It’s important for residents to stay informed regarding parking, security check points, transportation etc. details of which are changing on a daily basis.
The DC Council, Mayor’s Office, MPD, Metro, US Secret Service and the Presidential Inaugural Committee have put as much information as possible on several websites that I strongly suggest that you visit for updated information:
US Secret Service Inaugural Page
http://www.secretservice.gov/presidential_inaugural.shtml
The District of Columbia's Official Inaugural Website
http://inauguration.dc.gov/
The Presidential Inaugural Committee
http://www.pic2009.org/
Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies
http://inaugural.senate.gov/
Getting There DC
http://www.gettingthere.dc.gov/
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
http://www.wmata.com/getting_around/metro_events/inauguration.cfm
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Stars and Stripes: Pride and Hope Reinterpreted
• Artists Panel Discussion | Saturday | JAN 17 |1-3PM
•The Price of Racial Reconciliation Book Signing and Discussion
With author Ronald Walters, Ph.D.
Saturday | JAN 24 | 1-3PM
Sixteen Americans of multi-cultural backgrounds present their interpretations on the concept of America and its icons. Viewed by the conscientious observer, the works in this exhibition reveal themes zealously debated among friends but rarely spoken among strangers: economic disparities; cultural segregation; senseless slayings; religious extremism; and civil rights abuse, are among such subjects. This exhibition and the artists open the opportunity for diplomatic dialogue.
Featured artists: Maya Freelon Asante, Christine Batipps, Susan Brandt, Wesley Clark, Calvin Coleman, Megan Hilderbrant, Cynthia Farrell Johnson, Jeffrey Kent, Ulysses Marshall, Bruce McNeil, Aïdah Aliyah Rasheed, Halide Salam, Desiree Sterbini, Rebecca Waring, Ann Marie Williams and Helen Zughaib. This exhibition was juried and curated by Myrtis Bedolla, Founding Director of Galerie Myrtis in Baltimore, MD.
Smith Farm Center
1632 U Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
202-288-8711
www.smithfarm.com
Nevin Kelly Gallery Open House
Saturday, January 17, 2009 from 2:00 to 6:00 pm
Celebrate Nevin Kelly's new gallery space in Columbia Heights, take a tour of the gallery, enjoy refreshments, and view new works by gallery artists as well as Polish favorites. View Invitation.
Nevin Kelly Gallery
1400 Irving Street, NW, #132
(Highland Park building directly above the Columbia Heights Metro Station on the Green Line)
Washington, DC 20010
202-232-3464
www.nevinkellygallery.com
http://nevinkellygallery.blogspot.com/
Celebrate Nevin Kelly's new gallery space in Columbia Heights, take a tour of the gallery, enjoy refreshments, and view new works by gallery artists as well as Polish favorites. View Invitation.
Nevin Kelly Gallery
1400 Irving Street, NW, #132
(Highland Park building directly above the Columbia Heights Metro Station on the Green Line)
Washington, DC 20010
202-232-3464
www.nevinkellygallery.com
http://nevinkellygallery.blogspot.com/
Exhibition - Visions of Change: Youth Celebrate the City of Washington, DC and the Inauguration
January 15, 2009 - February 13, 2009
Location: WVSA ARTs connection
WVSA’s ARTiculate Gallery and Employment Training Program is joining the crowds that will be filling the streets of DC to celebrate an exciting time in our history.
The ARTiculate Gallery is currently displaying artworks that celebrate Washington, DC and the Presidential Inauguration. WVSA wants to welcome the President’s family to the neighborhood and community.
Admission: Free
The exhibition will be closed on Monday, January 19 and Tuesday, January 20.
Reservations: Not required
Phone: 202-261-0204
WVSA ARTs connection
Gallery hours: Monday - Friday 10 am - 6 pm
Admission: Free
Address: 1100 16th Street, NW
Metro: Farragut North (Red line) and Farragut West (Blue and Orange lines)
Phone: 202-296-9100
Location: WVSA ARTs connection
WVSA’s ARTiculate Gallery and Employment Training Program is joining the crowds that will be filling the streets of DC to celebrate an exciting time in our history.
