Be sure to mark this performance on your calendar!!! The play is sprinkled with many references to Picasso’s art—featuring Guernica quite prominently.
A World Premiere by Ariel Dorfman
Directed by John Dillon
Featuring Mitchell Hebert, Katherine Clarvoe, Saxon Palmer, Kathleen Coons, Bill Hamlin, Larry Redmond, Jim Jorgensen
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE: June 21—July 23
Pay-What-You-Can Previews: Wednesday, June 21 at 7:30 & Thursday, June 22 at 7:30
$25 Weekend Previews: Saturday, June 24 at 7:30
TICKETS: $15--40. Call Box Office Tickets (800) 494-TIXS or www.boxofficetickets.com
The acclaimed author of Death and the Maiden unveils an extraordinary reimagining of Pablo Picasso living in a time of terror: What if Picasso didn't die in 1973 but was murdered by the Germans during the Occupation of Paris? And what if it wasn't Picasso's body that was murdered, but rather his soul? A work of dazzling innovation, romantic intrigue and probing dilemmas for our time.
BEHIND THE SCENES! The designer's Web site is worth a look! CLICK HERE to visit the Web site of Lewis Folden, the set designer for Picasso's Closet. You'll find photos of Picasso, Dora Maar, paintings by Picasso and Lewis' intricate models for our Picasso's Closet set.
LOCATION: Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater at the Washington DC Jewish Community Center at 1529 16th Street NW in Washington, DC, 4 blocks east of Dupont Circle.
MORE INFO: www.theaterj.org
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S ROUNDTABLE
Immediately following many Sunday matinee performances, this discussion series brings together the finest panelists to explore issues of social, literary and political significance aimed at augmenting the playgoer’s experience. FREE with Picasso’s Closet ticket.
Sunday, July 2
Artists and Repression in Times of Terror
A panel exploring the choices—civic responsibility vs. and personal comfort—faced by artists under difficult circumstances.
Sunday, July 9
To Live or Die in Occupied France
A discussion of the realities and choices faced by artists, Jews, French citizens and others under Nazi occupation. With Ambassador of France Jean-David Levitte and Professor Renee Poznanski, Ben Gurion University of the Negev.
Sunday, July 16
Picasso – Can a Bad Man be a Good Artist? - A discussion of the psychological and philosophical dimensions of Picasso as human being and artist.
Sunday, July 23
5x5, Playwrights Respond to Picasso’s Closet
Email Hannah Hessel at hannah@dcjcc.org for submission guidelines
ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS
Sunday, July 2, Noon-7:30 pm
Painting on the Steps
You to can be Pablo Picasso! Colored chalks will be provided for your own artistic explorations.
Monday, May 22, 2006
Saturday, May 20, 2006
Marchand Studio Opening
Anne Marchand
In conjunction with Mid City Artists Open Studios
Saturday, May 20 & Sunday, May 21, 2006
12:00-5:00 p.m. both days.
Arc Point
36" x 48"
acrylic and mixed media on canvas
This and other paintings will be on display during the open studio, Giclee prints and posters of my cityscapes will also be available. We look forward to seeing you.
Located in Historic Dupont Circle
My studio is located at
1413 17th Street NW
Washington DC
along with the studios of Freya Grand and Angela White.
3 blocks east of the Dupont North Metro stop on the red line.
You can pick up a walking map at any of the locations or
download a pdf map at www.midcityartists.com
Marchand Studio
www.annemarchand.com
email me
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NOW SHOWING IN WASHINGTON, DC
“ELLIPSIS”
Marchand’s new body of abstract paintings through June 4, 2006.
at the Zenith Gallery
413 7th Street NW, Washington, DC 20004
202.783.2963
Metro Gallery Place/Archives
Stop in and say hi on Saturday, May 27 and June 3 from 1-3pm. I'll be there to talk to you about my newest paintings in the exhibition.
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In conjunction with Mid City Artists Open Studios
Saturday, May 20 & Sunday, May 21, 2006
12:00-5:00 p.m. both days.
Arc Point 36" x 48"
acrylic and mixed media on canvas
This and other paintings will be on display during the open studio, Giclee prints and posters of my cityscapes will also be available. We look forward to seeing you.
Located in Historic Dupont Circle
My studio is located at
1413 17th Street NW
Washington DC
along with the studios of Freya Grand and Angela White.
3 blocks east of the Dupont North Metro stop on the red line.
You can pick up a walking map at any of the locations or
download a pdf map at www.midcityartists.com
Marchand Studio
www.annemarchand.com
email me
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NOW SHOWING IN WASHINGTON, DC
“ELLIPSIS”
Marchand’s new body of abstract paintings through June 4, 2006.
at the Zenith Gallery
413 7th Street NW, Washington, DC 20004
202.783.2963
Metro Gallery Place/Archives
Stop in and say hi on Saturday, May 27 and June 3 from 1-3pm. I'll be there to talk to you about my newest paintings in the exhibition.
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MID CITY ARTISTS OPEN STUDIOS, Washington, DC USA
MAY 20 & 21, 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Looking for an exciting weekend filled with art? Come to the Mid CityArtists Open Studios . I'll be participating with 30 other artists.
Wear your walking shows to tour through Dupont, Logan and Shaw's art neighborhoods. Walk, talk, look and shop your way through an exciting line up of painting, sculpture, glass, photography and prints by established and emerging artists. You will meet the artists firsthand and learn about their creative processes. Bring your interested art lover friends out for an extraordinary day of visual delights.
Download a walking map at www.midcityartists.com.
See you there!
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Hanano Jewelry at HEMPHILL
Hanano Jewelry at HEMPHILL
Sunday, June 4, 2006
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
HEMPHILL
1515 14th Street, NW
Suite 300
Washington, DC 20005
202.234.5601
Rania Hanano Designs is a collection of unique and one-of-a-kind creations. The pieces feature precious and semi-precious gems, as well as diamonds, antique stones and precious metals. Each piece is carefully created and assembled using the highest quality materials and strict attention to detail. www.hanano.com
Brothers, Sing On! June 3, 2006
Come and let the Camerata's voices lift you in song as we celebrate our newest CD release with a concert of glee club classics. We'll perform songs from our brand new recording including Biebl's Ave Maria, Shenandoah, Down in the Valley, and The Battle Hymn of the Republic.
Join us June 3rd!
As a special treat, we'll be performing a brilliant new work written for the Camerata by the great American composer Lee Hoiby as a dedication to Army Pfc. Jesse A. Givens - a solider killed in the war in Iraq. Joining us as a special guest choir for part of our program is the Annandale High School Men's Chorale under the leadership of director Carleen Dixon.
Tickets for the concert are $30 each and selling quickly - get yours today by puchasing below or calling the Kennedy Center Box Office at 202-467-4600!
Concert Location:
Terrace Theater - The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts -- Washington, DC -- Saturday, June 3, 2006 -- 7:30pm
Come join us in song!
Washington Men's Camerata
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email: camerata@camerata.com
phone: 202-467-4600
web: http://www.camerata.com
Washington Men's Camerata | PO Box 40511 | Washington | DC | 20016
Join us June 3rd!
As a special treat, we'll be performing a brilliant new work written for the Camerata by the great American composer Lee Hoiby as a dedication to Army Pfc. Jesse A. Givens - a solider killed in the war in Iraq. Joining us as a special guest choir for part of our program is the Annandale High School Men's Chorale under the leadership of director Carleen Dixon.
Tickets for the concert are $30 each and selling quickly - get yours today by puchasing below or calling the Kennedy Center Box Office at 202-467-4600!
Concert Location:
Terrace Theater - The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts -- Washington, DC -- Saturday, June 3, 2006 -- 7:30pm
Come join us in song!
Washington Men's Camerata
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email: camerata@camerata.com
phone: 202-467-4600
web: http://www.camerata.com
Washington Men's Camerata | PO Box 40511 | Washington | DC | 20016
"Art from the Gulf: Reflections on Katrina - 25 New Orleans artists
May 9 - June 16, 2006
In May, Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit will present an exhibit of the work of 25 New Orleans artists. More than an exposition of recent artwork, "Art from the Gulf: Reflections on Katrina" will help reunite these 25 artists so that they can make sense of the storm's destruction, consider the future of New Orleans, and begin to lead the cultural front of the process to renew the Crescent City.
AHCMC invites you to join in this process by financially supporting Pyramid Atlantic and its exhibit. Your contribution is important to the success of the exhibition. The binding theme of all the artwork is community. The artists are exploring the many issues that arose in the wake of Katrinia -- such as wetlands conservation, urban planning, and the idea of home -- that can only be addressed through community action. We urge you to be a part of the community that is forming around this show by attending its opening reception on Tuesday, May 9, and by participating in the exhibit's panel discussion, "Katrina: Art and the Environment," led by artists, environmentalists, and community leaders on Thursday, May 25. Pyramid Atlantic will donate half of the show's proceeds; exhibiting artists will keep 50 percent of sales, while Pyramid Atlantic will donate the other 50 percent to the Arts Council of New Orleans in order to aid artists who lost their studios, equipment, and artwork to Hurricane Katrina.
For more information on how you can support this important exhibition, please contact Pyramid Atlantic at 301-608-9101 or info@pyramid-atlantic.org.
In May, Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit will present an exhibit of the work of 25 New Orleans artists. More than an exposition of recent artwork, "Art from the Gulf: Reflections on Katrina" will help reunite these 25 artists so that they can make sense of the storm's destruction, consider the future of New Orleans, and begin to lead the cultural front of the process to renew the Crescent City.
AHCMC invites you to join in this process by financially supporting Pyramid Atlantic and its exhibit. Your contribution is important to the success of the exhibition. The binding theme of all the artwork is community. The artists are exploring the many issues that arose in the wake of Katrinia -- such as wetlands conservation, urban planning, and the idea of home -- that can only be addressed through community action. We urge you to be a part of the community that is forming around this show by attending its opening reception on Tuesday, May 9, and by participating in the exhibit's panel discussion, "Katrina: Art and the Environment," led by artists, environmentalists, and community leaders on Thursday, May 25. Pyramid Atlantic will donate half of the show's proceeds; exhibiting artists will keep 50 percent of sales, while Pyramid Atlantic will donate the other 50 percent to the Arts Council of New Orleans in order to aid artists who lost their studios, equipment, and artwork to Hurricane Katrina.
For more information on how you can support this important exhibition, please contact Pyramid Atlantic at 301-608-9101 or info@pyramid-atlantic.org.
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
artReston
CALL FOR ENTRY: artReston - The League of Reston Artists (LRA) 13th Annual Juried Exhibition
The League of Reston Artists (LRA) is pleased to announce that it is celebrating the success of its prestigious Annual Juried Exhibition by debuting a new name – artReston - for this year’s 13th edition of this respected and popular show.
“artReston is designed to celebrate the importance of the visual arts in Reston. For more than 35 years the LRA has helped to elevate the profile of local artists in our culturally diverse community. The purpose of the LRA’s Annual Juried Exhibition is to expose the Reston community to the contemporary art being created by talented artists from the metro Washington, D.C. region by exhibiting their work through a juried show presided over by a leading figure from regional art community. This year the LRA is honored to have Jack Rasmussen of the Katzen Arts Center serve as juror for artReston, the LRA’s 13th Annual Juried Exhibition.” – Mary Bronson, LRA Board President.
artReston will run from June 1 – July 2, 2006, and will be on view at the JoAnn Rose Gallery of the Reston Community Center at Lake Anne,1609-A Washington Plaza, Reston, VA 20190.
JUROR – Jack Rasmussen, Director of Art Gallery at the Katzen Arts Center at American University
League of Reston Artists
PO Box 2513
Reston, VA 20195
Mailed entries must be received by May 25.
The entry form for artReston can be downloaded from the LRA’s web site at http://leagueofrestonartists.org/JuneArtReston_2006.pdf
The League of Reston Artists (LRA) is pleased to announce that it is celebrating the success of its prestigious Annual Juried Exhibition by debuting a new name – artReston - for this year’s 13th edition of this respected and popular show.
“artReston is designed to celebrate the importance of the visual arts in Reston. For more than 35 years the LRA has helped to elevate the profile of local artists in our culturally diverse community. The purpose of the LRA’s Annual Juried Exhibition is to expose the Reston community to the contemporary art being created by talented artists from the metro Washington, D.C. region by exhibiting their work through a juried show presided over by a leading figure from regional art community. This year the LRA is honored to have Jack Rasmussen of the Katzen Arts Center serve as juror for artReston, the LRA’s 13th Annual Juried Exhibition.” – Mary Bronson, LRA Board President.
artReston will run from June 1 – July 2, 2006, and will be on view at the JoAnn Rose Gallery of the Reston Community Center at Lake Anne,1609-A Washington Plaza, Reston, VA 20190.
JUROR – Jack Rasmussen, Director of Art Gallery at the Katzen Arts Center at American University
League of Reston Artists
PO Box 2513
Reston, VA 20195
Mailed entries must be received by May 25.
The entry form for artReston can be downloaded from the LRA’s web site at http://leagueofrestonartists.org/JuneArtReston_2006.pdf
Monday, May 15, 2006
You Shouldn't Have!
