We need the Hirshhorn Museum or the Smitsonian American Art Museum to do something similar!
Musée d'Orsay / Contemporary Art
Correspondences
From January 31, 2006
to April 30, 2006
The concept is simple: a contemporary artist is invited to present one of their pieces alongside a work which they have selected from the Museum collections. The resulting dialogue enables the collections to be perceived in a new light and lends a fresh resonance to their lasting modernity.
Gustave Courbet, The Trout
Brice Marden, Extremes
The American artist Brice Marden has chosen The Trout by Gustave Courbet (1873), a painting which evokes the artist's imprisonment following his involvement in the Paris Commune. With its palpable sense of anguish, Courbet's painting far transcends the traditional role of the still-life. Marden, an outstanding figure of minimalist abstraction, is exhibiting his Extremes for the first time, a diptych in which space vibrates with layers of matter in a complex play of linear colour.
Edward Steichen, Balzac
Alain Kirili, One Toss of the Dice Will Never Abolish Sculpture
Fascinated by Rodin's energy; his dazzling sensual vigour and revelation of human passions, Alain Kirili has chosen a series of photographs of Balzac shot in Meudon by that champion of Pictorialism, Edward Steichen, and published in Camera Work in 1911. Finding in them a clear parallel with Rodin's masterpiece, Kirili is exibiting a group of six sculptures from his series Segou and Totems.
General curator
Serge Lemoine, President of the Musée d'Orsay, with the participation of Olivier Gabet, Curator, Musée d'Orsay
www.annemarchand.com
Monday, January 30, 2006
Sunday, January 29, 2006
A New Moon in Aquarius, Time to Change
Today is a New Moon in Aquarius
6:15am PST
9° 32'
Check out ALUNA, the world's first tidal-powered Moon Clock. ALUNA is a marvel of sculptural beauty and spiritual inventiveness created by Aquarian British artist Laura Williams. "Laura's vision is brilliance at it's best: a desire to cosmically reconnect us through imparting direct experience of the lunar cycles of time." Listen to Wisconsin Public Radio interview
6:15am PST
9° 32'
Check out ALUNA, the world's first tidal-powered Moon Clock. ALUNA is a marvel of sculptural beauty and spiritual inventiveness created by Aquarian British artist Laura Williams. "Laura's vision is brilliance at it's best: a desire to cosmically reconnect us through imparting direct experience of the lunar cycles of time." Listen to Wisconsin Public Radio interview
Year of the Fire Dog
Chinese New Year celebrations commence on the first day of the First Moon of the Lunar calendar -- Jan. 29 -- and last 15 days. The New Year is usually ushered in with great feasts, parades and traditions that go back for centuries.
There's a post at Jenn Larsen's Metroblogging on the arts exhibitions related to the Chinese New Year. The annual Chinese New Year Parade and Festival will be held on February 5, 2006 from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. on H Street, NW, between 6th and 8th Streets in Chinatown Read About Washington
Welcome the Year of the Fire Dog and celebrate the Lunar Chinese New Year on the Millennium Stage at Kennedy Center with a colorful and choral festival. This is Year 4703 by the Chinese calendar, a year known by its formal name of Bingxu. This event marks the first day of the Chinese New Year with appropriate pomp and ceremony. The Asian American Music Society invites you to join in this special sampling of a Chinese revel. 01/29/06
Lunar Chinese New Year Celebration
6:00PM (Free)
Ticket Marketplace
2700 F. Street, NW
Washington, DC, 20566
Phone: 202-467-4600
There's a post at Jenn Larsen's Metroblogging on the arts exhibitions related to the Chinese New Year. The annual Chinese New Year Parade and Festival will be held on February 5, 2006 from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. on H Street, NW, between 6th and 8th Streets in Chinatown Read About Washington
Welcome the Year of the Fire Dog and celebrate the Lunar Chinese New Year on the Millennium Stage at Kennedy Center with a colorful and choral festival. This is Year 4703 by the Chinese calendar, a year known by its formal name of Bingxu. This event marks the first day of the Chinese New Year with appropriate pomp and ceremony. The Asian American Music Society invites you to join in this special sampling of a Chinese revel. 01/29/06
Lunar Chinese New Year Celebration
6:00PM (Free)
Ticket Marketplace
2700 F. Street, NW
Washington, DC, 20566
Phone: 202-467-4600
Saturday, January 28, 2006
Eric Maisel Creativity Central: Call for Painters
Eric Maisel Creativity Central: Call for Painters
Here's an opportunity to work on an interesting project and get published. From Creativity Coach Eric Maisel...whom I can vouch for as an asset to the arts community at large. Eric Maisel is based in San Francisco.
"I am looking to work with twenty painters on a book project. We would work in the following way. I would send out a "creativity prompt" each week and everyone in the group would produce a (necessarily quick) painting provoked by the prompt, along with their written thoughts about the process. Some number of these images and some amount of this commentary would go into the finished book and everyone who participated would be represented.
If you would like to participate in this project, please get in touch with me at ericmaisel@hotmail.com. I would need to see a couple of your images or visit your website before inviting you aboard. I think this will be an exciting and eye-opening adventure for those of you who choose to join me, especially if you are curious about trying out new techniques, working with new ideas, or producing new subject matter.
