Culture Wars: Then and Now symposium @ Corcoran

Culture Wars: Then and Now
Presented at the Corcoran in Partnership with Transformer
and the National Coalition Against Censorship
 
On Saturday, March 26, the Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art + Design, along with partners Transformer and the National Coalition Against Censorship will present Culture Wars: Then and Now, a FREE one-day symposium examining past and current debates about freedom of expression and public support for the arts.

"In light of recent censorship by the Smithsonian Institution and threats by congressional leaders to pull arts funding from national arts institutions, including the National Endowment for the Arts, Culture Wars: Then and Now presents very timely conversation examining how freedom of expression and public support for the arts are currently being debated," said Victoria Reis, executive and artistic director of Transformer. 

Culture Wars: Then and Now will examine censorship in four unique discussions: Censorship Examined, Culture Wars Redux, Give Me a Revolution: Artists' Responses to Censorship, and Free Speech & Arts Funding.

"We are convening this symposium because the fear of controversy and subsequent institutional self-censorship that come in the wake of a censorship incident are much more dangerous than the incident itself," said Svetlana Mintcheva, director of programs at the National Coalition Against Censorship.

All panels will be held at the Frances and Armand Hammer Auditorium from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 26 and are free and open to the public. "The Corcoran is pleased to partner with Transformer and the Coalition to put this important discussion, and subsequent dialogue, on the center stage, where it belongs," said Corcoran Director and President Fred Bollerer.

Marshall Reese of Ligorano/Reese Collaborations and a participating panelist in Culture Wars said: "During the first week of December, I had this strange sense of déjà vu. Once again, politicians were censoring a major art exhibition, and it was even the same artist, David Wojnarowicz. It was almost as if I had been asleep for the past 20 years. And yet, it's become clear, this isn't just some weird Twilight Zone like aberration; it's the onslaught of an attack on not just our civil liberties, but with what's happening in Wisconsin on the American way of life."

To further punctuate aspects of the conversations taking place throughout the symposium, video works via Franklin Furnance's The History of the Future! A Franklin Furnance View of Performance Art will be shown in the Corcoran Atrium during the lunch break and between panel sessions.

A reception for panelists and attendees will follow in the Corcoran Atrium from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Pre-registration is encouraged; to register, visit https://getinvolved.corcoran.org/culturewars.

The full-day symposium will be streamed live at www.corcoran.org

Corcoran, 500 Seventeenth Street NW Washington, DC 20006

Speaker Series @ Hamiltonian

Survival Guide for Artists and Arts Organizations
Tuesday, March 29th @ 7pm 

Adam Natale, Director of Partnerships & Business Development at Fractured Atlas, will speak about key services, programs, and resources that can help artists with the business side of their art -- the "unsexy" side that artists generally do not like thinking about, but allow them to focus more easily on the creation of their art, while also maintaining the infrastructure of their "arts business."

To start, Adam will introduce the services offered through Fractured Atlas, a national, nonprofit arts organization that provides fundraising, education/professional development, insurance, and other services to both performing and visual artists.  Adam will then talk about other local, state and national organizations that offer similar resources on arts advocacy/civic engagement, fundraising, jobs in the arts and arts administration, tips on grantwriting, social media/new technology, networking, emerging arts leaders, and general career and resume guidance. We are looking forward to a lively Q & A! 
RSVP to jackie@hamiltoniangallery.com


The  Professional Development Speaker Series is a succession of lectures and workshops given by established artists and art professionals to aid in the artistic and entrepreneurial development of all So-Hamiltonian Fellows and other emerging artists. All talks begin promptly at 7pm and take place at Hamiltonian Gallery.

Hamiltonian Gallery
1353 U Street, NW
Washington, DC 20010 202.332.1116

Animation Premiere at The National Gallery of Art

Premiere screening of Sharon Louden's animation,
Carrier

one evening only:
Sunday, March 27th at 5:00pm
National Gallery of ArtEast Wing Auditorium
401 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC

free general admission -- open to the public

Along with three older animations, Carrier will be shown as part of a program entitled,
Cine'-Concert: Art in Motion!:

Music and animation synchronize and harmonize in 15 playful abstract shorts by classic and contemporary animators. From Viking Eggeling's 1924 Symphonie diagonale, to Jules Engel's 1968 Silence, to New York artist Sharon Louden's digital creations Footprints, Hedge, The Bridge, and the premiere of Carrier -- all the works presented are "whimsical, drawn-in-space creations that come alive and create their own narratives," as artist Louden describes her own work. Her animations will be accompanied by live piano and percussion compositions by Andrew Simpson (piano) and Barry Dove (percussion). The older classic works feature their own original scores, intersections of visual and musical forms. (Approximately 100 minutes)

A conversation between Margaret Parsons, Curator of Film at the National Gallery of Art, Andrew Simpson, Resident Film Accompanist for the National Gallery of Art, Brian Clyne of Brian Clyne Studio, and artist Sharon Louden will follow immediately.

For more information, please visit:
National Gallery of Art Or call: (202) 737-4215, ext 7.

Call to artists

• 1708 Gallery's Feed: Deadline: March 31, 2011 http://www.1708gallery.org/feed/About.htm

• “BITE: identity and humor” Deadline: March 31, 2011. Each entry requires on-line application http://www.juriedartservices.com/index.php?content=event_info&event_id=407


• Artspace's Radius 250: http://www.artspacegallery.org/radius250/index.htm


• Rawls Museum Arts Juried Exhibition: http://www.rawlsarts.com/
   
• Out of Order!, MAP's annual spring benefit exhibition, silent auction and party! Tuesday, March 29, 7am-Midnight, www.mdartplace.org/exhibitions/upcoming.

• Speak Your Mind: The Art, Stories and Cultures of Arab and Muslim Women Deadline: April 1, 2011 http://ewint.org/2011/02/04/calling-all-muslim-and-arab-women-artists-in-dc-metro-area/

  The (e)merge art fair http://www.emergeartfair.com/about/ Deadline: Monday, May 2nd, 2011

   

DC and Mid Atlantic Openings

Freya Grand "Another Journey" & Amanda Stark "The Astral and Tellurian"
February 26 - April 17
COLLECTOR'S RECEPTION: March 24, 6pm - 8pm
 @
Seraphin Gallery1108 Pine Street Philadelphia PA 19107
www.seraphingallery.com
215-923-7000 
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Washington Studio School presents A Drawing Exhibition of Deborah Kahn
March 21 to April 23

Friday, March 25 Events with the Artist:
Workshop*:  2pm-4pm
Slide Lecture:  5pm-6pm
Reception:  6pm-8pm
* Registration required for workshop, $55
Slide lecture and Reception, FREE

RSVP 202-234-3030/admin[at]washingtonstudioschool.org
2129 S Street, NW l Washington DC 20008
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Adam Dwight & Dana Jeri Maier: Off in a Corner April 1 - May 7, 2011 
Opening Reception: Friday, April 1, 6-8pm 

Dana Jeri Maier and Adam Dwight manipulate the line between fine art and illustration in Off in a Corner, opening Friday, April 1 at Flashpoint Gallery. The exhibition brings together works that explore issues of drinking and adulthood as influenced by the artists’ mutual interest in biography and narrative.

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Studio H presents Pablo Caviedes’ first solo show in Washington, DC which will open Saturday April 2, 2011 from 6pm to 9pm to the general public. The show runs through May 29, 2011.

Cavides’ upcoming exhibition at Studio H Gallery entitled Mannequin is comprised of new work that explores the dichotomy between the natural and the artificial. The symbolic imagery used in his paintings and sculptures refer to what Caviedes calls “fakeness”— often humorous commentary on societal fascination and obsession with virtual, artificial life that mimics natural human forms.

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International Art & Artists, Washington Project for the Arts, and Black Artists of DC present:

Process: Reaffirmation
A visual dialogue between members of BADC and WPA
Curated by Gina Marie Lewis, Assistant Professor of Art, Bowie State Univ.