An interesting (yes, arts) review in the Washington Post Style section today By WaPo Staff writer, Philip Kennicott
On the NEA's 40th, the Art of Politics
"An interesting convergence will occur Wednesday, when the National Endowment for the Arts begins a three-day celebration of its 40th anniversary at American University's Katzen Arts Center. Inside the impressive new facility, commandingly perched on Ward Circle in Northwest, is an exhibition of political art, or "Visual Politics: The Art of Engagement," as it is called by the curators. This is art as provocation, political commentary, utopian imagination, protest and, sometimes, pure unmitigated rage. It deals with gender, race, war and imperialism." Read here.
On the NEA's 40th, the Art of Politics
"An interesting convergence will occur Wednesday, when the National Endowment for the Arts begins a three-day celebration of its 40th anniversary at American University's Katzen Arts Center. Inside the impressive new facility, commandingly perched on Ward Circle in Northwest, is an exhibition of political art, or "Visual Politics: The Art of Engagement," as it is called by the curators. This is art as provocation, political commentary, utopian imagination, protest and, sometimes, pure unmitigated rage. It deals with gender, race, war and imperialism." Read here.
Sunday, May 14, 2006
ART TALK
I went to a great artist talk Saturday morning at Hemphill Fine Arts. W.C. Richardson moderated a talk by exhibiting artists Steven Cushner and Jeff Spaulding (showing at G Fine Arts). It was an inspired morning listening to two seasoned professional artist educators in Washington, DC discuss their work. Topics included processes, meaning making, taking risks, relation to society, predetermined theme or not. The discussion was a human and poignant look at how the work of two prominent abstract artists flows.
Take a look at their exhibitions at
STEVEN CUSHNER
JEFF SPAULDING
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May 5 - June 17, 2006
HEMPHILL
CURRENT SHOW
STEVEN CUSHNER
"Steven Cushner describes painting as a three-way dance between the objective (what is in front of the artist), the subjective (what she or he feels and experiences), and the material (which always has its own agenda, and embodies a resistance). CushnerÂ’s sources are all around him. And yet he is creating something that is not yet visible."
JOHN WATSON
"John Watson was born in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1975 and resides in Saint Louis, Missouri. He received his BFA from Webster University, St. Louis in 1997 and his MFA from The University of Maryland, College Park in 2001. His work has been exhibited nationally and has been shown recently in Washington, Bethesda, Baltimore, Seattle, and Los Angeles. John is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Sculpture in the Leigh Gerdine College of Fine Arts at Webster University and maintains studios in Washington and Saint Louis. He is an avid bicycler."
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G FINE ART
CURRENT SHOW:
"MINE" by JEFF SPAULDING
"These days the artist roams the inner city and explores flood plains whose underbrush serves as an urban filter trap. There he searches for discarded objects, recognizable artifacts that contain a social identity while triggering potent psychological associations."
"CONGREGATION" by LEDELLE MOE
In contrast to her “colossal concrete human heads, whose cheeks rest peacefully on the floor, as if asleep,” this installation includes repetitions of small heads in patterns covering almost half of the gallery walls.
Moe received her art training and diplomas from Technikon Natal in Durban, South Africa. She later moved to the United States and received an MFA degree in sculpture from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. An emerging international artist, Moe has had exhibitions in Durban, Pretoria, Stockholm, New York, Washington, and Baltimore. Moe teaches sculpture at the Maryland Institute College of Art and currently works out of her studio in Washington, D.C.
May 6 - June 17, 2006
1515 14th St NW Suite 200
Washington, DC 20005
202-462-1601
Hours: Tue - Sat 11 AM - 6 PM
Take a look at their exhibitions at
STEVEN CUSHNER
JEFF SPAULDING
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May 5 - June 17, 2006
HEMPHILL
CURRENT SHOW
STEVEN CUSHNER
"Steven Cushner describes painting as a three-way dance between the objective (what is in front of the artist), the subjective (what she or he feels and experiences), and the material (which always has its own agenda, and embodies a resistance). CushnerÂ’s sources are all around him. And yet he is creating something that is not yet visible."
JOHN WATSON
"John Watson was born in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1975 and resides in Saint Louis, Missouri. He received his BFA from Webster University, St. Louis in 1997 and his MFA from The University of Maryland, College Park in 2001. His work has been exhibited nationally and has been shown recently in Washington, Bethesda, Baltimore, Seattle, and Los Angeles. John is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Sculpture in the Leigh Gerdine College of Fine Arts at Webster University and maintains studios in Washington and Saint Louis. He is an avid bicycler."
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G FINE ART
CURRENT SHOW:
"MINE" by JEFF SPAULDING
"These days the artist roams the inner city and explores flood plains whose underbrush serves as an urban filter trap. There he searches for discarded objects, recognizable artifacts that contain a social identity while triggering potent psychological associations."
"CONGREGATION" by LEDELLE MOE
In contrast to her “colossal concrete human heads, whose cheeks rest peacefully on the floor, as if asleep,” this installation includes repetitions of small heads in patterns covering almost half of the gallery walls.
Moe received her art training and diplomas from Technikon Natal in Durban, South Africa. She later moved to the United States and received an MFA degree in sculpture from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. An emerging international artist, Moe has had exhibitions in Durban, Pretoria, Stockholm, New York, Washington, and Baltimore. Moe teaches sculpture at the Maryland Institute College of Art and currently works out of her studio in Washington, D.C.
May 6 - June 17, 2006
1515 14th St NW Suite 200
Washington, DC 20005
202-462-1601
Hours: Tue - Sat 11 AM - 6 PM
Saturday, May 13, 2006
Taking Turns:Artists & Curators Engage Museums
National Academies\' Keck Center, 500 Fifth St NW, Washington, DC
May 18, 2006 6-8 p.m.
Join George Ciscle, curator-in-residence, Maryland Institute College of Art, and Sarah Tanguy, Art in Embassies curator, for a lecture on the ways in which artists and curators utilize and are inspired by museum collections.
PHOTO ID REQUIRED.
No charge, no tickets required
RSVP recommended: arts@nas.edu or (202) 334-2436
May 18, 2006 6-8 p.m.
Join George Ciscle, curator-in-residence, Maryland Institute College of Art, and Sarah Tanguy, Art in Embassies curator, for a lecture on the ways in which artists and curators utilize and are inspired by museum collections.
PHOTO ID REQUIRED.
No charge, no tickets required
RSVP recommended: arts@nas.edu or (202) 334-2436
Friday, May 12, 2006
Weekend Now
The Washington Post Weekend Section
Join the Weekend staff online this Friday, May 12, at 11 a.m. ET to take your questions and comments
The staff of Weekend, The Washington Post's weekly entertainment guide, covers what's happening in the Washington area. They answer questions on everything from performances and new DVDs to weekend getaways and kids' activities, all kinds of fun things to do. They are happy to talk to you about it.
Art
Join the Weekend staff online this Friday, May 12, at 11 a.m. ET to take your questions and comments
The staff of Weekend, The Washington Post's weekly entertainment guide, covers what's happening in the Washington area. They answer questions on everything from performances and new DVDs to weekend getaways and kids' activities, all kinds of fun things to do. They are happy to talk to you about it.
Art
Thursday, May 11, 2006
"Framed"
J.T. Kirkland solo art exhibition
May 11 – June 16, 2006
Opening Reception: Saturday May 13, 2006, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Greater Reston Arts Center (GRACE)
12001 Market St., Suite 103
Reston, VA 20190
Tel: 703-471-9242
For directions, http://www.restonarts.org/about/directions.htm
Viewing: Exhibition is free and open to the public during business hours
Tuesday – Saturday 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
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"Thinking About Art: The One Word Project." The book documents the responses obtained during an online project held at the Web site, Thinking About Art (http://thinkingaboutart.blogs.com ).
Each participating artist received a single word to which the artist responded with 100-500 words that pertained to the word and their art. In total, 42 artists from across North America participated in the effort and 39 are published in this book. Each artist is represented by their writing and a full color image of their artwork.
To see the last online entry for the project (and links to all of the other entries), visit this link: http://thinkingaboutart.blogs.com/art/2005/04/colleen_baran_p.html
The book is 87 pages long and costs $19.99. It can be purchased directly from the printer by visiting this secure site: More blogs about http://www.lulu.com/content/237106
May 11 – June 16, 2006
Opening Reception: Saturday May 13, 2006, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Greater Reston Arts Center (GRACE)
12001 Market St., Suite 103
Reston, VA 20190
Tel: 703-471-9242
For directions, http://www.restonarts.org/about/directions.htm
Viewing: Exhibition is free and open to the public during business hours
Tuesday – Saturday 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
______________________________________________________________________________
"Thinking About Art: The One Word Project." The book documents the responses obtained during an online project held at the Web site, Thinking About Art (http://thinkingaboutart.blogs.com ).
Each participating artist received a single word to which the artist responded with 100-500 words that pertained to the word and their art. In total, 42 artists from across North America participated in the effort and 39 are published in this book. Each artist is represented by their writing and a full color image of their artwork.
To see the last online entry for the project (and links to all of the other entries), visit this link: http://thinkingaboutart.blogs.com/art/2005/04/colleen_baran_p.html
The book is 87 pages long and costs $19.99. It can be purchased directly from the printer by visiting this secure site: More blogs about http://www.lulu.com/content/237106
A Good Day
Happy Anniversary! I'll let you guess which amazing year this is!
Life is fragrant like a blissful poem. The roses keep on with their singing and I keep on listening.
We're going to celebrate with a big bowl of pasta by Chef Steve at the Top o' the Town tonight.
UPCOMING EVENTS........
There's much to celebrate in life besides our Anniversary.
*The show "ELLIPSIS" is up at ZENITH GALLERY with much interest from collectors. Plan to come by and see my art exhibition of eighteen months work of abstract paintings. I have loved working on this theme of celestial space inspired by images from the Hubble telescope. Our earth is a floating jewel like a sarpej, an ornament in God's turban. Looking at these space images reminds me of the priviledge of being alive. The Zenith Gallery is a short walk from the Gallery Place Metro.
*Pass Gallery is holding a 10 Year Anniversary Show,"PassTense" which features one of my paintings called "Illuminata." It's a favorite of mine, smaller and more intimate. "PASSTENSE" is a large group show of Washington artists. Gallery owner and MCA artist, Richard Siegman, will be open next weekend during the MCA Open Studios Artwalk, so stop by and visit the exhibition during your weeknd tour of artists studios.
*MID CITY ARTISTS is holding Open Studios on May 20 and 21 from 12-5pm and I will be participating on both days. (More on that).
*ZENITH GALLERY will hold a group show called "Our Town" in June with five artists exhibiting including myself. They will show several of my DC cityscapes.
*And the ARTS COMMISSION and I are planning a dedication ceremony for my Takoma Community Center mural which was installed on March 30. I'll invite you to come and be part of the community celebration when we nail down a date. It's been an exciting season in the artworld. And if you haven't heard from me in while, it's 'cause I've been in the incubator of creativity and action, not a slow burn. I miss you too, so I'll call you for lunch.
Marian Koshland Science Museum
Envisioning Science
Thursday, May 11, 6:00 – 8:00pm
Discussion and Reception with Felice Frankel
MIT research scientist and photographer Felice Frankel discusses her new installation, Sidewalk Science. Frankel will touch on photographing scientific phenomena and the vital role the images play in communicating science to the research community and the public.
Marian Koshland Science Museum
6th and E Streets, NW
202.334.1630
www.koshland-science.org
Thursday, May 11, 6:00 – 8:00pm
Discussion and Reception with Felice Frankel
MIT research scientist and photographer Felice Frankel discusses her new installation, Sidewalk Science. Frankel will touch on photographing scientific phenomena and the vital role the images play in communicating science to the research community and the public.
Marian Koshland Science Museum
6th and E Streets, NW
202.334.1630
www.koshland-science.org
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
DC SIGHTSEEING
Ever wonder what to do with family when they travel a good distance to see you. Weekend Now gave me some new insights into what to see plus main DC attractions from "Rough Guide to Washington, DC".
The Bishop's garden at the Washington National Cathedral was a visual and olfactory delight on Sunday. The cornerstone of the Cathedral was laid in 1907, and the final finial was set in place in 1990. Washington National Cathedral is the sixth largest cathedral in the world and the second largest in the United States. The stained glass “Scientists and Technicians Window” commemorates America’s exploration of space and man’s first steps on the moon. In the upper center of the window is a 7.18-gram basalt lunar rock from the Sea of Tranquility.
The artist, Rodney Winfield of St. Louis, created the design to symbolize the macrocosm and microcosm of space. Radiations of light emminate from numerous solar spheres. Shining through deep colors are white dots symbolizing stars. The thin white trajectory encircling a sphere depicts a manned space ship. Winfield wanted to show the minuteness of humanity in God’s universe. Inspiration for the window’s design and color palette came from photographs taken during the Apollo 11 mission.
It's a truly spectacular stained glass window in the darker interior of the Cathedral with rays from the bright afternoon sunshine creating a dazzling display of color light.
The Bishop's garden at the Washington National Cathedral was a visual and olfactory delight on Sunday. The cornerstone of the Cathedral was laid in 1907, and the final finial was set in place in 1990. Washington National Cathedral is the sixth largest cathedral in the world and the second largest in the United States. The stained glass “Scientists and Technicians Window” commemorates America’s exploration of space and man’s first steps on the moon. In the upper center of the window is a 7.18-gram basalt lunar rock from the Sea of Tranquility.The artist, Rodney Winfield of St. Louis, created the design to symbolize the macrocosm and microcosm of space. Radiations of light emminate from numerous solar spheres. Shining through deep colors are white dots symbolizing stars. The thin white trajectory encircling a sphere depicts a manned space ship. Winfield wanted to show the minuteness of humanity in God’s universe. Inspiration for the window’s design and color palette came from photographs taken during the Apollo 11 mission.
