January 3 -26, 2008
Artist’s Reception Friday, January 4, 2008 from 6-8pm
Studio Gallery
2108 R Street NW
Washington, DC
Artists Featured...
Sondra N. Arkin, Chuck Baxter, Joan Belmar, Jody Bergstresser, Kristina Bilonick, Tanja Bos, Robert Cole, Scott Davis, Robert Dodge, Thomas Drymon, Gary Fisher, Glenn Fry, Charlie Gaynor, Craig Kraft, Bridget Sue Lambert, Dwight Lissenden, Regina M. Miele, Lucinda F. Murphy, Minna Newman Nathanson, Betto Ortiz, Mark Parascandola, Byron Peck, Brian Petro, Mary Beth Ramsey, Marina Reiter, Peter Alexander Romero, Nicolas F. Shi, Richard Siegman, Anita Walsh, Robert Wiener, Colin Winterbottom
Friday, December 28, 2007
Galley cat coming at you from John Aaron, Modern ARF
For fans of Sculptor John Aaron of Modern Arf, here's a holiday greeting from Aaron's cat, white guy, at gallerycat.
This is white guy.
He wishes all galley cats
smooth sailing in 2008.
John Aaron
House of Modern ARF
Emeryville, CA
This is white guy.
He wishes all galley cats
smooth sailing in 2008.
John Aaron
House of Modern ARF
Emeryville, CA
"ARTISTIC LICENSE" new deadline for artists
DC Arts License Plate
Design Fee: $5,000
Deadline: Friday, January 18, 2008 at 5:30 pm
The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities in collaboration with the District of Columbia, Department of Driver and Motor Vehicles is seeking an artist or artist team to design a specialty arts vanity license plate for the District of Columbia. The theme for the license plate is "Artistic License." The design should inspire residents and visitors to support the arts and help bring attention to the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. This call is open to artists who live in District of Columbia.
To download an application visit www.dcarts.dc.gov and click under "Current Call for Entries". For more information email Deirdre.Ehlen@dc.gov or call (202) 724-5613.
Design Fee: $5,000
Deadline: Friday, January 18, 2008 at 5:30 pm
The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities in collaboration with the District of Columbia, Department of Driver and Motor Vehicles is seeking an artist or artist team to design a specialty arts vanity license plate for the District of Columbia. The theme for the license plate is "Artistic License." The design should inspire residents and visitors to support the arts and help bring attention to the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. This call is open to artists who live in District of Columbia.
To download an application visit www.dcarts.dc.gov and click under "Current Call for Entries". For more information email Deirdre.Ehlen@dc.gov or call (202) 724-5613.
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Among the Crates and Barrels of Fine Art
I met up with Mark Planisek at one of the 9 X 10 WPA/C member shows this year. He was showing an intriguing series of mixed media collage boxes. Mark Planisek was interviewed by the Washington Post about his job at the National Portrait Gallery on December 23. Read the article HERE.
Monday, December 24, 2007
Sunday, December 23, 2007
"DOUBLE VISION"
One space; 60 local artists.
January 9 - February 3, 2008
Opening Reception: Friday, January 11, 2008 6 - 8:30 pm
Double Vision allows not only a taste of what each Touchstone artist is doing (one piece each) but also THE taste of each Touchstone artist. By inviting a guest artist to show work with one’s own, the artist’s vision is displayed beyond the subjective to the objective. Come and let us share with you what we find aesthetically pleasing/ exciting/challenging. There will be great variety - from representational to abstract, hard edge to impressionistic; sculpture, painting, photography and many other media.
Touchstone, an artist-owned gallery, has been serving the Washington community for over thirty years by exhibiting the highest quality of contemporary art. to the discerning eye and the creative imagination of our patrons.
