Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Open Now: Call for Entries to the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition
Fourth Annual Downtown Hyattsville Arts Festival
September 24, 2011 From 11am to 5pm
Join East City Art at the Fourth Annual Downtown Hyattsville Arts Festival! and enter to win an original pen and ink drawing by local artist Ellen Cornett!
The Festival is located at 5500 Baltimore Avenue and Jefferson Street in Hyattsville, Maryland
New this year:
Free shuttle from West Hyattsville Metro station, courtesy of the City of Hyattsville. The retail town center shops are now open featuring Busboys and Poets, Tara Thai, Elevation Burger, Chipotle, Yogi Castle, Essentials Day Spa and Big Bad Woof. The Lustine Center gallery will be open with artdc’s 12×12 show featuring over 150 pieces of art for sale. Kid’s tent will feature face painting, arts and crafts alongside Joe’s Movement Emporium’s exhibit space.
Mix and mingle with talented local artisans and enjoy live performances on the streets of Arts District Hyattsville, just two miles from DC. Admission and parking are FREE. Delicious food and drink available from Busboys and Poets, Franklin’s Restaurant & Brewery, Chipotle, Elevation Burger, Tara Thai, and Yogi Castle.
For More information visit the East City Art Fourth Annual Downtown Hyattsville Arts Festival page.
Join East City Art at the Fourth Annual Downtown Hyattsville Arts Festival! and enter to win an original pen and ink drawing by local artist Ellen Cornett!
The Festival is located at 5500 Baltimore Avenue and Jefferson Street in Hyattsville, Maryland
New this year:
Free shuttle from West Hyattsville Metro station, courtesy of the City of Hyattsville. The retail town center shops are now open featuring Busboys and Poets, Tara Thai, Elevation Burger, Chipotle, Yogi Castle, Essentials Day Spa and Big Bad Woof. The Lustine Center gallery will be open with artdc’s 12×12 show featuring over 150 pieces of art for sale. Kid’s tent will feature face painting, arts and crafts alongside Joe’s Movement Emporium’s exhibit space.
Mix and mingle with talented local artisans and enjoy live performances on the streets of Arts District Hyattsville, just two miles from DC. Admission and parking are FREE. Delicious food and drink available from Busboys and Poets, Franklin’s Restaurant & Brewery, Chipotle, Elevation Burger, Tara Thai, and Yogi Castle.
For More information visit the East City Art Fourth Annual Downtown Hyattsville Arts Festival page.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Artomatic @ Frederick
Artomatic@Frederick is a collective presentation of visual arts, music, theatre, and poetry. This independently organized, five-week, unjuried exhibit will open Wednesday, September 28th and run through Sunday, November 6th.
The event will be held at the old Board of Education Building located at 115 East Church Street in Fredrick, MD. Registration for exhibit space runs through September 9th.
Open Sept. 28 - November 6th.
For more information, visit Artomatic@Frederick.
The event will be held at the old Board of Education Building located at 115 East Church Street in Fredrick, MD. Registration for exhibit space runs through September 9th.
Open Sept. 28 - November 6th.
For more information, visit Artomatic@Frederick.
Monday, September 19, 2011
ZestFest in DC’s NoMa neighborhood
The NoMa Business Improvement District (BID) has partnered with the Pink Line Project to organize the this year’s interactive fall festival: filling the sidewalks with art, music, culture and unexpected activities, while affecting change in NoMa’s greenspaces and parks.
Nila Kay — one of the BloomBars featured artists performing at this year’s ZestFest. Check her out live on September 20 at the ZestFest 2011 kick-off party in Union Center Plaza!
For a complete list of events, click here.
Emerge Art Fair / Sept 22 - 25 in Washington, DC
Opening Preview
> Thursday, September 22: 7pm - 11pm
Preview the exhibition and enjoy a concert by the pool with: LouLou and the Dispappointer Sisters (featuring members of Thievery Corporation, Fugazi, French Toast and The Deadmen)
$25 advance purchase / $30 at the door
IDB Cultural Center Lecture: British art critic EDWARD LUCIE-SMITH on Jamaican Art: The Problem of Multiple Identities
Thursday, September 22, 2011 at 6:30 p.m.
The longstanding problem for Jamaican art has been a confusion of identities. The trauma of slavery, for example, has led a number of Jamaican artists to identify themselves as being essentially 'African'. However, lacking tribal identity, they would not be recognized as being truly African in Africa itself. Similarly, resistance to colonialism has led to a cult of so-called 'Intuitive' artists, untutored painters and sculptors, immune from fashions, imported from Europe and the United States. The facts are, however, that Jamaican art owes a great deal to the colonial mother country, Britain, in large part because so many artists from the island have received at least part of their training there. In recent years, Jamaican art has also owed a good deal to what is happening in the USA. Because Jamaica speaks English, its art is very different from that of Cuba, only 90 or so miles away. Cuba clearly belongs to the wider sphere of Latin American art; Jamaica does not. Despite the cult of the Intuitives, there are also wide differences between Jamaica art and the voodoo influenced art that is regarded as being typical of Haiti. In fact, the story of Jamaican art, like the story of Caribbean art in general, is one of cultural pluralism. Paradoxically, its energetic eclecticism is the thing that gives it its own, immediately recognizable character. The mix-and-match of the new global culture is now being played out within the boundaries of one relatively small community.
In May 2011 the IDB Cultural Center presented an exhibition of contemporary Jamaican artists, invited by the World Bank to exhibit their work in the Caribbean segment of ABOUT CHANGE, a hemispheric survey organized by the World Bank Art Program, in partnership with the IDB, the OAS, and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat. Exhibition catalogue.
Free and open to the public, held at the Inter-American Development Bank’s Enrique V. Iglesias Auditorium, 1330 New York Avenue NW, Washington, DC, one block from Metro Center, 13th Street exit. Photo ID required.
Attire is business casual. Unreserved general admission. (202) 623-3558 http://www.iadb.org/cultural
The longstanding problem for Jamaican art has been a confusion of identities. The trauma of slavery, for example, has led a number of Jamaican artists to identify themselves as being essentially 'African'. However, lacking tribal identity, they would not be recognized as being truly African in Africa itself. Similarly, resistance to colonialism has led to a cult of so-called 'Intuitive' artists, untutored painters and sculptors, immune from fashions, imported from Europe and the United States. The facts are, however, that Jamaican art owes a great deal to the colonial mother country, Britain, in large part because so many artists from the island have received at least part of their training there. In recent years, Jamaican art has also owed a good deal to what is happening in the USA. Because Jamaica speaks English, its art is very different from that of Cuba, only 90 or so miles away. Cuba clearly belongs to the wider sphere of Latin American art; Jamaica does not. Despite the cult of the Intuitives, there are also wide differences between Jamaica art and the voodoo influenced art that is regarded as being typical of Haiti. In fact, the story of Jamaican art, like the story of Caribbean art in general, is one of cultural pluralism. Paradoxically, its energetic eclecticism is the thing that gives it its own, immediately recognizable character. The mix-and-match of the new global culture is now being played out within the boundaries of one relatively small community.
In May 2011 the IDB Cultural Center presented an exhibition of contemporary Jamaican artists, invited by the World Bank to exhibit their work in the Caribbean segment of ABOUT CHANGE, a hemispheric survey organized by the World Bank Art Program, in partnership with the IDB, the OAS, and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat. Exhibition catalogue.
Free and open to the public, held at the Inter-American Development Bank’s Enrique V. Iglesias Auditorium, 1330 New York Avenue NW, Washington, DC, one block from Metro Center, 13th Street exit. Photo ID required.
Attire is business casual. Unreserved general admission. (202) 623-3558 http://www.iadb.org/cultural
Sunday, September 18, 2011
The Wanamaker Wet Party Music Festival today at Yards on the Park
There will also be water games, a foam party, bikini Fashion Show by South Moon Under, mist tents, beer pong, flip cup, cornhole, bottle service and table reservations, specialty food vendors, and arts and craft vendors.
For more information click here
http://pinklineproject.com/offer/15-wanamaker-wet-party
Yards Park , between 3rd and 4th St. SE, on Water Street, Near Nationals Stadium , Washington, DC
Friday, September 16, 2011
Art critic Paul Richard Talk on the Washington Color Painters / Change of venue
* Please note the location for this talk has changed. It is located at the National Press Club.
Join Washington Color School Project/IASG at the National Press Club on Monday Sept. 26th as one of Washington's great art writers looks back at a singular period in the city's history. Art critic Paul Richard will explore this defining period in Washington's art history in a talk on the Washington Color Painters.
As a long-time chronicler and participant in the Washington's art scene, Richard evokes a time when DC's most recognized cultural institutions existed only as plans for the future. Washington's artists and art collectors created their own places and exhibited paintings that were a departure from what had been shown before, in Washington or elsewhere.
Richard will talk about how painters like Gene Davis, Sam Gilliam, and Howard Mehring changed the discussion of art in the city, and how the city influenced their vision.
The talk will be in the Holeman Lounge of the National Press Club, 529 24th St., N.W. starting at 7:00. This event is free and open to the public; to RSVP please e-mail director@washingtoncolorsc
Art critic Paul Richard / Washington Color School talk
7:00pm.
Holeman Lounge of the National Press Club
529 24th St., N.W.
Washington, DC
This event is free and open to the public;
*RSVP please contact director@washingtoncolorsc
Presented by Washington Color School Project/IASG, a non-profit organization. Funding for this event comes from a grant from the Humanities Council of Washington D.C. Cultural Heritage Project and through the support of our members and Advisory Board.
Join Washington Color School Project/IASG at the National Press Club on Monday Sept. 26th as one of Washington's great art writers looks back at a singular period in the city's history. Art critic Paul Richard will explore this defining period in Washington's art history in a talk on the Washington Color Painters.
As a long-time chronicler and participant in the Washington's art scene, Richard evokes a time when DC's most recognized cultural institutions existed only as plans for the future. Washington's artists and art collectors created their own places and exhibited paintings that were a departure from what had been shown before, in Washington or elsewhere.
Richard will talk about how painters like Gene Davis, Sam Gilliam, and Howard Mehring changed the discussion of art in the city, and how the city influenced their vision.
The talk will be in the Holeman Lounge of the National Press Club, 529 24th St., N.W. starting at 7:00. This event is free and open to the public; to RSVP please e-mail director@washingtoncolorsc
Art critic Paul Richard / Washington Color School talk
7:00pm.
Holeman Lounge of the National Press Club
529 24th St., N.W.
Washington, DC
This event is free and open to the public;
*RSVP please contact director@washingtoncolorsc
Presented by Washington Color School Project/IASG, a non-profit organization. Funding for this event comes from a grant from the Humanities Council of Washington D.C. Cultural Heritage Project and through the support of our members and Advisory Board.
