DATE: Saturday, April 18th, from 6pm Midnight
Exhibit will run until May 9th
Exhibit hours: Fridays, 4pm-8pm and Saturdays, Noon-6pm
LOCATION: 2450 Crystal Drive, Arlington VA
12,000 sq. ft Space in Crystal City!
Inked Souls is back, and Art Whino is raising the bar on its most anticipated exhibition of the year with an amazing new line up and expansion of the show to include photography!
The Crystal City BID and Art Whino have teamed up to host the Inked Souls exhibition, featuring customized sneakers and fine art by local, national and international leaders in the Pop Surrealism/Urban Contemporary art movement. This provocative exhibit will showcase paired works of customized sneakers and canvases from 30 artists from around the world as well as images from select photographers.
The FREE exhibit will be held in newly renovated retail space, donated by Lowe Enterprises Real Estate Group, at the corner of 23rd Street and Crystal Drive. Inked Souls will offer multiple dimensions in art, music and performances, so be sure to check it out! For more details, go to www.crystalcity.org.
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Art Whino: Inked Souls 2009
Art Whino is teaming up with the Crystal City Business Improvement District (BID) and Tagr sneaker company to bring you an incredible exhibition of one-of-a-kind, customized sneakers, paintings, and photography.
Each artist will feature one pair of customized AKA Blank Tagr sneakers along with a painting.
Four photographers will be featured whose subject matter rangers from 80's Breakers to customized semi trucks.
Music by Black Cats Resident DJ Lil'e
Special live performance by Big Benz from TTM Entertainment.
Special Appearance and Performance by Los Angeles Finest.....DJ HEAVY GRINDER!
THE DOCUMENT will be doing a special Break dance Performance.
Metro Accessible: The metro stop is a 2 minute walk!
The event is FREE and open to the public.
Featured Artists
Adrian Akerman - DC, Asylm CA, Cutthroat TX, Decoy - DC, Dolla FL, EyeOne CA, Frerk DE, Garry Booth CA, in.fa.mousIKB-- DC, James Walker- VA, J Asher Lynch CA, LECKOmio DE, Luis Lorenzana PH, Marc C. Woehr DE, Marie Barr- CA, MDOK - NJ, Molly Crabapple NY, Nychos Austria, Raudiel MX, Rick Reese CA, Rudy Fig - MN, Sam Ramos - PH, Skibs CA, Sole Junkie CA, Surge CA, Truth Among Liars DC, The Krah UK, Zach Tobias OR
Featured Photographers
Lady Glock, Michael Colon, James Walker, Roger Snider
AM Radio in the house!
Am Radio Crew have blown up a HUGE mural in the space! Along with the mural, World Class Cuts will be supplying a Barber chair and 2 barbers to give you a old school fade. Yes old school fade!
AM Radio is a collective of visual artists, whose mission is to infuse the raw elements of sound and texture to inspire life. The creative process incorporates the work of artists and DJs to paint large compositions before live audiences. With each painting taking approximately four hours to complete, the technique is a challenge of graphic resourcefulness. It compresses the creative experience into spontaneous reactions of time, space and energy - a result that captures the mood, sound and electricity of the environment.
Jazirock and Crew
Jazriock, Adrian Akerman and crew activate the space with amazing huge pieces throughout the exhibit!
Jazirock hit the Charm City graffiti scene at 12 and made the transition from street graffiti to canvas in the mid-1990s. Today, he takes what he learned growing up in the streets of southwest Baltimore and from the Baltimore graffiti artists that mentored him, and applies it to the world of fine art, creating volume and texture that give life to abstract, socio political and pop culture images and scenes. Frequently, Jazi seeks to express a playful presence in his soul that translates to paintings that tap into the world of the child within us all. For example, the character Pinocchio is an iconic figure that appears in his work.
Jazi has produced work for Red Bull, Adidas, rapper Paul Wall and the Washington Childrens Hospital charity events. He has shown and performed at Art Whino (where his work is in the permanent gallery) the Low-Fi Social Club (The Bugout) and Joes2 (Nothin but the Breaks) in Baltimore and at Artomatic, where he designs and paints many of the performance spaces each year. He often paints live, this past weekend performing live at a street art party at Rockstar Bar, in Williamsburg, NYC.
Truth among Liars
Bring your favorite T-shirt and Sweatshirts. Truth among liars will have a customizable silk screen station. They will be silk screening a truth among liars design, Inked Souls logo and Art Whino logo on your shirts!
They have a wheat paste style mural in the space as well!
Tim Slayton is the founder and principle artist for Truth Among Liars..., an art, clothing and design collective based in Washington DC. He showcases his skill as a visual street artist using graffiti, wheat paste, digital art, silk screened canvas and clothing to create the simple, yet gritty and thought provoking images and designs that dominate the Truth Among Liars style. This collective was developed with the idea of informing the masses of the balance between opposites in all aspects of life particularly fact and fiction.
Music by Black Cats Resident DJ Lil'e
Black Cats Resident DJ Lil'e, aka Erin Myers, specializes in rare extended mixes and one-hit wonders whose names have been swallowed by time. Remember Flesh for Lulu, Kon Kan or Anything Box? But Lil'e does not sacrifice a solid dance floor just to showcase her extensive record collection.
Lil'e, 32, who started "Right Round" in 2002, focuses on skillful mixing, but she still finds a few moments of each song to step back from her mixer and do a little dancing herself. When she plays at other venues such as Felix or Saint-Ex, Lil'e strays far from the '80s, breaking out underground hip-hop, big beat and assorted electronica.
TTM Entertainment
Take The Money Entertainment is an Independent Label, as well as a Public Recording Studio founded by Robbie Sanchez and Brandon “Big Benz” Martin. “TTM” Entertainment offers an array of services for musicians and recording artists of all skill levels. As a Record Label, TTM offers such services as “Artist Development”, “Promotion”, Album Scheduling/Release, and Distribution.
Tagur
Tagür is a dynamic sneaker company that allows the consumer to become the producer. Any artist whether internationally renowned or novice can have a shot of having their own sneaker line. You are the artist, you are the market, you deem what is legit.
Infinite Possibilities.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Lunchtime Panel Discussion: Collecting Drawing
Thursday, April 16
12:30-2pm
@ Flashpoint
916 G Street, NW
A panel discussion on collecting, coveting, and the connoisseurship of drawing with artists Kate McGraw, Ann Tarantino, and Allison G. Marvin, collector, and Luis Silva, Professor and Chair of the Department of Art, American University. Moderated by Philippa Hughes, The Pink Line Project.
RSVP Essential: info[at]thepinklineproject[dot]com
$10 suggested donation.
Lunch generously provided by Ella's Pizza.
For more information on the Workbook installation, visit www.wedrawdc.com.
12:30-2pm
@ Flashpoint
916 G Street, NW
A panel discussion on collecting, coveting, and the connoisseurship of drawing with artists Kate McGraw, Ann Tarantino, and Allison G. Marvin, collector, and Luis Silva, Professor and Chair of the Department of Art, American University. Moderated by Philippa Hughes, The Pink Line Project.
RSVP Essential: info[at]thepinklineproject[dot]com
$10 suggested donation.
Lunch generously provided by Ella's Pizza.
For more information on the Workbook installation, visit www.wedrawdc.com.
CraftWeek DC
April 22 to 26, 2009
The first annual CraftWeek DC takes place April 22 - 26, 2009. A citywide celebration of crafts in our Nation’s capital, each day offers activities focus ed on every craft medium from ceramics, fiber, glass, metal to wood, and includes exhibits, artist demonstrations, gallery receptions, lectures, plus other activities. Two nationally recognized studio craft events will also take place – the prestigious juried Smithsonian Craft Show and the James Renwick Alliance Spring Craft Weekend, including the Masters of the Medium symposium featuring the five master artists.
CraftWeek DC is a unique opportunity to see studio crafts at their best and meet the makers, from internationally recognized artists to up-and-coming artists exhibiting for the first time at the Smithsonian Craft Show. Events celebrate as well, the growing community of artists and galleries in the Washington, DC area involved in creating and showing sculptural and functional objects.
A first for this area is an exhibition by Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina opening at Habatat Galleries, Tysons Corner, VA. On Saturday morning, April 25, the James Renwick Alliance and the Smithsonian American Art Museum host a symposium at which artists honored by the Alliance’s Master of the Medium award will speak on their life in craft. Speaking at the Smithsonian Craft Show on a ceramic architectural installation is noted ceramist Wayne Higby, Professor and Robert C. Turner Chair of Ceramic Arts at New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. An exhibit of Higby’s sculptural work is on display at the Cosmos Club in Washington, DC.
Many events are free and open to the public.
For event dates, times and locations, and events requiring admission fees, see http://craftweekdc.com
The first annual CraftWeek DC takes place April 22 - 26, 2009. A citywide celebration of crafts in our Nation’s capital, each day offers activities focus ed on every craft medium from ceramics, fiber, glass, metal to wood, and includes exhibits, artist demonstrations, gallery receptions, lectures, plus other activities. Two nationally recognized studio craft events will also take place – the prestigious juried Smithsonian Craft Show and the James Renwick Alliance Spring Craft Weekend, including the Masters of the Medium symposium featuring the five master artists.
CraftWeek DC is a unique opportunity to see studio crafts at their best and meet the makers, from internationally recognized artists to up-and-coming artists exhibiting for the first time at the Smithsonian Craft Show. Events celebrate as well, the growing community of artists and galleries in the Washington, DC area involved in creating and showing sculptural and functional objects.
A first for this area is an exhibition by Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina opening at Habatat Galleries, Tysons Corner, VA. On Saturday morning, April 25, the James Renwick Alliance and the Smithsonian American Art Museum host a symposium at which artists honored by the Alliance’s Master of the Medium award will speak on their life in craft. Speaking at the Smithsonian Craft Show on a ceramic architectural installation is noted ceramist Wayne Higby, Professor and Robert C. Turner Chair of Ceramic Arts at New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. An exhibit of Higby’s sculptural work is on display at the Cosmos Club in Washington, DC.
