City Gallery announces its first annual all associates show.
June 27 through July 28, 2010.
Opening reception: Saturday, July 10 from 6-9pm.
The group show will feature the latest work of Marilyn Christiano, Sheryl Denbo, Will Fleishell, Sherill Anne Gross, Tara Hamilton, Martha Huizenga, Tom Kenyon, Liz Lescault, Anne Oman, Sarah Porter, Tom Pullin, Pam Rogers, Lynne Mallonee Schlimm and Cissy web. Ceramic sculpture, oil painting, watercolor, photography, prints and multimedia art will be on display.
Additional information may be found at: www.citygallerydc.com
City Gallery
804 H ST NE second floor
Washington, DC 20002
Gallery hours are Fridays and Saturday 1-5pm.
Wednesday, July 07, 2010
Susan Calloway Fine Arts: Natasha Karpinskaia
Susan Calloway Fine Arts (1643 Wisconsin Avenue, NW) is featuring works by artist Natasha Karpinskaia now through July 24. "Mix", Karpinskaia's first solo show at Susan Calloway Fine Arts, features a selection of works created in the last few years. The monotypes exhibited in "Mix" represent selections from the following series: Doodle, Connecticut Fences, Jaipur and Monuments. Also included in this exhibition are twenty-six paintings entitled, "Alphabet Series" and select small collages.
http://georgetowndc.com/event/mix-art-exhibition-recent-work-by-natasha-karpinskaia
http://georgetowndc.com/event/mix-art-exhibition-recent-work-by-natasha-karpinskaia
Tuesday, July 06, 2010
“Informed Design” at Long View
“Informed Design”
Reception: Thursday, July 8, 2010
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Long View Gallery announces the upcoming exhibition “Informed Design,” opening on July 8 and running through August 1. “Informed Design” strives to expound on the role of art objects within the context of interior design and architecture. This exhibition will feature a sampling of the inventory in our newly launched corporate art consulting branch, as well as two architectural design vignettes by leading D.C. architects Ernesto Santalla and David Jameson.
In contrast to typical gallery shows in which pieces hang on blank white walls, “Informed Design” demonstrates how art can influence or interact with an interior. “Informed Design” aims to explore the relationship between art and architecture, and argues that exceptional works of art establish dialogues with their surroundings. The show will encompass a wide variety of abstract paintings and low relief sculptures by artists on our corporate art consulting roster. These artists include: Joan Konkel, Anne Marchand, Victoria Cowles, Steve Griffin, Patricia Burns, Wanda Wainsten, and Susan Finsen.
1234 9th St NW
Washington, DC
Marsha Staiger and Alison Sigethy share the title of 2010 Torpedo Factory Artist of the Year
Marsha Staiger and Alison Sigethy
Art in Balance: Rhythm and Repetition
Exhibition Dates: July 8 - August 15
Reception: July 8, 6-8pm; Awards Ceremony at 7pm
Special dance and kayak performance: July 29, 6pmArt in Balance: Rhythm and Repetition
Exhibition Dates: July 8 - August 15
Reception: July 8, 6-8pm; Awards Ceremony at 7pm
Karen Reedy Dance and Alison Sigethy
The Friends of the Torpedo Factory Art Center's "Artist of the Year" is a juried competition recognizing a Torpedo Factory artist for outstanding achievement in art, and awarding the winner a cash prize of $1000 and a month long exhibit in the Torpedo Factory Art Center's Target Gallery.
Who: Marsha Staiger, abstract painter and Alison Sigethy, glass sculptor
Reception: Meet the artists, July 8th 6-8pm; awards ceremony at 7pm
Special Performance: On July 29th a special performance by modern dance group, Karen Reedy Dance, and artist, Alison Sigethy will begin at 6pm at the Torpedo Factory. Alison Sigethy, sculptor and professional kayaker, will kick off the performance with a solo kayak performance on the Potomac River right outside of the Torpedo Factory and then visitors will be led inside the art center to the gallery for a dance performance inspired by Staiger's paintings and Sigethy's sculptures.
www.torpedofactory.org
Here, There, Anywhere
Artscape 2010
Here, There, Anywhere
7/16 - 10/31
12:00PM
Mount Royal Avenue
Baltimore, MD
The median on Mt. Royal Avenue between Dolphin and Lanvale streets
July 16 – October 31, 2010
This outdoor artwork exhibition features 26 artists and artist groups whose contribution to the show will utilize a traditional white pedestal measuring 40” high X 24” X 24” to display their works in sometimes untraditional ways. The artist will also digitally transfer images of their small scale works onto a location of their choice and in the scale of their choice. The digital images of the work re-sited will be on view at multiple locations at Artscape and online.
Artists: Luke Allen, Rochester, NY; Lindsey Bailey, Baltimore, MD; Jennifer Becker, Baltimore, MD; Anthony Cervino, Carlisle, PA; Dylan Conner & Alex Larsen, Baltimore, MD; Alexander D’Agostino, Baltimore, MD; Jim Doran, Reisterstown, MD; Michael Farley, Baltimore, MD; Jamie Freedman, Baltimore, MD; David Friedheim & Trisha Kyner, Baltimore, MD; Jim Hillmann, Baltimore, MD; Steven Hoffman-Shapiro, Pikesville, MD; Karen Lemmert, Baltimore, MD; Patrick McDonough, Washington, DC; Robert Moon, Baltimore, MD; Samantha Pasapane, Baltimore, MD; Jeremy Rountree, Baltimore, MD; Richard Roussell, Ellicott City, MD; Gabriel Snyder, Baltimore, MD; Ailsa Staub, Baltimore, MD; Laura Shults Stella, Baltimore, MD; Trish Tillman, Brooklyn, NY; Jacob Ulrich, Baltimore, MD; Marty Weishaar, Baltimore, MD; Carl Wright, Martinsburg, WV and Andrew Yff, Parkville, MD.
Here, There, Anywhere
7/16 - 10/31
12:00PM
Mount Royal Avenue
Baltimore, MD
The median on Mt. Royal Avenue between Dolphin and Lanvale streets
July 16 – October 31, 2010
Ambit by Carl Wright, Dove Gray Indiana Limestone, 12" x 18" x 36"
Artists: Luke Allen, Rochester, NY; Lindsey Bailey, Baltimore, MD; Jennifer Becker, Baltimore, MD; Anthony Cervino, Carlisle, PA; Dylan Conner & Alex Larsen, Baltimore, MD; Alexander D’Agostino, Baltimore, MD; Jim Doran, Reisterstown, MD; Michael Farley, Baltimore, MD; Jamie Freedman, Baltimore, MD; David Friedheim & Trisha Kyner, Baltimore, MD; Jim Hillmann, Baltimore, MD; Steven Hoffman-Shapiro, Pikesville, MD; Karen Lemmert, Baltimore, MD; Patrick McDonough, Washington, DC; Robert Moon, Baltimore, MD; Samantha Pasapane, Baltimore, MD; Jeremy Rountree, Baltimore, MD; Richard Roussell, Ellicott City, MD; Gabriel Snyder, Baltimore, MD; Ailsa Staub, Baltimore, MD; Laura Shults Stella, Baltimore, MD; Trish Tillman, Brooklyn, NY; Jacob Ulrich, Baltimore, MD; Marty Weishaar, Baltimore, MD; Carl Wright, Martinsburg, WV and Andrew Yff, Parkville, MD.
Monday, July 05, 2010
TWO HUICHOL ARTISTS AT CREATIVE ALLIANCE, BALTIMORE-7
TWO HUICHOL ARTISTS AT CREATIVE ALLIANCE, BALTIMORE-7
Francisco Loza, Macario Carillo & Basilia de La Cruz
Reception" July 8, 5:30 - 7:30pm
Francisco Loza, Macario Carillo & Basilia de La Cruz
Reception" July 8, 5:30 - 7:30pm
Contemporary Receives $110,000 Warhol Foundation Grant
Contemporary Awarded $110,000 Grant from The Andy Warhol Foundation
Grant for New Artist Projects is Largest Ever Received by Museum
The Contemporary Museum has been awarded a $110,000 grant by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, making it the largest foundation grant ever awarded to the museum, said Irene Hofmann, Executive Director of the Contemporary Museum. The Contemporary is the only museum in Maryland to receive a grant in the foundation’s current round of giving.
The two-year grant will support artist residency projects that will expand the museum’s outreach in the community.
The grant to the Contemporary Museum will be used to support five new artist projects over the next two years including an off-site installation by New York-based collective Not an Alternative; a residency and live performance by performance artist Robert Farid Karimi; and a residency, teen workshop, and installation by Mario Ybarra Jr. and Karla Diaz of the Los Angeles-based Slanguage artist collective. All of the projects are a part of the museum’s Project 20 series of exhibitions and projects celebrating the museum’s 20th anniversary.
“We are so honored by this recognition from the Andy Warhol Foundation of the work that we are doing in Baltimore,” said Hofmann. “With this grant, the museum will be able to present an expanded program in the coming years with new opportunities for our audiences and new opportunities for artists.”
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts grant program focuses on the enhancement and development of contemporary visual art in mediums that are unique and challenging to viewers. Developed from Warhol’s original will, the Foundation gives grant funding to institutions for exhibitions, research, visual arts programming, and other installations that promote awareness and support of contemporary art.
Grant for New Artist Projects is Largest Ever Received by Museum
The Contemporary Museum has been awarded a $110,000 grant by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, making it the largest foundation grant ever awarded to the museum, said Irene Hofmann, Executive Director of the Contemporary Museum. The Contemporary is the only museum in Maryland to receive a grant in the foundation’s current round of giving.
The two-year grant will support artist residency projects that will expand the museum’s outreach in the community.
The grant to the Contemporary Museum will be used to support five new artist projects over the next two years including an off-site installation by New York-based collective Not an Alternative; a residency and live performance by performance artist Robert Farid Karimi; and a residency, teen workshop, and installation by Mario Ybarra Jr. and Karla Diaz of the Los Angeles-based Slanguage artist collective. All of the projects are a part of the museum’s Project 20 series of exhibitions and projects celebrating the museum’s 20th anniversary.
“We are so honored by this recognition from the Andy Warhol Foundation of the work that we are doing in Baltimore,” said Hofmann. “With this grant, the museum will be able to present an expanded program in the coming years with new opportunities for our audiences and new opportunities for artists.”
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts grant program focuses on the enhancement and development of contemporary visual art in mediums that are unique and challenging to viewers. Developed from Warhol’s original will, the Foundation gives grant funding to institutions for exhibitions, research, visual arts programming, and other installations that promote awareness and support of contemporary art.
Art Whino & Mie N Yu - Indulge July 9th
Art Whino invites you to an evening of sensory delights in their Premiere night of a monthly series of Indulge events. This sensational event combines an exciting exhibition of art, a delicious food spread from noted Mie N Yu restaurant, a special drink pairing for each dish, and live music performance by Tamara Wellons. Combining the area’s best art, food, music and drinks, Indulge event celebrates the connection between all of these sensory delights that make life so enjoyable.
Friday, July 9th, from 7pm – 11pm
7-8pm Open to the public Free Food and Drink Tasting.
8pm-11pm Ticketed Main Event. Seated food tasting. Musical performance by Tamara Wellons with guitarist and percussionist.
Location: Art Whino Gallery
173 Waterfront St.
National Harbor, MD 20745
Tickets - $65 in Advance (No tickets sold the day of the event). Admission price includes 3 courses tasting. Also with the price of admission 3 complimentary specially crafted beverages and musical performance by Tamara Wellons.
To purchase tickets, email INDULGE@artwhino.com
www.ArtWhino.com
Friday, July 9th, from 7pm – 11pm
7-8pm Open to the public Free Food and Drink Tasting.
8pm-11pm Ticketed Main Event. Seated food tasting. Musical performance by Tamara Wellons with guitarist and percussionist.
Location: Art Whino Gallery
173 Waterfront St.
National Harbor, MD 20745
Tickets - $65 in Advance (No tickets sold the day of the event). Admission price includes 3 courses tasting. Also with the price of admission 3 complimentary specially crafted beverages and musical performance by Tamara Wellons.
To purchase tickets, email INDULGE@artwhino.com
www.ArtWhino.com
The Unbroken Line: A Cast of Characters
The Unbroken Line: A Cast of Characters
Opening Reception Next Week:
Friday, July 9, 5:30-8 pm
Reception and Artist Talk: Saturday, July 17, 1-3 pm
Exhibition runs through August 1
Washington Printmakers Gallery
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, 2nd Floor
8230 Georgia Ave
Silver Spring, MD 20910
301.273.3660
www.washingtonprintmakers.com
Opening Reception Next Week:
Friday, July 9, 5:30-8 pm
Reception and Artist Talk: Saturday, July 17, 1-3 pm
Exhibition runs through August 1
Washington Printmakers Gallery
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, 2nd Floor
8230 Georgia Ave
Silver Spring, MD 20910
301.273.3660
www.washingtonprintmakers.com
Sunday, July 04, 2010
Smithsonian Folklife Festival / Mexico
FESTIVAL | July 1 to 5 from 11:00 am to 5:30 pm
Don't miss one of the highlights of the Bicentennial Celebrations in Washington: Mexico's featured presence at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
In collaboration with the National Council for Culture and Arts (Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes) of Mexico, this dynamic program will explore contemporary indigenous communities, whose histories and cultures reach back to pre-Columbian civilizations, in four broad thematic areas: the plaza, the market, the workshop, and the field. In these settings, participants will engage visitors in ceremonial and social dances, satirical processions, traditional and rock music, foodways, crafts, vernacular architecture, healing traditions, farming and fishing techniques, tequila and mezcal production, and demonstrate the knowledge and creativity that has sustained their communities and helped to shape contemporary Mexico.