The ARTiculate Gallery is currently displaying artworks that celebrate Washington, DC and the Presidential Inauguration. WVSA wants to welcome the President’s family to the neighborhood and community.
Admission: Free
The exhibition will be closed on Monday, January 19 and Tuesday, January 20.
Reservations: Not required
Phone: 202-261-0204
WVSA ARTs connection
Gallery hours: Monday - Friday 10 am - 6 pm
Admission: Free
Address: 1100 16th Street, NW
Metro: Farragut North (Red line) and Farragut West (Blue and Orange lines)
Phone: 202-296-9100
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
CREATIVE CAPITAL ANNOUNCES 2009 ARTISTS
More than $2.5 million in grants and services is committed to 41 artist projects.
Creative Capital, the national organization that supports individual artists, announces the recipients of its 2009 grants. Initial awards of $10,000 have been made to 41 projects in emerging fields, innovative literature and performing arts. These projects represent 61 artists across the country working individually and in collaboration. Each project becomes eligible for additional funds of as much as $50,000 over the course of the organization’s multi-year commitment. Artists also participate in Creative Capital’s distinctive Artist Services Program valued at $25,000 per artist. This program offers artists skills-building assistance in areas such as fundraising, networking, marketing, and strategic planning with the goal of advancing both their projects and their careers. So far Creative Capital has devoted more than $7 million to the Artists Services Program and has served more than 400 artists in its ten-year history.
Read more HERE.
Creative Capital Foundation
65 Bleecker Street, 7th floor
New York, NY 10012
http://creative-capital.org
212 598 9900
Creative Capital, the national organization that supports individual artists, announces the recipients of its 2009 grants. Initial awards of $10,000 have been made to 41 projects in emerging fields, innovative literature and performing arts. These projects represent 61 artists across the country working individually and in collaboration. Each project becomes eligible for additional funds of as much as $50,000 over the course of the organization’s multi-year commitment. Artists also participate in Creative Capital’s distinctive Artist Services Program valued at $25,000 per artist. This program offers artists skills-building assistance in areas such as fundraising, networking, marketing, and strategic planning with the goal of advancing both their projects and their careers. So far Creative Capital has devoted more than $7 million to the Artists Services Program and has served more than 400 artists in its ten-year history.
Read more HERE.
Creative Capital Foundation
65 Bleecker Street, 7th floor
New York, NY 10012
http://creative-capital.org
212 598 9900
Longtime Washington DC Painter "Big Al" Carter Leaves Us
Compulsive Painter Defied Stylistic Trends
By Matt Schudel, WaPo, January 11, 2009
Read article HERE.
By Matt Schudel, WaPo, January 11, 2009
Allen D. "Big Al" Carter, an immensely productive artist who defied stylistic trends and commercial expectations to pursue his singular vision on no one's terms but his own, died Dec. 18 of complications from diabetes at Virginia Hospital Center. He was 61 and lived in Alexandria.
Read article HERE.
Winter Exhibition at McLean Project for the Arts
January 15 - February 21, 2009
Opening Reception and Gallery Talk on Thursday, January 15, 7 - 9 pm
Cellular Perspectives:
Paintings by Betsy Stewart and Patrick Craig
Emerson Gallery
Artists who share an interest in creating, examining, and enlarging visual images that reference the biological. Stewart's beautifully rendered abstractions bring to mind the teeming, lively world present in a drop of pond water. Craig's dynamic motion-filled paintings may exist as isolated segments on a microscopic slide of as slices of the cosmos around us.
Comfort Zones: Paintings by Michele Montalbano
Atrium Gallery
Small-scale room-scapes employ unusually dynamic and glowing color interactions to explore patterning and spatial interpretation.
Tom Wagner: Spaces of Places
Ramp Gallery
Using a combination of photography, painting, drawing and computer graphics, Wagner creates works inspired by post-industrial ruins.