Many events are free and open to the public.
For event dates, times and locations, and events requiring admission fees, see http://craftweekdc.com
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Student's public art to spruce up downtown D.C.
Student's public art to spruce up downtown D.C.
- San Francisco State University:
- San Francisco State University:
"I'm only about three months away from install, and it's still hard to imagine what it will look like, but it will be big, that's for sure,' Kerber said of the piece commissioned by the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities in conjunction with Lowe Enterprises.
The two-year process has been a learning experience for Kerber. Finishing a public art piece requires constant communication between the artist, the client and engineers who ensure that the art meets building codes. Kerber's work will adorn the side of a mixed-use retail/residential building as part of revitalization efforts in the Mount Vernon Triangle neighborhood." - Ethan Kerber
See more at http://mvtriangle.blogspot.com/
This piece of public art is not for the 5th and K corner - but rather a decorative grate to beautify the large fresh air intake grate adjacent to Busboys' 5th Street entrance.
Spring Exhibitions at McLean Project for the Arts
April 16 - June 6, 2009
Opening Reception: April 16, 7 - 9 pm
Opening Reception: April 16, 7 - 9 pm
Franz Jantzen, Inventory l, digital assemblage, 41 x 34 inches, 2009
Aliza Lelah, (recycled fabric and stitching)
Roslyn Logsdon, Vaulting l - York Minster, recycled wool, 18 x 28 inchesDisambiguation: New Works by Franz Jantzen
Emerson Gallery
Large-scale digital image constructions representing multiple views of association-laden and compelling locations
Arches: Works by Roslyn Logsdon
Atrium Gallery
Studies of architectural spaces abstracted and executed in recycled wool.
Undone: New Work by Aliza Lelah
Ramp Gallery
Derived from found photographs, these images are translated to a larger scale using recycled fabric and stitching.
McLean Project for the Arts is located at 1234 Ingleside Avenue
Hours: Tuesday - Friday 10 am - 4 pm; Saturday 1 - 5 pm
For more information visit www.mpaart.org or call 703-790-1953
McLean Project for the Arts
1234 Ingleside Avenue
McLean, VA 22101
703-790-1953
www.mpaart.org
The Dead's Long, Strange Trip Could Lead Back to Recording Studio..- Post Rock
The Dead's Long, Strange Trip Could Lead Back to Recording Studio... - Post Rock
"Grateful Life," a Dead-centric exhibit by psychedelic rock-and-roll artist Stanley Mouse, opened Monday at Govinda Gallery.
Govinda Gallery
1227 34th St. NW
Washington, DC
"Grateful Life," a Dead-centric exhibit by psychedelic rock-and-roll artist Stanley Mouse, opened Monday at Govinda Gallery.
Govinda Gallery
1227 34th St. NW
Washington, DC
Peter Zumthor Named Winner of 2009 Pritzker Architecture Prize
PND - News - Peter Zumthor Named Winner of 2009 Pritzker Architecture Prize
Swiss architect Peter Zumthor has been named the winner of the 2009 Pritzker Architecture Prize, architecture's highest honor, and will receive a $100,000 cash prize and bronze medal in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on May 29.
Lou Kaplan / Art into Life, Life into Art
April 14 - June 25, 2009
A twenty-five year retrospective of the work of local painter Lou Kaplan (1930-2008)
Opening Reception
Friday, April 17th 7:00 - 9:00pm
Gallery Walk
Saturday May 16th 2:00 - 3:00pm
Laura Roulet, exhibit curator and Joann Moser, Senior Curator of Graphic Arts, Smithsonian American Art Museum, will discuss the artist's work.
Pepco's Edison Place Gallery
700 block of Eighth Street, NW
(between G and H Streets)
202.872.3396
Metro: Gallery Pl-Chinatown, 9th Street exit
Tuesday - Friday, noon - 4:00pm
Saturday, May 16th, noon - 4:00pm
A twenty-five year retrospective of the work of local painter Lou Kaplan (1930-2008)
Opening Reception
Friday, April 17th 7:00 - 9:00pm
Gallery Walk
Saturday May 16th 2:00 - 3:00pm
Laura Roulet, exhibit curator and Joann Moser, Senior Curator of Graphic Arts, Smithsonian American Art Museum, will discuss the artist's work.
Pepco's Edison Place Gallery
700 block of Eighth Street, NW
(between G and H Streets)
202.872.3396
Metro: Gallery Pl-Chinatown, 9th Street exit
Tuesday - Friday, noon - 4:00pm
Saturday, May 16th, noon - 4:00pm
A Meditation on Morandi
Thursday, April 16, 6:30-8 pm
In the Phillips’s serene galleries, Jim Goodwin and Erin Wilhelm, longtime practitioners of guided meditation, discuss Giorgio Morandi's use of ordinary objects and the meditative elements in everyday life. $35, $25 members, free for Circle members and Patrons.
Registration required: groups[at]phillipscollection[dot]org or 202-387-2151 x247
For more details, visit: http://www.phillipscollection.org/calendar/events.aspx?t=tour
The Phillips Collection | 1600 Twenty-first Street, NW | Washington | DC 20009 |
In the Phillips’s serene galleries, Jim Goodwin and Erin Wilhelm, longtime practitioners of guided meditation, discuss Giorgio Morandi's use of ordinary objects and the meditative elements in everyday life. $35, $25 members, free for Circle members and Patrons.
Registration required: groups[at]phillipscollection[dot]org or 202-387-2151 x247
For more details, visit: http://www.phillipscollection.org/calendar/events.aspx?t=tour
The Phillips Collection | 1600 Twenty-first Street, NW | Washington | DC 20009 |
CHAN CHAO / Six Years Eight Months
April 18 – May 23, 2009
Opening reception Saturday April 18, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm
In his first solo show with G Fine Art, Chan Chao presents the new series Six Years and Eight Months. His portraits of the women of Santa Monica, a low-security prison in Lima, Peru were featured in the group show Portraits at G Fine Art in 2008. Now, in 2009 Chao presents a more complete set of portraits from the series.
Santa Monica holds corrupt government officials, murderers, drug traffickers and thieves. Of the 1,125 inmates at Santa Monica, 198 are foreigners. All the foreign inmates were caught at the airport, trying to smuggle cocaine out of Peru. Six years and eight months is the standard sentence for drug trafficking and is the working title of the project. Chao describes the project as a collective expression of a group of women who share the same predicament, “Santa Monica is not so much a prison project, but rather a starting point - a subtext and intellectual component for a humanistic portrait project.”
Because these women are not required to wear uniforms and the common areas don’t reflect a typical prison atmosphere Chao is able to capture portraits that relate true emotions and have open possibility for interpretation. With each project he has undertaken Chao makes efforts to avoid reinforcing a stereotype. In his restrained sensibility Chao unveils what initially drew him to these women, their extraordinary experiences and the sensations that come with those experiences.
Chao’s photographs are in the permanent collection of Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, L. A. County Museum of Art and LaSalle Bank Photography Collection.
Gallery hours: Tuesday –Saturday 11am - 6pm
G FINE ART
1515 Fourteenth St. NW
Washington, DC 20005
202.462.1601
www.gfineartdc.com
Opening reception Saturday April 18, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm
In his first solo show with G Fine Art, Chan Chao presents the new series Six Years and Eight Months. His portraits of the women of Santa Monica, a low-security prison in Lima, Peru were featured in the group show Portraits at G Fine Art in 2008. Now, in 2009 Chao presents a more complete set of portraits from the series.
Santa Monica holds corrupt government officials, murderers, drug traffickers and thieves. Of the 1,125 inmates at Santa Monica, 198 are foreigners. All the foreign inmates were caught at the airport, trying to smuggle cocaine out of Peru. Six years and eight months is the standard sentence for drug trafficking and is the working title of the project. Chao describes the project as a collective expression of a group of women who share the same predicament, “Santa Monica is not so much a prison project, but rather a starting point - a subtext and intellectual component for a humanistic portrait project.”
Because these women are not required to wear uniforms and the common areas don’t reflect a typical prison atmosphere Chao is able to capture portraits that relate true emotions and have open possibility for interpretation. With each project he has undertaken Chao makes efforts to avoid reinforcing a stereotype. In his restrained sensibility Chao unveils what initially drew him to these women, their extraordinary experiences and the sensations that come with those experiences.
Chao’s photographs are in the permanent collection of Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, L. A. County Museum of Art and LaSalle Bank Photography Collection.
Gallery hours: Tuesday –Saturday 11am - 6pm
G FINE ART
1515 Fourteenth St. NW
Washington, DC 20005
202.462.1601
www.gfineartdc.com
Monday, April 13, 2009
Artist Speaker Series at Hamiltonian Gallery
Tuesday, April 14, 2009, at 7:00pm.
John D. Mason, an art and entertainment attorney and intellectual property attorney at The Intellectual Property Group, PLLC (www.artlaws.com) is on the Board of Directors of the Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts (www.thewala.org). He will be discussing legal matters related to art and artists, including copyright, trademark, and contract issues.
The Artist Speaker Series is a succession of lectures given by established artists and art professionals to aid in the artistic and entrepreneurial development of So-Hamiltonian Fellows and other emerging artists.
Please RSVP to jackie[at]hamiltoniangallery[dot]com for an outline of this lecture, so you may come prepared with questions if you'd like.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009, at 7:00pm at Hamiltonian Gallery, an artist talk will be given by the current three exhibiting artists - Lisa Montag Brotman, and Hamiltonian Fellows Tom Block and Michael Enn Sirvet. This exhibition will be on view until May 2, 2009.
