Heavy Hitterz / Art Whino Gallery

July 25th –Aug 15th, 2009
Openimg

Saturday, July 25th,
6pm – Midnight

173 Waterfront St.
National Harbor, MD 20745

Heavy Hitterz, an annual group art show that features emerging artists from the lowbrow and graffiti art scene, is heading to Art Whino Gallery in the Washington DC Area for a July 25 opening.

Presented by gaNyan, Art Whino, and fabric8, this third annual showcase of emerging artists will feature 60+ international painters and illustrators from around the globe including Josh Taylor, Angrywoebots, MUNKONE, Ursula Xanthe Young, Estria, Phoneticontrol, and Stuter.

The concept for the show was first developed and executed in 2007 by curator gaNyan, who wanted to bring together the up-and-coming artists he admired in the character-based and underground art world. It debuted at Age Song Gallery in San Francisco with over 80 participants and much acclaim. In 2008, Heavy Hitterz Manila was presented in the Philippines at Pablo Gallery, complete with a block party featuring live painting and DJs in the streets.
For its third installation, gaNyan teams up with Art Whino and long-time collaborators fabric8 to bring Heavy Hitterz Maryland. All three have been long committed to the street art scene and are excited to join forces from West Coast to East.

Participating Artists:
Adrian Roman
Alice Koswara
Alli Good
Andre Simayan
Angry Woebots
2H
Auks
bounce
Chase "Cachi" Moreau
Chris Granillo
Guy Mckinley
Dan Fleres
Daniel Goffin
Downer
Dramaone
Estria
Ganyan
Gem Mateo
Ian Hill
Jason Coe
Joey Potts
John Felix Arnold III
Josh Lawyer
Josh Taylor
Joshua Herbolsheimer
Krayola Eater
King 157
Liz Corbett
Luis Lorenzana
Marikina
Matt Cipov
Matt Linares
Max Kauffman
Megan Kimber
Minette Manghas
Mr. Penfold
Munk One
Ninjagrl
Pablo Cristi
Pancho Abalos
peabe
Phoneticontrol
Rey Ortega
Robert Bowen
Roots
Safety1st
Sam Ramos
Seamo One
Sjors trimbach
Skinner
Stuter
Tenfold
TXLW
Ursula Xanthe Young

The event is FREE and open to the public.

Romanticism / Lou Reed

July 25 - September 5, 2009

Opening Reception:
Saturday, July 25th
6:30 - 8:30 pm















Lou Reed, Untitled (Santa Fe), 2009. Pigment print, Image size: 8 x 12 inches, Paper size: 16 x 20 inches


Adamson Gallery presents "Romanticism," an exhibition of new photographs by Lou Reed - stunning black and white images of landscapes and architectural motifs, shot on the artist's travels to Scotland, Denmark, Big Sur and elsewhere. The photographs are taken with a digital camera that Reed had adapted to "see" in the infrared zone, which gives them as aura of strangeness, or otherworldliness. They have a timeless quality but are simultaneously very modern, like Reed himself. They are surprisingly small in scale, making these striking natural images personal, portable, and intimate.

First with his group, The Velvet Underground and then as a solo artist, Lou Reed has been making innovations in music since the 1960s. His name has become synonymous with the New York avant-garde, and with the city itself. With his photography, Reed has been moving out of New York, while his first collection featured portraits of the city, this new one focuses on more pastoral settings.

This collection of photographs takes its name from the 18th and 19th century art movement that sought a return to the emotion, beauty, and unknowability of the natural as a counterpoint to industrial era's emphasis on technological development and the pursuit of rational knowledge. Reed's images recall this impulse: they focus on the aesthetic and the sublime; the splendor of a single tree against a cloudy Scottish sky, suffused with light. There is, however, also something uncanny and eerie about some of the photographs; the absence of human figures, a road leading over a bridge into a dense, shadowy forest. Reed has recently adapted the poet and writer Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven, the supernatural is a theme that underwrites much of his recent work. Perhaps, like the Romantics, Reed is commenting on another Industrial Revolution - the rapid developments of globalization are once again placing the natural into both literal and metaphoric danger - the beauty of his landscapes takes on a more urgent meaning.

Reed says of his work, "I love photography. I love digital. I love digital. It's what I'd always wished for. Being in the camera and experiencing the astonishing accomplishment of the creations of life sparked through the beauty of the detailed startling power of the glass lens. A new German lens brings a mist to me. The colors and light I come to see through the beauty of the camera. A love that lasts forever is the love of the lens of sharpness - of spirit warmth and depth and feeling. It makes my body pour emotion into the heartbeat of the world. A great trade and exchange. I think of the camera as my soul. Much like a guitar. My lovely Alpa has rosewood grips. What more could you need?"

Lou Reed has been working in multiple media for over thirty years. Along with his band, The Velvet Underground, he was inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. He has acted in and composed music for a number of films, and is the recipient of the Chevalier Commander of Arts and Letters from the French government. He is the author of Pass thru Fire: The Collected Lyrics and the play The Raven. His previous books of photography, both published with Steidl, include Lou Reed's New York and Emotion in Action.

ADAMSON GALLERY
1515 fourteenth street nw
washington dc / 20005
phone: 202.232.0707
www.adamsongallery.com

Brent Lilly / THE GALLERY at Todd Christofaro

Opening Show, Saturday, July 18, 7 - 9pm

The Art Registry Presents at THE GALLERY at Todd Christofaro.

After returning to DC from a trip to NYC, I had to go see Erin Chase Mackay and Jill Lubar's NEW Art Registry Gallery opening in Georgetown tonight. This is the gallery's second opening and features the paintings of Brent Lilly.
The gallery is located at 3146 Dumbarton Street, NW in Georgetown above Todd Christafaro.

It's a wonderful space and exciting show by abstract artist Brent Lilly. His color palette is unusual with cool colors on the surface pushing back hot colors underneath like lava flows under the earth's crust. Here's some pictures from tonight's opening. Go take a look for yourself...


THE GALLERY at Todd Christofaro, Erin Chase Mackay



Brent Lilly discussing his work.


Brent Lilly Paintings at THE GALLERY at Todd Christofaro


Anne Marchand, Erin Chase Mackay, Brent Lilly


















Gallery Visitors

Opportunity for Artists

Deadline: July 31st, 2009

DC's International Arts and Artists’ Hillyer Art Space is currently accepting submittals until July 31st, 2009 for its regional artists series of exhibitions beginning January through December 2010.

Requirements:
- Artists must be currently living or working from the Mid Atlantic Region (MD, DE, WV, VA, & DC).
- Artists seeking a solo show at Hillyer must not have been featured in a solo show in DC area within the last 10 years.
- All work to be included in Hillyer Art Spaces shows must have been made in the last 5 years.