It's a truly spectacular stained glass window in the darker interior of the Cathedral with rays from the bright afternoon sunshine creating a dazzling display of color light.
Monday, May 08, 2006
Weekend Now
"Weekend Now" debuted Friday, May 5, at 11 a.m. ET.
washingtonpost.com will be doing this live chat every Friday with the staff of Weekend, The Washington Post's weekly entertainment guide at 11:00AM, and they hope you'll make it a habit.
Weekend Now
washingtonpost.com will be doing this live chat every Friday with the staff of Weekend, The Washington Post's weekly entertainment guide at 11:00AM, and they hope you'll make it a habit.
Weekend Now
"Ellipsis" Opening at Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC
Anne Marchand & Alan Binstock
“Ellipsis”
May 5 – June 4, 2006
Opening Events: Friday, May 5, 6-9pm and Sunday, May 7, 2-5pm
What a glorious springtime delight of great weather and great turnout for the Friday night Zenith Gallery Ellipsis Exhibition! Fellow blogger and art consultant, Sharon Burton at authentic art dc paid a surprise visit to this artist's opening as well as lots of friends and fellow artists; Betsy Packard & Jim Mahoney, Angela White, Mary Ott, Carlotta Hester, Freya Grand, David and Marcie Wolff Hubbard, and Chuck Baxter were spotted in the crowd plus many collectors. It was a good celebration of light, contrast, universal energy, transparency, color and sales! Here are some pictures from the opening compliments of S.C. Foster.
Curator, Anne Surak and Artist, Anne MarchandThank you.... Margery Goldberg and Anne Surak and the staff at Zenith Gallery for a great opening event. Now for Sunday's opening reception. · · · · See you there!
Reception, Sunday, May 7, 2:00-5:00PM
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Zenith Gallery is proud to host concurrent solo exhibitions for longtime resident artist, Anne Marchand, and newcomer, Alan Binstock. Both are fixtures of the Washington DC and Maryland art communities. Anne, a Washington artist and New Orleans native, has been an important contributor to the Washington community for many years. Her murals and public art projects can be seen throughout the city.
Anne Marchand sees space through movement. In this latest body of abstract, mixed media paintings, her compositions explore the connectedness of energy in the universe. Drawing inspiration from images of the Hubble telescope, her paintings contain the vastness of galaxies that morph into more recognizable and intimate earthly landscapes.
Mt. Rainier, Maryland artist, Alan Binstock is a sculptor, yoga devotee and NASA architect. His current body of work incorporates stone, glass and steel and is self-reflective. The sculptures balance, support and cantilever their way towards a visual resolution.
Contact: Jodi Walsh, Marketing Director
jodi@zenithgallery.com
413 7th Street NW • Washington DC 20004 • 202-783-2963 • art@zenithgallery.com • www.zenithgallery.com
Gallery Hours: Tues – Fri, 11am-6pm Sat, 11am-7pm Sun, 12-5pm
Washington DC 20004
Saturday, May 06, 2006
MOTHER
Anne C. Fisher Gallery
1054 31st St NW WDC 20007 Tel. 202.625.7555 __________________________________________________________________
OPENING 12 MAY AT
THE ANNE C. FISHER GALLERY, GEORGETOWN
Washington, DC 3 May 2006. “MOTHER is a multifaceted, multimedia exploration of motherhood,” states Anne C. Fisher. The exhibition opens on Mother’s Day weekend (12 May and continues through 9 June). MOTHER opens with a reception on Friday, 12 May, 6-8pm. Other receptions are Friday, 19 May, 6-8pm and Friday, 2 June, 6-8pm.
MOTHER features new work by 10 area artists who are affiliated with the Anne C. Fisher Gallery- Joan Belmar, Beth Cartland, Tory Cowles, Ellen Hill, Patricia Secco, Laura Seldman, Sandra Sugar, Camille Mosely-Pasley, Claudia Vess and Marcie Wolf-Hubbard. A wide range of media is used and combined in MOTHER, including painting, collage, other mixed media works, printmaking and photography.
MOTHER reflects a variety of perspectives on motherhood, from Secco’s mandala, the archetypal mother and Vess’ ancient symbolic mother vessels to Belmar’s abstract collaged series of mothers and Cartland’s, Cowles’ and Sugar’s expressionistic mothers. From Hill’s aviary mother and Wolf-Hubbard’s collaged paintings incorporating family photos and text to Mosely-Pasley’s mother and infant portraiture from her upcoming book and Seldman’s intimate photographs, including one of her own mother’s aged and bejeweled hand.
The Anne C. Fisher Gallery is located in Canal Square in Georgetown, 1054 31st St., NW, Mezzanine. Gallery hours are Tuesdays, 12N-3pm, Fridays & Saturdays 12N-6pm and by appointment. For more information about MOTHER or the Anne C. Fisher Gallery, call 202.625.7555 or www.annecfishergallery.com
1054 31st St NW WDC 20007 Tel. 202.625.7555 __________________________________________________________________
OPENING 12 MAY AT
THE ANNE C. FISHER GALLERY, GEORGETOWN
Washington, DC 3 May 2006. “MOTHER is a multifaceted, multimedia exploration of motherhood,” states Anne C. Fisher. The exhibition opens on Mother’s Day weekend (12 May and continues through 9 June). MOTHER opens with a reception on Friday, 12 May, 6-8pm. Other receptions are Friday, 19 May, 6-8pm and Friday, 2 June, 6-8pm.
MOTHER features new work by 10 area artists who are affiliated with the Anne C. Fisher Gallery- Joan Belmar, Beth Cartland, Tory Cowles, Ellen Hill, Patricia Secco, Laura Seldman, Sandra Sugar, Camille Mosely-Pasley, Claudia Vess and Marcie Wolf-Hubbard. A wide range of media is used and combined in MOTHER, including painting, collage, other mixed media works, printmaking and photography.
MOTHER reflects a variety of perspectives on motherhood, from Secco’s mandala, the archetypal mother and Vess’ ancient symbolic mother vessels to Belmar’s abstract collaged series of mothers and Cartland’s, Cowles’ and Sugar’s expressionistic mothers. From Hill’s aviary mother and Wolf-Hubbard’s collaged paintings incorporating family photos and text to Mosely-Pasley’s mother and infant portraiture from her upcoming book and Seldman’s intimate photographs, including one of her own mother’s aged and bejeweled hand.
The Anne C. Fisher Gallery is located in Canal Square in Georgetown, 1054 31st St., NW, Mezzanine. Gallery hours are Tuesdays, 12N-3pm, Fridays & Saturdays 12N-6pm and by appointment. For more information about MOTHER or the Anne C. Fisher Gallery, call 202.625.7555 or www.annecfishergallery.com
Friday, May 05, 2006
Some of Tonight's gallery openings
Including mine.....so let's make a night of it.
Foundry Gallery in Dupont Circle opening tonight for Patsy Fleming "Confessions" from 6:00 to 8:00PM
Hemphill Fine Arts opening for Steven Cushner • John Watson tonight, Friday, from 6:30 to 8:30 PM.
Irvine Contemporary Gallery opening at 1412 14th Street with Susan Jamison's and Robert Mellor's solo exhibitions open from 11:00AM - 8:00PM today and tomorrow.
Pass Gallery in Dupont Circle opening for "PassTense, Ten Years of Washington Art" • Painting, Sculpture, and Photography show opening Friday, May 5 • 7:00 to 10:00 pm.
Zenith Gallery in Penn Quarter opening with two concurrent solo exhibitions: the new • Anne Marchand painting show • Alan Binstock, sculpture show tonight, Friday, from 6:00- to 9:00 PM and Sunday from 2:00 -5:00 PM
See you there!
Foundry Gallery in Dupont Circle opening tonight for Patsy Fleming "Confessions" from 6:00 to 8:00PM
Hemphill Fine Arts opening for Steven Cushner • John Watson tonight, Friday, from 6:30 to 8:30 PM.
Irvine Contemporary Gallery opening at 1412 14th Street with Susan Jamison's and Robert Mellor's solo exhibitions open from 11:00AM - 8:00PM today and tomorrow.
Pass Gallery in Dupont Circle opening for "PassTense, Ten Years of Washington Art" • Painting, Sculpture, and Photography show opening Friday, May 5 • 7:00 to 10:00 pm.
Zenith Gallery in Penn Quarter opening with two concurrent solo exhibitions: the new • Anne Marchand painting show • Alan Binstock, sculpture show tonight, Friday, from 6:00- to 9:00 PM and Sunday from 2:00 -5:00 PM
See you there!
“ELLIPSIS”
Anne Marchand and Alan Binstock
May 5 – June 4, 2006
Opening Events: Friday, May 5, 6-9pm and Sunday, May 7, 2-5pm
I helped install the show on Wednesday. It's always amazing to take the work out of the studio and see it in a new light. The gallery is tweaking lighting and we are all getting ready to celebrate my newest body of work on Friday and Sunday. I have family coming in for the event. I hope you can share the joy to have this energetic work up on the gallery walls. Between this show and the mural installation for the Takoma Community Center, my art life has been full this winter and spring. If you can't make the opening, I'll be in town during the month of May. We can arrange a meeting through the Zenith gallery. Alan Binstock's glass sculpture is stunningly beautiful and our themes resonate. Be sure to visit soon. Here's the gallery press release for the exhibition.
Anne Marchand, "Sarpej," mixed media, 68" x 58"
Zenith Gallery is proud to host concurrent solo exhibitions for longtime resident artist, Anne Marchand, and newcomer, Alan Binstock. Both are fixtures of the Washington DC and Maryland art communities. Anne, a Washington artist and New Orleans native, has been an important contributor to the Washington community for many years. Her murals and public art projects can be seen throughout the city.
Anne Marchand sees space through movement. In this latest body of abstract, mixed media paintings, her compositions explore the connectedness of energy in the universe. Drawing inspiration from images of the Hubble telescope, her paintings contain the vastness of galaxies that morph into more recognizable and intimate earthly landscapes.
Mt. Rainier, Maryland artist, Alan Binstock is a sculptor, yoga devotee and NASA architect. His current body of work incorporates stone, glass and steel and is self-reflective. The sculptures balance, support and cantilever their way towards a visual resolution. Nancy Ungar of Sculpture Magazine writes, “he uses his art to give shape to the spiritual and intellectual searching that has informed his life. His elegant, minimal forms are honed to a poetic accuracy that illuminates complex statements through form, contrasting materials and, especially, color.”
Contact: Jodi Walsh, Marketing Director
jodi@zenithgallery.com
413 7th Street NW • Washington DC 20004 • 202-783-2963 • art@zenithgallery.com • www.zenithgallery.com Gallery Hours: Tues – Fri, 11am-6pm Sat, 11am-7pm Sun, 12-5pm
Washington DC 20004 · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
May 5 – June 4, 2006
Opening Events: Friday, May 5, 6-9pm and Sunday, May 7, 2-5pm
I helped install the show on Wednesday. It's always amazing to take the work out of the studio and see it in a new light. The gallery is tweaking lighting and we are all getting ready to celebrate my newest body of work on Friday and Sunday. I have family coming in for the event. I hope you can share the joy to have this energetic work up on the gallery walls. Between this show and the mural installation for the Takoma Community Center, my art life has been full this winter and spring. If you can't make the opening, I'll be in town during the month of May. We can arrange a meeting through the Zenith gallery. Alan Binstock's glass sculpture is stunningly beautiful and our themes resonate. Be sure to visit soon. Here's the gallery press release for the exhibition.
Anne Marchand, "Sarpej," mixed media, 68" x 58"Zenith Gallery is proud to host concurrent solo exhibitions for longtime resident artist, Anne Marchand, and newcomer, Alan Binstock. Both are fixtures of the Washington DC and Maryland art communities. Anne, a Washington artist and New Orleans native, has been an important contributor to the Washington community for many years. Her murals and public art projects can be seen throughout the city.
Anne Marchand sees space through movement. In this latest body of abstract, mixed media paintings, her compositions explore the connectedness of energy in the universe. Drawing inspiration from images of the Hubble telescope, her paintings contain the vastness of galaxies that morph into more recognizable and intimate earthly landscapes.
Mt. Rainier, Maryland artist, Alan Binstock is a sculptor, yoga devotee and NASA architect. His current body of work incorporates stone, glass and steel and is self-reflective. The sculptures balance, support and cantilever their way towards a visual resolution. Nancy Ungar of Sculpture Magazine writes, “he uses his art to give shape to the spiritual and intellectual searching that has informed his life. His elegant, minimal forms are honed to a poetic accuracy that illuminates complex statements through form, contrasting materials and, especially, color.”