P.S. As this message may get passed around to folks who don‚t know me, let me add the following. I am a creativity coach and the author of many books in the area of creativity, among them Fearless Creating, A Life in the Arts, The Creativity Book, Affirmations for Artists, Coaching the Artist Within, and A Writer‚s Paris. You can learn more about me and what I do at http://www.ericmaisel.com"
Thanks!
Eric Maisel
ericmaisel.blogspot.com
ericmaisel@sbcglobal.net
ericmaisel@hotmail.com
http://www.ericmaisel.com
www.annemarchand.com
Here's an opportunity to work on an interesting project and get published. From Creativity Coach Eric Maisel...whom I can vouch for as an asset to the arts community at large. Eric Maisel is based in San Francisco.
"I am looking to work with twenty painters on a book project. We would work in the following way. I would send out a "creativity prompt" each week and everyone in the group would produce a (necessarily quick) painting provoked by the prompt, along with their written thoughts about the process. Some number of these images and some amount of this commentary would go into the finished book and everyone who participated would be represented.
If you would like to participate in this project, please get in touch with me at ericmaisel@hotmail.com. I would need to see a couple of your images or visit your website before inviting you aboard. I think this will be an exciting and eye-opening adventure for those of you who choose to join me, especially if you are curious about trying out new techniques, working with new ideas, or producing new subject matter.
P.S. As this message may get passed around to folks who don‚t know me, let me add the following. I am a creativity coach and the author of many books in the area of creativity, among them Fearless Creating, A Life in the Arts, The Creativity Book, Affirmations for Artists, Coaching the Artist Within, and A Writer‚s Paris. You can learn more about me and what I do at http://www.ericmaisel.com"
Thanks!
Eric Maisel
ericmaisel.blogspot.com
ericmaisel@sbcglobal.net
ericmaisel@hotmail.com
http://www.ericmaisel.com
www.annemarchand.com
Friday, January 27, 2006
Beginning Your Art Collection
Touchstone Gallery
Special Event
ArtSmart: Outside the Box, Inside the Frame
Beginning Your Art Collection
Thursday, February 2, 12:30pm
A special lunchtime discussion with collectors Kerry Ellett, Sarah Kahn, Richard Graf, and Judy Pomeranz on the art of collecting for the young professional
Bring your own lunch; beverages will be provided
There is no charge
Information and reservations
202.347.2787
Participants receive a 10% discount card good towards
the purchase of artwork at the gallery
Gallery Hours
Wednesday – Friday 11:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday & Sunday 12:00 – 5:00pm
Touchstone Gallery
406 7th Street, NW, 2nd floor
202.347.2787
www.touchstonegallery.com
Metro: Archives-Navy Mem’l-Penn Quarter or Gallery Place
Special Event
ArtSmart: Outside the Box, Inside the Frame
Beginning Your Art Collection
Thursday, February 2, 12:30pm
A special lunchtime discussion with collectors Kerry Ellett, Sarah Kahn, Richard Graf, and Judy Pomeranz on the art of collecting for the young professional
Bring your own lunch; beverages will be provided
There is no charge
Information and reservations
202.347.2787
Participants receive a 10% discount card good towards
the purchase of artwork at the gallery
Gallery Hours
Wednesday – Friday 11:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday & Sunday 12:00 – 5:00pm
Touchstone Gallery
406 7th Street, NW, 2nd floor
202.347.2787
www.touchstonegallery.com
Metro: Archives-Navy Mem’l-Penn Quarter or Gallery Place
Celebrating Mozart's Birthday in Salzburg
Today is the 250th Birthday of MOZART!
I love listening to Mozart while I'm painting. I think I'll listen to his music all week and reconnect with this inspired and inspiring great composer.
"The composer's brief and turbulent life began Jan. 27, 1756 in the Austrian city of Salzburg. Crowds of music enthusiasts are gathered there this week to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of a genius. Special programming from Performance Today highlights NPR coverage. "
Full name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Gottlieb Mozart; named after his grandfather on his mother's side and after the Saint on his date of birth, Johannes Chrysostomus. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756-1791 Biography
I love listening to Mozart while I'm painting. I think I'll listen to his music all week and reconnect with this inspired and inspiring great composer.
"The composer's brief and turbulent life began Jan. 27, 1756 in the Austrian city of Salzburg. Crowds of music enthusiasts are gathered there this week to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of a genius. Special programming from Performance Today highlights NPR coverage. "
Full name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Gottlieb Mozart; named after his grandfather on his mother's side and after the Saint on his date of birth, Johannes Chrysostomus. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756-1791 Biography
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Celebrating Gallery K's Marc, Komei
An article in the Washington Times, January 21, 2006, by Joanna Shaw-Eagle about our dearly missed Komei and Mark of Gallery K legend. Their extensive art collection is on exhibition at the Katzen American University Museum.
Read story here
WHAT: "Remembering Marc and Komei"
WHERE: Katzen American University Museum, Ward Circle at the intersection of Massachusetts and Nebraska avenues NW
WHEN: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, noon to 4 p.m. Sundays
TICKETS: Free
PHONE: 202/885-1300
Read story here
WHAT: "Remembering Marc and Komei"
WHERE: Katzen American University Museum, Ward Circle at the intersection of Massachusetts and Nebraska avenues NW
WHEN: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, noon to 4 p.m. Sundays
TICKETS: Free
PHONE: 202/885-1300
A paradox of rushing movement and absolute stillness.