1353 U Street, NW
Suite 101
Washington,DC 20056-3975
http://hamiltonianartists.org
http://hamiltoniangallery.com
John D. Mason, an art and entertainment attorney and intellectual property attorney at The Intellectual Property Group, PLLC (www.artlaws.com) is on the Board of Directors of the Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts (www.thewala.org). He will be discussing legal matters related to art and artists, including copyright, trademark, and contract issues.
The Artist Speaker Series is a succession of lectures given by established artists and art professionals to aid in the artistic and entrepreneurial development of So-Hamiltonian Fellows and other emerging artists.
Please RSVP to jackie[at]hamiltoniangallery[dot]com for an outline of this lecture, so you may come prepared with questions if you'd like.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009, at 7:00pm at Hamiltonian Gallery, an artist talk will be given by the current three exhibiting artists - Lisa Montag Brotman, and Hamiltonian Fellows Tom Block and Michael Enn Sirvet. This exhibition will be on view until May 2, 2009.
1353 U Street, NW
Suite 101
Washington,DC 20056-3975
http://hamiltonianartists.org
http://hamiltoniangallery.com
Mexican Modernity
Mexican Modernity:
A lecture about artists and writers living inMexico City
Thursday, April 16, 2009 @ 6:30pm
Rueben Gallo & Barbara Tenenbaum
BOOK PRESENTATION | Friday, April 17, 2009 @ 12:00 & 4:00 pm
Before Saying Any of the Great Words:
Selected Poetry of David Huerta
MUSIC | Friday, April 17, 2009 @ 8:00 pm
MEXICO AT THE FILMFEST DC April 17, 18, 22 & 23, 2009
Check Website for LOCATIONS
The Cultural Institute of Mexico inWashington , D.C.
A lecture about artists and writers living in
Thursday, April 16, 2009 @ 6:30pm
Rueben Gallo & Barbara Tenenbaum
BOOK PRESENTATION | Friday, April 17, 2009 @ 12:00 & 4:00 pm
Before Saying Any of the Great Words:
Selected Poetry of David Huerta
MUSIC | Friday, April 17, 2009 @ 8:00 pm
MEXICO AT THE FILMFEST DC April 17, 18, 22 & 23, 2009
Check Website for LOCATIONS
The Cultural Institute of Mexico in
Time and Space: Artists' Perspectives on Residency Programs
FRAMEWORK Panel #10
Thursday, April 16, 6:30 - 8:00pm
Pyramid Atlantic
8230 Georgia Ave.
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Transformer is partnering with Pyramid Atlantic in presenting this tenth panel in Transformer's on-going FRAMEWORK Panel Series, Time and Space: Artists' Perspectives on Residency Programs. This discussion will offer attendees insights on a diverse array of artist residencies, and how artists can take advantage of these unique opportunities for creative development. Participating panelists will share their personal experiences in a range of residency programs, and present images of works created as well as visuals of residency facilities.
Participating panelists are: Julia Mandle, Jefferson Pinder, Joyce Scott, and Molly Springfield. The panel will be moderated by Victoria Reis, Executive & Artistic Director, Transformer.
Attendance is free.
For further information on FRAMEWORK and/or other Transformer programs and events, call 202.483.1102, or visit Transformer's website, www.transformergallery.org,
Thursday, April 16, 6:30 - 8:00pm
Pyramid Atlantic
8230 Georgia Ave.
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Transformer is partnering with Pyramid Atlantic in presenting this tenth panel in Transformer's on-going FRAMEWORK Panel Series, Time and Space: Artists' Perspectives on Residency Programs. This discussion will offer attendees insights on a diverse array of artist residencies, and how artists can take advantage of these unique opportunities for creative development. Participating panelists will share their personal experiences in a range of residency programs, and present images of works created as well as visuals of residency facilities.
Participating panelists are: Julia Mandle, Jefferson Pinder, Joyce Scott, and Molly Springfield. The panel will be moderated by Victoria Reis, Executive & Artistic Director, Transformer.
Attendance is free.
For further information on FRAMEWORK and/or other Transformer programs and events, call 202.483.1102, or visit Transformer's website, www.transformergallery.org,
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Vivid Solutions opens in historic Anacostia
Sakura: Awakened by Spring
a group photography exhibition
a group photography exhibition
Featuring photographic works by:
Rachel Beamer-www.rachelbeamer.com
Sharon Burton-www.geminivisionsart.com
Chris Eichler-www.chriseichler.com
Jonathan French
David Garber-http://anacostianow.blogspot.com
Lauren Henkin-www.laurenhenkin.com
Andrea Hope-www.darklightimages.com
Bruce McNeil
Otis Motley
Amanda Sauer-www.amandasauer.com
Darren Smith-www.honfleurgallery.com
Susanna Thornton-www.susannathornton.com
Peter Tomlinson-www.photosbypjt.com
Renee Woodward-www.azcrastudios.com
More Info: Contact Andrea Hope at 202-631-6291
Rachel Beamer-www.rachelbeamer.com
Sharon Burton-www.geminivisionsart.com
Chris Eichler-www.chriseichler.com
Jonathan French
David Garber-http://anacostianow.blogspot.com
Lauren Henkin-www.laurenhenkin.com
Andrea Hope-www.darklightimages.com
Bruce McNeil
Otis Motley
Amanda Sauer-www.amandasauer.com
Darren Smith-www.honfleurgallery.com
Susanna Thornton-www.susannathornton.com
Peter Tomlinson-www.photosbypjt.com
Renee Woodward-www.azcrastudios.com
More Info: Contact Andrea Hope at 202-631-6291
"ARCH Development has a new component and a sister gallery to Honfleur Art Gallery, Vivid Solutions. Vivid Solutions is a state of the art photographic gallery and high end digital print lab. Officially opened its doors April 11, Vivid Solutions offers fine art replications and printing through the use of EPSON printers and a new technique of printing developed by ESPON, France called Digigraphie."
"The store front of Vivid Solutions will act as a salon style exhibition space for Vivid Solutions’ represented photographers with exhibits rotating four times a year."
"Vivid Solutions is located at 2208 Martin Luther King Ave. SE Washington D.C. For more information contact: 202.631.6291"
COUP D'ESPACE
Washington Project for the Arts
(artists take over WPA HQ)
Installment II: Secret Garden an installation by Tom Block
April 16 - May 8, 2009
Opening Reception, Thursday, April 16th 5:30 - 7:30pm
at WPA headquarters 2023 Massachusetts Ave. NW
WPA member artist, Tom Block, presents Secret Garden, an installation of drawings and ideas inspired by the teachings of the Sufi mystics of Islam. The installation of over 300 pieces will spare no space within our office headquarters!
'Secret Garden' uses the teachings of the Sufi mystics of Islam as inspiration to create the installation. The exhibit is comprised of 350 small (7" x 5" and 6" x 4") panels, arrayed around the four walls of the gallery. Centered around the form of the circle, which visually holds together the series as well as most facilely represents the underlying theme of the Sufi Way, 'Secret Garden' includes fragments and collections of other ideas -- some recognizable and some not -- all of which symbolize different manners in which the unity of the universe can be expressed in our temporal world. Mixed in with the drawings are short sayings from Sufi poets throughout the centuries... - Tom Block
A reception to launch the exhibition will be held at WPA on Thursday, April 16th from 5:30-7:30pm. This event is free and open to the public.
Exhibition hours will be Tuesdays - Fridays from 11am - 4pm through May 8th, 2009
Artist Talk with Lynn Cazabon, Hadieh Shafie and Tory Wright
Saturday, April 18th, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Free with Refreshments Provided
In Women’s Work, the artists intervene upon seemingly insignificant material such as discarded motion picture film, cosmetic advertisements, and ordinary paper to create captivating, whirling forms and sculptures. Though formally and conceptually distinct, each project comments on change, the passage of time, and what is preserved versus left behind.
Civilian Art Projects
406 7th St. NW 3rd Floor
Washington, DC
Free with Refreshments Provided
In Women’s Work, the artists intervene upon seemingly insignificant material such as discarded motion picture film, cosmetic advertisements, and ordinary paper to create captivating, whirling forms and sculptures. Though formally and conceptually distinct, each project comments on change, the passage of time, and what is preserved versus left behind.
Civilian Art Projects
406 7th St. NW 3rd Floor
Washington, DC
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Stunning art, music and entertainment at the Pink Line Project's 'Cherry Blast'
Stunning art, music and entertainment at the Pink Line Project's 'Cherry Blast':
"HUNDREDS OF hip Washingtonians hiked across the Anacostia River last night to join in the fun of The Pink Line Project's 'Cherry Blast.'
MANY TOOK THE bright yellow school bus shuttling back and forth between trendy Dupont Circle in upscale Northwest and a scruffy warehouse in sketchy Southeast, where they normally wouldn't be caught anywhere near, especially after dark."
- Swedish Scene
CLOSING Day for "Soul REBEL AT GOVINDA
Today is CLOSING Day for "Soul REBEL" at Govinda Gallery in Georgetown (Wash DC). Go by and say hello to Dave Burnett before the pictures fly off the wall for the last time.
Govinda Gallery 1237 34th St. NW,
WASH., DC
(202) 333-1180
Govinda Gallery 1237 34th St. NW,
WASH., DC
(202) 333-1180
Stanley Mouse / Grateful Life at Govinda
Opening Reception: Monday, April 13, 2009, 6:00pm - 9:00pm
The best of Psychedelic Artist Stanley Mouse (who will be present at the opening) did album covers for the Grateful Dead, Steve Miller Band, Journey, American Graffiti and many more...also created the "Zig Zag Man" for Zig-Zag rolling papers. New and old art!
