generosity in sponsoring this event. The Washington Design Center is the mid-Atlantic region's largest single resource for high-end home furnishings and decor.
If you have questions about this event or about the Artist Directory, please contact Membership Director, Liz Georges, via email at lgeorges[at]wpadc.org or via phone at 202-234-7103.
Four large artworks by AAC resident artists Lee Gainer and Bridget Sue Lambert now deck two of Rosslyn's pedestrian walkways through August. OPEN SKY ART 2011 is
a collaborative project of Rosslyn Renaissance, the Rosslyn Business
Improvement District (RBID), and the Arlington Arts Center (AAC). Stop
by and take a look this summer: the banners come down in August.
Source:
https://www.arlingtonartscenter.org/aacnetwork/open-sky-art-2011-unveiled-rosslyn
AAC ANNOUNCES THREE GUEST JUDGES FOR SOLOS 2012
The deadline for this year’s SOLOS call for entries is July 1.
Click here for the application prospectus.
This year AAC’s SOLOS 2012 competition will be juried with the guidance of three exciting guest judges: Klaus Ottman, Karen Milbourne, and J.J. McCracken.
The exhibitions program at the AAC supports the work of 10 to 14 contemporary artists in the Mid-Atlantic region in SOLOS
exhibitions. Submissions are reviewed by an exhibitions committee,
which includes notable artists, critics, curators, and collectors. Each artist mounts a self-contained show
in one of seven separate gallery spaces.
“The Pure Drop”/The Washington Post
The title of Carlotta Hester’s Govinda Gallery show refers to the integrity of traditional Irish music, played on guitars, fiddles, accordions, flutes and – by one impure participant – a Roland synthesizer.
Participate in Perfect Girls
"When I was perfect"
Join Judy Byron this Sunday June 12 at 1:30 P.M.
Smithsonian Museum of American Art for coffee and talk
The public events for Perfect Girls (the installation) will close on June 19. It will be open by appointment July 8 thru August 8, with a Closing Party in the Fall. For information: judy[at]judybyron.com
Although many years have passed since the emergence of the Feminist Movement, the Gay Rights Movement, the passage of the Civil Rights Act, and the passage of Title IX, I believe the concept of a perfect girl still resonates through our North American culture.
Through the web outreach of "When I was Perfect" and the sale of Perfect Girl t-shirts, I aim to explore and claim the phrase PERFECT GIRL; transforming it into a vehicle for individual and community empowerment.Send:
Women and those who identify as female are invited to join in.
All ages are welcome. -Judy Byron
The Rawls Museum Arts 2011 Juried show will be on view through July 11th. Congratulations to all the artists selected for inclusion.
20th Anniversary Celebration "Living Embodiments: Artistic Expressions of Being"
Edward Clark, Herbert Gentry, Sam Gilliam, Richard Mayhew, Wosene Kosrof, and other artists
Bettmann Dances is pleased to announce the impending arrival of the company’s second
main stage performance, a yearlong community exploration of security called Quis Custodiet. With three sections of the work created and performed over the last year, Bettmann Dances looks forward to the September 2nd premier of Quis at the Woolly Mammoth Theater in downtown DC.
The project is created by an awarding winning artistic team including Bettmann,
video creators Tim Tate and Chanan Delivuk and costume designer Ginger Carlin. The project is already benefiting from the participation of a host committee in
seeking sponsors, promoters, supporters, and media partners, and from the
participation of the community in company-hosted dialogues about community and
national security.
Quis continues to seek enthusiasts, partners, performers and sponsors to help in the actualization of the premiere. As a non-profit, our ability to enrich the community depends upon the involvement of the community itself, and there are several opportunities for involvement. You can contribute to the conversation by sharing your thoughts and stories on the Quis website or physically shape the project by joining our “chorus” and the company of dancers on Woolly’s stage in the final section of the piece. Sponsorship and partner opportunities are still available, and those interested should contact Kelsey@dayeight.org
For more information on the project find the company on facebook, or visit the Quis project website – http://quis.bettmanndances.com
Link for Bettmann dances – bettmanndances.com
Triumphs of Abstraction
June 11-September 4, 2011
Kandinsky and the Harmony of Silence: Painting with White Border & Stella Sounds: The Scarlatti K Series
Published in 1911, this year marks the
Centennial of Wassily Kandinsky's publication "Concerning the Spiritual
in Art". The Phillips Collection in Washington, DC opens two concurrent
exhibitions, on June 11, 2011 "Kandinsky and the Harmony of Silence:
Painting with White Border" and "Stella Sounds: The Scarlatti Series."