For details and prospectus, please email Graham Boyle at grahamb[at]artsandartists.org or call the gallery at 202.338.0680.

2008-2009 WPA Artist Directory Now on Sale

Are you looking for art and artists in the Washington metro area. You can have the pulse of the artscene at your fingertips with a copy of the WPA Artist Directory. Published bi-annually, this four-color, 5.5 x 8.5 inch Directory is the definitive listing of established and emerging contemporary artists throughout the Washington region.



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The Directory showcases the work of 400 artists on beautiful semi-gloss pages in full color. Contact information on each artist is included for art professionals and art lovers to utilize in building their roster of artists or private art collection. This Directory is a great addition to any art library and a great gift!

WPA 202.234.7103

IA&A artists’ forum

Second International Arts & Artists
Artists’ Forum
July 22nd, Wednesday, at 6:30 to 7:30.

Contact: Lachelle Slade
Membership Director

International Arts & Artists
9 Hillyer Court, NW
Washington, DC 20008 USA
T 202.338.0680
www.artsandartists.org

Athenaeum Gallery Event / Thomas Drymon

Above: Waiting for the world to begin in the Athenaeum Gallery

Artist Talk Sunday, July 19 4:00 free

Working Across Media and the Creative Process
August 6 through September 6, 2009

Thomas Drymon will discuss his exhibit Waiting for the world to begin and how he integrates the themes he explores in painting to photography, video and installation. He also will comment on his work as a commercial graphic designer and its influence in his work. Slides and short films will illustrate the talk.

Drymon is a painter and photographer living in Washington, DC. In Waiting for the world to begin, the artist meditates on man's relationship to the natural world and his search for beauty amidst the rubble of daily existence. The works reflect moments in time - sometimes light and playful, sometimes dark and dense - but always isolated, with no hint to the past or future.

The Athenaeum
201 Prince Street
Alexandria, Va 22314
703 548 0035
www.nvfaa.org

Abstract work at Gallery Neptune

Group exhibition of abstract work by
Duane Cregger, Thomas Drymon, Greg Minah


July 9–August 15, 2009.


Artist Talk: Saturday, July 18, 2PM


Gallery Neptune, 5001 Wilson Lane, Bethesda, MD

International Arts & Artists invites you to come HOME

this Friday, July 17!
Featuring Drew Anderson

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

Special guest host Simone Jacobson, the founder and original host of HOME. Jacobson was born in Phoenix, Arizona where she emerged as a performer under the tutelage of internationally renowned choreographer, Hodgie Jo. While at the University of Maryland, she studied dance and became a member of the professional hip-hop dance company, Culture Shock DC (CSDC), serving as the first director of their junior dance company, Future Shock. Jacobson was the founder/director of the Urban Poets Society, a traveling collective of spoken word poets in DC, MD, and VA. She also founded/directed UMD's first hip-hop dance company, PHUNKtions, which is still active and hosts an annual hip-hop dance competition. Today, Jacobson is the Director of The Cipher at Words Beats & Life, a non-profit organization dedicated to transforming individual lives and whole communities through hip-hop. She is also pursuing an MA in Arts Management at American University.

New Orleans, Louisiana-bred hip hop artist, spoken word poet, host, screenwriter and high school teacher Drew Anderson, aka "Droopy the Broke Baller," utilizes his talent in innovative ways to connect with audiences big and small via the avenues of art and education. A fixture in the D.C. spoken word scene for more than 10 years strong and two-time DC/Baltimore National Slam Team member, Anderson has a writing resume that includes two solo publications and numerous collaborative projects. He is a co-founder of the award-winning Straight, No Chaser Productions film company, dedicated to giving voice to underexposed characters and lending reality to unconventional worlds.

As a performance artist and host of the ever-popular "Spit Dat" set at Mocha Hut, Anderson is known lovingly as "The Black Weird Al Yankovich" for his laugh-laden parodies of the music world's catchiest contributions. We are fortunate to have him as our feature this month, as he was contemplating running for president but decided instead to "give his boy Barack a shot."

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

9 Hillyer Court NW | Washington, DC | 20008 |
T. 202.338.0680 | Gallery Hours: 10am - 5pm Monday,
10am - 7pm Tuesday - Friday, 11am - 4pm Saturday,
Otherwise by appointment
www.artsandartists.org/artspace.html

Arts Commission Offers Grants

Arts Commission Offers Grants: The Washington Informer

"The D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities (DCCAH) offers several grants to the arts community of the District but, DCCAH Executive Director, Gloria Naudin, said many artists East of the River remain under-represented among applicants." By Shantella Sherman - WI Staff Writer

Finding Beauty in a Broken World: In the Spirit of Frida Kahlo

Exhibition Dates: July 1 – August 29

A mixed media exhibition juried by F. Lennox Campello.

Frida Kahlo: Her Art & Her Pain with F. Lennox Campello
Thursday | July 16 | 6:30-8:30PM | Free & open to the public

Opening Reception & Awards: Friday, July 17, 2009, 5:30 – 8:00PM

Frida Kahlo remains one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, but her spectacular life experiences, writing and views on life and art have also influenced many artists. Frida always painted herself: her pain, her anguish, her sorrow, her passion, as well as her triumph over disability. Her paintings and retablos celebrate a life constantly reinventing itself, in spite of the physical disability that strove to confine it. This exhibition will showcase the work of artists influenced not only by Frida’s art, but also by her biography, her thoughts, and her writings.

Featured Artists
Priscilla Pompa Alvarez, Sally Brucker, Mark Caicedo, Kathryn H. Cook, Veronica Ebert, Elissa Farrow-Savos, Amy Freeman, Tanya Gramatikova, Manuela Holban, Diane Kahlo, Lily Lash, Maria Lupo, Marla McLean, Laura Pallone, Judith Peck, Reginald Pointer, Nancy Pollack, Chrys Roboras, Katya Romero, Janna Stern, Henrik Sundquist, Yayo Tavolara, Helen Zughaib

Smith Farm Center for Healing and the Arts
1632 U St NW
Washington DC 20009
202-483-8600
www.SmithFarm.com

A Priori/A Posteriori

On July 8, the Corcoran Gallery of Art’s exhibition space dedicated to the Corcoran College of Art + Design, Gallery 31, will open the three-part show A Priori/A Posteriori. The show contains work from current students and recent graduates, and is the result of an experimental class conducted in the spring 2009 semester, taught by Professor Margaret Adams. The show was created around a single concept decided on by the class.

A Priori/A Posteriori concept explores the root of ideas and knowledge based on perception, instinct, implicit and explicit memory. A priori suggests defining ideas as inherent, while the posteriori identifies learning through the act of experience. The discovery has been that the group’s work speaks from a central point, or slash between, the priori and posteriori process.

