Come One, Come All to CITY HALL ART COLLECTION 2008

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A BIG!!!! Celebration at the John A. Wilson Building is planned for Tuesday, September 23rd, from 5-7pm......a reception in the Wilson Building to celebrate the art collection and the centennial of the building.

Artists Reception
CITY HALL ART COLLECTION
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 from 5:00PM -7:00PM

John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004

THE Public IS invited. So come out and support your local artists and arts commission. YOU can make ART continue to be a BIG PART of our fair city. Let's deliver impressive numbers of people to this event to show the council, the mayor and our arts commissioners, our support for the artists and the mission of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.

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General Public is invited
Photo ID required to enter this building
Free Admission and Refreshments
RSVP requested to PUBLICARTEVENTS@DC.GOV OR 202-724-5613
Metro: Metro Center (Red/Orange/Blue lines) or Federal Triangle (Orange/Blue lines)
Limited metered and garage parking nearby

Dedicating 28 New Works by:
Wayne Edson Bryan
Lilian Thomas Burwell
Manon Cleary
Gene Davis
Willem De Looper
Aziza Claudia Gibson-Hunter
Janis Goodman
Kevin Kepple
Kevin MacDonald
Percy Martin
Paul Reed
Robin Rose
Molly Springfield
Di Bagley Stovall
Lou Stovall
Alma Woodsey Thomas
Dan Treado
Andrea Way
James Lesesne Wells

Tony Gittens to Leave Arts Commission, Stay With Filmfest DC

Tony Gittens has been with the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities for as long as I can remember. As executive director of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, he has helped the city bring the artscene to life over the past eleven+ years. Before his watch, I don't recall the amount of public art, funding opportunities and programs that are now available to local DC artists and art organizations. It's been a pleasure to witness the changing face of public art under Tony Gitten's watch. From my view, he's put together a great team of players who are working diligently to keep the arts centerstage in Washington, DC. As well as thanking him for his commitment and dedication, I wish him many more successes in his next endeavors!

Read today's WaPO article about Tony Gittens career with the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.

In the past decade, the arts commission has raised its visibility through a number of programs. The agency initiated the Party Animals project, a public display of donkeys and elephants designed by artists, which it followed with a similar public art exhibition of painted pandas.The commission revived the honorary Mayor's Arts Awards and managed the art program for the Washington Convention Center and the John A. Wilson Building. "The commission felt the public doesn't have to go to museums to see art," said Gittens.

The commission provides funding for Artomatic, a volunteer organization that hosts an annual multimedia art festival, and also has purchased work from Artomatic participants. By Jacqueline Trescott

Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, June 11, 2008