Pan's Pipes (Ryan Hill, Erick Jackson, George Jenne) & Site/Schema by Nikki Painter open this Saturday
Civilian Art Projects presents two new exhibitions for the launch of the Fall season:
Opening reception: Saturday, September 17, 7 to 9 p.m. at Civilian Art Projects.
Pan's Pipes, a collaborative installation by Ryan Hill, Erick Jackson and George Jenne;
Site/Schema, new work and site-specific installation by recent American University graduate Nikki Painter.
Artists Ryan Hill, Erick Jackson, and George Jenne investigate the counterculture vocabulary they grew up with to create the exhibition Pan's Pipes. With the goal of creating the psychological feel of headshops and other illicit spaces where teens go to escape the realities of family and school, the artists create new works on paper, sculpture, and a unique installation. According to the artists, these kinds of spaces were a combination of sights, sounds, literature, and even smells that would stimulate feelings of the fantastic and the forbidden.
In her second solo exhibition at the gallery, Painter's works continue to develop and expand a set of images, bright colors, and patterns to investigate the ways in which chaos and order interact and co-exist. She will exhibit new works on paper and two site-specific installations, one in the project space and one in "The Entrance," foyer space made available for experiments and artist-directed projects.
www.civilianartprojects.com
Civilian Art Projects
1019 7th Street NW, Second Floor
Washington DC 20001
(202) 607-3804
Opening reception: Saturday, September 17, 7 to 9 p.m. at Civilian Art Projects.
Pan's Pipes, a collaborative installation by Ryan Hill, Erick Jackson and George Jenne;
Site/Schema, new work and site-specific installation by recent American University graduate Nikki Painter.
Artists Ryan Hill, Erick Jackson, and George Jenne investigate the counterculture vocabulary they grew up with to create the exhibition Pan's Pipes. With the goal of creating the psychological feel of headshops and other illicit spaces where teens go to escape the realities of family and school, the artists create new works on paper, sculpture, and a unique installation. According to the artists, these kinds of spaces were a combination of sights, sounds, literature, and even smells that would stimulate feelings of the fantastic and the forbidden.
In her second solo exhibition at the gallery, Painter's works continue to develop and expand a set of images, bright colors, and patterns to investigate the ways in which chaos and order interact and co-exist. She will exhibit new works on paper and two site-specific installations, one in the project space and one in "The Entrance," foyer space made available for experiments and artist-directed projects.
www.civilianartprojects.com
Civilian Art Projects
1019 7th Street NW, Second Floor
Washington DC 20001
(202) 607-3804
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Nat'l Academy of Sciences - DC Art Science Event, Tonight, Sept 15
National Academy of Sciences
DASER - DC Art Science Evening Rendezvous
Thursday, September 15, 6:00pm
DC Art Science Evening Rendezvous (DASER) is a monthly discussion forum on this region's art and science projects; it provides the public with a snapshot of the cultural environment of the region and fosters interdisciplinary networking
Presenters
Irina AristarkhovaAssistant Professor of Women's Studies and Art
Penn State University
Rebecca KamenArtist and Professor of Art
Northern Virginia Community College
Natalie SettlesArtist in Residence, Tonsor Lab for Plant Evolutionary Genetics
University of Pittsburgh; Adjunct Assistant Professor,
School of Art, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh
Stephen Tonsor
Associate Professor, Plant Evolutionary Genetics
University of Pittsburgh
Doors open at 5:30pm
No charge
Refreshments provided
Photo ID and reservations required
Reservations
http://bit.ly/kbfy14
More Information http://daserevents.org
National Academy of Sciences
The Keck Center, Room 100
500 Fifth Street, NW
202.334.2415
www.cpnas.org
Metro: Gallery Pl-Chinatown, exit 7th and F or
Judiciary Square, museum exit
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Announcement courtesy Penn Quarter Neighborhood Association
912 F Street, NW | Washington, DC 20004 - 1448
202.626.0011
DASER - DC Art Science Evening Rendezvous
Thursday, September 15, 6:00pm
DC Art Science Evening Rendezvous (DASER) is a monthly discussion forum on this region's art and science projects; it provides the public with a snapshot of the cultural environment of the region and fosters interdisciplinary networking
Presenters
Irina AristarkhovaAssistant Professor of Women's Studies and Art
Penn State University
Rebecca KamenArtist and Professor of Art
Northern Virginia Community College
Natalie SettlesArtist in Residence, Tonsor Lab for Plant Evolutionary Genetics
University of Pittsburgh; Adjunct Assistant Professor,
School of Art, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh
Stephen Tonsor
Associate Professor, Plant Evolutionary Genetics
University of Pittsburgh
Doors open at 5:30pm
No charge
Refreshments provided
Photo ID and reservations required
Reservations
http://bit.ly/kbfy14
More Information http://daserevents.org
National Academy of Sciences
The Keck Center, Room 100
500 Fifth Street, NW
202.334.2415
www.cpnas.org
Metro: Gallery Pl-Chinatown, exit 7th and F or
Judiciary Square, museum exit
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Announcement courtesy Penn Quarter Neighborhood Association
912 F Street, NW | Washington, DC 20004 - 1448
202.626.0011
KENNETH VICTOR YOUNG @ Parish Gallery Georgetown
KENNETH VICTOR YOUNG
Painter
"Past and Present"
Opening Reception, September 16, 2011, 6-8 pm
Member of the famed Washington Color School of the 60's
Showing through October 18, 2011
Retired from the Smithsonian Institution with over 35 years experience in exhibit design and installation, Kenneth Young has provided consulting to museum personnel, both domestic and international. His early art education and teaching experience was in Louisville, Kentucky; Indiana University and the University of Hawaii. He was an instructor at the Corcoran Gallery of Art along with the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, DC.
Having traveled extensively, in and outside of the United States, Young is constantly searching out the intricacies of life's experiences. While observing diverse cultures in their surroundings, he absorbs the interchanges and interrelationships among individuals and between people and their environment. His artistic philosophy is to bring order out of chaos, as such, he makes sense of the oft times pandemonium that is life through art. Over the years of major exhibit development for the Smithsonian, Mr. Young's travels influenced his art, with distinctive Egyptian and Italian influences.
For over 40 years his artworks have been shown in numerous group and solo exhibitions in university galleries and museums in the United States, as well as abroad. He has been mentioned in many publications such as: Who's Who in American Art, In Black & White: Afro-Americans in Print, and Art in Washington and Its Afro-American Presence 1940-1970. Mr. Young is in the Smithsonian American Art Museum's premier permanent collection and will be one of the artists included in the museum's traveling exhibition in 2012.
He received a B.S. degree in Design, Painting and Humanities from the University of Louisville in 1962.
Parish Gallery
Georgetown
1054 31st St. NW
Washington, DC 20007
202-944-2310
www.parishgallery.com
Painter
"Past and Present"
Opening Reception, September 16, 2011, 6-8 pm
Member of the famed Washington Color School of the 60's
Showing through October 18, 2011
Retired from the Smithsonian Institution with over 35 years experience in exhibit design and installation, Kenneth Young has provided consulting to museum personnel, both domestic and international. His early art education and teaching experience was in Louisville, Kentucky; Indiana University and the University of Hawaii. He was an instructor at the Corcoran Gallery of Art along with the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, DC.
Having traveled extensively, in and outside of the United States, Young is constantly searching out the intricacies of life's experiences. While observing diverse cultures in their surroundings, he absorbs the interchanges and interrelationships among individuals and between people and their environment. His artistic philosophy is to bring order out of chaos, as such, he makes sense of the oft times pandemonium that is life through art. Over the years of major exhibit development for the Smithsonian, Mr. Young's travels influenced his art, with distinctive Egyptian and Italian influences.
For over 40 years his artworks have been shown in numerous group and solo exhibitions in university galleries and museums in the United States, as well as abroad. He has been mentioned in many publications such as: Who's Who in American Art, In Black & White: Afro-Americans in Print, and Art in Washington and Its Afro-American Presence 1940-1970. Mr. Young is in the Smithsonian American Art Museum's premier permanent collection and will be one of the artists included in the museum's traveling exhibition in 2012.
He received a B.S. degree in Design, Painting and Humanities from the University of Louisville in 1962.
Parish Gallery
Georgetown
1054 31st St. NW
Washington, DC 20007
202-944-2310
www.parishgallery.com
GreaterRestonArtsCenter / Call for Exhibition Proposals, 2013 Season
All proposals must be received by midnight, PST October 16, 2011
The GreaterRestonArtsCenter reviews proposals for exhibitions in its main gallery on an annual basis. Artists, independent curators, or arts organizations within the mid-Atlantic region are encouraged to apply.
Artists living in Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia who have not had a solo exhibition at GRACE within the past three years are eligible. Artists must be 18 years of age or older.
All proposals for exhibitions at Greater Reston Arts Center for 2013 must be submitted online through http://www.juriedartservices.com/index.php?content=event_info&event_id=454
$25 ($10 for GRACE members) Become a GRACE member at http://www.restonarts.org/support/Membership.htm
Prospectus
http://www.restonarts.org/Exhibitions/Exhibit-Opps.htm
GreaterRestonArtsCenter
12001 Market Street Suite #103
Reston, VA 20190
The GreaterRestonArtsCenter reviews proposals for exhibitions in its main gallery on an annual basis. Artists, independent curators, or arts organizations within the mid-Atlantic region are encouraged to apply.
Artists living in Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia who have not had a solo exhibition at GRACE within the past three years are eligible. Artists must be 18 years of age or older.
All proposals for exhibitions at Greater Reston Arts Center for 2013 must be submitted online through http://www.juriedartservices.com/index.php?content=event_info&event_id=454
$25 ($10 for GRACE members) Become a GRACE member at http://www.restonarts.org/support/Membership.htm
Prospectus
http://www.restonarts.org/Exhibitions/Exhibit-Opps.htm
GreaterRestonArtsCenter
12001 Market Street Suite #103
Reston, VA 20190
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
MPA: Exhibition Opening Thursday Night!
Seth Rosenberg: The Cleveland Years
Emerson Gallery
Opening Reception and Talk
Thursday, September 15, 7 - 9pm
This very special exhibition is the only opportunity for those in the Washington area to see the abstract paintings and prints completed by Mr. Rosenberg during his final years in Cleveland.
Seth Rosenberg lived, worked and painted in Washington DC for more than 20 years where he and his wife, Jane, operated District Fine Arts, a frame shop and gallery. In 2005 they moved to Cleveland. He died of a heart attack in September 2009 at age 57. Rosenberg's four years in Cleveland proved to be a time of tremendous artistic growth.
Seth Rosenberg: The Cleveland Years is organized by Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland and curated by Margo Ann Crutchfield. The exhibition was generously underwritten in Cleveland by Miller Goler Faeges LLP.
