Dan Steinhilber: Cast Angels at Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens

Dan Steinhilber: Cast Angels
September 12 - October 24
Opening Reception: September 12, 2pm-6pm
at Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens

A project by Dan Steinhilber, created as part of the Public Art Residency Pilot program, made possible through a partnership between Washington Project for the Arts and Socrates Sculpture Park and funded, in part, by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities DC Creates! Public Art Program. MORE>>

Its Grant Time

Its Grant Time at the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. Apply For Grants HERE.

The DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities offers several funding programs for individuals and nonprofit organizations located in the District of Columbia.

DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
1371 Harvard Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
(202) 724-5613

Art Salon | Thurs May 6th | Critical Exposure Youth Photography Exhibition

Call for videos / Art(202)

The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
is presenting a new 1 hour television show called Art(202)

Submit video content about DC's art scene! Features could include info-mercials about your arts organization, artistic interpretations of your work, documentaries, animations, music videos, slides of your visual art.

Videos submitted can only be content related to or shot in Washington, DC.
Art(202) will air on Friday nights at 9:00 and Saturday nights at 11:00 on the Mayor's Network, Channel 16.

Please submit the following:
:30 - 5 minute videos
One data DVD with either a quick time or .mov; and One regular DVD.
Please provide an online link for screening purposes, if available
Producer/Organization name, email, phone number, address, wesbite
Video release form with your submission

Please mail your package to:

DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Attn: Art202 Don Napoleon
1371 Harvard St. NW, Washington D.C. 20009

Questions:
Art(202) Programming Producer, Don Napoleon at 240 605 6537 or don at gearshift.tv

Poetry Out Load

Gala Hispanic Theater cheers on DC students as they perform to compete in the NEA's Poetry Out Loud finals. One student will be chosen to represent DC on the national stage

Monday | March 8, 2010 | 5:30pm


Gala Hispanic Theatre at Tivoli Square
1333 14st., NW
Washington, DC 20010

RSVP by March 3, 2010

For more information,
Contact Ebony.blanks at dc.gov

Call for Artists: Participate in the Urban Forest Project

This spring, The Urban Forest Project will plant 100 street banners by local designers and students in downtown Washington, DC. Each banner will use the form of, or metaphor for a tree, to make a powerful visual statement about the environment. This project is being brought to Washington, DC as a platform to engage the public in the District's environmental efforts.

The banners will be hung on light poles in downtown Washington, DC during the spring of 2010 in celebration of Arbor and Earth Days. They will then be recycled into unique one-of-a-kind totebags designed exclusively for the project. Proceeds from the sales of the totebags will go to nonprofit environmental efforts that help make Washington, DC a clean, green and sustainable city.
This project, conceived by Worldstudio, is being presented in Washington, DC in collaboration with the District Department of Transportation (DDOT), DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (DCCAH), AIGA DC and Corcoran College of Art and Design.

For more information, contact Rachel Dickerson at Rachel.Dickerson at dc.gov or call 202-724-5613.  To download the call to artist visit:  http://newsroom.dc.gov/show.aspx/agency/dcarts/section/2/release/18804

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

Art Salon: Poetry In Motion

Wednesday, November 18, 7-9pm

Join the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities for Art Salon: Poetry In Motion.

This month explores the worlds of poetry and motion graphics. Poetry - strict or free flowing, breathing words through rhythm and meter, has the power to make us laugh, cry or start a revolution. On November 18th, four talented poets will present their works against a backdrop created through motion graphics. Poetry; one of our most ancient forms of communication, and motion graphics; one of our youngest, join together at our next Art Salon to have a conversation.

Art Salon is modeled after the Paris salons of the late 19th century to inspire and provoke the minds of the creative community, featuring poets Kyle Dargan, Tala Abu Rahmeh, Abdul Ali and Sami Miranda & graphic art courtesy of the Motion Graphics Festival '09.

@
Long View Gallery
1234 9th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001

The American Quilt | Weaving the District's Future

The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities

in partnership with The Textile Museum invites you to attend

Story Quilt: An American History
A lecture given by Master Quilter and
World Renowned artist Faith Ringgold as part of
The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities' American Masterpieces Program,
The American Quilt 2009: Weaving the District's Future.

Sunday, September 13, 2009 3:00pm - 5:00pm

@

The Philips Collection
1600 21st St., NW
Washington, DC

For more information or to RSVP call 202.724.5613
Seating is first come first served and is subject to availibility

Checkout www.theamericanquilt2009.com to enter their virtual quilting competition! Submit your idea for a quilt block! Write, draw, or illustrate your unique story and win fantastic awards from the Textile Museum! This is very easy; you click on the entries browser and upload your idea, and then ask your friends and family to vote for you! The five entries with the highest votes will win great prizes!

