Looking for an affordable lunch or dinner place? DC Artist Mike Weber has opened a wonderful little Thai Place on U Street NW. If you haven't already discovered it, try it soon in the heart of Duke Ellington's neighborhood.
Here's a great review of the food.
February 2005
Washingtonian
RESTAURANT REVIEW
Simply Home Cuisine
Thai, Asian
U Street
1412 U St., NW between 14th & 15th St. NW
Washington, DC
202-232-8424
simplyhome@aol.com
Open daily for lunch and dinner.
CHEAP MEALS TO GO
It's no surprise this tiny Thai place is so pretty--it was opened by the team behind the chic Simply Home furniture store and the Logan Circle Thai restaurant Rice. Though there's no (waiting) place to sit, white walls lined with jars of loose tea, candles, and fresh flowers make a zen-cool waiting area.
Grab a Thai iced tea ($2.50) and start with the chicken nuggets ($2.95), fried patties of chicken ground with aromatics and served in a paper cup with peanut-chili dipping sauce. Pad Thai ($9.95) is light and balanced, with crushed peanuts, shreds of spring onion, and large shrimp. Sautées, like chicken with ginger ($9.95) and tofu and vegetables with green curry ($9.95), come with jasmine rice and spring rolls on the side. Don't miss the fries combo ($2.95)--a paper cup filled with shards of taro, yucca, and sweet potato.
By Ann Limpert, Cindy Rich, and Jeremy Stahl
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Saturday, April 08, 2006
Studio One Eight is proud to announce a solo exhibition with Byron Peck
Stopped by Byron's show. It's worth a look!
G. Bryon Peck | 4.15.2006 | 7-10pm reception
G. Byron Peck lives in Washington DC and has created over 80 murals throughout the United States and abroad. Here in the District, some of his best known murals include the Duke Ellington mural overlooking 13th and U Streets, the DC-Themed montage in Metro Center, and the mural mirroring the DuPont fountain high above the Circle on Connecticut.
While it is difficult to travel the streets without running across one of Peck’s larger works, the opportunity to see his smaller works is quite rare. Studio One Eight would like to give the District the opportunity to acquaint itself with pieces they can encounter in a more personal setting. This show will include work Peck completed between 1986 and 2006.
Studioneight
Location: 2452 18th St NW, (18th and Columbia)
Gallery Hours: By appointment and on opening nights only.
For all inquiries, 703.395.1932 or info@studiooneeight.com.
G. Bryon Peck | 4.15.2006 | 7-10pm reception
G. Byron Peck lives in Washington DC and has created over 80 murals throughout the United States and abroad. Here in the District, some of his best known murals include the Duke Ellington mural overlooking 13th and U Streets, the DC-Themed montage in Metro Center, and the mural mirroring the DuPont fountain high above the Circle on Connecticut.
While it is difficult to travel the streets without running across one of Peck’s larger works, the opportunity to see his smaller works is quite rare. Studio One Eight would like to give the District the opportunity to acquaint itself with pieces they can encounter in a more personal setting. This show will include work Peck completed between 1986 and 2006.
Studioneight
Location: 2452 18th St NW, (18th and Columbia)
Gallery Hours: By appointment and on opening nights only.
For all inquiries, 703.395.1932 or info@studiooneeight.com.
BRAZILIAN CONNECTION 2006
BRAZILIAN CONNECTION 2006
An exhibit of Paintings
Reception: Friday, April 21, 2006, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Featuring: George Iso, Carlito Rodrigues, Marcus André, Cristina Oiticica, Pietrina Checcaci and Patricia Secco.
BACI requests the pleasure of your company for the opening reception to meet the artist and preview the show. The exhibit will be open through May 8, on weekdays from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., and on Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Free admission
Brazilian-American Cultural Institute
An exhibit of Paintings
Reception: Friday, April 21, 2006, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Featuring: George Iso, Carlito Rodrigues, Marcus André, Cristina Oiticica, Pietrina Checcaci and Patricia Secco.
BACI requests the pleasure of your company for the opening reception to meet the artist and preview the show. The exhibit will be open through May 8, on weekdays from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., and on Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Free admission
Brazilian-American Cultural Institute
Friday, April 07, 2006
Micro-Monumental: A Juried Exhibition of Matchbox Sized Sculptures
FLASHPOINT
April 6 – May 27, 2006
Opening reception: Thursday, April 20, 6 - 8 p.m.
Juror’s Talk at 7 p.m.
Can a sculpture the size of a kitchen matchbox have monumental impact? In Micro-Monumental, Kristen Hileman, Assistant Curator at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, has selected 47 tiny sculptures by artists from four regional sculpture groups who sought to answer that question. According to Hileman, this unusual collaboration between Washington Sculptors Group, Baltimore’s Sculptors Inc., Philadelphia Sculptors and New England Sculptors Association is a “microcosm of the world of sculpture in 2006, exemplifying the diversity of artists, their materials and themes in the Northeastern United States.” Washington, DC, a town full of monuments, provides a distinctive context as these artists reinterpret the meaning of monumental with works whose scale belies their presence.
916 G STREET NW
WASHINGTON, DC 20001
Gallery Hours
Tuesday - Saturday, 12 - 6 p.m.
OR BY APPOINTMENT
Contact Rebecca Lowery , Gallery Manager
t 202.315.1310
f 202.315.1303
WWW.FLASHPOINTDC.ORG
April 6 – May 27, 2006
Opening reception: Thursday, April 20, 6 - 8 p.m.
Juror’s Talk at 7 p.m.
Can a sculpture the size of a kitchen matchbox have monumental impact? In Micro-Monumental, Kristen Hileman, Assistant Curator at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, has selected 47 tiny sculptures by artists from four regional sculpture groups who sought to answer that question. According to Hileman, this unusual collaboration between Washington Sculptors Group, Baltimore’s Sculptors Inc., Philadelphia Sculptors and New England Sculptors Association is a “microcosm of the world of sculpture in 2006, exemplifying the diversity of artists, their materials and themes in the Northeastern United States.” Washington, DC, a town full of monuments, provides a distinctive context as these artists reinterpret the meaning of monumental with works whose scale belies their presence.
916 G STREET NW
WASHINGTON, DC 20001
Gallery Hours
Tuesday - Saturday, 12 - 6 p.m.
OR BY APPOINTMENT
Contact Rebecca Lowery , Gallery Manager
t 202.315.1310
f 202.315.1303
WWW.FLASHPOINTDC.ORG
Seagull
Hmmmm. I'm staring at the sky and wondering where did the crows go? Just an observation, we have fewer crows and many more seagulls in our neighborhood. Don't get me wrong. I didn't like the sound of the crows but there was something familiar about their long time caws. Now we're seeing these seagulls and no signs of the crows.
Cherry Blossom Parade Tomorrow
From Penn Quarter's Jo-Ann Neuhaus about tomorrow's Cherry Blossom Festivals.....
The Cherry Blossom Parade
and 45th Annual Sakura Matsuri - Japanese Street Festival
This Saturday, April 8
The Cherry Blossom Parade
10:00am - Noon
Constitution Avenue beginning at 7th Street, going west to 17th Street
The DC website has a start time of 8:00am for closing streets. Expect traffic tie ups, especially if you want to enter downtown via the 14th Street bridge or Independence Avenue. The Metropolitan Police Department will reopen the streets to traffic when they believe it is safe to do so, which may be after the noon hour indicated.
The Sakura Matsuri - Japanese Street Festival
12th Street between Constitution and Pennsylvania avenues
and Pennsylvania Avenue between 10th and 13th streets
Begins right after the parade ends estimated to be some time between 11:00am and noon. The festival ends at 6:00pm. The DC Website, states that streets will be closed for the festival at 9:00am and open at 6:00pm. However, my experience is that streets will not be reopened before all the equipment is completely removed.
For more information
National Cherry Blossom Festival and click on April 8 at the top or go directly to Events
To minimize traffic hassles, vehicles should head north from Penn Quarter and approach Penn Quarter from the north.
Attend the Parade and the Festival and avoid traffic jams
The Cherry Blossom Parade
and 45th Annual Sakura Matsuri - Japanese Street Festival
This Saturday, April 8
The Cherry Blossom Parade
10:00am - Noon
Constitution Avenue beginning at 7th Street, going west to 17th Street
The DC website has a start time of 8:00am for closing streets. Expect traffic tie ups, especially if you want to enter downtown via the 14th Street bridge or Independence Avenue. The Metropolitan Police Department will reopen the streets to traffic when they believe it is safe to do so, which may be after the noon hour indicated.
The Sakura Matsuri - Japanese Street Festival
12th Street between Constitution and Pennsylvania avenues
and Pennsylvania Avenue between 10th and 13th streets
Begins right after the parade ends estimated to be some time between 11:00am and noon. The festival ends at 6:00pm. The DC Website, states that streets will be closed for the festival at 9:00am and open at 6:00pm. However, my experience is that streets will not be reopened before all the equipment is completely removed.
For more information
National Cherry Blossom Festival and click on April 8 at the top or go directly to Events
To minimize traffic hassles, vehicles should head north from Penn Quarter and approach Penn Quarter from the north.
Attend the Parade and the Festival and avoid traffic jams
TOUR OF THE PUBLIC ART
Washington Convention Center
Tour of the Public Art
Thursday, April 13th
12:00 Noon
The works of art on display at the Washington Convention Center are among the largest public art collections not in a museum. Public tours are led by curator Vivienne Lassman. The $4 million permanent art installation features paintings, sculptures, photography, graphics, and mixed media works created by local, national, and international artists.
Advance reservations required
There is no charge to participate in the tour
Call the 24-hour Washington Convention Center Authority Community Hotline
202.249.3200
A staff member will return your call to confirm your tour
Washington Convention Center Authority
801 Mount Vernon Place, NW
202.249.3042
Metro: Mt. Vernon Square, Green LIne
Tour of the Public Art
Thursday, April 13th
12:00 Noon
The works of art on display at the Washington Convention Center are among the largest public art collections not in a museum. Public tours are led by curator Vivienne Lassman. The $4 million permanent art installation features paintings, sculptures, photography, graphics, and mixed media works created by local, national, and international artists.
Advance reservations required
There is no charge to participate in the tour
Call the 24-hour Washington Convention Center Authority Community Hotline
202.249.3200
A staff member will return your call to confirm your tour
Washington Convention Center Authority
801 Mount Vernon Place, NW
202.249.3042
Metro: Mt. Vernon Square, Green LIne
CONNECTING LINES and LÍNEAS CONECTADAS
The Cultural Institute of Mexico
and National Endowment for the Arts
Cordially invite you to a poetry reading to celebrate the publication of
CONNECTING LINES and LÍNEAS CONECTADAS
A two-volume bilingual anthology of contemporary poetry from Mexico and the United States
Featuring readings by Elsa Cross, Pedro Serrano, and Diane Thiel
With introductions by Dana Gioia, Chair, National Endowment for the Artsand Hernán Lara Zavala, National Autonomous University of Mexico City
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
7:00 p.m.
Cultural Institute of Mexico
2829 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
Free admission / Reception to follow
RSVP: 202-728-1675
www.instituteofmexicodc.org
and National Endowment for the Arts
Cordially invite you to a poetry reading to celebrate the publication of
CONNECTING LINES and LÍNEAS CONECTADAS
A two-volume bilingual anthology of contemporary poetry from Mexico and the United States
Featuring readings by Elsa Cross, Pedro Serrano, and Diane Thiel
With introductions by Dana Gioia, Chair, National Endowment for the Artsand Hernán Lara Zavala, National Autonomous University of Mexico City
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
7:00 p.m.
Cultural Institute of Mexico
2829 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
Free admission / Reception to follow
RSVP: 202-728-1675
www.instituteofmexicodc.org
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Copyright, Fair Use, and the New Borrowers
by Herb Tam
Concurrent with the explosion of sophisticated methods of appropriation in visual art, music, and most other artistic genres is a mounting confusion regarding America’s fair use laws for artistic pursuits. Responding to the situation, New York University’s Brennan Center for Justice has recently released a report documenting how and when artists are protected by the country’s fair use laws.
Read article
Concurrent with the explosion of sophisticated methods of appropriation in visual art, music, and most other artistic genres is a mounting confusion regarding America’s fair use laws for artistic pursuits. Responding to the situation, New York University’s Brennan Center for Justice has recently released a report documenting how and when artists are protected by the country’s fair use laws.
Read article
Monday, April 03, 2006
A HARD RAIN'S GONNA FALL
Anne Marchand, "A Hard Rain"I captured the inkiness of our pollen washing rain storm tonight, Man o' man the power of Mother Nature even here in Washington, DC. Who's in charge anyway?
A NOT TOO FUNNY SCENE IN DUPONT CIRCLE
Anyone thinking, "Lord of the Flies"?
This from comedian Chris Douchette's blog about the fight in Dupont Circle on April Fool's.
Subject: The Scene Yesterday At Dupont Cirle
Not really a photojournalist, but I caught the fight at Dupont Circle
on film yesterday...http://chrisdoucettecomedy.blogspot.com/
This from comedian Chris Douchette's blog about the fight in Dupont Circle on April Fool's.
Subject: The Scene Yesterday At Dupont Cirle
Not really a photojournalist, but I caught the fight at Dupont Circle
on film yesterday...http://chrisdoucettecomedy.blogspot.com/
Le Ballet mecanique
In conjunction with the Dada exhibition, automated musical instruments, including sixteen programmed grand player pianos, play portions of George Antheil's score for the Fernand Leger film, Le Ballet mecanique (1924), on the mezzanine of the East Building. The installation, activated for a ten-minute performance each weekday at 1:00 and 4:00 p.m. as well as Saturdays and Sundays at 1:00 p.m., will continue through the close of the exhibition on May 14, 2006. Leger's 16-minute film may be viewed in the exhibition, without sound.
Sunday, April 02, 2006
NOT TO SCALE
The exhibition NOT TO SCALE will open April 19 at the Target Gallery in the Torpedo Factory Art Center. Curated by David C. Levy, former Director of the Corcoran Museum, Washington, DC, and the Parsons School of Design, New York, this show investigates aspects of size and scale including literal and conceptual interpretations.
"NOT TO SCALE" at the Target Gallery: April 19-May 28, 2006
The Artists' Reception will be on Sunday, April 23 from 3-6 PM.
The Target Gallery at the Torpedo Factory Art Center is located at 105 Union Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314, is open Wednesday through Sunday from 12 to 5 PM.
"NOT TO SCALE" at the Target Gallery: April 19-May 28, 2006
The Artists' Reception will be on Sunday, April 23 from 3-6 PM.
The Target Gallery at the Torpedo Factory Art Center is located at 105 Union Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314, is open Wednesday through Sunday from 12 to 5 PM.
Thursday, March 30, 2006
Wheel of Time
Zenith Gallery
Wheel of Time
Canadian Artists
Renee duRocher and Mary Ann Prack
Opening Receptions To Meet the Artists
Friday, March 31, 6:00 – 9pm
Saturday, April 1, 1:00 – 4:00pm
On Exhibit
March 31 - April 30
Preview the show at
www.zenithgallery.com
Zenith Gallery
413 7th Street, NW
202-783-2963
art@zenithgallery.com
Wheel of Time
Canadian Artists
Renee duRocher and Mary Ann Prack
Opening Receptions To Meet the Artists
Friday, March 31, 6:00 – 9pm
Saturday, April 1, 1:00 – 4:00pm
On Exhibit
March 31 - April 30
Preview the show at
www.zenithgallery.com
Zenith Gallery
413 7th Street, NW
202-783-2963
art@zenithgallery.com
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
One Fun Loving Girl - Building Blocks
Today's front page in the Dupont Current Newspaper carries a picture of me with my latest mural and the feature article by Jessica Gould on page 7. You can pick up a copy in coffee shops around Dupont Circle. Dupont Current Newspapers.Thank you Jessica Gould and Davis Kennedy for helping the arts flourish in our neighborhoods.
I've been up to my eyeballs in projects this month. I'm nearing completion of my winter mural project, "Building Blocks, High Up Close to Heaven" for the Takoma Community Center in Washington, DC. I'm wrapping the ten panels tonight for David to pick up in the morning. And away we go for installation. The mural is commissioned by DC Creates Public Art, a program of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities in partnership with the Dept. of Parks and Recreation. This will bring full circle my vision for the lobby of the community center; ten panels depicting youth, teens and seniors of diverse cultures interacting in leisure and fun in a DC neighborhood whose name has been said to mean, High Up and Close to Heaven.