Participants include members of the Wixárika Union of Jalisco, Nayarit, and Durango, who together with dancers and artisans from their communities will present their strategies for preserving their ceremonial centers. The Teenek of the Huasteca region of San Luis Potosà will reenact a tradition from their cosmology as they fly on the palo volantÃn. The Seri from Punta Chueca, Sonora, will play Seri rock, which they use to engage the interest of the younger generation in their own culture. A processional satiric Chinelos dance troupe from Morelos will be accompanied by the town band.
Other participants include an artisan family from Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca, a candy maker from Xochimilco, and instrument makers from Nayarit and Veracruz. Music performances will range from regional mariachi music from Guadalajara and Michoacán to son jarocho from Veracruz, baile de artesa from Oaxaca, and canción cardenche from Durango and Coahuila. The program will highlight Mexico's basic crops of maguey and corn by featuring the industrial production process for tequila in Jalisco and the more artisanal process for mezcal in Oaxaca. The program will also demonstrate the continuing tradition of pre-hispanic farming featuring a chinampa model garden, as well as traditional corn farming and bee-keeping in Campeche.
VISIT: Agriculture | El Maguey | El Mercado | La Casa de la Música | La Plaza
Location: The National MallDirections Metro to Smithsonian Station (Orange/Blue Lines)
Click HERE for a full schedule of events and festival map
In collaboration with the National Council for Culture and Arts (Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes) of Mexico, this dynamic program will explore contemporary indigenous communities, whose histories and cultures reach back to pre-Columbian civilizations, in four broad thematic areas: the plaza, the market, the workshop, and the field. In these settings, participants will engage visitors in ceremonial and social dances, satirical processions, traditional and rock music, foodways, crafts, vernacular architecture, healing traditions, farming and fishing techniques, tequila and mezcal production, and demonstrate the knowledge and creativity that has sustained their communities and helped to shape contemporary Mexico.
Participants include members of the Wixárika Union of Jalisco, Nayarit, and Durango, who together with dancers and artisans from their communities will present their strategies for preserving their ceremonial centers. The Teenek of the Huasteca region of San Luis Potosà will reenact a tradition from their cosmology as they fly on the palo volantÃn. The Seri from Punta Chueca, Sonora, will play Seri rock, which they use to engage the interest of the younger generation in their own culture. A processional satiric Chinelos dance troupe from Morelos will be accompanied by the town band.
Other participants include an artisan family from Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca, a candy maker from Xochimilco, and instrument makers from Nayarit and Veracruz. Music performances will range from regional mariachi music from Guadalajara and Michoacán to son jarocho from Veracruz, baile de artesa from Oaxaca, and canción cardenche from Durango and Coahuila. The program will highlight Mexico's basic crops of maguey and corn by featuring the industrial production process for tequila in Jalisco and the more artisanal process for mezcal in Oaxaca. The program will also demonstrate the continuing tradition of pre-hispanic farming featuring a chinampa model garden, as well as traditional corn farming and bee-keeping in Campeche.
VISIT: Agriculture | El Maguey | El Mercado | La Casa de la Música | La Plaza
Location: The National MallDirections Metro to Smithsonian Station (Orange/Blue Lines)
Click HERE for a full schedule of events and festival map
Megan Coyle’s Solo Exhibit, Stories in Paper
Stories in Paper: July 8 – August 2, 2010
Opening Reception and Artist Talk: Thursday, July 8, 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Artist Talk: Blogging for Artists with Megan Coyle: Thursday, July 15, 7:00 – 8:00 pm
At a glance, Megan Coyle’s images deceptively appear to be slightly abstracted paintings. But upon closer inspection, the viewer can see the surface of the “painting” dissolves into bits of paper. Her images are not paintings, but collages carefully crafted from small pieces of magazine photos. Stories in Paper, Coyle’s solo exhibit at The Art League Gallery, explores images and scenes of day-to-day life using an unconventional medium and method to create sophisticated images.
Coyle reconstructs the picture surface by breaking down the human form into different planes – the body, face, and the folds in the clothing. She builds up the surface and texture by layering different shapes of paper, or peels away pieces to let previous layers shine through. “Utilizing this method allows me to create artwork that captures the essence of a painting, but broadens my palette to include textures, pattern, and fragments of photographs from magazines.”
The Art League
105 North Union Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
703-683-1780
www.theartleague.org
Opening Reception and Artist Talk: Thursday, July 8, 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Artist Talk: Blogging for Artists with Megan Coyle: Thursday, July 15, 7:00 – 8:00 pm
At a glance, Megan Coyle’s images deceptively appear to be slightly abstracted paintings. But upon closer inspection, the viewer can see the surface of the “painting” dissolves into bits of paper. Her images are not paintings, but collages carefully crafted from small pieces of magazine photos. Stories in Paper, Coyle’s solo exhibit at The Art League Gallery, explores images and scenes of day-to-day life using an unconventional medium and method to create sophisticated images.
Coyle reconstructs the picture surface by breaking down the human form into different planes – the body, face, and the folds in the clothing. She builds up the surface and texture by layering different shapes of paper, or peels away pieces to let previous layers shine through. “Utilizing this method allows me to create artwork that captures the essence of a painting, but broadens my palette to include textures, pattern, and fragments of photographs from magazines.”
The Art League
105 North Union Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
703-683-1780
www.theartleague.org
E7: Tetrad / Transformer
E7: Tetrad
June 25 – July 17, 2010
Reuben Breslar & Jennifer DePalma
Reuben Breslar & Jennifer DePalma
July 23 – August 14, 2010
Treva Elwood & Adam Dwight
Treva Elwood & Adam Dwight
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, July 23; 6 – 8pm
Friday, July 23; 6 – 8pm
ARTIST TALK: Saturday, July 24; 2pm
Featuring new works by Reuben Breslar, Jennifer DePalma, Adam Dwight, and Treva Elwood, this year's Exercises for Emerging Artists program, guest-curated by artist and professor Page Carr, highlights various incarnations of drawing, painting, and animation that explore themes of artistic process, personal history, character study, and the struggle for perfection.
Transformer
1404 P Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
202-483-1102
202-483-1102
Saturday, July 03, 2010
Exquisite Party at Civilian
July 3, 10 PM
Civilian Art Projects and DJs Jim Q, Kalani, and Pink Manes LouLou invite you to a fun summer party to celebrate the Exquisite Corpse exhibition and 3.7 years of Civilian Art Projects.
This will be their last event in the downstairs space as they prepare to move upstairs.
Join them for fun, music, projected visuals, and summer refreshments.
$5 goes to support expenses for the party.
Civilian Art Projects
1019 7th Street NW
Washington DC 20004
(202) 607-3804
ARCADE at Walter E. Washington Convention Center
ARCADE
presented by WPA, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and Washington Convention and Sports Authority
June 2010 - March 2011
at Walter E. Washington Convention Center
WPA announces the selected artists for Arcade, an exhibition that transforms the Convention Center display windows along M Street NW between 7th and 9th Streets NW into showcases for art. Walk through the center's underpass to see artworks installed by Melissa Ichiuji, Ayo Okunseinde, Dana Jeri Maier, Kendall Nordin, Athena Robles, and Cynthia Sands.
presented by WPA, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and Washington Convention and Sports Authority
June 2010 - March 2011
at Walter E. Washington Convention Center
WPA announces the selected artists for Arcade, an exhibition that transforms the Convention Center display windows along M Street NW between 7th and 9th Streets NW into showcases for art. Walk through the center's underpass to see artworks installed by Melissa Ichiuji, Ayo Okunseinde, Dana Jeri Maier, Kendall Nordin, Athena Robles, and Cynthia Sands.
ARTIST ANITA GLESTA LARGE SCALE PUBLIC ART PROJECT FOR THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU TO BE INAUGURATED ON JULY 12, 2010
NEW YORK – The Census Project, a large-scale public art project created by artist Anita Glesta for the United States General Services Administration’s Art in Architecture Program (GSA) at the United States Census Bureau Headquarters in Suitland, Maryland, will be inaugurated on Monday July 12, 2010.
Covering more than seven acres, the project attempts to humanize the abstraction of the census (data and numbers) as it draws attention to the history of numbers and the diversity of people in the United States.
A winding path and a series of reliefs playfully disrupt concepts of order and categorization associated with counting. A variety of numerical systems, including Native American and Asian, appear throughout the installation. Oversized numbers are built as areas for seating so they can serve as places to congregate outside the building.
According to Glesta “This project is a mediation on the notion of counting and order with a global perspective.” Like her other public work, the Census Project explores the integration of the physical and the social using sculpture and landscaping to create a connection between people and the land.
Glesta did extensive historical research for the project. As an example, she discovered that the
Sioux Indians gave the first census takers bundles of sticks to indicate size of families. This information helped transcend the traditional use of numerical symbols eliciting mythic elements from these usually straightforward signs. The resulting atmosphere is both mystical andaccessible, intensifying the individuals’ connection to the physical environment. The Census Project can be seen by appointment only. Please contact Christine Ewing, NCR Regional Fine Arts Officer, GSA Art in Architecture Program – christine.ewing AT gsa.gov.
Anita Glesta is an artist who specializes in creating large-scale, international public art projects
with a focus on the creation of place connected to specific historic events.
Covering more than seven acres, the project attempts to humanize the abstraction of the census (data and numbers) as it draws attention to the history of numbers and the diversity of people in the United States.
A winding path and a series of reliefs playfully disrupt concepts of order and categorization associated with counting. A variety of numerical systems, including Native American and Asian, appear throughout the installation. Oversized numbers are built as areas for seating so they can serve as places to congregate outside the building.
According to Glesta “This project is a mediation on the notion of counting and order with a global perspective.” Like her other public work, the Census Project explores the integration of the physical and the social using sculpture and landscaping to create a connection between people and the land.
Glesta did extensive historical research for the project. As an example, she discovered that the
Sioux Indians gave the first census takers bundles of sticks to indicate size of families. This information helped transcend the traditional use of numerical symbols eliciting mythic elements from these usually straightforward signs. The resulting atmosphere is both mystical andaccessible, intensifying the individuals’ connection to the physical environment. The Census Project can be seen by appointment only. Please contact Christine Ewing, NCR Regional Fine Arts Officer, GSA Art in Architecture Program – christine.ewing AT gsa.gov.
Anita Glesta is an artist who specializes in creating large-scale, international public art projects
with a focus on the creation of place connected to specific historic events.
Friday, July 02, 2010
Daily Campello Art News I've had it.
Read Lenny's take on the current Gulf oil spill crisis. Well said and ditto!
Daily Campello Art News: "I've had it with the incompetence of this government and BP"
Daily Campello Art News: "I've had it with the incompetence of this government and BP"
ARCHITECT TRADES IN BRICKS AND MORTAR FOR PLASTIC
New Exhibition Features Large-Scale LEGO® Models of the World’s Most Famous Buildings @
The National Building Museum
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Using the LEGO® brick as his medium, architectural artist Adam Reed Tucker has given some of the world’s most iconic landmarks an unexpected makeover. His towering interpretations, which soar up to 18 feet high, will be the centerpiece of a new exhibition opening at the National Building Museum this July. LEGO® Architecture: Towering Ambition will feature 15 of Tucker’s large-scale artistic models, which at times incorporate up to 450,000 LEGO bricks. The exhibition will provide a new, detailed look at the intricate design, engineering complexity, and sculptural form of famous city buildings such as the Empire State Building, the World Trade Center, and the St. Louis Gateway Arch. Opening July 3, 2010, the exhibition will remain on view through September 5, 2011.
LEGO® Architecture: Towering Ambition will provide a rare, behind-the-scenes look at Tucker’s artistic process. While the exhibition is on view, Tucker will work on completing his latest LEGO architectural project, which is of the most recognizable building in Washington, DC: The White House.
In addition, the exhibition will include a hands-on, minds-on opportunity for visitors—both young and young at heart—to create their own LEGO buildings, sponsored through an in-kind donation from LEGO Systems Inc. Based on the principles of good urban design, visitors will be invited to create a building from one of four categories—residential, commercial, institutional, andindustrial—and then place the models on a 12-foot by 15-foot map of a city. As the day goes on and the Museum welcomes more visitors, the LEGO city will continue to grow.
The National Building Museum
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Using the LEGO® brick as his medium, architectural artist Adam Reed Tucker has given some of the world’s most iconic landmarks an unexpected makeover. His towering interpretations, which soar up to 18 feet high, will be the centerpiece of a new exhibition opening at the National Building Museum this July. LEGO® Architecture: Towering Ambition will feature 15 of Tucker’s large-scale artistic models, which at times incorporate up to 450,000 LEGO bricks. The exhibition will provide a new, detailed look at the intricate design, engineering complexity, and sculptural form of famous city buildings such as the Empire State Building, the World Trade Center, and the St. Louis Gateway Arch. Opening July 3, 2010, the exhibition will remain on view through September 5, 2011.