Contact: Jodi Walsh, Marketing Director
jodi@zenithgallery.com
413 7th Street NW • Washington DC 20004 • 202-783-2963 • art@zenithgallery.com • www.zenithgallery.com Gallery Hours: Tues – Fri, 11am-6pm Sat, 11am-7pm Sun, 12-5pm
Washington DC 20004 · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Thursday, May 04, 2006
PASSTENSE
•••••••••TEN YEARS OF WASINGTON ART •••••••••
OPENING RECEPTION : FRIDAY MAY 5 • 7-10 pm. Gallery open : Tuesdays and Saturdays 1- 5 pm. This show continues thru May 30, 2006
Painting, Sculpture, and Photography by
Michael Gessner • Rogelio Maxwell • Clark • Chris Sky Shaw • Richard Siegman • Gail Gorlitzz • Mary Anne Pollock • Stuart Greenwell • Joanne Kent • Tom Moriarty • Dan Shay • Willem de Looper • Wilfred Brunner • Perraoult Daniels • Maggie Standley • Beti Ellerson • Christophe Poulenc • Donald Depuydt • Anne Marchand • Joe McKenna • June Shadoan • Sandy Sugar • Ruth Robertson • Rebecca Crumlish • Dan Kiernan • Kevin MacDonald • Scott Patti • Nancy Bowman • Stuart D. Gosswein • Karen Schmitz • Mark Planisek • Guy Waynes • Freya Grand • Joseph Lammirato • Albert Schweitzer • Rocky Wang • Felicity Hogan • Stephanie Young • Jamie Wimberly • Jim Dadey • Jake Watling • Todd Gardner • Christopher Goodwin • Lamontez Jackson • Margaret Veerhoff • Gail Vollrath • terry a. debardelaben • Bill Miller • Minna Newman Nathanson • Bailey Ann Rosen • Richard Blackmore • Joel D'Orazio • James Doglass Haley •Channing Houston • Willy Fish Yowaiski • Brian Judy • Tiffany Mielcarek • Tory Cowles • Nilay Larson • Ken Ashton • Matt Batista • Carl Dahlke • Kate MacDonnell • Peter Penczer • Kathleen Shafer
PASS GALLERY is located at the rear of 1617 S Street NW. Enter alley off 17th Street between Swann and S Streets NW
Contact Richard Siegman (202) 745.0796
PASS GALLERY • WASHINGTON DC • 2006
58 Women of Accomplishment Portray Hidden Dreams and Real Hopes
Extraordinary Women: Fantasies Revealed
Tuesday, May 9, 2006, 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Purchase price includes a copy of the book, an invitation to the book signing and reception:
May 9, 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Come explore the hidden dreams and real hopes of 58 exceptional women featured in the recently published book Extraordinary Women by local authors Ilene Leventhal and Francine Levinson. Meet some of these amazing women including the Founder of NMWA Wilhelmina Cole Holladay, jewelry designer Ann Hand, NBC4 TV morning anchor Barbara Harrison, author Kitty Kelley, artist Phyllis Greenberger, restaurateur Nora Pouillon, lifestyle editor of Washingtonian magazine Leslie Milk, and many more. Celebrate their achievements and accomplishments at this reception and book signing. Tickets should be purchased in advance by calling 877-226-5294, e-mailing museumbymail@nmwa.org or online. Ticket prices: $50/general admission; $45/NMWA members. Tickets include a copy of the book and admission to the reception. Proceeds from this event go to support educational programming and exhibitions.
National Museum of Women in the Arts
1250 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005-3970
202-783-5000, 1-800-222-7270
The National Museum of Women in the Arts is conveniently located in the heart of Washington, D.C., at the corner of New York Avenue and 13th Street, NW. Many other museums, the Convention Center, and the White House are within easy walking distance.
Tuesday, May 9, 2006, 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Purchase price includes a copy of the book, an invitation to the book signing and reception:
May 9, 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Come explore the hidden dreams and real hopes of 58 exceptional women featured in the recently published book Extraordinary Women by local authors Ilene Leventhal and Francine Levinson. Meet some of these amazing women including the Founder of NMWA Wilhelmina Cole Holladay, jewelry designer Ann Hand, NBC4 TV morning anchor Barbara Harrison, author Kitty Kelley, artist Phyllis Greenberger, restaurateur Nora Pouillon, lifestyle editor of Washingtonian magazine Leslie Milk, and many more. Celebrate their achievements and accomplishments at this reception and book signing. Tickets should be purchased in advance by calling 877-226-5294, e-mailing museumbymail@nmwa.org or online. Ticket prices: $50/general admission; $45/NMWA members. Tickets include a copy of the book and admission to the reception. Proceeds from this event go to support educational programming and exhibitions.
National Museum of Women in the Arts
1250 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005-3970
202-783-5000, 1-800-222-7270
The National Museum of Women in the Arts is conveniently located in the heart of Washington, D.C., at the corner of New York Avenue and 13th Street, NW. Many other museums, the Convention Center, and the White House are within easy walking distance.
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
MIGUEL COVARRUBIAS
GENIUS OF MEXICO IN THE UNITED STATES
May 3rd - July 7, 2006
Monday to Friday 9:30 am to 6:30 pm
http://www.instituteofmexicodc.org/
“MAY: MEXICAN CULTURE MONTH”
a unique program of special events throughout the month to celebrate
MUSIC CONCERT
Thursday, May 4th 7:30 pm
Cultural Institute of Mexico
2829 16th Street, NW,
R.S.V.P. (202) 728 1675
instituteofmexicodc@sre.gob.mx
Free Admission – CASH BAR
Saturday, May 6TH 6:00 pm
National Museum of The American Indian
INDIAN SUMER SHOWCASE Na’rImbo.
Welcome Plaza
Rain Location: Potomac Atrium
Music Concert by:
Na'rimbo
THE VERY BEST OF MEXICAN MARIMBA
• Na'rimbo combines the distinctive sound of the marimba (an instrument with roots in the Chiapas region) with Latin rhythms and jazz
May 3rd - July 7, 2006
Monday to Friday 9:30 am to 6:30 pm
http://www.instituteofmexicodc.org/
“MAY: MEXICAN CULTURE MONTH”
a unique program of special events throughout the month to celebrate
MUSIC CONCERT
Thursday, May 4th 7:30 pm
Cultural Institute of Mexico
2829 16th Street, NW,
R.S.V.P. (202) 728 1675
instituteofmexicodc@sre.gob.mx
Free Admission – CASH BAR
Saturday, May 6TH 6:00 pm
National Museum of The American Indian
INDIAN SUMER SHOWCASE Na’rImbo.
Welcome Plaza
Rain Location: Potomac Atrium
Music Concert by:
Na'rimbo
THE VERY BEST OF MEXICAN MARIMBA
• Na'rimbo combines the distinctive sound of the marimba (an instrument with roots in the Chiapas region) with Latin rhythms and jazz
Monday, May 01, 2006
Art and the City: Artist Profile Anne Marchand
Artist and writer, Jim Magner recently visited my studio after a cup of tea and an inspired conversation on meaning making in art. I shared thoughts on my new body of abstract work for the Ellipsis Exhibition which is opening this Friday at the Zenith Gallery in Washington, DC. Jim spotlighted my work in an article in the May issue of the Hill Rag.
"Anne Marchand dives into the dark emptiness of possibility for the fright of absolute freedom—a leap from her structural cityscapes to her new abstract series" Read Article Here
Anne Marchand "Raga Turning" Mixed Media on Canvas 48"x48"
Anne Marchand, paintings & Alan Binstock, sculpture
"Ellipsis"
May 5 - June 4, 2005
Opening Receptions: Friday, May 5, 6-9pm & Sunday, May 7, 2-5pm
Zenith Gallery
413 7th Street NW
Washington, DC
202.783.2963
art@zenithgallery.com
www.zenithgallery.com
"Anne Marchand dives into the dark emptiness of possibility for the fright of absolute freedom—a leap from her structural cityscapes to her new abstract series" Read Article Here
Anne Marchand "Raga Turning" Mixed Media on Canvas 48"x48"Anne Marchand, paintings & Alan Binstock, sculpture
"Ellipsis"
May 5 - June 4, 2005
Opening Receptions: Friday, May 5, 6-9pm & Sunday, May 7, 2-5pm
Zenith Gallery
413 7th Street NW
Washington, DC
202.783.2963
art@zenithgallery.com
www.zenithgallery.com
MAY 2006 HILL RAG
Anybody recognize this painting of Washington, DC? The original, one of my cityscape paintings, is in a local collection. The newspaper's cover image was selected from poster images on my website. www.annemarchand.com. Thanks, nice cover!
Hill Rag is available today, free of charge, at Metros, street corners and fine establishments across the city.
phone: 202.543.8300
Capital Community News, Inc.
224 7th Street, SE
Washington DC 20003
Community Design Workshop
Hines|Archstone-Smith &
DC Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning & Economic Development
Community Design Workshop
Old Convention Center Site
Master Plan for a New Downtown Neighborhood
Thursday May 4th, 6:00 – 9:00pm
At the City Museum of Washington, DC
801 K Street, NW at Mount Vernon Square
The Deputy Mayor’s Office and the development team will update attendees on the continuing evolution of the project’s Master Plan.
Information
www.oldconventioncenter.com
hines-smith@hines.com
202.347.6337, ext. 269
DC Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning & Economic Development
Community Design Workshop
Old Convention Center Site
Master Plan for a New Downtown Neighborhood
Thursday May 4th, 6:00 – 9:00pm
At the City Museum of Washington, DC
801 K Street, NW at Mount Vernon Square
The Deputy Mayor’s Office and the development team will update attendees on the continuing evolution of the project’s Master Plan.
Information
www.oldconventioncenter.com
hines-smith@hines.com
202.347.6337, ext. 269
Sunday, April 30, 2006
THE SCROLLS:
a traveling international arts project that asks the question, "Why?"
When:
Friday, May 12 – Sunday, July 14, 2006
Opening reception: Saturday, May 13, 2006 6-9 p.m.
Where:
Museum of Modern ARF
1116 N. Hudson St.
Arlington, VA 22201
703-528-4800
www.Modernarf.smugmug.com
Aaron@Modernarf.com
Contacts:
Local(DC): John Aaron, Director
Scrolls-Global: (SC)
Mary Walker, Founder
mwalker4588@earthlink.net
Who: 77 contributing artists from 4 continents
Why:
The Scrolls,” is an international discourse and “rolling” conversation amongst artists regarding the war in Iraq, including works by 8 Iraqi artists currently living in Bagdad. The exhibition also contains a scroll created by artists from Washington, DC and Arlington, VA. The exhibition asks the question “Why?” the War…Mary Walker of South Carolina sent a piece called “Why” to a number of her colleagues and asked them to add to it in the manner of a scroll. Seven scrolls were created; They opened at the City Gallery at Waterfront Park, sponsored by the City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs in 2005.
Cleveland-based artists Barbara Chira and Julie Friedman, organized the presentation of the Scrolls at Gallery West, Cuyahoga Community College/Western Campus, Parma, Ohio in early 2006.
The Scrolls make their debut in the Washington area at the Museum of Modern Arf in Arlington, VA.
May 12-July 14, 2006
The public reception is Saturday, May 13 from 6-9 pm and coincides with the return of the American Friends Service Committee’s “Eyes Wide Open” Memorial of Boots that commemorates the US Fallen. It returns to DC for the third time. “Eyes Wide Open” will be on the National Mall on 14th Street from May 11-14. This year, a new Memorial to the Iraqi children, women and men killed in the war will be unveiled as well.
Mary Walker, founder, curator and visionary of the Scrolls, will be in attendance at the May 13th reception, at Modern ARF
in addition to a number of the artists who contributed to the Scrolls.
The Museum of Modern Arf is the closest gallery
to a Metro stop in the Washington, DC area, across the street from the Clarendon Metro Elevator (Orange Line)
When:
Friday, May 12 – Sunday, July 14, 2006
Opening reception: Saturday, May 13, 2006 6-9 p.m.
Where:
Museum of Modern ARF
1116 N. Hudson St.
Arlington, VA 22201
703-528-4800
www.Modernarf.smugmug.com
Aaron@Modernarf.com
Contacts:
Local(DC): John Aaron, Director
Scrolls-Global: (SC)
Mary Walker, Founder
mwalker4588@earthlink.net
Who: 77 contributing artists from 4 continents
Why:
The Scrolls,” is an international discourse and “rolling” conversation amongst artists regarding the war in Iraq, including works by 8 Iraqi artists currently living in Bagdad. The exhibition also contains a scroll created by artists from Washington, DC and Arlington, VA. The exhibition asks the question “Why?” the War…Mary Walker of South Carolina sent a piece called “Why” to a number of her colleagues and asked them to add to it in the manner of a scroll. Seven scrolls were created; They opened at the City Gallery at Waterfront Park, sponsored by the City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs in 2005.
Cleveland-based artists Barbara Chira and Julie Friedman, organized the presentation of the Scrolls at Gallery West, Cuyahoga Community College/Western Campus, Parma, Ohio in early 2006.
The Scrolls make their debut in the Washington area at the Museum of Modern Arf in Arlington, VA.
May 12-July 14, 2006
The public reception is Saturday, May 13 from 6-9 pm and coincides with the return of the American Friends Service Committee’s “Eyes Wide Open” Memorial of Boots that commemorates the US Fallen. It returns to DC for the third time. “Eyes Wide Open” will be on the National Mall on 14th Street from May 11-14. This year, a new Memorial to the Iraqi children, women and men killed in the war will be unveiled as well.
Mary Walker, founder, curator and visionary of the Scrolls, will be in attendance at the May 13th reception, at Modern ARF
in addition to a number of the artists who contributed to the Scrolls.