Stanley Mouse Talks Grateful Dead, Zig-Zags, Hot Rods, Hippies and What Journey Took From Jimi - Post Rock
"Kelley died last year, but the long, strange trip continues for Mouse, whose Dead-centric exhibition, "Grateful Life," opens Monday at Govinda Gallery. That's just in time for the Deadhead invasion in D.C., as the surviving members of the Dead will perform Tuesday at Verizon Center."
Govinda Gallery
1227 34th St. NW
Washington, DC
SURFACES
April 5, to May 2, 2009
Opening: April 11, 6 to 8pm
This duo show will exhibit amazing works of two very important sculptors from the DC metro area. They are both developing new and exciting techniques to push their work in a wonderful direction. They are exploring surfaces in dramatically different ways. We think they contrast nicely with each other. Both are gentle and delicate in unique ways, opposing paper food trash and the raw power of steel. Take this opportunity view an important movement. For many years we've been concerned with the study of new surfaces, now these artists are experimenting with materials and techniques to develop something different and exciting.
artdc gallery | |
5710 Baltimore Ave Hyattsville, MD | |
Conversations with Artists: Jorge Pardo
April 15 at 5:30 pm
Jorge Pardo blurs the boundaries between art, architecture and design, in site-specific projects that consider the environment, the relationship of object to site, and the relationships among art objects, architecture, and design.
Free; registration required: 202.387.2151 x286 or CSMAprograms[at]phillipscollection[dot]org. Preferred seating available for Circle members and Patrons.
The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
202-387-2151
Jorge Pardo blurs the boundaries between art, architecture and design, in site-specific projects that consider the environment, the relationship of object to site, and the relationships among art objects, architecture, and design.
Free; registration required: 202.387.2151 x286 or CSMAprograms[at]phillipscollection[dot]org. Preferred seating available for Circle members and Patrons.
The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
202-387-2151
Friday, April 10, 2009
Shawne Major: Love Calls Us to the Things of This World
April 11 to May 16, 2009
Opening Reception and Catalog Launch with the Artist:
Saturday, April 11, 6-8PM
Shawne Major's exciting post-pop, found-object assemblage works were recently exhibited in the Prospect.1 New Orleans Biennial, curated by Dan Cameron. Love Calls Us To the Things of This World presents the artist's love of materials and her creative impulse to fashion objects of arresting wonder and beauty from seemingly mundane objects.
Shawne Major’s compositions are about the human condition at our historical moment, about art making as still connected to ritual, fetish, the handmade object, and the struggle with chaos, about answering the volumes of discarded consumerist objects with a personal levee against the flow. Her works are, finally, new expressions of the great inexhaustible American potential for democratic subversion just when we need it the most.
Shawne Major’s compositions are about the human condition at our historical moment, about art making as still connected to ritual, fetish, the handmade object, and the struggle with chaos, about answering the volumes of discarded consumerist objects with a personal levee against the flow. Her works are, finally, new expressions of the great inexhaustible American potential for democratic subversion just when we need it the most.
Catalog published by Irvine Contemporary | Exhibition Info
Irvine Contemporary | 1412 14th Street NW | Washington, DC 202-332-8767
Cherry Blast! Tonight
art + music + video + dance + anime + fashion +origami
Friday, April 10, 9 pm to 2 am
A cool, raw warehouse at 2020 Shannon Place SE
$10 (21+)
Go to The Pink Line Project for updates to the event program and Getting There and Back!
UNTITLED ALL- MEDIA SHOW
April 11 - May 1, 2009
CAPITOL HILL ART LEAGUE
Opening Reception & Gallery Talk
April 11, 2009, 5 – 7 PM
Juror Michael Skalka, Conservation Administrator for the National Gallery of Art
545 7th Street, S.E.
Washington DC, 20003
(the corner of 7th and G Streets, SE).
CAPITOL HILL ART LEAGUE
Opening Reception & Gallery Talk
April 11, 2009, 5 – 7 PM
Juror Michael Skalka, Conservation Administrator for the National Gallery of Art
545 7th Street, S.E.
Washington DC, 20003
(the corner of 7th and G Streets, SE).
LottoHEART
LottoHEART is looking for artists to create small artwork to help a good cause.
Create 5" x 7" artworks that will benefit CAMP Rehoboth — a GBLT community center in Rehoboth Beach. Sales of the art work at LottoHEART will go to CAMP. For more information visit LottoHEART here. Sign up online.
Create 5" x 7" artworks that will benefit CAMP Rehoboth — a GBLT community center in Rehoboth Beach. Sales of the art work at LottoHEART will go to CAMP. For more information visit LottoHEART here. Sign up online.
Bethesda Art Walk & Guided Tour
Visit 13 downtown Bethesda galleries from 6-9pm on the second Friday of every month. The guided tours are free and meet at the Bethesda Metro Station at 6:30pm. More Info.
Opening receptions Friday, April 10 from 6PM - 9PM.
APRIL at Gallery Neptune
second floor of the brand new Peripoint building
5001 Wilson Lane, Bethesda, Maryland.
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Opening receptions Friday, April 10 from 6PM - 9PM.
APRIL at Gallery Neptunesecond floor of the brand new Peripoint building
5001 Wilson Lane, Bethesda, Maryland.
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- BETHESDA GREEN at FRASER GALLERY
April 10 - May 2, 2009 - A group exhibition by artists using recycled materials to create paintings, collages and sculpture. 7700 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite E
- Bethesda, Maryland 20814
Tel: (301) 718-9651
Dahlak Exhibit
April 9 - May 3, 2009
View the work of three talented, DC photographers who combine their passions for music and photography to capture the spirit and energy of local artists and headliners alike:
Kyle Gustafson
Martin Locraft
Nestor Diaz
Dahlak
1771 U Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
(On the corner between Florida Ave and 17th Street)
Thursday, April 09, 2009
Donovan Days at the County Museum in Ballyjamesduff
July 10-12, 2009
Donovan Days celebration in Ballyjamesduff, Ireland
Sapphographs, European unveiling in Cavan
in association with Govinda Gallery, Washington DC.
Curated by Chris Murray
Donovan Days celebration in Ballyjamesduff, Ireland
Sapphographs, European unveiling in Cavan
in association with Govinda Gallery, Washington DC.
Curated by Chris Murray
BJD goes Mellow Yellow
"The mood is likely to be mellow at the County Museum in Ballyjamesduff on July 10-12, during a special Donovan celebration entitled Donovan Days. It’s being organised by the museum and Cavan County Council Arts Office, who will welcome Donovan, an icon of the pop revolution of the 1960s.
His songs became the soundtrack for a generation. A poet and artist, he was the writer and performer of classic hits such as Catch the Wind, Mellow Yellow and Sunshine Superman. A close associate of The Beatles, he travelled with the group to India in 1968, where he gave John Lennon guitar lessons. Hurdy Gurdy Man, another classic Donovan track, featured members of Led Zeppelin before they became famous. Several events will take place in Ballyjamesduff over the weekend:
July 10: launch of an exhibition of Donovan’s artwork, a collection of Sapphographs for their European unveiling in Cavan in association with Govinda Gallery, Washington DC and curated by Chris Murray. This exhibition is dedicated to and inspired by the Greek poet Sappho. Contributors to the catalogue include Gregory Nagy, director of the Centre for Hellenic Studies, Harvard professor and a scholar on Sappho."
READ Article HERE: Anglo Celt | Entertainment | BJD goes Mellow Yellow:
Cavan County Museum 049-8544070, cavanmuseum.ie; cavanmusic.com.
Govinda Gallery
1227 34th Street NW, Washington DC 20007
202.333.1180
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday 11AM – 6PM
New Public Artwork at Nationals Park Unveiled
Kristen Hudak wrote on - MASNsports.com about the new Public Artwork at Nationals Park presented by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and the Nationals.
"Yesterday, the Nationals and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (DCCAH) presented two new public artwork exhibits at Nationals Park. The projects included three sculptures of D.C. baseball greats Josh Gibson, Frank Howard and Walter Johnson, and a suspended artwork called 'The Ballgame."
Anacostia Cherry Blossom Festival and Art Walk
Friday April 10, 2009, 7:00 pm-9:00 pm
Meet the Artists
Saturday April 11, 10:00 am-4:00 pm
Featured Artists:
Alison Spain
Caity Lennon
Amber Robles-Gordon
Nick Popovici
Susanna Thornton
Jon Royce
Alanzo Robles-Gordon
Jared Ragland
Honfluer Gallery Alternative Art Space
2200 Martin Luther King Avenue
Washington, DC
202-580-5924
Cherry Blossom Festival and Art Walk
Check other Anacostia Cherry Blossom Festival Events and Stops on Art Walk!!!!!!
www.pinklineproject.com
Meet the Artists
Saturday April 11, 10:00 am-4:00 pm
Featured Artists:
Alison Spain
Caity Lennon
Amber Robles-Gordon
Nick Popovici
Susanna Thornton
Jon Royce
Alanzo Robles-Gordon
Jared Ragland
Honfluer Gallery Alternative Art Space
2200 Martin Luther King Avenue
Washington, DC
202-580-5924
Cherry Blossom Festival and Art Walk
Check other Anacostia Cherry Blossom Festival Events and Stops on Art Walk!!!!!!
www.pinklineproject.com
Reclaimed
Reclaimed Exhibition • April 1 - April 26, 2009 Reception: Thursday, April 9th, 6-8pm • Gallery Talk: 7pm
Reclaimed is an exhibition that focuses on everyday common objects that are reclaimed, recycled, reinterpreted and transformed into art. From Marcel Duchamp’s “ready-mades” to Robert Rauschenberg’s “combines”, artists have been for years recycling and reclaiming everyday common objects and transforming them into something new and unique. The jurors for this exhibition are gallery owners and collectors, a husband and wife team, Steven and Linda Krensky. The jurors had to review 470 entries and decided on 34 works to be a part of the exhibition.