LEGO® Architecture: Towering Ambition will provide a rare, behind-the-scenes look at Tucker’s artistic process. While the exhibition is on view, Tucker will work on completing his latest LEGO architectural project, which is of the most recognizable building in Washington, DC: The White House.
In addition, the exhibition will include a hands-on, minds-on opportunity for visitors—both young and young at heart—to create their own LEGO buildings, sponsored through an in-kind donation from LEGO Systems Inc. Based on the principles of good urban design, visitors will be invited to create a building from one of four categories—residential, commercial, institutional, andindustrial—and then place the models on a 12-foot by 15-foot map of a city. As the day goes on and the Museum welcomes more visitors, the LEGO city will continue to grow.
International Arts & Artists' Juried Member's Show: MAPPING SOURCE
International Arts & Artists' Juried Member's Show:
MAPPING SOURCE
* Curated by Pat Goslee
July 2nd - July 31st
First Friday Reception(s):
July 2nd, 6-9pm & July 9th, 6-9pm
Performance by:
Deon "CleanCutt" Clark on July 9th
Free food and refreshments
$5 suggested donation
Every artist has a definition of source; all little pools of the personal that seek to flow towards a larger body; to somehow return to an undifferentiated unity from which the familiar can resonate. Source can be one that creates; a maker, or that which supplies information; a source code. Source can be a point at which substance springs into being or the energy input point of a system. Nature as refuge from the artificial constructs of civilization is always present as source. It is from a natural source that humanity has diversified creating competition and inventing technologies that have brought with them global problems of massive proportions.
* Pat Goslee lives and works in Washington, DC. She received a BFA in graphic design from the University of Georgia and an MFA in painting from Catholic University. She has served on the Board of Directors for the Washington Arts Museum (WAM) and the DC Arts Center (DCAC), and the Advisory Committee for International Arts & Artists' Hillyer Art Space. She has been a visiting artist lecturer at local institutions including American University and the Corcoran Collage of Art + Design.
Funded in part by the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities, an agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
International Arts & Artists
9 Hillyer Court NW
Washington, DC 20008 USA
202.338.0680
www.artsandartists.org
MAPPING SOURCE
* Curated by Pat Goslee
July 2nd - July 31st
First Friday Reception(s):
July 2nd, 6-9pm & July 9th, 6-9pm
Performance by:
Deon "CleanCutt" Clark on July 9th
Free food and refreshments
$5 suggested donation
Every artist has a definition of source; all little pools of the personal that seek to flow towards a larger body; to somehow return to an undifferentiated unity from which the familiar can resonate. Source can be one that creates; a maker, or that which supplies information; a source code. Source can be a point at which substance springs into being or the energy input point of a system. Nature as refuge from the artificial constructs of civilization is always present as source. It is from a natural source that humanity has diversified creating competition and inventing technologies that have brought with them global problems of massive proportions.
* Pat Goslee lives and works in Washington, DC. She received a BFA in graphic design from the University of Georgia and an MFA in painting from Catholic University. She has served on the Board of Directors for the Washington Arts Museum (WAM) and the DC Arts Center (DCAC), and the Advisory Committee for International Arts & Artists' Hillyer Art Space. She has been a visiting artist lecturer at local institutions including American University and the Corcoran Collage of Art + Design.
Funded in part by the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities, an agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
International Arts & Artists
9 Hillyer Court NW
Washington, DC 20008 USA
202.338.0680
www.artsandartists.org
Thursday, July 01, 2010
Informed Design at Long View Gallery
Rather than neglecting the gallery space as merely a support to the works of art that hang in it, "Informed Design" demonstrates how artworks can shape an interior or interact with space in a way that offers the viewer a heightened aesthetic experience. "Informed Design" aims to explore the relationship between art and architecture, arguing that superlative works of art establish a dialogue with the architecture that it graces
artists
Joan Konkel
Anne Marchand
Tory Cowles
Steve Griffin
Patricia Burns
Wanda Wainsten
Susan Finsen
WIth architectural installations by Ernesto M. Santalla of Studio Santalla and David Jameson of David Jameson Architect Inc. featuring artwork by:
Barbara Joseph Liotta
Ralph Turturro
Steve Cushner
Mary Early
James Huckenphaler
Jackie Hoysted
Long View Gallery
1234 9th St NW
Washington, DC 20001
202.232.4788
http://www.longviewgallerydc.com/exhibitions.php
Introducing the 2010 Hamiltonian Fellows
· Selin Balci (MFA Candidate, University of Maryland)
· Ryan Hoover (MFA, Maryland Institute College of Art, Mount Royal School of Art)
· Joyce Lee (MFA, Maryland Institute College of Art, Mount Royal School of Art)
· Jessica Van Brakle (BFA, Corcoran Collge of Art + Design)
· Elena Volkova (MFA, Maryland Institute College of Art)
On Saturday, July 24, 2010, from 7-9pm, Hamiltonian Gallery opened an introductory group exhibition of these five new Fellows. Each artist will be displaying the work with which they were accepted. The exhibition runs from July 24 - September 4, 2010.
AAC DEADLINE FOR 2011 SOLOS SUBMISSIONS EXTENDED!
AAC DEADLINE FOR 2011 SOLOS SUBMISSIONS EXTENDED!
New Deadline (received):
NEXT THURSDAY, JULY 8
The deadline for receiving applications for 2011 SOLOS has been extended! The folks at AAC sympathize with your early summer submission fatigue. So, as a result, they've given you SEVEN EXTRA DAYS to organize your proposals, images, checklists, and statements for their panel of arts professionals!
As you know: Every year, the AAC announces a call for entry for contemporary artists living and working in the Mid-Atlantic region--Philadelphia, Baltimore, DC, Richmond, and all points in between.
They then convene a panel of experts to review submissions. This year the panel features DC collector and curator Michael Pollack, and international curator Melissa Keys.
These panelists will screen the work of all applicants and select 14 artists to receive exhibitions in the Spring or Fall of the next calendar year.
Why 14? The AAC is a 17,000 square foot facility, with seven separate exhibition spaces throughout the building. Each space functions as a self-contained, roughly 20' X 30' gallery.
Twice a year, AAC brings in a group of seven artists culled from a large pool of applicants and give each artist a gallery. These SOLOS shows not only offer contemporary artists--emerging, established, or in-between--a professional space in which to present new projects or developing bodies of work, but also work together to maximize turnout for well-attended receptions, lectures, and special events.
AAC exhibitions typically run for seven to eight weeks. AAC shows are often reviewed in The Washington Post, Art Papers, Sculpture Magazine, Art in America, and other publications, both in print and online.
Prospectus for entries can be downloaded from here:
https://www.arlingtonartscenter.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/solos.entry.form.2011.pdf
Founded in 1974, the AAC is primarily dedicated to supporting new work by contemporary artists in the Mid-Atlantic region. Located in the historic Maury School building, it mounts five exhibitions of contemporary art per year, rents studio spaces, and conducts educational programs for students of all ages. Normal public hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 11 am to 5 pm. For more information, call 703.248.6800 or visit www.arlingtonartscenter.org
Jeffry Cudlin
Director of Exhibitions
New Deadline (received):
NEXT THURSDAY, JULY 8
The deadline for receiving applications for 2011 SOLOS has been extended! The folks at AAC sympathize with your early summer submission fatigue. So, as a result, they've given you SEVEN EXTRA DAYS to organize your proposals, images, checklists, and statements for their panel of arts professionals!
As you know: Every year, the AAC announces a call for entry for contemporary artists living and working in the Mid-Atlantic region--Philadelphia, Baltimore, DC, Richmond, and all points in between.
They then convene a panel of experts to review submissions. This year the panel features DC collector and curator Michael Pollack, and international curator Melissa Keys.
These panelists will screen the work of all applicants and select 14 artists to receive exhibitions in the Spring or Fall of the next calendar year.
Why 14? The AAC is a 17,000 square foot facility, with seven separate exhibition spaces throughout the building. Each space functions as a self-contained, roughly 20' X 30' gallery.
Twice a year, AAC brings in a group of seven artists culled from a large pool of applicants and give each artist a gallery. These SOLOS shows not only offer contemporary artists--emerging, established, or in-between--a professional space in which to present new projects or developing bodies of work, but also work together to maximize turnout for well-attended receptions, lectures, and special events.
AAC exhibitions typically run for seven to eight weeks. AAC shows are often reviewed in The Washington Post, Art Papers, Sculpture Magazine, Art in America, and other publications, both in print and online.
Prospectus for entries can be downloaded from here:
https://www.arlingtonartscenter.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/solos.entry.form.2011.pdf
Founded in 1974, the AAC is primarily dedicated to supporting new work by contemporary artists in the Mid-Atlantic region. Located in the historic Maury School building, it mounts five exhibitions of contemporary art per year, rents studio spaces, and conducts educational programs for students of all ages. Normal public hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 11 am to 5 pm. For more information, call 703.248.6800 or visit www.arlingtonartscenter.org
Jeffry Cudlin
Director of Exhibitions
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Call to Artists / Interactive H Street -- Pop Up Public Art Project
HURRY - Just received this afternoon!
Deadline: Friday, July 9, 2010 at 6pm
Budget: $70,000
Site Visit: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at 6pm
The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (DCCAH), DC Creates! Public Art Program would like to invite you to participate in our “Pop-Up Public Art Project” on a donated plot of land at 3rd and H Street, NE is a partnership initiative between DCCAH, the DC Office of Planning and the H Street BID to activate “Interactive H Street”. This initiative will establish a 14-block creative corridor along H Street NE, creating a framework for civic innovation; activation of dormant real estate; and creative business incubation. This project will make a critical contribution toward H Street becoming a destination for arts, business and community experiences in city design.
“Interactive H Street” is inspired by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Mayors’ Institute on City Design (MICD). MICD has helped transform communities through design by preparing mayors to be the chief urban designs for their cities. MICD mayors know that the arts and culture contribute greatly as core components in building livable and sustainable communities. Cities across the country create diverse projects through the support of the MICD program. Projects include planning, design, and arts engagement.
For questions call 202-724-5613 or email Rachel Dickerson.
Related Documents:
Deadline: Friday, July 9, 2010 at 6pm
Budget: $70,000
Site Visit: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at 6pm
The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (DCCAH), DC Creates! Public Art Program would like to invite you to participate in our “Pop-Up Public Art Project” on a donated plot of land at 3rd and H Street, NE is a partnership initiative between DCCAH, the DC Office of Planning and the H Street BID to activate “Interactive H Street”. This initiative will establish a 14-block creative corridor along H Street NE, creating a framework for civic innovation; activation of dormant real estate; and creative business incubation. This project will make a critical contribution toward H Street becoming a destination for arts, business and community experiences in city design.
“Interactive H Street” is inspired by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Mayors’ Institute on City Design (MICD). MICD has helped transform communities through design by preparing mayors to be the chief urban designs for their cities. MICD mayors know that the arts and culture contribute greatly as core components in building livable and sustainable communities. Cities across the country create diverse projects through the support of the MICD program. Projects include planning, design, and arts engagement.
For questions call 202-724-5613 or email Rachel Dickerson.
Related Documents:
Sparkplug/ Facts and Fictions
Sparkplug
Facts and Fictions
June 18 - July 18
Facts and Fictions
June 18 - July 18
Artists Talk: July 18, 5pm
Curated by Blair Murphy
Featuring work by Rob Chester, Chajana denHarder, Todd Gardener, Joseph Hale, Chandi Kelley, Matt Smith and Dafna Steinberg
Featuring work by the seven new members of DCAC's Sparkplug artist collective, Facts and Fictions highlights the tension between the real and the constructed, between the production of elaborate fictions and the documentation of a seemingly concrete reality. Working in painting, photography and mixed media, the artists in the exhibition blur the boundaries between documentation and creation. Fictional narratives and imagined characters inhabit fantastical worlds that nonetheless speak to everyday experiences and anxieties. In other instances, work created with an eye towards everyday human experience transforms otherwise ordinary moments into unfamiliar and surprising visions.
LottoHEART - Where Art and CAMP Collide! at Rehoboth
Have you wanted to own one of my small paintings or another Washington, DC based artist's work? Try your luck? Well here's your chance to do both. Check out LottoHEART's Game Show for great art pieces. For only $100 you can own a piece of art and have some fun. If you can't attend, you can still play proxy online. Check it out!
Saturday, July 3
Rehoboth Beach Convention Center -
Here's the scoop on LottoHEART, what it is and how you can play!
Have you got your ticket yet? Worlds collide in the outrageous return of the LottoHEART Game Show to the RB Convention Center Saturday, July 3.
Featuring over 200 artworks, the fast paced, hilarious evening hosted by Christopher Peterson was awesome last year - this edition will be even more outrageous and fun. The Blue Moon's Pamala Stanley will be making a special guest appearance and joining Christoper for a Lotto surprise!