Yuriko Yamaguchi
There's a great article by Catherine Walworthon about our own Yuriko Yamaguchi’s Web #5 Sculpture in NY Arts Magazine
I saw one of Yuriko's stunning pieces featured at the "Soft Opening" in July 2005 at the Katzen Art Center of American University in Washington, DC.
YURIKO YAMAGUCHI
Title: "Core"
Size: 10' diameter
Media: abaca, flax, wire
Date: 2005
The architecture of the Katzen Arts Center is dynamic and full of surprises. It is especially suited to installation artists willing to collaborate with the challenging spaces created by the architect, Steven Kleinrock of Einhorn Yaffee Prescott.
There's a great article by Catherine Walworthon about our own Yuriko Yamaguchi’s Web #5 Sculpture in NY Arts Magazine
I saw one of Yuriko's stunning pieces featured at the "Soft Opening" in July 2005 at the Katzen Art Center of American University in Washington, DC.
YURIKO YAMAGUCHI
Title: "Core"
Size: 10' diameter
Media: abaca, flax, wire
Date: 2005
The architecture of the Katzen Arts Center is dynamic and full of surprises. It is especially suited to installation artists willing to collaborate with the challenging spaces created by the architect, Steven Kleinrock of Einhorn Yaffee Prescott.
JAMES RENWICK ALLIANCE DISTINGUISHED ARTIST SERIES
presents
Paula Winokur
Workshop at Red Dirt Studio
“Porcelain is a material usually thought of as delicate, fragile and transparent. Considered the primary clay from which all other clays are derived, it comes from the earth as pure white, strong and durable. It attracted me because of these qualities rather than its transparency. Working on a large scale has presented problems that have been a challenge to solve. I have chosen to work with this clay because it has allowed me to explore issues in the landscape without necessarily making literal interpretations. it can be minimal and sometimes surreal in its starkness.
My work has been influenced by information gathered at various “sites”, places in the natural environment that I have responded to visually. The earth itself, particularly cliffs, ledges, crevices and canyons: the effects of wind, earthquakes, glaciers and other natural phenomenon such as geological “shifts” and “faults” interest me. In addition the many ways man has marked and scarred the land (through plowing, roads, fences etc.) provides an interesting perspective and point of view, real, illusory and aerial.”
-Paula Winokur
Paula Winokur, of Horsham, Pennsylvania, is known for her large scale ceramic constructions. She has been the recipient of many grants and awards, and the subject of numerous critical and informative articles on contemporary ceramics. Her work is included in important private, corporate and museum collections including the Mint Museum, the American Craft Museum and the Renwick Gallery. She exhibits nationally and internationally. In this workshop, Paula will give a slide lecture on her work and process, followed by a hands-on demonstration of techniques she employs in the her large scale porcelain constructions.
http://www.paulawinokur.com/
Date: Saturday, February 18, 2006
Time: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Place: Red Dirt Studio, Mt. Rainier, Maryland
Cost: $55.00
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
JRA (301) 907-3888
jraoffice@jra.org
Red Dirt Studio
is the studio of sculptor Margaret Boozer, and the home of Red Dirt Seminar,
a collective work/critque environment for sculptors and ceramic artists in the Washington Metro area.
http://www.margaretboozer.com/reddirt1.html
Paula Winokur
Workshop at Red Dirt Studio
“Porcelain is a material usually thought of as delicate, fragile and transparent. Considered the primary clay from which all other clays are derived, it comes from the earth as pure white, strong and durable. It attracted me because of these qualities rather than its transparency. Working on a large scale has presented problems that have been a challenge to solve. I have chosen to work with this clay because it has allowed me to explore issues in the landscape without necessarily making literal interpretations. it can be minimal and sometimes surreal in its starkness.
My work has been influenced by information gathered at various “sites”, places in the natural environment that I have responded to visually. The earth itself, particularly cliffs, ledges, crevices and canyons: the effects of wind, earthquakes, glaciers and other natural phenomenon such as geological “shifts” and “faults” interest me. In addition the many ways man has marked and scarred the land (through plowing, roads, fences etc.) provides an interesting perspective and point of view, real, illusory and aerial.”
-Paula Winokur
Paula Winokur, of Horsham, Pennsylvania, is known for her large scale ceramic constructions. She has been the recipient of many grants and awards, and the subject of numerous critical and informative articles on contemporary ceramics. Her work is included in important private, corporate and museum collections including the Mint Museum, the American Craft Museum and the Renwick Gallery. She exhibits nationally and internationally. In this workshop, Paula will give a slide lecture on her work and process, followed by a hands-on demonstration of techniques she employs in the her large scale porcelain constructions.
http://www.paulawinokur.com/
Date: Saturday, February 18, 2006
Time: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Place: Red Dirt Studio, Mt. Rainier, Maryland
Cost: $55.00
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
JRA (301) 907-3888
jraoffice@jra.org
Red Dirt Studio
is the studio of sculptor Margaret Boozer, and the home of Red Dirt Seminar,
a collective work/critque environment for sculptors and ceramic artists in the Washington Metro area.
http://www.margaretboozer.com/reddirt1.html
Deja Vu
January 24 - March 18, 2006A robust exhibition of artworks created in the last three years by 81 artists who exhibited at the Arlington Arts Center before its expansion and renovation.