The Museum of Modern Arf is the closest gallery
to a Metro stop in the Washington, DC area, across the street from the Clarendon Metro Elevator (Orange Line)
Thursday, April 27, 2006
"Don't Bring No Bad News"
District of Columbia Arts Center presents
"Don't Bring No Bad News"- curated by Barbara Blanco
April 28 - May 21, 2006
opening reception Friday April 28th 7-9pm
Featuring the work of: Michael Platt, Harlee Little, Kasha Stewart + Kim Johnson
The exhibit focuess on positive imagery that reflects the African American experience. It captures our spirit, our hopes, our joy, our laughter, our faith and the inspiration we encounter everyday in our lives.
It is essential that we show the African American experience is the human experience, as our stories share a common history with our families, friends, and neighbors. These images will include everyday messages of love, hope and appreciation. The overall aim of this exhibit is to share visual stories whose good news should be told. - Barbara Blanco
District of Columbia Arts Center
2438 18th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
Tel: (202) 462-7833
Fax: (202) 328-7099
www.dcartscenter.org
"Don't Bring No Bad News"- curated by Barbara Blanco
April 28 - May 21, 2006
opening reception Friday April 28th 7-9pm
Featuring the work of: Michael Platt, Harlee Little, Kasha Stewart + Kim Johnson
The exhibit focuess on positive imagery that reflects the African American experience. It captures our spirit, our hopes, our joy, our laughter, our faith and the inspiration we encounter everyday in our lives.
It is essential that we show the African American experience is the human experience, as our stories share a common history with our families, friends, and neighbors. These images will include everyday messages of love, hope and appreciation. The overall aim of this exhibit is to share visual stories whose good news should be told. - Barbara Blanco
District of Columbia Arts Center
2438 18th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
Tel: (202) 462-7833
Fax: (202) 328-7099
www.dcartscenter.org
Co-Conspirators: Artist and Collector: Chelsea Museum, NY
"Co-Conspirators: Artist and Collector" is a collaboration in three ways:
1. Between the pair of collectors, James Cottrell and Joseph Lovett
2. Between the artists and the collectors
3. Between the aggregate and the viewer.
James Cottrell, an anesthesiologist interested in the human brain, and his partner, Joseph Lovett, interested in the lives of artists, were among the "top" 100 Collectors of 2001 named by Arts and Antiques magazine. They have assembled work throughout the career-spans of many of the artists they regard. Curator Sue Scott took the opportunity of their domicile renovation to assemble their trove, which then became a traveling show of paintings and works on paper that began at the Orlando Museum of Art, and is currently on view throughout two floors of the Chelsea Museum. Most of the pieces share several visual characteristics, and one definite, but more ephemeral aspect: methodology.
Read more NY ARTS
1. Between the pair of collectors, James Cottrell and Joseph Lovett
2. Between the artists and the collectors
3. Between the aggregate and the viewer.
James Cottrell, an anesthesiologist interested in the human brain, and his partner, Joseph Lovett, interested in the lives of artists, were among the "top" 100 Collectors of 2001 named by Arts and Antiques magazine. They have assembled work throughout the career-spans of many of the artists they regard. Curator Sue Scott took the opportunity of their domicile renovation to assemble their trove, which then became a traveling show of paintings and works on paper that began at the Orlando Museum of Art, and is currently on view throughout two floors of the Chelsea Museum. Most of the pieces share several visual characteristics, and one definite, but more ephemeral aspect: methodology.
Read more NY ARTS
GREATEST BLAKE DISCOVERY IN 100 YEARS
LOST WATERCOLORS TO BE SOLD BY SOTHEBY’S IN NEW YORK
From Art of the Day Weekly
MOST IMPORTANT OFFERING OF WORKS BY THE ARTIST EVER TO APPEAR AT AUCTION ESTIMATED TO BRING $12/17.5 MILLION ON MAY 2, 2006
Sotheby’s has been more discreet in advertising another auction this week, regarding the drawings by William Blake. This unique ensemble of 19 watercolours, done in 1805, and called Studies for Blair’s Tomb. Obviously Blair is not the politician we all know (who, they say, is disturbed by the homonymy) but rather Scottish writer Robert Blair whose most famous poem The Grave was written in 1743. Art historians and museums curators are mad because the famous ensemble that was miraculously discovered intact in 2001 in Glasgow, will be divided for the sale. Unless a “white knight” is capable of meeting the price for each of the 19 lots and offer them in one block to a museum. But he would need to pay over 15 million dollars…Press Release here
From Art of the Day Weekly
MOST IMPORTANT OFFERING OF WORKS BY THE ARTIST EVER TO APPEAR AT AUCTION ESTIMATED TO BRING $12/17.5 MILLION ON MAY 2, 2006
Sotheby’s has been more discreet in advertising another auction this week, regarding the drawings by William Blake. This unique ensemble of 19 watercolours, done in 1805, and called Studies for Blair’s Tomb. Obviously Blair is not the politician we all know (who, they say, is disturbed by the homonymy) but rather Scottish writer Robert Blair whose most famous poem The Grave was written in 1743. Art historians and museums curators are mad because the famous ensemble that was miraculously discovered intact in 2001 in Glasgow, will be divided for the sale. Unless a “white knight” is capable of meeting the price for each of the 19 lots and offer them in one block to a museum. But he would need to pay over 15 million dollars…Press Release here
Art Chicago 2006
For its 14th edition, Art Chicago, one of the largest American contemporary art fairs, will host 125 galleries. From 28 April to 1 May.
Art Chicago announces a change in venue from Butler Field to the historic Chicago Merchandise Mart, 8th Floor exhibition space. With the generous assistance of the Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc., Art Chicago has been given the opportunity to mount its International Exposition of 104 dealers in one of its massive exhibition halls!
Opening Night
Please join us Thursday April 27th from 6-10 pm for the opening night of Art Chicago 2006. The fair will be held at the Chicago Merchandise Mart on the 8th floor exhibition space.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Thomas Blackman Associates
2550 West Lexington Street
Chicago, IL 60612
tel: 312.226.4700
fax: 312.226.4704
email: infoac@artchicago.com
Art Chicago 2006
Art Chicago announces a change in venue from Butler Field to the historic Chicago Merchandise Mart, 8th Floor exhibition space. With the generous assistance of the Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc., Art Chicago has been given the opportunity to mount its International Exposition of 104 dealers in one of its massive exhibition halls!
Opening Night
Please join us Thursday April 27th from 6-10 pm for the opening night of Art Chicago 2006. The fair will be held at the Chicago Merchandise Mart on the 8th floor exhibition space.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Thomas Blackman Associates
2550 West Lexington Street
Chicago, IL 60612
tel: 312.226.4700
fax: 312.226.4704
email: infoac@artchicago.com
Art Chicago 2006
COW PARADE
Ever wonder what happened to the animal public art projects? Well, it seems tha tthey're all the rage in Paris. Fancy that!
Cow Parade
PARIS – Crowned by its success in various countries (last March one could see painted cattle in Mexico City, in the Chapultepec park), the Cow Parade is finally landing in Paris. The principle is simple: glass resin cows are scattered throughout an itinerary taken by many people (in Paris, the axis between the Arc de Triomphe and the Concorde). Each one of these ruminants, symbols of peace and placidity, is decorated with the help of a sponsor, by an artist who gives free rein to his inspiration. Among the participants, Thierry des Ouches, Marika de Moro Giaff eri,Yanne Kintgen, Hubert Le Gall. Colours, motifs or materials: all is possible except to sacrifice the cow. Cow Parade in Paris, from 26 April to 16 June 2006.
A pleasant virtual herd of coloured bovines
http://www.cowparade.com/
Cow Parade
PARIS – Crowned by its success in various countries (last March one could see painted cattle in Mexico City, in the Chapultepec park), the Cow Parade is finally landing in Paris. The principle is simple: glass resin cows are scattered throughout an itinerary taken by many people (in Paris, the axis between the Arc de Triomphe and the Concorde). Each one of these ruminants, symbols of peace and placidity, is decorated with the help of a sponsor, by an artist who gives free rein to his inspiration. Among the participants, Thierry des Ouches, Marika de Moro Giaff eri,Yanne Kintgen, Hubert Le Gall. Colours, motifs or materials: all is possible except to sacrifice the cow. Cow Parade in Paris, from 26 April to 16 June 2006.
A pleasant virtual herd of coloured bovines
http://www.cowparade.com/
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
What's In a Name?
by Helen Levin
Come the late fall of 2006, this sleepy 17th century Dutch village will see the world’s first museum devoted solely to abstract art and abstract thought as it relates to the arts and sciences, global and corporate stewardship. The Yellow Fellow Foundation is the brainstorm of art collector and business entrepreneur, Jan Verhoeven, and his partner, Menna Kruiswijk, an MBA who shares his abundant enthusiasm and eye for art.
The majority of the work is by abstractionists whom Verhoeven and Kruiswijk feel history and the art market have ignored.
A signifying artist in the collection and for whom the name Yellow Fellow is derived, is Erik van der Grijn ("yellow fellow" is his nickname). Van der Grijn, now residing in Argentina, was picked up by Verhoeven around 1984 in Amsterdam. Van der Grijn had just returned from 20 years of creating and exhibiting muscular, large, abstract paintings for an appreciative, buying public in Dublin.
"Of course the new dictum, ‘It’s art if the artist says it’s art,’ still has to include abstract painting and sculpture. As far as the ‘art object’ being passé, conceptual artists still create art commodities in the form of documentation of their events or work. So, their point about de-materializing art never, ever occurred, despite the predictions. If artists want to add ‘meaning’ as the new value in art, that’s fine–but it doesn’t make the Ab-Ex artist passé. The fact is what moves me personally is a chance to buy the work I love and then to share it. I chose the work by the deep feeling it conveys, not by what the critics had to say."
Read Article here
Come the late fall of 2006, this sleepy 17th century Dutch village will see the world’s first museum devoted solely to abstract art and abstract thought as it relates to the arts and sciences, global and corporate stewardship. The Yellow Fellow Foundation is the brainstorm of art collector and business entrepreneur, Jan Verhoeven, and his partner, Menna Kruiswijk, an MBA who shares his abundant enthusiasm and eye for art.
The majority of the work is by abstractionists whom Verhoeven and Kruiswijk feel history and the art market have ignored.
A signifying artist in the collection and for whom the name Yellow Fellow is derived, is Erik van der Grijn ("yellow fellow" is his nickname). Van der Grijn, now residing in Argentina, was picked up by Verhoeven around 1984 in Amsterdam. Van der Grijn had just returned from 20 years of creating and exhibiting muscular, large, abstract paintings for an appreciative, buying public in Dublin.
"Of course the new dictum, ‘It’s art if the artist says it’s art,’ still has to include abstract painting and sculpture. As far as the ‘art object’ being passé, conceptual artists still create art commodities in the form of documentation of their events or work. So, their point about de-materializing art never, ever occurred, despite the predictions. If artists want to add ‘meaning’ as the new value in art, that’s fine–but it doesn’t make the Ab-Ex artist passé. The fact is what moves me personally is a chance to buy the work I love and then to share it. I chose the work by the deep feeling it conveys, not by what the critics had to say."
Read Article here
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
"Pennies Per Peek," Canadian Concept of Artist remuneration
It's always interesting to see how other countries/ galleries conduct business with artists.
This from Canadian Artist, Robert Genn
For the next couple of months I have a retrospective exhibition
in a public gallery. Something that surprised me was that the
gallery issued me a cheque for $2065.50. (This was just about
enough to pay for three stretch Hummers to take our friends to
and from the opening--something we ended up not doing. But I
digress.) Known as an exhibitor's fee, this payment has been in
effect here in Canada for some years. The fee is based on
guidelines provided by CARFAC, an overseeing, non-governmental
body that looks out for artists' interests. The actual size of
the exhibitor's fee is based on the annual operating budget of
the public gallery. Thus, the fee paid by a gallery with a
budget of less than a million dollars is smaller than one with
a budget of over five million. In fact, the amount that a
gallery might pay an exhibitor is discretionary. Some public
galleries, I'm told, don't pay artists at all--others pay more
than the guidelines suggest.
I rather thought that payment might be based on a formula that
included show duration, number of works shown, traffic
achieved, whether or not there's an entry fee, and other
factors. In any case, it's "pennies per peek," and this, to a
guy who has always lived by selling work, has to be an
interesting way to get green feedback. While I would have done
a show like this without remuneration, I also know that there
are many artists whose work is not collected or even
collectable, and who could well use the exhibitor's fee as a
source of income. In many ways the system is a breath of fresh
air. With the advent of "pay per view" and all the
micro-billing that's going on these days--why not
"micro-paying"? While my particular show is free to the public,
the idea of galleries charging an entry fee and sharing the box
office with the artist--as many a musician does--may have legs.
Several years ago I was on the board of a regional theatre. It
seemed that every meeting consisted of dreaming up new ways to
get "bums on seats." In a way, this is what fine artists also
require. "Eyes on pics," is a similar quest--whether the
artists have shock, scenery, sophistry or sales on their minds.
(Try saying that quickly.) It's nice to have a prestigious
venue such as a public gallery, but it may not always be
necessary. As everyone knows, I'm an advocate of the Internet
as the "Greater World Gallery." It's hardly prestigious. One
day it too could be "pennies per peek." Maybe artists could
make a living from it.