Simply put, come to the event for $25 (open bar, nibbles, friends and fun!) or buy an art ticket for $100 (get all of the above) and play LottoHEART - every player wins a piece of original art! The lotto part is the order in which the art is chosen. The earlier your ticket is drawn, the wider selection of your favorites remain...it's hilarious, fast paced and fab!
Oh, and the best part is the whole thing is conducted by Christopher Peterson and his talented cast, with a preview of his 2010 show, surprise raffle prizes, food, an open bar all night long, and the 2010 HeART of the Community Art Auction.
Purchase tickets and see the list of participating artists at www.camprehoboth.com. All art will be previewed on the website. If you want to support the cause and can't come, call 302-227-5620 to purchase your ticket and Play Proxy online. LottoHEART debuted last summer under the direction of event chair Sondra Arkin and the CAMP Art Committee. What a success it was!
LottoHEART details: LottoHEART 2010; Saturday, July 3, 6 p.m. - 9.p.m., at the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center; 229 Rehoboth Avenue; hosted by Christopher Peterson; open bar all night; general admission $25; art ticket admission $100; benefits CAMP Rehoboth.
Saturday, July 3
Rehoboth Beach Convention Center -
Here's the scoop on LottoHEART, what it is and how you can play!
Have you got your ticket yet? Worlds collide in the outrageous return of the LottoHEART Game Show to the RB Convention Center Saturday, July 3.
Featuring over 200 artworks, the fast paced, hilarious evening hosted by Christopher Peterson was awesome last year - this edition will be even more outrageous and fun. The Blue Moon's Pamala Stanley will be making a special guest appearance and joining Christoper for a Lotto surprise!
Simply put, come to the event for $25 (open bar, nibbles, friends and fun!) or buy an art ticket for $100 (get all of the above) and play LottoHEART - every player wins a piece of original art! The lotto part is the order in which the art is chosen. The earlier your ticket is drawn, the wider selection of your favorites remain...it's hilarious, fast paced and fab!
Oh, and the best part is the whole thing is conducted by Christopher Peterson and his talented cast, with a preview of his 2010 show, surprise raffle prizes, food, an open bar all night long, and the 2010 HeART of the Community Art Auction.
Purchase tickets and see the list of participating artists at www.camprehoboth.com. All art will be previewed on the website. If you want to support the cause and can't come, call 302-227-5620 to purchase your ticket and Play Proxy online. LottoHEART debuted last summer under the direction of event chair Sondra Arkin and the CAMP Art Committee. What a success it was!
LottoHEART details: LottoHEART 2010; Saturday, July 3, 6 p.m. - 9.p.m., at the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center; 229 Rehoboth Avenue; hosted by Christopher Peterson; open bar all night; general admission $25; art ticket admission $100; benefits CAMP Rehoboth.
Call to Artists / 2010 ArtsCapade Festival
2010 ArtsCapade Festival at Dulles Station, Virginia
Sponsored by The League of Reston Artists
October 23rd & 24th, 2010
Join the Evolution!
The Second ArtsCapade is not just another art festival… ArtsCapade has a unique character all its own.
Live Entertainment on Stage. International Foods, Wine & Beer Garden, Interactive Activities for all Ages and Children's Costume Parade. Band Parade. Pre-Festival Children’s Activities. Artist’s Demonstrations, … More
The categories of juried artists’ work - the usual and the unusual - open to outsider and visionary artists including:
Clay
Digital (Photography/computer painting/illustration)
Fiber
Glass
Jewelry
Mixed Media – 2D
Painting
Printmaking
Drawing (Pastels/Pencil/Ink)
Sculpture
Wood
Quirky (use of unusual materials)
The site is planned for over a 140 tents for artists; vendors; international foods; a wine and beer garden and community business partners. We are anticipating thousands of attendees from this diverse and populated area to come together for a weekend of fun for all ages.
The League of Reston Artists (LRA) is a non-profit 501c3 all volunteer organization that was formed in 43 years ago when the community of Reston was born. LRA has since expanded to members throughout the Washington, DC Metropolitan area. The LRA mission: Providing educational opportunities for students through scholarships; Supporting artists of all levels and skills through mentoring; Arranging exhibitions for artists including community and corporate venues; Scheduling workshops and critique groups in photography, artistic techniques and marketing; and obtaining a permanent gallery/meeting/classroom space for the organization.
For more details and information visit: https://www.zapplication.org . Then go to Artscapade at Dulles Station where more information and application are available. If you have more questions, please contact Kerin McBride – artscapade.artistsATgmail.com or call 703-585-6206.
Sponsored by The League of Reston Artists
October 23rd & 24th, 2010
Join the Evolution!
The Second ArtsCapade is not just another art festival… ArtsCapade has a unique character all its own.
Live Entertainment on Stage. International Foods, Wine & Beer Garden, Interactive Activities for all Ages and Children's Costume Parade. Band Parade. Pre-Festival Children’s Activities. Artist’s Demonstrations, … More
The categories of juried artists’ work - the usual and the unusual - open to outsider and visionary artists including:
Clay
Digital (Photography/computer painting/illustration)
Fiber
Glass
Jewelry
Mixed Media – 2D
Painting
Printmaking
Drawing (Pastels/Pencil/Ink)
Sculpture
Wood
Quirky (use of unusual materials)
The site is planned for over a 140 tents for artists; vendors; international foods; a wine and beer garden and community business partners. We are anticipating thousands of attendees from this diverse and populated area to come together for a weekend of fun for all ages.
The League of Reston Artists (LRA) is a non-profit 501c3 all volunteer organization that was formed in 43 years ago when the community of Reston was born. LRA has since expanded to members throughout the Washington, DC Metropolitan area. The LRA mission: Providing educational opportunities for students through scholarships; Supporting artists of all levels and skills through mentoring; Arranging exhibitions for artists including community and corporate venues; Scheduling workshops and critique groups in photography, artistic techniques and marketing; and obtaining a permanent gallery/meeting/classroom space for the organization.
For more details and information visit: https://www.zapplication.org . Then go to Artscapade at Dulles Station where more information and application are available. If you have more questions, please contact Kerin McBride – artscapade.artistsATgmail.com or call 703-585-6206.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Civilian Art Projects / Exquisite Corpse
June 24 - July 3, 2010
Exquisite Corpse - a collaborative photo project curated by Corcoran Photography alums Jessica Cebra, Dave Gustine, and Marissa Long.
Invented by Surrealists in 1925, the Exquisite Corpse method involves a group of collaborators assembling a collection of words or images - each collaborator adds to a composition in sequence, either by following a rule or by being allowed to see only the end of what the previous person has contributed. The technique is similar to an old parlour game called "Consequences" in which players write in turn on a sheet of paper, fold it to conceal part of the writing, and then pass it on to the next player for further contribution.
While the Exquisite Corpse being exhibited at Civilian Art Projects utilizes the method most commonly seen in the writing exercise, words have been substituted here with images.
The project's photographers are an eclectic mix in themselves, including many artists based in D.C., and others living in New York, California, and as far away as China and South Africa. The Exquisite Corpse photographers:Ken Ashton
Page Carr
Jessica Cebra
Jenn DePalma
Ginger Farnham
Dave Gustine
Avi Gupta
Kyoko Hamada
Whitney Hubbs
Paul Jeffreys
Marissa Long
Seth Lower
Michael Lease
Kate MacDonnell
Antonio McAffee
Andy McMillan
Ed Panar
Laurel Ptak
Eric Powell
Ahndraya Parlato
Cory Riggle
Paul Schiek
Mike Terzano
Zach Storm
Sarah Small
Asha Schecter
Sarah Wilmer
Jason Zimmerman
Civilian Art Projects
1019 7th Street NW
Washington DC 20004
(202) 607-3804
Monday, June 28, 2010
BANNED by Dana Ellyn
BANNED
Solo exhibit of paintings by Dana Ellyn at the MLK Library in Washington, DC.
TONIGHT (Monday 6/28)
Opening Reception from 6:30-8pm
MLK Library (lobby)
901 G Street, NW
Washington, DC
“Each of the ‘Banned’ paintings are inspired by notable 'banned books'; books that have been challenged and declared 'prohibited' from the public by one or more authoritative body. Ellyn thrives on controversy, loves to read and tell stories, and simply adores the process of painting. This exhibit was literally tailor-made for her and by her.
The story told by an Ellyn painting is oftentimes opinionated. She delivers hard slaps to myths of all kinds -- from religion, to politics, to what it means to be a woman. Along with the emotional infusion, she spends countless hours brainstorming about what to paint. Ellyn puts tremendous importance on the content and meaning behind each of her paintings.”
To learn more about the show:
www.danaellyn.com
Solo exhibit of paintings by Dana Ellyn at the MLK Library in Washington, DC.
TONIGHT (Monday 6/28)
Opening Reception from 6:30-8pm
MLK Library (lobby)
901 G Street, NW
Washington, DC
“Each of the ‘Banned’ paintings are inspired by notable 'banned books'; books that have been challenged and declared 'prohibited' from the public by one or more authoritative body. Ellyn thrives on controversy, loves to read and tell stories, and simply adores the process of painting. This exhibit was literally tailor-made for her and by her.
The story told by an Ellyn painting is oftentimes opinionated. She delivers hard slaps to myths of all kinds -- from religion, to politics, to what it means to be a woman. Along with the emotional infusion, she spends countless hours brainstorming about what to paint. Ellyn puts tremendous importance on the content and meaning behind each of her paintings.”
To learn more about the show:
www.danaellyn.com
Glass Sculptures by Jackie L. Braitman
Zenith Gallery presents
TRANSPARENCY
Glass Sculptures by Jackie L. Braitman
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TRANSPARENCY
Glass Sculptures by Jackie L. Braitman
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The Gallery at 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
June 30 – September 30
Meet the Artist: Wednesday, July 14, 5:30-8:30 PM
Meet the Artist: Wednesday, July 14, 5:30-8:30 PM
Zenith Gallery features talented glass sculptor, Jackie L. Braitman, in “Transparency” opening at the Gallery at 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue NW on June 30, with a “Meet the Artist” Reception on Wednesday, July 14, 5:30-8:30 PM. Zenith curates the gallery’s rotating exhibits.
An architectural designer by trade, Braitman exhibits her large- and smaller-scale work in galleries and art spaces in the mid-Atlantic region, North Carolina, Kentucky, Ohio, Wisconsin, Oregon, Washington, California, and Texas, and in private homes through commissions. In 2004, she was a finalist in “Emerge 2004,” a biennial international art glass competition.
The Gallery at 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004
At 12th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Hours: Open weekdays, 8 AM-7 PM; Saturdays & Sundays by appointment
Information: 202-783-2963
www.zenithgallery.com
Call to Artists / Art Bank
Art Bank 2010 Call to Artist
Deadline: Monday, August 2nd, 2010 at 7PMAll entries must be received by the deadline. This is not a postmark date.
Theme: District Identities Depictions of Washingtonian Life, Landscapes, and Cultural Legacies
The Commission is seeking two and three-dimensional works including prints, drawings, mixed media compositions, paintings, photographs, ceramics, moveable sculptures, digital media, and video art. Special attention will be given to innovative and dynamic photography, to meet the strong demand for photographs amongst government agencies.
For assistance in preparing your application
please attend WORKSHOP WEDNESDAYS
on Wednesday July 21st from 1-2PM and July 28th from 6-7:30PM
at the DCCAH Office, 1371 Harvard Street, NW 20009
ARTIST ELIGIBILITY: This call is open to all artists who reside or maintain studio space in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. However, preference will be given to District residents.
More info HERE
Saturday, June 26, 2010
STAGED READING OF ART AT THE PHILLIPS FEATURES STELLAR D.C. CAST
In Yasmina Reza’s Tony Award-winning play, differences of opinion on the nature of art and on a very large, very costly white painting put friendships to the test. Alan Paul, associate director of the Shakespeare Theatre Company, directs Andrew Long, Hugh Nees, and Howard Shalwitz. Post-reading discussion follows.
In conjunction with two exhibitions of white monochromatic paintings on view at the Phillips through Sept. 12, 2010—Robert Ryman: Variations and Improvisations and Pousette-Dart: Predominantly White Paintings
Thurs., July 1, 6:30 p.m.
Admission is $20 ($8 for Phillips members), and includes special exhibition and Phillips after 5 access. Patrons and Circle members free.
www.phillipscollection.org/calendar
The Phillips Collection
1600 21st St., NW.
Metro: Dupont Circle (Q St.)
In conjunction with two exhibitions of white monochromatic paintings on view at the Phillips through Sept. 12, 2010—Robert Ryman: Variations and Improvisations and Pousette-Dart: Predominantly White Paintings
Thurs., July 1, 6:30 p.m.
Admission is $20 ($8 for Phillips members), and includes special exhibition and Phillips after 5 access. Patrons and Circle members free.
www.phillipscollection.org/calendar
The Phillips Collection
1600 21st St., NW.
Metro: Dupont Circle (Q St.)
Friday, June 25, 2010
Call to Arlington Artists and Curators
LAST WEEK TO APPLY!