Free and open to the public
McLean Project for the Arts
1234 Ingleside Avenue
McLean, VA 22101
703-790-1953
www.mpaart.org
Opening Reception and Gallery Talk on Thursday, January 15, 7 - 9 pm
Cellular Perspectives:
Paintings by Betsy Stewart and Patrick Craig
Emerson Gallery
Artists who share an interest in creating, examining, and enlarging visual images that reference the biological. Stewart's beautifully rendered abstractions bring to mind the teeming, lively world present in a drop of pond water. Craig's dynamic motion-filled paintings may exist as isolated segments on a microscopic slide of as slices of the cosmos around us.
Comfort Zones: Paintings by Michele Montalbano
Atrium Gallery
Small-scale room-scapes employ unusually dynamic and glowing color interactions to explore patterning and spatial interpretation.
Tom Wagner: Spaces of Places
Ramp Gallery
Using a combination of photography, painting, drawing and computer graphics, Wagner creates works inspired by post-industrial ruins.
Free and open to the public
McLean Project for the Arts
1234 Ingleside Avenue
McLean, VA 22101
703-790-1953
www.mpaart.org
Form and Function: by Van Nguyen
Paintings and Mixed Media
January 16 - February 26, 2009
Artist's reception
Friday, January 16, from 5 to 7:30 p.m.
All are welcome to attend the opening reception and to visit the exhibition at any time during its run. There is no admission fee.
Van Nguyen is a well known local artist who emigrated from South Vietnam in 1992 and much of her artistic inspiration stems from her cultural heritage. Nguyen has exhibited widely in the region for the past decade and in 2006, mounted a solo show at Gallery Vietnam in New York City, entitled Peace-Possibility. Several of these pieces will be highlighted in the Marymount show.
The Barry Gallery is located in the Reinsch Library on Marymount’s Main Campus – 2807 North Glebe Road, Arlington, VA.
Gallery hours are Monday-Thursday, 10 - a.m. to 8 p.m.
Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Gallery curator, Judy Bass,(703) 284-1561
January 16 - February 26, 2009
Artist's reception
Friday, January 16, from 5 to 7:30 p.m.
All are welcome to attend the opening reception and to visit the exhibition at any time during its run. There is no admission fee.
Van Nguyen is a well known local artist who emigrated from South Vietnam in 1992 and much of her artistic inspiration stems from her cultural heritage. Nguyen has exhibited widely in the region for the past decade and in 2006, mounted a solo show at Gallery Vietnam in New York City, entitled Peace-Possibility. Several of these pieces will be highlighted in the Marymount show.
The Barry Gallery is located in the Reinsch Library on Marymount’s Main Campus – 2807 North Glebe Road, Arlington, VA.
Gallery hours are Monday-Thursday, 10 - a.m. to 8 p.m.
Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Gallery curator, Judy Bass,(703) 284-1561
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Featured DC artist: Anne Marchand
on Shauna Lee Lange Arts Advisory Website
Crescent, 32" x 48" acrylic and mixed media
Shauna Lee Lange Arts Advisory did a featured DC artist: Anne Marchand article about my art work this month, on her website. Read it HERE.
Thank you Shauna Lee!
Shauna Lee Lange Arts Advisory
2710 Williamsburg Street, 402
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
703.960.0616
Crescent, 32" x 48" acrylic and mixed mediaShauna Lee Lange Arts Advisory did a featured DC artist: Anne Marchand article about my art work this month, on her website. Read it HERE.
Thank you Shauna Lee!
Shauna Lee Lange Arts Advisory
2710 Williamsburg Street, 402
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
703.960.0616
Shauna Lee Lange Arts Advisory is a full service, professional arts advisory firm helping artists, art enthusiasts, collectors, gallerists, museum curators, arts organizations, and others navigate the arts world. Founded in 2006 and located within the Metropolitan Washington DC corridor.
Manifest Hope Exhibition
MANIFESTHOPE: DC
January 17th-19th, 2009
The MANIFEST HOPE: DC Gallery will be open to the public in Washington, DC for the days preceding the Presidential Inauguration
Saturday, January 17th, 2009 - Monday, January 19th, 2009
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM.
Art exhibition management will be provided by Washington, DC gallery partner, Irvine Contemporary.
Manifest Hope:DC
3333 M Street, NW
Georgetown
January 17th-19th, 2009
The MANIFEST HOPE: DC Gallery will be open to the public in Washington, DC for the days preceding the Presidential Inauguration
Saturday, January 17th, 2009 - Monday, January 19th, 2009
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM.
