I had heard that two other galleries were closing in DC besides Zenith Gallery. Lenny Campello confirms that Kathleen Ewing and Jane Haslem, both long time prominent gallerists in DC, will close their physical spaces. Read the article at Daily Campello Art News HERE.
NBC Washington Around Town
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Soul Rebel: An Intimate Portrait of Bob Marley at Govinda
Through March 28th, 2009
In honor of Bob Marley’s birthday on February 6th, Govinda continues the exhibition, Soul Rebel: An Intimate Portrait of Bob Marley. Soul Rebel presents for the first time David Burnett’s extraordinary photographs of one of the most beloved and respected international musical artists of our time. Go see this exhibition before it closes on March 28!
Govinda Gallery
1227 34th Street NW, Washington DC 20007
202.333.1180
Book signing for "Soul Rebel: an Intimate Portrait of Bob Marley" - photographs by David Burnett
Thursday, March 26, 7 pm
Borders Books
5333 Wisconsin Ave NW
Washington 20815
see what Roger Steffens, author of Reggae Scrapbook has to say about Soul Rebel:
"Burnett captures the haunting Misty Mornings of the Isle of Springs, and the private Jamming and cloudy studio wizardry of its musical magicians. We see intimate portraits of Burning Spear; the Bush Doctor, Peter Tosh; the irrepressible producers Jack Ruby and Lee 'Scratch' Perry; and most impressively, the Prophet Bob Marley, deep in thought and serious as a heart attack, in the process of creating and sharing his immortal Redemption Songs."
Jamaica Gleaner News - Burnett revisits the Soul of Marley - Entertainment - Tuesday | March 17, 2009
Environmental Film Festival: Katrina’s Children
March 18, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Washington, D.C. premieres Katrina's Children (2008, 83 min.) at National Museum of Women in the Arts, a feature-length documentary about nineteen children from different neighborhoods in New Orleans at. Told entirely from the children's point of view, the film explores the impact of Hurricane Katrina on their lives. We enter their world through their stories, their play, and their art, which has been animated for the film, magically bringing to life their interior universe. Aching with sadness, yet grounded in hope, Katrina's Children is ultimately a celebration of children's extraordinary resilience and a tribute to New Orleans' unique and indomitable spirit. Director Laura Belsey will participate in a post-screening discussion. For a full schedule of Environmental Film Festival screenings, please visit www.dcenvironmentalfilmfest.org
Members, seniors, students $4; General $5. Reservations required: email reservations[at]nmwa[dot]org or call 202-783-7370
Washington, D.C. premieres Katrina's Children (2008, 83 min.) at National Museum of Women in the Arts, a feature-length documentary about nineteen children from different neighborhoods in New Orleans at. Told entirely from the children's point of view, the film explores the impact of Hurricane Katrina on their lives. We enter their world through their stories, their play, and their art, which has been animated for the film, magically bringing to life their interior universe. Aching with sadness, yet grounded in hope, Katrina's Children is ultimately a celebration of children's extraordinary resilience and a tribute to New Orleans' unique and indomitable spirit. Director Laura Belsey will participate in a post-screening discussion. For a full schedule of Environmental Film Festival screenings, please visit www.dcenvironmentalfilmfest.org
Members, seniors, students $4; General $5. Reservations required: email reservations[at]nmwa[dot]org or call 202-783-7370
Shen Wei / Almost Naked
April 2nd-May 2nd
Randall Scott Gallery presents the opening of their new location in Brooklyn with Shen Wei / Almost Naked
opening reception for the artist
April 2nd, 6pm-8pm
Shen Wei
When Shen Wei was a teenager, growing up in Shanghai, he snuck into an underground movie theater and watched the film Basic Instinct. He was not so much shocked by the sex and the violence in the film, but was more affected by the realization of how people were so numbed by the ideas of intimacy, sexuality and love.
When he came to America, his curiosity in how people dealt with their identity in an open society grew. He began to photograph random people. People off the street, people he had just met.
When creating a portrait, the photographer/subject connection is crucial. Without this connection, the subject will produce a facade, an invisible wall between the two. Shen Wei manages to very quickly gain trust and forge an emotional connection. The resulting image is one of honesty, non-glamorous, stripped down, and without pretense.