And oh boy, what not so timid colors dominate the cityscape scene....my favorite red predominates with supporting yellows, oranges and blues in a bright orchestra of color and FUN. I'll take that word and translate it into my own requirement for living a truly fulfilled life. Excuse me if I bow out for some leisure next month, I mean the month of May after my exhibition opens at the Zenith Gallery on May 5 with, surprise, abstract paintings. More on that later.
While I've been undercover, I managed a sneak peek at the Dada Exhibition but not yet heard the automated instruments that supposedly play an irritating yet captivating symphony of sounds at the National Gallery of Art. I was taken by surprise at the Dadaist images provoked by World War One and how relevant they are to today's war theme. I've got to get back to see it in more detail.
Hmm, I've been feeling a little punchy from the varnish fumes. Excuse me while I go back to the studio. I have some more work to do. This Friday, Zenith Gallery opens a new exhibition, The Wheel of Time by Renee duRocher & Mary Ann Prack. Reception 6-9pm. Maybe I'll catch you there!
I've been up to my eyeballs in projects this month. I'm nearing completion of my winter mural project, "Building Blocks, High Up Close to Heaven" for the Takoma Community Center in Washington, DC. I'm wrapping the ten panels tonight for David to pick up in the morning. And away we go for installation. The mural is commissioned by DC Creates Public Art, a program of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities in partnership with the Dept. of Parks and Recreation. This will bring full circle my vision for the lobby of the community center; ten panels depicting youth, teens and seniors of diverse cultures interacting in leisure and fun in a DC neighborhood whose name has been said to mean, High Up and Close to Heaven.
And oh boy, what not so timid colors dominate the cityscape scene....my favorite red predominates with supporting yellows, oranges and blues in a bright orchestra of color and FUN. I'll take that word and translate it into my own requirement for living a truly fulfilled life. Excuse me if I bow out for some leisure next month, I mean the month of May after my exhibition opens at the Zenith Gallery on May 5 with, surprise, abstract paintings. More on that later.
While I've been undercover, I managed a sneak peek at the Dada Exhibition but not yet heard the automated instruments that supposedly play an irritating yet captivating symphony of sounds at the National Gallery of Art. I was taken by surprise at the Dadaist images provoked by World War One and how relevant they are to today's war theme. I've got to get back to see it in more detail.
Hmm, I've been feeling a little punchy from the varnish fumes. Excuse me while I go back to the studio. I have some more work to do. This Friday, Zenith Gallery opens a new exhibition, The Wheel of Time by Renee duRocher & Mary Ann Prack. Reception 6-9pm. Maybe I'll catch you there!
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
National Building Museum - National Cherry Blossom Festival
National Building Museum
National Cherry Blossom Festival
Family Day and Opening Ceremony
Saturday, March 25
10:00am – 5:30pm
Family Day, 10:00am – 4:00pm
Opening Ceremony, 4:00 – 5:30pm
The National Building Museum and the National Cherry Blossom Festival celebrate the official opening of Washington’s 2006 cherry blossom season with a family festival full of hands-on fun exploring Japanese arts and design
There is no cost for this event
All ages
Drop-in program
Registration not required
Please forward this announcement to friends, family, and colleagues
National Building Museum
401 F Street, NW
202.272.2448
www.nbm.org
National Cherry Blossom Festival
Family Day and Opening Ceremony
Saturday, March 25
10:00am – 5:30pm
Family Day, 10:00am – 4:00pm
Opening Ceremony, 4:00 – 5:30pm
The National Building Museum and the National Cherry Blossom Festival celebrate the official opening of Washington’s 2006 cherry blossom season with a family festival full of hands-on fun exploring Japanese arts and design
There is no cost for this event
All ages
Drop-in program
Registration not required
Please forward this announcement to friends, family, and colleagues
National Building Museum
401 F Street, NW
202.272.2448
www.nbm.org
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Chalk4Peace
John Aaron - Artist and Director of The Museum of Modern Arf in Arlington, Virginia is leading the charge on a global pro-peace art project for children. If you would like to participate with your own site event, email John Aaron
ModernARF
CHALK4PEACE
SEPTEMBER 16 - 17, 2006
CHALK4PEACE is the young person's global arts project planned for September 16-17, 2006 that brings together more than one million young artists of all ages around the world to create sidewalk chalk paintings about peace at the same time.
It is a one weekend event in September 2006 that happens everywhere...rain or shine...
Donations to chalk4peace.org to support this event are welcomed.This concept was designed and created in America by John Aaron of the Museum of Modern ARF.
The Sept. 16 Global Greeting of CHALK4PEACE N.A. is 10 a.m. EST at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, DC.
London, Washington, DC, Arlington, VA, Berkeley, Oakland, Santa Barbara, Boulder, Pasadena, Gambier, OH, Vermont, are participating along with hundreds of places we haven't heard from yet...
CHALK4PEACE GLOBAL NEWS: Chalk 4 Peace of http://www.Infinitepossibility.org the originators of the Chalk 4 Peace events in Europe in 2003, has joined forces with CHALK4PEACE N.A. and is exploring the possibility of a national convergence upon Trafalgar Square in London on September 16, 2006.Up to 50,000 people may participate at that location alone!
This event is a true Thousand Points of Light...maybe more! Be a part of the Path of Color that wraps around the world...
The children are our beacons; help let their light shine... September 16-17, 2006- CHALK4PEACE N.A..
ModernARF
CHALK4PEACE
SEPTEMBER 16 - 17, 2006
CHALK4PEACE is the young person's global arts project planned for September 16-17, 2006 that brings together more than one million young artists of all ages around the world to create sidewalk chalk paintings about peace at the same time.
It is a one weekend event in September 2006 that happens everywhere...rain or shine...
Donations to chalk4peace.org to support this event are welcomed.This concept was designed and created in America by John Aaron of the Museum of Modern ARF.
The Sept. 16 Global Greeting of CHALK4PEACE N.A. is 10 a.m. EST at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, DC.
London, Washington, DC, Arlington, VA, Berkeley, Oakland, Santa Barbara, Boulder, Pasadena, Gambier, OH, Vermont, are participating along with hundreds of places we haven't heard from yet...
CHALK4PEACE GLOBAL NEWS: Chalk 4 Peace of http://www.Infinitepossibility.org the originators of the Chalk 4 Peace events in Europe in 2003, has joined forces with CHALK4PEACE N.A. and is exploring the possibility of a national convergence upon Trafalgar Square in London on September 16, 2006.Up to 50,000 people may participate at that location alone!
This event is a true Thousand Points of Light...maybe more! Be a part of the Path of Color that wraps around the world...
The children are our beacons; help let their light shine... September 16-17, 2006- CHALK4PEACE N.A..
"BODY WORLDS: The Anatomical Exhibition of Real Human Bodies"
My chiropractor told me to go see this show in Philadelphia. I had heard of Body Worlds but didn't know it is being exhibited so close to DC. Could be a bit queasy for the sensitive, but I think it will be an eyeopener to the beauty and health issues of the human form for all us laymen.
The Franklin Institute
222 North 20th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-448-1200
The Franklin Institute Science Museum hosts "BODY WORLDS: The Anatomical Exhibition of Real Human Bodies" from October 7, 2005 through April 23, 2006.
Throughout the ages, medical scholars and students have strived to understand how our bodies function through exploration of real human specimens. BODY WORLDS, one of the most highly attended touring exhibitions in the world, takes this tradition one step further by presenting a new look at the human body.
The exhibition features more than 200 authentic human specimens, including entire bodies, individual organs and transparent body slices that have been preserved through the process of "Plastination," a technique that replaces bodily fluids and fat. BODY WORLDS offers a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see and understand our own physiology and health and to gain new appreciation and respect for what it means to be human.
The Franklin Institute
222 North 20th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-448-1200
The Franklin Institute Science Museum hosts "BODY WORLDS: The Anatomical Exhibition of Real Human Bodies" from October 7, 2005 through April 23, 2006.
Throughout the ages, medical scholars and students have strived to understand how our bodies function through exploration of real human specimens. BODY WORLDS, one of the most highly attended touring exhibitions in the world, takes this tradition one step further by presenting a new look at the human body.
The exhibition features more than 200 authentic human specimens, including entire bodies, individual organs and transparent body slices that have been preserved through the process of "Plastination," a technique that replaces bodily fluids and fat. BODY WORLDS offers a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see and understand our own physiology and health and to gain new appreciation and respect for what it means to be human.
Sunday, March 19, 2006
Marchands on the Mississippi and the St. Lawrence
Neither good nor bad - just an interesting tidbit of history, I'll share with you on New Orleans and the Marchands.
MARCHANDS HELP CLEAR THE SITE OF A CITY
from Marchands on the Mississippi
by (Mayor) Sidney A. Marchand, 1968, Donaldsonville, Louisiana
"Governor Bienville founded the great city of New Orleans in 1718. The Marchands began arriving to assist in the hugh task of removing the trees, stumps and debris from the semi-marshlands which then stood on the site selected by Bienville and his Indian guides, whereon was to rise the great city of New Orleans.
In August 1718, Bienville received about 800 recruits from overseas and everyone pitched in to clear the tangle of trees and underbrush. The Marchands began arriving at the very beginning of the city...Governor Bienville founded the city in 1718, and, in 1719, built a thatched-roof hut on the site of this great metropolis for his personal use...the city was nothing more than a group of huts, shops and small houses."
MARCHANDS HELP CLEAR THE SITE OF A CITY
from Marchands on the Mississippi
by (Mayor) Sidney A. Marchand, 1968, Donaldsonville, Louisiana
"Governor Bienville founded the great city of New Orleans in 1718. The Marchands began arriving to assist in the hugh task of removing the trees, stumps and debris from the semi-marshlands which then stood on the site selected by Bienville and his Indian guides, whereon was to rise the great city of New Orleans.
In August 1718, Bienville received about 800 recruits from overseas and everyone pitched in to clear the tangle of trees and underbrush. The Marchands began arriving at the very beginning of the city...Governor Bienville founded the city in 1718, and, in 1719, built a thatched-roof hut on the site of this great metropolis for his personal use...the city was nothing more than a group of huts, shops and small houses."
NBC News coverage
With spring in the air, I'm hoping for good news days. The first is.... MCA Artists, Mike Weber and I and galley owner, Nevin Kelly were covered by NBC's Wendy Rieger for Mid City Artists Open Studios this past November. You can see and hear Wendy Rieger's interview of Mike and I here.
This spring Mid City Artists holds its semi-annual Open Studios on May 20 & 21, 2006 so stay tuned for more information.
This spring Mid City Artists holds its semi-annual Open Studios on May 20 & 21, 2006 so stay tuned for more information.
Friday, March 17, 2006
Grant Wood's Studio: Birthplace of "American Gothic" (Renwick)
Now through July 16, 2006
"Grant Wood's Studio: Birthplace of 'American Gothic'" will, for the first time, present his decorative art and design work within the larger context of his paintings, drawings and prints. 'American Gothic'—one of the most recognizable American paintings—is featured in the exhibition through June 11. The Art Institute of Chicago, which owns 'American Gothic,' rarely lends the painting, so this is an exceptional chance to see the painting in the nation's capital.
The exhibition coincides with the renovation of the artist's historic studio in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, known as "5 Turner Alley," where he lived and worked from 1924 to 1935. Wood converted the loft of this turn-of-the-century carriage house into a showcase for his decorative arts work and a backdrop for some of his most famous paintings. The exhibition features works from the collection of the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, studio artifacts and heirlooms that served as props, as well as significant loans from other museums and private collections that rarely travel. Together these works help to re-create Wood's studio and demonstrate the importance of craft in the development of the artist's work. The showing at the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery is the only presentation besides the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art. Jane Milosch, curator at the Renwick Gallery, is the curator of the exhibition. "Grant Wood's Studio: Birthplace of 'American Gothic' " is presented under the Honorary Patronage of Congressman Jim Leach and Deba Leach.
The Renwick Gallery is located on Pennsylvania Avenue at 17th Street N.W., steps away from the White House in the heart of historic federal Washington.
The Renwick is accessible by Metrorail at Farragut North (Red line) and Farragut West (Blue and Orange lines). Limited on-street and public garage parking is available in the neighborhood.
The museum is open seven days a week (except December 25) from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Admission is free.
"Grant Wood's Studio: Birthplace of 'American Gothic'" will, for the first time, present his decorative art and design work within the larger context of his paintings, drawings and prints. 'American Gothic'—one of the most recognizable American paintings—is featured in the exhibition through June 11. The Art Institute of Chicago, which owns 'American Gothic,' rarely lends the painting, so this is an exceptional chance to see the painting in the nation's capital.
The exhibition coincides with the renovation of the artist's historic studio in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, known as "5 Turner Alley," where he lived and worked from 1924 to 1935. Wood converted the loft of this turn-of-the-century carriage house into a showcase for his decorative arts work and a backdrop for some of his most famous paintings. The exhibition features works from the collection of the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, studio artifacts and heirlooms that served as props, as well as significant loans from other museums and private collections that rarely travel. Together these works help to re-create Wood's studio and demonstrate the importance of craft in the development of the artist's work. The showing at the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery is the only presentation besides the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art. Jane Milosch, curator at the Renwick Gallery, is the curator of the exhibition. "Grant Wood's Studio: Birthplace of 'American Gothic' " is presented under the Honorary Patronage of Congressman Jim Leach and Deba Leach.
The Renwick Gallery is located on Pennsylvania Avenue at 17th Street N.W., steps away from the White House in the heart of historic federal Washington.
The Renwick is accessible by Metrorail at Farragut North (Red line) and Farragut West (Blue and Orange lines). Limited on-street and public garage parking is available in the neighborhood.
The museum is open seven days a week (except December 25) from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Admission is free.
Thursday, March 16, 2006
Art projects for children at Tacoma Community Center
The first of three art projects introducing my new DC Creates Public Art mural to the Takoma Community went well yesterday. The young children came first with original drawings and this afternoon the teens take a turn at drawing. Tomorrow morning, the seniors. Creativity reigns this week! See you on the flip side. Varnishing the mural comes next with installation set for two weeks.
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Art of War; a group show inspired by conflict.
:. studio one eight .:
2452 18th Street NW | DC | 20009 | www.studiooneeight.com www.studiooneeight.com| 703.395.1932
Studio One Eight is please to announce Art of War; a group show inspired by conflict.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — March 18, 2006 — Studio One Eight presents “Art of War” featuring work by artists Anna U. Davis, Dana Ellyn, J Coleman, Jordin Isip, Kelly Towles, Lisa Marie Thalhammer, Matt Sesow, Peter Excho, Scott G. Brooks and others. Studio One Eight’s “Art of War" will take place on Saturday March 18th, from 7-10pm.
The exhibition marks the 3-year anniversary of the war that began in the Middle East on March 20th 2003. Bringing together pieces inspired by current events surrounding this hostile engagement, the exhibition will include artwork that has little regard for the popular aesthetic of beauty. The Artists were in no way censored, and simply asked to respond to the conflict at hand. This show makes no apologies and reflects the artists’ personal, unmitigated reactions to a subject that has affected thousands of lives across our country and across the world. The result; a striking commentary on war and the current state of the Middle East. Utilizing the multiple interpretations brought to the table by this eclectic mix of artists, works range from controversial and morose, to satirical and thought provoking. The beautiful, yet (in many cases) disturbing results will undoubtedly engage and challenge viewers.
Please join us for the opening reception on Saturday, March 18th 2006 from 7-10 p.m.
2452 18th Street NW | DC | 20009 | www.studiooneeight.com www.studiooneeight.com| 703.395.1932
Studio One Eight is please to announce Art of War; a group show inspired by conflict.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — March 18, 2006 — Studio One Eight presents “Art of War” featuring work by artists Anna U. Davis, Dana Ellyn, J Coleman, Jordin Isip, Kelly Towles, Lisa Marie Thalhammer, Matt Sesow, Peter Excho, Scott G. Brooks and others. Studio One Eight’s “Art of War" will take place on Saturday March 18th, from 7-10pm.
The exhibition marks the 3-year anniversary of the war that began in the Middle East on March 20th 2003. Bringing together pieces inspired by current events surrounding this hostile engagement, the exhibition will include artwork that has little regard for the popular aesthetic of beauty. The Artists were in no way censored, and simply asked to respond to the conflict at hand. This show makes no apologies and reflects the artists’ personal, unmitigated reactions to a subject that has affected thousands of lives across our country and across the world. The result; a striking commentary on war and the current state of the Middle East. Utilizing the multiple interpretations brought to the table by this eclectic mix of artists, works range from controversial and morose, to satirical and thought provoking. The beautiful, yet (in many cases) disturbing results will undoubtedly engage and challenge viewers.