Arlington Arts Center
3550 Wilson Blvd.
Arlington, VA
Deja Vu
Opening Friday night at the Arlinton Arts Center
January 27, 2006, 6-9pm
Some of the artists included are Patrick Craig, Freya Grand, Pat Goslee, Rebecca Kamen, Anne Marchand, Marc Robarge, Erik Sandberg, and Foon Sham.
www.annemarchand.com
Sunday, January 22, 2006
Back and Forth, how Chocolate Cake and Indian-Vegetarian made me well
I was going to go the Penn Quarter openings last week (the sculptor's exhibitions at Zenith Gallery and the Edison Place Gallery, when I canked my back lifting public art panels in preparation for painting last weekend. Not to go into too much detail, I have been walking gingerly this week, NOT sitting down much and going to sleep early. I'm almost back in the swing of things which is good, since I'm installing the public art in April and I have an exhibition opening on May 5 at the Zenith Gallery. Over the couse of the week, two assistant muralists and I have been painting 17' of sky, clouds and shrubbery for the public art mural. The cityscape buildings are next.
This weekend, I took a needed break from painting, got a back treatment, hung out with my husband and friends and enjoyed an Indian dinner at Woodlands Restaurant in Langley Park, MD. Today, I ate some Chocolate Cake baked by a friend for my unBirthday. I gave 1/3 of the remaining Chocolate Cake to a friend who has an upcoming birthday on Wednesday. (I couldn't possible eat it all!) I love late birthday presents. I hear that Chocolate Cake heals sore backs. On the artside - a little slide organizing in the studio and I'm in shape for next month's mailings.
Woodlands Restaurant
Indian, Vegetarian
My favoirite dishes are the Palaak Paneer and the Masala Dosa
Langley Park
8046 New Hampshire Ave.
Langley Park, MD
301-434-4202
www.annemarchand.com
This weekend, I took a needed break from painting, got a back treatment, hung out with my husband and friends and enjoyed an Indian dinner at Woodlands Restaurant in Langley Park, MD. Today, I ate some Chocolate Cake baked by a friend for my unBirthday. I gave 1/3 of the remaining Chocolate Cake to a friend who has an upcoming birthday on Wednesday. (I couldn't possible eat it all!) I love late birthday presents. I hear that Chocolate Cake heals sore backs. On the artside - a little slide organizing in the studio and I'm in shape for next month's mailings.
Woodlands Restaurant
Indian, Vegetarian
My favoirite dishes are the Palaak Paneer and the Masala Dosa
Langley Park
8046 New Hampshire Ave.
Langley Park, MD
301-434-4202
www.annemarchand.com
Saturday, January 21, 2006
CENSORED AT RESULTS THE GYM
Mid City Artists is having a Winter Exhibition to introduce our artists to another community in the District of Columbia. The exhibition continues until March 12, 2006. For more information visit Mid City Artists web page.
I went to the opening of Mid City Artists Winter Exhibition at Results Gallery which is the Results Gym at 315 G Street, SE, Washington, D.C. on Capital Hill. I went to the Thursday evening reception with talented artist, Angela White . We were surprised when two of Angela's oils on canvas weren't hung by the management because a certain part of the male anatomy was visible. A Classical nude by Regina Miele was also NOT hung by the management. You can see four of the six canvases by Angela White in the Results Gallery and four beautiful cityscapes by Regina Miele. I am showing five discreet cityscapes of Paris and New Orleans in the Mid City Artists Winter Art Exhibition. The exhibition includes the work of 21 Mid City Artists including metal sculptures by Robert Cole, figure paintings by G. Bryon Peck, photography by Mark Parascandola and abstract paintings by Sondra Arkin and Mike Weber. See the invitation with names of participating artists here.
A lively group of artists and visitors, including Warehouse Gallery owner, Molly Ruppert, visited the exhibition reception while gym members exercised on treadmills and other exercise equipment on three floors of a renovated schoolhouse. Molly overheard someone say that "Results isn't a gym, it's a lifestyle." Results Gallery is definitely a unique environment for viewing art. A visiting sculptor, Chas Colburn found the layout a bit chaotic and I found the censorship a bit ironic in a body focused business.
See Angela White's censored work at www.angelawhiteart.com/
An earlier post on Angela White's Solo Exhibition
at Washington Works on Paper Gallery here.
Angela White's Solo Exhibition
“The Curves of Natural Radiance” (EXTENDED thru February)
This exhibition is extended through February 2006 SO DON"T MISS IT!!
WASHINGTON WORKS ON PAPER GALLERY
3420 9th Street, NE, Washington DC
Telephone: (202) 526-4848
1 half block from Red Line
Metro Brookland-CUA
Click here for directions
www.annemarchand.com
I went to the opening of Mid City Artists Winter Exhibition at Results Gallery which is the Results Gym at 315 G Street, SE, Washington, D.C. on Capital Hill. I went to the Thursday evening reception with talented artist, Angela White . We were surprised when two of Angela's oils on canvas weren't hung by the management because a certain part of the male anatomy was visible. A Classical nude by Regina Miele was also NOT hung by the management. You can see four of the six canvases by Angela White in the Results Gallery and four beautiful cityscapes by Regina Miele. I am showing five discreet cityscapes of Paris and New Orleans in the Mid City Artists Winter Art Exhibition. The exhibition includes the work of 21 Mid City Artists including metal sculptures by Robert Cole, figure paintings by G. Bryon Peck, photography by Mark Parascandola and abstract paintings by Sondra Arkin and Mike Weber. See the invitation with names of participating artists here.