Wei's portraits are about human nature, emotions, feelings and desire. He explores the complexity of emotional nakedness and human psychology through the bond he creates with his subject. The intimate act of a portrait, the one-on-one relationship between photographer and subject, brings the subjects self forward.
Randall Scott Gallery presents the opening of their new location in Brooklyn with Shen Wei / Almost Naked
opening reception for the artist
April 2nd, 6pm-8pm
Shen Wei
When Shen Wei was a teenager, growing up in Shanghai, he snuck into an underground movie theater and watched the film Basic Instinct. He was not so much shocked by the sex and the violence in the film, but was more affected by the realization of how people were so numbed by the ideas of intimacy, sexuality and love.
When he came to America, his curiosity in how people dealt with their identity in an open society grew. He began to photograph random people. People off the street, people he had just met.
When creating a portrait, the photographer/subject connection is crucial. Without this connection, the subject will produce a facade, an invisible wall between the two. Shen Wei manages to very quickly gain trust and forge an emotional connection. The resulting image is one of honesty, non-glamorous, stripped down, and without pretense.
Wei's portraits are about human nature, emotions, feelings and desire. He explores the complexity of emotional nakedness and human psychology through the bond he creates with his subject. The intimate act of a portrait, the one-on-one relationship between photographer and subject, brings the subjects self forward.
Randall Scott Gallery
111 Front Street #204
Brooklyn, NY 11201
www.randallscottgallery.com
info@randallscottgallery.com
Hours:
11am-6pm Wed-Sat
DUMBO First Thursdays 11am-8:30pm
Location:
Located on the corner of Front and Washington Streets
in-between the bridges
Trains:
F (York St)
A C (High St)
111 Front Street #204
Brooklyn, NY 11201
www.randallscottgallery.com
info@randallscottgallery.com
Hours:
11am-6pm Wed-Sat
DUMBO First Thursdays 11am-8:30pm
Location:
Located on the corner of Front and Washington Streets
in-between the bridges
Trains:
F (York St)
A C (High St)
Monday, March 16, 2009
Authentic Art Visions: The Artcast
Sharon Burton of Authentic Contemporary Art and I spent a lovely afternoon yesterday talking about murals and their effect on communities. You can listen to the Authentic Art Visions Podcast: Art and Change: Art Murals and the Community / Interview HERE. These are some of the murals we discussed.
Prism, Metro Gateway Mural Anne Marchand 2008, acrylic on concrete, 9' 4" x 160'
18th and S. Bell Streets Arlington, VA 22202 Photo Courtesy: Crystal City BID
Building Blocks, High Up Close to Heaven, 2006 Mural, acrylic, 7' x 18'
Takoma Community Center, 300 Van Buren St., NW Washington, DC
Photo Credit: Greg Staley
AAV ArtCast, 20th Edition: Art and Change: Part 3: Art Murals and the Community
List of Resources
Anne Marchand's Murals locations:
“Community” Mural
Westminster Playground
913 Westminster Street (Between S and T Sts. NW)
Washington, DC
Commissioned by DC Creates Public Art
“Building Blocks, High Up Close to Heaven” Mural
Takoma Community Center
300 Van Buren St., NW Washington, DC 20011 (202) 576-7068
Commissioned by DC Creates Public Art / Dept. of Parks and Recreation
“Red Delicious” Mural
Eastern Market
7th St. & North Carolina Ave. S.E., Washington, D.C.
Commissioned by DC Creates Public Art, Office of Property Management
“Prism” Mural
18 th and S. Bell Streets
Arlington, VA 22202
Commissioned by Crystal City BID
703-412-9434
“Ellipsis” Art Wall
Hyatt Regency at Ronald Reagan National Airport
2799 Jefferson Davis Highway
Arlington, VA 22202 US
Commissioned by Crystal City BID 703-412-9434
Sponsors - Hyatt Regency, Concord Residences, and Gould Property Company
Anne also mentioned community resources for funding and information to develop murals in DC. Please check these resources out!