The Target Gallery, national exhibition space of the Torpedo Factory Art Center, is located on the waterfront in Old Town Alexandria, VA.
The gallery hours are Monday through Sunday 10-6pm and Thursdays 10-8pm.
Wanna vote on your best people watching spot
Have you been people watching this spring? Now's the time to vote on your favorite place to gaze. Dupont vs. Georgetown?
Vote for best people watching with this fun and easy nbcwashington.com contest! Dupont Circle is beating two to one, but Georgetown has made recent gains..the winner gets lots of live coverage for (our Dupont Circle businesses) on nbcwashington.com, and voting ends on April 14th!
Please vote by following the link below and clicking the green vote arrow! (Comments are not necessary and don't constitute a vote!)
http://tinyurl.com/dn4knm
Courtesy:
Paul K. Williams, Executive Director
Historic Dupont Circle Main Streets
(202) 441-1474
DupontCircle.biz
Vote for best people watching with this fun and easy nbcwashington.com contest! Dupont Circle is beating two to one, but Georgetown has made recent gains..the winner gets lots of live coverage for (our Dupont Circle businesses) on nbcwashington.com, and voting ends on April 14th!
Please vote by following the link below and clicking the green vote arrow! (Comments are not necessary and don't constitute a vote!)
http://tinyurl.com/dn4knm
Courtesy:
Paul K. Williams, Executive Director
Historic Dupont Circle Main Streets
(202) 441-1474
DupontCircle.biz
Critical Exposure: Words, Beats and Life
Saturday, April 11th, 10am-4pm
2204 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave, Washington DC
This event curated by Chanel Compton and made possible by The Pink Line Project is bringing you graffiti, turntables, and documentary photography captured by DC youth! It is a part of Anacostia Cherry Blossom Festival on
Critical Exposure and Words Beats & Life are Washington DC based youth arts organizations that empower their students to be the leaders of today. The featured works, graffiti and photography, were created by students in order to protest social change and to share their creative vision.
Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space: More on (DC's) Cultural Infrastructure
Richard Layman has an interesting post today on "cultural infrastructure" and its implications for individual artists in the city.
HERE:
Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space: More on (DC's) Cultural Infrastructure:
"It's more about supporting the kinds of institutions where people come to 'consume' arts rather than to produce art/be artists. Even many of the neighborhood-based arts institutions in the city (Lincoln Theatre, Atlas Performing Arts Center) tend to be about 'viewing' rather than 'doing.' Although THEARC (Town Hall Education, Arts & Recreation Campus) in Southeast DC appears to be an exception. (See the description from the architects website.)
Still there is a difference between 'doing' as creative expression and self-affirmation being a working artist 'doer."
HERE:
Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space: More on (DC's) Cultural Infrastructure:
"It's more about supporting the kinds of institutions where people come to 'consume' arts rather than to produce art/be artists. Even many of the neighborhood-based arts institutions in the city (Lincoln Theatre, Atlas Performing Arts Center) tend to be about 'viewing' rather than 'doing.' Although THEARC (Town Hall Education, Arts & Recreation Campus) in Southeast DC appears to be an exception. (See the description from the architects website.)
Still there is a difference between 'doing' as creative expression and self-affirmation being a working artist 'doer."
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Dedication of two new public artworks at Nationals Park
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities invites you to the dedication of two new public artworks at Nationals Park Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at 11am.
From nationals.com website
From nationals.com website
The DC Creates Public Art program of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (DCCAH) is thrilled to announce the dedication of two new public art works at Nationals Park. These exciting projects showcase public art to the approximately 2.5 million patrons attending baseball games at Nationals Park each year. This places significant artworks in Center Field Plaza and along the main concourse, which adds to the texture of an up and coming and vibrantly diverse retail neighborhood.
Monday, April 06, 2009
Hamiltonian Artists / So-Hamiltonian Fellowship Program
Hamiltonian Artists and Project 4 are hosting an evening of music, hors d'oeuvres and wine for a fundraiser for the So-Hamiltonian Fellowship Program on April 8th, 2009, with the music performed by the Formalist Quartet. The Formalist Quartet is a string ensemble dedicated to the performance of adventurous and relevant repertoire, focusing on contemporary pieces as well as exploring a diverse spectrum of early baroque music.
Doors open at 7pm and tickets are $25. Tickets can be purchased in advance by calling the gallery directly at 202.332.1116. Some tickets will be available the evening of the show but those interested are encouraged to purchase tickets in advance. Proceeds raised will help further the So-Hamiltonian Fellowship Program and aid the future endeavors of our fellows.
Hamiltonian Artists
1353 U Street, NW (14th and U Streets)
Washington, DC 2009
202.332.1116
Capital Fringe Returns Bigger Than Ever
Too Much of a good thing??
Read City Desk at Washington City Paper
Capital Fringe Turns Artists Away for Fourth Season by Sheffy Gordon
Fringe website
Read City Desk at Washington City Paper
Capital Fringe Turns Artists Away for Fourth Season by Sheffy Gordon
"Maybe it’s a victim of its own success, but D.C.’s big summer theater party has too many people banging on the door this year. The Capital Fringe Festival, entering its fourth summer, saw a 50 percent increase in artist applications this year. Festival organizers decided to cap the number of hosted productions at 124 shows (slightly higher than last year’s 104)* and keep it 18 days long (July 9-26).
And that’s probably a good thing:..."
Sunday, April 05, 2009
American Visionary Art Museum Gala
Scene & Heard By Sloane Brown / Special to the Sun
"The scene inside the American Visionary Art Museum was indeed visionary.....
"I couldn't help but think how much Donovan would've really liked this party. Because it's just like the '60s and the early '70s when everybody was really celebrating," Chris Murray said, Donovan's art agent and director of the D.C. Govinda Gallery."
American Visionary Art Museum
800 Key Highway
Baltimore, MD
410-244-1900
Govinda Gallery
1227 34th Street NW
Washington DC 20007
202.333.1180
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11AM - 6PM
"The scene inside the American Visionary Art Museum was indeed visionary.....
"I couldn't help but think how much Donovan would've really liked this party. Because it's just like the '60s and the early '70s when everybody was really celebrating," Chris Murray said, Donovan's art agent and director of the D.C. Govinda Gallery."
American Visionary Art Museum
800 Key Highway
Baltimore, MD
410-244-1900
Govinda Gallery
1227 34th Street NW
Washington DC 20007
202.333.1180
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11AM - 6PM
On the Fly eating
On Friday night at Viewscapes, I met one of the owners of this kool concept in natural, fresh local food products. On the Fly delicious and high quality foods are brought to you on the streets of DC in a "smartkarts®", an American made, zero-emission plug-in truck. Continued success guys!
Eco vending - On the Fly, http://www.dconthefly.com/
Home Slice LLC (parent company)
315 G Street SE
Washington D.C. 20003
202.544.9046
usemyproducts[at]ontheflydc[dot]com
Washington Business Journal - Taking it to the street
Eco vending - On the Fly, http://www.dconthefly.com/
Home Slice LLC (parent company)
315 G Street SE
Washington D.C. 20003
202.544.9046
usemyproducts[at]ontheflydc[dot]com
Washington Business Journal - Taking it to the street
"Through fits and starts, D.C. struggles to breathe life into a stale outdoor food cart scene, On The Fly serves its food in eco-friendly, motorized carts and offers original recipes such as tacos and fare like sushi and barbecue from local restaurants, including Teaism and Red Hot & Blue."
American History Museum Entrance at 12th and Madison NW
Google map it! Hours: 11am-6pm, Weekends and Holidays
Google map it! Hours: 11am-6pm, Weekends and Holidays
Farragut smartkafe (click to read profile)
1101 Connecticut Avenue NW. In The Farragut North Metro Station at Connecticut Ave. and L Street NWGoogle map it! Hours: 6:30am to 9pm M-F and 9am to 5pm on Saturday, Closed Sunday
Capitol Hill smartkafe (click to read profile) 315 G Street SE in the Results Gym / Google map it! Hours: 5am to 11pm M-F and 7am to 9pm S-Sun
City Vista Kafe (click to read profile) 499 K Street NW 5am to 11pm M-F and 7am to 9pm S-Sun
NEA, AU and U.S. Department of State Announce NEA International Arts Journalism Institute in the Visual Arts
Read Article HERE at Artdaily.org
WASHINGTON, DC.- American University (AU), National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the U.S. Department of State announced today that applications are being accepted for the inaugural NEA International Arts Journalism Institute in Visual Arts, to take place June 12-26, 2009. Applications for American journalists are due April 17, 2009.
Jack Rasmussen, director and curator of American University Museum, will direct the NEA International Arts Journalism Institute in Visual Arts. Mr. Rasmussen stated, "The Institute will place American art in its historical and cultural context, and bring participants into close working contact with artists, curators, dealers, and critics in the United States today."
Applications for American journalists are due April 17, 2009. For more information, please visit: http://american.edu/museum/nea/
Adams Morgan Public Art Open House
April 21 from 6:00 - 8:00pm
located at the Christ Scientist Church
(1782 Columbia Road, NW)
DC Creates Public Art
will be displaying three different public art proposals
for the plaza at the corner of 18th Street and Columbia Road, NW
and asking the community to share thoughts on each of the works.
Contact Deirdre Ehlen 202-724-5613 for information
located at the Christ Scientist Church
(1782 Columbia Road, NW)
DC Creates Public Art will be displaying three different public art proposals
for the plaza at the corner of 18th Street and Columbia Road, NW
and asking the community to share thoughts on each of the works.