Contact:
Director: Ksenia Grishkova
202.347.2787
touchstonegallery@verizon.net
January 9 - February 3, 2008
Opening Reception: Friday, January 11, 2008 6 - 8:30 pm
Double Vision allows not only a taste of what each Touchstone artist is doing (one piece each) but also THE taste of each Touchstone artist. By inviting a guest artist to show work with one’s own, the artist’s vision is displayed beyond the subjective to the objective. Come and let us share with you what we find aesthetically pleasing/ exciting/challenging. There will be great variety - from representational to abstract, hard edge to impressionistic; sculpture, painting, photography and many other media.
Touchstone, an artist-owned gallery, has been serving the Washington community for over thirty years by exhibiting the highest quality of contemporary art. to the discerning eye and the creative imagination of our patrons.
Contact:
Director: Ksenia Grishkova
202.347.2787
touchstonegallery@verizon.net
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Multiple Perspectives
An Exhibition of Prints by
Aline Feldman
January 2 - January 27, 2008
First Friday Opening Reception: Friday, January 4, 5-8 pm
Artist Talk: Sunday, January 6, 2-3pm
Artist Reception, Sunday, January 6, 3-5pm
Washington Printmakers Gallery
1732 Connecticut Ave, NW
202-332-7757
wpg@visi.net
www.washingtonprintmakers.com
Hours: Tues thru Thurs 12-6 pm | Fri 12-9 pm | Sat and Sun 12-5 pm
Located between R and S Streets,
1.5 blocks North of the Dupont Circle Metro Q Street exit,
above Mourayo Restaurant
Aline Feldman
January 2 - January 27, 2008
First Friday Opening Reception: Friday, January 4, 5-8 pm
Artist Talk: Sunday, January 6, 2-3pm
Artist Reception, Sunday, January 6, 3-5pm
Washington Printmakers Gallery
1732 Connecticut Ave, NW
202-332-7757
wpg@visi.net
www.washingtonprintmakers.com
Hours: Tues thru Thurs 12-6 pm | Fri 12-9 pm | Sat and Sun 12-5 pm
Located between R and S Streets,
1.5 blocks North of the Dupont Circle Metro Q Street exit,
above Mourayo Restaurant
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Call to Artists for Crystal Flight
Crystal City BID Soars with Crystal Flight
A Celebration of Art and Air Crystal City (Arlington, VA)
To highlight an aviation connection, the Crystal City Business Improvement District (BID) is pleased to announce a six-month “Celebration of Flight.” This campaign kicks off with Crystal Flight, which brings 50 (fifty) 5-foot-by-5-foot airplane statues (25 fighter jets and 25 vintage planes) to the
streets of Crystal City in April 2008.
As part of this public art opportunity, the BID is announcing a final Call for Artists. The Crystal City BID welcomes completed applications from interested artists and designers throughout the area. Details can be found at www.crystalcity.org. Once selected, talented area artists will kick-off the airplane design and paint process in late January. Lowe Enterprises Real Estate Group has generously provided the workshop space to store and decorate the planes, and JK Moving and Storage, Inc., has partnered to provide critical technical support for the handling of the planes.
For more information, visit www.crystalcity.org.
For more information contact:
Robert Mandle
Crystal City Business Improvement District
Arlington, VA
703.412.9430
A Celebration of Art and Air Crystal City (Arlington, VA)
To highlight an aviation connection, the Crystal City Business Improvement District (BID) is pleased to announce a six-month “Celebration of Flight.” This campaign kicks off with Crystal Flight, which brings 50 (fifty) 5-foot-by-5-foot airplane statues (25 fighter jets and 25 vintage planes) to the
streets of Crystal City in April 2008.
As part of this public art opportunity, the BID is announcing a final Call for Artists. The Crystal City BID welcomes completed applications from interested artists and designers throughout the area. Details can be found at www.crystalcity.org. Once selected, talented area artists will kick-off the airplane design and paint process in late January. Lowe Enterprises Real Estate Group has generously provided the workshop space to store and decorate the planes, and JK Moving and Storage, Inc., has partnered to provide critical technical support for the handling of the planes.
For more information, visit www.crystalcity.org.