A lively group of artists and visitors, including Warehouse Gallery owner, Molly Ruppert, visited the exhibition reception while gym members exercised on treadmills and other exercise equipment on three floors of a renovated schoolhouse. Molly overheard someone say that "Results isn't a gym, it's a lifestyle." Results Gallery is definitely a unique environment for viewing art. A visiting sculptor, Chas Colburn found the layout a bit chaotic and I found the censorship a bit ironic in a body focused business.
See Angela White's censored work at www.angelawhiteart.com/
An earlier post on Angela White's Solo Exhibition
at Washington Works on Paper Gallery here.
Angela White's Solo Exhibition
“The Curves of Natural Radiance” (EXTENDED thru February)
This exhibition is extended through February 2006 SO DON"T MISS IT!!
WASHINGTON WORKS ON PAPER GALLERY
3420 9th Street, NE, Washington DC
Telephone: (202) 526-4848
1 half block from Red Line
Metro Brookland-CUA
Click here for directions
www.annemarchand.com
Monday, January 16, 2006
MALI, Beyond Timbuktu
International Visions Gallery
Cordially invites you to:
MALI, Beyond Timbuktu
Photographs by Malian and U.S. Photographers
Saturday, January 21, 2006
6:30 - 9:00 p. m.

MALI, Beyond Timbuktu is an exhibit exploring this West
African country through images by Malian photographers
Alioune Bâ and Amadou Sow, and American photographers
Nestor Hernández, Shawn Davis, Sora Devore.
Exhibition Dates:
January 18 - February 25, 2006
International Visions Gallery
2629 Connecticut Ave. N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20008
202-234-5112
(Across from the Woodley Park Metro)
see more images at:
www.inter-visions.com
Cordially invites you to:
MALI, Beyond Timbuktu
Photographs by Malian and U.S. Photographers
Saturday, January 21, 2006
6:30 - 9:00 p. m.

MALI, Beyond Timbuktu is an exhibit exploring this West
African country through images by Malian photographers
Alioune Bâ and Amadou Sow, and American photographers
Nestor Hernández, Shawn Davis, Sora Devore.
Exhibition Dates:
January 18 - February 25, 2006
International Visions Gallery
2629 Connecticut Ave. N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20008
202-234-5112
(Across from the Woodley Park Metro)
see more images at:
www.inter-visions.com
Sunday, January 15, 2006
GEORGE J. E. SAKKAL - COLLAGE NOUVEAU- A Million Little Pieces
Sakkal was a gallery artist with Komei Wachi’s Gallery K in Washington D.C. Prior to his untimely death, Wachi believed Sakkal had made significant advances in the use of paper as a fine art medium. In support of this contention, he exhibited Sakkal’s work along side the collages of Robert Rauschenberg. Wachi believed it was not a question of whether Sakkal would achieve national recognition for his contribution to the medium, but when.
Sakkal is a Faculty Instructor at Howard Community College in Columbia, MD. His work can be seen through Zenith Gallery and the Light Street Gallery in Baltimore, MD.
http://www.georgejesakkal.com
Read the article in the Baltimore City Paper
A Million Little Pieces - Like His Surreal Collages, George Sakkal’S Life Has Been Shattered And Put Back Together Again
By Violet Glaze
Sakkal is a Faculty Instructor at Howard Community College in Columbia, MD. His work can be seen through Zenith Gallery and the Light Street Gallery in Baltimore, MD.
http://www.georgejesakkal.com
Read the article in the Baltimore City Paper
A Million Little Pieces - Like His Surreal Collages, George Sakkal’S Life Has Been Shattered And Put Back Together Again
By Violet Glaze
Friday, January 13, 2006
Mayor Presented With Lifetime Achievement Award at Arts Gala in Washington, DC USA
Congratulations to the Winners of the 2006 Mayor's Arts Awards and to Mayor Anthony Williams for his Lifetime Achivement Award in support of the arts.
January 13, 2006
Press Release
(Washington, DC) The DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities presented Mayor Anthony A. Williams with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his steadfast support of arts and culture at the 21st Annual Mayor's Arts Awards Gala, Monday, January 9, 2006 at 6 pm at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' Concert Hall. The gala ceremony annually honors the finest artists, arts organizations and arts patrons in DC with a public ceremony at the Kennedy Center featuring award presentations, dance, music and poetry performances.
In honor of their dedication to the city's cultural community, Special Recognition awards were presented to WPFW radio personalities Rusty Hassan and Von Martin for their commitment to Washington radio and Publisher/CEO of The Washington Post Boisfeuillet "Bo" Jones for the newspaper's coverage of cultural events in DC. Below is a full list with the award category and this year's recipients:
2006 Mayor's Arts Awards, Washington, DC USA
Excellence in an Artistic Discipline
Frederick Strother
Maida Wither Dance Construction Company
Outstanding Emerging Artist
Anu Yadav
Excellence in Service to the Arts
Rebecca Read Medrano
Outstanding Contribution to Arts Education
Step Afrika!
Young Playwrights' Theater
Innovation in the Arts
City Dance Ensemble
Superintendent's Arts Teacher of the Year Award
Elementary School Level
Laurie Siegel, Watkins Elementary School
Superintendent's Arts Teacher of the Year Award
Middle School Level
Michelle Fowlin-Parker, Alice Deal Junior High School
Superintendent's Arts Teacher of the Year Award
High School Level
Tafari Wald, Ballou Senior High School
Lifetime Achievement Award Mayor Anthony A. Williams
Special Recognition Award
Rusty Hassan
Von Martin
Boisfeuillet "Bo" Jones
For more information, call (202) 724-5613
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
January 13, 2006
Press Release
(Washington, DC) The DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities presented Mayor Anthony A. Williams with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his steadfast support of arts and culture at the 21st Annual Mayor's Arts Awards Gala, Monday, January 9, 2006 at 6 pm at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' Concert Hall. The gala ceremony annually honors the finest artists, arts organizations and arts patrons in DC with a public ceremony at the Kennedy Center featuring award presentations, dance, music and poetry performances.