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Accidentally On Purpose:
Paintings by Carolyn Case
Atrium Gallery
These intricately layered abstract paintings by Baltimore artist Carolyn Case inspire further study on the part of the viewer, a looking into as well as a looking at. Paint is built up layer upon layer, and the fluid nature of the medium is highlighted. As the title of the show suggests, process is prominent in these works, and although much about them seems the result of happy accident, the intention of the artist is equally apparent. As the artist aptly says, “even within the realm of chance it is difficult to escape yourself.”
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Encaustic Paintings by Georgia Nassikas
Ramp Gallery
Working in a studio that overlooks rolling hills, gardens and woods, McLean artist Georgia Nassikas absorbs the natural world that surrounds her. Rather than depicting the landscape in a direct or straightforward way, it is the atmosphere and the energy of the environment that finds its way onto her canvases. Whether it be the tension of gathering clouds, the rhythm of the surf or the hum of the bee hives right outside her studio, Nassikas has found a way to trans- fer this energy to her atmospheric studies of color, shape and place.
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Seth Rosenberg Panel Discussion
Wednesday, OCT 12, 7 pm
Moderated by Independent Curator J.W. Mahoney, a distinguished panel will discuss the life and work of Seth Rosenberg.
Free.
Call or email for reservations.
703.790.1953, nsausser@mpaart.org
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McLean Project for the Arts • 1234 Ingleside Avenue • McLean, Virginia 22101
Phone 703-790-1953
Emerson Gallery
Opening Reception and Talk
Thursday, September 15, 7 - 9pm
This very special exhibition is the only opportunity for those in the Washington area to see the abstract paintings and prints completed by Mr. Rosenberg during his final years in Cleveland.
Seth Rosenberg lived, worked and painted in Washington DC for more than 20 years where he and his wife, Jane, operated District Fine Arts, a frame shop and gallery. In 2005 they moved to Cleveland. He died of a heart attack in September 2009 at age 57. Rosenberg's four years in Cleveland proved to be a time of tremendous artistic growth.
Seth Rosenberg: The Cleveland Years is organized by Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland and curated by Margo Ann Crutchfield. The exhibition was generously underwritten in Cleveland by Miller Goler Faeges LLP.
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Accidentally On Purpose:
Paintings by Carolyn Case
Atrium Gallery
These intricately layered abstract paintings by Baltimore artist Carolyn Case inspire further study on the part of the viewer, a looking into as well as a looking at. Paint is built up layer upon layer, and the fluid nature of the medium is highlighted. As the title of the show suggests, process is prominent in these works, and although much about them seems the result of happy accident, the intention of the artist is equally apparent. As the artist aptly says, “even within the realm of chance it is difficult to escape yourself.”
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Encaustic Paintings by Georgia Nassikas
Ramp Gallery
Working in a studio that overlooks rolling hills, gardens and woods, McLean artist Georgia Nassikas absorbs the natural world that surrounds her. Rather than depicting the landscape in a direct or straightforward way, it is the atmosphere and the energy of the environment that finds its way onto her canvases. Whether it be the tension of gathering clouds, the rhythm of the surf or the hum of the bee hives right outside her studio, Nassikas has found a way to trans- fer this energy to her atmospheric studies of color, shape and place.
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Seth Rosenberg Panel Discussion
Wednesday, OCT 12, 7 pm
Moderated by Independent Curator J.W. Mahoney, a distinguished panel will discuss the life and work of Seth Rosenberg.
Free.
Call or email for reservations.
703.790.1953, nsausser@mpaart.org
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McLean Project for the Arts • 1234 Ingleside Avenue • McLean, Virginia 22101
Phone 703-790-1953
Hanoi 1000: Contemporary Art from Vietnam
September 9, 2011 to September 30, 2011
McFeeley Gallery
Arts Club of Washington
Washington, DC — A Vietnamese contemporary fine arts exhibition has opened in Washington, DC, hosted by the Arts Club of Washington. Present at the opening ceremony were Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Nguyen Quoc Cuong.
On display are works by six Vietnamese painters: Dang Thao Ngoc, Dinh Thi Tham Poong, Phung Pham, Trinh Tuan, Vu Dinh Tuan and Vu Thu Hien, all of whom live and work in Ha Noi. The paintings were made in 2010 when Ha Noi celebrated its 1,000th anniversary, and all are drawn from a collection of over 800 contemporary works of Vietnamese fine arts of Israeli parton-of-the-arts Raquelle Azran.
The exhibition has previously toured through New York and Miami in the US, and Singapore, as well as Israel, the Netherlands, and the UK.
Azran told a Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Washington that she wished to bring to American art lovers the unique and diversified arts of Viet Nam as well as to introduce the wonderful visions and people of Viet Nam.
Azran said she loved Viet Nam very much, especially Ha Noi, which she called "one of my homes along with New York and Tel Aviv" .
Vietnamese artist Trinh Tuan expressed his thanks to Azran who, he said, loves Vietnamese arts and speaks Vietnamese well. She has brought many Vietnamese artists and their works to international arts events. During the exhibition, which runs through September 24, Tuan will hold a one-week course on lacquer painting.
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Lacquer Painting Technique - Demo
Technique - Demo
Lacquer Painting
-an ancient Vietnamese art form-
1 hr. video - demo of materials -discussion
by Master Painter Prof. Trinh Tuan
Fee $9
-includes refreshments-
(free for weekend workshop participants )
Thursday, September 15th, 6:30 - 8:30[ information 202-549-7245 ]
Arts Club of Washington
2017 I Street Northwest
Washington D.C., DC 20006-1804
McFeeley Gallery
Arts Club of Washington
Washington, DC — A Vietnamese contemporary fine arts exhibition has opened in Washington, DC, hosted by the Arts Club of Washington. Present at the opening ceremony were Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Nguyen Quoc Cuong.
On display are works by six Vietnamese painters: Dang Thao Ngoc, Dinh Thi Tham Poong, Phung Pham, Trinh Tuan, Vu Dinh Tuan and Vu Thu Hien, all of whom live and work in Ha Noi. The paintings were made in 2010 when Ha Noi celebrated its 1,000th anniversary, and all are drawn from a collection of over 800 contemporary works of Vietnamese fine arts of Israeli parton-of-the-arts Raquelle Azran.
The exhibition has previously toured through New York and Miami in the US, and Singapore, as well as Israel, the Netherlands, and the UK.
Azran told a Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Washington that she wished to bring to American art lovers the unique and diversified arts of Viet Nam as well as to introduce the wonderful visions and people of Viet Nam.
Azran said she loved Viet Nam very much, especially Ha Noi, which she called "one of my homes along with New York and Tel Aviv" .
Vietnamese artist Trinh Tuan expressed his thanks to Azran who, he said, loves Vietnamese arts and speaks Vietnamese well. She has brought many Vietnamese artists and their works to international arts events. During the exhibition, which runs through September 24, Tuan will hold a one-week course on lacquer painting.
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Lacquer Painting Technique - Demo
Technique - Demo
Lacquer Painting
-an ancient Vietnamese art form-
1 hr. video - demo of materials -discussion
by Master Painter Prof. Trinh Tuan
Fee $9
-includes refreshments-
(free for weekend workshop participants )
Thursday, September 15th, 6:30 - 8:30[ information 202-549-7245 ]
Arts Club of Washington
2017 I Street Northwest
Washington D.C., DC 20006-1804
Notes from this summer’s All Ireland Music Festival, Fleadh 2011
Notes from this summer’s All Ireland Music Festival, Fleadh 2011
-Govinda Gallery
-Govinda Gallery
Carlotta Hester returned to Ireland this summer and made over sixty more ‘live-action’ drawings at this year’s All Ireland Music Festival. The Pure Drop, Hester’s touring exhibition, will now expand to include a selection of her new drawings from this summer.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
MOCA DC / Political Potpourri
Still from Lilianne Milgrom video A Winter's Tale
MOCA DC's September show Political Potpourri is the result of an open call to artists to share their expressions of political issues or causes they are passionate about. Lilianne Milgrom is exibiting video, projection, painting and sculpture. Her works were inspired by her personal experience living in Israel during a period when the threat of suicide bombings was a daily occurence. A very timely show in the light of the 10th anniversary of 9/11.
thru October 1 with a closing party on September 30th.
MOCA DC
1054 31st Street Northwest
Washington D.C., DC 20007
Jeff Huntington @ Porter Contemporary NYC
Jeff Huntington
Plaques & Tangles
September 15 - October 22
Artist reception and Alzheimer's Benefit:
Thursday, September 15, 7 - 9 PM
Inspired by watching his father's battle with Alzheimer's disease, Jeff Huntington explores the mysteries of perception and memory as well as the flexibility -- and fragility -- of the human mind.
A percentage of opening night art sales will benefit the Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation
Porter Contemporary
548 W. 28th Street, 3rd Floor
New York, New York 10001
212.696.7432
Plaques & Tangles
September 15 - October 22
Artist reception and Alzheimer's Benefit:
Thursday, September 15, 7 - 9 PM
Inspired by watching his father's battle with Alzheimer's disease, Jeff Huntington explores the mysteries of perception and memory as well as the flexibility -- and fragility -- of the human mind.
A percentage of opening night art sales will benefit the Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation
Porter Contemporary
548 W. 28th Street, 3rd Floor
New York, New York 10001
212.696.7432
Monday, September 12, 2011
PUBLIC ART COMES TO THE MOVIES IN RESTON
The Reston Community Center, in collaboration with the Initiative for Public Art -Reston (IPAR), is screening award-winning films this fall about exceptional public art projects. Visually stimulating and thought provoking, the films in the series are being shown to foster a community conversation about public art and the environment, and architecture and memorial spaces as IPAR moves forward with projects.
As part of the RCC’s “Tuesday Night at the Movies” program, the films will be screened September 13, November 15 and December 13.
Kicking off the series on September 13, is the 2004 film, Rivers and Tides, a 90-minute documentary exploring the visionary work of Andy Goldsworthy, a Scottish environmental sculptor who creates transitory art from objects he finds in nature—ice, driftwood, leaves, stone, dirt and snow in open fields, beaches, rivers, creeks and forests.
The New York Times review of Goldsworthy’s work and the movie points out the unfortunate tendency of art to become an egotistical attempt to leave something behind that will be contemplated for generations and theoretically for eternity.
On November 15, IPAR will welcome guest speaker Margaret Parsons, the founder and head of the National Gallery of Art’s film program. Parsons will introduce two films: Sol LeWitt: Wall Drawings (2010) and Studio Gang Architects: Aqua Tower (2009).
On December 13, the Oscar-winning documentary Maya Lin: Strong, Clear Vision captures the genius of architect Maya Lin, who vaulted to fame at age 21 when her sparse, modern and controversial design was chosen to memorialize the Vietnam War in Washington, D.C. This film relates to IPAR’s intention to establish a memorial garden in Reston. IPAR is currently studying how to move forward on this project by engaging with the community, and studying its many aspects.