Please join us for the opening reception on Saturday, March 18th 2006 from 7-10 p.m.
" How to Get Your Work Noticed By Newspapers, Galleries and Museums"
******Special Seminar******
" How to Get Your Work Noticed By Newspapers, Galleries and Museums"
Ever wonder how certain artists seem to have such access to press, galleries and museums? This is your chance to get on the inside track! We bring several experts together to share with you the methods and secrets of getting your work noticed by the people who count most. Our most popular seminar we've ever held.....sold out last time with standing room only.
Panelists : Michael O'Sullivan / Washington Post Art Critic - Lenny Campello / Gallery Owner, Art Critic and Blog Writer - Lee Lawerence , Contributing Editor for American Style Magazine, Claire Huschle/ Executive Director- Arlington Arts Center, Phylis Rosenzweig / Former Curator -Hirshhorn Museum
Location : Tiffany Theater - Arlington Arts Center
Date : March 15
Time : 7 to 9:30pm
Cost : $40 in advance - $45 at the door
Arlington Arts Center
3550 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, Virginia 22201
(703) 248-6800
Directions from Washington D.C. and points north of Arlington (by car):
Take I-395 South from Washington to exit 7B, Glebe Road North. Follow Glebe Road 2.7 miles to Quincy Street. Turn right onto Quincy Street and proceed 1/2 mile to Quincy and Wilson Boulevard. Turn right onto Wilson Boulevard. Travel Wilson Boulevard 2 blocks to the first traffic signal. Building will be on the right at the corner of Wilson Boulevard and North Monroe Street.
From 66 West, take Glebe Road exit. Turn left at light, heading south on Glebe Road. Cross Washington Boulevard. intersection. Turn left onto Wilson Boulevard., heading east. The Arlington Arts Center will be on the right at the intersection of Wilson Boulevard and North Monroe Street.
" How to Get Your Work Noticed By Newspapers, Galleries and Museums"
Ever wonder how certain artists seem to have such access to press, galleries and museums? This is your chance to get on the inside track! We bring several experts together to share with you the methods and secrets of getting your work noticed by the people who count most. Our most popular seminar we've ever held.....sold out last time with standing room only.
Panelists : Michael O'Sullivan / Washington Post Art Critic - Lenny Campello / Gallery Owner, Art Critic and Blog Writer - Lee Lawerence , Contributing Editor for American Style Magazine, Claire Huschle/ Executive Director- Arlington Arts Center, Phylis Rosenzweig / Former Curator -Hirshhorn Museum
Location : Tiffany Theater - Arlington Arts Center
Date : March 15
Time : 7 to 9:30pm
Cost : $40 in advance - $45 at the door
Arlington Arts Center
3550 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, Virginia 22201
(703) 248-6800
Directions from Washington D.C. and points north of Arlington (by car):
Take I-395 South from Washington to exit 7B, Glebe Road North. Follow Glebe Road 2.7 miles to Quincy Street. Turn right onto Quincy Street and proceed 1/2 mile to Quincy and Wilson Boulevard. Turn right onto Wilson Boulevard. Travel Wilson Boulevard 2 blocks to the first traffic signal. Building will be on the right at the corner of Wilson Boulevard and North Monroe Street.
From 66 West, take Glebe Road exit. Turn left at light, heading south on Glebe Road. Cross Washington Boulevard. intersection. Turn left onto Wilson Boulevard., heading east. The Arlington Arts Center will be on the right at the intersection of Wilson Boulevard and North Monroe Street.
Sunday, March 12, 2006
REPORTING FROM NEW ORLEANS
And the beat goes on......
"Not giving up on city he loves, Mid-City resident artist Noel Wright, 43, said he and his wife Gina have drained their life savings and their credit cards are near the limits.
An artist and massage therapist, Wright wants to get back to business. But with the city more than half empty he's got no clients. Instead, he spends his days refurbishing their two-story duplex on Cortez Street."
Read more Article by J. JIONI PALMER Here.
"Not giving up on city he loves, Mid-City resident artist Noel Wright, 43, said he and his wife Gina have drained their life savings and their credit cards are near the limits.
An artist and massage therapist, Wright wants to get back to business. But with the city more than half empty he's got no clients. Instead, he spends his days refurbishing their two-story duplex on Cortez Street."
Read more Article by J. JIONI PALMER Here.
Saturday, March 11, 2006
After Katrina, Artists Find a New Colony
Article in the New York TImes tells tale of fifteen displaced artists from the Katrina disaster.
"The loft, a former printing business on Hudson Street, was provided free for the six months ending in mid-May by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, which was founded by David Rockefeller to bring culture to downtown after the World Trade Center was built. Tom Healy, the council's president, said the council, financed by charities that include the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, has been trying to raise money to extend the artists' stay, and this week received financing so that the program can continue into June.
An Open Studio Weekend exhibit for all 15 artists is scheduled for April 28 to 30."
Read whole article here..
"The loft, a former printing business on Hudson Street, was provided free for the six months ending in mid-May by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, which was founded by David Rockefeller to bring culture to downtown after the World Trade Center was built. Tom Healy, the council's president, said the council, financed by charities that include the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, has been trying to raise money to extend the artists' stay, and this week received financing so that the program can continue into June.
An Open Studio Weekend exhibit for all 15 artists is scheduled for April 28 to 30."
Read whole article here..
Friday, March 10, 2006
Cuisine des Artistes: 2006
Cuisine des Artistes is an annual spring fundraiser held for the DC Arts Center. This unique event showcases the talents of local area chefs and artists who collaborate to create works of edible art. The night begins at 6:30 with an hour long cocktail hour featuring artist produced appetizers. At 7:30 the night moves into a second room showcasing a new décor and the main courses of the evening. It is rounded out with a desert hour featuring among other things, eclectic entertainment that has in past years included poetry readings, as well as musical and performing artists.
Previous cuisine evenings have included a George Bush bean dip and tapas served from the front half of an antique car. This year's Cuisine will take place on May 10, 2006 at the H. Leonard's Mansion on O Street NW. Past participating artists and chefs have included Margaret Boozer, G. Byron Peck and Judy Jashinski, Bart Seaver (Saint-ex), Josh Wigham (Zaytinia) and Carol Greenwood. The great entertainment and edible art are sure to make this one of the "must see" events of the year.
This year's event will be held on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 from 6:30 - 10:00pm
The "O" Street Mansion: 2020 'O' Street, NW Washington, DC
Tickets are $120.00 for non-members (includes a one-year membership) or $100 for current members
for reservations contact DCAC at: 202-462-7833 or info@dcartscenter.org
DCAC is located at 2438 18th Street NW, between Belmont and Columbia Roads, in the heart of the Washington's Adams Morgan neighborhood.
DC Arts Center
Previous cuisine evenings have included a George Bush bean dip and tapas served from the front half of an antique car. This year's Cuisine will take place on May 10, 2006 at the H. Leonard's Mansion on O Street NW. Past participating artists and chefs have included Margaret Boozer, G. Byron Peck and Judy Jashinski, Bart Seaver (Saint-ex), Josh Wigham (Zaytinia) and Carol Greenwood. The great entertainment and edible art are sure to make this one of the "must see" events of the year.
This year's event will be held on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 from 6:30 - 10:00pm
The "O" Street Mansion: 2020 'O' Street, NW Washington, DC
Tickets are $120.00 for non-members (includes a one-year membership) or $100 for current members
for reservations contact DCAC at: 202-462-7833 or info@dcartscenter.org
DCAC is located at 2438 18th Street NW, between Belmont and Columbia Roads, in the heart of the Washington's Adams Morgan neighborhood.
DC Arts Center
Thursday, March 09, 2006
Songs of Spring
Oh yeah. What else can I say?
"Bird Song" and "Orchids," Blodiphoto, Any" x Size", you want to imagine.
Anne Marchand ©2006
(Once only, it stands for Blog Digital Photo.)
"Bird Song" and "Orchids," Blodiphoto, Any" x Size", you want to imagine.
Anne Marchand ©2006
(Once only, it stands for Blog Digital Photo.)
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Divine and Human at National Museum of Women in the Arts
Divine and Human: Women in Ancient
Mexico and Peru
March 3, 2006 - May 28, 2006
Interactive preview
In ancient Mesoamerica and Andean civilizations, women had daily roles in both the spiritual and actual worlds. They were not only daughters, wives, mothers, and grandmothers, but also healers, midwives, scribes, artists, priestesses, warriors, governors, and even goddesses. Divine and Human brings together 400 archaeological treasures from the unparalleled museum collections of Mexico and Peru. Magnificent sculptures, textiles, pottery, and jewelry explore the feminine “sphere” in cultures as varied as the Aztec, Mayan, Zapotec, Moche, Mixtec, and Incan.
One of the unfortunate truisms of history is that few women are mentioned by name and fewer still get their stories told. Over the past 30 years, things have begun to change for the better, thanks largely to burgeoning archaeological, anthropological, and feminist scholarship directed to consideration of the proper status and role of women in ancient cultures.
Divine and Human: Women in Ancient Mexico and Peru examines the important and varied roles played by women in a “Who’s Who” of the major civilizations of ancient Mesoamerica and in the Andean region, including the Aztec, Mayan, Zapotec, Moche, Mixtec, and Incan cultures.
Organized into seven sections—Society, Politics and Religion; Sacred Origins of Food; Textiles and Clothing; Physical Ornamentation; Magic and the Occult; Daily Life and its Origins; and Goddesses—this groundbreaking exhibition explores the “feminine sphere” in detail.
NMWA will host the exclusive United States showing of Divine and Human: Women in Ancient Mexico and Peru.
Mexico and Peru
March 3, 2006 - May 28, 2006
Interactive preview
In ancient Mesoamerica and Andean civilizations, women had daily roles in both the spiritual and actual worlds. They were not only daughters, wives, mothers, and grandmothers, but also healers, midwives, scribes, artists, priestesses, warriors, governors, and even goddesses. Divine and Human brings together 400 archaeological treasures from the unparalleled museum collections of Mexico and Peru. Magnificent sculptures, textiles, pottery, and jewelry explore the feminine “sphere” in cultures as varied as the Aztec, Mayan, Zapotec, Moche, Mixtec, and Incan.
One of the unfortunate truisms of history is that few women are mentioned by name and fewer still get their stories told. Over the past 30 years, things have begun to change for the better, thanks largely to burgeoning archaeological, anthropological, and feminist scholarship directed to consideration of the proper status and role of women in ancient cultures.
Divine and Human: Women in Ancient Mexico and Peru examines the important and varied roles played by women in a “Who’s Who” of the major civilizations of ancient Mesoamerica and in the Andean region, including the Aztec, Mayan, Zapotec, Moche, Mixtec, and Incan cultures.
Organized into seven sections—Society, Politics and Religion; Sacred Origins of Food; Textiles and Clothing; Physical Ornamentation; Magic and the Occult; Daily Life and its Origins; and Goddesses—this groundbreaking exhibition explores the “feminine sphere” in detail.
NMWA will host the exclusive United States showing of Divine and Human: Women in Ancient Mexico and Peru.
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC USA
Tory Cowles: Catch Me if You Can
Aina Nergaard-Nammack: Rooftops and Facades
in the Main Gallery
The Exquisite Corpse
in the Annex
Opening Reception
Friday, March 10, 6:00 – 8:30pm
On Exhibit March 8 – April 9
Programs
Third Thursday
March 16, 6:00 – 8:00pm
Second Sunday Play Readings
March 12, 2:00pm
wRighting Women: A Venus Theatre staged reading of March Shorts
Touchstone Gallery
406 7th Street, NW, 2nd floor
202.347.2787
www.touchstonegallery.com
Aina Nergaard-Nammack: Rooftops and Facades
in the Main Gallery
The Exquisite Corpse
in the Annex
Opening Reception
Friday, March 10, 6:00 – 8:30pm
On Exhibit March 8 – April 9
Programs
Third Thursday
March 16, 6:00 – 8:00pm
Second Sunday Play Readings
March 12, 2:00pm
wRighting Women: A Venus Theatre staged reading of March Shorts
Touchstone Gallery
406 7th Street, NW, 2nd floor
202.347.2787
www.touchstonegallery.com
Itsy Bitsy Bollocks
March 18 - April 22, 2006
With artists:
Mr. Eggs, Mark Jenkins, Travis Millard, and Kelly Towles
Opening Reception:
Saturday, March 18, 2006, 7-9 pm
Artists' Talk:
Sunday, March 19, 2006, 3 pm
Itsy Bitsy Bollocks is a site-responsive, collaborative exhibition
featuring drawing, painting, sculpture and mixed media installation
by Mr. Eggs (Manchester, England), Mark Jenkins (Washington, DC),
Travis Millard (Los Angeles, CA) and Kelly Towles (Washington, DC).
Influenced by skate and punk culture, graffiti, comic book art, and
pop art, each artist's work has a distinct visual style that comments
on urban life, current political and pop culture news and issues, as
well as personal anecdotes that convey the laughable and mockable in
humanity and society.
The artists in Itsy Bitsy Bollocks choose to present their work in a
multitude of urban settings to allow for immediate and unrestricted
viewer response. Presenting similar bodies of work within the
context of Transformer's store-front project space, Itsy Bitsy
Bollocks encourages dialogue around what constitutes fine art ˆ the
work itself or the context in which it is presented?
Evolving from the one night Bollocks event organized by Kelly Towles
in 2005 at Adamson Gallery (the commercial gallery who represents
Towles) ˆ an artistic intervention and convention of sorts that
featured the raffling of free works by over 100 `street' artists -
Itsy Bitsy Bollocks furthers the relationship of four emerging
artists and their work through a curated exploration of their playful
yet defiant street art aesthetics. With their art work presented
both outside and inside the gallery space, the artists in Itsy Bitsy
Bollocks bridge their rebellious street art-making processes and
keenly tuned contemporary and graphic art sensibilities creating a
unique exhibition at Transformer that highlights the irreverent humor
each of these artists brings to their work.
Transformer
1404 P Street NW
Washington, DC 20005
202-481-1102
www.transformergallery.org
* new photos on the site *
With artists:
Mr. Eggs, Mark Jenkins, Travis Millard, and Kelly Towles
Opening Reception:
Saturday, March 18, 2006, 7-9 pm
Artists' Talk:
Sunday, March 19, 2006, 3 pm
Itsy Bitsy Bollocks is a site-responsive, collaborative exhibition
featuring drawing, painting, sculpture and mixed media installation
by Mr. Eggs (Manchester, England), Mark Jenkins (Washington, DC),
Travis Millard (Los Angeles, CA) and Kelly Towles (Washington, DC).
Influenced by skate and punk culture, graffiti, comic book art, and
pop art, each artist's work has a distinct visual style that comments
on urban life, current political and pop culture news and issues, as
well as personal anecdotes that convey the laughable and mockable in
humanity and society.
The artists in Itsy Bitsy Bollocks choose to present their work in a
multitude of urban settings to allow for immediate and unrestricted
viewer response. Presenting similar bodies of work within the
context of Transformer's store-front project space, Itsy Bitsy
Bollocks encourages dialogue around what constitutes fine art ˆ the
work itself or the context in which it is presented?
Evolving from the one night Bollocks event organized by Kelly Towles
in 2005 at Adamson Gallery (the commercial gallery who represents
Towles) ˆ an artistic intervention and convention of sorts that
featured the raffling of free works by over 100 `street' artists -
Itsy Bitsy Bollocks furthers the relationship of four emerging
artists and their work through a curated exploration of their playful
yet defiant street art aesthetics. With their art work presented
both outside and inside the gallery space, the artists in Itsy Bitsy
Bollocks bridge their rebellious street art-making processes and
keenly tuned contemporary and graphic art sensibilities creating a
unique exhibition at Transformer that highlights the irreverent humor
each of these artists brings to their work.
Transformer
1404 P Street NW
Washington, DC 20005
202-481-1102
www.transformergallery.org
* new photos on the site *
"Piranesi: A View of the Artist through the Collection of Engravings of the Royal Academy of San Carlos" (Valencia, Spain).
In collaboration with the Generalitat Valenciana.