The DC Creates! Public Art Program / Call to Artists

Takoma Metro Public Art Project
Deadline: Friday, August 14, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Budget: $250,000

The DC Creates! Public Art Program at the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (DCCAH), in collaboration with the Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority, Art in Transit Program (WMATA) and the Takoma community, seek an artist or art team to design, create, and install artwork that will be located within the Takoma Metro underpass. The goal of this project is to create a vibrant and inviting gateway to the Takoma DC community. The colorful artwork will provide an “avenue” for residents, commuters and visitors to enjoy, admire and revitalize the community as well as express the unique story of historic Takoma.

For more information, email Rachel.Dickerson[at]dc.gov or call (202) 724-5613.

Download the application



Call to Ward 7 and Ward 8 at Benning and Anacostia Libraries Artists and Writers
Deadline: Friday, August 21, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Artist Honorarium: $2,500

The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (DCCAH) in collaboration with District of Columbia Public Library is seeking East-of-the-River artists, including writers, to submit proposals for four prominent areas inside the new Benning and Anacostia Libraries which are expected to open in the spring of 2010. The proposed artwork sites provide artists and writers the opportunity to display their work in a large-scale format in a public building. For more information about the project email Rachel Dickerson or call (202) 724-5613.

For more information about the libraries go to dcpl.dc.gov (DCPL Construction Projects).

For more information, email Rachel.Dickerson[at]dc.gov or call (202) 724-5613.

Download the application

Public Art Calls / Washington DC

Takoma Metro Public Art Project

Deadline: Friday, August 14, 2009 at 5:30 pm

Budget: $250,000

The DC Creates! Public Art Program at the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (DCCAH), in collaboration with the Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority, Art in Transit Program (WMATA) and the Takoma community, seek an artist or art team to design, create, and install artwork that will be located within the Takoma Metro underpass. The goal of this project is to create a vibrant and inviting gateway to the Takoma DC community. The colorful artwork will provide an “avenue” for residents, commuters and visitors to enjoy, admire and revitalize the community as well as express the unique story of historic Takoma.

For more information, email rachel.dickerson[at}dc.gov or call (202) 724-5613. To download the applications please go to www.dcarts.dc.gov (Public Art – Current Calls for Entries). Artists wishing to collaborate, needing assistance with submission proposals, or needing organization assistance can contact Shauna Lee Lange Arts Advisory.

____________________________
Rachel Dickerson
DC Creates Public Art Manager
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
1371 Harvard Street, NW
Washington DC 20009
(202) 724-5613
www.dcarts.dc.gov

MAYOR ADRIAN M. FENTY AND THE DC COMMISSION ON THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES PROVIDE ART INSTALLATION FOR COLUMBIA HEIGHTS PARK

Columbia Heights Park Ribbon Cutting
14th & Girard Street, NW
Friday July 10, 12:00 pm

Community celebration of the opening of the new 14th and Girard Park will continue on Saturday, July 11, as DPR in partnership with the Columbia Heights/Shaw Family Support Collaborative, will host a community celebration from 6 to 9 pm.

All are invited to come out and enjoy fun, food, and entertainment.

Washington, DC – On Friday July 10, 2009, Mayor Adrian M. Fenty along with Ward 1 Councilmember Jim Graham; the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities’ Executive Director, Gloria Nauden; Ximena Hartsock, DC Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) Acting Director; will join the Columbia Heights community at the new 14th and Girard Street Park for a ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the completion and opening of DPR’s newest park.

Redevelopment of the park began with a community-driven planning and design process in spring 2007 with the goal of completely redeveloping the existing park to better serve the community. Demolition of the old park, which featured large amounts of concrete and little usable green space, began in December 2008, and construction of a completely new park began earlier this year. The DC Housing Authority provided construction management for this DPR capital improvement project.

The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, located just one block from the park, has joined with DPR as a community partner and will be overseeing a mural installation by a professional artist or artist team which will work with local residents and youth to design and install the work on the 750 square foot east wall of the outdoor multi-use playcourt.

“The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities is proud to participate in this great project. The Commission is committed to giving every community in the District the opportunity to experience the great work that our city's artists have to offer,” said Commission Executive Director, Gloria Nauden.

The Commission has recently received applications from DC artists and arts organizations to be considered by an art selection panel comprised of representatives from the community, youth, District government agencies, and architects. The selected artist will be required to facilitate at least five workshops for a group of youth in the neighborhood to participate in the design and installation of the mural.

Of Bricks and Beauty: Murals feed the urban soul - washingtonpost.com

In today's Washington Post Magazine article, Deneen L. Brown writes a compelling story about the place and need for murals in our communities.

"Beauty always seems to fall on the lowest step of the staircase of needs. You tread on it to get to other things, such as food, shelter, safety, companionship."

The article includes mention and a photo of the Westminster Playground mural, Community which I completed in 2002 for DC Creates Public Art. Information was provided by historian Perry Frank who is working on a book about Washington murals. Read this lovely article with an online photo gallery to see a dozen of DC's landmark murals.
HERE: Of Bricks and Beauty: Murals feed the urban soul. By DeNeen L. Brown

"Standing on the side of Bohemian Caverns on U Street NW, looking at a pair of jazz greats painted against black bricks, it seems a mistake to ignore the beauty set generously before you."