For more information contact:
Robert Mandle
Crystal City Business Improvement District
Arlington, VA
703.412.9430
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
2007 Downtown Holiday Market
Dec 7 - 23, 2007
Noon to 8:00pm
F Street between 7th and 8th NW
Washington, DC
A unique seasonal shopping experience in the heart of downtown Washington.
For 17 exciting days from Noon to 8:00 pm, the sidewalk on F Street between 7th and 8th in front of the Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture is transformed into a marketplace of local artisans selling a diverse array of goods including: art, crafts, jewelry, textiles, photography, pottery, clothing, prepared food and other high quality gift items. Enjoy live entertainment and refreshing food and beverages while you shop.
Click for a list of exhibitors
Take metro to Gallery Place, exit at 7th Street NW and you are there. Enjoy!
Noon to 8:00pm
F Street between 7th and 8th NW
Washington, DC
A unique seasonal shopping experience in the heart of downtown Washington.
For 17 exciting days from Noon to 8:00 pm, the sidewalk on F Street between 7th and 8th in front of the Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture is transformed into a marketplace of local artisans selling a diverse array of goods including: art, crafts, jewelry, textiles, photography, pottery, clothing, prepared food and other high quality gift items. Enjoy live entertainment and refreshing food and beverages while you shop.
Click for a list of exhibitors
Take metro to Gallery Place, exit at 7th Street NW and you are there. Enjoy!
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
It's U's Turn
Associate Editor, Beth Farnstrom just started a column on the visual arts in DC for Washington Life Magazine. Her first piece includes the PinkLine Project's founder and art collector, Philippa Hughs local art picks for December and January. Read it here.
James Rosenquist at SAAM
I was away for this lecture and hope someone will fill me in. Over at Eye Level, Howard comments "Pop Goes the Artist: James Rosenquist at SAAM"
View the Webcast of Rosenquist's lecture and check out his Industrial Cottage, acquired by SAAM in 2006.
View the Webcast of Rosenquist's lecture and check out his Industrial Cottage, acquired by SAAM in 2006.
DC Creates Public Art Blog
A bonus! Way to Go!
The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities has a new Blog for their Public Art Programs. Check it out and earmark it for future funding of your public art projects. http://dcpublicart.blogspot.com/
Here you will find calls for artists, as well as photos of installations along the way.
The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities has a new Blog for their Public Art Programs. Check it out and earmark it for future funding of your public art projects. http://dcpublicart.blogspot.com/
Here you will find calls for artists, as well as photos of installations along the way.
Bill Dunlap reviews Fernando Botero: Abu Ghraib
Fernando Botero: Abu Ghraib at the Katzen Art Center
thru December 30
Best Bet... Bill Dunlap reviews this exhibition, part of the "ART of CONFRONTation" exhibit, which features around 79 paintings and drawings by Fernando Botero of the Abu Ghraib prison.
Click to see podcast at Around Town
thru December 30
Best Bet... Bill Dunlap reviews this exhibition, part of the "ART of CONFRONTation" exhibit, which features around 79 paintings and drawings by Fernando Botero of the Abu Ghraib prison.
Click to see podcast at Around Town
WPA Artfile is online
The Washington Project for the Arts, WPA launched the WPA ArtFile Online this month. The File is an interactive web-based image registry of WPA members’ artwork, accessible 24 hours a day through the WPA’s website.
Take a look at DC's talent of artists at artfile.wpadc.org
Contact David William at dwilliam@wpadc.org
Take a look at DC's talent of artists at artfile.wpadc.org
Contact David William at dwilliam@wpadc.org
2008 Bethesda Painting Awards deadline
Applications for the 2008 Bethesda Painting Awards are due Friday, February 15, 2008. Up to $14,000 will be awarded in prize monies. Applicants must be over 18 years of age and residents of Maryland, Virginia or Washington, D.C to be eligible. All original 2-D painting including oil, acrylic, watercolor, gouache, encaustic and mixed media will be accepted. Slides or digital entries on a CD are permitted. There is also a $25 non-refundable application fee. The deadline for submissions is Friday, February 15, 2008.