Art exhibition management will be provided by Washington, DC gallery partner, Irvine Contemporary.
Manifest Hope:DC
3333 M Street, NW
Georgetown
Monday, January 12, 2009
Obama Portrait on View at Contemporary Museum
An original photographic portrait of President-elect Barack Obama will be on view at the Contemporary Museum from January 14 through February 1, 2009. The President-elect commissioned renowned African American artist Dawoud Bey to photograph the portrait, which was taken in the Obama residence in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood in 2008.
President Obama’s portrait will join more than 35 of Dawoud Bey’s other striking portraits in an exhibition titled Dawoud Bey: Class Pictures. Class Pictures will be on view at the Contemporary through Saturday, February 21, 2009.
Admission to the museum is free.
The Contemporary Museum
100 W. Centre Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
410.783.5720
President Obama’s portrait will join more than 35 of Dawoud Bey’s other striking portraits in an exhibition titled Dawoud Bey: Class Pictures. Class Pictures will be on view at the Contemporary through Saturday, February 21, 2009.
Admission to the museum is free.
The Contemporary Museum
100 W. Centre Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
410.783.5720
Sunday, January 11, 2009
INAUGURAL INSPIRATION
Commemorating a Momentous Occasion! Paintings/Giclee Prints of President-Elect Obama + Other Paintings, Jewelry, Sculpture & Related Art
Opening Reception: Wednesday, January 14, 6-9pm
Exhibition: January 14 – February 8, 2009
Barack Obama by Drew Ernst
America! by Philip Hazard
Obama in the White House by Robert Freeman
Exhibiting Artists:
Jerry Berta, Cheryl Derricotte, Drew Ernst, Robert Freeman, Siobhan Gavagan, Aziza Gibson-Hunter, Cassandra Gillens, Julie & Ken Girardini, Margery E. Goldberg, Brenda Gordon, Stephen Hansen, Philip Hazard, Robert C. Jackson, Susan Klebanoff, Joey Manlapaz, Anne Marchand, Michelle Marcello, Carol Newmyer, Cynthia Sands, Leo Twiggs, & others
Change, optimism, hope and humor run through this show, says Zenith Gallery owner Margery E. Goldberg who invited artists to join her in commemorating a momentous occasion in American history. With millions of people coming to Washington to celebrate a new era, Goldberg, an activist and artist assembled this eclectic collection of works, which express the hopes and dreams of artists with whom she’s worked for years. “This is a moment we all need to come together, dig deeper and act to inspire,” she wrote in the call for entries. Much of the art you’ll see in Inaugural Inspiration was created for the show, and some pieces were chosen because they fit the theme.
Zenith Gallery
413 17th Street NW
Washington, DC
202.783.2963
Opening Reception: Wednesday, January 14, 6-9pm
Exhibition: January 14 – February 8, 2009
Barack Obama by Drew Ernst
America! by Philip Hazard
Obama in the White House by Robert FreemanExhibiting Artists:
Jerry Berta, Cheryl Derricotte, Drew Ernst, Robert Freeman, Siobhan Gavagan, Aziza Gibson-Hunter, Cassandra Gillens, Julie & Ken Girardini, Margery E. Goldberg, Brenda Gordon, Stephen Hansen, Philip Hazard, Robert C. Jackson, Susan Klebanoff, Joey Manlapaz, Anne Marchand, Michelle Marcello, Carol Newmyer, Cynthia Sands, Leo Twiggs, & others
Change, optimism, hope and humor run through this show, says Zenith Gallery owner Margery E. Goldberg who invited artists to join her in commemorating a momentous occasion in American history. With millions of people coming to Washington to celebrate a new era, Goldberg, an activist and artist assembled this eclectic collection of works, which express the hopes and dreams of artists with whom she’s worked for years. “This is a moment we all need to come together, dig deeper and act to inspire,” she wrote in the call for entries. Much of the art you’ll see in Inaugural Inspiration was created for the show, and some pieces were chosen because they fit the theme.