PS: "Since 1968 and approximately every two years, CARFAC has
issued exhibition fee schedules that were developed from rates
established by painters Jack Chambers and Tony Urquhart.
Updated through negotiation and usage, they reflect increases
in the cost of living. All fees are considered minimum payments
for the use of the copyrights and/or the professional services
of visual/media artists." (CARFAC statement)
Esoterica: The CARFAC guidelines are divided into a number of
types of exhibitions that public galleries (categorized by
annual budget sizes from 1 to 11) might hold. An example: "For
retrospectives, or solo exhibitions that feature more than ten
years of an artist's production, the rate is the listed solo
rate plus 25% for galleries in the major size categories
(9-11). For galleries in the medium categories (5-8) the rate
is the solo rate plus 15%; for galleries in the standard
categories (1-4), the rate is the standard rate plus 10%."
Rreprinted with permission from
Robert Genn-The Painter's Keys
This from Canadian Artist, Robert Genn
For the next couple of months I have a retrospective exhibition
in a public gallery. Something that surprised me was that the
gallery issued me a cheque for $2065.50. (This was just about
enough to pay for three stretch Hummers to take our friends to
and from the opening--something we ended up not doing. But I
digress.) Known as an exhibitor's fee, this payment has been in
effect here in Canada for some years. The fee is based on
guidelines provided by CARFAC, an overseeing, non-governmental
body that looks out for artists' interests. The actual size of
the exhibitor's fee is based on the annual operating budget of
the public gallery. Thus, the fee paid by a gallery with a
budget of less than a million dollars is smaller than one with
a budget of over five million. In fact, the amount that a
gallery might pay an exhibitor is discretionary. Some public
galleries, I'm told, don't pay artists at all--others pay more
than the guidelines suggest.
I rather thought that payment might be based on a formula that
included show duration, number of works shown, traffic
achieved, whether or not there's an entry fee, and other
factors. In any case, it's "pennies per peek," and this, to a
guy who has always lived by selling work, has to be an
interesting way to get green feedback. While I would have done
a show like this without remuneration, I also know that there
are many artists whose work is not collected or even
collectable, and who could well use the exhibitor's fee as a
source of income. In many ways the system is a breath of fresh
air. With the advent of "pay per view" and all the
micro-billing that's going on these days--why not
"micro-paying"? While my particular show is free to the public,
the idea of galleries charging an entry fee and sharing the box
office with the artist--as many a musician does--may have legs.
Several years ago I was on the board of a regional theatre. It
seemed that every meeting consisted of dreaming up new ways to
get "bums on seats." In a way, this is what fine artists also
require. "Eyes on pics," is a similar quest--whether the
artists have shock, scenery, sophistry or sales on their minds.
(Try saying that quickly.) It's nice to have a prestigious
venue such as a public gallery, but it may not always be
necessary. As everyone knows, I'm an advocate of the Internet
as the "Greater World Gallery." It's hardly prestigious. One
day it too could be "pennies per peek." Maybe artists could
make a living from it.
PS: "Since 1968 and approximately every two years, CARFAC has
issued exhibition fee schedules that were developed from rates
established by painters Jack Chambers and Tony Urquhart.
Updated through negotiation and usage, they reflect increases
in the cost of living. All fees are considered minimum payments
for the use of the copyrights and/or the professional services
of visual/media artists." (CARFAC statement)
Esoterica: The CARFAC guidelines are divided into a number of
types of exhibitions that public galleries (categorized by
annual budget sizes from 1 to 11) might hold. An example: "For
retrospectives, or solo exhibitions that feature more than ten
years of an artist's production, the rate is the listed solo
rate plus 25% for galleries in the major size categories
(9-11). For galleries in the medium categories (5-8) the rate
is the solo rate plus 15%; for galleries in the standard
categories (1-4), the rate is the standard rate plus 10%."
Rreprinted with permission from
Robert Genn-The Painter's Keys
Women's Caucus for Art Annual Networking Day 2006
Artwork by Members
Women's Caucus for Art of Greater Washington, D.C.
April 5 - April 29, 2006
Annual Networking Day 2006
Saturday, April 29, 2006
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Artwork by Members of the Women's Caucus for Art of Greater Washington, D.C. (WCA/DC - www.wcadc.org includes works by women artists from Northern Virginia, Maryland and District of Columbia. WCA artwork will be on view from April 5 through April 29, 2006, in Gallery West Goodwin House Bailey's Crossroads located at 3440 South Jefferson Street in Falls Church, VA 22041.
The Goodwin House will host the 2006 Annual Networking Day for WCA/DC on Saturday, April 29, 2006 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Featured speaker is Lenny Campello, co-owner of Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD. Title of the talk will be: Exhibiting and Marketing Your Art. Lenny is widely recognized as a successful gallery co-owner, exhibiting artist, blog host: http://www.dcartnews.blogspot.com/ and reviewer. His talk will be a short version of his all day marketing workshop. Lenny talks the talk and walks the talk. He will use his expertise to speak about general information on exhibiting and marketing your artwork. In the afternoon, members from the Philadelphia Chapter of WCA will present: Pricing Our Art.
The Networking Day is free and open to the public. Space is limited to 120 people. RSVP for event reservation and/or lunch Lunch is catered $8.00/person or bring your own.
For more information see Authentic Art DC
Women's Caucus for Art of Greater Washington, D.C.
April 5 - April 29, 2006
Annual Networking Day 2006
Saturday, April 29, 2006
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Artwork by Members of the Women's Caucus for Art of Greater Washington, D.C. (WCA/DC - www.wcadc.org includes works by women artists from Northern Virginia, Maryland and District of Columbia. WCA artwork will be on view from April 5 through April 29, 2006, in Gallery West Goodwin House Bailey's Crossroads located at 3440 South Jefferson Street in Falls Church, VA 22041.
The Goodwin House will host the 2006 Annual Networking Day for WCA/DC on Saturday, April 29, 2006 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Featured speaker is Lenny Campello, co-owner of Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD. Title of the talk will be: Exhibiting and Marketing Your Art. Lenny is widely recognized as a successful gallery co-owner, exhibiting artist, blog host: http://www.dcartnews.blogspot.com/ and reviewer. His talk will be a short version of his all day marketing workshop. Lenny talks the talk and walks the talk. He will use his expertise to speak about general information on exhibiting and marketing your artwork. In the afternoon, members from the Philadelphia Chapter of WCA will present: Pricing Our Art.
The Networking Day is free and open to the public. Space is limited to 120 people. RSVP for event reservation and/or lunch Lunch is catered $8.00/person or bring your own.
For more information see Authentic Art DC
Fraser Gallery Art Seminars: Success as an Artist
Sunday June 11, 2006
This is the original one day seminar for emerging artists, designed to give practical information and advice towards a successful fine arts career. Each seminar is limited to 50 people per session. The cost is $80 per person and each seminar is seven hours long. It's 100% satisfaction-guaranteed or your money back. We've had incredible results since we started doing this in August of 1999. This will help you as an artist -- the issues covered and discussed are not based on theory, but grounded on actual experience. The next seminar will be held on Sunday, June 11, 2006 in partnership with Art-O-Matic and the Warehouse Galleries... please send an e-mail or call the gallery at 301/718-9651 if you would like to attend. Read feedback from artists who have attended the seminar.
This seminar is sponsored by:
The Fraser Gallery
7700 Wisconsin Avenue
Suite E
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
Tel/Fax: (301)718-9651
This is the original one day seminar for emerging artists, designed to give practical information and advice towards a successful fine arts career. Each seminar is limited to 50 people per session. The cost is $80 per person and each seminar is seven hours long. It's 100% satisfaction-guaranteed or your money back. We've had incredible results since we started doing this in August of 1999. This will help you as an artist -- the issues covered and discussed are not based on theory, but grounded on actual experience. The next seminar will be held on Sunday, June 11, 2006 in partnership with Art-O-Matic and the Warehouse Galleries... please send an e-mail or call the gallery at 301/718-9651 if you would like to attend. Read feedback from artists who have attended the seminar.
This seminar is sponsored by:
The Fraser Gallery
7700 Wisconsin Avenue
Suite E
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
Tel/Fax: (301)718-9651
DC Mayoral Candidates Forum on the Arts
Monday, May 1, 2006 ~ 6:00- 8:00pm
GALA Theatre (Tivoli Theater) ~ 3333 14th Street, NW
Moderated by: Renee Poussaint, National Visionary Leadership Project and Former ABC News Anchor
Very important forum! If you live in the District and the arts are an important part of your life, come to this Forum to hear what the candidates have to say – and even ask some questions yourself. Or just show up to demonstrate the importance of support for the arts community. Bring a friend.
GALA Theatre (Tivoli Theater) ~ 3333 14th Street, NW
Moderated by: Renee Poussaint, National Visionary Leadership Project and Former ABC News Anchor
Very important forum! If you live in the District and the arts are an important part of your life, come to this Forum to hear what the candidates have to say – and even ask some questions yourself. Or just show up to demonstrate the importance of support for the arts community. Bring a friend.
Saturday, April 22, 2006
TERRIE PIPA - SMALL GESTURES at PROJECT 4
APRIL 22- May 27, 2006
This blogger wants to fill you in on a kool new space on historic U street. One that you will want to keep your eye on and visit often.
Brainchild of four colleagues; two architects, a journalist and a graphic designer,
Project 4 gallery proposes a new concept for the Washington, DC hip art public. "Project 4 is a new Washington D.C. gallery that plans to be as diverse as the art world itself. That diversity— from painting to video to photography to sculpture— will be encouraged by Project 4’s exhibition model: guest curators who will bring a spectrum of exhibits not limited by the ideas of a single gallery director. It will, in effect, be a room for art and ideas."
Ok, I'm excited about this new venue and wish them luck and great exposure! There's room for this creative melding of art and ideas in Washington, DC. I say, the more, the merrier.
I left painting in the studio to attend Project 4's second opening tonight, an exhibit of oil and watercolor paintings by Terrie Pipa.
"Pipa is a figurative artist, and the paintings chosen for this exhibit all demonstrate a mastery of detail, of subtlety, and of the small, psychological gesture." Pipa's work is well executed and striking in its ability to transfix the viewer with questions about her subjects. The storyline is left to the eye of the beholder with glances to past Renaissance masters and their penchant for intrigue.
Our very own Anne Surak will be directing the events of Project 4 in the coming months. A curator in her own right, Anne will bring a plethora of contemporary, edgy visions to her new post. Here's wishing her well and lots of art visitors.
Designed by Architect Greg Kearley, the gallery is 900 square feet on two levels, including a twenty-foot double-height space.
It's a contemporary space with a Soho feel to it. White walls and open space dominate. From the second floor one can look down to the first floor visitors. Let's welcome Terrie Pipa and Project 4 to the Washington, DC art scene with the enthusiasm that her art and the new gallery space deserve.
Here's more photos of tonight's jam packed opening - in the pouring rain no less!
Project 4 is located at the intersection of historic U. St. and 9th St. N.W., a burgeoning area of restaurants, galleries, bars and stores half a mile east of Dupont Circle. It is less than a block from the U. Street/Cardoza stop on the Metro’s Green Line.
Project 4 is open Thursday and Friday 6 - 9 pm, Saturday 1 - 8 pm and by appointment. Space is available for private events.
903 U Street NW Washington DC 20001 tel: 202 232 4340 fax: 202 232 4341 info@project4gallery.com
This blogger wants to fill you in on a kool new space on historic U street. One that you will want to keep your eye on and visit often.
Brainchild of four colleagues; two architects, a journalist and a graphic designer,
Project 4 gallery proposes a new concept for the Washington, DC hip art public. "Project 4 is a new Washington D.C. gallery that plans to be as diverse as the art world itself. That diversity— from painting to video to photography to sculpture— will be encouraged by Project 4’s exhibition model: guest curators who will bring a spectrum of exhibits not limited by the ideas of a single gallery director. It will, in effect, be a room for art and ideas."
Ok, I'm excited about this new venue and wish them luck and great exposure! There's room for this creative melding of art and ideas in Washington, DC. I say, the more, the merrier.
I left painting in the studio to attend Project 4's second opening tonight, an exhibit of oil and watercolor paintings by Terrie Pipa.
"Pipa is a figurative artist, and the paintings chosen for this exhibit all demonstrate a mastery of detail, of subtlety, and of the small, psychological gesture." Pipa's work is well executed and striking in its ability to transfix the viewer with questions about her subjects. The storyline is left to the eye of the beholder with glances to past Renaissance masters and their penchant for intrigue. Our very own Anne Surak will be directing the events of Project 4 in the coming months. A curator in her own right, Anne will bring a plethora of contemporary, edgy visions to her new post. Here's wishing her well and lots of art visitors.
Designed by Architect Greg Kearley, the gallery is 900 square feet on two levels, including a twenty-foot double-height space.
It's a contemporary space with a Soho feel to it. White walls and open space dominate. From the second floor one can look down to the first floor visitors. Let's welcome Terrie Pipa and Project 4 to the Washington, DC art scene with the enthusiasm that her art and the new gallery space deserve.
Here's more photos of tonight's jam packed opening - in the pouring rain no less!