Exhibition location: Hillyer Art Space, 9 Hillyer Ct. NW, Washington, DC
Exhibition dates: Friday, April 1 through Saturday, April 29, 2011
Artists Talk: Saturday, April 23 at 3:00pm
Featuring work by Anne Bouie, Daniel Brooking, Joel D'Orazio, Victor Ekpuk, Corwin Levi, Barbara Liotta, Adrienne Mills, and Cleve Overton.

Curated by Gina Marie Lewis, Process: Reaffirmation is an exhibition which focuses on and reaffirms the processes of artists within their studios.  This exhibition honors the personal philosophies, practices, and vocabularies of eight artists and attempts to explore a visual dialogue between their works.
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GREEN WORKS @ Project 4

Heidi Fowler
Sayaka Ganz
Julia Anne Goodman
Duncan Johnson

March 12  through April 22, 2011
The show GREEN WORKS at Project 4 Gallery features artists who remove paint from their palette and look to the recycling bin for their medium and inspiration. Wood recovered from construction sites, plastic utensils retrieved from a back alley, bottle caps, junk mail, recycled aluminum, and paper made with site-specific ingredients replace traditional artist materials.

Project 4 | 1353 U Street NW | 3rd Floor | Washington | DC | 20009
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Image/Fame/Memory
March 11 - April 16
Curtis Knapp, Gerard Malanga, Billy Name, Kate Simon & Shepard Fairey in collaboration with Billy Name and Kate Simon
@
Irvine Contemporary
1412 14th Street NW      
Washington DC 20005      
202.332.8767
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"WATER AND LAND" PHOTOGRAPHS BY LEE GOODWIN"
March 11 - April 2, 2011 
@ The Fraser Gallery 
 7700 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite E, Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 718-9651   

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SCRAPPY runs through April 8th
An exhibition of experimental material combinations, accidental abstraction and modular compositions, Curated by Alex Ebstein of Nudashank
Featuring work by: Seth Adelsberger (Baltimore) Michael Hunter (Chicago) Noam Rappaport (Los Angeles) Bettina Yung (Baltimore)
@
REFERENCE Art Gallery
216 E Main St
Richmond, VA

Washington Design Center's 2011 Dream Home / Jewel Tones of Design

Washington Design Center's 2011 Dream Home | The Georgetowner

One of my new paintings "Swirl" is featured in Interior Designer Andy Staszak's Family room, courtesy The Art Registry. See it in The Georgetowner slideview (image #4). See the photo here.  and at the Washington Design Center. Open to the public. - Anne Marchand

Washington Design Center's 2011 Dream Home, Jewel Tones of Design Opening Friday, March 18 and running through December, Washington Design Center's 2011 Dream Home: Jewel Tones of Design have brought together renowned eight interior designers to use jewelry as their inspiration for their room décor. Seven local jewelers and a jewelry designer helped the team choose the perfect piece. It's free and open to the public. Come see them for yourself!
Washington Design Center's 2011 Dream Home | The Georgetowner

 Interior Designer Andy Staszak's room @ the DreamHome

Contemporary Museum Discussion Series Explores 1950s Social Movements and Art

The Contemporary Museum will explore social changes and movements that revolutionized the art world during the 1950s with its Critical Perspectives discussion series, “Revolutionary Road: How the Art of the Fifties Paved the Way for Today’s Art,” beginning Tuesday, March 22, 2011. The six-week course will reveal how radical new art forms challenged the notion of suburban tranquility, and encouraged artists to embark on life-transforming personal quests.

Critical Perspectives will examine the rise of such influential groups and artist collectives as the Nouveau Realisme of France, Gutai of Japan, and the Fluxus and Happenings artist networks in the United States. The series will also explore the era’s emerging art forms, including junk culture and experimental photography, as well as revolutionary installation strategies. An overview of the seminal figures who taught or studied at the renowned though short-lived Black Mountain College will provide insight into the great artistic minds of the 50s and the new forms of expression they pioneered.

The series will convene every Tuesday, from March 22 through May 3, 2011, excluding April 19, at 6:15 p.m. at the Contemporary Museum.


Critical Perspectives will be led by Virginia K. Adams and Sue Spaid. Ms. Adams is a modern and contemporary art history instructor at Maryland Institute College of Art. Sue Spaid is executive director of the Contemporary Museum.

This is a ticketed series. For more information about Critical Perspectives and the Contemporary Museum, visit www.contemporary.org or call (410) 783-5720.

Washington Sculptors Group Workshop: Mini Boot Camp with Sharon Louden, March 26

WORKSHOP: Mini Boot Camp
From Artist's Statement to Professional Independence with Sharon Louden, visiting NYC Artist
Saturday, March 26, 2011  
10AM - 1:30PM (brown-bag lunch)

Georgetown Library
Upstairs Conference Room
3260 R Street NW
Washington DC 20007
for information about the Georgetown Library click here.

Artists can make a living independent of a gallery. This Mini Boot Camp will be a hands-on intensive professional practice workshop in which Ms. Louden will provide guidance with respect to: galleries;  understanding the world of public art; applying for grants and navigating application proposals of all sorts; general marketing strategies; pursuing jobs in the arts; how to research and "find the money"; basic professional correspondence; creating a great presentation package/portfolio; the basics of writing a resume and a solid artist statement;  and, creating a realistic set of goals that are flexible enough to evolve over time. Sharon's perspective focuses on creative thinking outside the box and following different avenues to create opportunities and income without spending a fortune. Sharon feels the ultimate goal is to achieve professional independence, confidence and empowerment.

Sharon M. Louden graduated with a B.F.A. from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA from Yale University, School of Art. Her work is held in major public and private collections throughout the United States, Asia and Europe. Sharon teaches professional practice at the New York Academy of Art and lectures on this topic at many universities, art schools and museums across the country. See Sharon Louden in person at The National Gallery of Art, Ciné-Concert: Art in Motion! Sunday, March 27, at 5:00 p.m. Louden's new digital creations Footprints, Hedge, The Bridge, and Carrier are accompanied by live piano and percussion compositions. All the works presented are "whimsical, drawn-in-space creations that come alive and create their own narratives."

R.S.V.P to programs[at]washingtonsculptors.org

This is a WSG-Sponsored Event.

Enchanted Organic World / Lilya Dear

For International Women's Month
"Enchanted Organic World"

Painter
Lilya Dear
 
 OPENING RECEPTION
Friday, March 18, 6-8 PM
 Showing through April 12, 2011

Lilya makes the following statement about her work: "I try to express myself by going beyond the physical image and catch the essence of things. Using organic structures which make this world, I have built up my way of expression, through different themes during 40 years."  The main themes that she has worked on are: Structural World of Corals and Crystals, Marco Polo and the Silk Road, Angels, Water, Mythology, and
Maps of the World.

She has had numerous solo shows, in New York, Paris, London, Washington DC, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Brussels, Hamburg and over 200 group exhibitions. Her works have also been shown in numerous museum exhibitions and collections. In 2007, Lilya received the prestigious Leopold Senghor Art Prize.
                                 