"Murals have the same claim to your attention."

"In the mural overlooking a playground in Shaw, blight is transcended, the red houses are leaning, yet never falling; swaying in a frozen dance in a happy neighborhood where the sky is always blue."

DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Launches 2010 Grant Cycle for Artists & Arts Organizations

The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities is renewing its commitment to supporting local artists and arts organizations through its distribution of grants for the fiscal year 2010 grant season. According to the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, the District of Columbia ranks first among states in per capita investment in the arts.

“The creative industry is one of the most prosperous business sectors in the District, in workforce numbers, ticket sales and tax revenue generation,” said DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Executive Director Gloria Nauden. “We also boast of more than 460 non-profits in the city that self-identify as arts, humanities or cultural organizations.”

“One of our priorities for disseminating the grants is to ensure that the process is demystified. Our staff is available to help artists and arts organizations develop the most effective grant application possible,” Nauden added.

The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities provides grants, programs and educational activities that encourage diverse artistic expression and learning opportunities, so that all District of Columbia residents and visitors can experience the rich culture of the city. The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities is an agency funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

For more information on grant opportunities or to receive a grant application, visit www.dcarts.dc.gov or call 202-724-5613.

New Public Artwork at Nationals Park Unveiled

Kristen Hudak wrote on - MASNsports.com about the new Public Artwork at Nationals Park presented by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and the Nationals.

"Yesterday, the Nationals and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (DCCAH) presented two new public artwork exhibits at Nationals Park. The projects included three sculptures of D.C. baseball greats Josh Gibson, Frank Howard and Walter Johnson, and a suspended artwork called 'The Ballgame."

Tonight! 24th Annual Mayor’s Arts Awards

Mayor's Arts Awards
Monday, March 23, 2009
6:00 PM
@ John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall - Millennium Stage

The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities will present the Mayor's Arts Awards on Monday, March 23, 2009 at 6 pm in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. Finalists for the 24th Annual Mayor’s Arts Awards demonstrate the wide range of talent the arts community offers in the District of Columbia.

In the tradition of the Academy Awards, winners are announced for the first time during the ceremony hosted by award-winning journalist Cyneé Simpson, weekend evening anchor for ABC 7/WJLA-TV. This year’s award ceremony will feature a performance by special guest Raheem DeVaughn. Throughout the evening the audience is treated to a diverse range of performances including The Washington Ballet, Coral Cantigas and DC’s own Mambo Sauce.

The ceremony is free and open to the public. RSVP’s are not required. For additional information on the Mayor’s Arts Awards or other DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities programs call (202) 724-5613.

The 26th Annual LARRY NEAL WRITERS' COMPETITION

The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
invites District of Columbia resident writers to submit their works for

The 26th Annual
LARRY NEAL WRITERS' COMPETITION.

Cash awards and prizes are given to writers of all ages for artistic excellence in poetry, short story, dramatic writing, and essay!
Special Prize offered for 2009:
The Big Read - DC Special Recognition Award for Creative Expression

Deadline: 7 pm, Thursday, March 19, 2009

DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
1371 Harvard Street, NW Washington, DC 20009

Awards will be presented at the
26th Annual Larry Neal Writers' Awards Ceremony
Friday, May 8, 2009 at 6:00 PM
Elizabethan Theatre
Folger Shakespeare Library.

For more information,
and to view PROGRAM GUIDELINES and download an APPLICATION FORM, visit
www.dcarts.dc.gov
or contact
Charles Barzon at 202.724.5613
charles.barzon@dc.gov

NEA's Poetry out loud

The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities presents
The NEA's Poetry out loud, a national recitation contest.
Come encourage DC Public School students as they compete to become finalists on the national stage!

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 5:30pm
WOOLLY MAMMOTH THEATRE
641 D Street, NW Washington, DC 20004

R.S.V.P. by February 18, 2009
For more information contact shyree.mezick@dc.gov

DCCAH Grant Workshops

Current Funding Opportunities:
Small Projects Program Grant
Folk and Traditional Arts Mini Grant

Workshop:
6:00pm-7:30pm, Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Honfleur Gallery
1241 Good Hope Road, SE
Washington, DC 20020

(Anacostia Metro Station- Green line)

No RSVP required!

For more information about the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
please call 202-724-5613 or visit us on the web at www.dcarts.dc.gov

6th Annual Dance DC Festival / Call to musicians and dancers

The DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
is proud to announce its
6th Annual Dance DC Festival

Gotta swing? Love to dance? Apply!
DCCAH is looking for a wide array of musicians and dancers to apply for traditional dance forms practiced by local area ensembles and artists.
From hip-hop, salsa, swing and clogging, show your dance form so we can share it with our city!

APPLICATION DEADLINE:
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 7pm

Must be delivered (no postmarks) by this date and time to
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
1371 Harvard St, NW, Washington, DC 20009

FOR AN APPLICATION:
www.dcarts.dc.gov

Mark your calendar August 28 - 30, 2009 for Dance DC Festival performances!
For more information call 202.724.5613