Zenith Gallery
413 17th Street NW
Washington, DC
202.783.2963
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Crystal Couture
February 13-28, 2009
Join the Crystal City BID for Crystal Couture, a two week extravaganza of fun and fashion. The event will feature sample sales, runway and trunk shows from designers, local boutiques, and area salons. Each night will feature a theme with unique drinks, food tastes, and exciting fashions and music. The event is free and open to the public.
Schedule
Location:
The Link at Century Center, Crystal City, VA
There will be many opportunities for artists to participate in this event including a call for artists for a Fashion Art Wall, T-Shirt Design Competition and Body Art. If you are interested in creating art for Crystal Couture please contact Rob at 703.412.9430
Join the Crystal City BID for Crystal Couture, a two week extravaganza of fun and fashion. The event will feature sample sales, runway and trunk shows from designers, local boutiques, and area salons. Each night will feature a theme with unique drinks, food tastes, and exciting fashions and music. The event is free and open to the public.
Schedule
Location:
The Link at Century Center, Crystal City, VA
There will be many opportunities for artists to participate in this event including a call for artists for a Fashion Art Wall, T-Shirt Design Competition and Body Art. If you are interested in creating art for Crystal Couture please contact Rob at 703.412.9430
DCist Exposed
February 20 – March 7, 2009
Opening Reception: Friday, February 20, 2009 from 5 to 9 pm
DCist is partnering with the Gallery at Flashpoint to exhibit nearly 50 amateur and professional photographers chosen from more than 300 entrants who submitted their work through Flickr.com. DCist Exposed showcases photographic talent that reveals the city through the eyes of people who live and work in the DC metro area.
DCist is also bringing back last year's special event for emerging collectors, Emerge Exposed, on Tuesday, March 3 from 7 to 9 pm at Flashpoint's Mead Theater Lab. Co-hosted by DCist, Flashpoint and the Pink Line Project, a panel of experts will share tips and ideas on how to begin collecting art. There will be a $10 suggested donation at the door for Emerge Exposed.
Gallery at Flashpoint
916 G Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 12-6 pm or by appointment
202.315.1310
www.flashpointdc.org
Gallery Plan B
January 7, 2009 – February 8, 2009
Works by Amy Marx
Works by Eric Westbrook
Works by Andrew Wapinski
Works by Amy Marx
Works by Eric Westbrook
Works by Andrew Wapinski
Focus Exhibitions at GRACE
Erin Antognoli - Joy Every - Marcia Wolfson Ray
January 8 -- February 14, 2009
Reception: Sunday, January 11, 4 – 6pm
Gallery talk: 5pm
Erin Antognoli photographic exhibition, Fragments and Ashes shows artist's process of discovering the world she lives in by weaving images into stories.
Mysteries, Joy Every reveals her fascination with an imaginary world hidden beneath our common landscape.
Transformation begins when Marcia Wolfson Ray gathers reeds, grasses, and other plants from city lots, roadsides, or marshes.
Greater Reston Arts Center
12001 Market Street, Suite 103
Reston, VA 20190
703.471.9242
January 8 -- February 14, 2009
Reception: Sunday, January 11, 4 – 6pm
Gallery talk: 5pm
Erin Antognoli photographic exhibition, Fragments and Ashes shows artist's process of discovering the world she lives in by weaving images into stories.
Mysteries, Joy Every reveals her fascination with an imaginary world hidden beneath our common landscape.
Transformation begins when Marcia Wolfson Ray gathers reeds, grasses, and other plants from city lots, roadsides, or marshes.
Greater Reston Arts Center
12001 Market Street, Suite 103
Reston, VA 20190
703.471.9242
Friday, January 09, 2009
BINSTOCK / BELMAR
December 4 - January 11, 2009
ALAN BINSTOCK: Suspended Cosmos
JOAN BELMAR: Life's Many Layers
Closing Reception & Artist Chat
Saturday, January 10, 2009 4-6PM
Due to the overwhelming response to the Binstock and Belmar shows H&F Fine Arts is hosting a closing reception on Saturday January 10, 2009 from 4- 6pm. Please join them for interesting conversation with the Artists.
Both artists' work explores the circle of life and construct dialogue assessing the parallels of three dimensional abstract structures and human life.