Mural Program Resources: DC Creates Public Art Program
Rachel Dickerson
DC Creates Public Art Manager
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
1371 Harvard Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
(202) 724-5613 main
(202) 727-4135 fax
http://www.dcarts.dc.gov/
Public Art Building Communities Grant
Rachel Dickerson
DC Creates Public Art Manager
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
1371 Harvard Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
(202) 724-5613 main
(202) 727-4135 fax
http://www.dcarts.dc.gov/
The DC Mural Initiative or Murals DC
Midnight Forum
Dominic Painter, Executive Director
(202) 640-2040
http://www.midnightforum.org/
contact@midnightforum.org
Albus Cavus
2451 18th St NW
Washington, DC 20009
http://www.albuscav.us/
albuscavus@gmail.com
City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program
Lincoln Financial Mural Arts Center at the Thomas Eakins House
1727-29 Mt. Vernon Street, Philadelphia, PA 19130
Phone: 215.685.0750 Fax: 215.685.0757
Diego Rivera, a famous Mexican muralist summed up the importance of murals, "mural painting must help in [a person's] struggle to become a human being, and for that purpose it must live wherever it can; no place is bad for it, so long as it is permitted to fulfill its primary functions of nutrition and enlightenment" (Rivera & Wolfe, 1934, p. 13).
Prism, Metro Gateway Mural Anne Marchand 2008, acrylic on concrete, 9' 4" x 160'18th and S. Bell Streets Arlington, VA 22202 Photo Courtesy: Crystal City BID
Building Blocks, High Up Close to Heaven, 2006 Mural, acrylic, 7' x 18' Takoma Community Center, 300 Van Buren St., NW Washington, DC
Photo Credit: Greg Staley
We are continuing our series called Art and Change, and today's topic is about one of the most visual art that can be seen in many neighborhoods - the art mural. To discuss how the mural concept contributes to community change and growth, I invited DC based artist, Anne Marchand to join us. Anne Marchand was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Growing up in a colorful environment of Spanish and French influences ..... Anne recently completed a 160' mural for the Crystal City Metro Gateway in 2008 and installed work on an art wall on the outside of the Hyatt Regency Crystal City. Read more HERE.
Authentic Art Visions Podcast presented by Sharon BurtonCommunity, Mural, Anne Marchand 2002, acrylic, 35' x 35' DC Creates Public Art
915 Westminster Street NW, Washington, DC Photo Credit: Greg Staley
For more information on the Art and Change Podcast series contact: Authentic Contemporary Art, 1-888-861-1395
List of Resources
Anne Marchand's Murals locations:
“Community” Mural
Westminster Playground
913 Westminster Street (Between S and T Sts. NW)
Washington, DC
Commissioned by DC Creates Public Art
“Building Blocks, High Up Close to Heaven” Mural
Takoma Community Center
300 Van Buren St., NW Washington, DC 20011 (202) 576-7068
Commissioned by DC Creates Public Art / Dept. of Parks and Recreation
“Red Delicious” Mural
Eastern Market
7th St. & North Carolina Ave. S.E., Washington, D.C.
Commissioned by DC Creates Public Art, Office of Property Management
“Prism” Mural
18 th and S. Bell Streets
Arlington, VA 22202
Commissioned by Crystal City BID
703-412-9434
“Ellipsis” Art Wall
Hyatt Regency at Ronald Reagan National Airport
2799 Jefferson Davis Highway
Arlington, VA 22202 US
Commissioned by Crystal City BID 703-412-9434
Sponsors - Hyatt Regency, Concord Residences, and Gould Property Company
Anne also mentioned community resources for funding and information to develop murals in DC. Please check these resources out!