In addition to the etched portrait of Piranesi executed in 1750 by Felipe Polanzani, the exhibition is comprised of pieces from the collection of the Museo de Bellas Artes de Valencia. Ten engravings selected from Piranesi’s most famous work, the Carceri d’invenzione (Imaginary Prisons), which exists in a first edition of 1745 and more importantly in a later edition of 1760 – 1761. In this second edition, Piranesi retouched the older plates created in his youth, accentuating elements already present in the first edition in order to enhance their overall effect. Ten of the sixteen engravings that make up the later edition may be viewed in the present exhibition, including two engravings (II and V) not present in the earlier edition, which consisted of only fourteen prints.
Four prints from the Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome) are exhibited. Besides the Carceri, these prints constitute the artist’s finest work. In them, Piranesi best displays his painterly skill as well as his love for the city where he spent the greater part of his life. It is also in this series, composed of 135 large plates, that he left the greatest testimony to his skill as a master of etching. Begun in 1748, this work occupied Piranesi for thirty years until 1778, the year of his death.
Also exhibited are eight prints from Le antichità romane (Roman Antiquities), a four-volume work published in 1756 by Angelo Rotilj, a press located in Rome’s Palazzo Massimi. This work is the result of Piranesi’s constant studies of the monuments of Rome and its surrounding area. Its first volume includes a total of 87 prints depicting different buildings in the city as well as the portrait of Piranesi engraved by Polanzani in 1750, while the second and third volumes include 90 prints of funerary monuments; the 57 plates that make up the fourth and final volume depict the bridges, theatres and porticos of Rome.
The exhibition concludes with two prints from the Antichità d’Albano e di Castel Gandolfo (Antiquities of Albano and of Castel Gandolfo), a work completed in 1764 and dedicated to Cardinal Rezzonico, who had been elected Pope as Clemente XIII in 1758. Rezzonico, who, like Piranesi, was from Venice, invited the artist to live at his summer residence on several occasions, giving rise to the work that Piranesi would later dedicate to the Pontiff in gratitude.
Exhibition dates and hours:
March 7 - April 3
Mon - Fri from 10:00 AM - 12-Noon
and from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Ferruccio Magatelli
Istituto Italiano di Cultura
2025 M Street NW, Suite 610
Washington, DC 20036
Tel (202)223-9800 Ext. 26
Fax (202)223-1129
www.italcultusa.org
In addition to the etched portrait of Piranesi executed in 1750 by Felipe Polanzani, the exhibition is comprised of pieces from the collection of the Museo de Bellas Artes de Valencia. Ten engravings selected from Piranesi’s most famous work, the Carceri d’invenzione (Imaginary Prisons), which exists in a first edition of 1745 and more importantly in a later edition of 1760 – 1761. In this second edition, Piranesi retouched the older plates created in his youth, accentuating elements already present in the first edition in order to enhance their overall effect. Ten of the sixteen engravings that make up the later edition may be viewed in the present exhibition, including two engravings (II and V) not present in the earlier edition, which consisted of only fourteen prints.
Four prints from the Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome) are exhibited. Besides the Carceri, these prints constitute the artist’s finest work. In them, Piranesi best displays his painterly skill as well as his love for the city where he spent the greater part of his life. It is also in this series, composed of 135 large plates, that he left the greatest testimony to his skill as a master of etching. Begun in 1748, this work occupied Piranesi for thirty years until 1778, the year of his death.
Also exhibited are eight prints from Le antichità romane (Roman Antiquities), a four-volume work published in 1756 by Angelo Rotilj, a press located in Rome’s Palazzo Massimi. This work is the result of Piranesi’s constant studies of the monuments of Rome and its surrounding area. Its first volume includes a total of 87 prints depicting different buildings in the city as well as the portrait of Piranesi engraved by Polanzani in 1750, while the second and third volumes include 90 prints of funerary monuments; the 57 plates that make up the fourth and final volume depict the bridges, theatres and porticos of Rome.
The exhibition concludes with two prints from the Antichità d’Albano e di Castel Gandolfo (Antiquities of Albano and of Castel Gandolfo), a work completed in 1764 and dedicated to Cardinal Rezzonico, who had been elected Pope as Clemente XIII in 1758. Rezzonico, who, like Piranesi, was from Venice, invited the artist to live at his summer residence on several occasions, giving rise to the work that Piranesi would later dedicate to the Pontiff in gratitude.
Exhibition dates and hours:
March 7 - April 3
Mon - Fri from 10:00 AM - 12-Noon
and from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Ferruccio Magatelli
Istituto Italiano di Cultura
2025 M Street NW, Suite 610
Washington, DC 20036
Tel (202)223-9800 Ext. 26
Fax (202)223-1129
www.italcultusa.org
Artscape Baltimore is coming up
The mid-Atlantic's largest celebration of the arts, Artscape features 120+ arts and craftspeople from across the country; visual art exhibits both on and off site; incredible live concerts on four outdoor stages; a full schedule of performing arts including dance, opera, theater, fashion, film and classical music, hands-on projects, children's entertainers, three street theater locations; and a delicious, international menu of food and beverages.
July 21-23, 2006
Apply now to be a part of the 25th annual celebration! Details here
Janet & Walter Sondheim Prize Decker & Meyerhoff Galleries, Fox Building, MICA
For its landmark 25th anniversary year, Artscape will award a $25,000 prize to an artist working in the Baltimore region. The prize will be in conjunction with the annual Artscape juried exhibition. This exhibition is limited to artists living in Maryland; Washington, DC; Delaware; Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William counties in Virginia; and Adams, Chester, Franklin and Lancaster counties in Pennsylvania. There is a $25 entry fee. Jurors; Kathy Grayson, Matthew Higgs and William Pope Artscape application
July 21-23, 2006
Apply now to be a part of the 25th annual celebration! Details here
Janet & Walter Sondheim Prize Decker & Meyerhoff Galleries, Fox Building, MICA
For its landmark 25th anniversary year, Artscape will award a $25,000 prize to an artist working in the Baltimore region. The prize will be in conjunction with the annual Artscape juried exhibition. This exhibition is limited to artists living in Maryland; Washington, DC; Delaware; Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William counties in Virginia; and Adams, Chester, Franklin and Lancaster counties in Pennsylvania. There is a $25 entry fee. Jurors; Kathy Grayson, Matthew Higgs and William Pope Artscape application
Sunday, March 05, 2006
Songs of Love
Our own mixed media artist and chorus member, Chuck Baxter performs with the Washington Men's Camerata. I saw the last concert at this location and the voices are truly heavenly. You won't want to miss this early spring concert.
Washington Men’s Camerata sings
Songs of Love
at Church of the Epiphany
Enjoy a program with new work, traditional favorites and little-known gems featuring the rich, warm sounds of male chorus singing at its finest.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Washington Men’s Camerata with Music Director Frank Albinder, will perform “Songs of Love” featuring the world premiere performance of Sonnet 22, a new work by composer Joel Hoffman for men’s chorus and two harps. The work is a setting of a sonnet by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and was commissioned by James Pinkerton and Jack Harrington. The Camerata will be joined in performance by harpists Susan Jolles and Deborah Hoffman, principal harpist of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. (Bios for J. Hoffman, Jolles, D. Hoffman, and Albinder are attached.)
Other music on the program includes popular tunes by Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, and Cole Porter, along with madrigals, part songs and folks songs – all on the subject of love. Composers include Gerald Finzi, Orlandus Lassus, Thomas Morley, Stephen Paulus, Thomas Tallis and more.
The concert will be performed on Sunday, March 26, 2005 at 3:00 p.m. at Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G St., NW, Washington, DC. Metro: Metro Center.
General admission tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for students. There is a special $50 family ticket which will admit up to six people. Tickets may be purchased online at www.camerata.com or by calling 202-364-1064.
The mission of the Washington Men’s Camerata is to perform and preserve the heritage of men’s choral music by offering concerts of the highest artistic quality to the widest possible audience, helping to educate young people about classical music, collaborating with other arts organizations, encouraging composers to write music for male chorus, and preserving threatened repertoire through its National Repository Library of Men\'s Choral Music.
CONTACT: Jill Strachan
202-364-1064
camerata@camerata.com
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Washington Men’s Camerata sings
Songs of Love
at Church of the Epiphany
Enjoy a program with new work, traditional favorites and little-known gems featuring the rich, warm sounds of male chorus singing at its finest.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Washington Men’s Camerata with Music Director Frank Albinder, will perform “Songs of Love” featuring the world premiere performance of Sonnet 22, a new work by composer Joel Hoffman for men’s chorus and two harps. The work is a setting of a sonnet by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and was commissioned by James Pinkerton and Jack Harrington. The Camerata will be joined in performance by harpists Susan Jolles and Deborah Hoffman, principal harpist of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. (Bios for J. Hoffman, Jolles, D. Hoffman, and Albinder are attached.)
Other music on the program includes popular tunes by Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, and Cole Porter, along with madrigals, part songs and folks songs – all on the subject of love. Composers include Gerald Finzi, Orlandus Lassus, Thomas Morley, Stephen Paulus, Thomas Tallis and more.
The concert will be performed on Sunday, March 26, 2005 at 3:00 p.m. at Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G St., NW, Washington, DC. Metro: Metro Center.
General admission tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for students. There is a special $50 family ticket which will admit up to six people. Tickets may be purchased online at www.camerata.com or by calling 202-364-1064.
The mission of the Washington Men’s Camerata is to perform and preserve the heritage of men’s choral music by offering concerts of the highest artistic quality to the widest possible audience, helping to educate young people about classical music, collaborating with other arts organizations, encouraging composers to write music for male chorus, and preserving threatened repertoire through its National Repository Library of Men\'s Choral Music.
CONTACT: Jill Strachan
202-364-1064
camerata@camerata.com
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Friday, March 03, 2006
Opening is tonight at Zenith Gallery.
28th Anniversary Exhibition, March 3 - March 28, 2006
Opening Receptions: Friday, March 3, 6-9pm & Sunday, March 5, 2-5pm
Come by and see my work & 35 other artists. See you there.
413 7th Street NW • Washington DC 20004 • 202-783-2963 • art@zenithgallery.com • www.zenithgallery.comwww.zenithgallery.com
Opening Receptions: Friday, March 3, 6-9pm & Sunday, March 5, 2-5pm
Come by and see my work & 35 other artists. See you there.
413 7th Street NW • Washington DC 20004 • 202-783-2963 • art@zenithgallery.com • www.zenithgallery.comwww.zenithgallery.com
New Orleans Museum to Re-Open
New Orleans Museum to Re-Open With a Salute to the Arts
Friday March 3, 10:27 am ET
NEW ORLEANS, March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Good News! Six months after devastating Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) will re- open its doors on March 3, 2006, with a weekend celebration of the arts called "The HeART of New Orleans."
The festivities begin on Friday with a ribbon cutting and press conference at 10:00 AM. Richard Ford, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and PEN-Faulkner Award, and Ernest Gaines, MacArthur Fellow and recipient of the National Humanities Medal will be NOMA's honored guests and will address the issue, Arts, Culture and Louisiana after Katrina & Rita: Now What?
Saturday and Sunday highlight all aspects of art including the visual, performing, and literary, and include the ever-popular, Mid-City Art Market with over 60 artists. The three-day weekend is FREE TO THE PUBLIC and will feature a full roster of music and dance performances, demonstrations, lectures and family activities.
Among the performers scheduled to appear are: Irvin Mayfield, Dr. Michael White, Bryan Batt, NOCCA Jazz, Nomadic Tribal Dancers, Delta Ramblers, Panorama Brass Band, Soul Rebels, Lionel Batiste & Lars Edegran, McTaggart Irish Dancers, New Orleans Ballet, Lionel Ferbos Palm Court Jazz, Phil Melancon, Fredy Omar, Delta Festival Ballet, Celtic Harpists, and the acclaimed Anemone Ballet of New York City.
Many New Orleans writers are lined-up to present readings, answer questions and sign their latest books among them are Richard Ford, Julia Reed, John Barry, Chris Rose, Patty Friedmann, James Gill, Chris Wiltz, Patricia Brady, M.A. Harper, C.C. Lockwood, Josh Clark, Tom Varisco, Christina Vella, Kerri McCaffety, and George Rodrigue. Best known for his Blue Dog paintings, George Rodrigue will also be on hand to sign his Hurricane Katrina prints. Children's writers and performers entertain families throughout the weekend. The finale to this festival is a performance by the Imagination Movers taking place in NOMA's Besthoff Sculpture Garden.
The Museum re-opens with three new exhibitions with works being seen for the first time in New Orleans. First, Seen in Solitude: Robert Kipniss Prints from the James F. White Collection presents both the quietly evocative prints and vivid paintings of this New York Artist. Kipniss describes his work as, "an endless range of feelings and thoughts evoked by the basic act of seeing, usually in isolation, and with a haunting intensity."
Second, Inside the Congo: An Introduction to Field Research Archives of Frere Joseph Cornet introduces the rich collection of photographs and field notebooks from a man who, during several decades in Africa, painstakingly documented the beauty and complexity of several African cultures. Third, NOMA will display 40 paintings by Louisiana artists titled, A Keen Eye: Louisiana Art from the Collection of Martha Ann Samuel.
Following the grand re-opening, the New Orleans Museum of Art and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden will be open Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM. For more information on exhibitions, events, schedules, membership and how to contribute to NOMA's Katrina Relief Fund log onto www.noma.org .
Friday March 3, 10:27 am ET
NEW ORLEANS, March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Good News! Six months after devastating Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) will re- open its doors on March 3, 2006, with a weekend celebration of the arts called "The HeART of New Orleans."
The festivities begin on Friday with a ribbon cutting and press conference at 10:00 AM. Richard Ford, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and PEN-Faulkner Award, and Ernest Gaines, MacArthur Fellow and recipient of the National Humanities Medal will be NOMA's honored guests and will address the issue, Arts, Culture and Louisiana after Katrina & Rita: Now What?
Saturday and Sunday highlight all aspects of art including the visual, performing, and literary, and include the ever-popular, Mid-City Art Market with over 60 artists. The three-day weekend is FREE TO THE PUBLIC and will feature a full roster of music and dance performances, demonstrations, lectures and family activities.
Among the performers scheduled to appear are: Irvin Mayfield, Dr. Michael White, Bryan Batt, NOCCA Jazz, Nomadic Tribal Dancers, Delta Ramblers, Panorama Brass Band, Soul Rebels, Lionel Batiste & Lars Edegran, McTaggart Irish Dancers, New Orleans Ballet, Lionel Ferbos Palm Court Jazz, Phil Melancon, Fredy Omar, Delta Festival Ballet, Celtic Harpists, and the acclaimed Anemone Ballet of New York City.
Many New Orleans writers are lined-up to present readings, answer questions and sign their latest books among them are Richard Ford, Julia Reed, John Barry, Chris Rose, Patty Friedmann, James Gill, Chris Wiltz, Patricia Brady, M.A. Harper, C.C. Lockwood, Josh Clark, Tom Varisco, Christina Vella, Kerri McCaffety, and George Rodrigue. Best known for his Blue Dog paintings, George Rodrigue will also be on hand to sign his Hurricane Katrina prints. Children's writers and performers entertain families throughout the weekend. The finale to this festival is a performance by the Imagination Movers taking place in NOMA's Besthoff Sculpture Garden.
The Museum re-opens with three new exhibitions with works being seen for the first time in New Orleans. First, Seen in Solitude: Robert Kipniss Prints from the James F. White Collection presents both the quietly evocative prints and vivid paintings of this New York Artist. Kipniss describes his work as, "an endless range of feelings and thoughts evoked by the basic act of seeing, usually in isolation, and with a haunting intensity."
Second, Inside the Congo: An Introduction to Field Research Archives of Frere Joseph Cornet introduces the rich collection of photographs and field notebooks from a man who, during several decades in Africa, painstakingly documented the beauty and complexity of several African cultures. Third, NOMA will display 40 paintings by Louisiana artists titled, A Keen Eye: Louisiana Art from the Collection of Martha Ann Samuel.
Following the grand re-opening, the New Orleans Museum of Art and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden will be open Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM. For more information on exhibitions, events, schedules, membership and how to contribute to NOMA's Katrina Relief Fund log onto www.noma.org .
Thursday, March 02, 2006
Creativity-rich brain waves
Hmmm. I'm aways courting inspiration. Maybe it's time to shift gears into the Careless abandon mode. I'll try it this week and see if life gets sweeter.