"Imagine a cross between Dubuffet, Escher, and William T. Wiley. Lilya is a kind of landscapist of the inner psyche whose principal tools are an intricate, all encompassing web-like structure and a fantastic quality of interior space."  Thomas Albright, San Francisco Chronicle
 
Parish Gallery
Georgetown
1054 31st St. NW
Washington, DC 20007
202-944-2310
www.parishgallery.com

Call To Artists

2011 Rawls Museum Arts Juried Exhibition
Open to DC, VA, MD, and NC
The application deadline is April 10, 2011. 

Rawls Museum Arts announces the Juror for the 2011 Rawls Museum Arts Juried Exhibition. Brooklyn Artist Lisa Sigal will select the show and awards for the exhibition that opens on June 3rd, 2011 at 6:30 pm. Lisa has shown recently at P.S. 1, The New Museum and The Whitney Biennial. Please download the application on the Rawls Museum Arts website http://www.rawlsarts.com/

The Heisman Award Ceremony For Arts Journalism / March 22

Bourgeon presents

“The Heisman Award Ceremony For Arts Journalism”

March 22, 2011, 7:30 pm

@ 

Yola  

fresh (not frozen) yogurt parfait and espresso bar

1323 Connecticut Avenue Northwest 

Washington D.C., DC 20036

RSVP 

competition[at]dayeight.org

I ran across a new, fresh yogurt, parfait bar in Dupont Circle this month, Food for Thought, Yola. Green, green, green. I'm loving their lowfat Greek yogurt! All of their yogurt selections are unbelievably fresh. And if you prefer to drink your lunch, you can order a fruit and yogurt smoothie. Heavenly! An extra bonus is the yogurt and espresso bar is housed in a chic well designed, light filled space on Connecticut Ave. NW that runs the full length to the back door opening onto 18th Street. They also serve soy chai and a vegan yogurt. There's free internet for patrons, lots of seating and friendly staff to help you with your yummy selections. I like my parfait topped with fresh blueberries, blackberries and occasionally granola. And best of all, Yola is art friendly!
So glad you're here in DC Yola. You're my new Fav hot spot! - Anne Marchand

Here's the first art event that Yola is hosting.....

Journalists and the public are invited to celebrate the awarding of the inaugural winner of the DC Student Arts Journalism Challenge March 22nd, 2011 at Yola in Dupont Circle. Open to undergraduates in all DC area colleges and universities, Bourgeon's DC Student Arts Journalism Competition was created to identify and encourage talented young arts journalists. RSVP 

competition[at]dayeight.org 

Over twenty student journalists entered the competition. Washington Post visual arts critic Michael O’Sullivan states, “At a time when the future of arts journalism—indeed, the future of journalism itself—is at stake, Bourgeon’s Student Arts Journalism Challenge offers encouragement to the next generation of arts journalists, along with a reminder that the arts, and those who write about them, still matter.”

The Bourgeon editorial Board has selected the five finalists and a jury of professional critics including Washington Post critics Michael O’Sullivan and Anne Midgette will select the winner. The contest, which closed on Feburary 15th, 2011, will culminate in the awards ceremony. All five finalists will be at the event, and the winner will be notified live during the presentation of the award.

The awards ceremony is being hosted by Yola, a fresh (not frozen) yogurt parfait and espresso bar located in the heart of Dupont Circle. Yola is run by father/daughter team David and Laura Smith. Laura, who is herself a Bourgeon contributor stated, "I am thrilled to have the opportunity to host the awards ceremony at Yola. I had always envisioned Yola as a gathering place for the arts, and I can't think of anything better to gather around than celebrating young talent in arts journalism…. In the modern publishing environment quality journalism and arts writing can often be obscured by flashy headlines, and there is no better time than now to celebrate young talent."

Founded in 2005, Bourgeon’s mission, through an online publication and community initiatives, is twofold: to increase participation in the arts and to improve access to the arts. Bourgeon is a project of the non-profit Day Eight. To see more about Day Eight please visit www.dayeight.org. Visit the Bourgeon magazine site at www.bourgeononline.com.

OUT AND ABOUT

OUT AND ABOUT
Flashpoint Gallery in the Community

This winter, Flashpoint Gallery began a collaboration with the Smithsonian American Art Museum to present 30-minute talks given by Flashpoint Gallery exhibitors, alums and other DC-area artists as a part of the museum's Art + Coffee series, held in the Luce Foundation Center.

At the Smithsonian American Art Museum (F St. entrance). Talks are at 1:30pm on select Sundays. 

Talks include: March 20: Juan Tejedor • April 10: Adam Dwight & Dana Maier • May 22: Isabel Manalo • June 12: Judy Byron • June 19: Matthew Mann.
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Mary D. Ott / Grasses

At Touchstone Gallery 

Grasses by Mary D. Ott 

March 30 to May 1, 2011 

Reception: Friday April 1, 6 to 8:30 PM 

Artist Talk, Coffee & Cake: Sunday 

This exhibit of original hand-pulled prints—etchings, screenprints, monotypes, and mixed-media prints—comprises diverse images with grasses as their theme. The etching “Wide Grass” is presented in a number of variations, including single images, multiple images, and combinations of a number of prints in hanging cascades. The etching “Grass Bouquet” is combined with screen printing to create mixed-media prints. Monotypes that are part of the series “Bouquet of Grasses” are displayed in an array that highlights their bright and contrasting colors. The prints are all variations on the theme of grasses.

Touchstone Gallery is located in a wonderful street-level space at 901 NY Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20001.
The gallery is open Wednesday and Thursday from 11 to 6, Friday from 11 to 8, and Saturday and Sunday from 12 to 5

Check the gallery’s website for more information: http://www.touchstonegallery.com

2011 DreamHome opens March 18 @ The Washington Design Center

When you tour the DreamHome, be sure to take a look at Andy Staszak's Family Room inspired by Adeler Jeweler's 1st-century B.C. Roman silver coin earrings. Andy's room also features my work "Swirl," courtesy the artist and the Art Registry.

See Flickr Set Photos.

The Washington Design Center announces the 2011 DreamHome, which will incorporate the jewelry of eight local jewelers and designers. Eight Interior designers have chosen pieces from each jeweler that will inspire their room design. The 2011 DreamHome will be unveiled at a preview party on March 17th and will remain open through December 9th. The 2011 DreamHome, residing within The Washington Design Center, will offer “bejeweled” decorating inspiration through furnishings, fabric, rugs, and wall coverings available throughout the design center’s showrooms.

2011 Design House Interior Designers
Opening Courtyard - Joe Ireland and Julie Weber, J.D. Ireland Interior Architecture + Design
Central Living Room – Susan Nelson, Susan Nelson Interiors
Media Room – Andy Staszak, Andy Staszak Interior Design
Rear Library – Charlotte Lekakos, Willard & Palmer Design
Ladies’ Club Room – Lorna Gross, SAVANT Interior Design
Master Bedroom – Zoe Feldman, Zoe Feldman Design, Inc.
Side Living Area – Robert Shields, Robert Shields Interiors
Second Bedroom – Chad Alan, Chad Alan Designs

2011 Design House JewelersOpening Courtyard – Charm Georgetown
Central Living Room – Designer Dina Mackney
Media Room –Adeler Jewelers
Rear Library – Ann Hand
Ladies’ Club Room – Pampillonia Jewelers
Master Bedroom – Shah & Shah
Side Living Area – Chas. Schwartz and Son
Second Bedroom – Tiny Jewel Box

Thursday, March 17, 2011 – Opening Preview Party, Purchase Tickets
 
Friday, March 18 – Design House opens to the public
Friday, December 9 – Design House closes
ADMISSION: Free
WEBSITE: http://www.dcdesigncenter.com/

Dedicated to providing the finest in home furnishings to the design trade, The Washington Design Center houses nearly 50 wholesale residential, commercial and building products showrooms and is considered the mid-Atlantic region’s largest resource and destination for the design industry.

The Washington Design Center is located at 300 D Street, SW in Washington, DC. Above the Federal Center SW Metro Station, The Washington Design Center is served by the Orange and Blue lines.
 
To learn more about the 2011 DreamHome, The Washington Design Center, and its showrooms, programs and special events, call 202.646.6100 or visit the Design Center online at www.dcdesigncenter.com. Stay up to date on new products and events with the WDC blog, www.dcdesigncenterblog.com.

Capitol Hill Art League second annual Metro DC open juried exhibition

"Coming Home / Lighting Out”
What are your journeys, and how do they finish when you come back home?  How do they start?  Traveling across land, sea, the inner mind, an emotional field, expanses of time – beginning, end.

All artists, 18 years of age or older residing in the Washington, DC metropolitan area are eligible to enter.  Deadline for submissions is April 15, 2011.
JUROR:   Jack Rasmussen completed his MFA in Painting, MA in Arts Management, and PhD in Anthropology at American University.  He has been presenting contemporary art on the east and west coasts for most of the last 35 years and is currently Director and Curator of the American University Museum.