The strong gestural forms and sweeping color of Frank Stella recalls the
painterly abstraction of Kandinsky. From an interview by Curator Elsa
Smithgall, Stella states that the Influence of Kandinsky made a mark on
the work of the best Abstract Expressionists. He says the legacy of
Kandinsky, Mondrian and Malevich is "insanely modest". In the upcoming
exhibitions, you see Kandinsky's influence resurrected in Stella's
engagement with three dimensional form invigorated with color and
movement. You will be moved to contemplation by the quality and legacy
this exceptional exhibition declares the vibrancy of painting! There is
an all day symposium on June 11 which will feature Frank Stella, Leo
Villareal and others in the auditorium. http://www.phillipscollection.org/programs/symposia/index.aspx
Kandinsky and the Harmony of Silence: Painting with White Border
After a visit to his native Moscow in 1912, Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944) sought to find a way to record the “extremely powerful impressions” that lingered in his memory. Working tirelessly through numerous drawings, watercolors, and oil studies over a five-month period, Kandinsky eventually arrived at his 1913 masterpiece, Painting with White Border. The exhibition will reunite this painting with over 12 preparatory studies from international collections, including the Phillips’s oil sketch, and compare it with other closely related works. Complemented by an in-depth conservation study of Painting with White Border, the exhibition will provide viewers with a rare glimpse into Kandinsky’s creative process.
This exhibition is co-organized by The Phillips Collection and The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation.
The Phillips Collection's presentation and the exhibition catalogue are supported by the National Endowment for the Arts
For the first time in a museum exhibition, The Phillips Collection presents recent works from Frank Stella's Scarlatti Kirkpatrick Series inspired by 18th-century composer Domenico Scarlatti's harpsichord sonatas. Made from lightweight resin, the swirling multicolored polychrome forms with coiled steel tubing armatures are dynamic evocations of the colorful sounds and rhythms of Scarlatti's music. Traveling through space, the sculptures perform like objects on a stage. Each one begins as a hand-crafted model that is scanned into a computer, where Stella refines the design before realizing it at full-scale. Moving at the crossroads of painting, drawing, and sculpture, Stella's Scarlatti K series ushers in a bold new chapter in the artist's exceptional five-decade career.
Source: The Phillips Collection Website
"Artistically Speaking with Marilou Donahue," a web site highlighting the arts in the Washington, D. C. area is updated the first of every month. There are chats with leading professionals in the fields of music, art, theater, dance, and literature. Check out Marilou Donahue's June site HERE
June 6 – 10
various venues
EuroAsia Shorts
Short films from Asia, Europe and the United States
Organized by the Alliance Française; the Chinatown Community Cultural Center; the DC Shorts Film Festival; the Goethe-Institut Washington; Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Embassy of Italy; the Japan Information and Culture Center, Embassy of Japan; the Korean Embassy’s KORUS House; the Embassy of Spain; and the Royal Thai Embassy.
www.euroasiashorts.com
Opening Thursday, June 9
Goethe-Institut
gute aussichten: new german photography 2010/2011
Opening with photographers Rebecca Sampson and Stephan Tillmans
Featuring award-winning works from the most recent annual German graduate photography competition.
www.goethe.de/ins/us/was/ver/en7521627v.htm
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Opening of two solo exhibitions: "The Kids Are Alright" by New Orleans-based Dan Tague and "New Loops" by Washington, DC-based artist Billy Friebele at Civilian Art Projects
Friday, June 10, 2011, 7-9pm
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Evan Reed: Traveling Past PROUN @ Project 4
Exhibition: June 10 - July 16, 2011
Opening Reception: Friday June 10, 2011 - 6:30pm - 9:00pm
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ELLEN HILL and 410 GOODBUDDY present a solo exhibition
SUMMER IN THE CITY
OPENING RECEPTION: JUNE 10, 6-9pm
410 FLORIDA AVENUE, NW
WASHINGTON, DC
ellenhillart[at]verizon.net 301-881-0175
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Line & ShadowA collection of early 20th century and contemporary printmakers, all talented in the use of line and the depiction of light. Opening Reception: Friday June 10, from 5-8pm at The Old Print Gallery
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The Bethesda Art Walk and tours return Friday, June 10 from 6-9pm. Free guided tours start at the Bethesda Metro at 6:30pm.
The Art Walk features 11 galleries and businesses that open their doors the second Friday of every month to showcase original artwork. Enjoy the opportunity to browse the work of internationally acclaimed photographers, winning painters, local ceramic artists and so much more.
For more information, please visit www.bethesda.org
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Demo/Artist Talk with Max-Karl Winkler in conjunction with his current solo exhibition,
"Cuttings From a Winter Garden"
Saturday, June 11, 1-4 pm Woodcuts, drawings, and pastels.