You may find an application form at www.bethesda.org
You may find an application form at www.bethesda.org
Save Market 5 Gallery From Eviction
For over 30 years Market 5 Gallery has operated in the north hall of Washington, DC's historic Eastern Market as an alternative art space. Despite the fact that the space has no indoor plumbing or climate control, this non profit arts organization has thrived and launched many a career in the arts. A few years ago, Market 5 went to court to fight an illegal eviction by the city. The case was settled out of court but the rent was raised almost 10 fold with the promise of indoor plumbing, heat, an upgraded electrical system and other improvements to bring the entire market up to code. Now that improvements are underway on the south hall of the market, the city is trying to illegally evict Market 5 Gallery again. Please help the gallery by signing a petition to stop this eviction. Please forward this information to friends and family that are familiar with the gallery and its programs. Washington, DC's Office of Property Management (OPM) and its contractors have bullied and harassed Market 5 Gallery ever since OPM was given oversight of Eastern Market's North Hall. On Tuesday morning, OPM broke in the gallery and changed the locks. Later that day an OPM official said it was a mistake and that they would send someone to let gallery staff in on Wednesday. Check out the interview of gallery staff on youtube. Please sign the gallery's petition to halt another illegal eviction attempt and contact Mayor Fenty to express your outrage over OPM's illegal dealings with Market 5 Gallery. http://youtube.com/watch?v=KXARfjRZYSE
Go to http://market5gallery.org for information about the gallery.
Go to http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/savemarket5gallery to sign the petition. Camille Mosley-Pasley
Anacostia Fine Art
www.AnacostiaFineArt.com
Go to http://market5gallery.org
Go to http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/savemarket5gallery to sign the petition. Camille Mosley-Pasley
Anacostia Fine Art
www.AnacostiaFineArt.com
Monday, December 17, 2007
WILD IMAGINATION
Six Self-Taught Artists from the American South
Curated by Ginger Young
Over 66 works of art by some of the most important self-taught artists today.
December 15 to January 27, 2008
at the Athenaeum
Harold Finster
James Harold Jennings
Nellie Mae Rowe
James Arthur Snipes
Jimmy Lee Sudduth
Mose Tolliver
The Athenaeum
201 Prince St.
Alexandria, Va 22314
www.nvfaa.org
Wed - Fri
11:00 - 3:00
Sat Sun
noon - 4:00
Curated by Ginger Young
Over 66 works of art by some of the most important self-taught artists today.
December 15 to January 27, 2008
at the Athenaeum
Harold Finster
James Harold Jennings
Nellie Mae Rowe
James Arthur Snipes
Jimmy Lee Sudduth
Mose Tolliver
The Athenaeum
201 Prince St.
Alexandria, Va 22314
www.nvfaa.org
Wed - Fri
11:00 - 3:00
Sat Sun
noon - 4:00
wall/paper A group exhibition at Transformer
Transformer presents: wall/paper A group exhibition featuring selections from Transformer's Flat File Program.
December 15, 2007 - January 19, 2008
Launched in spring 2007, Transformer's Flat File consists of unframed works in a variety of two-dimensional mediums including photography, painting, drawing, and printmaking, all approximately 16" x 20" in size and smaller. Featuring works by regionally, nationally and internationally based artists, the program is open to artists that have exhibited with Transformer in the past and those who are new to Transformer. wall/paper highlights selections from the current Flat File, as well as new work by April Behnke, Miles Bumbray, Jennifer DePalma, Benjamin Jurgenson, Andy Kozlowski, and Lauren Vincelli. All works in wall/paper and in the Flat Files are available for purchase.