In honor of their dedication to the city's cultural community, Special Recognition awards were presented to WPFW radio personalities Rusty Hassan and Von Martin for their commitment to Washington radio and Publisher/CEO of The Washington Post Boisfeuillet "Bo" Jones for the newspaper's coverage of cultural events in DC. Below is a full list with the award category and this year's recipients:
2006 Mayor's Arts Awards, Washington, DC USA
Excellence in an Artistic Discipline
Frederick Strother
Maida Wither Dance Construction Company
Outstanding Emerging Artist
Anu Yadav
Excellence in Service to the Arts
Rebecca Read Medrano
Outstanding Contribution to Arts Education
Step Afrika!
Young Playwrights' Theater
Innovation in the Arts
City Dance Ensemble
Superintendent's Arts Teacher of the Year Award
Elementary School Level
Laurie Siegel, Watkins Elementary School
Superintendent's Arts Teacher of the Year Award
Middle School Level
Michelle Fowlin-Parker, Alice Deal Junior High School
Superintendent's Arts Teacher of the Year Award
High School Level
Tafari Wald, Ballou Senior High School
Lifetime Achievement Award Mayor Anthony A. Williams
Special Recognition Award
Rusty Hassan
Von Martin
Boisfeuillet "Bo" Jones
For more information, call (202) 724-5613
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
Assimilation/Dissolution:
Jeffry Cudlin, Christopher Hoeting and Jefferson Pinder
January 19 – February 25, 2006
Artists’ Talk: Thursday, January 19, 4pm
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 19, 6-8pm
Assimilation/Dissolution is the result of an intensive collaboration between DC-based artists Jefferson Pinder, Christopher Hoeting and Jeffry Cudlin. Generated over the course of six months, this cycle of works forms an extended conversation on the issues of shifting geographic boundaries and community identities in Washington, DC. At once a creative experiment and critical conversation, the process began with each artist creating one piece inspired by the current real estate boom and related issues of gentrification in DC. Every two weeks, the artists would then trade completed artworks and craft new responses to one another's efforts. The 30 resulting paintings, videos and mixed-media collages each trace intersections and divergences among the artists’ individual perspectives on race, class, urban geography and cultural and artistic histories. Assimilation/Dissolution is on view in the Gallery at Flashpoint.
The Gallery at Flashpoint • 916 G Street, NW • Washington, DC 20001
A CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PROJECT
www.flashpointdc.org
January 19 – February 25, 2006
Artists’ Talk: Thursday, January 19, 4pm
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 19, 6-8pm
Assimilation/Dissolution is the result of an intensive collaboration between DC-based artists Jefferson Pinder, Christopher Hoeting and Jeffry Cudlin. Generated over the course of six months, this cycle of works forms an extended conversation on the issues of shifting geographic boundaries and community identities in Washington, DC. At once a creative experiment and critical conversation, the process began with each artist creating one piece inspired by the current real estate boom and related issues of gentrification in DC. Every two weeks, the artists would then trade completed artworks and craft new responses to one another's efforts. The 30 resulting paintings, videos and mixed-media collages each trace intersections and divergences among the artists’ individual perspectives on race, class, urban geography and cultural and artistic histories. Assimilation/Dissolution is on view in the Gallery at Flashpoint.
The Gallery at Flashpoint • 916 G Street, NW • Washington, DC 20001
A CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PROJECT
www.flashpointdc.org
Warhol Legacy: Selections from The Andy Warhol Museum
I decided to check out the exhibitions at the Corcoran Gallery of Art on my way to pick up my copy of the WPA/C Artist Directory. I was surprised to find a Warhol exhibit (have I been slumbering?) in the great halls and I LOVE IT! Warhol is an icon of Americana, commercialism and celebrity status. His art works on many level. There's some surprising painterly strokes in some works. It's a marvel to see how Warhol took a simple silkscreening process and magnified it's potential exponentially. Well, perhaps I'm exaggerating but this exhibit is a must see for anyone with interest in 20th Century Art. Yes, the Campbell's Soup Cans are there, as well as Jackie O and Marilyn. You'll be in good company. There's one campy wall-papered room of Chairman Mao that made me feel... well queasy, as well as some early drawings by Warhol. Press release
September 24, 2005 through February 20, 2006 Warhol Legacy: Selections from The Andy Warhol Museum
This exhibition, a collaboration between the Corcoran Gallery of Art and The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, offers Washington audiences a rare opportunity to view some of the artist’s most treasured works of art. The exhibition features more than 150 paintings, photographs, drawings, sculptures, works on paper, and films from the renowned permanent collection of The Andy Warhol Museum.
One of the most influential and iconic artists of the 20th century, Andy Warhol challenged many basic cultural assumptions, including traditional distinctions between popular culture and fine art, prints and paintings, and art and social reportage. Warhol Legacy is organized thematically to reflect the range of the artist'’s production over the span of his career, while mining the strengths of The Warhol Museum'’s diverse collection.
