Wednesday, August 04, 2010

Arts on N Street Festival this weekend

Article: No Business? No Problem: Art Pops Up in Vacant Retail Spaces Posted by Erin Petty on Aug. 4, 2010 at 3:18 pm Washington City Paper
Read Erin Petty's article above describing the art, art incubator and retail incentives behind this project.

August 7th- 8th & August 14th- 15th starting this weekend!
 Arts on N Street Festival will run for 2 weekends
Portraits of DC on N street
Be sure to come out to see the new Windows into DC, Phase II, on M Street @ Walter E. Washington Convention Center. It's a pop-up arts project in vacant retail windows at the convention center. My work from the Playground Series was part of the initial launch of the program last year. Artists work will be on display over a period of months to attract tourists, visitors and community members to the area. You can dial in to hear the artists talk about the work that they are exhibiting so bring your cell phones!

Hosted by the DC Commission on Arts and Humanities (DCCAH) and the Washington E. Convention Center. The festival is free of charge and features art by local artists, music, fashion and local businesses. This initiative provides free spaces for artists and organizations to showcase and sell their goods, while also offering District citizens free and public art. A press conference to announce the new art happenings in and around the Washington E. Convention Center took place today and you can see a preview of some of the art in the windows at my Artravelin Flickr set.

Locations:
Gallery Row on M Street NW
Portraits of DC on N Street NW
Craig Kraft Lighting at 9th and N Streets NW


Arts on N Street Festival will take place on the wide sidewalk of N Street NW (between 7th & 9th Sts. NW) August: 7th- 8th & 14th- 15th

Featured Artists:
DJ Alex Gold (August 14)
Allison Jai O’Dell (August: 7, 8, 14, & 15)
Amber Robles-Gordon(August: 7 & 8 )
Art Drauglis (August: 7)
Art Whino (August: 7, 8 & 14, 15
Amelia Smith (August: 14 & 5)
The Caribbean (August: 14 & 15)
Charlene Lockwood (August: 7 & 8 )
Crystal Little (August: 8, 14, & 15)
Cynthia Sands
Denee Barr (August: 7 & 8 )
Ed Burck (August: 7)
Eve VanDalsen (August: 14 & 15)
Gaby Hernandez (August: 14 & 15)
Hugh + Crye (August: 7 & 8 )
Ida Mitchell (August: 8 & 15)
Jenni Feingold (August: 7 & 14)
Katie Stack (August: 14 & 15)
Kelly Towles (August: 7 & 8 )
Lisa K. Rosenstein(August: 14 & 15)
Lucia Hamilton (August: 7 & 8 )
Lunar Massage (August: 7)
Matt Hollis (August: 14 & 15)
Matt Sesow (August: 14)
Matthew Parker (August: 7, 8, 14, & 15)
Michele Banks (August: 7, 8, 14, & 15)
Niambi George (August: 7, 8, & 14)
Rania Hassan (August: 15)
Sean Hennessey< (August: 15)
Sheila Crider (August: 14)
Yinibi (August: 7, 8, 14, & 15)
Stephanie Bonifant (August: 14 & 15)
TH Gomillion (August: 7 & 8 )
DJ Uncle Eric (August: 7 )

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