The show is broken into three installations: Instinct, Vision, and Time, each representing a different response to the group’s philosophical experiment. Dates and times are as follows:

Instinct: July 8 – July 11. Opening July 9 from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Time: July 15 – July 18. Opening July 16 from 6p.m. – 8 p.m.
Vision: July 22 – July 25. Opening July 23 from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.

Gallery 31 is located at the New York Avenue entrance to the Corcoran Gallery. Hours are from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Wednesday – Saturday, and until 9 p.m. on Thursdays. Admission is free. For additional information about Gallery 31, or for more information about the college, please visit www.corcoran.org.

Source: Daily Campello Art News.

Duncan Phillips Lecture

Eric Fischl
The Death of Painting?
Thursday, July 16, 6 pm

Painter Eric Fischl asks whether painting dies when the figure disappears from it, and how concepts of the body presented by artists in different forms and at different times affect the perception and meaning of painting. Fischl’s work is included in Paint Made Flesh. Free for Phillips members; $15 for non-members. Early arrival is recommended, as seating is limited; first come, first served. (Members may confirm their seat by stopping by the lobby of the museum to pick up their free ticket prior to the event.) Information: 202-387-3036

Center for the Study of Modern Art programs are funded by
The Brown Foundation, Inc., of Houston.
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Contradiction Dance
In the Flesh
July 23, 6:30 pm

Visceral paintings in Paint Made Flesh inspire the physicality and emotional charge of new choreography by Kelly Mayfield, artistic director of Contradiction Dance, where theater, dance, and pop culture meet. As seen at Round House Theatre and Artomatic.
Free for Phillips members; $15 for non-members

Part of the 2009 Capital Fringe Festival
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Events listed above at the Phillips are in conjunction with the exhibition Paint Made Flesh, organized by the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, Tenn. This exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and Humanities.

| The Phillips Collection | 1600 Twenty-first Street, NW | Washington | DC 20009 |

NEW VIDEO PODCAST: TALK ABOUT ART

Talk About Art is a six-minute documentary film that highlights the views of visitors to the National Gallery of Art. Among those who share their thoughts on art are people from all walks of life—including (printmaker Lou Stovall), students, a taxi driver, an architect, a security guard, and a hairdresser. These are not art historians, but art is a common bond for them, and clearly a force in their lives. For some, art is a way to connect to the past; for others, it is a way to see the world around them in a different way. Listening to their side of the museum experience may get you talking about art as well.
www.nga.gov/podcasts/index.shtm#talk

National Gallery of Art
Sixth Street and Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20565

Call for Entries / COUP D'ESPACE

DEADLINE: Ongoing, applications accepted on a rolling basis (up to 10 events selected annually to be held at WPA HQ)

IMPORTANT NOTE: WPA is no longer accepting exhibition proposals for the 2009 season, but there are slots still available for programming, performances and events.

Washington Project for the Arts announces its new artist-run series, COUP D'ESPACE. Channeling their roots, this program celebrates the WPA's new location and launches it as a dynamic space for thought provoking, art-minded events.

Artists and curators are invited to submit proposals for a veritable 'take-over' their office space. This call is intentionally vague so as not to shape or limit the types of submissions.

Examples of what may be considered include but are NOT limited to:
· Performance · Discussion / Salon · Food Event · Intervention · Small Exhibition (group/individual) · Projection / Video screening · Workshop / Class · Contest or Competition · Outreach / Community event

For questions on any of these programs, contact Kristina Bilonick, Program Director at kbilonick[at]wpadc.org or by calling Kristina at 202-234-7103 x 2.

Tragic news on the death of Desi Deshaine

Tragic news on the death of Desi Deshaine, the press secretary to Ward 2 Council member Jack Evans. Condolences to his family.

NBC 4 reports that Desi's body was found in Baltimore Harbor.
D.C. Council Staffer Found Dead | NBC Washington

Edward Winkleman / How to Start and Run a Commercial Art Gallery

Edward Winkleman has a new book out which should be of interest to galleries and artists alike.

Artist/Blogger Joanne Mattera reviews "How to Start and Run a Commercial Art Gallery" by Edward Winkleman, HERE, and summarizes what artists can learn in chapter 14:

Chapter 14: Artists: Where to Find Them; How to Keep Them
Make a beeline for these 24 pages. Nothing takes the mystery out of the submission process better than learning how a dealer puts a roster together. Here's how Ed found/finds his artists, in order of frequency: "recommendations (including from other dealers), institutional exhibitions, open studios, cold call submissions."

In other words: show, show, show, show and network, network, network. This goes along with what I know of dealers. Their websites may say "No submissions accepted at this time," but they are always looking. As for cold-call submissions, they are, confirms Ed, "the least productive means of finding suitable artists." If you must go this route, do your homework. "Every now and then an unsolicited submission will make your day. Either the artist has done his research and knows his work is a good match for your mission, or fate smiles on you."

MANON CLEARY / NEW PASTELS

top image: My Lunch with Booboo, 2009, pastel on sanded paper, 16 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches


lower image: Skyscape 6/29/09, 2009, pastel on sanded paper, 10 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches


JULY 18 - AUGUST 22, 2009
OPENING RECEPTION: WEDNESDAY, JULY 22 5-7PM

Washington, D.C. has no finer artist representative for quality and passion than Manon Cleary. For more than thirty years, Ms. Cleary's often disturbing drawings and paintings have brilliantly represented her personal world in provocative, unflinching and iconic terms. A 2008 exhibit at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts referred to Ms. Cleary as "one of the leading American figurative artists of the past three decades". This exhibit at Addison/Ripley pairs gentle sky "portraits" with pictures of strangely engaging white rats. Each of the works from Rats and Skies, is developed by hand on sanded paper with an unmatched mastery of materials and technique. In addition, the gallery will present earlier work by the artist, including examples from her "Movement Series".

Ms. Cleary was born in 1942 in St. Louis, Missouri and is included in museum collections from Washington, D.C. to New York, North Carolina, Virginia, Arizona, Wisconsin and the United States Embassy in Lima, Peru. In addition, the artist has exhibited throughout the world including such countries as Russia, Malta, Kazakhstan and Denmark. Her contribution to the art world in Washington is extensive and ongoing despite recent health issues that have limited her ability to work.


1670 Wisconsin Avenue, NW . Washington, DC 20007 . 202.338.5180 www.addisonripleyfineart.com

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Some of the world’s most creative artwork lives—often temporarily—on buildings, walls, and sidewalks. Here’s where to find it. From June 2009 By Sarah Gold

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Sensational Color | Live In Full Color

Color Expert Kate Smith lists her favorites on Twitter.