MEZZ GALLERY @ ARTISPHERE
Deadline Extended to June 29, 2010
Artisphere, the metropolitan-DC area’s newest cultural center, is set to open in Arlington on 10-10-10 with multiple venues, including: a 4,000 square foot ballroom space, a wi-fi lounge, a café, three distinct gallery spaces, as well as three flexible theater/performance spaces! MEZZ Gallery at Artisphere
CALL FOR VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITION PROPOSALS: Deadline Extended: June 29, 2010
The Mezz Gallery at Artisphere provides Arlington artists, arts groups, organizations and curators a new and exciting exhibition opportunity.
ELIGIBILITY: Proposals will be accepted from individual artists, arts groups, organizations, and curators who live, work, study or maintain a studio in Arlington County.
AWARDS: $500 honorarium will be awarded for each selected proposal.
ENTRY FEE: $25 application fee per proposal.
PROPOSALS: May include themed or solo exhibitions by Arlington artists. Arlington based curators may propose exhibitions featuring multiple artists in or outside of Arlington. Proposals may include single- or mixed-media. Media may include photography, hand-pulled prints, letterpress, wall hung sculptural installations, crafts, textiles, fashion, drawing, painting, etc. All proposals must be submitted via https://arlington.slideroom.com/. Only digital submissions will be judged.
Arlington Cultural Affairs is committed to providing a diverse schedule of high quality programs in the arts, providing opportunities for visual artists, performing artists and arts organizations as well as developing an engaged and appreciative audience. If you no longer wish to receive emails from the Ellipse Arts Center please unsubscribe.
MEZZ GALLERY @ ARTISPHERE
Deadline Extended to June 29, 2010
Artisphere, the metropolitan-DC area’s newest cultural center, is set to open in Arlington on 10-10-10 with multiple venues, including: a 4,000 square foot ballroom space, a wi-fi lounge, a café, three distinct gallery spaces, as well as three flexible theater/performance spaces! MEZZ Gallery at Artisphere
CALL FOR VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITION PROPOSALS: Deadline Extended: June 29, 2010
The Mezz Gallery at Artisphere provides Arlington artists, arts groups, organizations and curators a new and exciting exhibition opportunity.
ELIGIBILITY: Proposals will be accepted from individual artists, arts groups, organizations, and curators who live, work, study or maintain a studio in Arlington County.
AWARDS: $500 honorarium will be awarded for each selected proposal.
ENTRY FEE: $25 application fee per proposal.
PROPOSALS: May include themed or solo exhibitions by Arlington artists. Arlington based curators may propose exhibitions featuring multiple artists in or outside of Arlington. Proposals may include single- or mixed-media. Media may include photography, hand-pulled prints, letterpress, wall hung sculptural installations, crafts, textiles, fashion, drawing, painting, etc. All proposals must be submitted via https://arlington.slideroom.com/. Only digital submissions will be judged.
Arlington Cultural Affairs is committed to providing a diverse schedule of high quality programs in the arts, providing opportunities for visual artists, performing artists and arts organizations as well as developing an engaged and appreciative audience. If you no longer wish to receive emails from the Ellipse Arts Center please unsubscribe.
The Art of Last Minuteness @ Activation 440 | Surprise!
The Art of Last Minuteness @ Activation 440
440 Rhode Island Ave NW (The Josephine)
Saturday, June 26th | 6-10PM
440 Rhode Island Ave NW (The Josephine)
Saturday, June 26th | 6-10PM
RSVP HERE. IF YOU RSVP'd FOR THE OPENING SHOW, YOU ARE ALREADY ON THE LIST
Check out the photos from the Activation 440 Opening Party HERE!
Live Silkscreening/ Painting:
Truth Amoung Liars (TAL): www.truthamongliars.com/
Diana Cruz: www.dianabrand.com/
Exhibiting:
Kelly Towles: www.kellytowles.com
Nicole Aguire (Worn Mag): www.wornmagazine.com/
Joshua Yospyn: www.yospyn.com
Aniekan Udofia: www.artofaniekanudofia.com
Gaia: www.gaiastreetart.com
No Kings Collective: www.nokingscollective.com
Ky’Leigh Wilson: www.urbanabstractions.com
Annie Kielman: www.anniekielman.carbonmade.com/
Sarah Martin: www.wix.com/smartino/sarahmartin
Dan Barojas: www.r5imaging.com
Kelly Towles, Gaia and every artist in the Activation 440 space at the Josephine building absolutely crushed it with full room installations and mural work, and It was great to have them apart of the show over the past 3 weeks. What you don’t know is that all the artist appreciated the support far more than you could imagine. So in return all artist donated work that will be raffled off at the end of the show. It is free and you just need to RSVP. If you attended the first events you are already on the list. We welcome you to bid the space farewell and close it out right with great art, live silk-screening, a cool rooftop, good music, drinks and great friends. Be there and be counted at Activation 440 in The Joshephine building this Saturday. ReadysetDC
Gallery Director for the Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery
The Washington District of Columbia Jewish Community Center is looking for a Gallery Director for the Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery (a 600 square foot space in an urban Jewish Community Center). This is a full-time position that includes benefits. Previous gallery experience required.
Read HERE for more information.
Read HERE for more information.
Sondheim Artscape Prize: 2010 Finalists through August 1
Sondheim Artscape Prize: 2010 Finalists
June 19 – August 1, 2010
Free exhibition
The winner of the $25,000 prize will be announced on July 10. Artscape is held July 16-19, 2010.
Finalists Exhibition will be shown in the Alvin and Fanny B. Thalheimer Galleries of the BMA on Saturday, June 19 through Sunday, August 1.
In conjunction with Artscape, Baltimore’s premier arts festival organized by the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts, the BMA presents a special exhibition of works by the finalists for the Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize. This year's finalists are: Leah Cooper, Ryan Hackett, Matthew Janson, Nate Larson, Christopher LaVoie, Matthew Porterfield, and Karen Yasinsky.
Named after the late Baltimore civic leader Walter Sondheim and his late wife, Janet, the Sondheim Prize recognizes the achievements of visual artists living or working in Maryland, Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia, and southeastern Pennsylvania.
The semi-finalists, finalists, and winner are all chosen by an independent panel of jurors. This year’s jurors are: Robert Nickas, an independent New York-based curator, writer and art critic; Magdalena Sawon, owner and director of New York’s Postmasters Gallery; and Hamza Walker, director of education and associate curator of the Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago. The finalists were announced on April 13.
June 19 – August 1, 2010
Free exhibition
The winner of the $25,000 prize will be announced on July 10. Artscape is held July 16-19, 2010.
Finalists Exhibition will be shown in the Alvin and Fanny B. Thalheimer Galleries of the BMA on Saturday, June 19 through Sunday, August 1.
In conjunction with Artscape, Baltimore’s premier arts festival organized by the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts, the BMA presents a special exhibition of works by the finalists for the Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize. This year's finalists are: Leah Cooper, Ryan Hackett, Matthew Janson, Nate Larson, Christopher LaVoie, Matthew Porterfield, and Karen Yasinsky.
Named after the late Baltimore civic leader Walter Sondheim and his late wife, Janet, the Sondheim Prize recognizes the achievements of visual artists living or working in Maryland, Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia, and southeastern Pennsylvania.
The semi-finalists, finalists, and winner are all chosen by an independent panel of jurors. This year’s jurors are: Robert Nickas, an independent New York-based curator, writer and art critic; Magdalena Sawon, owner and director of New York’s Postmasters Gallery; and Hamza Walker, director of education and associate curator of the Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago. The finalists were announced on April 13.
FREE SUMMER SATURDAYS AT THE CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART May 29 – September 4
Go to the Corcoran on Saturdays this summer for FREE admission, plus Gallery tours, workshops, demonstrations, and performances for families and all ages! Beginning Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend, enjoy summer exhibitions and programming free of charge. Special programs, many free, have been planned to celebrate the Corcoran’s permanent collection and temporary exhibitions Helios: Eadweard Muybridge in a Time of Change and Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration.
For more information on Free Summer Saturdays, visit www.corcoran.org/freesummersaturdays.
The schedule for Free Summer Saturdays programming is as follows:
Every Saturday: Chalk Drawings; 11a.m. - 4p.m.
Corcoran alum Randolph Williams recreates highlights from the Corcoran’s permanent collection with
chalk on the corner of 17th Street and New York Avenue.
Highlights Tours; 12 p.m. and 3 p.m.
Join a guided tour through the permanent collection and temporary exhibitions.
Saturday, June 26; Noon – 3 p.m.
Sketching in the Atrium sketching from a life model. All materials are provided.
Saturday, July 3: Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration opens
Saturday, July 10; 10:30 a.m. – Noon
Pulp to Paper (Family workshop)
Pre-registration is required.
Paint and canvas are not the only tools artists use to create. See portraits made from wood blocks,
strings, and even paper pulp in the special exhibition Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration.
Following the tour, create your own hand-made paper from bits of paper pulp. $8 per child, Corcoran Members at the Family level and above; $12 per child, Public. To register, visit www. corcoran.org/family/family_programs.php.
Saturday, July 10; 1 p.m.
Tim Fort’s Muybridge-a-scope Domino Presentation in the Atrium
Tim Fort's kinetic gadgets go beyond ordinary domino tumbling to encompass other chain-reaction
techniques like the Muybridgeoscope, an animated device resembling a flip book. For the show, Fort
takes over the Corcoran’s North Atrium to create one of his unique kinetic gadgets that mixes several of
Eadweard Muybridge's motion studies into the design.
Saturday, July 10; 2 – 3:30 p.m.
Pulp to Paper (Adult workshop)
Pre-registration required.
Paint and canvas are not the only tools artists use to create. See portraits made from wood blocks, strings,
and even paper pulp in the special exhibition, Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration. Following
the tour, create your own hand-made paper from bits of paper pulp. $8 Corcoran Members; $12 Public.
To register, visit www.corcoran.org/calendar or call (202) 639-1770.
Saturday, July 17; 2 p.m.
MONTAGE Music Society’s Starry Night Project
…such lovely music written exclusively about works of visual art is its own justification…
--Gramophone Magazine, 2009
Boston’s MONTAGE Music Society’s Starry Night Project features music of noted living American composers written exclusively about works of visual art. Combining original, contemporary music with artwork by such important visual artists as Rousseau, Van Gogh, Matisse, Degas, and Picasso, Starry Night Project connects the ear to the eye, and the eye to the ear. Forging these connections between art forms encourages active listening and observation and stimulates fresh, new insights in to the musical and visual creative processes. Learn more at http://www.montagemusicsociety.org/starrynight.html.
For more information on Free Summer Saturdays, visit www.corcoran.org/freesummersaturdays.
The schedule for Free Summer Saturdays programming is as follows:
Every Saturday: Chalk Drawings; 11a.m. - 4p.m.
Corcoran alum Randolph Williams recreates highlights from the Corcoran’s permanent collection with
chalk on the corner of 17th Street and New York Avenue.
Highlights Tours; 12 p.m. and 3 p.m.
Join a guided tour through the permanent collection and temporary exhibitions.
Saturday, June 26; Noon – 3 p.m.
Sketching in the Atrium sketching from a life model. All materials are provided.
Saturday, July 3: Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration opens
Saturday, July 10; 10:30 a.m. – Noon
Pulp to Paper (Family workshop)
Pre-registration is required.
Paint and canvas are not the only tools artists use to create. See portraits made from wood blocks,
strings, and even paper pulp in the special exhibition Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration.
Following the tour, create your own hand-made paper from bits of paper pulp. $8 per child, Corcoran Members at the Family level and above; $12 per child, Public. To register, visit www. corcoran.org/family/family_programs.php.
Saturday, July 10; 1 p.m.
Tim Fort’s Muybridge-a-scope Domino Presentation in the Atrium
Tim Fort's kinetic gadgets go beyond ordinary domino tumbling to encompass other chain-reaction
techniques like the Muybridgeoscope, an animated device resembling a flip book. For the show, Fort
takes over the Corcoran’s North Atrium to create one of his unique kinetic gadgets that mixes several of
Eadweard Muybridge's motion studies into the design.
Saturday, July 10; 2 – 3:30 p.m.
Pulp to Paper (Adult workshop)
Pre-registration required.
Paint and canvas are not the only tools artists use to create. See portraits made from wood blocks, strings,
and even paper pulp in the special exhibition, Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration. Following
the tour, create your own hand-made paper from bits of paper pulp. $8 Corcoran Members; $12 Public.
To register, visit www.corcoran.org/calendar or call (202) 639-1770.
Saturday, July 17; 2 p.m.
MONTAGE Music Society’s Starry Night Project
…such lovely music written exclusively about works of visual art is its own justification…
--Gramophone Magazine, 2009
Boston’s MONTAGE Music Society’s Starry Night Project features music of noted living American composers written exclusively about works of visual art. Combining original, contemporary music with artwork by such important visual artists as Rousseau, Van Gogh, Matisse, Degas, and Picasso, Starry Night Project connects the ear to the eye, and the eye to the ear. Forging these connections between art forms encourages active listening and observation and stimulates fresh, new insights in to the musical and visual creative processes. Learn more at http://www.montagemusicsociety.org/starrynight.html.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
“Informed Design” Exhibition at Long View Gallery
“Informed Design”
Reception: Thursday, July 8, 2010
6:30pm - 8:30pm
@
Long View Gallery
Long View Gallery
1234 9th St NW
Washington, DC
PLEASE RSVP to infoATlongviewgallery.com if you plan to attend.