PNC Presents
Warhol Legacy: Selections from The Andy Warhol Museum
This exhibition is co-organized by the Corcoran Gallery of Art and The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh and made possible through the generous support of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
PROGRAMS
Hot Date DC: Andy Warhol's Coloring Party Thursday, January 19, 2006 6 pm - 9 pm
Free for Corcoran members; Public: $10
During the 1950s, Warhol produced exquisite illustrated books printed in limited editions and hand-colored at lively "coloring parties." The Corcoran puts a quirky twist on this clever idea with a party project that's so easy, it's elementary. Use shrinkie-dinks to create funky and fabulous jewelry, luggage tags, magnets and more. Head over after work for delectable desserts, drink specials and a curator led tour of the exhibition Warhol Legacy: Selections from The Andy Warhol Museum.
Winter Family Festival And PNC Employee Day Saturday, January 21st 10 am
FREE
Celebrate Andy Warhol and the swinging sixties at the Corcoran! This all-day, all-ages, all-out celebration at DC's neighborhood museum will include art-making workshops, storytelling, music, and live performances. Also explore the exhibition Warhol Legacy: Selections from The Andy Warhol Museum which is on exhibition at the Corcoran through February 20, 2006.
No reservations are required for this FREE event.
September 24, 2005 through February 20, 2006 Warhol Legacy: Selections from The Andy Warhol Museum
This exhibition, a collaboration between the Corcoran Gallery of Art and The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, offers Washington audiences a rare opportunity to view some of the artist’s most treasured works of art. The exhibition features more than 150 paintings, photographs, drawings, sculptures, works on paper, and films from the renowned permanent collection of The Andy Warhol Museum.
One of the most influential and iconic artists of the 20th century, Andy Warhol challenged many basic cultural assumptions, including traditional distinctions between popular culture and fine art, prints and paintings, and art and social reportage. Warhol Legacy is organized thematically to reflect the range of the artist'’s production over the span of his career, while mining the strengths of The Warhol Museum'’s diverse collection.
PNC Presents
Warhol Legacy: Selections from The Andy Warhol Museum
This exhibition is co-organized by the Corcoran Gallery of Art and The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh and made possible through the generous support of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
PROGRAMS
Hot Date DC: Andy Warhol's Coloring Party Thursday, January 19, 2006 6 pm - 9 pm
Free for Corcoran members; Public: $10
During the 1950s, Warhol produced exquisite illustrated books printed in limited editions and hand-colored at lively "coloring parties." The Corcoran puts a quirky twist on this clever idea with a party project that's so easy, it's elementary. Use shrinkie-dinks to create funky and fabulous jewelry, luggage tags, magnets and more. Head over after work for delectable desserts, drink specials and a curator led tour of the exhibition Warhol Legacy: Selections from The Andy Warhol Museum.
Winter Family Festival And PNC Employee Day Saturday, January 21st 10 am
FREE
Celebrate Andy Warhol and the swinging sixties at the Corcoran! This all-day, all-ages, all-out celebration at DC's neighborhood museum will include art-making workshops, storytelling, music, and live performances. Also explore the exhibition Warhol Legacy: Selections from The Andy Warhol Museum which is on exhibition at the Corcoran through February 20, 2006.
No reservations are required for this FREE event.
Thursday, January 12, 2006
SCULPTURE UNBOUND & DIMENSIONS, a double header for Friday night in Penn Quarter, Washington, DC
The Washington Project for the Arts/Corcoran and the Washington Sculptor's Group present SCULPTURE UNBOUND, an exhibition of work stretching the boundaries of the field of sculpture.
I know several of the artists in these two sculpture exhibitions; Betsy Packard who's work I've long admired and own, Connie Fleres, Mary Early, Foon Sham, Anita Walsh and Margaret Boozer are a few of the 43 exhibiting artists in Sculpture Unbound. I plan to go to the reception tomorrow night as well as see the Zenith Gallery opening of "DIMENSIONS - Women Sculptors of the Washington DC Metropolitan Area." Both galleries are in the Penn Quarter District near the MCI center at Gallery Place metro.
SCULPTURE UNBOUND is an exhibition featuring the work of 43 contemporary sculptors from the DC region.
Juried by Glenn Harper, editor of Sculpture Magazine, Sculpture Unbound showcases experimental sculptural pieces. Juror, Glenn Harper will also lead a gallery talk on the night of the opening at 7:30 pm.
SCULPTURE UNBOUND
Pepco’s Edison Place Gallery
Reception: Friday, January 13, 2006 from 6:30-8:30 pm.
702 8th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
"DIMENSIONS - Women Sculptors of the Washington DC Metropolitan Area"
Zenith Gallery
Reception: Friday, January 13, 2006 from 6:00-9:00pm
413 7th Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
202.783.2963
Artists of "DIMENSIONS":
Margaret Boozer – clay
Margery E. Goldberg – exotic woods
Donna M. McCullough – metal, wood, stone
Minna Newman Nathanson – metal, acrylic
Carol Newmyer – cast bronze
Marie Ringwald – found wood, mixed media
Frances Sniffen – cast hydrocal, rubber, bronze
Janet Wheeler – mixed media
Millicent Young – porcelain, metal, mixed media
Joyce Zipperer – stone
I know several of the artists in these two sculpture exhibitions; Betsy Packard who's work I've long admired and own, Connie Fleres, Mary Early, Foon Sham, Anita Walsh and Margaret Boozer are a few of the 43 exhibiting artists in Sculpture Unbound. I plan to go to the reception tomorrow night as well as see the Zenith Gallery opening of "DIMENSIONS - Women Sculptors of the Washington DC Metropolitan Area." Both galleries are in the Penn Quarter District near the MCI center at Gallery Place metro.