In addition to the artists listed above, Transformer's Flat File includes works by:
Cynthia Connolly, Nathan Manuel, Champ Taylor, Pat Graham, Maki Maruyama, Lisa Marie Thalhammer, Stephen Gibson, Piero Passacantando, Christine Buckton Tillman, Ryan Hill, Melanie Standage, Rachel Waldron, Marissa Long, Jay Stuckey
Works by April Behnke and Benjamin Jurgenson are included via courtesy of Meat Market Gallery.
EXHIBITION HOURS for wall/paper: Wednesday - Saturday, 1-7pm by appointment. Transformer will be open by appointment only December 26 - 29.
December 15, 2007 - January 19, 2008
Launched in spring 2007, Transformer's Flat File consists of unframed works in a variety of two-dimensional mediums including photography, painting, drawing, and printmaking, all approximately 16" x 20" in size and smaller. Featuring works by regionally, nationally and internationally based artists, the program is open to artists that have exhibited with Transformer in the past and those who are new to Transformer. wall/paper highlights selections from the current Flat File, as well as new work by April Behnke, Miles Bumbray, Jennifer DePalma, Benjamin Jurgenson, Andy Kozlowski, and Lauren Vincelli. All works in wall/paper and in the Flat Files are available for purchase.
In addition to the artists listed above, Transformer's Flat File includes works by:
Cynthia Connolly, Nathan Manuel, Champ Taylor, Pat Graham, Maki Maruyama, Lisa Marie Thalhammer, Stephen Gibson, Piero Passacantando, Christine Buckton Tillman, Ryan Hill, Melanie Standage, Rachel Waldron, Marissa Long, Jay Stuckey
Works by April Behnke and Benjamin Jurgenson are included via courtesy of Meat Market Gallery.
EXHIBITION HOURS for wall/paper: Wednesday - Saturday, 1-7pm by appointment. Transformer will be open by appointment only December 26 - 29.
Margot Quan Knight
Randall Scott Gallery
December 15th-January 19th
How do we experience the passage of time?
While physics may accurately describe a universal space-time, our human experiences seem to defy uniform time on a daily basis: each of us has lived a moment that seemed to last forever, or hours that passed by in a heartbeat.
Margot Quan Knights large scale photographs turn to the physical body, that portal through which all experience arrives. She proposes that the body responds to dense experience by expanding mental focus on the activity at hand, to the exclusion of all other thoughts.
In creating the Intervals series Knight looked to Caravaggio, especially his painting Death of the Virgin, and more current works by Bill Viola, Karolina Sobecka, and Sam Taylor Wood as inspiration. She also drew on the personal experiences of losing herself in thought, in a household task, in the chaos of her wedding, and in the interminably long, clear moment of a car accident.
The Intervals series was sponsored in part by a 2006 CityArtist Grant from the Seattle Mayor's Office of Arts Cultural Affairs and a 2006 Special Projects Grant from 4CultRandall Scott Gallery
1326 14th Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20005
202-332-0806
202-332-0807 fax
www.randallscottgallery.com
info@randallscottgallery.com
December 15th-January 19th
How do we experience the passage of time?
While physics may accurately describe a universal space-time, our human experiences seem to defy uniform time on a daily basis: each of us has lived a moment that seemed to last forever, or hours that passed by in a heartbeat.
Margot Quan Knights large scale photographs turn to the physical body, that portal through which all experience arrives. She proposes that the body responds to dense experience by expanding mental focus on the activity at hand, to the exclusion of all other thoughts.
In creating the Intervals series Knight looked to Caravaggio, especially his painting Death of the Virgin, and more current works by Bill Viola, Karolina Sobecka, and Sam Taylor Wood as inspiration. She also drew on the personal experiences of losing herself in thought, in a household task, in the chaos of her wedding, and in the interminably long, clear moment of a car accident.
The Intervals series was sponsored in part by a 2006 CityArtist Grant from the Seattle Mayor's Office of Arts Cultural Affairs and a 2006 Special Projects Grant from 4CultRandall Scott Gallery
1326 14th Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20005
202-332-0806
202-332-0807 fax
www.randallscottgallery.com
info@randallscottgallery.com
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