The high-buzz mode by
Robert Genn
Back in 1978 Colin Martindale of The University of Maine put
some electrodes on some students' heads and made an art-shaking
discovery. Subjects were asked to create stories while the
electroencephalogram recorded their brain waves. Creativity, he
found, had two main stages--with vastly different types of
waves. He called the two stages "inspiration" and
"elaboration." While stories were being dreamed up, brains were
surprisingly quiet--mostly alpha waves indicating a low level
of cortical arousal. It was the same sort of activity that's
often found in sleep, dreaming or rest--which could explain why
sleep and relaxation can help people to be creative.
However, when these quiet-minded people were asked to "work on
their stories" their brains became suddenly busier--flashing
messages back and forth between lobes. Vastly more
connectivity, focus, corralling and organization appeared to be
going on. Martindale found that the people who had the most
creative storylines also showed the greatest contrast between
the two types of brain activities.
Many creative folks know about this. But it's been my
observation that about 20% of artists never get into the second
stage at all. Without this cortical shift they short-change
themselves. The question becomes how to set yourself up to
enter the high-buzz mode. Here are a few parallel,
creativity-rich modes that might surprise you:
Lackadaisical boredom mode
Sublimated anger mode
Dreamy love mode
Deadline mode
Relaxed time-off mode
Automatic joy mode
Careless abandon mode
It's in this "abandon" mode that you can actually feel the
brain change. Your tools quicken and they begin to run the
show. The mind seems to think ahead, or giddily moves somewhere
else. Some artists need a small change of location or posture
to go into this elaboration stage. It may also take a
trigger--music, memory, pressure, subconscious lapse. Or it may
simply happen when the first mode has gone on long enough to
play out and let the high-buzz mode begin. Ideally, as in a
hybrid vehicle, the power is constantly shifting back and forth
to whatever is appropriate and needed at the time.
www.painterskeys.com
(c) Copyright 2006 Robert Genn.
Reprint permission granted by rgenn@saraphina.com
The high-buzz mode by
Robert Genn
Back in 1978 Colin Martindale of The University of Maine put
some electrodes on some students' heads and made an art-shaking
discovery. Subjects were asked to create stories while the
electroencephalogram recorded their brain waves. Creativity, he
found, had two main stages--with vastly different types of
waves. He called the two stages "inspiration" and
"elaboration." While stories were being dreamed up, brains were
surprisingly quiet--mostly alpha waves indicating a low level
of cortical arousal. It was the same sort of activity that's
often found in sleep, dreaming or rest--which could explain why
sleep and relaxation can help people to be creative.
However, when these quiet-minded people were asked to "work on
their stories" their brains became suddenly busier--flashing
messages back and forth between lobes. Vastly more
connectivity, focus, corralling and organization appeared to be
going on. Martindale found that the people who had the most
creative storylines also showed the greatest contrast between
the two types of brain activities.
Many creative folks know about this. But it's been my
observation that about 20% of artists never get into the second
stage at all. Without this cortical shift they short-change
themselves. The question becomes how to set yourself up to
enter the high-buzz mode. Here are a few parallel,
creativity-rich modes that might surprise you:
Lackadaisical boredom mode
Sublimated anger mode
Dreamy love mode
Deadline mode
Relaxed time-off mode
Automatic joy mode
Careless abandon mode
It's in this "abandon" mode that you can actually feel the
brain change. Your tools quicken and they begin to run the
show. The mind seems to think ahead, or giddily moves somewhere
else. Some artists need a small change of location or posture
to go into this elaboration stage. It may also take a
trigger--music, memory, pressure, subconscious lapse. Or it may
simply happen when the first mode has gone on long enough to
play out and let the high-buzz mode begin. Ideally, as in a
hybrid vehicle, the power is constantly shifting back and forth
to whatever is appropriate and needed at the time.
www.painterskeys.com
(c) Copyright 2006 Robert Genn.
Reprint permission granted by rgenn@saraphina.com
Monday, February 27, 2006
LOCAL ARTIST CREATES MULTICULTURAL MURAL, WASHINGTON, DC
Two months of painting a public art mural are coming to a close and I will devote more time and attention to the body of abstract work that I am developing for an exhibition at Zenith Gallery opening on Cinco de Mayo. Stay tuned for that! I'm very excited with the direction my abstract work is taking.
I've had a wonderful two months painting with fellow muralists Ivo Koytchev and Kim Dutton.
Collaboration is an awesome energy generator and I love the old adage that "Many Hands Make Work Happy." And in this project, it did! It's a good feeling to be this close to greeting some happy, smiling faces in the community center. Color! May it last forever!
Here's a copy of the press release which is being issued by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities with more info about my mural project.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
LOCAL ARTIST CREATES MULTICULTURAL MURAL,
“BUILDING BLOCKS, HIGH UP, CLOSE TO HEAVEN” IN TAKOMA, DC
Artist Anne Marchand is painting a mural, piece by piece to install in the Takoma Community Center at 300 Van Buren Street, NW, Washington, DC. When assembled, “Building Blocks, High Up Close to Heaven,” will be a 7’ x 18’ mural. The mural depicts a DC neighborhood where the Community Center serves as a gathering place for people of diverse cultures. The artist is painting ten 3 ½’ square mural panels to symbolize the recreation center as a building block of community. One of three semi-finalists, this project was commissioned through a joint partnership between the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities’ DC Creates Public Arts Program and the DC Department of Parks and Recreation.
Recreation and education are themes the artist is using to paint the community in action. When installed, the mural will act like a third window in the lobby area of the community center with views of the surrounding neighborhood including historic landmarks such as the Takoma Historic Theatre. The artist uses her signature celebratory palette of bright reds mixed with yellows, blues and magenta. Residents of all ages are depicted in active poses, enjoying sports activities in a whimsical, cloud filled blue-sky neighborhood. With the assistance of local muralists, Ivo Koytchev and Kimberly Dutton and volunteer, Vivian Djen, Artist Anne Marchand is creating the 18’ mural in her Dupont Circle studio.
Takoma Site Manager, Sylvia Gwathmey is hoping for a March installation of the mural panels. She expressed her delight with the artist’s design concept. “We need lots of color in the Community Center. The children will relate to the bright colors and we are really looking forward to having the mural. We’d like to have it installed in March but if we have to, we can wait until April.” Plans are underway to install the mural in the spring of 2006. Artist, Anne Marchand will be onsite at the Takoma Community Center, March 15-17, 2006 with a smaller version of the mural design to answer questions about her creative process. She will engage community members in educational art sessions to create artistic responses to the mural over a three-day period. A public Dedication Ceremony is planned and the date will be announced once the mural is installed.
Anne Marchand is an award winning artist and muralist. This is her second Public Art mural through DC Creates Public Art. She successfully completed the Westminster Neighborhood Playground mural “Community” in the Shaw neighborhood in 2001. Anne also paints abstract works which will be featured in a solo exhibition, “Ellipsis” at the Zenith Gallery opening May 5– June 4, 2006. Receptions to meet the artist are on May 5, 6 - 9 pm and May 7, 2-5 pm and are free and open to the public. art@zenithgallery.com 202.783.2963.
For Information Contact:
Anne Marchand,
Artist & Muralist
art@annemarchand.com
Rachel Dickerson
Eugene Thompson
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
202/724-5617
Rachel.Dickerson@dc.gov
Eugene.Thompson@dc.gov
Biography and photographs of Anne Marchand and her award-winning works sent upon request.
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I've had a wonderful two months painting with fellow muralists Ivo Koytchev and Kim Dutton.
Collaboration is an awesome energy generator and I love the old adage that "Many Hands Make Work Happy." And in this project, it did! It's a good feeling to be this close to greeting some happy, smiling faces in the community center. Color! May it last forever!
Here's a copy of the press release which is being issued by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities with more info about my mural project.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
LOCAL ARTIST CREATES MULTICULTURAL MURAL,
“BUILDING BLOCKS, HIGH UP, CLOSE TO HEAVEN” IN TAKOMA, DC
Artist Anne Marchand is painting a mural, piece by piece to install in the Takoma Community Center at 300 Van Buren Street, NW, Washington, DC. When assembled, “Building Blocks, High Up Close to Heaven,” will be a 7’ x 18’ mural. The mural depicts a DC neighborhood where the Community Center serves as a gathering place for people of diverse cultures. The artist is painting ten 3 ½’ square mural panels to symbolize the recreation center as a building block of community. One of three semi-finalists, this project was commissioned through a joint partnership between the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities’ DC Creates Public Arts Program and the DC Department of Parks and Recreation.
Recreation and education are themes the artist is using to paint the community in action. When installed, the mural will act like a third window in the lobby area of the community center with views of the surrounding neighborhood including historic landmarks such as the Takoma Historic Theatre. The artist uses her signature celebratory palette of bright reds mixed with yellows, blues and magenta. Residents of all ages are depicted in active poses, enjoying sports activities in a whimsical, cloud filled blue-sky neighborhood. With the assistance of local muralists, Ivo Koytchev and Kimberly Dutton and volunteer, Vivian Djen, Artist Anne Marchand is creating the 18’ mural in her Dupont Circle studio.
Takoma Site Manager, Sylvia Gwathmey is hoping for a March installation of the mural panels. She expressed her delight with the artist’s design concept. “We need lots of color in the Community Center. The children will relate to the bright colors and we are really looking forward to having the mural. We’d like to have it installed in March but if we have to, we can wait until April.” Plans are underway to install the mural in the spring of 2006. Artist, Anne Marchand will be onsite at the Takoma Community Center, March 15-17, 2006 with a smaller version of the mural design to answer questions about her creative process. She will engage community members in educational art sessions to create artistic responses to the mural over a three-day period. A public Dedication Ceremony is planned and the date will be announced once the mural is installed.
Anne Marchand is an award winning artist and muralist. This is her second Public Art mural through DC Creates Public Art. She successfully completed the Westminster Neighborhood Playground mural “Community” in the Shaw neighborhood in 2001. Anne also paints abstract works which will be featured in a solo exhibition, “Ellipsis” at the Zenith Gallery opening May 5– June 4, 2006. Receptions to meet the artist are on May 5, 6 - 9 pm and May 7, 2-5 pm and are free and open to the public. art@zenithgallery.com 202.783.2963.
For Information Contact:
Anne Marchand,
Artist & Muralist
art@annemarchand.com
Rachel Dickerson
Eugene Thompson
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
202/724-5617
Rachel.Dickerson@dc.gov
Eugene.Thompson@dc.gov
Biography and photographs of Anne Marchand and her award-winning works sent upon request.
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Sunday, February 26, 2006
28th Anniversary Exhibition
March 3 - March 28, 2006
Opening Receptions: Friday, March 3 6-9pm & Sunday, March 5 2-5pm
From it’s beginnings in 1978 Zenith Gallery has stood the tests of time in the Washington DC metropolitan area and evolved as a groundbreaking contemporary art space representing hundreds of artists in the thriving Penn Quarter neighborhood.
This month long tribute to Zenith Gallery’s 28th year in business will feature 36 artists in media such as painting, sculpture, photography and printmaking. This is not only an exhibition but also an acknowledgment to the strength and diversity of the Zenith Gallery community of artists and patrons.
Artists:
John Aaron Brenda Gordon John Malmstrom Sica Michael Young
Gloria Cesal Stephen Hansen Michela Mansuino Ellen Sinel Joyce Zipperer
James Carter Philip Hazard Anne Marchand Bradley Stevens
Renèe duRocher Robert C. Jackson Marianne Mitchell James Tormey
Drew Ernst Jodi Glenn Moreton Wayne Trapp
Glenna Evans Joan Konkel Carol Newmyer Candice Watkins
David Glick Stephen Maffin David Richardson Ray Wiger
Margery E. Goldberg Michael Madzo Guenther Riess Paul Martin Wolff
Contact: Anne Surak, Manager anne@zenithgallery.com
413 7th Street NW • Washington DC 20004 • 202-783-2963 • art@zenithgallery.com • www.zenithgallery.com
Opening Receptions: Friday, March 3 6-9pm & Sunday, March 5 2-5pm
From it’s beginnings in 1978 Zenith Gallery has stood the tests of time in the Washington DC metropolitan area and evolved as a groundbreaking contemporary art space representing hundreds of artists in the thriving Penn Quarter neighborhood.
This month long tribute to Zenith Gallery’s 28th year in business will feature 36 artists in media such as painting, sculpture, photography and printmaking. This is not only an exhibition but also an acknowledgment to the strength and diversity of the Zenith Gallery community of artists and patrons.
Artists:
John Aaron Brenda Gordon John Malmstrom Sica Michael Young
Gloria Cesal Stephen Hansen Michela Mansuino Ellen Sinel Joyce Zipperer
James Carter Philip Hazard Anne Marchand Bradley Stevens
Renèe duRocher Robert C. Jackson Marianne Mitchell James Tormey
Drew Ernst Jodi Glenn Moreton Wayne Trapp
Glenna Evans Joan Konkel Carol Newmyer Candice Watkins
David Glick Stephen Maffin David Richardson Ray Wiger
Margery E. Goldberg Michael Madzo Guenther Riess Paul Martin Wolff
Contact: Anne Surak, Manager anne@zenithgallery.com
413 7th Street NW • Washington DC 20004 • 202-783-2963 • art@zenithgallery.com • www.zenithgallery.com
Friday, February 24, 2006
"Dimensions" - Closing Reception
Women Sculptors of the Washington DC Metropolitan Area
Dimensions" through February 28, 2006
Zenith Gallery est 1978
413 7th Street NW
Washington, DC 20004
202-783-2963
Email: art@zenithgallery.
www.zenithgallery.com
Good Art, good laughter, good food, good people, good reception!
BIG HIT this show! Lots of sales. The show officially closes this Sunday at the Zenith Gallery so you still have time to see it. Here's a line up of some of the artists.
L-R Joyce Zipperer, Donna M. McCullough, Tim Tate (visiting), Margaret Boozer & Janet Wheeler.
Margaret Boozer: Apparent Purity
Porcelain, steel, tile mastic
60" x 60" x 3"
Joyce Zipperer: Ta Ra Ra Bustier
Limestone, 23" x 10" x 8"
Janet Wheeler: Ceremonial Piece X
Acrylic, bamboo, canvas, mixed media
84"H (width varies)
Tim Tate, Joyce Zipperer, Margaret Boozer (in background), Anne Marchand and Todd Wiggins.
Dimensions" through February 28, 2006
Zenith Gallery est 1978
413 7th Street NW
Washington, DC 20004
202-783-2963
Email: art@zenithgallery.
www.zenithgallery.com
Good Art, good laughter, good food, good people, good reception!
BIG HIT this show! Lots of sales. The show officially closes this Sunday at the Zenith Gallery so you still have time to see it. Here's a line up of some of the artists.
L-R Joyce Zipperer, Donna M. McCullough, Tim Tate (visiting), Margaret Boozer & Janet Wheeler.
Margaret Boozer: Apparent Purity
Porcelain, steel, tile mastic
60" x 60" x 3"
Joyce Zipperer: Ta Ra Ra Bustier
Limestone, 23" x 10" x 8"
Janet Wheeler: Ceremonial Piece X
Acrylic, bamboo, canvas, mixed media
84"H (width varies)
Tim Tate, Joyce Zipperer, Margaret Boozer (in background), Anne Marchand and Todd Wiggins.
Dimensions, closing reception tonight at Zenith Gallery
Don't forget!