Project 4 is located at the intersection of historic U. St. and 9th St. N.W., a burgeoning area of restaurants, galleries, bars and stores half a mile east of Dupont Circle. It is less than a block from the U. Street/Cardoza stop on the Metro’s Green Line.
Project 4 is open Thursday and Friday 6 - 9 pm, Saturday 1 - 8 pm and by appointment. Space is available for private events.
903 U Street NW Washington DC 20001 tel: 202 232 4340 fax: 202 232 4341 info@project4gallery.com
Friday, April 21, 2006
FREE MURAL WALKING TOUR WITH DC MURALIST G. BYRON PECK
Anybody wanna go walking with the leading muralist in DC to see his murals celebrating DC's lively communities? Put your walking shoes on and show up.
Sunday, April 23, 1 – 2:30 pm
Artist G. Byron Peck's Shaw/U Street Mural Tour Meet outside the U Street/African-Amer Civil War Memorial/Cardozo Metro station (13th Street exit).
Tour Shaw and Dupont Circle in the company of beloved DC artist, G. Byron Peck, and get an eyeful of some of his best-known Washington murals. Begin by looking back on U Street's history as Black Broadway when you consider the Duke Ellington mural and portrait. Then consider some of the cultures that contribute to this neighborhood's character, evident in the Black Family Reunion and Mayan Murals. Finally, turn your attention to the area's architectural legacy at the Dupont Circle mural.
Cultural Tourism DC is offering WalkingTown, DC SPRING EDITION 2006(Saturday, April 22 and Sunday, April 23), a weekend of 50 free walking tours (and a few bike and boat tours) in neighborhoods across Washington, DC. For more information call 202-661-7581.
All tours are free.
Reservations are not required, with the exception of bike tours. Just show up!
Tours are held rain or shine.
Sunday, April 23, 1 – 2:30 pm
Artist G. Byron Peck's Shaw/U Street Mural Tour Meet outside the U Street/African-Amer Civil War Memorial/Cardozo Metro station (13th Street exit).
Tour Shaw and Dupont Circle in the company of beloved DC artist, G. Byron Peck, and get an eyeful of some of his best-known Washington murals. Begin by looking back on U Street's history as Black Broadway when you consider the Duke Ellington mural and portrait. Then consider some of the cultures that contribute to this neighborhood's character, evident in the Black Family Reunion and Mayan Murals. Finally, turn your attention to the area's architectural legacy at the Dupont Circle mural.
Cultural Tourism DC is offering WalkingTown, DC SPRING EDITION 2006(Saturday, April 22 and Sunday, April 23), a weekend of 50 free walking tours (and a few bike and boat tours) in neighborhoods across Washington, DC. For more information call 202-661-7581.
All tours are free.
Reservations are not required, with the exception of bike tours. Just show up!
Tours are held rain or shine.
FIERCE FRIENDS: ARTISTS & ANIMALS, 1750–1900
This fascinating show, mixes science, art, sociology, natural history, cultural history, and several other areas of study in looking at how artists viewed and depicted animals from 1750-1900. The ideas implicit in the show--about animal rights, evolution, and so on--are still really relevant to the current world.
Fierce Friends: Artists & Animals, 1750–1900
Through August 27, 2006
In the 18th and 19th centuries, modern theories of evolution and the proliferation of machines elevated animals to a new status in religion, philosophy, and the arts. This exhibition, co-organized by Carnegie Museum of Art and the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, explores the ways that artists of the period addressed the issue of humanity’s relationship with nature as exemplified through our treatment of animals. Through paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, and photographs, the exhibition shows how the visual arts drew upon science, natural history, and literature about animals, and how those fields, in turn, were shaped, inspired, or influenced by the work of artists. Designed to create visual juxtapositions that suprise, delight, and provoke, the exhibition presents great paintings and sculptures next to fossils, specimens of taxidermy, ground plans of zoological gardens, illustrated books, bird cages, and steam engines.
Fierce Friends: Artists and Animals, 1750-1900 is the opening venue for Pittsburgh Roars, a celebration of the region's arts, culture, and family attractions.
Carnegie Museum of Art
4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-4080
Tel: 412.622.3131
Fierce Friends: Artists & Animals, 1750–1900
Through August 27, 2006
In the 18th and 19th centuries, modern theories of evolution and the proliferation of machines elevated animals to a new status in religion, philosophy, and the arts. This exhibition, co-organized by Carnegie Museum of Art and the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, explores the ways that artists of the period addressed the issue of humanity’s relationship with nature as exemplified through our treatment of animals. Through paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, and photographs, the exhibition shows how the visual arts drew upon science, natural history, and literature about animals, and how those fields, in turn, were shaped, inspired, or influenced by the work of artists. Designed to create visual juxtapositions that suprise, delight, and provoke, the exhibition presents great paintings and sculptures next to fossils, specimens of taxidermy, ground plans of zoological gardens, illustrated books, bird cages, and steam engines.
Fierce Friends: Artists and Animals, 1750-1900 is the opening venue for Pittsburgh Roars, a celebration of the region's arts, culture, and family attractions.
Carnegie Museum of Art
4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-4080
Tel: 412.622.3131
GRAND COVARRUBIAS EXHIBITION
THE CULTURAL INSTITUTE OF MEXICO
UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMERICAS (PUEBLA)
HUMANITIES TEXAS
Cordially invite you to the great opening of the exhibition
Opening Reception
Wednesday, May 3, 2006
7:00 p.m
R.S.V.P. (202) 728-1675
2829 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
www.instituteofmexicodc.org
One of the artists who transformed the art of caricature drawing in the United States. 52 sketches from the collection of Universidad de las Américas
45 facsimiles from Miguel Covarrubias: Caricaturista, a Humanities Texas exhibit created in cooperation with the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin
Films and other audiovisual materials about Miguel Covarrubias
Special guests: María Elena Rico Covarrubias and Adriana Williams, author of Covarrubias (University of Texas Press, 1994) and Covarrubias in Bali (Editions Didier Millet, 2006 )
UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMERICAS (PUEBLA)
HUMANITIES TEXAS
Cordially invite you to the great opening of the exhibition
Opening Reception
Wednesday, May 3, 2006
7:00 p.m
R.S.V.P. (202) 728-1675
2829 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
www.instituteofmexicodc.org
One of the artists who transformed the art of caricature drawing in the United States. 52 sketches from the collection of Universidad de las Américas
45 facsimiles from Miguel Covarrubias: Caricaturista, a Humanities Texas exhibit created in cooperation with the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin
Films and other audiovisual materials about Miguel Covarrubias
Special guests: María Elena Rico Covarrubias and Adriana Williams, author of Covarrubias (University of Texas Press, 1994) and Covarrubias in Bali (Editions Didier Millet, 2006 )
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
WHAT'S UP?
An illustrator friend, Loel Barr sent this over for fun.
What's up? must come down. Click here - Pen on Paper/ from ljudbilden & piloten
What's up? must come down. Click here - Pen on Paper/ from ljudbilden & piloten
WALKING TOWN, DC
Cultural Tourism DC
Saturday and Sunday, April 22 & 23
WalkingTown, DC – Spring Edition
A weekend of 50 walking tours city wide without charge
WalkingTown, DC is an annual invitation to enjoy Washington’s neighborhoods at their springtime best
The weekend features guided walking tours in neighborhoods across DC as well as a few bike and boat tours
Featured tours
Metro: Behind the Scenes with Interim General Manager Dan Tangherlini
Saturday, April 22, 9:00 – 10:30am
Meet at the Metro Center Metro station (13th Street exit)
On Metro’s 30th Anniversary learn about the system’s history, hear some of the stories behind the stops and some little-known facts, and find out what to expect next while you spend a few hours wandering underground learning about the region’s transportation network
Penn Quarter (Downtown)
Sunday, April 23, 11:00am – 1:00pm
Meet outside the Archives-Navy Mem’l-Penn Quarter Metro station
The 19th and 21st centuries meet in Penn Quarter. Hip hotels, restaurants, and loft apartments are sprouting up amidst attractions like the International Spy Museum, Shakespeare, Ford’s, and Woolly Mammoth theatres, and National Building Museum. Many of these are housed in buildings from the 1800’s, others are next store to them or their facades, which makes this walk an irresistible urban scavenger hunt to a bygone era – a time when Chinese, German, and Italian immigrants lived and worked on and around Seventh Street.
Tours and schedules
www.WalkingTownDC.org
202.661.7581
Only bike tours require advance reservation
Cultural Tourism DC
1250 H Street NW
202.661.7581
Saturday and Sunday, April 22 & 23
WalkingTown, DC – Spring Edition
A weekend of 50 walking tours city wide without charge
WalkingTown, DC is an annual invitation to enjoy Washington’s neighborhoods at their springtime best
The weekend features guided walking tours in neighborhoods across DC as well as a few bike and boat tours
Featured tours
Metro: Behind the Scenes with Interim General Manager Dan Tangherlini
Saturday, April 22, 9:00 – 10:30am
Meet at the Metro Center Metro station (13th Street exit)
On Metro’s 30th Anniversary learn about the system’s history, hear some of the stories behind the stops and some little-known facts, and find out what to expect next while you spend a few hours wandering underground learning about the region’s transportation network
Penn Quarter (Downtown)
Sunday, April 23, 11:00am – 1:00pm
Meet outside the Archives-Navy Mem’l-Penn Quarter Metro station
The 19th and 21st centuries meet in Penn Quarter. Hip hotels, restaurants, and loft apartments are sprouting up amidst attractions like the International Spy Museum, Shakespeare, Ford’s, and Woolly Mammoth theatres, and National Building Museum. Many of these are housed in buildings from the 1800’s, others are next store to them or their facades, which makes this walk an irresistible urban scavenger hunt to a bygone era – a time when Chinese, German, and Italian immigrants lived and worked on and around Seventh Street.
Tours and schedules
www.WalkingTownDC.org
202.661.7581
Only bike tours require advance reservation
Cultural Tourism DC
1250 H Street NW
202.661.7581
SLIDELUCK POTSHOW: WASHINGTON DC
Sounds like this could be a fun night.Greetings, Washington DC-
Some of you may have heard the rumblings, the hearsay and the untruths--but consider THIS your formal submission invitation to the SLIDELUCK POTSHOW DC.
Born in the tiny livingroom of a NYC photographer fond of food, drink, friends and photos--Slideluck Potshow is a slideshow, and a potluck. This show has grown into an inspiring and spirited event that regularly brings hundreds of creatives to interesting New York City venues. For a better sense of past shows please peruse:
www.slideluckpotshow.com
And now, SLIDELUCK comes to DC. Photographers-we are looking for submissions. Show us anything you like. You have a
maximum of five minutes. There is no theme, so feel free to submit portraits, stories, outtakes from a job, personal work, it's up to you. Please feel free to pass this invite on to others you know in the DC area who might be interested.
Submission guidelines can be found at: www.slideluckpotshow.com/index2.php?PageName=submissions IGNORE the dates on the site, and keep in mind these two:
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
Friday, April 28th.
SHOW DATE:
Saturday, May 6th at the Numark Gallery
www.numarkgallery.com
After you have prepared your submissions, email Karine Aigner for FTP instructions: dc@slideluckpotshow.com
So, bring a tasty dish, something good to drink, and join us for a great show!
Karine Aigner
Senior Photo Editor
National Geographic Kids Magazine
1145 17th Street, NW
Fourth Floor, Room 426
Washington, DC 20036
(p) 202-828-6696
(f) 202-775-6112
COMPELLED BY CONTENT II
The Fraser Gallery
APRIL 2006 - COMPELLED BY CONTENT II
April 14 - June 4, 2006
New glass sculptures by artists who use glass as narrative rather than vessels or bowls. Challenging work that pushes the genre away from craft and towards the narrative genre of the fine arts. Work by Jeanne Brennan, Mel George, Michael Rogers, Carmen Lozar, Tim Tate, Michael Janis, Syl Mathis, Alison Sigethy and others. An opening reception for the artists will be held on Friday, April 14 from 6pm - 9pm.
An artists' talk, sponsored by the James Renwick Alliance will take place at the gallery on Saturday, May 20, 2006 at 2PM. The talk is free and open to the public and will also offer an opportunity to learn more about the Renwick Alliance.
7700 Wisconsin Avenue
Suite E
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
Tel/Fax: (301) 718-9651
Hours: Tues - Sat 11:30 - 6:00 PM
Or By Appointment
http://www.thefrasergallery.com
Member of the Art Dealers Association of Greater Washington
Sothebys.com Associate Dealer
Member of the Bethesda Chamber of Commerce
APRIL 2006 - COMPELLED BY CONTENT II
April 14 - June 4, 2006
New glass sculptures by artists who use glass as narrative rather than vessels or bowls. Challenging work that pushes the genre away from craft and towards the narrative genre of the fine arts. Work by Jeanne Brennan, Mel George, Michael Rogers, Carmen Lozar, Tim Tate, Michael Janis, Syl Mathis, Alison Sigethy and others. An opening reception for the artists will be held on Friday, April 14 from 6pm - 9pm.
An artists' talk, sponsored by the James Renwick Alliance will take place at the gallery on Saturday, May 20, 2006 at 2PM. The talk is free and open to the public and will also offer an opportunity to learn more about the Renwick Alliance.