ENTRY:  Selections for the show will be made by the judge from JPEG images submitted by the artists.  All work must be original and signed by the artist.  Any work previously shown at a Capitol Hill ART League juried show is ineligible.  All work must have been created within the last three years.

ENTRY FEES:  Up to 3 entries may be submitted for a non-refundable fee of $25  (Current Capitol Hill ART League members $15.)  Up to two additional entries may be submitted at $5 each.  Artists submitting 3-dimensional work may provide two images of each piece.

Awards:  Awards will be decided by the judge and will include cash awards for ‘Best in Show’, and ‘Merit’ awards.  Two Honorable mentions will be awarded.  All awards will be presented at the opening reception and judge’s talk on Saturday, May 14, 2011 from 5:00-7:00 PM

The Capitol Hill ART League

Affiliated with the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop
545 7th Street SE
Washington, DC  20003
(202) 547-6839

caphillartleague[at]yahoo.com
www.caphillartleague.org

ARTURO MONTOYA OPENING @ GOODBUDDY

OPENING MARCH 18, 2011 6- 10pm

@

410 GooDBuddy

410 Florida Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20001

Contact (305) 606 9987

r2romon[at]yahoo.com

Arturo Montoya was born in Miami, Florida on October 19, 1957. He was raised in Puerto Rico, Venezuela and the United States. He attended High school in Caracas, Venezuela and studied Architecture at the University of Nebraska -Lincoln. He obtained his Bachelors degree in Architecture in 1981 and his Masters in Architectural Design in 1984.

www.arturomontoya.com

DPW CALL FOR MURAL SITES

DC Department of Public Works (DPW)

CALL FOR MURAL SITES

muralsdc.org

The DC Department of Public Works (DPW) is looking for mural sites in wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 to be considered as part of its MuralsDC program from June-August 2011.

MuralsDC is a partnership between DPW and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (DCCAH).  MuralsDC was created by Ward 1 Councilmember Jim Graham to help replace illegal graffiti with artistic works, to revitalize sites within the community to engage young people in a legal activity that promotes respect  for public and private property. Visit muralsdc.org to view past murals.

There are currently 27 MuralsDC projects throughout the District. Each tell a unique story of DC’s diverse neighborhoods while deterring further illegal graffiti.  Visit muralsdc.org to view past murals.  DPW and DCCAH are looking for sites that are frequent targets of graffiti.

How to Submit: Submissions and requests for Authorization forms can be emailed to Nancee Lyons at Nancee.lyons[at]dc.gov, with the Subject line: MURALSDC. Or mailed to Nancee Lyons, DC Department of Public Works, 2000 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20009.  Deadline for submissions is April 15, 2011. Incomplete submissions will not be considered.

Black Abstraction exhibition closing reception

Closing reception of the Black Abstraction exhibition 

is this Saturday, March 12,  3-5pm. 

This will be the last chance to view it at Harmony Hall Arts Center, located at 10701 Livingston Road, Fort Washington, MD 20744, 301.203.6070.

FLASH in Crystal City

FLASH

FLASH is a month-long event created by FotoDC and sponsored by the Crystal City BID. Between March 17th and April 17th, 2011, the penthouse (12th & 13th Floors) of 2450 Crystal Drive in Arlington, VA will be filled with exciting photography shows and events. FLASH will encompass two curated photography exhibitions, a library of photography books, and a lounge for refreshments and discussion. www.crystalcity.org

Calls for Artists

Now until April 6th, The Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery is inviting artists to submit to their OPEN CALL.

The Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery currently seeks submissions by painters, photographers, sculptors, printmakers, muralists, installation and new media artists to support our developing advisory services and future projects. Individual art works will not be selected from the call; rather, they will invite selected artists to be non-exclusively represented by the Advisory.  Chosen Advisory artists will work with the gallery to sell existing works or to create commissioned pieces specific to future clients’ needs. 

To learn more about the gallery's unique mission and history, the Call for Artwork Submissions form and Prospectus, with details on the review process, please visit: www.smithfarm.com/gallery  
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McLean Project for the Arts's biennial juried art exhibition, Strictly Painting 8. 
April 11 Deadline for submission receipt (4 pm) . Juror: JAYME MCLELLAN is an artist and curator living and working in Washington, DC.
http://www.mpaart.org/exhibartopp.php
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The Trawick Prize: Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards is now accepting applications for the annual juried art exhibition and awards. $14,000 in prize monies is awarded annually to the top four artists and a group exhibition of the finalists work will take place in September 2011 in downtown Bethesda.

The 2011 competition will be juried by Amy Hauft, Chair of the Sculpture Department at Virginia Commonwealth University; Dr. Sarah Newman, Curator of Contemporary Art at the Corcoran in Washington, D.C.; and Sue Spaid, Executive Director of the Contemporary Museum in Baltimore, MD.

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Arlington Arts Center
PLANNING PROCESS: Drawings and Finished WorksAPPLICATION DEADLINE: May 2, 2011 

PLANNING PROCESS is a juried drawing show with a difference: All of the drawings selected for inclusion must be studies created in preparation for finished artworks.
Juror: Helen Allen, former creator and Executive Director of PULSE Art Fairs, former Executive Director of Ramsay Art Fair, and current partner for the upcoming (e)merge art fair in Washington DC.

Artists can submit images of up to three projects, and four preparatory drawings per finished project. The juror will pick as many projects from a given artist as she  likes, and as few or as many studies connected to each project that she would like to feature. 

- This show is open to cutting edge contemporary artists working in any/all media, and who live or work in Virginia, Washington DC, Maryland, West Virginia, Delaware, or Pennsylvania.
https://www.arlingtonartscenter.org/exhibitions
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FEED 2011, A Juried Biennial - VA
Deadline: March 31, 2011. 1708 Gallery invites artists to submit work for the second 1708 Gallery Feed Biennial. This national juried exhibition is open to any professional or graduate student artist working in any medium. 1708 Gallery is a non-profit contemporary art space in Richmond, Virginia whose mission is to expand the understanding, development, and appreciation of contemporary art by giving exposure to both emerging and established artists. This exhibition will feature multiple works by the top 5 entries as selected by jurors Lauren Marinaro, Assistant Director, Zach Feuer Gallery, New York and Elizabeth Schlatter, Deputy Director and Curator of Exhibitions at the University of Richmond Museums, Richmond, Virginia. Each of the 5 finalists will receive a $1000 honorarium. To enter, visit www.1708feed.org.
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The National Center for Children and Families (NCCF) invites your support as they gear up for the 9th Annual Art & Soul Charity Auction, "Masterful and Gifted" on Friday, June 3, 2011.

Deadline April 1, 2011
NCCF is accepting submissions of art work for both the Inaugural Youth Art Fair, “Gifted, Artistic, and Under 21” and the 9th Annual Art & Soul Charity Auction, “Masterful and Gifted”. Each artist may submit up to 3 pieces for review. Only original works of art will be considered, including but not limited to painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, and mixed media pieces. Approximately 100 works of art will be selected for each event.
http://www.nccf-cares.org/events/upcoming-events/event-details/
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Artist-In-Residency Program The Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus of Montgomery College announces a new Artist in Residency Program. The Department of Visual Arts and Design is seeking proposals for residencies beginning in fall 2011. Artists will be provided studio space in the Morris and Gwendolyn Foundation Arts Center. Proposals are sought that will benefit, involve, or impact art students and members of the college community. Residency proposals lasting from one month up to two academic semesters will be considered. Application deadline for Fall 2011 Residencies is March 30, 2011. For full AIR Program information and Application Form please go to Montgomery College website and search “Visual Arts Artist in Residence” http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/Departments/artstp/exhibitions/air.html

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A Call for Participation
Nature Art in the Park - “The Nature of Things”May 21 - September 3, 2011

Nature Art in the Park will be an outdoor summer exhibition of nature-based art installations along the trails and campus grounds of the Carrie Murray Nature Center in Gwynns Falls / Leakin Park- Baltimore’s largest urban forest. The project is an independent artists’ endeavor to promote art that acknowledges & honors the natural world and our place in it. We are soliciting artist proposals for nature-based and generally site-specific works. To facilitate a global community’s participation, we will support non-physical, conceptual and documentary elements with display at the center.