Long View Gallery announces the upcoming exhibition “Informed Design,” opening on July 8 and running through August 1. “Informed Design” strives to expound on the role of art objects within the context of interior design and architecture. This exhibition will feature a sampling of the inventory in our newly launched corporate art consulting branch, as well as two architectural design vignettes by leading D.C. architects Ernesto Santalla and David Jameson.
In contrast to typical gallery shows in which pieces hang on blank white walls, “Informed Design” demonstrates how art can influence or interact with an interior. “Informed Design” aims to explore the relationship between art and architecture, and argues that exceptional works of art establish dialogues with their surroundings. The show will encompass a wide variety of abstract paintings and low relief sculptures by artists on our corporate art consulting roster. These artists include: Joan Konkel, Anne Marchand, Victoria Cowles, Steve Griffin, Patricia Burns, Wanda Wainsten, and Susan Finsen.
Local architects Ernesto M. Santalla of Studio Santalla and David Jameson of David Jameson Architect Inc. will install site-specific vignettes to accompany our artwork selections. Santalla and Jameson both consider art as the hub of their respective design processes.
Educated in the Bauhaus style of architecture, Santalla’s vignette adopts the unique curatorial approach of selecting artworks according to which pieces best utilize the space. His vignette incorporates a site-specific installation by Barbara Josephs Liotta, as well as a series of paintings by Ralph Turturro that echo the texture of gallery’s stone pillars. Specifically created for “Informed Design,” Liotta will unveil a 20-foot tall installation composed of white marble stones and matching tie cord that float against a black wall. She describes her work as “stripping away the superfluous and the decorative. I strive for a sort of essence, a clarity that will allow the work grace but not prettiness, rhythm but not contrivance, balance but not inertness. I strive to animate, not merely inhabit a space.” The work should resonate both with the architecture of the space it occupies, and with the materials from which it is constructed.”
Jameson’s vignette similarly allows the physical gallery space to dictate his design. Inspired by the raw feel of the exposed brick and concrete, he has selected work by artists that complement the industrial look of the gallery. According to Jameson, “conceptually, we are attempting to create an installation that stitches together a tectonic experience formed by pressures of the space with an art experience positioned within the added tectonic elements.” Displaying works by celebrated artists Steve Cushner, Mary Early, James Huckenphaler and Jackie Hoysted, Jameson is creating a gallery within the gallery by installing pillars, echoing the existing concrete beams, to act as walls. Not only will the architectural design choices enhance the interior of the gallery, they will also heighten the experience of viewing the artwork that adorns them, further elaborating on the importance of art objects in interiors.
About Ernesto Santalla
Cuban-born architect Ernesto Santalla has contributed to the changing skyline of Washington, D.C. and worked on projects in the U.S., Puerto Rico and Europe. A registered architect and LEED accredited professional, Ernesto practices architecture, interior design, and graphic design at his firm, Studio Santalla, Inc., located in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. Ernesto is also a fine art photographer and a regular contributor to Washington Life Magazine and The Washington Blade.
About David Jameson
David Jameson, FAIA founded his eponymous architectural studio in 1998 upon a rigorous commitment to design excellence and client service. Since then, his firm has been recognized nationally and internationally with over 150 design awards and featured in over nearly 200 design publications including Architectural Record, The Architectural Review, and Architectural Digest. London based Wallpaper magazine recognized the firm as one of four US based architecture firms to follow in its 2010 Fabulous 40 issue. This past spring Architectural Digest named David to their AD100 roster, a listing of the top 100 architects and designer’s worldwide. In academia, Jameson is an adjunct faculty at his alma mater Virginia Tech (91’) and is a guest critic at Yale and Columbia.
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Best Documentary this year at Tribeca / MONICA & DAVID
MONICA & DAVID
A love story about two adults with Down syndrome.
(Documentary, USA, 68 minutes. English w/some Spanish.)
WINNER: Best Documentary, Tribeca Film Festival AUDIENCE AWARD, Top 10 at:
IDFA (Amsterdam), Thessaloniki (Greece) & Tribeca (NYC)
"unexpectedly engrossing"
-Variety
"impressive"
-Robert De Niro
"The film goes beyond disability"
-Chris Burke (Actor, Life Goes On)
SILVERDOCS Film Festival (Silver Spring, MD, just outside D.C.)
--FRIDAY, June 25 - 8pm
--SATURDAY, June 26 -11:30am
Director, Ali Codina, will be in attendance.
TICKETS: www.silverdocs.com
LOCATION: AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Road (at Georgia Avenue),
Silver Spring, Maryland. TWO BLOCKS FROM METRO-Red Line to Silver Spring.
A love story about two adults with Down syndrome.
(Documentary, USA, 68 minutes. English w/some Spanish.)
WINNER: Best Documentary, Tribeca Film Festival AUDIENCE AWARD, Top 10 at:
IDFA (Amsterdam), Thessaloniki (Greece) & Tribeca (NYC)
"unexpectedly engrossing"
-Variety
"impressive"
-Robert De Niro
"The film goes beyond disability"
-Chris Burke (Actor, Life Goes On)
SILVERDOCS Film Festival (Silver Spring, MD, just outside D.C.)
--FRIDAY, June 25 - 8pm
--SATURDAY, June 26 -11:30am
Director, Ali Codina, will be in attendance.
TICKETS: www.silverdocs.com
LOCATION: AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Road (at Georgia Avenue),
Silver Spring, Maryland. TWO BLOCKS FROM METRO-Red Line to Silver Spring.
DESTRY SPARKS SOLO EXHIBITION AT THE DANVILLE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS IN VIRGINIA
Twelve contemporary mixed media paintings by Greenville, NC artist Destry Sparks will be on display in the Boatwright Gallery at the Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History in Danville, VA from June 25 to August 22, 2010. A public reception to honor the artist is scheduled for the evening of June 25th at the historic Sutherlin Mansion which houses the museum from 5:00 to 7:30. The mansion is the crown jewel of the tourist destination known as Millionaire’s Row in Danville, VA just over the border north of Greensboro.
Sparks is known for attaching a variety of worn found objects (both natural and manufactured) to burlap and other rough surfaces to create a particularly visceral effect atypical of traditional flat plane painting. His influences are diverse from traditional African craftsmen to contemporary masters including Anselm Kiefer. With objects ranging from decayed window frames to dried leaves, themes of deterioration are offset by redemptive messages of hope from Christian theology. Viewers are encouraged to consider the idea that everything (and by extension everyone) has a place in the world. Nothing is worthless or without purpose ultimately.
‘When objects typically categorized as junk are elevated and placed on a wall in a painting within the lofty sphere of fine art, we’re more likely to notice and appreciate the beauty and design of even the smallest of things’, Sparks says.
His work has been shown around the country and overseas later this year in the Outsiders Art Festival in Adelaide, South Australia. Spark’s work has won numerous awards including First Place last year in the 2nd International Society of Acrylic Painters Online International Open Exhibition. Media mentions include a feature on the www.aestheticsnow.com website. Locally his work is normally available at Carteret Contemporary Art in Morehead City and InkStone Gallery in Winterville. During the Danville show however, many of his pivotal works will be dedicated to this important mid-career exhibition.
For more information about the artist’s work, visit www.destrysparks.com. The artist is also very active on www.facebook.com where he regularly shares art ideas and news about his group show projects with other artists with over 4,000 art world friends. News about the exhibition in Danville is also available at the museum website at www.danvillemuseum.org.
Sparks is known for attaching a variety of worn found objects (both natural and manufactured) to burlap and other rough surfaces to create a particularly visceral effect atypical of traditional flat plane painting. His influences are diverse from traditional African craftsmen to contemporary masters including Anselm Kiefer. With objects ranging from decayed window frames to dried leaves, themes of deterioration are offset by redemptive messages of hope from Christian theology. Viewers are encouraged to consider the idea that everything (and by extension everyone) has a place in the world. Nothing is worthless or without purpose ultimately.
‘When objects typically categorized as junk are elevated and placed on a wall in a painting within the lofty sphere of fine art, we’re more likely to notice and appreciate the beauty and design of even the smallest of things’, Sparks says.
His work has been shown around the country and overseas later this year in the Outsiders Art Festival in Adelaide, South Australia. Spark’s work has won numerous awards including First Place last year in the 2nd International Society of Acrylic Painters Online International Open Exhibition. Media mentions include a feature on the www.aestheticsnow.com website. Locally his work is normally available at Carteret Contemporary Art in Morehead City and InkStone Gallery in Winterville. During the Danville show however, many of his pivotal works will be dedicated to this important mid-career exhibition.
For more information about the artist’s work, visit www.destrysparks.com. The artist is also very active on www.facebook.com where he regularly shares art ideas and news about his group show projects with other artists with over 4,000 art world friends. News about the exhibition in Danville is also available at the museum website at www.danvillemuseum.org.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
The Bloomingdale Art Walk / Call for Artists
NORTH CAPITOL MAIN STREET’S
2nd Annual 1st on First
Art + Music Walk
If you would like to participate, click here for more information.
Cross Spectrum - Short Films from Helsinski and DC
On Thursday, June 24, see some of Finland and DC's finest short films in the elegant setting of the Embassy of Finland.
More information and buy tickets HERE.
Includes Open Bar Reception
21+ to enter. No refunds.
More information and buy tickets HERE.
Includes Open Bar Reception
21+ to enter. No refunds.
R. Buckminster Fuller: THE HISTORY (and Mystery) OF THE UNIVERSE
Does humanity have a chance to survive on Spaceship Earth? Explore this question with Renaissance man R. Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome. Join Arena Stage through July 4th for an unforgettable journey inside one of the most remarkable minds of the 20th century in a dazzling, virtuoso multimedia performance. A hero of the green movement, Bucky framed many of the great environmental ideas of his time and ours. This is your chance to get to know the man and his world-saving mission in a play "as startlingly funny as it is intellectually stimulating" (San Francisco Examiner). It may not only change your life but the life of our planet as well.
And don't forget about "Bucky Art"! The weather is warming up nicely, so plan a walk around the heart of Crystal City, VA to view the sculptures that celebrate the great scientific mind of R. Buckminster Fuller.
And don't forget about "Bucky Art"! The weather is warming up nicely, so plan a walk around the heart of Crystal City, VA to view the sculptures that celebrate the great scientific mind of R. Buckminster Fuller.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Argentine artist Wanda Wainsten exhibition at the Embassy of Argentina
JUNE 24th - JULY 1st
Opening: June 24th at 6:30 PM
The Embassy of Argentina will present the first exhibition after the remodelling of its building with works of art by the Argentine painter Wanda Wainsten. Geometryc Rhythm is a synthesis of tango and abstract paintings that reflect the unique style of the artist.
Wanda Wainsten was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1976. She started painting interior and exterior murals while she studied achitecture at the University of Buenos Aires. Wainsten is a full time artist, exhibiting in galleries around the world; Sweden, Holland, Italy, Argentina and now in the United States. As in architecture, her paintings are ruled by geometry were you can see the structure emerge and organize the canvas, while the colors create the sensation of space which she wants to express.
Embassy of Argentina
1600 New Hampshire Ave., NW, DC
202-238-6464
Confirmation
www.embassyofargentina/registracion
Opening: June 24th at 6:30 PM
The Embassy of Argentina will present the first exhibition after the remodelling of its building with works of art by the Argentine painter Wanda Wainsten. Geometryc Rhythm is a synthesis of tango and abstract paintings that reflect the unique style of the artist.
Wanda Wainsten was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1976. She started painting interior and exterior murals while she studied achitecture at the University of Buenos Aires. Wainsten is a full time artist, exhibiting in galleries around the world; Sweden, Holland, Italy, Argentina and now in the United States. As in architecture, her paintings are ruled by geometry were you can see the structure emerge and organize the canvas, while the colors create the sensation of space which she wants to express.