Tonight is the closing reception for Dimensions,
at Zenith Gallery. See you there. 6-9pm
Women sculptors of the Washington DC Metropolitan Area
Zenith Gallery est 1978
413 7th Street NW
Washington, DC 20004
202-783-2963
Email: art@zenithgallery.
www.zenithgallery.com
Tonight is the closing reception for Dimensions,
at Zenith Gallery. See you there. 6-9pm
Women sculptors of the Washington DC Metropolitan Area
Zenith Gallery est 1978
413 7th Street NW
Washington, DC 20004
202-783-2963
Email: art@zenithgallery.
www.zenithgallery.com
The Shakespeare Theatre Company
Monday, February 27, 6:30pm
Molière: A film by Ariane Mnouchkine
For one night only the Lansburgh Theatre will be transformed into a cinema for the presentation of this classic César award-winning film about the tumultuous life of a brilliant playwright
Tickets: $8
202.547.1122, option 3 or
www.ShakespeareTheatre.org
Senior and student discounts available
This 1978 film is unrated, subtitled in English, runs approximately four hours. There will be one 15-minute intermission. The film is not available in the United States on VHS or DVD
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Lansburgh Theatre
450 7th Street NW
202.547.1122 Box Office; 202.547.3230 Office
Metro: Gallery Pl–Chinatown, MCI Exit
Molière: A film by Ariane Mnouchkine
For one night only the Lansburgh Theatre will be transformed into a cinema for the presentation of this classic César award-winning film about the tumultuous life of a brilliant playwright
Tickets: $8
202.547.1122, option 3 or
www.ShakespeareTheatre.org
Senior and student discounts available
This 1978 film is unrated, subtitled in English, runs approximately four hours. There will be one 15-minute intermission. The film is not available in the United States on VHS or DVD
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Lansburgh Theatre
450 7th Street NW
202.547.1122 Box Office; 202.547.3230 Office
Metro: Gallery Pl–Chinatown, MCI Exit
Nathan Manuel: Flocks & Flowers
March 3 – April 1, 2006
Opening Reception: Friday, March 3, 6-8pm
Artist’s Talk: Saturday, March 25, 4pm

In the site-specific installation Flocks & Flowers, DC-based artist Nathan Manuel explores the path of the faithful in a largely secular culture. Using drawing on paper, painting on panel and wall, collage and found text, Manuel weaves a visual account of the experience of Christians with one another and within the contemporary world. The installation tells the story of a lone sheep who tries to find his way through the world; this path is conveyed with elements from Manuel’s own life such as found objects, found photos and “found” words – phrases he overhears as he passes by people in the city. According to Manuel, "I create my work to foster an exchange about faith, art and popular culture. I hope to inspire these conversations through my imagery and the raw materials from which my work is constructed.” Flocks & Flowers is on view in the Gallery at Flashpoint March 3 – April 1, 2006.
Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 12-6 pm or by appointment
Information:
Rebecca Lowery, Gallery Manager
t. 202.315.1310 | f. 202.315.1303
rebecca@culturaldc.org
http://www.flashpointdc.org
The Gallery at Flashpoint • 916 G Street, NW • Washington, DC 20001
A CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PROJECT
Opening Reception: Friday, March 3, 6-8pm
Artist’s Talk: Saturday, March 25, 4pm

In the site-specific installation Flocks & Flowers, DC-based artist Nathan Manuel explores the path of the faithful in a largely secular culture. Using drawing on paper, painting on panel and wall, collage and found text, Manuel weaves a visual account of the experience of Christians with one another and within the contemporary world. The installation tells the story of a lone sheep who tries to find his way through the world; this path is conveyed with elements from Manuel’s own life such as found objects, found photos and “found” words – phrases he overhears as he passes by people in the city. According to Manuel, "I create my work to foster an exchange about faith, art and popular culture. I hope to inspire these conversations through my imagery and the raw materials from which my work is constructed.” Flocks & Flowers is on view in the Gallery at Flashpoint March 3 – April 1, 2006.
Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 12-6 pm or by appointment
Information:
Rebecca Lowery, Gallery Manager
t. 202.315.1310 | f. 202.315.1303
rebecca@culturaldc.org
http://www.flashpointdc.org
The Gallery at Flashpoint • 916 G Street, NW • Washington, DC 20001
A CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PROJECT
The New Washington Landscape
PASS GALLERY presents: The New Washington Landscape Photographs by :
KEN ASHTON MATT BATISTA CARL DAHLKE KATE MACDONNELL
PETER PENCZER KATHLEEN SHAFER OPENING RECEPTION :
FRIDAY, MARCH 3rd 7-10 PM. This show continues thru March 28, 2006
GALLERY OPEN Tuesdays & Saturdays 1-5 PM. For more information
contact: Richard Siegman (202) 7450796
PASS is located at the rear of 1617 S Street NW.
KEN ASHTON MATT BATISTA CARL DAHLKE KATE MACDONNELL
PETER PENCZER KATHLEEN SHAFER OPENING RECEPTION :
FRIDAY, MARCH 3rd 7-10 PM. This show continues thru March 28, 2006
GALLERY OPEN Tuesdays & Saturdays 1-5 PM. For more information
contact: Richard Siegman (202) 7450796
PASS is located at the rear of 1617 S Street NW.
Thursday, February 23, 2006
WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN THE WHITNEY BIENNIAL
The Whitney Biennial is coming up Mar. 2-May 28, 2006,
An interesting take by senior editor of Paper Magazine, Carlo McCormick .
Read here
An interesting take by senior editor of Paper Magazine, Carlo McCormick .
Read here
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Arty Gras Party at Warehouse Arts
Warehouse Arts
Arty Gras Party
A Celebration of Louisiana Artists
Tuesday February 28, 7:30 – 11:00pm
Art! Live Jazz! King Cake! Prizes!
A portion of each work sold will benefit Habitat for Humanity
Warehouse Arts
1017 - 1021 7th Street NW
202.783.3933
www.warehousetheater.com
Metro
Mt. Vernon Square Yellow & Green Lines
Gallery Pl- Chinatown, Chinatown Exit Red, Yellow, & Green Lines
Arty Gras Party
A Celebration of Louisiana Artists
Tuesday February 28, 7:30 – 11:00pm
Art! Live Jazz! King Cake! Prizes!
A portion of each work sold will benefit Habitat for Humanity
Warehouse Arts
1017 - 1021 7th Street NW
202.783.3933
www.warehousetheater.com
Metro
Mt. Vernon Square Yellow & Green Lines
Gallery Pl- Chinatown, Chinatown Exit Red, Yellow, & Green Lines
From the Art Of New York
A whole slew of well know artists are helping this week to support the Gulf Coast Arts and Rebuilding. From The Art Of New York Exhibition, Feb. 22-28, 2006 at the World Financial Center Winter Garden. NY Daily News Read here
FROM THE ART OF NEW YORK began with a simple E-mail. Two days after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, NY1 News Arts Reporter and Producer Stephanie Simon asked colleagues, friends and family to help her plan an art benefit for the hurricane-affected areas. She wrote, "We all know what a powerful force art can be; let's work together to show that to the people who so desperately need our help right now." She envisioned a concerted effort by the New York art world to support its counterparts in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. FROM THE ART OF NEW YORK was born. Since then, a dedicated group of artists, reporters, publicists, event planners, graphic designers, fundraisers and many others have worked tirelessly to create a unique event that benefits the arts and long-term rebuilding of the Gulf Coast, and pays tribute to the region's artistic heritage.
FROM THE ART OF NEW YORK began with a simple E-mail. Two days after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, NY1 News Arts Reporter and Producer Stephanie Simon asked colleagues, friends and family to help her plan an art benefit for the hurricane-affected areas. She wrote, "We all know what a powerful force art can be; let's work together to show that to the people who so desperately need our help right now." She envisioned a concerted effort by the New York art world to support its counterparts in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. FROM THE ART OF NEW YORK was born. Since then, a dedicated group of artists, reporters, publicists, event planners, graphic designers, fundraisers and many others have worked tirelessly to create a unique event that benefits the arts and long-term rebuilding of the Gulf Coast, and pays tribute to the region's artistic heritage.
Monday, February 20, 2006
The Getty Foundation's special fund to assist visual arts organizations in New Orleans
The Getty Foundation has established a special fund of $2 million to assist visual arts organizations in New Orleans as they recover from the impact of Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent flooding. (While this special fund has been designed to provide concentrated assistance in New Orleans, the Foundation will also consider support through its regular grant categories for other organizations in the region damaged by the storm.) Within the Fund for New Orleans, the areas of grant support are described below. Grants will range from $5,000-$250,000 depending on the scope of the project and size of the organization. Only non-profit, charitable, tax-exempt organizations may apply.
Conservation Grants
Conservation Grants are designed to assist non-profit organizations in New Orleans in caring for their art collections, archives, historic buildings and landscapes damaged as a result of the storm and the floods.
Transition Planning Grants
Transition planning grants are aimed at strengthening non-profit visual arts organizations in New Orleans as they respond to the changing environment for the arts in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
The Louisiana Division of the Arts
Conservation Grants
Conservation Grants are designed to assist non-profit organizations in New Orleans in caring for their art collections, archives, historic buildings and landscapes damaged as a result of the storm and the floods.
Transition Planning Grants
Transition planning grants are aimed at strengthening non-profit visual arts organizations in New Orleans as they respond to the changing environment for the arts in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
The Louisiana Division of the Arts
Politics
6th and I Historic Synagogue
6th in the City
Town Hall Meeting
with
Senator John Kerry
Tuesday, February 28, 7:30pm
Space is limited
There is no charge for this event
RSVP by February 23rd
202.408.3100
vthomas@sixthandi.org
A valid ID is required for admittance to this event
6th in the City
600 I Street, NW
202.408.3100
www.6thInTheCity.org
Metro: Gallery Pl–Chinatown (Chinatown exit)
6th in the City
Town Hall Meeting
with
Senator John Kerry
Tuesday, February 28, 7:30pm
Space is limited
There is no charge for this event
RSVP by February 23rd
202.408.3100
vthomas@sixthandi.org
A valid ID is required for admittance to this event
6th in the City
600 I Street, NW
202.408.3100
www.6thInTheCity.org
Metro: Gallery Pl–Chinatown (Chinatown exit)
Friday, February 17, 2006
Women Sculptors of the Washington DC Metropolitan Area
"Dimensions" Through February 28, 2006
Closing Reception: Friday, February 24 6-9pm
Zenith Gallery is proud to feature a body of work by nine renowned Washington metropolitan area women sculptors of national acclaim. Each of the artists creates work in very different media and styles. The result is a daring compilation of pieces ranging from intimate porcelain wall pieces and mixed media shadow boxes to a compelling monumental glass and steel installation.
“The sculptors in this exhibition have been selected because they use media in innovative ways both in concept and technique. I wanted to provide a forum for and dialogue between women sculptors in the Washington area. They are an untapped entity and a cohesive group of talent.”
Anne Surak, Curator/Gallery Manager
Artists:
Margaret Boozer – clay
Margery E. Goldberg – exotic woods
Donna M. McCullough – metal, wood, stone
Minna Newman Nathanson – metal, acrylic
Carol Newmyer – cast bronze
Marie Ringwald – found wood, mixed media
Frances Sniffen – cast hydrocal, rubber, bronze
Janet Wheeler – mixed media
Millicent Young – porcelain, metal, mixed media
Joyce Zipperer – stone
Contact: at Jodi Walsh, Director Marketing jodi@zenithgallery.com
413 7th Street NW • Washington DC 20004 • 202-783-2963 • art@zenithgallery.com • www.zenithgallery.com
Closing Reception: Friday, February 24 6-9pm
Zenith Gallery is proud to feature a body of work by nine renowned Washington metropolitan area women sculptors of national acclaim. Each of the artists creates work in very different media and styles. The result is a daring compilation of pieces ranging from intimate porcelain wall pieces and mixed media shadow boxes to a compelling monumental glass and steel installation.
“The sculptors in this exhibition have been selected because they use media in innovative ways both in concept and technique. I wanted to provide a forum for and dialogue between women sculptors in the Washington area. They are an untapped entity and a cohesive group of talent.”
Anne Surak, Curator/Gallery Manager
Artists:
Margaret Boozer – clay
Margery E. Goldberg – exotic woods
Donna M. McCullough – metal, wood, stone
Minna Newman Nathanson – metal, acrylic
Carol Newmyer – cast bronze
Marie Ringwald – found wood, mixed media
Frances Sniffen – cast hydrocal, rubber, bronze
Janet Wheeler – mixed media
Millicent Young – porcelain, metal, mixed media
Joyce Zipperer – stone
Contact: at Jodi Walsh, Director Marketing jodi@zenithgallery.com
413 7th Street NW • Washington DC 20004 • 202-783-2963 • art@zenithgallery.com • www.zenithgallery.com
Andy Warhol legacy closing at the Corcoran
If you haven't seen the Andy Warhol exhibit at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, here's a preview. You have a few days left to see it. Sept 24, 2005 to Feb 20 (Monday), 2006.
The Corcoran Gallery of Art
500 17th Street, NW
Washington DC 20006
202.639.1700
and check out
Celebrity Portraits from the Warhol Factory Years
at Irvine Contemporary
Saturday, February 18 - Friday, March 31, 2006
Irvine Contemporary is located at 1710 Connecticut Ave. near R St. in the Dupont Circle area of Washington, DC. 202.332.8767
The Corcoran Gallery of Art
500 17th Street, NW
Washington DC 20006
202.639.1700
and check out
Celebrity Portraits from the Warhol Factory Years
at Irvine Contemporary
Saturday, February 18 - Friday, March 31, 2006
Irvine Contemporary is located at 1710 Connecticut Ave. near R St. in the Dupont Circle area of Washington, DC. 202.332.8767
Artist Mary Ott communes with nature one blade at a time.
One of my former students, artist Mary Ott has a review of her new work in University of Chicago Magazine.
Read it here.
Read it here.
Thursday, February 16, 2006
Fry Silkscreens
Artist, Glenn Fry with his new silkscreens at the Halo Lounge on P St. across from the Whole Foods Market. This last one is Glenn as a youngster. Stop in to see the exhibition and say hi to Glenn.
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
HOODOO VOODOO MARDI GRAS BALL fundraiser
The February Issue of the "Intowner" lists this fundraiser to benefit four Hurricane Katrina survivor families.
Saturday, February 25, 2006 7pm-2am:
The Petworth neighborhood’s Sweet Mango Café
3701 New Hamp. Ave., (at the corner of Georgia Ave. directly across from the Petworth Metro station)
Washington, DC will be hosting the African-American Holiday Association’s
“The City That Care Forgot” HOODOO VOODOO MARDI GRAS BALL fundraiser
at Sweet Mango Café from 7:00 pm until 2:00 am. Donations and ticket sales are $30.00 and up.
As New Orleans kicks off its 2006 Mardi Gras season celebrating “the greatest free show on earth” for the past 150 years, two-thirds of “The Big Easy” population is still misplaced.
The fundraiser will directly benefit four Hurricane Katrina survivor families: photographer, political and community activist Babatunji Ahmed and his family of seven; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Brown (deacon and general contractor) and their family of eight; Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Akinlana (artist) and their family of eight; and Mr. Dean Shapiro (author and journalist) and his family of four. All the families were displaced when Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans.
The event will also feature a raffle with prizes of original art, handcrafted jewelry, collectibles, rare books, CDs, wearable art, as well as lunch and dinner packages. The attire is cocktail or “godly” costume in the spirit of Mardi Gras celebrations in “The City That Care Forgot.”
“If you are from the city that gave birth to jazz and created the first original cuisine, ‘Creole,’ you know the importance of giving love, hope, delicious food and drinks, a perfect party, a little lagniappe (something extra) and monetary assistance to your families and friends. It is highly important that each one of us who wasn’t displaced must assist in his/her own individual way,” says producer of the event Misty Brown.
“They dropped us off on the overpass. It was mud on one side and the military on the other. Thanks to the generosity of former Ward 1 Councilmember Frank Smith who opened up his home and provided a place for me to live, regroup and network for a few months. I was able to regain some sense of sanity out of this horrific man-made disaster that resulted into 80 percent of [our] beloved city under water. We must never forget that Hurricane Katrina was mainly wind damage,” Babatunji said. He recently returned to New Orleans to begin the rebuilding process.
“Everywhere we went in Louisiana and Mississippi, they blocked the exits,” according to Edward Brown, who has temporarily relocated to Missouri City, Texas to live with his wife’s family. “We wanted to come and reside in Washington, DC with my sister Misty but were informed that it would be a futile attempt to commute long-distance to work repeatedly on our damaged house--bleaching, tearing down walls, checking wiring and plumbing.” They are still waiting on settlement of their insurance claim.
The Akinlana family has been residing in the Washington metro area since their evacuation from New Orleans in September. “I have returned to N’Awlins on several occasions to check and work on my house. It’s important to keep the grass cut. During the holiday school break I took the whole family with me,” stated Marcus Akinlana. His exceptional original mixed-media art will be on view for sale.
“New Orleans will never be the same, even though Mardi Gras will be held this year. Mostly, it will be celebrated by the locals because there aren’t any hotel rooms for tourists. It is a very eerie feeling to drive around the city and see the traffic lights working, but no lights on in the houses or businesses. Most of the supermarkets or stores like Wal-Mart have not reopened and a majority of the shops in the French Quarter are closing because there are no tourists to support them,” said Dean Shapiro who lives across the Mississippi River in Algiers. He never received his FEMA money, even though, four other people who lived with him got theirs and moved on.