All screenings are free and open to the public. For more information, contact the CenterStage Box Office at Reston Community Center Hunters Woods by calling 703-476-4500 x3. Screenings will start at 7:30 p.m.
www.publicartreston.org
As part of the RCC’s “Tuesday Night at the Movies” program, the films will be screened September 13, November 15 and December 13.
Kicking off the series on September 13, is the 2004 film, Rivers and Tides, a 90-minute documentary exploring the visionary work of Andy Goldsworthy, a Scottish environmental sculptor who creates transitory art from objects he finds in nature—ice, driftwood, leaves, stone, dirt and snow in open fields, beaches, rivers, creeks and forests.
The New York Times review of Goldsworthy’s work and the movie points out the unfortunate tendency of art to become an egotistical attempt to leave something behind that will be contemplated for generations and theoretically for eternity.
On November 15, IPAR will welcome guest speaker Margaret Parsons, the founder and head of the National Gallery of Art’s film program. Parsons will introduce two films: Sol LeWitt: Wall Drawings (2010) and Studio Gang Architects: Aqua Tower (2009).
On December 13, the Oscar-winning documentary Maya Lin: Strong, Clear Vision captures the genius of architect Maya Lin, who vaulted to fame at age 21 when her sparse, modern and controversial design was chosen to memorialize the Vietnam War in Washington, D.C. This film relates to IPAR’s intention to establish a memorial garden in Reston. IPAR is currently studying how to move forward on this project by engaging with the community, and studying its many aspects.
All screenings are free and open to the public. For more information, contact the CenterStage Box Office at Reston Community Center Hunters Woods by calling 703-476-4500 x3. Screenings will start at 7:30 p.m.
www.publicartreston.org
Nikki Painter @ Civilian
solo exhibition by Nikki Painter
Opening Saturday, September 17, 2011 7-9:00pm
Civilian Art Projects presents Site/Schema, new drawings and site-specific installation by Nikki Painter. In her second solo exhibition, Painter's works continue to develop and expand a set of images, bright colors and patterns to investigate the ways in which chaos and order interact and coexist. She will exhibit new works on paper and two site-specific installations, one in the project space and one in "The Entrance," our new foyer space made available for experiments and other awesomeness.
Civilian Art Projects
1019 7th Street NW, Second Floor
Washington DC 20001
(202) 607-3804
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Mary Page Evans @ Addison Ripley Gallery
MARY PAGE EVANS
SKIES, TREES & SEA
September 10 - October 15, 2011
Opening reception: Friday, September 16, 6-8pm
SKIES, TREES & SEA
September 10 - October 15, 2011
Opening reception: Friday, September 16, 6-8pm
Ribbon Sky, 2010, oil on canvas, 45 x 55 inches
Photo courtesy Addison Ripley Gallery
Ms. Evans expresses, in this most recent body of work, further refinement and an edgy reduction that seems both a tribute to the early influence of her acknowledged mentor, colorist Gene Davis, and the confirmation of a mastery of her medium that has scoured extraneous information from her pictures and added a deeper sense of the artist's delight in subject and profession. Whether her paintings are of mountains or sea, air or trees, gardens or fields, Mary Page Evans has consistently evoked the living cycles of her subjects. This artist has touched the elemental in a world she fashions powerfully, convincingly and, ultimately, tenderly with oil and pastel, charcoal and gouache. The combination of subject, skill and edge gives the work of Mary Page Evans a memorable quality.
The artist will also be the subject of a major retrospective at the Delaware Art Museum opening March 2012 entitled, "Painted Poetry, The Art of Mary Page Evans".
Addison Ripley Gallery
1670 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20007
202.338.5180
www.addisonripleyfineart.com
Kay Jackson: Environmental Works
The George Washington University
Media & Public Affairs Building, 2nd Floor
805 21st Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20052
Day into Night Opening Reception at The Old Print Gallery Sept. 16
The Old Print Gallery announces Day into Night, a new show of linocuts and woodblocks by NY artist Emily Trueblood, which will run from September 16- November 12, 2011. The exhibit will open with a free nighttime reception on Friday, September 16, from 5-8pm at the Old Print Gallery, where the artist will be in attendance to discuss her work and artistic process.
This collection of prints is inspired by the bold, graphic lines of city architecture, juxtaposed by the flux of time and nature. Trueblood uses a limited but expressive color palette to highlight the transition of time. She also depicts many of the same buildings in her prints, each print with altered hues and details to emphasize the inherent instability of nature and time. In doing so, her prints also bring attention to the resilient and stoic nature of the buildings in our steel-forged and limestone-carved cities.
The Old Print Gallery
1220 31st Street NW
Washington, DC 20007
Tel: 202-965-1818
www.oldprintgallery.com
This collection of prints is inspired by the bold, graphic lines of city architecture, juxtaposed by the flux of time and nature. Trueblood uses a limited but expressive color palette to highlight the transition of time. She also depicts many of the same buildings in her prints, each print with altered hues and details to emphasize the inherent instability of nature and time. In doing so, her prints also bring attention to the resilient and stoic nature of the buildings in our steel-forged and limestone-carved cities.
The Old Print Gallery
1220 31st Street NW
Washington, DC 20007
Tel: 202-965-1818
www.oldprintgallery.com
"Derailed 2" The Solo show of Tim Conlon Sept 17th
"Derailed 2"
The Solo Show of Tim Conlon
Saturday, Sept 17th, from 8-11pm
Reception begins at 8pm
Show end date: October 16th
Derailed 2, a solo exhibition featuring aerosol artist Tim Conlon. Derailed 2 pays homage to the artist’s almost twenty-year love affair with freight train graffiti art. In this new exhibition, Conlon will showcase a series of new works including life-size aerosol paintings of aged freight cars; weathered model trains featuring scaled-to-size graffiti in the bright colors and iconic characters for which Conlon is best known; and contemporary photographs of trains and their environs.
About Derailed 2 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. Train cars were everywhere and as an art student with in interest in graffiti, it was easy to get hooked on this revolving art gallery.”
Location:
Art Whino Gallery
120 American Way
National Harbor, MD 20745
The event is FREE and open to the public.
About the Artist
Conlon is best known for his large-scale murals and canvases. He was one of two aerosol artists featured in the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery’s 2008 exhibition, RECOGNIZE! Hip Hop and Contemporary Portraiture and recently was featured and had a small curatorial role in the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art’s Art in the Streets exhibit. Works by Conlon have also been exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., Art Basel in Miami, Strychnin Gallery in Berlin, and numerous other galleries. He has been featured in dozens of publications, websites, and other media outlets including Smithsonian Magazine, Washingtonian Magazine, The Washington Post, Washington City Paper, NPR, DC Modern Luxury, American Observer, Paste Magazine, the DCist blog, and The Examiner. Conlon posts regular missives about art and culture both local and global on his website and blog, www.conoperative.com.
33rd Adams Morgan Day Festival Sept 11
“A Global Community of Cultures”
The Adams Morgan Day Festival celebrates the creativity that comes from the synergy of diverse cultures
Sunday, Sept 11, 2011. 12pm - 7pm
Dana Ellyn, “Bombs and Oil Everywhere
But Not A Drop to Drink”
30"x40" oil on chipboard
But Not A Drop to Drink”
30"x40" oil on chipboard
The 33rd annual Adams Morgan Day street festival will take place on Sunday, September 11, 2011, on 18th Street between Columbia Rd, NW, and Florida Ave.NW from 12 pm to 7 pm, and in adjacent areas. Stroll colorful storefronts and sidewalk cafes and enjoy the neighborhood scale and local businesses away from the mall and downtown.
(Arts on Belmont) 10am - 7pm
Arts on Belmont showcases the work of original artists and artisans during the Adams Morgan Day Festival. Diverse artists stretch shady Belmont between Columbia Rd & 18th St.NW.
Belmont is a picturesque, typical Adams Morgan street with both historic and stately row houses. It serves as the perfect backdrop for the array of talented creative artists brought together under the plentiful shade of its umbrella-like oak trees. http://www.adamsmorgandayfestival.com/
Friday, September 09, 2011
Touchstone Gallery - Opening Reception, Friday, Sept. 9
The Nature of Joy by Lou Gagnon
Simple yet sophisticated color arrangements in pastel, inspired by
his family's farm, that move both visually and emotionally
OFF the SQUARE by Mary H. Lynch
Canvas wall reliefs translate the landscape of ordinary objects
into abstract patterns and geometric grids
Opening Reception
Friday, September 9, 6:00 - 8:30pm
Touchstone Gallery
901 New York Avenue, NW
202.347.2787
info@touchstonegallery.com
www.touchstonegallery.com
Metro: Gallery Pl-Chinatown, exit 9th and G streets
Simple yet sophisticated color arrangements in pastel, inspired by
his family's farm, that move both visually and emotionally
OFF the SQUARE by Mary H. Lynch
Canvas wall reliefs translate the landscape of ordinary objects
into abstract patterns and geometric grids
Opening Reception
Friday, September 9, 6:00 - 8:30pm
Touchstone Gallery
901 New York Avenue, NW
202.347.2787
info@touchstonegallery.com
www.touchstonegallery.com
Metro: Gallery Pl-Chinatown, exit 9th and G streets
Reception for Janis Goodman
@ Stages Premier Realtors Washington
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 5:30-7:30pm
RSVP by September 9
anthony at stagesrealtors.com
19th annual Arts on Foot festival
Arts on Foot
September 10-11 in Penn Quarter
The Washington Examiner’s Arts on Foot is Washington DC’s premier outdoor arts festival. Spanning four city blocks in the vibrant Penn Quarter neighborhood with the Smithsonian American Art Museum as its backdrop and within steps of upscale restaurants, hotels and cultural destinations, the event features a juried fine arts market, food sampling from high-end restaurants, wine court, two entertainment stages and local arts/cultural organizations.
http://www.artsonfoot.org/
September 10-11 in Penn Quarter
The Washington Examiner’s Arts on Foot is Washington DC’s premier outdoor arts festival. Spanning four city blocks in the vibrant Penn Quarter neighborhood with the Smithsonian American Art Museum as its backdrop and within steps of upscale restaurants, hotels and cultural destinations, the event features a juried fine arts market, food sampling from high-end restaurants, wine court, two entertainment stages and local arts/cultural organizations.
http://www.artsonfoot.org/
Gazette.Net: Bethesda art galleries suffer from the economy and changing tides
Gazette.Net: Bethesda art galleries suffer from the economy and changing tides
Monday, August 15, 2011 by Cody Calamaio, Staff Writer
Monday, August 15, 2011 by Cody Calamaio, Staff Writer
Another of the monthly Art Walks in downtown Bethesda took place Friday. But this time, art patrons out for a stroll were faced with one more closed door, that of Orchard Gallery.