Exhibition runs June 1-26
Washington Printmakers Gallery
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Last Chance to View: NETWORK, a group exhibition - JUNE 11, 2011
www.addisonripleyfineart.com
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CLOSING WEEKEND!
Re-collections: Material, Space, Memory
Victoria Greising Through June 12
Artist Talk: June 12, 5 PM
DC Arts Center
Webbed installations of manipulated fabric and cord proposes to the viewer an experience that is at once sculptural as well as environmental. These landscapes of collected and woven three dimensional lines elucidate a symbolic coming together of a specific grouping of family and friends, as well as a manifestation of an enigmatic logic of determined handiwork. Curated by Isabel Manalo, Apprentice Curator: Metasebia Yoseph
Studio H celebrates the groundbreaking work of Ecuadorian artist Pablo Caviedes. This is your last chance to see the entire Mannequin series exhbited in the same space.
ARTIST'S TALK & RECEPTION
Susan Klebanoff - The Evolution of Process
Thursday, June 9, 6-8 PM
Tapestry artist Susan Klebanoff will talk about the evolution of her unique and original process of creating multi-layered artwork, and will unveil several new tapestries in a surprising new format!
Events will be held in Zenith Gallery at Chevy Chase Pavilion,
level 2, next to Embassy Suites Hotel
5335 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington DC 20015
Washington Studio School Certificate Student
Laurel Dugan: Paintings
June 2 through June 30.
Graduation Exhibit and Reception
Meet the artist, Laurel Dugan, June 10, 6pm-8pm. RSVP kindly appreciated:202-234-3030 or admin@washingtonstudioschool.org
Artist Statement -- Laurel Dugan
These works are authentic to the stage of life that I am living right now. They express both my artistic ideals and my daily experiences of being part of a growing family. I have always found my life as an artist and my life as a wife and mother to be two sides of the same coin. In this same way, the artworks in this series should be totally integrated -- formally and conceptually. This intersection of form and concept is a truth I try to expose in all of my work. Through color, value, rhythm, mark and direction these works express a sense of humor about life. I love to find the absurdity in the serious, the chaos in the order, and authentic beauty in unexpected places. Toys are a light-hearted vehicle for expressing the serious issues of life. They also communicate a "process of becoming". Good art comes from life lived. I never want my art to be a closed program of personal indulgence. Rather, if I achieve my goal, each work's tenor will resonate with viewers in a personal way. The work should continue to evolve in a viewer's eye long after the first glance.Washington Studio School
Irvine Contemporary, Contemporary Art, Washington, DC
Utrecht Art Supplies 3nd Annual Juried Art Competition
Competition is open for entry now thru September 1st 2011.
See official competition rules.
Sean Scully: Works on Paper
Sean Scully: Works on Paper is on exhibit until 24th June at the Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, The George Washington University. The exhibit comprises 27 works in watercolor, drawing, and pastel from the artist's own collection and several privately owned works. It is free to the public and is open Tuesdays to Fridays, 10am to 5pm . Further information is available from www.gwu.edu/~bradyart.
CONTAIN, MAINTAIN, SUSTAINOn view through July 19
Artisphere
1101 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington VA 22209
Gallery Hours: Mon-Sat, 11am-9pm; Sun, 11am-6pm
www.artisphere.com
This exhibition is presented by Artisphere,
Washington Project for the Arts, and
Washington Sculptors Group.
CURATOR'S TALKS
Saturday June 11, 3pm: Welmoed Laanstra, Public Art Projects Curator, Arlington Cultural Affairs
Saturday June 25, 3pm: Ernesto Santalla, AIA, LEED AP, Studio Santalla Inc.
In the Flesh 3
Target Gallery, Alexandria VA in the Torpedo Factory
Reception: June 9th, 6-8pm -- Gallery talk with Dr. Jamie Smith at 7pmSpecial Programming at 8pm: Karen Reedy Dance performs a dance inspired by In The Flesh 3
28th Annual Dupont-Kalorama Museum Walk
Sat., June 4, 10AM-4PM
Sun., June 5, 1-5PM
Presented by the Dupont-Kalorama Museum Consortium
(http://dkmuseums.com/ . Free entry at all participating museums!