Contact Deirdre Ehlen 202-724-5613 for information
Saturday, April 04, 2009
Art Review: Paul Richard on 'Heaven on Earth' at the National Gallery of Art - washingtonpost.com
Art Review: Paul Richard on 'Heaven on Earth' at the National Gallery of Art - washingtonpost.com: "Tear a page out of a book and what do you get? Perhaps a pang of guilt. Otherwise not much. Just a piece of trash....But the 52 pages from old vandalized books in "Heaven on Earth: Manuscript Illuminations From the National Gallery of Art" are the opposite of trash."
"Heaven on Earth: Manuscript Illuminations From the National Gallery of Art will remain on view in the East Building, Fourth Street and Constitution Avenue NW, through Aug. 2. The show is supported by a grant from the Thaw Charitable Trust. The gallery is open Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. For information call 202-737-4215. Admission is free."
"Heaven on Earth: Manuscript Illuminations From the National Gallery of Art will remain on view in the East Building, Fourth Street and Constitution Avenue NW, through Aug. 2. The show is supported by a grant from the Thaw Charitable Trust. The gallery is open Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. For information call 202-737-4215. Admission is free."
Art Review: 'Space, Unlimited' at Art Museum of the Americas - washingtonpost.com
Art Review: 'Space, Unlimited' at Art Museum of the Americas - washingtonpost.com By Jessica Dawson
Gallery talk by exhibit co-curator Laura Roulet
Sunday, April 5, 3pm
Art Museum of the Americas
201 18 Street NW, Washington DC
Hours: 10 – 5, Tuesday through Sunday
Curators Tatiana Flores and Laura Roulet say that the exhibition gathers artists who create "space," a term Roulet defines as "architectural dimensions, natural environment, personal habitat, or the parameters of one's interior world."
Gallery talk by exhibit co-curator Laura Roulet
Sunday, April 5, 3pm
Art Museum of the Americas
201 18 Street NW, Washington DC
Hours: 10 – 5, Tuesday through Sunday
Reclaimed
 | April 1, 2009 through April 26, 2009 Opening: April 9, 2009 6-8pm Gallery Talk: April 9, 2009 7 pm Reclaimed, an exhibition that focuses on everyday common objects that are reclaimed, recycled, reinterpreted and transformed into art. Artists: Susan Springer Anderson, Alfonso Arambula Robles, Adam Bradley, Melissa Burley, Steve Butler, James H Calvin, Travis Childers, David Cowardin, Steven Dobbin, David Edgar, Deveren Farley, Elissa Farrow-Savos, Carol Gellner Levin, Tara Giannini,Jonathan Haner, Deb Jansen, Leslie C kerby, Peter Koronakos, Chance Liscomb, Mary Ann Lomonaco, Rosmary Luckett, Juliette Montague, Terry Nelson, Kasia Ozga, Michael Rodemer, Nilo M Santiago, Mamoru Sato, Lisa Schumaier, John W. Stephenson, Erwin Timmers, George Tkabladze, Jean Tock, Kristyn Weave Target Gallery 105 N. Union St. Alexandria, VA 22314 703-838-4565 http://www.torpedofactory.org/ |
Friday, April 03, 2009
Arp 274
I love these images! Makes my heart race thru space and back. Join me???
Hubble Celebrates the International Year of Astronomy with the Galaxy Triplet Arp 274
Credit: NASA, ESA, M. Livio and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
On April 1-2, the Hubble Space Telescope photographed the winning target in the Space Telescope Science Institute's "You Decide" competition in celebration of the International Year of Astronomy (IYA). The winner is a group of galaxies called Arp 274. The striking object received 67,021 votes out of the nearly 140,000 votes cast for the six candidate targets.
More HERE
Hubble Celebrates the International Year of Astronomy with the Galaxy Triplet Arp 274
Credit: NASA, ESA, M. Livio and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)On April 1-2, the Hubble Space Telescope photographed the winning target in the Space Telescope Science Institute's "You Decide" competition in celebration of the International Year of Astronomy (IYA). The winner is a group of galaxies called Arp 274. The striking object received 67,021 votes out of the nearly 140,000 votes cast for the six candidate targets.
More HERE
Nationals Park at Center Field Plaza / dedication of sculptures
Wednesday April 8th, 2009 at 11amDC Creates Public Art Program
Invites you to a dedication of sculptures by Omri Amrany of Josh Gibson, Walter Johnson and Frank Howard and a suspended installation by Walter Kravitz entitled "The Ball Game"
Invites you to a dedication of sculptures by Omri Amrany of Josh Gibson, Walter Johnson and Frank Howard and a suspended installation by Walter Kravitz entitled "The Ball Game"
Nationals Park at Center Field Plaza
Enter through the Main Entrance at the Center Field Gates at Half Street and N Street, S.E.
1500 S. Capitol St SE, Washington DC 20003
Closest Metro: Navy Yard (Green Line)
Guest Parking available in LOT C (entrance on the 1st Street Side)
RSVP: Deirdre Ehlen
deirdre[dot]ehlen[at]dc.gov | 202.724.5613
For more information about the project please go to www.dcarts.dc.gov
Enter through the Main Entrance at the Center Field Gates at Half Street and N Street, S.E.
1500 S. Capitol St SE, Washington DC 20003
Closest Metro: Navy Yard (Green Line)
Guest Parking available in LOT C (entrance on the 1st Street Side)
RSVP: Deirdre Ehlen
deirdre[dot]ehlen[at]dc.gov | 202.724.5613
For more information about the project please go to www.dcarts.dc.gov
VIEWSCAPES opens tonight
February 27 - May 1, 2009
VIEWSCAPES
Curated by Gary Fisher
Artists Reception
Friday, April 3, 2009, 6:00 - 9:00 pm
Towards 16th Street NW, 36" x 48" oil on canvas, © Anne Marchand - All Rights Reserved
VIEWSCAPESTanja Bos, Gary Bowers, Gary Fisher, Jill Finsen,
Susan Finsen, Jill Garrity, Anne Marchand, Liz WallenCurated by Gary Fisher
Artists Reception
Friday, April 3, 2009, 6:00 - 9:00 pm
Towards 16th Street NW, 36" x 48" oil on canvas, © Anne Marchand - All Rights Reserved ART 17 at Coldwell Banker
1606 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
202.387.6180
1606 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
202.387.6180
Nancy Ostertag - Personal Geography / MH Ramona Swift - Don’t Fence Me In
April 4, 2009 - May 30, 2009
Opening Reception
Saturday, April 4, 5 to 8 pm
Artist Talk, 5:30 - 6 pm
Featuring an acoustic set by
Brad Pugh of Practically Einstein at 7pm
Book Signing, Personal Geography
Saturday May 2, 2-4 pm
@ District Fine Arts
Opening Reception
Saturday, April 4, 5 to 8 pm
Artist Talk, 5:30 - 6 pm
Featuring an acoustic set by
Brad Pugh of Practically Einstein at 7pm
Book Signing, Personal Geography
Saturday May 2, 2-4 pm
@ District Fine Arts
Thursday, April 02, 2009
Strictly Painting 7 / Call For Entries
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: April 10, 2009, 5pm
Exhibition Dates: Jun 18 - Aug 1, 2009
Click here for rules and entry form
Exhibition Dates: Jun 18 - Aug 1, 2009
Click here for rules and entry form
McLean Project for the Arts • 1234 Ingleside Avenue • McLean, Virginia 22101
Phone 703-790-1953 • Fax 703-790-1012 • Hours: TUE-FRI 10-4 SAT 1-5
A Bollywood Birthday / 20th Anniversary Celebration and Benefit
Saturday, May 9, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Contemporary Museum
100 West Centre Street
Baltimore, MD
The Contemporary Museum will transport revelers to the sumptuous “Club Bollywood” on Saturday, May 9 for its annual benefit party. This year’s event, “A Bollywood Birthday” kicks off the Contemporary’s 20th anniversary celebration as the museum is transformed into an Indian nightclub. Guests will enjoy Indian fare, signature cocktails, music and dancing, as well as presentations of classic Bollywood films and a silent auction.
Tickets are $150 for Contemporary Museum members and $175 for non-members. Proceeds support the Contemporary’s exhibitions and education programs.
For reservations, contact Johannis Rivera-Rodriguez (410) 783-5720. The purchase of tickets to the event is fully tax-deductible.
For additional information, visit www.contemporary.org.
Contemporary Museum
100 West Centre Street
Baltimore, MD
The Contemporary Museum will transport revelers to the sumptuous “Club Bollywood” on Saturday, May 9 for its annual benefit party. This year’s event, “A Bollywood Birthday” kicks off the Contemporary’s 20th anniversary celebration as the museum is transformed into an Indian nightclub. Guests will enjoy Indian fare, signature cocktails, music and dancing, as well as presentations of classic Bollywood films and a silent auction.
Tickets are $150 for Contemporary Museum members and $175 for non-members. Proceeds support the Contemporary’s exhibitions and education programs.
For reservations, contact Johannis Rivera-Rodriguez (410) 783-5720. The purchase of tickets to the event is fully tax-deductible.
For additional information, visit www.contemporary.org.
Works on Paper by Fleming Jeffries
31 March - 26 April 2009
Impossible Tourist Opens tomorrow at Washington Printmakers Gallery
Opening Reception:
Friday, 3 April, 2009, 5 to 8 pm
Artist Talk
Sunday, 19 April, 2009, 1 pm
1732 Connecticut Ave NW Washington DC 20009 | 202-332-7757 info@washingtonprintmakers.com | www.washingtonprintmakers.com
Impossible Tourist Opens tomorrow at Washington Printmakers Gallery
Opening Reception:
Friday, 3 April, 2009, 5 to 8 pm
Artist Talk
Sunday, 19 April, 2009, 1 pm
1732 Connecticut Ave NW Washington DC 20009 | 202-332-7757 info@washingtonprintmakers.com | www.washingtonprintmakers.com
HEMPHILL OPENINGS
HEMPHILL opens three exhibitions on this weekend, Aboriginal Bark Paintings from Western Arnhem Land, Maningrida and Robin Rose, ENDEAVOR at Hemphill and Synthesis: Contemporary Collage at Carroll Square.