For months, gallery owners Anne and James Kim were just “surviving.” Their art gallery that also served as a framing studio had been getting by, but when faced with the idea of signing another five-year lease for their Norfolk Avenue location, it was too much of a risk.
READ MORE HERE
Thursday, September 08, 2011
KABAKOV Opening @ Hemphill, September 10-October 29, 2011
Ilya & Emilia KABAKOV
September 10–October 29, 2011
September 10–October 29, 2011
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 10, 6:30pm–8:30pm
Included in the exhibition are drawings and a scale model of “The Large House of Humanity,” 1998, an unrealized project designed for the bank of the Potomac River in Washington DC. The proposed monument has a perimeter of 70 x 50 meters and a height commensurate with the Washington Monument. The white metal construction forms the contours of a traditional American home with a mansard roof. From a distance this gigantic “house” appears like a white mirage against the blue sky. Suspended from the ceiling inside the house are wire letters that read: “Since home we have but one, this earth we live upon. With our home in constant motion we are striving toward the stars.”
Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Saturday
10:00am–5:00pm, and by appointment.
Image: Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, The Large House Of Humanity, colored pencil on paper, 37 ½” x 45 ½”
Hemphill, 1515 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005
By The Numbers: The Washington Sculptors Group at Blackrock Center for the Arts
BY THE NUMBERS
An Exhibition about the Mathematics of Sculpture
Image: Greta Matus & Martin Feldman, "Numbers Combined,"
2011, assemblage (detail), 54" x 30" x 5"
September 7 - September 30, 2011
Opening Reception & Curator's Remarks:
Saturday, September 10, 2011, 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Saturday, September 10, 2011, 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Participating Artists: Jan Acton, Allan Arp, Chris Bathgate, Michael Bednar, Jessica Beels, Julia Bloom, Jeffery Cooper, Gary Christopherson, Jeff Chyatte, Tom Greaves, Zachary Oxman, Davide Prete, Michael Guadagno, Penny Jacoby, Martin Feldman, Barbara Liotta, Greta Matus, Mike Shaffer, Elizabeth Whiteley, Damien Yanessa.
A Washington Sculptors Group Exhibition Curated by Claudia Rousseau.
BlackRock Center for the Arts12901 Town Commons Drive
Germantown, MD 20874
www.blackrockcenter.org
Gallery Hours:
Monday - Friday, 10 am - 5 pm and during evening events.
"The works in this exhibit are all expressive of numbers by way of sequences, intervals, number theories, geometry, measurements and/or sequenced arrays of forms, whether abstract or organic in origin.
A number of artists represented here are familiar with and fascinated by the Fibonacci sequence, and the way it can be expressed in three-dimensional forms, or discovered in nature. In his Liber Abaci of 1202, Leonardo of Pisa, better known as Fibonacci, introduced the number sequence he discovered to Western European mathematics and science. While the equations that prove it may seem abstruse, the intervals it expresses are, in fact, found in nature. Of particular interest is the "golden spiral" a special kind of logarithmic spiral that can be achieved abstractly through mathematical plotting, but which can be found in the arms of spiral galaxies, nautilus shells, and not only in many plants, but in the growth patterns of trees and leaves."
- Claudia Rousseau, 2011
The Washington Sculptors Group (WSG) is a volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting awareness of sculpture and fostering exchanges among sculptors, sculpture enthusiasts and the public. Organized in 1984, membership has grown to include almost 400 area artists. The WSG sponsors frequent public programs and organizes professional sculpture exhibitions juried by prominent curators. Visit www.washingtonsculptors.org to join the WSG, view images of members' work, and to subscribe to the WSG newsletter.
INDUSTRY Gallery D.C. Presents Meltdown by Tom Price
INDUSTRY
21st Century Design Gallery presents
MELTDOWN
new work by TOM PRICE
September 10 - October 22, 2011
Meet Tom Price Opening Night, September 10th. Reception 6-8 pm
INDUSTRY will be launching its Fall 2011 design season with the first U.S. solo exhibition of work by innovative British artist and designer, Tom Price. Specializing in modern furniture products, sculpture and lighting design, process plays a key role in Price’s work which has been bought by international museums, galleries and private collectors. Much of Price’s work is made using unconventional materials. In fact, he often finds it necessary to invent new tools and techniques in order to get the required results from certain fabrications. But Price sees this as an intrinsic part of the overall designand narrative.
Included in this exhibition will be Price’s coveted Meltdown Chairs—a series of unique furniture pieces made by melting a seat shape into a sculpted assembly of commonplace plastic products using a specially designed heated former. Original to this exhibit is an homage to DC. When he visited last spring, Price fell in love with the area’s iconic cherry trees. Inspired by them, he has constructed a series of sweeping sculptures out of plastic tubing, referencing the shapes of the trees and their blossoms. They will combine to create a unique immersive and site-specific installation, taking over an entire room of the gallery.
INDUSTRY announces the opening of a second gallery in the renowned Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles with FOSSILIZED 2.0—an exhibit by Belgian designer Jens Praet—September 22nd-November 11, 2011.
The Gallery is open Wednesday – Saturday, 11 am – 5 pm, and by appointment.
For more information on INDUSTRY visit industrygallerydc.com
INDUSTRY
H St. NE/Atlas Theater District
1358 Florida Avenue, NE. Suite 200
Washington DC 20002
T: 202 399 1730
21st Century Design Gallery presents
MELTDOWN
new work by TOM PRICE
September 10 - October 22, 2011
Meet Tom Price Opening Night, September 10th. Reception 6-8 pm
INDUSTRY will be launching its Fall 2011 design season with the first U.S. solo exhibition of work by innovative British artist and designer, Tom Price. Specializing in modern furniture products, sculpture and lighting design, process plays a key role in Price’s work which has been bought by international museums, galleries and private collectors. Much of Price’s work is made using unconventional materials. In fact, he often finds it necessary to invent new tools and techniques in order to get the required results from certain fabrications. But Price sees this as an intrinsic part of the overall designand narrative.
Included in this exhibition will be Price’s coveted Meltdown Chairs—a series of unique furniture pieces made by melting a seat shape into a sculpted assembly of commonplace plastic products using a specially designed heated former. Original to this exhibit is an homage to DC. When he visited last spring, Price fell in love with the area’s iconic cherry trees. Inspired by them, he has constructed a series of sweeping sculptures out of plastic tubing, referencing the shapes of the trees and their blossoms. They will combine to create a unique immersive and site-specific installation, taking over an entire room of the gallery.
INDUSTRY announces the opening of a second gallery in the renowned Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles with FOSSILIZED 2.0—an exhibit by Belgian designer Jens Praet—September 22nd-November 11, 2011.
The Gallery is open Wednesday – Saturday, 11 am – 5 pm, and by appointment.
For more information on INDUSTRY visit industrygallerydc.com
INDUSTRY
H St. NE/Atlas Theater District
1358 Florida Avenue, NE. Suite 200
Washington DC 20002
T: 202 399 1730
Savoring the Art of Peace Benefit
Savoring the Art of Peace
A Wine Tasting Benefit for
Empowered Women International and
Peace X Peace
A Wine Tasting Benefit for
Empowered Women International and
Peace X Peace
Presented and Sponsored by Authentic Contemporary Art, Kreative Ways and Solutions, LLC and East City Art
Friday, September 9, 2011
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
SOVA Espresso & Wine Bar
1359 H. Street, N.E., Washington, DC
Featuring artwork by Nadia Janjua6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
SOVA Espresso & Wine Bar
1359 H. Street, N.E., Washington, DC
Music by LEA
Cost Per Person: $55.00
If you cannot attend preferred donation: $55.00
To register or donate please visit:
http://savoringtheartofpeace.evite.com
Enjoy the warm acoustic sounds, view the breathtaking artwork and savor regional wines plus gourmet cheeses at the SOVA Espresso and Wine Bar for this exclusive benefit for two local organizations benefitting women in the Metro Washington, DC area: Empowered Women International and Peace X Peace.
This special event on the eve of the 10th Anniversary of 9/11 will also feature a Book signing and sale of book "Sixty Years Sixty Voices: Israeli and Palestinian Women" written by Peace X Peace Founder, Patricia Smith Melton and a Silent Auction featuring artwork by Nadia Janjua and others.
Drawn to Print and 9/11 Artist Reactions @ WPG
Drawn to Print
drawings and prints by gallery artists
9/11 Tenth Anniversary: Artists' Reactions
A selection of prints by WPG artists that were created in response to this world-changing event. This exhibition is held in conjunction with the 9/11 Arts Project.
drawings and prints by gallery artists
9/11 Tenth Anniversary: Artists' Reactions
A selection of prints by WPG artists that were created in response to this world-changing event. This exhibition is held in conjunction with the 9/11 Arts Project.
August 31-September 25
Opening Reception for both Exhibitions:
Saturday, September 10, 1-4 pm.
Saturday, September 10, 1-4 pm.
@
Washington Printmakers Gallery
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, 2nd Floor
8230 Georgia Ave
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
Telepathy Drawings @ Montgomery College
Part of “Intersections: Where Art Meets Science,” a series of exhibitions
August 29–October 28
Telepathy Drawings
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 22, 6–8 p.m.
@
Open Gallery
“Telepathy Drawings” is an ongoing project of Baltimore artists Christina Ayala and John Morris. The drawings are a result of a session of intense telepathic communication between participants. During the session one participant concentrates on a single phrase or mental image and conveys it telepathically to the other, who then records the message in a drawing. An interactive Telepathy Station will accompany the exhibit
The Open Gallery (previously called the Annex Gallery) is a high visibility space adjacent to the King Street Gallery on the main floor of the Cafritz Arts Center.The Open Gallery
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Arts Center
Montgomery College Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus
930 King Street
Takoma Park, MD 20912
http://cms.montgomerycollege.edu/arts-tpss/exhibitions/
Limelight: Mark Behme @ Montgomery College CAC Opening Sept. 22
Limelight: Works by Mark Behme
August 22 - October 1, 2011
Reception: September 22, 6-8pm
King Street Cultural Arts Night Celebration
7995 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD
www.montgomerycollege.edu/cac
Tuesday, September 06, 2011
VESSEL Opens at Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery
VESSEL
September 9 - October 22, 2011
Opening Reception: Friday | September 9: 7:00pm
With a dance performance by Maida Withers Dance Construction Company and live music by Steve Hilmy
After a year of renovation the Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery is excited to re-open its doors and present its grand re-opening exhibition, VESSEL.
Since 9/11 fear has plagued our cultural psyche, resurrecting the divisive "we" and "other" in our communities. On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of 9/11, our small hope is to use art to open greater avenues for connection and to catalyze a healing discourse. VESSEL combines abstract works to evoke a sacred space of "holding," where open community dialogue may be inspired. Selected works express an effort to move beyond and communicate that 'healing is possible' for everyone.