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1460 Wall Mountables!

Get your hammer and nails ready, 1460 Wall Mountables 2009 is coming soon. Installation takes place July 15 and 16, from 3-8pm and July 17, from 3-6pm. Mark your calendar and keep an eye out for more updates coming soon!
@
DC Arts Center
2438 18th St. NW
Washington, DC 20009
202.462.7833

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

Obama artist admits to 3 Boston vandalism charges - washingtonpost.com

About Los Angeles street artist Shepard Fairey....

Obama artist admits to 3 Boston vandalism charges - washingtonpost.com

BOSTON -- The artist who created the "Hope" poster of President Barack Obama was sentenced to two years of probation Friday after pleading guilty to three vandalism charges. Prosecutors dropped 11 other charges.

National Gallery of Art Lectures in July

Close Encounters-of an Artistic Kind Lecture Series
The department of adult programs staff explores the intertwined works of art and their creators.

July 12, 2:00pm
Russell Sale, lecturer, National Gallery of Art
Early Master Pieces in the National Gallery of Art, and the Ensembles from Which They Came

July 19, 2:00pm
Wilford W. Scott, head of adult programs
The Painter and the Photographer: Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz

July 26, 2:00pm
Christopher With, coordinator of art information
The Crucible of Viennese Modernism: Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, and Oskar Kokoschka


Lectures take place in the East Building Concourse Auditorium and are open to the public at no charge. Seating is available on a first-come, first-seated basis. Registration is not required.


National Gallery of Art
Constitution Avenue between Third and Seventh Streets
202.737.4215
www.nga.gov
Metro: Archives-Navy Mem'l-Penn Quarter

Convergence 09: Work by Recent MFA Graduates

July 7, 2009- August 29, 2009

JOIN MARYLAND ART PLACE:
Friday, July 10
Gallery Talk 6pm / Reception 7pm

Maryland Art Place presents Convergence 09, an exhibition of new work by recent Masters of Fine Art graduates from the Maryland Institute College of Art, The University of Maryland, College Park, Towson University, and The University of Maryland, Baltimore County. The exhibiting artists are Alan Callander, Ellen Durkan, Michael Dax Iacovone, Susan Main, Katherine Mann, Robby Rackleff, Juan Rojo and Leslie Shellow.


Power Plant Live! 8 Market Place, Suite 100, Baltimore, Maryland 21202 | 410-962-8565

Artistically Speaking with Marilou Donahue features Mary Tyler Moore

Welcome to "Artistically Speaking with Marilou Donahue," a television arts program, and now a web site highlighting the arts in the Washington, D. C. area.

Mary Tyler Moore is featured on the July arts web site.

E6: in situ

July 11 - August 15, 2009
OPENING DAY ARTIST TALK: July 11, 2009, 4pm
OPENING RECEPTION: July 11, 2009, 5 - 7pm

Images (details, left to right): Jeremy Haik, Clive Leung, Ding Ren, Erik Loften


This 6th installment of Transformer's Exercises for Emerging Artists program, guest curated by artist Brandon Morse, focuses on time-based media. Exploring notions of communication, commodity, transformation, and situation, artists Jeremy Haik, Clive Leung, Erik Loften, and Ding Ren employ video as well as digital animation techniques, and utilize installation practices that make the way they display their work essential to the work itself.

"Tasked to further develop and focus their existing formal and conceptual concerns, each of the artists were asked to spend considerable time investigating how setting and presentation may be used to further the strengths inherent in their work. While this may seem to be a self-evident concern for any artist, the very aspect of working with time-based media in a physical space presents unique obstacles and opportunities. Each of the artists took up this challenge, and their completed works are comprised of integral conceptual and physical components." - Brandon Morse

EXHIBITION HOURS: July 11 - August 15, 2009. Wednesday - Saturday, 1 - 7pm & by appointment.

Transformer
1404 P Street NW
Washington, DC 20010
202-483-1102

Mortal Plush: I Am Not Your Toy

Saturday, July 11th, from 6pm – Midnight

JUST ADDED MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
BY Helicopters and Vultures


Art Whino and Licorice Tree come together for a unique and innovative take on art and plush creations. The exhibition will include original handmade soft-sculpture works submitted by artists worldwide, each attempting to convey the variety of emotions experienced by their human creators.

Location:
173 Waterfront St.
National Harbor, MD 20745

Show runs through Aug 7th

Music by DJ Fleg

The event is FREE and open to the public.

Donovan — Govinda Gallery

Donovan — Govinda Gallery

Donovan Days - Cavan County, Ireland

Exhibit Dates: July 10th - July 12th, 2009

Cavan County Museum and Cavan County Council Arts Office are delighted to present Donovan Days, a three-day celebration of the art, music, poetry and life of legendary songwriter and recording artist Donovan. Donovan Days also celebrates the Celtic tradition from which he emerged. Organized in association with Govinda Gallery in Washington D.C., Donovan Days is sure to be one of the highlights of the cultural season in Ireland this summer.

Featured events from Donovan Days include the first European exhibition of Donovan’s extraordinary Sapphographs, a tribute concert celebrating Donovan’s music with Donovan as headliner, and the Irish premier of the documentary feature film, Sunshine Superman: The Journey of Donovan.

http://www.govindagallery.com/2009/07/donovan/

Public Memorial Service for Mark Planisek

Mark Planisek, WPA member and friend, passed away last weekend from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Mark could always be spotted at art events around town, and had a massive network of friends and colleagues who will miss him dearly. A public memorial is being held at the National Portrait Gallery where Mark was an art handler for Saturday, July 11 at 9am.

Mark will be remembered as a committed friend, talented artist and a tireless and enthusiastic supporter of the visual arts in DC. DC Arts Center extends sincere condolences to Mark's family and his many friends. Read more about Mark, his life, work and valued contribution to the arts locally, nationally and internationally at the DC Arts Center website, the National Portrait Gallery Blog and the blog Art and Art Handling.

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.

"SEVEN TAKES"

July 8 - August 7, 2009

Opening Reception:
Friday, July 10, 6-8:30 pm

Artists:
Charlie Dale, Anthony Dortch, Joshua F. Gomez, Leslie Johnston, Peter Karp, Newton More and Michelle Rogers

Seven new artist members of the Touchstone Gallery show examples of their work, covering a wide range of subjects and creative approaches.

Touchstone Gallery
406 7th Street NW 2nd Floor
Washington, DC 20004
202.347.2787
http://www.touchstonegallery.com

WALA's 25th Anniversary Celebration

Don't Miss WALA's 25th Anniversary Celebration!

