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 

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

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

“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.  

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/

"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.

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/

Debut of a new art space with the first exhibition featuring paintings by Baltimore artist Randi Reiss-McCormack in the solo space with an installation by DC-based artist Matt Hollis in the project space.

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.

Randi Reiss-McCormack's work has been shown on both coasts as well as in Europe. A prolific artist, an educator, a wife and mother of three, her work involves themes of domesticity mixed with patterns of pop culture and impressionistic vibrancy resulting in a subtle social commentary that embraces the viewer, incites nostalgia, and stirs thought.

Matt Hollis's work evokes a deep sense of nature, transforming and enlarging it into an artificial realm that gives the viewer a new perspective on how life interacts with itself.

      


Peter e Harper
Thomas Drymon
1716 14th Street NW, 2nd floor
Washington DC 20009
202-368-7150
harmonartlab.com

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

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.

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.

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.

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 

Some Irish Art Events

This Other Eden: Ireland and Film 
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:

A juried exhibition of artworks in all media that incorporate photographic techniques. September 5 - October 31

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

Savoring the Art of Peace, Friday September 9 at SOVA Espresso & Wine Bar, 1359 H. Street, N.E., Washington, DC. A Wine and Art Fundraiser for Empowered Women International and Peace X Peace co-sponsored by Authentic Contemporary Art and  Kreative Ways & Solutions, LLC.  Featuring artwork by Nadia Janjua & Music by LEA. To get tickets in advance go to savoringtheartofpeace.eventbrite.com
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.

Opening Reception: "Containment and Diversion", Thursday, September 1st, 6:30-8:30pm

Containment and Diversion
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

www.gallery555dc.com

202-393-1409

Transformer launchs 10th Exhibition Season with transformers at the Corcoran's Gallery 31

transformers 
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

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

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

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.