Embassy of Argentina
1600 New Hampshire Ave., NW, DC
202-238-6464
Confirmation
www.embassyofargentina/registracion
Monday, June 21, 2010
Gaps Exhibition at GRACE
gaps
Reception and Gallery Talk: Saturday, June 26, 5-7:30pm
Juror: Vesela Sretenovic, Curator for Contemporary and Modern Art, The Phillips Collection
Cosponsored by Greater Reston Arts Center, Initiative for Public Art Reston, and Washington Sculptors Group
Selected Artists
Ryan Boatright
Dickson Carroll
R.L. Croft
Brent A. Crothers
Joel D'Orazio
Jonathan Fisher
Marilyn Geldzahler
Carol Brown Goldberg
Artemis Herber
Gale A. Jamieson
Rebecca Kamen
Lori E. Katz
J.T. Kirkland
David L. Knopp
Ron Longsdorf
Dalya Luttwak
Ceci Cole Mcinturff
David Meyer
Chris Motley
Mike Shaffer
Diane C. Szczepaniak
Janet B. Wheeler
Millicent Young
Greater Reston Arts Center
12001 Market Street Suite #103
Reston, VA 20190
Juried Sculpture and New Media Exhibition
06/24/2010 -- 07/31/2010Reception and Gallery Talk: Saturday, June 26, 5-7:30pm
Juror: Vesela Sretenovic, Curator for Contemporary and Modern Art, The Phillips Collection
Cosponsored by Greater Reston Arts Center, Initiative for Public Art Reston, and Washington Sculptors Group
Selected Artists
Ryan Boatright
Dickson Carroll
R.L. Croft
Brent A. Crothers
Joel D'Orazio
Jonathan Fisher
Marilyn Geldzahler
Carol Brown Goldberg
Artemis Herber
Gale A. Jamieson
Rebecca Kamen
Lori E. Katz
J.T. Kirkland
David L. Knopp
Ron Longsdorf
Dalya Luttwak
Ceci Cole Mcinturff
David Meyer
Chris Motley
Mike Shaffer
Diane C. Szczepaniak
Janet B. Wheeler
Millicent Young
Greater Reston Arts Center
12001 Market Street Suite #103
Reston, VA 20190
Gallery Neptune presents the Summer Artist Marketplace
Gallery Neptune presents the Summer Artist Marketplace
June 26 – August 21, 2010
cool art in the months of rising mercury
Gallery Neptune presents a lively and colorful collection this summer of painting, collage, mixed media and graphite art. Abstract painting has a strong presence in this exhibit with work by Duane Cregger, Ellen Hill, Greg Minah and Katherine Mann, a recent Bethesda Painting Award 2nd place finalist. Lisa Montag Brotman returns with her 12” x 12” ironic narratives and Hsin-Hsi Chen offers a new line of lamps, clocks and frames made from her finely rendered graphite drawings. Joan Belmar continues the theme from his recent Neptune spring show, with jewel like mixed media pieces which layer painted images and plastic. David Wallace, recently included in “Masters: Collage” by Larks Books, will have several of his collage inspired paintings on display. The gallery is pleased to round out our summer exhibit with naive animal paintings on aged wood planks by primitive artist Marco deChiro.
In addition to the marketplace, the gallery will host many special evening events this summer with this exciting line up of guests and activities:
June 26: Summer Artist Marketplace opening reception, 5-8 PM
July 8: Decorative Art Salon featuring exquisite paper jewelry by Jessica Beels and table top antiques from Consider It Done Boutique with Timothy Albrecht, 6-9 PM
July 9: Bethesda Art Walk, 6-9 PM
July 31: DRINK + DRAW, playing Exquisite Dog, 7-9 PM, $15.00 admission, please contact us for advance tickets, 301-718-0809
August 5: The Perfect Paper Toss with Kacy Paide of The Inspired Office, 7-8 PM. Spend a fun hour with Kacy to learn how simple design skills create great office organization.
August 13: Bethesda Art Walk, 6-9 PM
August 19: Ped Pole Music Contest Finalists and guest musicians, 7-9 PM, $15.00 admission, please contact us for advance tickets, 301-718-0809
August 21: DRINK + DRAW, playing Exquisite Head, 7-9 PM, $15.00 admission, please contact us for advance tickets, 301-718-0809
June 26 – August 21, 2010
cool art in the months of rising mercury
Gallery Neptune presents a lively and colorful collection this summer of painting, collage, mixed media and graphite art. Abstract painting has a strong presence in this exhibit with work by Duane Cregger, Ellen Hill, Greg Minah and Katherine Mann, a recent Bethesda Painting Award 2nd place finalist. Lisa Montag Brotman returns with her 12” x 12” ironic narratives and Hsin-Hsi Chen offers a new line of lamps, clocks and frames made from her finely rendered graphite drawings. Joan Belmar continues the theme from his recent Neptune spring show, with jewel like mixed media pieces which layer painted images and plastic. David Wallace, recently included in “Masters: Collage” by Larks Books, will have several of his collage inspired paintings on display. The gallery is pleased to round out our summer exhibit with naive animal paintings on aged wood planks by primitive artist Marco deChiro.
June 26: Summer Artist Marketplace opening reception, 5-8 PM
July 8: Decorative Art Salon featuring exquisite paper jewelry by Jessica Beels and table top antiques from Consider It Done Boutique with Timothy Albrecht, 6-9 PM
July 9: Bethesda Art Walk, 6-9 PM
July 31: DRINK + DRAW, playing Exquisite Dog, 7-9 PM, $15.00 admission, please contact us for advance tickets, 301-718-0809
August 5: The Perfect Paper Toss with Kacy Paide of The Inspired Office, 7-8 PM. Spend a fun hour with Kacy to learn how simple design skills create great office organization.
August 13: Bethesda Art Walk, 6-9 PM
August 19: Ped Pole Music Contest Finalists and guest musicians, 7-9 PM, $15.00 admission, please contact us for advance tickets, 301-718-0809
August 21: DRINK + DRAW, playing Exquisite Head, 7-9 PM, $15.00 admission, please contact us for advance tickets, 301-718-0809
Sunday, June 20, 2010
ARTJAMZ TO LAUNCH AT CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART AND COLLEGE OF ART + DESIGN
Starting Wednesday, June 23 through Saturday, June 26, ArtJamz will launch at the Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art + Design. In a unique take on the traditional evening art event, participants--“ArtJammers”—unleash their inner artist with individual canvases and fine-art paint supplies while local DJs, wine and hors d’ourves keep the inspiration flowing. Each ArtJam is limited to 25 participants. For more information on ArtJamz and to reserve a canvas, visit
http://www.artjamzdc.com.
http://www.artjamzdc.com.
Haitian Children & Artists Use Art to Tell Their Stories
Through Their Eyes: Haitian Artists' Visions of Home
and
National Geographic photojournalist, Maggie Steber
Opening Reception: Friday, June 25, 6:00-8:00PM
Washington, DC - June 23, 2010 - The Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery located at 1632 U Street, NW announces the opening of Through Their Eyes: Haitian Artists' Visions of Home, also featuring the work of National Geographic photojournalist, Maggie Steber. Haitian artworks provided by the American Visionary Art Museum, Zanmi Lakay and the Art Creation Foundation for Children.
Haiti's January 12th earthquake may seem like a distant memory for those of us safely grounded here in the U.S., but for Haitians the tragedy of that day is an everyday reality and far from over.
Those who survived the earthquake are now falling victim to infection and disease, and up to a million have been rendered homeless. From our vantage point in the US we can only speculate how Haitians find the strength and hope to face the daily suffering surrounding them. Yet, in this rare exhibition, Maggie Steber, award-winning National Geographic photographer, and over 30 Haitian artists offer us a window into how Haitians perceive their disrupted world and a glimpse at their extraordinary strength of spirit and unwavering faith.
"Through Their Eyes" exhibits the work of artists and children currently living in Haiti and actively using the arts to heal: Featuring over 100 photographs and handcrafts produced by children, and traditional Vodou flags hand-sequined by seasoned artisans. Alongside the Haitian artists' surprisingly uplifting visions, we are also showing Maggie Steber's poignant pre and post-earthquake works, which capture the "tortured, enchanted place" she has fallen in love with over her 20 years covering Haiti and its remarkable people.
The American Visionary Art Museum, Zanmi Lakay and Art Creation Foundation For Children have generously provided the exhibition's Haitian artworks. All works are available for purchase with 100% of the proceeds donated to Haiti relief.
The exhibition runs from June 23 to August 7.
Gallery hours are Wednesday-Friday 11AM-5PM, Saturday 11AM-3PM and by appointment.
Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery at Smith Farm Center | 1632 U Street NW | Washington DC | DC | 20009
Ju-Yeon Kim: The In-Between
Ju-Yeon Kim: The In-Between
June 25, 2010 - September 13, 2010
In collaboration with the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), artist Ju-Yeon Kim has created two new sculpture installations and numerous scroll drawings for her exhibition The In-Between. She drew inspiration for this body of work from the 8th-century Tibetan Buddhist text titled The great book of natural liberation through understanding in the between, popularly known in Western cultures as The Tibetan Book of the Dead.
National Museum of Women in the Arts
1250 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005-3970
202-783-5000
June 25, 2010 - September 13, 2010
In collaboration with the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), artist Ju-Yeon Kim has created two new sculpture installations and numerous scroll drawings for her exhibition The In-Between. She drew inspiration for this body of work from the 8th-century Tibetan Buddhist text titled The great book of natural liberation through understanding in the between, popularly known in Western cultures as The Tibetan Book of the Dead.
National Museum of Women in the Arts
1250 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005-3970
202-783-5000
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Alexandria-based The Art League Chosen for 2010-11 Catalogue for Philanthropy: Greater Washington
The Catalogue for Philanthropy: Greater Washington announces that The Art League has been selected to be featured in the 2010-11 Catalogue. A panel of 100 expert reviewers from area foundations, corporate giving programs, peer non-profit organizations, and the DC government evaluated nearly 250 applications; The Art League is one of 70 outstanding nonprofits to be featured this year.
Now in its eighth year, the Catalogue’s mission is to generate visibility and resources for the best community-based nonprofits, and to create more meaningful experiences for donors. According to Barbara Harman, President and Editor for the Catalogue for Philanthropy: Greater Washington, “We know that nonprofits have had another very difficult year, and the economy continues to create challenges: dollars are down and need is up. Individual donors can continue to make a real difference – as they did last year – keeping great organizations afloat during these tough times.”
The Catalogue raised $2.5 million in 2009-10, and has raised over $12 million since its inception in 2003.
The Catalogue enables smaller non-profits to tell their stories to individuals who would otherwise never hear them, and to encourage those individuals to get engaged and give. It also provides charities with a stamp of approval that tells donors they can invest with confidence because the Catalogue vets its family of nonprofits with great care.
20,000 individuals and hundreds of family foundations will receive copies of the print Catalogue in November, and others will visit the new Catalogue website (cfp-dc.org) the only regional philanthropy site of its kind in the country.
“Charities were selected for excellence, cost-effectiveness, and impact,” Harman said. “These are certainly among the best community-based nonprofits in the Washington region.”
The Art League
105 North Union Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
www.theartleague.org
703-683-1780
Now in its eighth year, the Catalogue’s mission is to generate visibility and resources for the best community-based nonprofits, and to create more meaningful experiences for donors. According to Barbara Harman, President and Editor for the Catalogue for Philanthropy: Greater Washington, “We know that nonprofits have had another very difficult year, and the economy continues to create challenges: dollars are down and need is up. Individual donors can continue to make a real difference – as they did last year – keeping great organizations afloat during these tough times.”
The Catalogue raised $2.5 million in 2009-10, and has raised over $12 million since its inception in 2003.
The Catalogue enables smaller non-profits to tell their stories to individuals who would otherwise never hear them, and to encourage those individuals to get engaged and give. It also provides charities with a stamp of approval that tells donors they can invest with confidence because the Catalogue vets its family of nonprofits with great care.
20,000 individuals and hundreds of family foundations will receive copies of the print Catalogue in November, and others will visit the new Catalogue website (cfp-dc.org) the only regional philanthropy site of its kind in the country.
“Charities were selected for excellence, cost-effectiveness, and impact,” Harman said. “These are certainly among the best community-based nonprofits in the Washington region.”
The Art League
105 North Union Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
www.theartleague.org
703-683-1780
A New Art Magazine / Stamp Magazine
Artist/Designer Jason Nickens is publishing a new art magazine to answer the question "Where has all the good art gone? Here's a teaser of magazine to give people a view of the publication before its printed. It features the work of Washington Metropolitan artists.
Here is the link http://issuu.com/stampmagazine/docs/stampmagazine-0.
There's also a blog at www.stampmagazine.blogspot.com.
Check it out!
Here is the link http://issuu.com/stampmagazine/docs/stampmagazine-0.
There's also a blog at www.stampmagazine.blogspot.com.
Check it out!
Art Delicacies at Biagio Fine Chocolate
Delicacies, a delectable exhibition of fine art
May 22-July 11, 2010
VIP Reception:
Thursday, June 24, 6-8pm
*Preview Art during Complimentary Tastings
Wed, June 16 from 6:30 - 8pm - Jason from Artisan Chocolates will be sampling new flavors
Saturday, June 19 from 3-6pm - Sample Saturday – up to 20 bars available to sample
Saturday, July 10 from 3-6pm - Sample Saturday – up to 20 bars available to sample
Wed, June 16 from 6:30 - 8pm - Jason from Artisan Chocolates will be sampling new flavors
Saturday, June 19 from 3-6pm - Sample Saturday – up to 20 bars available to sample
Saturday, July 10 from 3-6pm - Sample Saturday – up to 20 bars available to sample
Exhibiting Artists:
Sondra N. Arkin
Chuck Baxter
Jody Bergstresser
Jim Bobick
Tanja Bos
Ann Marie Coolick
Lisa Farrell
Susan Finsen
Pat Goslee
Anne Marchand
Mary Beth Ramsey
Doris Ross
Di Stovall
Lou Stovall
Cynthia Sands
Helga Thomson
Novie Trump
Ellyn Weiss
Biagio Fine Chocolate and Studio H
1904 18th Street NW, Washington DC
May 22-July 11, 2010
Open Tue-Sat 12pm-8pm; Sun 12pm-5pm
Friday, June 18, 2010
Picture Planes: Robert Mellor and Alexa Meade at Irvine Contemporary
Picture Planes: Robert Mellor and Alexa Meade
&
Gaia, The Urban Romantic
June 19 to July 24
&
Gaia, The Urban Romantic
June 19 to July 24
Opening Reception with the artists, Saturday, June 19, 6-8PM
Book Signing with Gaia at Opening Reception
Irvine Contemporary
1412 14th St. NW
202-332-8767
Free.