Join WALA on July 14th for a gala celebration of 25 years of legal services for the Washington arts community. The party will be held in the Baldacchino Tent at Capital Fringe headquarters with food, drink, awards, and performances.
For more information and to buy tickets, click here.

WHEN
July 14, 2009
6:30 - 8:30 pm

WHERE
Baldacchino Gypsy Tent Bar
Capital Fringe Headquarters
607 New York Avenue, NW

PRICE
$100 includes 2 tickets to Capital Fringe performances

DRESS
Business or Carnival Attire

Food! Drink! Awards! Entertainment!


For details on all WALA programs, click here.

Ryan Hill: Everything Must Go

July 10 - August 8, 2009.

Civilian Art Projects presents two exhibitions: "Ryan Hill: Everything Must Go" and "Upgrade," a group exhibition featuring Andrew Brown, Lindsay Buhman, Nicholas Carr, Benjamin Chetta, Cheraya Esters, Cory May, and Anna Wonson.

OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, July 10, 2009, 7pm to 9pm


RYAN HILL: EVERYTHING MUST GO

In his first solo exhibition with Civilian Art Projects, artist Ryan Hill curates content from the "digital museums" of Google, YouTube and Flickr and reassembles it as works on paper in the gallery space. Quoting, tracing, and drawing from internet images, the artist describes his intimate installations as "a free range of associations, from the gothic to the absurd."

Hill's artist talk "Pretty Speeches" takes place on Thursday, July 23 at 6:30pm.


"Upgrade," a group exhibition featuring Andrew Brown, Lindsay Buhman, Nicholas Carr, Benjamin Chetta, Cheraya Esters, Cory May, Anna Wonson. Organized by Lindsay Buhman.

Upgrade features seven DC based artists whose work is focused on the quality product, the newest version, and the constant need for enhanced functionality and efficiency. The artists explore everything from computer glitches to how one's personal growth and identity develop within today's technologically flooded society. According to Lindsay Buhman who organized the exhibition, "our obsession with the upgrade continues not only because of its pervasive availability, but by the constant reminders we have embedded within the technology itself. The artists confront this human process and how we as a species decide to upgrade ourselves, and therefore how we evolve."

Civilian Art Projects
406 7th Street NW, Third Floor
Washington, DC 20004
202.347.0022

First annual H&HScape in Baltimore

July 11th, 8 - 11pm

Protocol: Syntax Semantics at GALLERY FOUR
Where The Sun Don't Shine at Nudashank
RADIX at The Whole Gallery


Where The Sun Don't Shine Nudashank Gallery
405 W. Franklin St. 3rd floor

July 11 - August 1

http://nudashank.com



Ghost by Nick Van Woert

Through video, cut paper, drawing, painting, photography and sculpture, each artist employs a subtle humor that addresses the darker facets of contemporary existentialism. The work in this show (completely devoid of color), investigates this darkness with a cold, removed conceptual distance.

Artists: Annie Farrar, Bart O’Reilly, Brendan Sullivan, J.M. Giordano, Jimmy Joe Roche, Nick Van Woert, Henry Winfiele and Waltr Carpenter

Six in the Mix: Selections by Renee Stout

Image by Cianne Fragione, Heaven and Earth/are dressed/in their summer wear,
(2007-09), 60 (2) x 276 inches, oil, mixed media, assemblage on linen

International Arts & Artists’ Hillyer Art Space presents
Six in the Mix: Selections by Renee Stout

Hillyer Art Space at 9 Hillyer Court, NW, presents Six in the Mix, a group exhibition curated by famed D.C. artist Renee Stout. The exhibition opened Friday, July 3rd, and runs through Friday, August 28, 2009.


Six in the Mix: Selections by Renee Stout brings together a divergent company of mid-Atlantic emerging and mid-career artists for Hillyer Art Space’s summer program. This show will feature the work of Cianne Fragione, Kenyatta Hinkle, Adam Griffiths, Marc Roman, James Swainbank, and Gilbert Trent.

Stout has set out to create a mixed bag of local talent not based in the obligatory conceptual framework predominantly exhibited in group shows. Instead of the varying inspiration and ideas behind the individual bodies of work, it is the “natural dialogue that may occur between these works” which Stout would like the audience to experience. “I also didn’t want the viewer to come into the exhibition with preconceived ideas about the works based on any theme that I had imposed. Instead, I simply chose to select work that resonated with me on an intuitive level, but there is no doubt that my penchant for political conspiracy theories, personal and cultural sensitivity to notions of beauty and my childhood love for horror films and Mad Magazine creeped in during the process,” says Stout.

Location: Hillyer Art Space
9 Hillyer Ct. NW (behind The Phillips Collection)
Washington, DC 20008.

Visit the event page on Facebook!

Courage Unmasked / Save the Date

Cookie Kerxton and Carol Kanga are putting together the event "Courage Unmasked" fundraiser and exhibition at the American University Museum at the Katzen Art Center on September 9, 2009 to raise money for needy patients with head and neck cancer.

I just finished a mask called "Love Light" for this event. The masks are wonderful and you can see some of them at www.courageunmasked.org/.

On September 9, 2009, the American University Museum at the Katzen Art Center will host the totally unique fundraiser called "Courage Unmasked." More than 100 artists from all over the country are creating fine art by transforming radiation masks formerly worn by head and neck cancer (HNC) patients to position and immobilize their heads during treatment.

Save the Date September 9, 2009.
Information for Tickets to the event can be found at www.courageunmasked.org

Below is a letter from the organizers with hopes that you can contribute to the Fund.

Dear Friends,
Many of you know about the Courage Unmasked Event on September 9, 2009. For those of you that don’t, we are raising money for needy patients with head and neck cancer who are going through horrible cancer radiation and can’t even afford the basic necessities of food, medication, and transportation.

Here’s my ask of you. I would like you to donate the same amount you would spend for a latte or two ($10) to help these people. This would give them one or two meals to comfort them during this ordeal. We all forget the latte’s soon after our cup is empty, but for those whom we help, the kindness will forever remain in their hearts.

I have put significant effort into getting related medical companies to sponsor our event, but they have not come through with enough money, which is why I am asking all of you to be a part of this meaningful effort.

Donations are tax deductible, and all money raised will go to 9114HNC (Help for Head and Neck Cancer) a fund supported by the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) to aid indigent patients obtain necessities during and after radiation treatment.

The address of where to send donations is below.
I hope you will help. You are free to add as many zeroes as you like.

Sincerely,
Cookie Kerxton
www.courageunmasked.org
301 502 1389

Where to send donations:
Address Checks to: “NCCS/Courage Unmasked/Event”
Mailing address: 1010 Wayne Ave, Suite 770
Silver Spring, MD 20910

Thank you again for whatever you are able to give.