Featuring works by Emily Biondo, Alonzo Davis, Jenny Freestone, Ani Kasten, M.J. Kavian, Madeleine Keesing, Rachel Rotenburg, Angela White, and Millicent Young.
VESSEL is also a launch event for The 9/11 Arts Project: Healing 10 Years Later. For more project details and events please visit: www.911artsproject.com
Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery
1632 U Street NW, Washington, DC, 20009
Gallery Hours: W-F 11am-5pm, Sat 11am-3pm, & by appointment
www.smithcenter.org/gallery | 202.483.8600
September 9 - October 22, 2011
Opening Reception: Friday | September 9: 7:00pm
With a dance performance by Maida Withers Dance Construction Company and live music by Steve Hilmy
Angela White, Inner Light, 50x44, oil on paper
Photo courtesy the artist
After a year of renovation the Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery is excited to re-open its doors and present its grand re-opening exhibition, VESSEL.
Since 9/11 fear has plagued our cultural psyche, resurrecting the divisive "we" and "other" in our communities. On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of 9/11, our small hope is to use art to open greater avenues for connection and to catalyze a healing discourse. VESSEL combines abstract works to evoke a sacred space of "holding," where open community dialogue may be inspired. Selected works express an effort to move beyond and communicate that 'healing is possible' for everyone.
Featuring works by Emily Biondo, Alonzo Davis, Jenny Freestone, Ani Kasten, M.J. Kavian, Madeleine Keesing, Rachel Rotenburg, Angela White, and Millicent Young.
VESSEL is also a launch event for The 9/11 Arts Project: Healing 10 Years Later. For more project details and events please visit: www.911artsproject.com
Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery
1632 U Street NW, Washington, DC, 20009
Gallery Hours: W-F 11am-5pm, Sat 11am-3pm, & by appointment
www.smithcenter.org/gallery | 202.483.8600
Boston Properties - Sept. 7 Exhibit Opening
Heurich Gallery Exhibit Opening
Wednesday, September 7, 5:30 - 7:00pm Wine and Chocolate Reception
Natural Selection: Drawings by Amy Lin and Sculpture by Paul Martin Wolff
Artist's Talk 6:00pm
Exhibit on display through December 6
Boston Properties
The Heurich Gallery
505 9th Street, NW
202.585.0800
Metro: Gallery Pl-Chinatown, exit 9th and G streets
Wednesday, September 7, 5:30 - 7:00pm Wine and Chocolate Reception
Natural Selection: Drawings by Amy Lin and Sculpture by Paul Martin Wolff
Artist's Talk 6:00pm
Exhibit on display through December 6
Boston Properties
The Heurich Gallery
505 9th Street, NW
202.585.0800
Metro: Gallery Pl-Chinatown, exit 9th and G streets
Blend: "Recording / Responding to Loss and Recovery"
In partnership with The 9/11 Arts Project, initiated by the Smith Center for Healing and the Arts, Blend: "Recording / Responding toLoss and Recovery" was designed to complement the exhibition ‘"Ten Years After 9/11" co-curated by Helen Frederick and William Dunlap.
The exhibition features work by 39 international artists from Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Russia, Ireland, Germany, Greece and the United States; each artist bringing their personal perspectives and unique viewpoints to the cultural conversation commemorating the tenth anniversary of the events of September 11, 2001.
Blend will include live performances by local electric cellist, Wytold, and a collaborative spoken word piece by Regie Cabico and Gowri K., followed by a panel discussion exploring methods and perspectives of healing on the anniversary of 9/11. Panelists include exhibiting artists Brian Counihan, Mike Fay, Jeffrey Kent, Phyllis Plattner, and Matt Pinney; moderated by Helen Frederick.
The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities launched Blend: a vibrant series of events to engage the District’s diverse communities in dialogues and programs that use the arts to intersect and explore today’s social issues. Through a variety of venues, voices and values, the Commission will convene local creatives in inspirational and provocative opportunities throughout the city.
For a full list of 9/11 Arts Project collaborators and other events visit, www.911artsproject.com
The exhibition features work by 39 international artists from Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Russia, Ireland, Germany, Greece and the United States; each artist bringing their personal perspectives and unique viewpoints to the cultural conversation commemorating the tenth anniversary of the events of September 11, 2001.
Blend will include live performances by local electric cellist, Wytold, and a collaborative spoken word piece by Regie Cabico and Gowri K., followed by a panel discussion exploring methods and perspectives of healing on the anniversary of 9/11. Panelists include exhibiting artists Brian Counihan, Mike Fay, Jeffrey Kent, Phyllis Plattner, and Matt Pinney; moderated by Helen Frederick.
For a full list of 9/11 Arts Project collaborators and other events visit, www.911artsproject.com
“CONTEMPORARY ART PURCHASING PROGRAM: SELECTIONS 2010-2011”
NEW EXHIBITION FEATURING RECENT ACQUISITIONS BY THE STUDENT UNION STAMP GALLERY AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK
August 29, 2011 to October 15, 2011
the Stamp Gallery will host its biannual exhibition showcasing the Stamp’s most
recent acquisitions made possible by the Stamp’s notable Contemporary Art Purchasing Program.
August 29, 2011 to October 15, 2011
Opening reception on September 8, 2011 from 5:00PM-8:00PM.
Featured artists include Jeff Brouws, Patrick Jacobs, Luke Jerram, Sarah Anne Johnson, Doug Keyes, Jae Ko, and Jenny Morgan.
In the spring of 2009, five gifted students were selected to be part of a committee that was taught the intricacies of contemporary art through a series of workshops with gallery staff and art professionals. The goal of this student committee was to add exciting and challenging works to the Stamp’s growing permanent contemporary art collection. Each and every acquisition was thoughtfully selected solely by the student committee after group excursions to New York City and Washington D.C, where they visited multiple galleries and artists’ studios.
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-6:00PM; and Saturdays 11:00AM-5:00PM. For more information about the exhibition and the program log on to http://stampgallery.wordpress.com/
Monday, September 05, 2011
"7.4.11, Photographs by Facing Change: Documenting America", September 9 - November 18, 2011
Lucian Perkins, Washington DC, July 4, 2011
7.4.11
Photographs by Facing Change: Documenting America
September 9–November 18, 2011
Carroll Square Gallery
Public reception: Friday, September 9, 2011, 6:00–8:00pm.
The exhibition will remain on view through November 18, 2011.
The Fourth of July is a patriotic holiday celebrating the freedoms granted to the people of the United States. Americans express gratitude for the liberties fought for by their Forefathers and generations following. Above all, the holiday is a time to gather and enjoy the company of friends, family and greater communities. The value of the day’s picnics, barbecues and parades is made greater by the obstacles America’s inhabitants have faced and the accomplishments they have made.
7.4.11 documents the various ways in which diverse groups of people commemorated this year’s holiday. Viewers are given the opportunity to observe common American traditions and to reflect on the emotional impact of patriotism. One’s interpretations of such imagery often change based on the political climate, and have certainly forever been shifted given events in recent history. The photographs in 7.4.11 offer an introspective viewing experience that in return may affect the way in which one actually participates in such festivities in the future.
7.4.11 includes photographs by the photojournalists of Facing Change: Documenting America, a non-profit collective of acclaimed photojournalists and writers coming together to document the critical issues facing America. Photographers in the exhibition include: David Burnett, Debbie Flemming Caffery, Alan Chin, Danny Wilcox Frazier, Brenda Ann Kenneally, Andrew Lichtenstein, Carlos Javier Ortiz, Lucian Perkins, and Anthony Suau. This series of images highlights 2011’s Fourth of July celebrations in Greenwich, CT, New Canaan, CT, Washington, DC, North Liberty, IA, Chicago, IL, Erath, LA, Brooklyn, NY, Lansingburgh, NY, Newburgh, NY, and Philadelphia, PA.
Carroll Square Gallery
975 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20004
www.carrollsquare.com
Gallery open during business hours:
Monday–Friday, 8:00am–6:00pm
The Trawick Prize: Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards
The Trawick Prize: Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards will feature the work of 11 artists from Sept. 1 - 30 at the Artery Plaza Gallery located at 7200 Wisconsin Avenue. Gallery hours are Wed. - Sat., 12-6pm. An opening reception will be held on Friday, Sept. 9 from 6-9pm. The Trawick Prize is celebrating its 9th year of honoring regional artists with $14,000 in prize monies. See the complete list of exhibiting artists.
For more information, please visit www.bethesda.org or call (301) 215-6660.
For more information, please visit www.bethesda.org or call (301) 215-6660.
Sunday, September 04, 2011
ELLINGTON ROBINSON Opening Sept. 9, 6:30-9:00pm
Image credit: Hametic, 2011 acrylic, collage, ink, and oil, 60" x 48"
Ellington Robinson: In Quest of The Sun
Exhibition: September 9 - October 15, 2011
Opening Reception: Friday, September 9, 6:30-9:00 pm
Music by DJ I'Wah.
Project 4 Gallery presents “In Quest of The Sun,” a solo exhibition of new work by DC artist Ellington Robinson.
To Ellington Robinson, painting is a physical, psychological, and spiritual experience, which includes a formal process and a narrative approach. By contorting and layering collected materials such as travel documents, vinyl, record sleeves, and cassette tapes, Robinson’s works evolve and embody his quest.
In his new work Robinson explores the ways by which people reach their physical and socioeconomic location. He asks: “How do we arrive at our longitude, latitude, and altitude? What determines our height, width, and depth within time zones.” Robinson recognizes that planes, trains and cars, religion, education, and labels are agents in our migration, while also acknowledging a celestial agent where the ancestors dwell in eternity and parallel universes.
Project 4
1353 U Street NW, 3rd floor,
Washington, DC 20009
202 232 4340
http://www.project4gallery.com/
harmon art lab (HAL) is a creative collaboration that ties art curator, artist and viewer into an interactive dialogue of ideas and engagement. HAL will exhibit the work of two risk-taking artists per month working in a variety of media that will help to redefine contemporary art in the DC area, one as a solo exhibition, the other as a site-specific installation influenced by the space and the content of the artist's own work. This will offer prospects for transformation as each artist creates something temporal and unique to the space.
Along with the gallery, harmon art lab will publish a monthly online art paper inviting a menagerie of guest writers to articulate refreshing and thoughtful perspectives about the world of art as they see it. Unlike a traditional gallery website, the online art paper will also include fascinating interviews with area artists, collectors, curators and critics, as well as exhibition and installation images every month.
HAL will be open on Saturday and Sunday during the first week of exhibition, September 10, 6pm-9pm & September 11, 1pm-6pm with events such as artist talks, panel discussions and private functions throughout the month, and by appointment after that.
harmon art lab is the creation of artists Peter e Harper and Thomas Drymon.