Artists’ Site Survey: March 12, Saturday 11am-3pm 
Meet for a walk-through of available sites to discuss fabrication, logistics & any other issues. Other visits can be arranged. Further project & site info at
www.flickr.com/photos/natureartbaltimore/sets/  or, http://www.flickr.com/photos/60024233@N04/sets/

Project proposal deadline: April 22, Friday  For more detailed information:
NatureArt[at]ArtAndEffects.com
Doug Retzler 410-598-8409

Hamiltonian Gallery / "At Last," by Joyce Y-J Lee

At Last

Joyce Y-J Lee

March 12 - April 9, 2011
 Opening Reception:  Saturday, March 12th, 7 - 9 pm

Thursday, March 17th, at 7:00 pm: artist talk with Joyce Y-J Lee.

Hamiltonian Gallery presents At Last, an exhibition of new works by Hamiltonian Fellow Joyce Y-J Lee.  In this latest series, Joyce Y-J Lee oscillates between mediums, utilizing video, drawings and digital prints created during the time she recently spent in the Amargosa Desert in Nevada located on the edge of Death Valley.  Living and working amongst the hauntingly beautiful landscape as well as the local residents of this small mining community, Lee has yet again produced introspective works that highlight the use of light as meaning.

Hamiltonian Artists | 1353 u street, nw | suite 101 | washington | DC | 20009
hamiltoniangallery.com

Darien K Reece / Gateway Arts Center

Darien K Reece

An exhibition of sculpture and paintings

inspired by dreams and archetypes

Friday, March 11th -- Saturday, April 30th, 2011

Opening Reception: Friday, March 11th, 7-9 PM

@

Gateway Arts Center

Corridor Exhibition Space

3901 Rhode Island Avenue

Brentwood, MD 20722

39th Street entrance

Hours – Thurs & Fri 7-9 PM/Sat 12-4 PM

Jim Lucio’s Monument to Disposable Pop Culture, “Totems”

Contemporary CaféUnveiling Jim Lucio’s Monument to Disposable Pop Culture, “Totems”
March 12, 2011, 9:30 – 11:00 a.m.@
Contemporary Museum100 West Centre Street
Baltimore, MD


Pop culture and coffee will set the mood at the Contemporary Museum’s next Contemporary Café, featuring a cupping hosted by Spro and the unveiling of the museum’s latest New View storefront window installation, “Totems” by artist Jim Lucio.

The installation will explore Lucio’s lifelong fascination with disposable pop culture, hoarding tendencies, and how material things often come to define their owners. The window will be a monument to visual clutter, wrapped with images from Lucio’s personal collection of ephemera, film stills and other visual graphics. Totem poles will be erected from collected materials and found objects including old toys, lamp parts and other pop cultural debris.

Lucio will discuss the newly-commissioned piece during Contemporary Café.

Participation in Contemporary Café is $5 for the general public and is free for members of the Contemporary Museum.

“Totems” will be on display through Sunday, April 3, 2011.

For more information about the Contemporary Museum visit www.contemporary.org.

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden / Talks

Lecture
Meet the Artist: Hans Op de Beeck
Wednesday, March 16, 7:00pmBelgian artist Hans Op de Beeck explores problematic relationships with time, space, and each other through a wide variety of artistic media, including sculpture, painting, drawing, installation, photography, video, animated film, and short story writing. He talks about his recent work, including his video Staging Silence, 2009, on view in Black Box through March 27.

Exhibition Opening
Blinky Palermo: Retrospective 1964-1977
February 24 -- May 15Though long celebrated throughout Europe, the influential postwar painter Blinky Palermo (German, b. Leipzig, 1943; d. Maldives, 1977) has mostly escaped America's notice. This is the first comprehensive survey of his work in the United States.

DJ Spooky with Selections from the Washington Project for the Arts 2011 Experimental Media Series
Thursday, March 31, 8:00pmFilmmaker, musician, and writer Paul D. Miller (aka DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid) is this year's judge for the WPA's international competition. He shows his favorites and tells you how he selected them from hundreds of submissions.

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden7th Street & Independence Avenue, SW
202.633.1000
www.hirshhorn.si.edu

DC Area Art Events and Call for artists

Art League Exhibits Opening This Thursday: 

"Water Marks," "Carnivalé," and f11's "Room of Our Own"

March 1 – April 1, 2011

Opening Reception: Thursday, March 10, 5:00 – 8:00 pm

Exhibitions and events are free and open to the public.

www.theartleague.org

105 North Union Street | Alexandria, VA 22314

703-519-1741

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Arlington County Public Art Program

Tuesday, March 8, 6:30 pm @ Artisphere

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Larry Neal Writers' Award | NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS

 

http://dcarts.dc.gov/DC/DCARTS/Events/Annual+Programming/Annual+Programming#4 

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 Authentic Contemporary Art and The Center for Green Urbanism is collaborating with The Thick Art Collaborative for Making Herstory 6, a celebration of the creativity of women during the month of March.

 

The celebration will take place at The Center for Green Urbanism, 3938 Benning Road, NE, 

Washington, DC; March 1-31, 2011.

www.authenticartonline.com/art

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The Trawick Prize: Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards is  accepting applications for the annual juried art exhibition and awards. $14,000 in prize monies is awarded annually to the top four artists and a group exhibition of the finalists work will take place in September 2011 in downtown Bethesda.

The 2011 competition will be juried by Amy Hauft, Chair of the Sculpture Department at Virginia Commonwealth University; Dr. Sarah Newman, Curator of Contemporary Art at the Corcoran in Washington, D.C.; and Sue Spaid, Executive Director of the Contemporary Museum in Baltimore, MD.

Artists must be 18 years of age or older and residents of Maryland, Virginia or Washington, D.C.  Original painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, fiber art, digital, mixed media and video are accepted.  The maximum dimension should not exceed 96 inches in any direction. No reproductions. Selected artists must deliver artwork to exhibit site in Bethesda, MD. All works on paper must be framed to full conservation standards. Each artist must submit five slides or five images on CD, application and a non-refundable entry fee of $25.

Please visit www.bethesda.org or call 301-215-6660, ext 16 or call 301-215-6660, ext 16 if you would like additional information.
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McLean Project for the Arts
MPA's biennial juried art exhibition, Strictly Painting 8.  Due date for submissions is April 11
www.mpaart.org

The mission of McLean Project for the Arts is to exhibit the work of emerging and established artists from the mid-Atlantic region; to promote public awareness and understanding of the concepts of contemporary art; and to offer instruction and education in the visual arts.
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SAVE THE DATE
A program celebrating the publication
Romare Bearden, American Modernist

Monday, March 14, 2011 4:30 p.m.
East Building Auditorium

Romare Bearden, American Modernist: An Introduction
Ruth Fine, curator of special projects in modern art, National Gallery of Art

Romare Bearden and the Art of the Grotesque
Mary Schmidt Campbell, dean, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
4th & Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20565 | Map
Hours: Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 11am-6pm
Admission is always free
www.nga.gov
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Artomatic Takes Flight Exhibit Opening 
Artomatic Takes Flight opens at the Gallery Walk at Reagan National Airport on March 10 as part of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. The exhibit showcases an un-juried selection of work by 81 artists in Washington DC's creative community.

Thurs, March 10th - 6 to 8pm
Reagan National Airport (DCA)
Historic Lobby of Terminal A
Music and performance by GRAMMY nominated Christylez Bacon, Acoustic Showcase featuring Melissa Branin,  Danni Rosner, and Bobbie Allen and a  chance to win tickets to Cirque du Soleil TOTEM.