*********************
Courage Unmasked
On September 9, 2009, the Katzen Art Center at American University in Washington, DC will host a fundraiser called "Courage Unmasked." More than 100 artists are creating unique art pieces by transforming radiation masks formerly worn by head and neck cancer (HNC) patients to position and immobilize their heads during treatment. It was during one such treatment session that this idea came to a patient, also an artist.

She wanted to ease the financial burden of needy HNC patients, helping them obtain medication, transportation and nutrition necessary to their treatment. The artist's colleagues and doctors quickly endorsed the idea of auctioning the artworks at a gala event. The proceeds will go into a charity fund named 9114HNC "Help for HNC Patients". It is anticipated that over 500 people will be in attendance.

www.courageunmasked.org

Design Studio Art Gallery Events

JENNIFER LO / "JUST LOOK"
opening reception
Thursday
July 9, 2009
7-10pm

www.designstudioartgallery.com

Design Studio Art Gallery
5702 Baltimore Avenue
Hyattsville, Maryland 20781
301-779-4907 / 202-446-7373

Beer + Drag + Opera

Tuesday, July 7
6:30 to 8:30 PM
@1405 Florida Avenue, NW
(Two blocks up from U Street)

www.definelive-work.com

The Source Festival 2009 Mash-Ups!

Mash-ups are creative blind dates where artists mesh disciplines to create inventive performance pieces. Combinations include: a dancer, a filmmaker and a writer; a hip hop musician and a theatre director; a composer, a playwright and a visual artist.

Performances are Tuesday, June 30 through Sunday, July 5 at Source (1835 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20001).
Full details at sourcedc.org/sourcefestival.

Visual artist Kate McGraw and playwright Allyson Currin performing "Combustion."
Image: C. Stanley Photography

Smithsonian American Art Museum July Programs

Tuesday, July 7, 6:00pm
A Conversation with Jean Shin
Artist Jean Shin, curator Joanna Marsh, and conservator Hugh Shockey discuss the challenges and considerations for museums in preserving art made of ephemeral materials.

Thursday, July 9, 6:00pm
1934: A New Deal for Artists - Gallery Talk with George Gurney
Deputy Chief Curator George Gurney leads a tour of the exhibition 1934: A New Deal for Artists, discussing conditions during the Great Depression that led to the Roosevelt Administration's federal relief program and how artists responded to it.

Fridays, July 10, 17, 24, & 31, Noon
Art Nouveau: New Style for a New Century (Four Sessions)
Bonita Billman, art history instructor at the Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies, explores the origins, characteristics, historical influences, and the chief proponents of art nouveau. Registration and fee required; call 202.633.3030 or register online at www.residentassociates.org

@
Smithsonian American Art Museum
at the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture
8th and F streets, NW
202.633.1000
Metro: Gallery Pl-Chinatown, 9th & G or 7th & F (Arena) exits

2009 Artscape Visual Arts Exhibitions

Announcing the openings for the 2009 Artscape Visual Arts Exhibitions in Baltimore, MD
SEE www.artscape.org

OPENINGS WEDNESDAY, JULY 8
6-8pm - See You Again Last Year at CCBC Catonsville Gallery

OPENINGS THURSDAY, JULY 9
6-8pm - origins and interrelationships at Stevenson University
6-8pm – Local Color at Center for the Arts Gallery, Towson University
6-8pm - Genesis of Form at Holtzman Gallery, Towson University




OPENINGS FRIDAY, JULY 10
5:30-7:30pm – Me We at the Creative Alliance
5-8pm - Studio Artists Exhibition at School 33 Art Center
6-8pm - Convergence 09: Graduate Thesis Exhibition at Maryland Art Place
7-10pm - Imperato Film Fest at Gallery Imperato
7-10pm – Abandon Ship at Current Gallery
8-11pm - Martin Atkins Collection at Metro Gallery

OPENINGS SATURDAY, JULY 11
4-6pm – In Place at College of Notre Dame
4-6pm - Art in the Hands of Men at Gallery Spectra
6-9pm - Janet & Walter Sondheim Prize at The BMA - Finalists Exhibition
(The 2009 winner will announced at 7pm) RSVP Margo Wright, mwright@promotionandarts.com, 410-752-8632
8:30-11pm – H&HScape After Sondheim Openings at the H&H Building
Protocol: \ Syntax \ Semantics at GALLERY FOUR
Where The Sun Don't Shine at Nudashank Gallery
RADIX at The Whole

OPENINGS THURSDAY, JULY 16 (Artscape On-Site Openings plus Area 405)
6-8pm - Janet & Walter Sondheim Prize Semi-Finalists in the Decker & Meyerhoff galleries
6-8pm - Unexplained Forces at Theatre Project
6-8pm – Baltimore Sculpture Project on Mt. Royal Ave
8-11pm –SINK/FLOAT at Area 405
7pm - Screening of Harrod Blank's new film "Automorphosis" at the American Visionary Art Museum (800 Key Highway) in the Permanent Collection Gallery followed by reception 9:00 - 10:30 at the cafe balcony on the 3rd floor of the main building. (www.automorphosis.com for more info.)
If you are already out, stop by 1600-1700 N. Charles Street between the garage and the station a lot of artists will be out installing.

EVENTS ON THE WEEKEND, July 17-19
Midway II on the Charles Street bridge (Lot’s of performances at this one)
Photo Booth on Charles Street Bridge/Penn Station
16th Annual Art Car and Other Wheeled Vehicle Show at Charles Street by Penn Station
Do Something: Examples of the Everyday in the Parking Garage Across from the Charles Theater
A Public Space: Hopkins Plaza on Charles Street Bridge
Exotic-Hypnotic at University of Baltimore Student Center Performing Arts Theater, 21 W. Mt. Royal Avenue, 5th floor (Mt. Royal & Maryland avenues– enter at corner) (a marathon music experiment)

www.PROMOTIONandARTS.com

Rent out Govinda at National Harbor!

THE SPACE

"Hold your next event at the heart of National Harbor. Located at 120 American Way, Govinda Gallery of National Harbor opens it doors to rows of trees, friendly benches and convenient street parking. The space is available for parties, receptions, meetings, and other special events for groups of up to 150 people. Please inquire early about available dates."


CONTACT
Please contact the gallery for further information. 202.333.1180 or by e-mail at popart[at]govindagallery.com

Source: Gallery Girl: Rent out Govinda at National Harbor!

Call to Artists: The ZIP Code Show

So, what about space?

The ZIP Code Show is about artists and their relationships with their surroundings. This summer offering – Aug 29 though Sept 5, 2009 — from artdc.org and Art Outlet is being presented in partnership with Halstead Arlington and the Columbia Pike Revitalization Organization.