Aboriginal Bark Paintings from Western Arnhem Land, Maningrida and Robin Rose, ENDEAVOR
Exhibition: April 4–May 30, 2009
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 4, 2009, 6:30pm–8:30pm
Hemphill, 1515 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005
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Opening at Carroll Square - Synthesis: Contemporary Collage
Synthesis: Contemporary Collage
April 3–June 12, 2009
Opening Reception: Friday, April 3, 6:00pm–8:00pm
Featuring:
D. Billy
Billy Colbert
Nathan Gluck
Franz Jantzen
Camila Rivera-Morales
Holli Schorno
Al Souza
Daniel Tierney
Carroll Square Gallery, 975 F Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
Gallery Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00am–6:00pm
Aboriginal Bark Paintings from Western Arnhem Land, Maningrida and Robin Rose, ENDEAVOR
Exhibition: April 4–May 30, 2009
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 4, 2009, 6:30pm–8:30pm
Hemphill, 1515 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005
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Opening at Carroll Square - Synthesis: Contemporary Collage
Synthesis: Contemporary Collage
April 3–June 12, 2009
Opening Reception: Friday, April 3, 6:00pm–8:00pm
Featuring:
D. Billy
Billy Colbert
Nathan Gluck
Franz Jantzen
Camila Rivera-Morales
Holli Schorno
Al Souza
Daniel Tierney
Carroll Square Gallery, 975 F Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
Gallery Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00am–6:00pm
Downtown Artists Coalition Open House
Artists Studios Galleries Open House
Friday, April 3, 2009, 5:00-8:00 pm
Artwork by Contemporary Artists
Gediyon Kifle Studio 201 Photography Stuart Gosswein Caroline Armijo Studio 202 Paintings, Book Arts, Paper Sculpture Caos on F Gallery 203 Paintings, Ceramics, Furniture Mimi Masse Studio 301 Sculpture, Metal Smithing
Reyes + Davis Gallery 302 Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, Prints
Downtown Artists Coalition
923 F Street NW
202.255.5050
Metro: Gallery Pl-Chinatown, exit 9th G streets or Metro Center
exit 11th G or 12th F streets * * *
Friday, April 3, 2009, 5:00-8:00 pm
Artwork by Contemporary Artists
Gediyon Kifle Studio 201 Photography Stuart Gosswein Caroline Armijo Studio 202 Paintings, Book Arts, Paper Sculpture Caos on F Gallery 203 Paintings, Ceramics, Furniture Mimi Masse Studio 301 Sculpture, Metal Smithing
Reyes + Davis Gallery 302 Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, Prints
Downtown Artists Coalition
923 F Street NW
202.255.5050
Metro: Gallery Pl-Chinatown, exit 9th G streets or Metro Center
exit 11th G or 12th F streets * * *
Landscape of Desire / John Halaka
Drawings by John Halaka
April 3-May 29, 2009
Opening reception to meet the artist
Friday, 3 April 2009, 6:30-8:30 pm
John Halaka’s drawings Landscapes of Desire are inspired by the ruins of Palestinian villages and homes that were destroyed by Israel during and after the 1948 ethnic cleansing of Palestine. The images compel the viewer to reflect on the unrelenting effort by the Jewish State to annihilate a culture that refuses to disappear and an indigenous people that refuse to go away. The ruins of stone homes from destroyed Palestinian villages such as Kafr Bir’im, Lifta and Al-Bassa, poetically represented in Halaka’s drawings, are a declaration that in the face of looming cultural annihilation, the persistence of memory is a crucial act of resistance.
The Jerusalem Fund
2425 Virginia Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20037
202.338.1958
April 3-May 29, 2009
Opening reception to meet the artist
Friday, 3 April 2009, 6:30-8:30 pm
John Halaka’s drawings Landscapes of Desire are inspired by the ruins of Palestinian villages and homes that were destroyed by Israel during and after the 1948 ethnic cleansing of Palestine. The images compel the viewer to reflect on the unrelenting effort by the Jewish State to annihilate a culture that refuses to disappear and an indigenous people that refuse to go away. The ruins of stone homes from destroyed Palestinian villages such as Kafr Bir’im, Lifta and Al-Bassa, poetically represented in Halaka’s drawings, are a declaration that in the face of looming cultural annihilation, the persistence of memory is a crucial act of resistance.
The Jerusalem Fund
2425 Virginia Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20037
202.338.1958
The 6th Annual Transmodern Festival!
Four Days of Avant Performance, Installation,
Sound, Film, Mayhem, Ecstasy, and Radical Culture!
April 2nd thru April 5th, 2009
H&H Building
405 W. Franklin Street
Baltimore MD
The 6th Annual Transmodern Festival (Live.Art.Action) will be held at the H&H Building and the surrounding Lexington Market & Seton Hill neighborhood from Thursday, April 2nd to Sunday, April 5th. Following last year’s record attendance and crowds, the festival expands again in 2009 to fill four floors of artists’ lofts and galleries at the H&H Building in downtown Baltimore.
Sound, Film, Mayhem, Ecstasy, and Radical Culture!
April 2nd thru April 5th, 2009
H&H Building
405 W. Franklin Street
Baltimore MD
The 6th Annual Transmodern Festival (Live.Art.Action) will be held at the H&H Building and the surrounding Lexington Market & Seton Hill neighborhood from Thursday, April 2nd to Sunday, April 5th. Following last year’s record attendance and crowds, the festival expands again in 2009 to fill four floors of artists’ lofts and galleries at the H&H Building in downtown Baltimore.
Sugarloaf Craft Festival Enhances the Craft Show Experience
350 Artisans will Offer Contemporary Crafts April 3-5, 2009 in Gaithersburg, MD
The popular Sugarloaf Crafts Festival in Gaithersburg has enhanced the concept of “Craft Show” with a unique festival marketplace featuring the widest and most eclectic range of contemporary crafts in a lively, entertainment-oriented atmosphere. The Sugarloaf Crafts Festival includes one-of-a-kind crafts from national artists, as well as high quality, functional handmade items, live demonstrations, gourmet foods, and family entertainment.
The Sugarloaf Crafts Festival will be held at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds in Gaithersburg from Friday, April 3 through Sunday April 5, 2009.
For more information about the Sugarloaf Crafts Festival, directions, or to purchase discount admission tickets visit www.SugarloafCrafts.com or call (800) 210-9900.
The popular Sugarloaf Crafts Festival in Gaithersburg has enhanced the concept of “Craft Show” with a unique festival marketplace featuring the widest and most eclectic range of contemporary crafts in a lively, entertainment-oriented atmosphere. The Sugarloaf Crafts Festival includes one-of-a-kind crafts from national artists, as well as high quality, functional handmade items, live demonstrations, gourmet foods, and family entertainment.
The Sugarloaf Crafts Festival will be held at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds in Gaithersburg from Friday, April 3 through Sunday April 5, 2009.
For more information about the Sugarloaf Crafts Festival, directions, or to purchase discount admission tickets visit www.SugarloafCrafts.com or call (800) 210-9900.
Erik Thor Sandberg, Dean Kessmann, Isaac Maiselman at Conner Contemporary
Opening reception: Saturday, April 4: 6-8pm
Conner Contemporary Art announces it's 10th anniversary by celebrating their first decade with concurrent solo exhibitions of new work by three gallery artists: Erik Thor Sandberg, Dean Kessmann and Isaac Maiselman.
Erik Thor Sandberg calls forth the regenerative powers of nature in Cyclical Nature, his third solo exhibition with the Gallery.
Dean Kessmann furthers his exploration of unusual ways of seeing familiar architectural spaces in Architectural Intersections, his third solo exhibition with the Gallery. .
In his first solo exhibition with the Gallery, *gogo projects artist Isaac Maiselman critiques political exploitation of religion in the video installation Entre el Dios, El Diablo.
http://www.connercontemporary.com
202-588-8750
Conner Contemporary Art
1358-60 Florida Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20002
in the H Street Corridor/ Atlas Arts District.
Parking available.
H Street shuttle available from 5pm to 2pm.
Gallery hours: Wednesday through Saturday 11-5pm or by prior appointment.
Conner Contemporary Art announces it's 10th anniversary by celebrating their first decade with concurrent solo exhibitions of new work by three gallery artists: Erik Thor Sandberg, Dean Kessmann and Isaac Maiselman.
Erik Thor Sandberg calls forth the regenerative powers of nature in Cyclical Nature, his third solo exhibition with the Gallery.
Dean Kessmann furthers his exploration of unusual ways of seeing familiar architectural spaces in Architectural Intersections, his third solo exhibition with the Gallery. .
In his first solo exhibition with the Gallery, *gogo projects artist Isaac Maiselman critiques political exploitation of religion in the video installation Entre el Dios, El Diablo.
http://www.connercontemporary.com
202-588-8750
Conner Contemporary Art
1358-60 Florida Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20002
in the H Street Corridor/ Atlas Arts District.
Parking available.
H Street shuttle available from 5pm to 2pm.
Gallery hours: Wednesday through Saturday 11-5pm or by prior appointment.
MOSAIC ART by FRANCES REED
April 2nd - April 30th.
Opening Reception:
Sunday, April 5th, 2009, from 3-6pm
Opening Reception:
Sunday, April 5th, 2009, from 3-6pm
Featured art includes furniture pieces, wall art, sculpture, and photographic prints.
Design Studio Art Gallery
5702 Baltimore Avenue
Hyattsville , Maryland 20781
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
WCP's BEST of DC
Washington City Paper's 2009
BEST of DC
Here's a sampling of the best from CityPaper
Readers' Poll. Congratulations to all!!
Visit these exciting art venues and more in the city.