Info, details + free tickets to the opening event at: http://artomatictakesflight.eventbrite.com/
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Postconceptualism: The Malleable Object at the Stamp Gallery

Image: Meg Mitchell, detail of Space is Language is Space, wood and urethane, 2010

Postconceptualism: The Malleable Object
Curated by Mark Cameron Boyd
Opening at the Stamp Gallery in the Adele H. Stamp Student Union-Center for Campus Life
University of Maryland, College Park

Exhibition: March 7 – April 8, 2011
Opening Reception: March 10, 2011 6-9pm
Panel Discussion with the Curator and Artists: March 17, 2011 starting at 6:30pm

“As originally posited in the 1960’s, Conceptual Art focused attention on the idea behind the art object and questioned the traditional role of that object as the conveyer of meaning.  Subsequently, those theories cast doubt upon the necessity of materiality itself as conceptual artists "de-materialized" the art object and began to produce time-based and ephemeral artworks.  Although total dematerialization never occurred, the art object became flexible – malleable – and that malleability, coupled with semiotics and process, has resulted in the postconceptual object…”

“Postconceptualism: The Malleable Object explores the work of nine artists who individually extend and expand upon the theories and ideas of Conceptual Art in unique ways.  As postconceptual artists, the selected artists approach the art object as the “always already” signifier it never ceased being.  Yet they use process to circumvent aesthetics, approach perception through deciphering, reconfigure commodity through intention and convert data into form… “
--Mark Cameron Boyd, Curatorial Statement, January 2011

The Stamp Gallery is located on the first floor of the Adele H. Stamp Student Union-Center for Campus Life, at the University of Maryland, College Park. The gallery is free and open to the public Mondays-Thursdays 10:00am – 8:00pm; Fridays 10:00am – 6:00am, and Saturdays 11:00am – 5:00pm.  For more information visit the gallery’s website http://thestamp.umd.edu/gallery/ or call (301) 314-8493

Call for Entry: BITE identity and humor

Call for Entries: Open to all artists 18 years or older working or living in Virginia, Maryland, DC, Delaware, Pennsylvania, or West Virginia.

To Enter: Each entry requires an on-line application through Juried Art Services.
http://www.juriedartservices.com/index.php?content=event_info&event_id=407

Deadline: March 31, 2011

Exhibition Theme: “BITE: identity and humor” asks artists to use irony, sarcasm, and wit to shed light on issues of personal struggle in mainstream society. Artists are asked to create and share work that challenges historical, societal, and cultural norms that dictate expectations of who we are supposed to be. The selected work does not have to be “funny” as much as insightful.

About the Juror: Jefferson Pinder is a Washington-based video artist who seeks to find black identity through dynamic circumstances. His experimental videos and films feature minimal performances that reference music videos and physical theatre. Although he considers his work to have a regional style, he stresses the universality of his themes and travels around the globe seeking inspiration.  Pinder recently spend time in Senegal, Mexico and Vietnam working on projects that deal with race, identity and social mobility.

About the Venue: Greater Reston Arts Center is one of the premier non-profit gallery spaces in Northern Virginia with a 37 year history of presenting thought-provoking exhibitions accompanied by stimulating educational programs.  The arts center has an open contemporary space, concrete floors, moveable walls, and large store front windows offering 24 hour views from the street. Selected works, including video, will be visible at night.

Full Prospectus: detailing Acceptable Works, Entry fees, and Special Instructions located here:
http://www.restonarts.org/Exhibitions/Exhibit-Opps.htm

Metal Magic Art Exhibit_Reception SUNDAY

Fish in the Forest, Whales in the Wind, David Hubbard 

Metal Magic
Five Artists

Susana M. Garten
David Hubbard
Brian Jerome Murphy
Marla S. Rudnick
Elizabeth Steel

at The Dennis and Phillip Ratner Museum

March 2 - 28, 2011

Reception: Sunday, March 6, from 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Museum Hours:  Sunday 10 am - 4:30 pm

Mon - Thurs 12 pm - 4 pm

Free Admission

10001 Old Georgetown RD, Bethesda, MD 20814

ratnermuseum.com

301-897-1518

Displaced Fables/Damaged Dreams last day

Join Raandesk Gallery of Art this Saturday, March 5, 12 - 4 PM for the last day of

Displaced Fables/Damaged Dreams, a solo exhibition of works by Jennifer Murray

And a special Armory Week preview of
Optical: Staged
Sunday, March 6, 12 - 2 PM
Photography by Katarzyna Majak, Tom Prado, Margaret McCarthy, 
Frances Berry and Vincent Zambrano


Raandesk Gallery of Art | 16 W. 23rd Street | 4th Floor | New York | NY | 10010

"Landscapes Big & Small" Reception

    "Landscapes Big & Small" Reception

Gallery 555
555 12th Street NW
Lobby
Washington DC 20004
 202-393-1409
www.gallery555dc.com

Opening Reception for Optical: Staged

Optical: Staged
Photographs by Katarzyna Majak, Tom Prado, Margaret McCarthy, Frances Berry and Vincent Zambrano

Each year Raandesk Gallery hosts an international competition in photography with a specific theme. The theme, Staged, was selected by one of the jurors for the 2010 competition and served as a single word platform for photographers to present their work. The exhibition is comprised of photographs created by the top five finalists of the competition and serves to be dramatic as well as insightful into each artist's individual definition of the theme.

Opening Reception: March 10, 7 - 9 PM
Raandesk Gallery
16 W. 23rd Street, 4th Floor, NYC
212.696.7432

Exhibition through April 23
 

Sondheim Semi-Finalists Announced

Congratulations to the
2011 Sondheim Semi-Finalists!

Ken Ashton, Washington, DC
Baltimore Annex Theater, Baltimore, MD
Stephanie Barber, Baltimore, MD
Kathryn Bell, Baltimore, MD
Milana Braslavsky, Reisterstown, MD
Abby Donovan, Newark, DE
Eric Dyer, Baltimore, MD
David East, Baltimore, MD
Linda Hesh, Alexandria, VA
Mindy Hirt, Westminster, MD
Brian Kain, Emmitsburg, MD
JK Keller, Baltimore, MD
Dean Kessmann, Washington, DC
J.T. Kirkland, Sterling, VA
Andrew Laumann, Baltimore, MD
Magnolia Laurie, Baltimore, MD
Christopher LaVoie, Baltimore, MD
Joseph Letourneau, Baltimore, MD
Michael Mansfield, Washington, DC
Ben Marcin, Baltimore, MD
Sebastian Martorana, Baltimore, MD
Allyn Massey, Parkton, MD
Michael Benevento + Andrew Liang, Baltimore, MD
Brian Patrick Miller, Baltimore, MD
A. Moon, Baltimore, MD
Louie Palu, Washington, DC
Mark Parascandola, Washington, DC
Christian Parks, Cockeysville, MD
Matthew Porterfield, Baltimore, MD
Robby Rackleff, Baltimore, MD
Rachel Rotenberg, Baltimore, MD
Adam T. Rush, Baltimore, MD
Jo Smail, Baltimore, MD
Dan Steinhilber, Washington, DC
Diane Szczepaniak, Potomac, MD
Alessandro Valente, Lutherville, MD
Elena Volkova, Baltimore, MD
Richard Vosseller, Vienna, VA
Melissa Webb, Baltimore, MD
Adam Weir, Baltimore, MD
Marty Weishaar, Baltimore, MD
Wendy Wu, Baltimore, MD
Jenny Yang, Washington, DC

Photography exhibitions

A Room of Our Own

f11, A Women’s Photography Collective

March 1 – April 1, 2011
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 10, 5:00 – 7:00 pm 

Does gender define art? Traditionally, recognition and gallery space have been harder to come by for women compared to their male counterparts. “A Room Of Our Own,” a photography exhibit opening March 1, 2011 at the Pepco Edison Place Gallery in Washington, DC, proves talent is not the root of the discrepancy.

Sponsored by The Art League in Alexandria, VA in honor of Women’s History Month, “A Room Of Our Own” features more than 50 outstanding images created by the 18 members of f11, A Women’s Photography Collective. “The images are as rich and varied as the methods used to make them, reflecting the different perceptions, styles and processes of f11’s members,” stated Rose O’Donnell, Gallery Director for The Art League.