In The ZIP Code Show, artists use ZIP codes—a system of delimited packets of landscape devised by the U.S. Post Office in 1963 to respond to “the modern technology imperative” and make our lives better and more efficient—to facilitate personal dialogues between themselves and the physical, biological, and cultural features of the earth.

Registration is FREE and runs through July 31.

Location: The ZIP Code Show is located at Halstead Arlington, 1028 South Walter Reed Drive in Arlington, VA 22204

Logistics: Brick walls with wodden braces; concrete floors and columns; drywalls; 2 empty retail stores on street level

Size: 18 ft tall ceilings; square footage is 1225 sqf (smaller unit) and 1490 sqf (larger unit)

http://www.artoutlet.org/news/events/zip-code-show

Group exhibition of abstract work by Duane Cregger, Thomas Drymon, Greg Minah

July 9–August 15, 2009.

Opening reception: July 11, 7pm

Gallery Neptune
5001 Wilson Lane
Bethesda, MD

Mortal Plush: I Am Not Your Toy -

Saturday, July 11th, from 6pm – Midnight

Art Whino and Licorice Tree come together for a unique and innovative take on art and plush creations. The exhibition will include original handmade soft-sculpture works submitted by artists worldwide, each attempting to convey the variety of emotions experienced by their human creators.

Art Whino
173 Waterfront St.
National Harbor, MD 20745

Show runs through Aug 7th

Music by DJ Fleg

The event is FREE and open to the public.

Six in the Mix: Selections by Renee Stout at Hillyer Art Space

Saw a great show at Hillyer last night Go see it!

Six in the Mix: Selections by Renee Stout
Hillyer Art Space Exhibitions | July 3 - August 26, 2009
First Friday Reception: July 3rd, 2009, 6-9PM

Hillyer Art Space opened last night with the exhibition, Six in the Mix: Selections by Renee Stout with artists Cianne Fragione, Kenyatta Hinkle, Adam Griffiths, Marc Roman, James Swainbank, and Gilbert Trent.

Here are some photos from last night's jam packed opening. Be sure to catch this diverse group exhibition of talented artists.


Adam Griffiths with his work.


Gallery visitors


Paintings by Cianne Fragione



Yours truly - Anne Marchand in front of Cianne Fragione artwork.

I ran into friends, sculptor Brian Kirk (Upper Left) and artist Jim Burford on the First Friday openings. Check out Brian's whimsical sculpture at the Studio Gallery .


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

A Capitol Fourth - America's Independence Day Celebration

Happy 4th of July!

A Capitol Fourth - America's Independence Day Celebration | A Capitol Fourth | PBS

curator's office - exhibitions

Leslie Holt: Hello Masterpiece

image above: Leslie Holt, Hello Picasso (Dancers), oil on canvas, 6” x 4”, 2009

through August 1, 2009
Hello Summer! Hello Masterpiece! Curator’s Office is entering a gravitas-free zone this summer and aims to inject some humor back into your lives and a wink to your art appreciation. They welcome Leslie Holt’s witty postcard-size paintings into the gallery in which Hello Kitty invades art historic masterpieces from Hopper to Picasso, from Cezanne to Goya.

Art historian and professor of art history Ivy Cooper writes about Holt’s series Hello Masterpiece: “Cue Hello Kitty, who wanders into each of these paintings to play dress up, mimic characters, and generally wreak havoc with whatever seriousness these mini-masterpieces manage to maintain….

See exhibition @ http://www.curatorsoffice.com/

School 33 Studio Artists Exhibition

July 9 - August 1, 2009

School 33 Art Center
1427 Light Street
Baltimore, MD 21230
www.school33.org
410-396-4641

Sondheim Artscape Prize: 2009 Finalists / June 20–August 16, 2009

The Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize Award Ceremony

Saturday, July 11, 7 p.m.

The Baltimore Museum of Art
10 Art Museum Drive

Galleries Open 6 p.m.
Award Ceremony 7 p.m.
Reception 7:30–9 p.m.

2009 Finalists
Baltimore Development Cooperative, Baltimore, MD
Leslie Furlong, Baltimore, MD
Ryan Hackett, Kensington, MD
Jessie Lehson, Baltimore, MD
Molly Springfield, Washington, DC
Karen Yasinsky, Baltimore, MD


Images left to right from top: Baltimore Development Cooperative, Jessie Lehson, Karen Yasinsky, Ryan Hackett, Leslie Furlong, Molly Springfield

RSVP by Tuesday, July 7
to Margo Wright 410-752-8632 or mwright[at]promotionandarts.com.

Presented by the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts in partnership with The Baltimore Museum of Art · 10 Art Museum Drive Baltimore, MD · 21218 · Open Wed-Sun · 443.573.1700

The 2009 Janet & Walter Sondheim Prize is made possible in part by grants from The Abell Foundation, Alex. Brown Charitable Foundation, Anonymous, Charlesmead Foundation, Ellie Dankert, France-Merrick Foundation, Hecht-Levi Foundation, Legg Mason, Chuck and Amy Newhall, The Henry & Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Foundation, Under Armour Baltimore Marathon/Corrigan Sports Enterprises, and Whiting-Turner Contracting Company.

Art of the Ordinary: Eggleston, free Corcoran Saturdays

See Robin Tierney's review about new new William Eggleston retrospective...and details about free admission to the Corcoran in D.C....here in the Examiner. Yep, his dolls shot was a Big Star album cover.


Reprinted with permission of the author
By Robin Tierney
Know: Art of the Ordinary: Eggleston, free Corcoran Saturdays

The new Land Art

By Robin Tierney

Jun 27, 2009

This Sunday in her Eco Simple column for the Examiner newspapers on the east and west coasts, Robin focuses on contemporary Land Art from the new generation of environmental artists. Try to catch the LAND/ART festival running now through early December in Albuquerque. Click here for the San Francisco edition ... or here for the DC edition.

Shown here: one of Basia Irland's Ice Books set afloat to reseed eroding waterways, and “Sandhill Cranes at 80 Camino Todos Los Santos, Corrales, New Mexico,” part of a project by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith and Neal Ambrose Smith.

Reprinted with permission of the author.
Know http://robintierney.blogspot.com/

Know: Artful Animals - new family exhibit

Just opened at the African Art Museum on the mall (10th and Independence Ave SW) in D.C. Aimed at children but also interesting for adults, the exhibition includes 130 objects that give you a cross-section of art from various African cultures and a variety of perceptions of nonhuman animals’ roles, from symbols of power to embodiments of deities to earthly neighbors welcomed, feared or exploited. Includes free activities for kids and a clever lesson involving a mirror. Runs through February 21, 2010. Shown here: a helmet mask of wood from the Loma peoples of Liberia and Guinea, and an oil painting from appx 1950 by Republic of Congo article Kaballa depicting mother crocodiles protecting their eggs. For racier fare, the Mami Watts water spirit goddess exhibit is worth a visit...the last room's full of surprising, stunning finds.