Please RSVP contact Peter or Thomas @harmonartlab.com. Thank you.
Peter e Harper
Thomas Drymon
1716 14th Street NW, 2nd floor
Washington DC 20009
202-368-7150
harmonartlab.com
Saturday, September 03, 2011
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden / Black Box: Nira Pereg
Black Box: Nira Pereg
August 22 -- November
Nira Pereg (Israeli, b. Tel Aviv, 1969) creates documentary-based video works that transform quotidian actualities into dramatic scenarios. This Black Box presentation features 67 Bows, 2006, a work inspired by visits to the Karlsruhe Zoo, where Pereg studied a flock of flamingos. Employing various camera angles, the artist offers sumptuous close-ups of these exotic animals calmly going about their instinctual business. Over the muffled noise of the birds' squawks and clucks she adds a provocative, sporadically timed soundtrack, implying disturbing human intrusion into their peaceful realm and evoking a sense of suspense and heightened apprehension that asks viewers to question the relationship between what they see and what they hear.
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden7th Street & Independence Avenue, SW
Metro: L'Enfant Plaza, 7th and Maryland Avenue exit
202.633.1000
www.hirshhorn.si.edu
August 22 -- November
Nira Pereg (Israeli, b. Tel Aviv, 1969) creates documentary-based video works that transform quotidian actualities into dramatic scenarios. This Black Box presentation features 67 Bows, 2006, a work inspired by visits to the Karlsruhe Zoo, where Pereg studied a flock of flamingos. Employing various camera angles, the artist offers sumptuous close-ups of these exotic animals calmly going about their instinctual business. Over the muffled noise of the birds' squawks and clucks she adds a provocative, sporadically timed soundtrack, implying disturbing human intrusion into their peaceful realm and evoking a sense of suspense and heightened apprehension that asks viewers to question the relationship between what they see and what they hear.
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden7th Street & Independence Avenue, SW
Metro: L'Enfant Plaza, 7th and Maryland Avenue exit
202.633.1000
www.hirshhorn.si.edu
Call to Artists: ARTBANK 2012
The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities is seeking to purchase two and three-dimensional works of art including, but not limited to, prints, drawings, mixed media compositions, paintings, photographs, ceramics, and moveable sculptures to be included in the Art Bank Collection. They are especially encouraging video artists and other technological innovators to apply.
The call is open to artists who reside or maintain studio space in the Washington DC metro area, however, preference will be given to DC residents.
The deadline for submission is Friday, September 30th. Please follow dcarts.slideroom.com to find the Art Bank 2011 Call to artists.
For additional information, contact Zoma Wallace at zoma.wallace@dc.gov or 202.724.5613.
The call is open to artists who reside or maintain studio space in the Washington DC metro area, however, preference will be given to DC residents.
The deadline for submission is Friday, September 30th. Please follow dcarts.slideroom.com to find the Art Bank 2011 Call to artists.
For additional information, contact Zoma Wallace at zoma.wallace@dc.gov or 202.724.5613.
After Nearly 20 Years, Cultural Diplomacy Pioneer Retires
After Nearly 20 Years, Cultural Diplomacy Pioneer Retires
Author Gary Tischler is a contributing writer for The Washington Diplomat.
Author Gary Tischler is a contributing writer for The Washington Diplomat.
Félix Ángel is a widely recognized, prolific artist who has shown his work all over the world and who — in his younger days in Colombia — lived the artistic life as any artist should: He painted, studied, wrote an underground novel and was part of a budding, lively art scene in his native Medellín.
But he may not have exactly imagined himself as the director of a cultural center run by a big multilateral bank, nurturing an ever-growing, innovative art program in a global epicenter of politics.
Well, Ángel the artist and Ángel the director have both been busy, as has his imagination. And now he's getting ready to retire. Not from being an artist — that would be impossible to imagine. But he is preparing to retire after nearly 20 years as curator and 11 years as director of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Cultural Center in D.C., a twist and turn in his career that was probably not in the plans of his fertile imagination.
READ MORE HERE at The Washington Diplomat.
Friday, September 02, 2011
Artistically Speaking with Marilou Donahue September issue
BRENDA HARRIS Soprano is featured on "Artistically Speaking with Marilou Donahue," a television arts program, and now a web site highlighting the arts in the Washington, D. C. area.
Check out Marilou's September issue online.
Highlight: A fascinating catalog accompanies the Capital Portraits exhibition, little known portraits and sculptures from the mid-eighteenth century to present at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery which is on view until September 5th. A great gift idea!
Artistically Speaking with Marilou Donahue http://www.artisticallyspeaking.tv/mainpage.html
Check out Marilou's September issue online.
Highlight: A fascinating catalog accompanies the Capital Portraits exhibition, little known portraits and sculptures from the mid-eighteenth century to present at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery which is on view until September 5th. A great gift idea!
Artistically Speaking with Marilou Donahue http://www.artisticallyspeaking.tv/mainpage.html
Some Irish Art Events
at the National Gallery of Art
27th August - 25th September
The Secret of Roan Inish (Irish Film Institute)
Starting in 1927 with a dose of American Will Rogers' humor, then examining a few works that derive from Ireland's deep literary tradition, and ending with an evening of rare silent island films presented with a live score from four Aran island musicians, the series observes facets of Irish history, literature, mythology.
The series, organized in association with curator Sunniva O'Flynn of the Irish Film Institute, includes many films which are preserved in the IFI Irish Film Archive. It is presented in cooperation with IFI International and with support of Culture Ireland's "Imagine Ireland: A year of Irish Arts in America 2011".
More information is available from the National Gallery of Art.
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World Doctors Orchestra
at the Music Center at Strathmore
The World Doctors Orchestra will perform at the Music Center at Strathmore on Sunday, 11th September. The orchestra is composed of over 100 physicians from more than 25 nations, including Ireland. More information is available from the World Doctors Orchestra.
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Paula Meehan and Theo Dorgan
at the Folger Shakespeare Library
Monday, 19th September
Introduction and conversation moderated by
Joseph M. Hassett, Folger Poetry Board member and author of W.B. Yeats and the Muses.
Paula Meehan is an award-winning Irish poet, playwright, and professor. Her books of poetry include Painting Rain, Return and No Blame, Pillow Talk, and Dharmakaya, among others. She is a recipient of the Butler Award for Poetry from the Irish American Cultural Institute. Theo Dorgan is a poet, prose writer, editor, and translator. His latest poetry collections include Greek and What This Earth Costs Us. He has written scripts for film documentaries and worked as a presenter of literature programs on radio and television for more than 25 years. A former director of Poetry Ireland, he is the recipient of the 2010 Lawrence O'Shaughnessy Prize for Irish Poetry. Both poets will read from their work. The reading includes a moderated conversation and is followed by a complimentary wine reception and book signing. Supported by Culture Ireland.
Further information, including on how to purchase tickets, is available from the Folger Shakespeare Library.
The Sky's the Limit:
Opening Reception:
Saturday, September 10, 5-8pm
Featuring
Camellia A. Blackwell · Shamus Ian Fatzinger · Karen Hampton · Ronnie Spiewak · John James Anderson · Patricia Autenrieth · Juliana Barnet · Graham Boyle · Robin Childers · Larry W. Cook · Michael Corigliano · Ellen Cort · Alison Duvall · Pete Duvall · Mara Duvra · Cheryl Edwards · Victor Ehikhamenor · Ric Garcia · Winston Harris · Tom Hill · Belle J. Hinnefeld · Matthew Kerkhof · Syreetta McArthur · Manuel R. Paucar · John Reef ·Charles Reiher · Michelle C. Roberts · Marsha Salzberg · Heather M. Schmaedeke · Charles A. Sessoms · Nora Simon · Matthew Smith · Laura G. Thorne · Diane Tuckman · Debra E. Tyler · Dwight E. Tyler · Linda Lee Uphoff · Richard Paul Weiblinger
The Brentwood Arts Exchange announces The Sky's the Limit, the 2011 Prince George's County Juried Exhibition. The Sky's the Limit presents a glimpse of the ways photography employs itself throughout the visual arts, here and now. Juried by Michael Platt, the exhibition presents the best photo-inclusive art by artists who live, work, or study in Prince George's County.
Free. Open to the Public
Brentwood Arts Exchange - exchanging ideas through art.
@ Gateway Arts Center
3901 Rhode Island Avenue
Brentwood, MD
301-277-2863/
arts.pgparks.com
East City Art Events
Cost Per Person: $55.00. If you cannot attend preferred donation: $55.00
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The First H Street Chalkwalk, Saturday September 10, Organized by CHAMPS (Capitol Hill Association of Merchants and Professionals) and H Street Main Street
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The Fourth Annual Hyattsville Arts Festival, Saturday September 24, Sponsored by Eakin Yougentob, Pulte Homes and the City of Hyattsville, MD.
Thursday, September 01, 2011
Opening Reception: "Containment and Diversion", Thursday, September 1st, 6:30-8:30pm
Thomas Burkett
September 1 - October 2
Opening Reception Thursday, September 1st 6:30 - 8:30pm
RSVP to info@longviewgallery.com by August 30th
Long View Gallery announces Containment and Diversion, featuring approximately 15 mixed media works on paper by Washington-based artist Thomas Burkett. This marks the first solo show of Burkett’s young career. Thomas’ work explores topics currently headlining news stories around the country. Wide spread water shortages in much of the south caused by the breakdown of manmade containment and diversion equipment, exemplifies his belief in our inability to exact control over nature.
Growing up in the grandeur of the Western United States, Thomas Burkett gleaned an impression of invincibility and an air of confidence that abundant land resources is a right of passage. Now, as an outside observer, he realizes his utopian West is both a place of grandeur and illusion. An urban identity now confronts his notion of abundance with the reality of a water crisis and a realization that we have settled in an environment that challenges our subversive tactics of control. Determined to examine our control of water, the work in Containment and Diversion portrays the damming, diverting, and polluting of water – life’s most vital substance.
Long View Gallery | 1234 9th St NW | Washington, DC 20001
Gallery 555 Sept Exhibit: Kathy Wismar X 2
Reception: Saturday, September 3, Noon - 5PM
Gallery 555dc
555 12th Street NW
Lobby
Washington DC 20004
202-393-1409
Transformer launchs 10th Exhibition Season with transformers at the Corcoran's Gallery 31
transformers
August 31 - October 2, 2011
August 31 - October 2, 2011
Gallery 31 at the Corcoran College of Art + Design
500 Seventeenth Street NW, Washington, DC 20006
Thursday, September 1, 6 - 9 pm.