SCULPTURE UNBOUND is an exhibition featuring the work of 43 contemporary sculptors from the DC region.
Juried by Glenn Harper, editor of Sculpture Magazine, Sculpture Unbound showcases experimental sculptural pieces. Juror, Glenn Harper will also lead a gallery talk on the night of the opening at 7:30 pm.
SCULPTURE UNBOUND
Pepco’s Edison Place Gallery
Reception: Friday, January 13, 2006 from 6:30-8:30 pm.
702 8th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
"DIMENSIONS - Women Sculptors of the Washington DC Metropolitan Area"
Zenith Gallery
Reception: Friday, January 13, 2006 from 6:00-9:00pm
413 7th Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
202.783.2963
Artists of "DIMENSIONS":
Margaret Boozer – clay
Margery E. Goldberg – exotic woods
Donna M. McCullough – metal, wood, stone
Minna Newman Nathanson – metal, acrylic
Carol Newmyer – cast bronze
Marie Ringwald – found wood, mixed media
Frances Sniffen – cast hydrocal, rubber, bronze
Janet Wheeler – mixed media
Millicent Young – porcelain, metal, mixed media
Joyce Zipperer – stone
Maryland Art Place’s 25th Anniversary
Come celebrate the kick off of
Maryland Art Place’s 25th Anniversary
Friday, January 20, 2006
Please join us in celebrating the first event in a year of
special programming to commemorate Maryland Art Place’s 25th Anniversary.
Beginning at 6pm, the evening will feature a Gallery Talk and forum
highlighting MAP’s current exhibition:
Collaboration as a Medium: 25 Years of Pyramid Atlantic
Guest speakers include: Pepe Coronado, Helen Frederick, Shireen Homan,
Leslie King-Hammond, and Phyllis Plattner
A catered Reception will follow the Gallery Talk at 7pm
All events are free and open to the public
Maryland Art Place is located at 8 Market Place in Power Plant Live!
For more information, please call (410) 962-8565 or visit www.mdartplace.org
MAP's gallery space is located in Baltimore's entertainment district, Power Plant Live!, just a short walk from Baltimore's famous Inner Harbor.
410-962-8565.
Maryland Art Place’s 25th Anniversary
Friday, January 20, 2006
Please join us in celebrating the first event in a year of
special programming to commemorate Maryland Art Place’s 25th Anniversary.
Beginning at 6pm, the evening will feature a Gallery Talk and forum
highlighting MAP’s current exhibition:
Collaboration as a Medium: 25 Years of Pyramid Atlantic
Guest speakers include: Pepe Coronado, Helen Frederick, Shireen Homan,
Leslie King-Hammond, and Phyllis Plattner
A catered Reception will follow the Gallery Talk at 7pm
All events are free and open to the public
Maryland Art Place is located at 8 Market Place in Power Plant Live!
For more information, please call (410) 962-8565 or visit www.mdartplace.org
MAP's gallery space is located in Baltimore's entertainment district, Power Plant Live!, just a short walk from Baltimore's famous Inner Harbor.
410-962-8565.
Weaving together theater, documentary, and activism
A theme which is pressing in our country is being played out at
Cultural Development Corporation
In Flashpoint’s Meade Theatre
'Capers'
a solo play about forced relocation and the human right to housing
by 2006 Mayor's Arts Awards' Outstanding Emerging Artist
Anu Yadav
January 12 - February 5
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday – 7:30pm
Sunday – 3:00pm
Written and performed by Anu Yadav
Directed and developed by Patrick Crowley
Weaving together theater, documentary, and activism, 'Capers is a one-woman show based on the stories of families at the Arthur Capper/Carrollsburg public housing projects – also known as 'Capers – in southeast DC who protested the government-funded relocation and demolition of their neighborhood. Anu Yadav portrays nearly a dozen characters in this portrait of families struggling to fight for their community and a place to live. www.caperstheplay.com
General Admission $10
Reservations
tickets@caperstheplay.com
202.315.1340
Cultural Development Corporation
Flashpoint Mead Theater Lab
916 G Street, NW
202.315.1305
www.flashpointdc.org
Cultural Development Corporation
In Flashpoint’s Meade Theatre
'Capers'
a solo play about forced relocation and the human right to housing
by 2006 Mayor's Arts Awards' Outstanding Emerging Artist
Anu Yadav
January 12 - February 5
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday – 7:30pm
Sunday – 3:00pm
Written and performed by Anu Yadav
Directed and developed by Patrick Crowley
Weaving together theater, documentary, and activism, 'Capers is a one-woman show based on the stories of families at the Arthur Capper/Carrollsburg public housing projects – also known as 'Capers – in southeast DC who protested the government-funded relocation and demolition of their neighborhood. Anu Yadav portrays nearly a dozen characters in this portrait of families struggling to fight for their community and a place to live. www.caperstheplay.com
General Admission $10
Reservations
tickets@caperstheplay.com
202.315.1340
Cultural Development Corporation
Flashpoint Mead Theater Lab
916 G Street, NW
202.315.1305
www.flashpointdc.org
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