By RobinTierney

Reprinted with permission of the author.
Know: Artful Animals - new family exhibit

Artomatic Grand Finale

By Artists, For everyone.
May 29 - July 5, 2009
Navy Yard Metro Station, Washington, DC

Preview the last weekend on the Artomatic Blog
at http://blog.artomatic.org/

Friday night, don't miss Art in Fashion! Style, music, fun and mayhem - it'll rock.
Saturday, July 4th, Artomatic will be open until 10:30pm.

July 4
*NoiseHouse now performing 12-4pm, Cabaret Stage
*Bloodshot now performing 12-2pm, Electric Stage
*Mother Courage now performing 10-10:25pm, Solo Stage
*Zip The Uncanny (Anthony Robertson) now performing 8:30-9:30pm, Solo Stage

July 5
*Triple Staccs now performing 12-2pm, Cabaret Stage
*Mzery Loves Company now performing 2-4pm, Cabaret Stage

July 4th at the National Archives

Declaration of Independence Reading Ceremony
10:00 - 11:00am Constitution Avenue Steps

Presentation of colors by the U.S. 3rd Infantry Continental Color Guard
Performance by the U.S. 3rd Infantry Fife and Drum Corps
Remarks by Acting Archivist of the United States Adrienne Thomas and Nixon Presidential Library Director Timothy Naftali
Dramatic reading of the Declaration of Independence by middle school students,
Luke Trinity, Louisa Stanwich, and Sharmen Hettipola,
and by historical re-enactors of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams,
Benjamin Franklin, and Ned Hector

Exhibit Viewing
10:00am - 9:00pm
Inside the National Archives Experience

For more information 202-357-5000 or public.program[at]nara.gov

National Archives and Records Administration
700 Constitution Ave. NW
202-357-5000
www.archives.gov
Metro: Archives-Navy Mem'l-Penn Quarter

"Music Photography," at Govinda Gallery Georgetown

Govinda Gallery presents the exhibition, "Music Photography," featuring contemporary music photography by legendary artists including Gered Mankowitz, David Burnett, Dan Kramer, Frank Stefanko, Mick Rock, Claude Gassian, and Bob Gruen. Through their incredible photographs, each artist in this exhibition has captured Rock n’ Roll’s most notable and memorable figures of the last five decades through images that are startling, poignant and remarkable. In Music Photography, Govinda Gallery presents a rare collection of photographs of the icons that defined a generation, shaped popular culture and music, and still define Rock n’ Roll today.

The exhibition Music Photography is open now and will continue through September 5th, 2009.

For more information please contact:

Govinda Gallery
1227 34th St NW
Washington, DC
Open Tue-Sun 11am-6pm
Tel: 202 333 1180
popart[at]govindagallery.com

Destination DC's Tweet Up #DCMeetup

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 5-7 pm

American Art Museum & Poste Brasserie @Hotel Monaco
F Street between 7th and 9th Streets


Meet @ the American Art Museum, F Street Entrance


@Destination DC invites you to the first ever MeetUp where you can enjoy $4 beer and wine and specials register to win a Flip Mino camcorder. Test your puzzle-solving skills, in a scavenger hunt while exploring the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Hotel Monaco

Source Authentic Art

ART SALON / DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities

Wednesday, July 1, 7-9pm

Join the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities for Art Salon--a monthly convergence of artists, techies, green-collars, art enthusiasts and educators that are creating the momentum for the new era of art.

Art Salon is modeled after the salons of the late 19th century to inspire and provoke the minds of the creative community.

Each month, Art Salon gathers at a different location. This month, the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities invites you to converge
@
Meridian International Center
White-Meyer House
1624 Crescent Place, NW
Washington, DC 20009

RSVP: dccahevents[at]gmail.com

Jazz in the Garden in July / National Gallery of Art

Fridays, 5:00 - 8:30pm
Rain or shine

July 3
Bio Ritmo
hot salsa

July 10
Days Ahead
jazz and R & B vocalist

July 17
Marty Nau
jazz saxophonist

July 24
Young Lions
fusion rock / jazz

July 31
Dixie Power Trio
traditional jazz

Concerts take place in front of the Pavilion Café
There is no charge for the jazz performances
Sculpture Garden hours are extended to 9:30pm

Picnickers may bring blankets
Alcoholic beverages and coolers are not permitted
The Pavilion Café and carts located on the patios offer a seasonal light fare menu
and cold beverages


National Gallery of Art
Constitution Avenue between Third and Seventh Streets
202.737.4215
www.nga.gov

DesignDC

Tuesday, July 14 – Thursday, July 17
Walter Washington Convention Center

DesignDC is a three-day educational conference and event for anyone affiliated with the built environment – planners, architects, designers, engineers, contractors, consultants, historians and others and will provide an opportunity to expand knowledge, networks and garner important information and ideas related to the built environment and our world.

With a central theme of “Architects Leading Change”, DesignDC 2009 highlights for historic preservationists and like-minded professionals include:

• Keynote Address by Presented by Rollin Stanley, AICP, Planning Director for Montgomery County
• Did Wright Get it Right? > Presented by Steven M. Reiss, AIA
• Farmers Markets: Urban/Rural Connections > Presented by Fidel R. Delgado, AIA, United States Department of Agriculture.
• George Washington's Master Vision for the Federal City > Presented by Gayle T. Harris, President, Research Unlimited, Inc.
• The Evolution of Masonry: Past, Present, & Future of Designing with Brick > Presented by Peter Doo, AIA, LEED AP, President, Doo Consulting; and Robert Busler, AIA, Principal, Michael Winstanley Architects Planners.
• The Monumental Core Framework Plan > Presented by Thomas Luebke, AIA, Secretary, U.S. Commission of Fine Arts; Bill Dowd, Director, Plan and Project Implementations Division, National Capital Planning Commission
• Bringing New Life to Old Buildings > Presented by Kristine Bishop Johnson and Kan Jandura, both of AECOM Design.
• Beyond Repair: Historic Window Replacement > Presented by Marc S. Held, Vice President of Commercial Sales, Marvin Windows and Doors/Light Styles Ltd.
• Meeting Challenges and Avoiding Pitfalls in a Historic District LEED Project , an Owner’s Perspective > Presented by T. David Bell, AIA, LEED AP, BELL Architects, PC.
• ....just to name a few!

DesignDC 2009 web site for all the details: www.aiadesigndc.org