From Sandy LeBrun-Evans’ images of the historic Eastern State Penitentiary in Pennsylvania, to Sheila Galagan's series from Rock Creek Cemetery in the Petworth section of Washington, DC, and Pamela Viola’s “interpretive” Egyptian landscapes, the work contained in “A Room Of Our Own” incorporates photographic processes both centuries old and recently discovered. Whether it’s film or digital, cyanotype or HDR, silver gelatin or scanned, f11 members combine compelling compositions with technological savvy to create unique, artful images. www.facebook.com/f11group

The Pepco Edison Gallery

702 Eighth Street, NW

Washington, DC, 202-872-3396

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Friday, 12:00 noon – 4:00 pm.

Also open Saturday, March 12 and March 26, 12:00 noon – 4:00 pm.

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Antique Photo Show

11 AM to 4 PM, Sunday, March 13 at the Holiday Inn Rosslyn

1900 N. Ft. Myer Dr., Arlington, VA 22209.

 

www.AntiquePhotoShow.Com

Vintage images from the Civil War and of the Washington region will be among 1000s of historic photographs for sale at the 28th annual D.C. Antique Photo Show.
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Call to Artists: The Focus Project,

The Focus Project, a yearly competition seeking compelling photography. Throughout the course of The Focus Project, selected photographers will be prominently featured on our homepage and have a chance at life-changing awards, world-wide acclaim, a red-carpet New York City reception and more than $75,000 in awards to fund your passion: taking incredible photos.
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REFLECTIONS is inspired by local artist Bob Benson and his work at the American Visionary Art Museum. The ARTiculate Arts have used similar techniques to create their own "Mirror Art."

Gallery and Artist Reception: March 10, 2011 from 5:30p.m.- 7:30p.m.
VSA ARTiculate Gallery is located 1100 16th Street NW Washington DC..

For more information:
Call 202-261-0204 or email :gallery@vsadc.org

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At the Jerusalem  Fund Gallery
Glimpse
500 children, 500 cameras, 500 moments
 March 11– April 8, 2011
Opening reception Friday March 11,  6-8 PM.

Photojournalist Ramzi Haidar launched the project Glimpse to bring together photographers, journalists and artists with children ages 5-12 in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon. The children worked with these volunteers for one year to learn the basics of photography. The images they produced with their camera are entirely their own, giving them a power to reveal a reality rarely seen.  Large scale photos and books about the project are on display at the Jerusalem Fund Gallery.

@
The Jerusalem Fund Gallery

2425 Virginia Ave. NW
Washington DC 20037

202-338-1958 

“Making HerStory 6” Art Exhibition Opens This Week

The ThickArt Collaborative with Authentic Contemporary Art and The Center For Green Urbanism Presents “Making HerStory 6”, the Annual Celebration of Women in the Arts–a month full of various unifying events celebrating women artists in all genres. The celebration will take place at The Center for Green Urbanism, 3938 Benning Road, NE in Washington, DC’s Ward 7, March 1-31, 2011.

Making HerStory celebrates the vast and diverse forms of creativity offered by women artists. With this being the sixth year of Making HerStory, the creators have found a renewed energy among many of the artists in the Making HerStory family. This year’s theme is The Era of Our Dreams, exemplifying a new energy arising from the ashes of the last decade’s struggles, into a new era. Making HerStory 6 is about collaboration, growth, and sustainability.

The Making HerStory 6 series will kick off with a Grand Opening Reception Friday, March 4, 2011, 6:30 pm-8:30 pm at the Center for Green Urbanism, 3938 Benning Road, NE, Washington, DC. This event will feature music mixed by female online syndicated radio DJ, DJ Fusion of Fuse Box Radio and refreshments by the female foodies at Art.Food.Life.

Artists Participating in Herstory 6 include:

Jade Andwele
Prudence Bonds
Karen Buster
Anne Cherubim
Zandra Chestnut
Sandra Davis
Carla Jupiter
Bonnie MacAllisterr
Elsa Geybresus
Suzanne Nejir Tutu
Anike Robinson
Ann Thompson
Sherry Ways
Shawn Yancy
Heather Schmaedeke

For more information about Making HerStory 6, Please visit the website at http://makingherstoryartseries.blogspot.com/

DC Art Openings

Hamtdaa: Together 

Exploring the Art and Culture of Arlington's Mongolian-American Community

March 3 – May 1
OPENING RECEPTION Thursday, March 3, 6– 9PM
Terrace Gallery @ Artisphere
1101 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington VA 22209
(703) 875-1100

Together features the work of renowned visual artist and Arlingtonian Gankhuyag Natsag, whose Tsam dance masks, ceremonial costumes and paintings speak to Mongolia's ancient traditions and contemporary experiences. Accompanied by a multi-faceted program of performances, workshops, films and community celebrations, this exhibition is made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Zenith Gallery's 33rd Anniversary Exhibit
LISTEN TO ME
SCULPTURE AND PAINTINGS BY JOEL D'ORAZIO
MEET THE ARTIST RECEPTION- Wednesday, March 2, 5:30-8:00 PM
Show Dates:  February 7- May 13, 2011
at The Gallery at 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Sculpture, art chairs and abstract painting are the hightlight of this exhibition of work by architect turned painter/sculptor, Joel D'Orazio.  New as a Zenith Gallery artist, D'Orazio will be featured in a solo show, Listen to Me, at the Gallery at 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, curated by Zenith Gallery.
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"Cultural Landscapes"
Painter
SHARON GERACI
 
 OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, March 4th 6-8 PM

Showing through March 15, 2011

"My work is about understanding the complexities of people, both as individuals and as societies.  We are all the product of mixing and matching over eons, despite any specific identity to which we attach ourselves. In a world driven by technology, instant communication further blurs the lines between viewpoints, causes, social orders and cultures. It allows us to observe and experience things far beyond the confines of our immediate environment. I believe that humankind, much like the physical environment, is a continuum of changing features.  Ultimately those influences from afar seep into our being and shape our relationship to the world."

@

Parish Gallery

Georgetown

1054 31st St. NW

Washington, DC 20007

202-944-2310 

www.parishgallery.com

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Susan Finsen, Peggy Williams and Rosabel Goodman-Everard - solo shows.New Work at The Arts Club of Washington
March 2 - 26 
Opening reception: Friday, March 4, from 6:30-8:30.

The juror for these solo shows, Christopher With, formerly at the National Gallery of Art, will give a talk at 7:15 about the three shows, and the artists will answer questions about their work.
@
The Arts Club of Washington, located at 2017 "I" Street NW, Washington DC, in the historic James Monroe House.
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Touchstone Gallery
 March 2 - 27
Opening Reception: Friday, March 4, 6:00 - 8:30pm
 
Surfaces - Paintings by Michele Cormier
Michele Cormier's paintings capture urban surfaces transformed, over time, from erosion, decay, and daily foot traffic leaving behind layers of history and evidence of life

Inspiration - Paintings by Betsy Forster
The inspiration of Betsy's work is the nature that she loves - from trees and valleys to mountains and hills

Touchstone Gallery
901 New York Avenue, NW
202.347.2787
www.touchstonegallery.com
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"CYCLES" - curated by Adam Griffiths.
Feb. 28 - Mar. 26
Marcie Wolf-Hubbard, Helina Metaferia, Rosalind Alumnah, & Students from Mixed Media Artist Residency*

Opening Reception: Fri., March 4, from 6 - 8 pmMeet the artists and hear music
by David Hubbard & Bob Lash, Sky High Radio.

This Residency was presented by grantees, Marcie Wolf-Hubbard and the Montgomery County Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health, in partnership with The Silver Spring Wellness & Recovery Center at Affiliated Santé Group. Funding for this program was made possible through the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County.

Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD
http://www.takomaparkmd.gov/directions.html
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Washington Studio School presents Atelier Exhibit & Reception
Stunning Works of Atelier Artists
February 16-March 18 
Artists' Reception: Friday, March 4, 6pm-8pm 

Jill Bateman, Mimi Coxson, Phyllis Dillinger, Laurel Dugan, Brenda Fox, Mary Freedman, Gail Goodman, Peggy Greene, Pat Kraniotis, Sally Levie, Karen Lohr, Michele Lurie, Jill Phillips, Carol Rubin, Phyllis Ruffer, Suzanne Shwetz, Wendy Smith, Lynne Van Dyke
 
Meet the artists. Discuss their works. Light refreshment.
RSVP  admin[at]washingtonstudioschool.org or 202-234-3030
@
Washington Studio School
2129 S Street NW
Washington, DC 20008
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Washington Printmakers Gallery  
Reflections Past and Present - Prints by Lila Oliver Asher 
March 2-27
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 5, 1-4 pm
Artist's Printmaking Demonstration: 
Saturday, March 12, 2-2:30 pm
@
Washington Printmakers Gallery | Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, 2nd Floor | 8230 Georgia Ave | Silver Spring, MD 20910
 301.273.3660 | info[at]washingtonprintmakers.com
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Emerging Visions: a sense of place in celebration of Youth Art Month. This annual show offers Fairfax County high school artists the experience and recognition of exhibiting their work in a professional gallery. Students from Herndon and South Lakes High Schools created all works specifically for Emerging Visions.

March 4 – April 14, 2011
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 5, 5 – 7pm

Emerging Visions: a sense of place is sponsored by Eileen Lyons Murphy.
To view Journey visit: http://www.restonarts.org/Archives/Journey.htm
 @
GreaterRestonArtsCenter
Reston Town Center
12001 Market Street
Suite #103
Reston, VA 20190
703.471.9242
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Last Weekend!!
John M. Adams / Finding Zero
January 6 through February 27
John M. Adams' work activates the perceptual connection between artist, object (or environment), and viewer. The paintings reflect a meditative process of repetitive mark making through the transparent layers of subtle atmospheric and textured surfaces. These chaotic marks are juxtaposed with the structure of a regulated rhythm of horizontal lines.  The combination resonates with a quiet vibration that propels the viewer into an image whose color scheme and composition remain ambiguously familiar, as if from an incomplete memory that is nonetheless vivid.

Ruth Trevarrow / Bare Bones
March 3 through April 10, 2011
Opening Reception / Sunday, March 6, 4:00 to 6:00 pm (free)
Artists' Talk / Sunday, March 20, 4:00 to 6:00 pm (free)
@
Athenaeum
201 Prince Street, Alexandria, Va 22314
703.548.0035 / nvfaa.org
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REFLECTIONS is inspired by local artist Bob Benson and his work at the American Visionary Art Museum. The ARTiculate Arts have used similar techniques to create their own "Mirror Art."

Gallery and Artist Reception: March 10, 2011 from 5:30p.m.- 7:30p.m.
VSA ARTiculate Gallery is located 1100 16th Street NW Washington DC..

For more information:
Call 202-261-0204 or email :gallery@vsadc.org

Robin Rose at the Second Street Gallery

Hemphill announces Robin Rose's solo exhibition, Crescendo, at the Second Street Gallery in Charlottesville, VA.

Crescendo addresses the mythical and mystical subtext of popular musical culture. Rose is best known for his encaustic paintings, but he also achieved some success in the 1980s as a member of the band the Urban Verbs, a frequent performer at CBGB’s and the 930 Club. His recent artwork, however, marks a shift away from the two dimensional. Consisting largely of assembled works, these recent “sculptures” use, and subvert, the technology of rock and pop music such as speakers, amplifiers, and instruments themselves. The installation at Second Street Gallery will also include four new paintings.

Crescendo
March 4 - 27, 2011
Opening Reception with artist talk:
Friday, March 4, 5:00 - 7:30 pm

@

Second Street Gallery

115 Second Street SE

Charlottesville, VA 22902

434-977-7284

www.secondstreetgallery.org

Image: Robin Rose, Distorted Mandala, 2010, 25 guitar distortion effects pedals with red, yellow, green, blue and purple cords, 6' diameter  
Hemphill, 1515 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005.

WPA 2011 Art Auction Exhibition and Gala

WPA 2011 Art Auction Exhibition and Gala
February 19 - March 11, 2011
at 700 Sixth Street, NW, 10th Floor, an Akridge Property

SELECT: WPA 2011 Art Auction Gala
March 12, 6:30-midnight.
 Just a few tickets left!
Purchase online or by contacting Eleanor Smitherman at esmitherman[at]wpadc.org or 202-234-7103 x 5

Reminder: March 1!
Presentation of the Alice Denney Award for Support of Contemporary Art to artist and educator William Christenberry by Robert Lehrman
and Curators Talk
Tuesday, March 1, 6:30-9:00Free and Open to the Public
Catering by Peacock Café

Following the presentation of the award, the SELECT curators will present a short talk about the artists and the works they've chosen for inclusion in this year's exhibition. This is a rare opportunity to hear their personal perspectives and learn from a distinguished panel of contemporary curators.

Marcātus, a creative market near the Nationals Ballpark / Call for Artists

Art Whino announces its new Creative Art Market and is currently taking submissions.  Please email artiststents[at]artwhino.com 3-5 examples of your work if you are interested in participating.

Once accepted the guidelines to participate are simple.

1.  You bring your own tent (They cost about $60 )
2.  You setup and run your tent
3.  The gallery will not take a commission.  Its a simple $100 per weekend fee for the tent space.  All your sales go 100% to you.
     
Marcātus, a creative market near the Nationals Ballpark, will be a multidimensional event different than any other to reach the District.  Marcātus invites you to come out for the whole day to enjoy the sounds of live music, smells of exotic foods, eye candy of art, to hunt for creative treasures, or simply to relax on the Great Lawn with a frosty beverage taking in the picturesque views of the Anacostia River.

Location: The Yards Park
10 Water St SE Washington, DC
(Intersection of 3rd St SE and Water St SE)
Three blocks from the Navy Yard Metro (New Jersey Ave Exit)

Schedule:
First Sunday of every month (Except July which will be Second Sunday).   
April 3rd, May 1st, June 5th, July 10th, Aug 7thHours every Sunday: 11am-6pm. 

ARTISTS TENTS  - Water Street
50+ 10'x10' Artist Tents.
Each artist will have the opportunity to display a large array of artwork

PRODUCE VENDORS - Park Pavilion
24 - 10'x10' Produce Tents
Stock up on fresh produce from various local farmers.

SPONSOR TENTS - Park Pavilion
10 - 10'x10' Sponsor Tents
Browse through various companies and their goods and services.

FOOD VENDORS - Park Pavilion
8 - 10'x10' Food Tents
Try the many yummy delights from local food vendors and discover a new favorite DC Eatery.

ARTS & CRAFTS VENDORS - Terraced Steps
60 - 2'x8' Arts and Crafts Tables
Explore through seas and seas of unique and amazing goods, ranging from robots hand-built from clock parts to jewelry made from found objects.

MUSIC
At Marcātus music will be an integral part of each Sunday.  This year's premiere opening on Sunday, April 3rd will host the FORWARD Festival's Closing-Day Party. Entering its 4th year in the DC Area FORWARD Festival is a 5 day celebration of electronic creative culture featuring music, educational workshops and digital art installations. On Sunday, April 3rd the festival, along with presenting partners LilSoSo, will curate 2 sound systems of music featuring local and national DJ's and Live electronic talent.  To find out more about the FORWARD Festival visit: www.forwarddc.com

Would you like to participate?
Email artiststents[at]artwhino.com for information on reserving an artist tent.
Email artsandcraftstents[at]artwhino.com for information on reserving a arts & craft table.
Email shane[at]artwhino.com for information on reserving a produce, sponsor or food tent.

The Yards Park
This riverfront park provides green space to enjoy the outdoors along the river. It includes open grassy areas, a water feature, a terraced performance venue, biking/jogging trails and riverside places in which to eat and shop. The park is part of a larger Yards development that will blend adaptive reuse of historical industrial buildings with construction on new sites.  The park, canal basin and water feature, iconic bridge, boardwalk, terraced lawn area and gardens are currently open to the public.

http://www.dcyards.com/