A Celebration of the2010 U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts
The Board of Trustees of YoungArts,
The Commission on Presidential Scholars and
The Commission on Presidential Scholars and
The Presidential Scholars Foundation
with the Smithsonian American Art Museum
invite you to
An Exhibition of Works
Artworks and Readings by the 2010 U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Literary and Visual Arts
Sunday, June 20, 2010
5:00 p.m. Exhibition Viewing
6:00 p.m.Writers’ Readings and Cinematic Arts Screening
Sunday, June 20, 2010
5:00 p.m. Exhibition Viewing
6:00 p.m.Writers’ Readings and Cinematic Arts Screening
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Eighth and G Streets, NW
Washington, District of Columbia
No RSVP or tickets required.Eighth and G Streets, NW
Washington, District of Columbia
The U.S. Presidential Scholars exhibition will be on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, June 21-27 and July 3-9, 2010.
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The Board of Trustees of YoungArts,
The Commission on Presidential Scholars and
The Presidential Scholars Foundation
with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
invite you to
The Commission on Presidential Scholars and
The Presidential Scholars Foundation
with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
invite you to
A Salute to the 2010 U.S. Presidential Scholars and
An Evening of Performances
by the 2010 U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts
An Evening of Performances
by the 2010 U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts
Monday, June 21, 2010
6:30 p.m. VIP Cocktail Reception / Atrium & Foyers, Terrace Level
7:30 p.m. Performance / Concert Hall
6:30 p.m. VIP Cocktail Reception / Atrium & Foyers, Terrace Level
7:30 p.m. Performance / Concert Hall
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Washington, District of Columbia
Washington, District of Columbia
RSVP by June 12 to 305.377.1140, extension 1306 or email psa@youngarts.org.
Admission is complimentary, but tickets are required.
Admission is complimentary, but tickets are required.
YoungArts is the core program of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA). The program’s mission is to identify emerging artists, provide educational enrichment and assistance in their pursuit of the arts, and to raise the appreciation for and support of the arts in American society.
Dedicated to inspiring and nurturing young artists, YoungArts was founded in 1981 by businessman and visionary, the late Ted Arison, and his wife Lin. YoungArts is committed to identifying the next generation of emerging artists.
The Fridge presents DECOY ink
Live tattooing will be featured at the opening event.
Date: Friday, June 18, 2010
Time: 6:00pm - 10:00pm
at The Fridge, 516 8th Street SE, Washington, DC
LIVE Auction off the work of the "SuperFacial" collage at Civilian Art Projects
Join Civilian Art Projects, Ryan Hill, MC Sasha Lord, and special guests for a closing talk and LIVE Auction on the closing date of "SuperFacial!"
To benefit Gulf Coast wild life, they are going to auction off the work of the "SuperFacial" collage directly following the talk. Get a gorgeous Valentino visage, or one of a kitty cat. Bidding starts at just $5! (Note, this is not original artwork - that's not $5.)
Proceeds after expenses will go to LA Gulf Response!
The fun starts at 4pm! Saturday, June 19th at Civilian Art Projects.
More on the exhibition:
http://www.civilianartprojects.com/
To benefit Gulf Coast wild life, they are going to auction off the work of the "SuperFacial" collage directly following the talk. Get a gorgeous Valentino visage, or one of a kitty cat. Bidding starts at just $5! (Note, this is not original artwork - that's not $5.)
Proceeds after expenses will go to LA Gulf Response!
The fun starts at 4pm! Saturday, June 19th at Civilian Art Projects.
More on the exhibition:
http://www.civilianartprojects.com/
TRAVELOGUE at Hemphill
TRAVELOGUE
Elsie Hull, Ruth Pettus, Foon Sham & Polly Townsend
June 18 – August 27, 2010
Opening Reception: Friday, June 18
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Carroll Square Gallery
975 F Street NW
Washington DC 20004
www.carrollsquare.com
Gallery Open During Business Hours
Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
This exhibition is sponsored by Akridge and Seaton & Benkowski Partners in collaboration with Hemphill Fine Arts.
Elsie Hull, Ruth Pettus, Foon Sham & Polly Townsend
June 18 – August 27, 2010
Opening Reception: Friday, June 18
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Carroll Square Gallery
975 F Street NW
Washington DC 20004
www.carrollsquare.com
Gallery Open During Business Hours
Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
This exhibition is sponsored by Akridge and Seaton & Benkowski Partners in collaboration with Hemphill Fine Arts.
Private Practice: Bad Ideas, Dead Ends and Guilty Pleasures.
June 19 - July 17, 2010,
Opening reception: Saturday, June 19th, 7 - 9pm
at Hamiltonian Gallery
Artists: David Page, Christian Benefiel, Jon Bobby Benjamin, Anne Chan, Ian MacLean Davis, Leah Frankel, Linda Hesh, Mike Iacovone, Magnolia Laurie, Katherine Mann, Jonathan Monaghan, Bryan Rojsuontikul, Michael Enn Sirvet, and Lina Vargas De La Hoz.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Tim Conlon “Derailed”
Tim Conlon
“Derailed”
June 19 through July 14, 2010
Opening Show: June 19 from 6PM to 9PM
“Derailed”
June 19 through July 14, 2010
Opening Show: June 19 from 6PM to 9PM
Washington, D.C. -- On June 19, 2010, Studio H will open Derailed, a solo exhibition featuring well-known aerosol artist Tim Conlon. Derailed pays homage to the artist’s almost twenty-year love affair with freight train graffiti art. In this new exhibition space on Washington’s edgy H Street Corridor, Conlon will showcase a series of new works including life-size aerosol paintings of freight trains; model trains featuring scaled-to-size graffiti in the bright colors and iconic characters for which CON is best known; and contemporary photographs of trains and their environs. The exhibition closes on July 15.
About Derailed Conlon says, “I discovered freight train graffiti as a college kid in Baltimore just as the scene was emerging. As one of the biggest port cities on the East Coast, commercial cargo regularly arrived on large ships in Baltimore Harbor and was transferred to freight trains headed toward big cities like Atlanta, Chicago, and Los Angeles. As a result, train cars were everywhere and as a young artist with a thing for graffiti, it was easy to get hooked on this constantly revolving art gallery. In Derailed, I pay respect to the rolling stock and the craft.”
Conlon posts regular missives about art and culture both local and global on his website and blog, www.conoperative.com.
www.studiohdc.com
Studio H
408 H Street NE second floor
Washington, DC 20002.
202.468.5277
Hours are by appointment.
Washington Studio School Open House
Open House Sunday, June 20th, 2010 (11am-1pm)Meet the WSS Summer Workshop Faculty, register for classes, and take a free drawing class.
WSS Alumni Exhibition
A group show of work by former Washington Studio School Students. Join us for the Artist Reception, Thursday, July 8th, 6-8pm.
(202) 234-3030
http://www.washingtonstudioschool.org
WSS Alumni Exhibition
A group show of work by former Washington Studio School Students. Join us for the Artist Reception, Thursday, July 8th, 6-8pm.
(202) 234-3030
http://www.washingtonstudioschool.org
ArtDefined at Foundry Gallery
“ArtDefined” people bringing art to the gallery instead of the gallery bringing art to the people, Gallery I. Peter Johnsen facilitator
June 20 (6:00pm to 9:00pm) – June 27, 2010
“ArtDefined” is an experiment that explores how we understand art, what it means for us, and how we use art in our daily life. Art may be defined by its creator’s intention to make artistic work or it may be defined by a spectator. One could argue that an object becomes art first when it is viewed, appreciated and valued as art by an observer. But does the observer need to be an art scholar? We all have an opinion of what art is and as such, we display in our homes artistic objects based on this opinion.
The “ArtDefined” will display pieces defined and valued as art by their owners and which are displayed in their own homes. Witness the ordinary to the extraordinary. ArtDefined will bring art out of the houses and into the gallery.
Peter Johnsen who has organized this exhibit grew up in Norway with an artist grandmother and mother and as such he was exposed both to art and the discussion of art by an early age. He soon realized that defining art is not easy and that modern art often is experienced as excluding. This has inspired him to explore what people see as art. He now lives in Washington, DC where he is realizing a long time idea to let people bring art to the gallery.
Foundry Gallery
1314 18th Street, NW
Washington, DC
202-463-0203
www.foundrygallery.org
Hours: Wednesday-Friday 1:00 to 7:00pm; Saturday and Sunday 12:00 to 6pm
June 20 (6:00pm to 9:00pm) – June 27, 2010
“ArtDefined” is an experiment that explores how we understand art, what it means for us, and how we use art in our daily life. Art may be defined by its creator’s intention to make artistic work or it may be defined by a spectator. One could argue that an object becomes art first when it is viewed, appreciated and valued as art by an observer. But does the observer need to be an art scholar? We all have an opinion of what art is and as such, we display in our homes artistic objects based on this opinion.
The “ArtDefined” will display pieces defined and valued as art by their owners and which are displayed in their own homes. Witness the ordinary to the extraordinary. ArtDefined will bring art out of the houses and into the gallery.
Peter Johnsen who has organized this exhibit grew up in Norway with an artist grandmother and mother and as such he was exposed both to art and the discussion of art by an early age. He soon realized that defining art is not easy and that modern art often is experienced as excluding. This has inspired him to explore what people see as art. He now lives in Washington, DC where he is realizing a long time idea to let people bring art to the gallery.
Foundry Gallery
1314 18th Street, NW
Washington, DC
202-463-0203
www.foundrygallery.org
Hours: Wednesday-Friday 1:00 to 7:00pm; Saturday and Sunday 12:00 to 6pm
Art (202) TV showcases local art and artist on Friday and Satuday nights
The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (DCCAH), in partnership with the DC Office of Cable Television (OCT), announces the premiere of Art (202) TV, an innovative one-hour television segment that showcases the diverse talents of the District’s art scene. Art (202) TV will be featured on TV-16 of the District’s cable system on Fridays at 9 pm and Saturdays at 11 pm.
Art(202)TV gives viewers the opportunity to discover the evolving landscape of the District’s arts community. The new show spotlights artistic movements from across the city that are creating and solidifying Washington, DC as a world class cultural destination. Content will highlight gallery exhibitions, performances, cultural festivals, video art and short films.
This one-hour show will feature originally produced content by the Media Lab of DCCAH covering organizations and artists such as Life Pieces to Master Pieces, Holly Bass and event coverage such as Art Salon. The majority of programming will be acquired from organizations like The Washington Ballet, FotoWeekDC and Washington Project for the Arts, repurposed for promotional-use to air on Art(202)TV.
DCCAH Executive Director Gloria Nauden says, “One of our goals is to raise the profile of our 500-plus grantees, who reflect DC arts and culture, and to acknowledge their tremendous contribution to our community. Art(202)TV is the most powerful conduit to accomplishing this goal, leveraging the access to content and distribution. We are excited to work with OCT to present programming that highlights and makes relevant the District’s art scene.”
“Washington, DC has such a rich, diverse artistic history, present and future. We are pleased to partner with DCCAH to include Art(202) in our TV-16 broadcast line up so that viewers can have access to the best that DC has to offer,” said OCT Director, Eric E. Richardson.
DCCAH is currently accepting digital material from all District artists and organizations to be considered for Art (202)TV.
TV-16 (District Cable Providers, Comcast, RCN & Verizon)
Art(202)TV gives viewers the opportunity to discover the evolving landscape of the District’s arts community. The new show spotlights artistic movements from across the city that are creating and solidifying Washington, DC as a world class cultural destination. Content will highlight gallery exhibitions, performances, cultural festivals, video art and short films.
This one-hour show will feature originally produced content by the Media Lab of DCCAH covering organizations and artists such as Life Pieces to Master Pieces, Holly Bass and event coverage such as Art Salon. The majority of programming will be acquired from organizations like The Washington Ballet, FotoWeekDC and Washington Project for the Arts, repurposed for promotional-use to air on Art(202)TV.
DCCAH Executive Director Gloria Nauden says, “One of our goals is to raise the profile of our 500-plus grantees, who reflect DC arts and culture, and to acknowledge their tremendous contribution to our community. Art(202)TV is the most powerful conduit to accomplishing this goal, leveraging the access to content and distribution. We are excited to work with OCT to present programming that highlights and makes relevant the District’s art scene.”
“Washington, DC has such a rich, diverse artistic history, present and future. We are pleased to partner with DCCAH to include Art(202) in our TV-16 broadcast line up so that viewers can have access to the best that DC has to offer,” said OCT Director, Eric E. Richardson.
DCCAH is currently accepting digital material from all District artists and organizations to be considered for Art (202)TV.
TV-16 (District Cable Providers, Comcast, RCN & Verizon)
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