7700 Wisconsin Avenue
Suite E
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
Tel/Fax: (301) 718-9651
Hours: Tues - Sat 11:30 - 6:00 PM
Or By Appointment
http://www.thefrasergallery.com
Member of the Art Dealers Association of Greater Washington
Sothebys.com Associate Dealer
Member of the Bethesda Chamber of Commerce
WCA Annual Networking Day 2006
Artwork by Members
Women’s Caucus for Art of Greater Washington, D.C.
April 5 – April 29, 2006
Annual Networking Day 2006
Saturday, April 29, 2006
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Artwork by Members of the Women’s Caucus for Art of Greater Washington, D.C. (WCA/DC) includes works by women artists from Northern Virginia, Maryland and District of Columbia. WCA artwork will be on view from April 5 through April 29, 2006, in Gallery West Goodwin House Bailey’s Crossroads located at 3440 South Jefferson Street in Falls Church, VA 22041.
The Goodwin House will host the 2006 Annual Networking Day for WCA/DC on Saturday, April 29, 2006 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Featured speaker is Lenny Campello, co-owner of Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD. Title of the talk will be: Exhibiting and Marketing Your Art. Lenny is widely recognized as a successful gallery co-owner, exhibiting artist, blog host: http://www/dcartsnews.blogspot.com and reviewer. His talk will be a short version of his all day marketing workshop. Lenny talks the talk and walks the talk. He will use his expertise to speak about general information on exhibiting and marketing your artwork. In the afternoon, members from the Philadelphia Chapter of WCA will present: Pricing Our Art.
The Networking Day is free and open to the public. Space is limited to 120 people. RSVP for event reservation and/or lunch by 12:00 noon on April 24, 2006. Lunch is catered $8.00/person or bring your own. Call or e-mail Lynda Smith-Bugge, Art Center Coordinator, at 703.578.7218 or lsmith-bugge@goodwinhouse.org to reserve.
Women’s Caucus for Art of Greater Washington, D.C.
April 5 – April 29, 2006
Annual Networking Day 2006
Saturday, April 29, 2006
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Artwork by Members of the Women’s Caucus for Art of Greater Washington, D.C. (WCA/DC) includes works by women artists from Northern Virginia, Maryland and District of Columbia. WCA artwork will be on view from April 5 through April 29, 2006, in Gallery West Goodwin House Bailey’s Crossroads located at 3440 South Jefferson Street in Falls Church, VA 22041.
The Goodwin House will host the 2006 Annual Networking Day for WCA/DC on Saturday, April 29, 2006 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Featured speaker is Lenny Campello, co-owner of Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD. Title of the talk will be: Exhibiting and Marketing Your Art. Lenny is widely recognized as a successful gallery co-owner, exhibiting artist, blog host: http://www/dcartsnews.blogspot.com and reviewer. His talk will be a short version of his all day marketing workshop. Lenny talks the talk and walks the talk. He will use his expertise to speak about general information on exhibiting and marketing your artwork. In the afternoon, members from the Philadelphia Chapter of WCA will present: Pricing Our Art.
The Networking Day is free and open to the public. Space is limited to 120 people. RSVP for event reservation and/or lunch by 12:00 noon on April 24, 2006. Lunch is catered $8.00/person or bring your own. Call or e-mail Lynda Smith-Bugge, Art Center Coordinator, at 703.578.7218 or lsmith-bugge@goodwinhouse.org to reserve.
Saturday, April 15, 2006
Artist Profile: Eric Westbrook
Just two weeks left to see the paintings of Eric Westbrook, professional illustrator and director of Dumbarton Concert Gallery in Washington, DC.
April 7 through April 29, 2006.
“Urban Nature”
Arts Club of Washington
2017 I Street NW. Washington DC
202-331-7282 x23
Art and the City
Artist Profile: Eric Westbrook
by: Jim Magner
At first glance it’s another pretty painting of an idyllic setting: a rustic building, a brook under a bridge or a set of cement stairs down into the woods. Look again and you see the comings and goings of all things natural and the nature of man. The story here is the harsh yet exhilarating rush of the transitory. Nature is fighting to survive and demanding a place in our engineered lives. In works like Tumble Down and Intersection, cement structures crumble and return to sand as we build new instruments of a civilization hurtling toward something.
Eric Westbrook digs to the core of existence. Things in nature die and are replaced; the things we build also decay and are replaced. Yet there is a comfort in his work. These are welcoming places—familiar. Like old family photographs. And if they make us unsure of our superiority over nature’s determination, that’s a good thing.
About 10 years ago, he began to paint his personal visions of life. “Some places just hit a chord.” He is captured by visual surprises in out of the way nooks or jarringly familiar urban sidewalks. He starts with sketches and photographs, but most is done from memory in the studio which adds to the enhanced reality with intense dream-like impact. But a work of art is ultimately about shapes, lights and darks, warms and cools and color harmonies. Eric Westbrook goes beyond visual storytelling and is not held captive by the objects depicted—he lets the paint be paint.
Eric is a successful professional illustrator. He graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in Graphic Communication. All of his work is acrylic on canvas, illustration as well as his paintings and this has led to a mastery of the media. He has done work for clients in many fields and is a director of the Dumbarton Concert Gallery where he exhibits regularly.
You can see and purchase from an extensive collection of his most recent works at his one-man show entitled “Urban Nature” at the Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I Street NW. Washington DC from April 7 through April 29, 2006. The opening reception is Friday, April 7 from 6:30-9:00. 202-331-7282 x23, or see www.ericwestbrook.com.
Jim Magner is a Capitol Hill artist and writer.
April 7 through April 29, 2006.
“Urban Nature”
Arts Club of Washington
2017 I Street NW. Washington DC
202-331-7282 x23
Art and the City
Artist Profile: Eric Westbrook
by: Jim Magner
At first glance it’s another pretty painting of an idyllic setting: a rustic building, a brook under a bridge or a set of cement stairs down into the woods. Look again and you see the comings and goings of all things natural and the nature of man. The story here is the harsh yet exhilarating rush of the transitory. Nature is fighting to survive and demanding a place in our engineered lives. In works like Tumble Down and Intersection, cement structures crumble and return to sand as we build new instruments of a civilization hurtling toward something.
Eric Westbrook digs to the core of existence. Things in nature die and are replaced; the things we build also decay and are replaced. Yet there is a comfort in his work. These are welcoming places—familiar. Like old family photographs. And if they make us unsure of our superiority over nature’s determination, that’s a good thing.
About 10 years ago, he began to paint his personal visions of life. “Some places just hit a chord.” He is captured by visual surprises in out of the way nooks or jarringly familiar urban sidewalks. He starts with sketches and photographs, but most is done from memory in the studio which adds to the enhanced reality with intense dream-like impact. But a work of art is ultimately about shapes, lights and darks, warms and cools and color harmonies. Eric Westbrook goes beyond visual storytelling and is not held captive by the objects depicted—he lets the paint be paint.
Eric is a successful professional illustrator. He graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in Graphic Communication. All of his work is acrylic on canvas, illustration as well as his paintings and this has led to a mastery of the media. He has done work for clients in many fields and is a director of the Dumbarton Concert Gallery where he exhibits regularly.
You can see and purchase from an extensive collection of his most recent works at his one-man show entitled “Urban Nature” at the Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I Street NW. Washington DC from April 7 through April 29, 2006. The opening reception is Friday, April 7 from 6:30-9:00. 202-331-7282 x23, or see www.ericwestbrook.com.
Jim Magner is a Capitol Hill artist and writer.
Graffiti Beyond Scribbling
A brief mention in today's post of Kelly Towles prints....
Galleries
By Jessica Dawson
Special to The Washington Post
Saturday, April 15, 2006; Page C02
Graffiti Beyond Scribbling
· In the wrong artist's hands, graffiti-style gesture -- I'm seeing a lot of it these days -- devolves into mannered motif, a 21st-century rococo. Local talent Kelly Towles skirts the pitfall, just barely, by layering street-inspired strokes in engaging pigment prints that mingle photography, animation and graffiti. Also on view in this four-person print show: Donald Sultan's rich, sepia-toned smoke rings; Victor Schrager's drowsy pictures of books; and Robert Longo's photos of his friends performing epileptic seizures on a Manhattan rooftop -- images the artist used to make his iconic early '80s "Men in the Cities" series.
Adamson Editions at Adamson Gallery, 1515 14th St. NW, Tuesday-Friday 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday noon-5 p.m., 202-232-0707, to April 29;http://www.adamsongallery.com.
Galleries
By Jessica Dawson
Special to The Washington Post
Saturday, April 15, 2006; Page C02
Graffiti Beyond Scribbling
· In the wrong artist's hands, graffiti-style gesture -- I'm seeing a lot of it these days -- devolves into mannered motif, a 21st-century rococo. Local talent Kelly Towles skirts the pitfall, just barely, by layering street-inspired strokes in engaging pigment prints that mingle photography, animation and graffiti. Also on view in this four-person print show: Donald Sultan's rich, sepia-toned smoke rings; Victor Schrager's drowsy pictures of books; and Robert Longo's photos of his friends performing epileptic seizures on a Manhattan rooftop -- images the artist used to make his iconic early '80s "Men in the Cities" series.
Adamson Editions at Adamson Gallery, 1515 14th St. NW, Tuesday-Friday 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday noon-5 p.m., 202-232-0707, to April 29;http://www.adamsongallery.com.
Thursday, April 13, 2006
"Where Eagles Fly" until April 19
March 30 thru April 19, 2006
WEF, LLC & OFT/ON present:
Where Eagles Fly
Executive Producer, Ibrahim Mumin
Written by Carole Mumin; Directed by Mike Malone
Special Guest: Phyllis Yvonne Stickney
Written by DC native Carole Mumin and directed by Helen Hayes recipient, Duke Ellington School of the Arts Co-founder, and Howard University Professor of Theater, Mike Malone, "Where Eagles Fly" vividly brings to life the rich, African American heritage of DC's Shaw neighborhood. Home to many African American scholars, educators, activists, and performing artists such as Mary McLeod Bethune, Carter G. Woodson, Mary Church Terrell, and Duke Ellington, Shaw's rich educational and cultural history provides the setting and impetus for this stunning musical production.
Councilmember Jack Evans recommends this play about Washington DC's Shaw neighborhood...
"If you have not had the chance to make it over to the Lincoln Theater for the must see production of "Where Eagles Fly", a journey into Shaw's rich history and tradition, you only have until April 19 - so make room in your calendar. Written by Shaw resident and local playwright Carole Mumin, "Where Eagles Fly" illustrates the importance of preserving and passing along the legacies of the communities in which we live.
The play uses music, dance and verse to tell the story of the incredibly rich legacy of Shaw, a neighborhood that has been an integral part of the modern development of African American culture. Over 10 years ago, the play made a successful run at the Lincoln Theatre. Now it's back and a must see for everyone, but it will close soon.
The Shaw neighborhood has experienced many changes since the early '90's and it's important that its history is memorialized and honored. It's important to support our own and I hope everyone will come out and see this magnificent production. For additional information about the play and to purchase tickets, visit www.whereeaglesflyllc.com or call 939.0560."
WEF, LLC & OFT/ON present:
Where Eagles Fly
Executive Producer, Ibrahim Mumin
Written by Carole Mumin; Directed by Mike Malone
Special Guest: Phyllis Yvonne Stickney
Written by DC native Carole Mumin and directed by Helen Hayes recipient, Duke Ellington School of the Arts Co-founder, and Howard University Professor of Theater, Mike Malone, "Where Eagles Fly" vividly brings to life the rich, African American heritage of DC's Shaw neighborhood. Home to many African American scholars, educators, activists, and performing artists such as Mary McLeod Bethune, Carter G. Woodson, Mary Church Terrell, and Duke Ellington, Shaw's rich educational and cultural history provides the setting and impetus for this stunning musical production.
Councilmember Jack Evans recommends this play about Washington DC's Shaw neighborhood...
"If you have not had the chance to make it over to the Lincoln Theater for the must see production of "Where Eagles Fly", a journey into Shaw's rich history and tradition, you only have until April 19 - so make room in your calendar. Written by Shaw resident and local playwright Carole Mumin, "Where Eagles Fly" illustrates the importance of preserving and passing along the legacies of the communities in which we live.
The play uses music, dance and verse to tell the story of the incredibly rich legacy of Shaw, a neighborhood that has been an integral part of the modern development of African American culture. Over 10 years ago, the play made a successful run at the Lincoln Theatre. Now it's back and a must see for everyone, but it will close soon.
The Shaw neighborhood has experienced many changes since the early '90's and it's important that its history is memorialized and honored. It's important to support our own and I hope everyone will come out and see this magnificent production. For additional information about the play and to purchase tickets, visit www.whereeaglesflyllc.com or call 939.0560."
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Stuart Klipper panoramas of Antarctica
Washington Post/Frank Van Riper CameraWorks profile of photographer Stuart Klipper.
For information on Stuart Klipper's work and that of other photographers: Sandra Berler Gallery, 7002 Connecticut Ave., Chevy Chase, MD 20815. Phone: 301-656-8144
See more photo hits on Tyler Green's Modern Art Notes
For information on Stuart Klipper's work and that of other photographers: Sandra Berler Gallery, 7002 Connecticut Ave., Chevy Chase, MD 20815. Phone: 301-656-8144
See more photo hits on Tyler Green's Modern Art Notes
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
DIRT CHEAP EATS AT SIMPLY HOME CUISINE
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
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
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.
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