Best Art Gallery
Second: Art Whino
Third: Corcoran Gallery of Art
BEST of DC
Here's a sampling of the best from CityPaper
Readers' Poll. Congratulations to all!!
Visit these exciting art venues and more in the city.
Best Art Gallery
First: National Gallery of Art
4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW
Second: Art Whino
(multiple locations)
Third: Corcoran Gallery of Art
500 17th St. NW, Washington, DC 20006
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Best Public Art
First: Josh Norris
Second: Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden
Third: Shepard Fairey
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Best Exhibit
First: Richard Avedon at the Corcoran Gallery
Second: Pompeii and the Roman Villa: Art and Culture around the Bay of Naples
Third: Artomatic
See all the Arts and Entertainment Bests at http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/bestof/2009/artsandentertainment
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Best Public Art
First: Josh Norris
2801 M St. NW
Second: Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden
700 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, D.C.
Third: Shepard Fairey
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Best Exhibit
First: Richard Avedon at the Corcoran Gallery
Second: Pompeii and the Roman Villa: Art and Culture around the Bay of Naples
Third: Artomatic
See all the Arts and Entertainment Bests at http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/bestof/2009/artsandentertainment
The AP Has No Case Against Shepard Fairey
Here's an interesting article on the Shepard Fairey copyright issue.
Jonathan Melber: The AP Has No Case Against Shepard Fairey
and Shepard Fairey speaks out, Shepard Fairey vs Associated Press HERE.
Jonathan Melber: The AP Has No Case Against Shepard Fairey
and Shepard Fairey speaks out, Shepard Fairey vs Associated Press HERE.
A Cast of Characters at Foundry
Nancy Donnelly, “Shift” (glass, silver/copper foil, steel) 23”April 1 - 26, 2009
Opening Reception: Friday, April 3, from 6 to 8 pm
Opening Reception: Friday, April 3, from 6 to 8 pm
A Cast of Characters
A survey of kiln cast and lamp worked glass as seen by the instructors and studio artists of the Washington Glass School.
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A survey of kiln cast and lamp worked glass as seen by the instructors and studio artists of the Washington Glass School.
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New Drawings / Solo Show of Elizabeth Harris
STEVE McQUEEN's new film "Hunger" at Landmark
April 3 - the debut of Steve McQueen's "Hunger"
Directed by Turner Prize Winning British Artist STEVE McQUEEN, the film tells the story of Bobby Sands who led the 1981 IRA hunger strikes in the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland. The film has won acclaim at all the major festivals since it premiered at Cannes last year, where it won the Camera d'Or for Best First Film.
Landmark's E Street Cinema
555 11th Street NW
Washington, DC
HEAVEN ON EARTH: MANUSCRIPT ILLUMINATIONS FROM THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
NEW EXHIBITION WEB FEATURE
Rare medieval manuscript illuminations, last exhibited in 1975, are now on view in a stunning installation, Heaven on Earth: Manuscript Illuminations from the National Gallery of Art. This exhibition offers the first in-depth look at these works of art, texts laboriously inscribed by hand on carefully prepared parchment made from the skin of sheep or calves. The National Gallery of Art Web feature offers a slideshow of images from these luxurious books dating from the 12th to the 16th century.
www.nga.gov/exhibitions/heavenearthinfo.htm (exhibition information)
www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2009/heaven/slideshow/index.htm (Web feature)
The National Gallery of Art
4th and Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20565
(202) 737-4215
Rare medieval manuscript illuminations, last exhibited in 1975, are now on view in a stunning installation, Heaven on Earth: Manuscript Illuminations from the National Gallery of Art. This exhibition offers the first in-depth look at these works of art, texts laboriously inscribed by hand on carefully prepared parchment made from the skin of sheep or calves. The National Gallery of Art Web feature offers a slideshow of images from these luxurious books dating from the 12th to the 16th century.
www.nga.gov/exhibitions/heavenearthinfo.htm (exhibition information)
www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2009/heaven/slideshow/index.htm (Web feature)
The National Gallery of Art
4th and Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20565
(202) 737-4215
MPAartfest 2009 Call for Entries
A one-day juried fine art and craft show and sale featuring the work of 40 local and regional visual artists.
McLean Central Park will reverberate with the sights and sounds of art and music on Sunday, October 4th at the 3rd annual MPAartfest. Last year’s event drew 4,500 art and music devotees.
Submission deadline: May 1
Event Date: Sunday, October 4, 2009
Click here for more info and a printable PDF
McLean Project for the Arts • 1234 Ingleside Avenue • McLean, Virginia 22101
Phone 703-790-1953 • Fax 703-790-1012 • Hours: TUE-FRI 10-4 SAT 1-5
McLean Central Park will reverberate with the sights and sounds of art and music on Sunday, October 4th at the 3rd annual MPAartfest. Last year’s event drew 4,500 art and music devotees.
Submission deadline: May 1
Event Date: Sunday, October 4, 2009
Click here for more info and a printable PDF
McLean Project for the Arts • 1234 Ingleside Avenue • McLean, Virginia 22101
Phone 703-790-1953 • Fax 703-790-1012 • Hours: TUE-FRI 10-4 SAT 1-5
CIVILIAN'S SPRING FLING at LOCAL 16
Thursday April 2, 6:30-11PM
"To raise $$ for a production fund for artists!"
Civilian Art Projects is having a first annual "Spring Fling at Local 16!!""To raise $$ for a production fund for artists!"
This is a one night FUN raiser to benefit their new Production Fund dedicated to funding, producing and promoting creative projects in and outside of DC...the things that don't make money and aren't for sale. They take a little money to do and they're asking you to be a part of the action at $10 a pop. A great cause and a super fun night!!
On the agenda for the eve:
Music stylings by DJ's:
Kalani (Punani Soundsystem)
KC (Fatback)
Neville C. (Neal Becton)
Nitekrawler (Kevin Coombe)
Secret Chimp (Dori Hadar)
Damu the Fudgemunk
Projected visuals by artists Robin Bell, Kate MacDonnell, Luke Wyatt
$10 Bucks gets you delicious hors d'ouevres and happy hour drinks all night.
Thursday April 2, 6:30-11PM
Local 16 - Top floor & Roof deck
1602 U Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
Delicious Food Served, Drink Specials and artist made raffle items!
Brought to you by Civilian Art Projects, Lunchbox Theory Productions, Local 16, and 1000FLOWERZ
BOMB IT/ graffiti documentary / Jon Reiss
Saturday, April 4, 2009
2:00pm - 5:00pm Historical Society of Washington, D.C.
801 K Street, NW at Mount Vernon Square
Washington, DC
The solSource Group and Historical Society of Washington, D.C.
Present Hip Hop Cinema Cafe: BOMB-IT
93 minutes. 2006 Jon Reiss
BOMB IT is the explosive documentary from award-winning director Jon Reiss. It investigates the most subversive and controversial art form currently shaping international youth culture: graffiti.
While some believe the roots of graffiti can be traced back to pre-linguistic cave markings and the innate human need for self-expression, graffiti remains a highly controversial issue. Graffiti raises important questions that delve deep into our contemporary social structure such as: Who has the right to express themselves? What is a canvas? Where should art take place? If public space is a forum for discussion, which voices will be heard?
Using a myriad of original interviews from around the world as well as guerilla footage of graffiti writers in action, BOMB IT tells the story of contemporary graffiti from its roots in ancient rock paintings through Picasso to Latino placas through its notorious emergence as a visual adjunct to the rise of hip hop culture in 1970's New York City culminating in its current, varied and highly complex form.
BOMB IT is the most comprehensive documentary about graffiti and street art to date and for years to come.
After the film, you are invited to participate in a forum discussion to discuss: The Art and Crime debate of Graffiti
Panelists:
Cory Stowers-Words Beats & Life
Asad ULTRA Walker
http://aeroglyphx.blogspot.com
Peter Krsko-Albus Cavus
http://www.albuscav.us
Decoy of DC51
http://fizgigdc.blogspot.com
World premiere of the exhibition Galileo, the Medici and the Age of Astronomy at The Franklin
April 4 - Sept. 7, 2009
Created through The Franklin's exclusive partnership with the Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza in Florence, Italy, the exhibit showcases Galileo's accomplishments, his relationship to the ruling Medici family, his discoveries, and his overall impact on astronomy, physics, and math. This will be the first time one of the two remaining Galileo telescopes has left Italy. Also exhibited will be other instruments belonging to Galileo, as well as paintings, prints, and manuscripts from the priceless Medici collection. Together, the collections will showcase how the union of science, art, and political power gave rise to Galileo's success.
Ticket Information & Prices
Hours: 9:30AM - 5:00PM
Daytime pricing includes admission to the Galileo exhibit AND general admission to The Franklin.
Adults: $20.75
Seniors: $19.75
Children: $14 (ages 4-11)
For more information about the Galileo, the Medici and the Age of Astronomy exhibition, CLICK HERE.
The Franklin
222 North 20th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Created through The Franklin's exclusive partnership with the Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza in Florence, Italy, the exhibit showcases Galileo's accomplishments, his relationship to the ruling Medici family, his discoveries, and his overall impact on astronomy, physics, and math. This will be the first time one of the two remaining Galileo telescopes has left Italy. Also exhibited will be other instruments belonging to Galileo, as well as paintings, prints, and manuscripts from the priceless Medici collection. Together, the collections will showcase how the union of science, art, and political power gave rise to Galileo's success.
Ticket Information & Prices
Hours: 9:30AM - 5:00PM
Daytime pricing includes admission to the Galileo exhibit AND general admission to The Franklin.
Adults: $20.75
Seniors: $19.75
Children: $14 (ages 4-11)
For more information about the Galileo, the Medici and the Age of Astronomy exhibition, CLICK HERE.
The Franklin
222 North 20th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
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