Dupont Kalorama Museum Walk Weekend is the perfect excuse to explore D.C.'s "off-the-mall" museums. In addition to a wide variety of exhibitions, many sites are offering special programs in keeping with the "live green, love local" theme. Enjoy period music and bring a picnic to the gardens at Dumbarton House (weather permitting, both days,12-2pm) [also, Dumbarton House opens at 11am, and will gladly extend free admission from 11am!], stop by The Textile Museum's Celebration of Textiles to make a recycled seed packet to take home with zinnia seeds , take part in Jazz n' Family Fun Days at The Phillips Collection and
celebrate the memory of a loved one in a creative and artful way at the National Museum of American Jewish Military History (open Sunday only).Unplug the Ipod and GameBoy and try out a board game from the 1920's at Wilson House.
Refreshments will be available for sale via several of D.C.'s beloved food trucks throughout the neighborhood, including Sweet Green and Carmen's Ice.
**Please note that not all museums will be open both days. Event held rain or shine.
Participating: Anderson House, Fondo Del Sol Visual Arts Center, General Federation of Women's Clubs, Mary McLeod Bethune Council House, Meridian International Center, The National Museum of American Jewish Military History (open Sunday only), The Phillips Collection, The Textile Museum, and the Woodrow Wilson House.
Check the full event schedule at http://www.dkmuseums.com/walk.html Free shuttles between museums for those who are not in the mood to walk!
A comedy club grows in Silver Spring! -- there are a few tix left for both shows:
“IMPROBABLE COMEDY” SHOWCASES LOCALLY-BRED COMEDIANS
APARNA NANCHERLA AND MICHAEL FOODY
JUNE 4TH in SILVER SPRING
Silver Spring – Washington-bred comedian Aparna Nancherla returns from Los Angeles to headline two June 4th shows of unprecedented local comedic strength.
Nancherla, who grew up in Northern Virginia and launched her comedy career at clubs in and around Washington, moved to Los Angeles last year to make comedy her full-time job. Her local success and decision to relocate were chronicled last year in a major feature story in the Washington Post.
The one-night performances at Vicino’s Downstairs in Silver Spring, at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., open with Washingtonian Michael Foody, an edgy young voice familiar in clubs throughout the region.
Nancherla’s Seinfeldesque observations and self-deprecation set off Foody’s more biting ruminations on politics and pop culture. As Nancherla says, “I put the ‘shun’ in professional.” And as Foody describes his comic powers, “they manipulate the forces of nature in a way that is indistinguishable from magic.”
Tickets to this inaugural Improbable Comedy event are $15 with a two-item minimum purchased from Vicino’s bar, which offers beer, wine and sangria, and a full dinner menu. Vicino’s is located at 959 Sligo Ave. in Silver Spring. The show is for patrons 21 and older.
Buy tickets at the show’s Website: www.improbablecomedy.com
Proceeds from the June 4th shows benefit FINCA International, the Foundation for International Community Assistance, which provides financial services to the world’s lowest-income entrepreneurs.
Gazette article about Improbably Comedy: http://www.gazette.net/stories/06012011/entemon115400_32537.php
To read the Washington Post article on Nancherla: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/10/AR2010121005106.html
Panel Discussion: On Drawing
Saturday, June 4th @ 4:00 pm
On Drawing is a panel discussion that focuses on the diverse nature of the drawing practice, from graphite-on-paper, to site-specific installations, to drawing in space with non-traditional materials. Artists Julie Benoit, Leah Cooper, Elena Volkova, and Renee van der Stelt will discuss their approaches to drawing, as well as explore investigations and questions that arise in each artist's work and how that relates to contemporary drawing practices.
RSVP to jackie@hamiltoniangallery.com
Hamiltonian Gallery
1353 U Street, NW
Washington, DC 20010 202.332.1116
The deadline date for online applications has been changed from September 16 to September 18.
The 2012 Smithsonian Craft Show is now open for business and Co-chairs Anne-Lise Auclair-Jones and Ann Peel invite all eligible candidates to apply for this 30th Anniversary celebration of American craft. As in the past, the exhibitors will be selected by a jury of three highly qualified independent experts. The Smithsonian Women's Committee asks the jurors to identify the most accomplished artists in their respective media, whose work is innovative, well conceived and expertly executed. The jury is asked to strive for a show that is well balanced among the various media. All qualified candidates are considered equally.
For the first time, Craft Show applicants are being given the opportunity to highlight their use of materials that are green, recycled, reclaimed and repurposed by applying for the Mixed Media category or by mentioning their use of such materials in their artists' statements for any category.
Event Location: National Building Museum, Washington DC
Event Dates: April 19-22, 2012 Preview Night Benefit: April 18, 2012
Deadlines: Online application – midnight EST. September 18, 2011Application Fee: $50 for online applications
Jury Notification: October 31, 2011
To apply online, please visit smithsoniancraftshow.org
or go to Juried Art Services www.juriedartservices.com
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