H&F Fine Arts Gallery
3311 Rhode Island Ave.
Mt Rainier, MD 20712
301-887-0080
GALLERY HOURS: Thurs.-Fri. 11am-7pm
Sat. 10am-5pm, Sun. 11am-3pm
ALAN BINSTOCK: Suspended Cosmos
JOAN BELMAR: Life's Many Layers
Closing Reception & Artist Chat
Saturday, January 10, 2009 4-6PM
Due to the overwhelming response to the Binstock and Belmar shows H&F Fine Arts is hosting a closing reception on Saturday January 10, 2009 from 4- 6pm. Please join them for interesting conversation with the Artists.
Both artists' work explores the circle of life and construct dialogue assessing the parallels of three dimensional abstract structures and human life.
H&F Fine Arts Gallery
3311 Rhode Island Ave.
Mt Rainier, MD 20712
301-887-0080
GALLERY HOURS: Thurs.-Fri. 11am-7pm
Sat. 10am-5pm, Sun. 11am-3pm
CAPITOL HILL ARTS WORKSHOP OPEN HOUSE
Open House on Saturday, January 10, 2009, Noon-2 PM,
showcasing its January workshops and upcoming winter and spring classes. During the Open House, there will be sample classes for ceramics with Jeremy Huth, mixed media arts classes, tours, and snacks.
“Under the Greenwood Tree,” with composer Robert Convery.
January 10th, from 2:00-4:00 PM, workshop
Climb inside the mind and heart of a composer as he shares some of the ins and outs of a new piece that was commissioned by the Lesbian & Gay Chorus of Washington, D.C. and which will receive its premiere on January 24, 2009.
“Winter Waltz” all media show through January 31st
Opening Saturday, January 10, 2009, 5-7 PM
CHAW
545 7th Street SE,
two blocks south of the Eastern Market metro.
showcasing its January workshops and upcoming winter and spring classes. During the Open House, there will be sample classes for ceramics with Jeremy Huth, mixed media arts classes, tours, and snacks.
“Under the Greenwood Tree,” with composer Robert Convery.
January 10th, from 2:00-4:00 PM, workshop
Climb inside the mind and heart of a composer as he shares some of the ins and outs of a new piece that was commissioned by the Lesbian & Gay Chorus of Washington, D.C. and which will receive its premiere on January 24, 2009.
“Winter Waltz” all media show through January 31st
Opening Saturday, January 10, 2009, 5-7 PM
CHAW
545 7th Street SE,
two blocks south of the Eastern Market metro.
Bethesda Art Walk
January 9, 6-9pm
Second Friday of every month
Downtown Bethesda galleries showcase artwork created locally, nationally and internationally including painting, photography, sculpture and mixed media.
Participating Galleries
Second Friday of every month
Downtown Bethesda galleries showcase artwork created locally, nationally and internationally including painting, photography, sculpture and mixed media.
Participating Galleries
Creative Bicycle Rack Designs
Call for Entries
Deadline: Friday, February 9th at 5:00 p.m.
Honorarium: $1,500
The Golden Triangle Business Improvement District is requesting drawn design entries for creative and unique bicycle racks. The racks will be installed within the Golden Triangle Business Improvement District in Washington, DC.
The call is open to the entire art community including visual artists, architects, graphic designers, urban designers and bicycling enthusiasts.
The winning entries will receive a $1500 honorarium plus a complimentary Saturday night stay for two at the luxurious Mayflower Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Avenue NW, in the heart of the Golden Triangle.
Click here for more information and design guidelines,
Deadline: Friday, February 9th at 5:00 p.m.
Honorarium: $1,500
The Golden Triangle Business Improvement District is requesting drawn design entries for creative and unique bicycle racks. The racks will be installed within the Golden Triangle Business Improvement District in Washington, DC.
The call is open to the entire art community including visual artists, architects, graphic designers, urban designers and bicycling enthusiasts.
The winning entries will receive a $1500 honorarium plus a complimentary Saturday night stay for two at the luxurious Mayflower Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Avenue NW, in the heart of the Golden Triangle.
Click here for more information and design guidelines,
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