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 1, 6 - 9 pm
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 1, 6 - 9 pm
Poesy/Poetry/Poetics with Casey Smith: Thurs., September 15, 6 - 8 pm
transformers: the next generation
September 17 - October 22 at Transformer
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 17, 6 - 8 pm
September 17 - October 22 at Transformer
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 17, 6 - 8 pm
transformers and transformers: the next generation are two expansive group exhibitions highlighting the current work of Corcoran College of Art + Design alumni who have helped to define Transformer's exhibition program aesthetic since our inception, and a new generation of artists emerging in their careers.
transformers, which will be presented at the Corcoran's Gallery 31, features new works by artists: Reuben Breslar, Breck Brunson, Jessica Cebra, Natalie W. Cheung, Cynthia Connolly, Jennifer De Palma, Nilay Lawson, Hatnim Lee, Marissa Long, Maki Maruyama, Solomon Sanchez, Mica Scalin, Zach Storm, Tang, and Jason Zimmerman.
In tandem with transformers on view at the Corcoran, Transformer will present transformers: the next generation in our 1404 P Street NW project space, featuring new works by five recent graduates of the Corcoran College of Art + Design's class of 2011: Forest Allread, Pavlos Karalis, Sarah Robbins, Aris Slater, and Victoria Shaheen.
GALLERY 31 @ THE CORCORAN EXHIBITION HOURS: Wednesday, Friday - Sunday 10 am - 5 pm, Thursday 10 am - 9 pm.
TRANSFORMER EXHIBITION HOURS: Wednesday - Saturday, 1 - 7 pm, & by appointment.
www.transformergallery.org
Hillyer Art Space September Exhibitions
Solomon Wondimu: SKIN: America in Black & White
September 2nd 2011- September 30th 2011
Born and raised in Ethiopia, Solomon Wondimu has been working on Human Skin Color Project for the past five years. Wondimu questions the distinct classifications of people as "Black" or "White" which describes an opposition that does not actually exist in nature. In creating his works Wondimu uses a palette of 3,000 different colors he has collected from skin-color swatches representing the multi-coloredness of individuals and people.
Going beyond the physical attributes of SKIN, Wonidmu's work is also about the conflict between the eye and the perceiving mind over the color of human skin. The eye sees its world without bias; however, the mind takes that information from the eye and translates it into social, political and religious master signifiers in order to further agendas, particularly subjugation of the Other. Wondimu's work describes and exposes this conflict as it exists in both the micro and macro levels.
Alison Sigethy: Sanctuary
September 2nd 2011- September 30th 2011
Commemorating the 10th anniversary of 9/11, Alison Sigethy's Sanctuary attempts to bring the viewer closer to achieving inner peace by taking them on a journey inside the human body. Sigethy's belief in the power of the inner self, a place where one can truly find peace, healing and forgiveness, has been the foundation in creating this work.
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First Friday Exhibition Opening
Friday, September 2nd, 2011 6PM-9PM
ADMISSION: $5 suggested donation
First Friday Openings are a collaborative effort to strengthen arts and culture in the beautiful, multi-cultural neighborhood that is Dupont Circle. On the First Friday of every month galleries open their doors to multitudes of art enthusiasts from all walks of life for simultaneous openings. Join Dupont Circle galleries for openings and circulate between neighboring galleries, which host an ever-changing array of styles and media.
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NIN9 New Member Gallery Grand Opening
Friday, September 9th, 2011 6-9PM
Admission: $5 Suggested Donation
See what Hillyer Art Space member artists have to offer and find out the benefits of being a member of Hillyer Art Space and International Arts & Artists. The artist member base has grown significantly since last year. Come celebrate talented members, old and new!
International Arts & Artists
9 Hillyer Court NW, Washington, DC 20008 USA
T 202.338.0680
www.artsandartists.org
September 2nd 2011- September 30th 2011
Born and raised in Ethiopia, Solomon Wondimu has been working on Human Skin Color Project for the past five years. Wondimu questions the distinct classifications of people as "Black" or "White" which describes an opposition that does not actually exist in nature. In creating his works Wondimu uses a palette of 3,000 different colors he has collected from skin-color swatches representing the multi-coloredness of individuals and people.
Going beyond the physical attributes of SKIN, Wonidmu's work is also about the conflict between the eye and the perceiving mind over the color of human skin. The eye sees its world without bias; however, the mind takes that information from the eye and translates it into social, political and religious master signifiers in order to further agendas, particularly subjugation of the Other. Wondimu's work describes and exposes this conflict as it exists in both the micro and macro levels.
Alison Sigethy: Sanctuary
September 2nd 2011- September 30th 2011
Commemorating the 10th anniversary of 9/11, Alison Sigethy's Sanctuary attempts to bring the viewer closer to achieving inner peace by taking them on a journey inside the human body. Sigethy's belief in the power of the inner self, a place where one can truly find peace, healing and forgiveness, has been the foundation in creating this work.
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First Friday Exhibition Opening
Friday, September 2nd, 2011 6PM-9PM
ADMISSION: $5 suggested donation
First Friday Openings are a collaborative effort to strengthen arts and culture in the beautiful, multi-cultural neighborhood that is Dupont Circle. On the First Friday of every month galleries open their doors to multitudes of art enthusiasts from all walks of life for simultaneous openings. Join Dupont Circle galleries for openings and circulate between neighboring galleries, which host an ever-changing array of styles and media.
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NIN9 New Member Gallery Grand Opening
Friday, September 9th, 2011 6-9PM
Admission: $5 Suggested Donation
See what Hillyer Art Space member artists have to offer and find out the benefits of being a member of Hillyer Art Space and International Arts & Artists. The artist member base has grown significantly since last year. Come celebrate talented members, old and new!
International Arts & Artists
9 Hillyer Court NW, Washington, DC 20008 USA
T 202.338.0680
www.artsandartists.org
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Visual Voices at Zenith Gallery on Sept. 21 / Chevy Chase Pavilion
Visual Voices-
A Show of Zenith Artists – Past, Present & Future
Profiled in the New Book, “100 Artists of the Mid-Atlantic”
by Ashley Rooney
Exhibition: September 21 – October 29, 2011
Book Party: Meet the Author & Artists
Wednesday, September 21, 6:00-8:30 PM
Exhibiting Artists: Alan Binstock, F. Lennox Campello, Joan Danziger, Julie Girardini, Margery E. Goldberg, Robert C. Jackson, Michael Janis, Joan Konkel, Anne Marchand, Donna McCullough, Davis Morton, Carol Newmyer, Marc Rubin, Barton Rubenstein, Sica, Ellen Sinel, Betsy Stewart, Cassie Taggert, Tim Tate, Erwin Timmers, Paul Martin Wolff, Joyce Zipperer
In “100 Artists of the Mid-Atlantic,” Ashley Rooney highlights more than 480 paintings, sculptures, photos, drawings and statements by 100 contemporary artists working in oil, glass, multi-media metal and other materials. Rooney has written many books on architecture, design and art in recent years, including “100 New England Artists in 2010.” She turned to writing after years in management consulting and working with adolescents. “100 Artists of the Mid-Atlantic, $45, will be available at Zenith Gallery throughout the exhibition.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
New Gallery, New Exhibition, and New Dialogues
After a year of renovation the Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery announces its grand re-opening exhibition, and launch program of The 9/11 Arts Project, entitled VESSEL.
September 9 thru October 17, 2011
Opening Reception & The 9/11 Arts Project Launch Event:
Friday, September 9, 7-9pm
VESSEL features works by Emily Biondo, Alonzo Davis, Jenny Freestone, Ani Kasten, Madeleine Keesing, Rachel Rotenburg, Angela White, and Millicent Young.
Since 9/11, war, fear, and terrorism have become our cultural psyche, resurrecting the divisive use of "we" and the "other" in our communities. We realize that while "curing" the wounds of 9/11 is impossible, on this 10th anniversary of 9/11 our small hope is to use art to explore greater avenues for connection in our community and to catalyze a healing discourse. VESSEL combines abstract works to evoke a sacred space of "holding," where open dialogue around the trauma of 9/11 and personal traumas may be addressed.
Why Smith Center for Healing and the Arts? Smith Center for Healing and the Arts has served individuals dealing with illness and cancer for over 15 years, and guided them on their healing journeys. The events of 9/11 hit our nation like a cancer diagnosis, forever changing our lives and threatening our daily sense of comfort and safety. In our post 9/11-world we find ourselves asking how we may find a way to live and heal in the midst of ongoing trauma and fear. We cannot give up, forget, or wait for it to be over, but perhaps we can find greater transformation by coming together in a safe place of "holding," to share our stories and experiences.
VESSEL's selected works are not a re-telling of 9/11, but rather express an effort to move beyond and communicate that 'healing is possible' for everyone and that the arts are a powerful tool in that journey, for personal and national traumas alike.
Featuring a dance performance by Nathaniel Bond, Anthony Gongora, Tzveta Kassabova, and Giselle Ruzany of Maida Withers Dance Construction Company, based on Collision Course with live music by Steve Hilmy.
Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery at Smith Center for Healing and the Arts
1632 U Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
202.483.8600
www.911artsproject.com
Regular Gallery Hours: W-F 11am-5pm, Sat 11am-3pm, and by appointment
To learn more please visit: www.smithcenter.org/gallery
September 9 thru October 17, 2011
Opening Reception & The 9/11 Arts Project Launch Event:
Friday, September 9, 7-9pm
VESSEL features works by Emily Biondo, Alonzo Davis, Jenny Freestone, Ani Kasten, Madeleine Keesing, Rachel Rotenburg, Angela White, and Millicent Young.
IMAGE: Vessel by Jenny Freestone, 2008.
Why Smith Center for Healing and the Arts? Smith Center for Healing and the Arts has served individuals dealing with illness and cancer for over 15 years, and guided them on their healing journeys. The events of 9/11 hit our nation like a cancer diagnosis, forever changing our lives and threatening our daily sense of comfort and safety. In our post 9/11-world we find ourselves asking how we may find a way to live and heal in the midst of ongoing trauma and fear. We cannot give up, forget, or wait for it to be over, but perhaps we can find greater transformation by coming together in a safe place of "holding," to share our stories and experiences.
VESSEL's selected works are not a re-telling of 9/11, but rather express an effort to move beyond and communicate that 'healing is possible' for everyone and that the arts are a powerful tool in that journey, for personal and national traumas alike.
Featuring a dance performance by Nathaniel Bond, Anthony Gongora, Tzveta Kassabova, and Giselle Ruzany of Maida Withers Dance Construction Company, based on Collision Course with live music by Steve Hilmy.
Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery at Smith Center for Healing and the Arts
1632 U Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
202.483.8600
www.911artsproject.com
Regular Gallery Hours: W-F 11am-5pm, Sat 11am-3pm, and by appointment
To learn more please visit: www.smithcenter.org/gallery
Monday, August 29, 2011
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