An event for the youth, “God Bless The Child” Mardi Gras Youth Party & Parade Fundraiser will be held on Tue., Feb. 28 from 3 to 7 pm. Eleven-year-old Brian Tucker, grandson of Babatunji Ahmed, like so many other displaced children, commented, “I miss New Orleans. I love New Orleans. I want to go back home.”
Saturday, February 25, 2006 7pm-2am:
The Petworth neighborhood’s Sweet Mango Café
3701 New Hamp. Ave., (at the corner of Georgia Ave. directly across from the Petworth Metro station)
Washington, DC will be hosting the African-American Holiday Association’s
“The City That Care Forgot” HOODOO VOODOO MARDI GRAS BALL fundraiser
at Sweet Mango Café from 7:00 pm until 2:00 am. Donations and ticket sales are $30.00 and up.
As New Orleans kicks off its 2006 Mardi Gras season celebrating “the greatest free show on earth” for the past 150 years, two-thirds of “The Big Easy” population is still misplaced.
The fundraiser will directly benefit four Hurricane Katrina survivor families: photographer, political and community activist Babatunji Ahmed and his family of seven; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Brown (deacon and general contractor) and their family of eight; Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Akinlana (artist) and their family of eight; and Mr. Dean Shapiro (author and journalist) and his family of four. All the families were displaced when Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans.
The event will also feature a raffle with prizes of original art, handcrafted jewelry, collectibles, rare books, CDs, wearable art, as well as lunch and dinner packages. The attire is cocktail or “godly” costume in the spirit of Mardi Gras celebrations in “The City That Care Forgot.”
“If you are from the city that gave birth to jazz and created the first original cuisine, ‘Creole,’ you know the importance of giving love, hope, delicious food and drinks, a perfect party, a little lagniappe (something extra) and monetary assistance to your families and friends. It is highly important that each one of us who wasn’t displaced must assist in his/her own individual way,” says producer of the event Misty Brown.
“They dropped us off on the overpass. It was mud on one side and the military on the other. Thanks to the generosity of former Ward 1 Councilmember Frank Smith who opened up his home and provided a place for me to live, regroup and network for a few months. I was able to regain some sense of sanity out of this horrific man-made disaster that resulted into 80 percent of [our] beloved city under water. We must never forget that Hurricane Katrina was mainly wind damage,” Babatunji said. He recently returned to New Orleans to begin the rebuilding process.
“Everywhere we went in Louisiana and Mississippi, they blocked the exits,” according to Edward Brown, who has temporarily relocated to Missouri City, Texas to live with his wife’s family. “We wanted to come and reside in Washington, DC with my sister Misty but were informed that it would be a futile attempt to commute long-distance to work repeatedly on our damaged house--bleaching, tearing down walls, checking wiring and plumbing.” They are still waiting on settlement of their insurance claim.
The Akinlana family has been residing in the Washington metro area since their evacuation from New Orleans in September. “I have returned to N’Awlins on several occasions to check and work on my house. It’s important to keep the grass cut. During the holiday school break I took the whole family with me,” stated Marcus Akinlana. His exceptional original mixed-media art will be on view for sale.
“New Orleans will never be the same, even though Mardi Gras will be held this year. Mostly, it will be celebrated by the locals because there aren’t any hotel rooms for tourists. It is a very eerie feeling to drive around the city and see the traffic lights working, but no lights on in the houses or businesses. Most of the supermarkets or stores like Wal-Mart have not reopened and a majority of the shops in the French Quarter are closing because there are no tourists to support them,” said Dean Shapiro who lives across the Mississippi River in Algiers. He never received his FEMA money, even though, four other people who lived with him got theirs and moved on.
An event for the youth, “God Bless The Child” Mardi Gras Youth Party & Parade Fundraiser will be held on Tue., Feb. 28 from 3 to 7 pm. Eleven-year-old Brian Tucker, grandson of Babatunji Ahmed, like so many other displaced children, commented, “I miss New Orleans. I love New Orleans. I want to go back home.”
Rex Weil on
National Academy of Sciences
Office of Exhibitions and Cultural Programs
Rex Weil on Cheryl Goldsleger’s Utopia and the
Political Potential of Art in the Postmodern Era
Thursday, February 16, 6:00pm
Rex Weil is a DC-based artist, writer, and educator
The lecture will be in the Keck Center (Room 100)
No charge
Light refreshments served
The National Academy of Science
500 Fifth Street, NW
202.334.2436
arts@nas.edu
Office of Exhibitions and Cultural Programs
Rex Weil on Cheryl Goldsleger’s Utopia and the
Political Potential of Art in the Postmodern Era
Thursday, February 16, 6:00pm
Rex Weil is a DC-based artist, writer, and educator
The lecture will be in the Keck Center (Room 100)
No charge
Light refreshments served
The National Academy of Science
500 Fifth Street, NW
202.334.2436
arts@nas.edu
Body Languages
EXHIBITION
Body Languages..
February 7 - March 12, 2005
At The Katzen Arts Center at American University Washington, DC USA.
This exhibition is presented in support of the 13th Annual Lavender Languages and Linguistics Conference...http://www.american.edu/cas/anthro/lavenderlanguages/ held at American University (Feb 10 ˆ 12), where common themes are two-fold: how lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgendered persons, and queers use language in everyday life, and how language gets directed against the LGBT population by others. Extending the concept to visual art, the exhibition features Robert Flynt‚s rumination on the language of desire, in which large-scale, sepia-toned photo-collages of male and female nudes are glimpsed through overlays of 18th and 19th century anatomy charts, and Mary Coble‚s painfully direct indictment of hate crimes, in which the names of 430 victims appear on an expansive grid of small paper sheets. The artist‚s „medium‰ for this performance-based work is her own blood, created by typographic, self-healing tattoos.
All exhibitions and events are free and open to the public.
Organized by Provisions Library
1611 Connecticut Ave. NW
Washington DC 20009
P:202-299-0460
Body Languages..
February 7 - March 12, 2005
At The Katzen Arts Center at American University Washington, DC USA.
This exhibition is presented in support of the 13th Annual Lavender Languages and Linguistics Conference...http://www.american.edu/cas/anthro/lavenderlanguages/ held at American University (Feb 10 ˆ 12), where common themes are two-fold: how lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgendered persons, and queers use language in everyday life, and how language gets directed against the LGBT population by others. Extending the concept to visual art, the exhibition features Robert Flynt‚s rumination on the language of desire, in which large-scale, sepia-toned photo-collages of male and female nudes are glimpsed through overlays of 18th and 19th century anatomy charts, and Mary Coble‚s painfully direct indictment of hate crimes, in which the names of 430 victims appear on an expansive grid of small paper sheets. The artist‚s „medium‰ for this performance-based work is her own blood, created by typographic, self-healing tattoos.
All exhibitions and events are free and open to the public.
Organized by Provisions Library
1611 Connecticut Ave. NW
Washington DC 20009
P:202-299-0460
Sunday, February 12, 2006
Painterly Visions
A friend, artist Chuck Baxter shared his pictures of the Westminster Playground from first thing this morning. Chuck is the Playground Coordinator and keeps me posted of news and events in the Westminster Playground in Washington, DC. That's my mural "Community" in the background and I love seeing it in wintery white. The daffodils came up early from the warm weather earlier this month. they're hanging in there.
Bushwhacked and "Still Drowning in New Orleans"
By Jennifer Moses
Sunday, February 12, 2006; Page B07
"... it doesn't much matter what image the city tries to project, because the Bush administration has largely written New Orleans off."
"In an instance of double bind so mind-numbingly stupid that you have to think that Washington is run by a mob of sadists, the president's point man for Gulf Coast recovery, Donald Powell, recently urged Louisiana to use its share of federal funds to buy out uninsured homeowners living outside the flood plain, rationalizing that those inside the flood plain (everyone) should have had flood insurance." Read WaPo article here.
Also read Repbulican Senator, David Vitter's editorial in teh Washington Post. He is living in Metaitre, LA, a New Orleans suburb which happens to be where I spent a good part of my childhood.The Path to Louisiana's 'Footprint'
Sunday, February 12, 2006; Page B07
"... it doesn't much matter what image the city tries to project, because the Bush administration has largely written New Orleans off."
"In an instance of double bind so mind-numbingly stupid that you have to think that Washington is run by a mob of sadists, the president's point man for Gulf Coast recovery, Donald Powell, recently urged Louisiana to use its share of federal funds to buy out uninsured homeowners living outside the flood plain, rationalizing that those inside the flood plain (everyone) should have had flood insurance." Read WaPo article here.
Also read Repbulican Senator, David Vitter's editorial in teh Washington Post. He is living in Metaitre, LA, a New Orleans suburb which happens to be where I spent a good part of my childhood.The Path to Louisiana's 'Footprint'
Halo Lounge boasts work of DC Artist, Glenn Fry
Artist, Glenn Fry a member of Mid City Artists is having a show at Halo Lounge opening tonight. The reception is from 6-9pm Sunday, Sept 12. Halo is located on P st between 14 and 15 St. NW directly across from Whole Foods.
Glenn was featured in the Washington Post's early edition of the Post Express on Thursday. Plow your way thru the snow and visit the exhibition tonight!
Glenn was featured in the Washington Post's early edition of the Post Express on Thursday. Plow your way thru the snow and visit the exhibition tonight!
League of Reston Artists/Walker and Company Annual Juried Small Works Exhibition
Art Exhibition Featuring Member Artists of the League of Reston Artists. February 06 - March 04 2006
- “The disintegration of the images of life in New Orleans mirror the images of destruction that envelope the city. I shot this image of my friend standing in the living room of her mother’s home that has been destroyed and abandoned in East New Orleans, one of the hardest hits areas from Hurricane Katrina. The overwhelming reality of the scope of personal loss makes us all strangers in our own homes.”
The League of Reston Artists (LRA) presents a contemporary juried art exhibition of small works of art at Walker and Company in Reston, Virginia. Walker and Company is providing $300 in award money for this exhibition. This exhibition features 98 works of art by 36 LRA artist members.
The exhibition is free and open to the public during regular business hours Monday – Friday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm. An opening reception will take place Wednesday, February 15 from 5:00 – 7:00 pm.
Walker and Company, 12007 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, Virginia. For directions, see the LRA’s web site
JUROR: MS. AVIS FLEMING was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and grew up in the bayou country south of the city. Avis started drawing and painting in the swamp and bayou landscape of her childhood home in Lafitte, Louisiana, under the influence of printmaker and watercolorist Anthony Gross, head of printmaking in the Slade School in London. After graduating from Bryn Mawr College, she studied graphic arts and illustration at Pratt Institute. Figure drawing became a life long occupation after studying at Pratt with sculptor Calvin Albert, author of “Figure Drawing Comes to Life.” Avis currently teaches figure drawing and sketchbook drawing at the Art League School, in the Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, Virginia., where she has taught for eighteen years. She lives on a farm in Unison, Virginia with her husband, Paul Hodge, and their two sons.
Avis has had several one-person exhibitions in the greater Washington, D.C. area, most recent “The Sunday Series: African American Images by Avis Fleming” at Alexandria’s Black History Museum. Her drawings, paintings and prints have won numerous awards.
THE FOLLOWING AWARD WINNERS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED BY FLEMING:
Best in Show
Deborah Remmers, “Safe Shore”
Oil
1st Place, Cathleen Lawless, “Leicester Sheep”
Honorable Mention, Christine Lashley, “Side Street Sunrise”
Acrylic
1st Place, Jan Sherfy, “Beyond the Shadows”
Honorable Mention, Gennara Moore, “Pale Moon”
Honorable Mention, Vicki Kirby, “Blue Rock”
Watercolor
1st Place, Stephani Kozemchak, “Adderley House”
Honorable Mention, Janice H. Burns, “Entry into Zanzibar”
Graphic Arts
1st Place, Andrea Cybyk, “Thrown for a Loop”
Honorable Mention, Deborah Remmers, “Barely-Sitting”
Photography
1st Place, Helen M. Goodrum, “The Swamp”
Honorable Mention, Susan Isakson, “Floating Feather”
Honorable Mention, Hardy Hargreaves, “Descent”
Altered Photography
1st Place, James W. Bailey, “Strange Girl”
Honorable Mention, Apophia M. Munro, “Roses for a Mending Heart III”
For more info contact
James W. Bailey
Public Relations and Communications
League of Reston Artists (LRA)
Phone: 703-200-2620
Email: JamesWBailey@comcast.net
URL: League of Reston Artists (LRA):
About the League of Reston Artists (LRA):
The League of Reston Artists (LRA) is an all volunteer not for profit 501(c)(3) organization established in 1973 that is open to metro Washington, D.C. area artists, photographers and individuals who are interested in the visual arts. The LRA strives to generate community enthusiasm and appreciation of the visual arts through regularly sponsored juried and judged exhibitions. The LRA supports the Reston Community by sharing the varied talents of its membership through rotating exhibits in many local public and private buildings and offices. 
- “The disintegration of the images of life in New Orleans mirror the images of destruction that envelope the city. I shot this image of my friend standing in the living room of her mother’s home that has been destroyed and abandoned in East New Orleans, one of the hardest hits areas from Hurricane Katrina. The overwhelming reality of the scope of personal loss makes us all strangers in our own homes.”
The League of Reston Artists (LRA) presents a contemporary juried art exhibition of small works of art at Walker and Company in Reston, Virginia. Walker and Company is providing $300 in award money for this exhibition. This exhibition features 98 works of art by 36 LRA artist members.
The exhibition is free and open to the public during regular business hours Monday – Friday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm. An opening reception will take place Wednesday, February 15 from 5:00 – 7:00 pm.
Walker and Company, 12007 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, Virginia. For directions, see the LRA’s web site
JUROR: MS. AVIS FLEMING was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and grew up in the bayou country south of the city. Avis started drawing and painting in the swamp and bayou landscape of her childhood home in Lafitte, Louisiana, under the influence of printmaker and watercolorist Anthony Gross, head of printmaking in the Slade School in London. After graduating from Bryn Mawr College, she studied graphic arts and illustration at Pratt Institute. Figure drawing became a life long occupation after studying at Pratt with sculptor Calvin Albert, author of “Figure Drawing Comes to Life.” Avis currently teaches figure drawing and sketchbook drawing at the Art League School, in the Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, Virginia., where she has taught for eighteen years. She lives on a farm in Unison, Virginia with her husband, Paul Hodge, and their two sons.
Avis has had several one-person exhibitions in the greater Washington, D.C. area, most recent “The Sunday Series: African American Images by Avis Fleming” at Alexandria’s Black History Museum. Her drawings, paintings and prints have won numerous awards.
THE FOLLOWING AWARD WINNERS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED BY FLEMING:
Best in Show
Deborah Remmers, “Safe Shore”
Oil
1st Place, Cathleen Lawless, “Leicester Sheep”
Honorable Mention, Christine Lashley, “Side Street Sunrise”
Acrylic
1st Place, Jan Sherfy, “Beyond the Shadows”
Honorable Mention, Gennara Moore, “Pale Moon”
Honorable Mention, Vicki Kirby, “Blue Rock”
Watercolor
1st Place, Stephani Kozemchak, “Adderley House”
Honorable Mention, Janice H. Burns, “Entry into Zanzibar”
Graphic Arts
1st Place, Andrea Cybyk, “Thrown for a Loop”
Honorable Mention, Deborah Remmers, “Barely-Sitting”
Photography
1st Place, Helen M. Goodrum, “The Swamp”
Honorable Mention, Susan Isakson, “Floating Feather”
Honorable Mention, Hardy Hargreaves, “Descent”
Altered Photography
1st Place, James W. Bailey, “Strange Girl”
Honorable Mention, Apophia M. Munro, “Roses for a Mending Heart III”
For more info contact
James W. Bailey
Public Relations and Communications
League of Reston Artists (LRA)
Phone: 703-200-2620
Email: JamesWBailey@comcast.net
URL: League of Reston Artists (LRA):
About the League of Reston Artists (LRA):
The League of Reston Artists (LRA) is an all volunteer not for profit 501(c)(3) organization established in 1973 that is open to metro Washington, D.C. area artists, photographers and individuals who are interested in the visual arts. The LRA strives to generate community enthusiasm and appreciation of the visual arts through regularly sponsored juried and judged exhibitions. The LRA supports the Reston Community by sharing the varied talents of its membership through rotating exhibits in many local public and private buildings and offices. 
Good Morning Washington, DC
WEll, we did get the snow storm and DC is wintry white. I love these kinds of quiet snow blanketed days even if it's inconvenient to get around. By midday the sidewalks will be cleared by the neighborhood residents and walking should be easier.
I plan to enjoy a day of painting. Happy creating in the blue white light.
Anne Marchand "Wintery DC 2006 #1 and #2"
I plan to enjoy a day of painting. Happy creating in the blue white light.
Anne Marchand "Wintery DC 2006 #1 and #2"
Friday, February 10, 2006
Black History Month Recorder of Deeds Building Tours, Washington, DC
Black History Month Recorder of Deeds Building Tours
Saturday, February 11
1:00pm & 2:00pm
(as of 3:00pm Friday the tours will take place even if it snows)
In celebration of the 125th Anniversary of Frederick Douglass’
appointment as the first African American Recorder of Deeds
The Recorder of Deeds Building at 515 D Street, NW is an Art Deco Landmark with 7 WPA-era murals depicting Black Heroes and other works of art inside.
There is no cost for this event
Advance reservations are not required
Please forward this announcement to friends, family, and colleagues
DC Recorder of Deeds Building
515 D Street, NW
202.727.0419
Metro: Archives-Navy Mem’l-PennQuarter (Green and Yellow Lines)
Judiciary Square 4th and Indiana Avenue exit (Red Line)
Saturday, February 11
1:00pm & 2:00pm
(as of 3:00pm Friday the tours will take place even if it snows)
In celebration of the 125th Anniversary of Frederick Douglass’
appointment as the first African American Recorder of Deeds
The Recorder of Deeds Building at 515 D Street, NW is an Art Deco Landmark with 7 WPA-era murals depicting Black Heroes and other works of art inside.
There is no cost for this event
Advance reservations are not required
Please forward this announcement to friends, family, and colleagues
DC Recorder of Deeds Building
515 D Street, NW
202.727.0419
Metro: Archives-Navy Mem’l-PennQuarter (Green and Yellow Lines)
Judiciary Square 4th and Indiana Avenue exit (Red Line)
Thursday, February 09, 2006
More Affordable Housing For Artists Is in the Picture -Washington, DC USA
By Jonathan Padget
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, February 9, 2006; Page C05
"Cultural Development Corp. unveiled plans Tuesday for 80 units of affordable housing for artists in two Northeast Washington neighborhoods. Nearly 20 artists turned out at Flashpoint, the corporation's downtown arts incubator, to learn more about the housing initiative. They also toured a unit in Mather Studios, the building where Flashpoint opened in 2003 along with 12 discounted live-work spaces for artists and 38 market-rate loft apartments."
Read Johathan Padget's story on artists housing in WaPo, Arts Beat here.
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, February 9, 2006; Page C05
"Cultural Development Corp. unveiled plans Tuesday for 80 units of affordable housing for artists in two Northeast Washington neighborhoods. Nearly 20 artists turned out at Flashpoint, the corporation's downtown arts incubator, to learn more about the housing initiative. They also toured a unit in Mather Studios, the building where Flashpoint opened in 2003 along with 12 discounted live-work spaces for artists and 38 market-rate loft apartments."
Read Johathan Padget's story on artists housing in WaPo, Arts Beat here.
A new definititon of the Limbo
How low can our government go?
The Big Easy? Now It's Limbo Land
Slow-Moving Bureaucracy Leaves New Orleans Stuck in a Cycle of Waiting
"New Orleans is a Gordian knot of complications that has tied up just about everyone. Like most of her constituents, state Sen. Ann Duplessis lives in a holding pattern: "I am also a Limbo Lander," she said."
Read today's Washington Post Article here
The Big Easy? Now It's Limbo Land
Slow-Moving Bureaucracy Leaves New Orleans Stuck in a Cycle of Waiting
"New Orleans is a Gordian knot of complications that has tied up just about everyone. Like most of her constituents, state Sen. Ann Duplessis lives in a holding pattern: "I am also a Limbo Lander," she said."
Read today's Washington Post Article here
Sunday, February 05, 2006
Ask the Artist: William Christenberry
Eye Level is a blog produced by the Smithsonian American Art Museum. With SAAM’s reopening set for this July, an introduction to one of the first exhibitions to be installed: Passing Time: the Art of William Christenberry. Read here - Ask the Artist: William Christenberry
Friday, February 03, 2006
Weaver's unique threads, Jane Herman
Jane Herman, a wonderful weaver and designer is featured in an article in The North Adams Transcript, Massachusetts. Read it in Community canvas: Portraits of North County's newest artists, Weaver's unique threads Artist, Jane Herman lives in the Berkshires in one of Eric Rudd's developments, the Eclipse Mill in North Adams, Massachusetts. Remember Eric Rudd?) He was a DC resident artist for many years.
Artistically Speaking with Marilou Donahue
February web site of Artistically Speaking features an interview with Olga Viso, Director of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and Vladimir Angelov, Ballet Choreographer. Enjoy Here
Metro Weekly on Mid City Artists Winter Exhibition
Mid City Artists Winter Exhibition at Results is the featured article in Metro Weekly this week. Read Metro Weekly
Thursday, February 02, 2006
Learning & Product Expo: ART!
June 2-4, 2006
(Classes begin June 1)
Marriott Inn and Conference Center
Univ. of Maryland University College
Washington, D.C.
Immerse yourself in a unique weekend experience for artists where you can visit an exhibit hall packed with art material manufacturers and choose from a program of 200 art classes in oil, acrylic, pastel, drawing, airbrush and more. Registration begins April 3.
Visit and watch for more cities to be added for 2006.www.learningproductexpo.com
(Classes begin June 1)
Marriott Inn and Conference Center
Univ. of Maryland University College
Washington, D.C.
Immerse yourself in a unique weekend experience for artists where you can visit an exhibit hall packed with art material manufacturers and choose from a program of 200 art classes in oil, acrylic, pastel, drawing, airbrush and more. Registration begins April 3.
Visit and watch for more cities to be added for 2006.www.learningproductexpo.com
WPA\C 25th Annual Art Auction Gala
The WPA\C is pleased to present:
Preview Night for the 25th Annual Art Auction Gala
TONIGHT, February 2nd, at 6:00pm.
Curators Philip Brookman, Kendall Buster and Jean Efron will be giving lectures beginning at 6:30pm in the Armand Hammer Auditorium with a reception to follow.
Tickets still available for the night of the event.
The 25th Annual Art Auction Gala
February 11, 2006
Dinner at 6:30 pm ($250)
Reception and bidding from 8 - 11 pm (special $90 rate for members,
$120 for general public)
Click here to download the: Invitation
Information 202.639.1828
ACTION ALERT - CONTACT REPRESENTATIVES, URGE PASSAGE OF TAX BILL WITH ARTISTS' CHARITABLE DEDUCTION
Remember that bill for artist's deductions. Here's an update from the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA).
The Tax Relief Act of 2005, and H.R.4297, Tax Relief Extension Reconciliation Act of 2005.
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA)
The Tax Relief Act of 2005, and H.R.4297, Tax Relief Extension Reconciliation Act of 2005.
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA)
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Cintas Fellowships for artists of Cuban citizenship
Funding opportunity:
Deadline: February 17, 2006 (Visual Arts) and March 17, 2006 (Architecture)
Cintas Fellowships in Visual Arts and Architecture Available to Cuban Artists
Cintas Fellowships are designed to acknowledge the creative accomplishments of artists of Cuban citizenship or direct descent and encourage the excellence of these artists in architecture, literature, music composition, and the visual arts.
Eligibility for these fellowships is limited to creative artists, living outside of Cuba, of Cuban citizenship or direct lineage (having a Cuban parent or grandparent).
Cintas Fellows are free to pursue their artistic activities as they wish. The fellowships are not awarded for academic study or research, or to performing artists. Fellowships are not awarded more than twice to the same person. Second awards are granted only to candidates demonstrating outstanding artistic development.
Fellowships are awarded annually in the amount of $15,000 each and are paid in quarterly stipends, beginning in September, for twelve consecutive months.
For 2006, fellowships will be awarded in the fields of Visual Arts and Architecture (2007 fellowships will be awarded in the fields of Visual Arts and Music Composition; 2008 fellowships will be awarded in the fields of Visual Arts and Creative Writing.)
www.cintasfoundation.org/
Deadline: February 17, 2006 (Visual Arts) and March 17, 2006 (Architecture)
Cintas Fellowships in Visual Arts and Architecture Available to Cuban Artists
Cintas Fellowships are designed to acknowledge the creative accomplishments of artists of Cuban citizenship or direct descent and encourage the excellence of these artists in architecture, literature, music composition, and the visual arts.
Eligibility for these fellowships is limited to creative artists, living outside of Cuba, of Cuban citizenship or direct lineage (having a Cuban parent or grandparent).
Cintas Fellows are free to pursue their artistic activities as they wish. The fellowships are not awarded for academic study or research, or to performing artists. Fellowships are not awarded more than twice to the same person. Second awards are granted only to candidates demonstrating outstanding artistic development.
Fellowships are awarded annually in the amount of $15,000 each and are paid in quarterly stipends, beginning in September, for twelve consecutive months.
For 2006, fellowships will be awarded in the fields of Visual Arts and Architecture (2007 fellowships will be awarded in the fields of Visual Arts and Music Composition; 2008 fellowships will be awarded in the fields of Visual Arts and Creative Writing.)
www.cintasfoundation.org/
New Website
JOSEPHINE HADEN who exhibited at Gallery K informs me of her new snazzy website: www.Josephinehaden.com
High School Mural Project headed by Washington, DC muralist G. Byron Peck
My friend, Washington, DC Muralist G. Byron Peck of City Arts,Inc is at it again with a group of student's in Montgomery County. He's heading up a mural program for the aspiring artists. These kids are in for a real treat working with the masterful Byron!
"Arts on the Block is an on-the-job training program for Montgomery County high school students that gives aspiring artists a chance to work with professionals. The Underpass Project, a mural that will cover the Georgia Avenue and Blair Mill Road underpass, is the first public art project done by the Arts on the Block program. "It's just a great experience," said junior Benjamin Meyer. "To be able to work with famous artists—I feel like a rock star."
Read here Montgomery Blair online Student Newsletter
"Arts on the Block is an on-the-job training program for Montgomery County high school students that gives aspiring artists a chance to work with professionals. The Underpass Project, a mural that will cover the Georgia Avenue and Blair Mill Road underpass, is the first public art project done by the Arts on the Block program. "It's just a great experience," said junior Benjamin Meyer. "To be able to work with famous artists—I feel like a rock star."
Read here Montgomery Blair online Student Newsletter
The Graham Collection hosts "Solution" in Washington, DC USA
Join Artist www.HeatherLevy.com and others on
Saturday, February 4th, 2006 4-8 pm
for the opening reception of "Solution"
A group exhibition of new paintings, all of which address a problem facing the black community and suggesting a solution.
The Graham Collection
3518 12th St., NE
Washington,DC 20017
(202)832-9292
www.annemarchand.com
Saturday, February 4th, 2006 4-8 pm
for the opening reception of "Solution"
A group exhibition of new paintings, all of which address a problem facing the black community and suggesting a solution.
The Graham Collection
3518 12th St., NE
Washington,DC 20017
(202)832-9292
www.annemarchand.com
Cubicle 10 Exhibtion, Washington, DC USA
Local artist, Candace Keegan posts an opening on Cubicle 10 Exhibition, "Without Formula," opening this Saturday. Artists Billy Colbert, Michael Platt, Bridgett Lambert, Candace Keegan and Clark are among 17 artists who exhibit collectively all over the world.
"Without Formula"
Reception Saturday, February 4th 7:30pm - 12:30 am
1827 Sixth Street NW
Washington, DC 20002
catered by Local 16 Restaurant
Exhibition Hours:
Sunday February 5th 1-4pm
by appointment: February 6th-10th
for inormation (202) 247-0595
Artists and Arts Organizations Impacted by Hurricane
Funding Opportunity: If you live in Louisiana or know of artists there, here is an opportunity:
Deadline: April 3, 2006
Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation Offers Grants for Artists
Individual artists, arts organizations, and small arts-related businesses in Louisiana affected by hurricanes Katrina and Rita are eligible for a new series of grants offered by the Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation.
The grants are intended to defray the costs related to physical loss or property damage, relocation, or other specific economic harm suffered as a result of the hurricanes. The overarching goal of the program is to enable stakeholders in Louisiana's cultural economy to continue or resume the production and distribution of the state's unique cultural assets in the aftermath of recent natural disasters.
Funding is available in the following categories:
Individual Artists and Artisans must be professionally active in their discipline or earning a living through their artistic talents and be a resident in the state of Louisiana. Originating and interpretive artists may apply. Students, unless they are professional artists or artisans, are not eligible.
More at Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation
Deadline: April 3, 2006
Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation Offers Grants for Artists
Individual artists, arts organizations, and small arts-related businesses in Louisiana affected by hurricanes Katrina and Rita are eligible for a new series of grants offered by the Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation.
The grants are intended to defray the costs related to physical loss or property damage, relocation, or other specific economic harm suffered as a result of the hurricanes. The overarching goal of the program is to enable stakeholders in Louisiana's cultural economy to continue or resume the production and distribution of the state's unique cultural assets in the aftermath of recent natural disasters.
Funding is available in the following categories:
Individual Artists and Artisans must be professionally active in their discipline or earning a living through their artistic talents and be a resident in the state of Louisiana. Originating and interpretive artists may apply. Students, unless they are professional artists or artisans, are not eligible.
More at Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation
"Call for Artists: SHELTER"
Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit
Detroit, MI, USA United States of America
2006-01-30 until 2006-04-08
The Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit (CAID) is soliciting proposals for its all media, Interdisciplinary exhibition SHELTER, to be held in September, 2006. The exhibition will be juried by artist and CAID board member Hugh Timlin. Artists (of any discipline) Architects, Community Workers, Researchers and others are invited to submit proposals or work specifically related to homelessness as a chronic or emergency condition, or shelter needs resulting from catastrophic events. Areas of investigation might include makeshift housing, abandoned buildings as shelter, design of practical and inexpensive housing for emergency and chronic conditions, the homeless experience and who is affected and more.
Proposals could include, but are not limited to, designs for temporary, emergency, or low income shelter; documentation of innovative shelter programs; expressions of the experience of the loss of shelter and its impact (emotional, cultural, and economic) on communities.
Hugh Timlin, Juror
In a more than thirty five year career as a sculptor, Hugh Timlin has become a well recognized and highly respected presence in the metropolitan Detroit Art community. He has exhibited extensively throughout the state and nationally including the Art Exhibit for the National Conference on Religious Architecture in Washington D.C. and Boston, Massachusetts.
Read more here
Detroit, MI, USA United States of America
2006-01-30 until 2006-04-08
The Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit (CAID) is soliciting proposals for its all media, Interdisciplinary exhibition SHELTER, to be held in September, 2006. The exhibition will be juried by artist and CAID board member Hugh Timlin. Artists (of any discipline) Architects, Community Workers, Researchers and others are invited to submit proposals or work specifically related to homelessness as a chronic or emergency condition, or shelter needs resulting from catastrophic events. Areas of investigation might include makeshift housing, abandoned buildings as shelter, design of practical and inexpensive housing for emergency and chronic conditions, the homeless experience and who is affected and more.
Proposals could include, but are not limited to, designs for temporary, emergency, or low income shelter; documentation of innovative shelter programs; expressions of the experience of the loss of shelter and its impact (emotional, cultural, and economic) on communities.
Hugh Timlin, Juror
In a more than thirty five year career as a sculptor, Hugh Timlin has become a well recognized and highly respected presence in the metropolitan Detroit Art community. He has exhibited extensively throughout the state and nationally including the Art Exhibit for the National Conference on Religious Architecture in Washington D.C. and Boston, Massachusetts.
Read more here
Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC USA Opening
Feb. 8 - March 5, 2006
The 8th Annual All-Media Exhibition includes the artwork of 64 artists out of over 200 entrants from around the country. Their work was selected by juror Paula Amt, owner of Gallery Plan b in Washington, DC. Below are a few examples of the art selected.
Exhibition Dates: Febuary 8 - March 5
Opening Reception: February 10, 6:00 - 8:30 pm
3rd Thursday: February 16, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
www.touchstonegallery.com
The 8th Annual All-Media Exhibition includes the artwork of 64 artists out of over 200 entrants from around the country. Their work was selected by juror Paula Amt, owner of Gallery Plan b in Washington, DC. Below are a few examples of the art selected.
Exhibition Dates: Febuary 8 - March 5
Opening Reception: February 10, 6:00 - 8:30 pm
3rd Thursday: February 16, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
www.touchstonegallery.com
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