Mural Program Resources: DC Creates Public Art Program
Rachel Dickerson
DC Creates Public Art Manager
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
1371 Harvard Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
(202) 724-5613 main
(202) 727-4135 fax
http://www.dcarts.dc.gov/
Public Art Building Communities Grant
Rachel Dickerson
DC Creates Public Art Manager
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
1371 Harvard Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
(202) 724-5613 main
(202) 727-4135 fax
http://www.dcarts.dc.gov/
The DC Mural Initiative or Murals DC
Midnight Forum
Dominic Painter, Executive Director
(202) 640-2040
http://www.midnightforum.org/
contact@midnightforum.org
Albus Cavus
2451 18th St NW
Washington, DC 20009
http://www.albuscav.us/
albuscavus@gmail.com
City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program
Lincoln Financial Mural Arts Center at the Thomas Eakins House
1727-29 Mt. Vernon Street, Philadelphia, PA 19130
Phone: 215.685.0750 Fax: 215.685.0757
Diego Rivera, a famous Mexican muralist summed up the importance of murals, "mural painting must help in [a person's] struggle to become a human being, and for that purpose it must live wherever it can; no place is bad for it, so long as it is permitted to fulfill its primary functions of nutrition and enlightenment" (Rivera & Wolfe, 1934, p. 13).
ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS / H. Wesley Wheeler
March 17 - April 11, 2009
New Paintings by H. Wesley Wheeler
Opening Reception on Thursday, March 19, 6 to 9 pm.
Desire (2008) oil on canvas, 36" x 36"
New Paintings by H. Wesley Wheeler
Opening Reception on Thursday, March 19, 6 to 9 pm.
Desire (2008) oil on canvas, 36" x 36"New paintings by New York-based H. Wesley Wheeler will be featured in a solo exhibition. With an exquisite instinct for balancing composition, color and energy, Wheeler creates canvases on which each of us may overlay our own sense of mood and meaning.
More images at NKGB
Nevin Kelly Gallery
1400 Irving Street, NW, #132
Washington, DC 20010
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Museum cannibalism: Pricing out visitors - Modern Art Notes
Tyler Green of Modern Art Notes writes,
"Two of America's most esteemed encyclopedic art museums are looking to raise the cost of admission: The Philadelphia Museum of Art is asking the city of Philadelphia for permission to raise admission fees an unannounced amount. And yesterday the Art Institute of Chicago received city permission to raise the cost of admission 50 percent, to $18. The AIC is also raising admissions for students and seniors by 71 percent.
Just as young people, the middle-class and the less fortunate can least afford access to the great collections in Philadelphia and Chicago, their museums are making it harder for people to visit."
Read More HERE
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Touched by Fire
March 21 - April 30, 2009
Opening Reception for the Artist:
Saturday, March 21st, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Adamson Gallery presents "Touched by Fire," the first U.S. exhibition of works by French photographer Martin d'Orgeval.
In February of 2008, a fire destroyed the famous Parisian taxidermy shop Deyrolle, which had been founded more than one hundred and fifty years before. A cabinet of natural curiosities, the shop had been home to many priceless specimens from butterflies to polar bears. As the shop's friends and neighbors worked to raise money through auctions, donations, and even the sale of a limited edition scarf by Hermes, photographer d'Orgeval documented this unique moment in Deyrolle's history.
These large-scale photographs show the shop in the aftermath of the fire-the walls, floors and furniture are charred and damaged almost beyond recognition. However, natural sunlight filters through the wreckage, emphasizing the beauty of decay. In a striking juxtaposition, some of the animals stand unscathed among the rubble. The effect is one of a type of unreality, a theme that encompasses the practice of taxidermy and of preservation itself. With his work, d'Orgeval explores and redefines questions of nature, habitat, and temporality. Martin d'Orgeval lives and works in Paris and has exhibited all over Europe. A book of d'Orgeval's photographs of Deyrolle, Touched By Fire, will be published by Steidl in 2009.
Adamson Gallery
1515 fourteenth street nw
washington dc / 20005
202.232.0707
www.adamsongallery.com
Opening Reception for the Artist:
Saturday, March 21st, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Adamson Gallery presents "Touched by Fire," the first U.S. exhibition of works by French photographer Martin d'Orgeval.
In February of 2008, a fire destroyed the famous Parisian taxidermy shop Deyrolle, which had been founded more than one hundred and fifty years before. A cabinet of natural curiosities, the shop had been home to many priceless specimens from butterflies to polar bears. As the shop's friends and neighbors worked to raise money through auctions, donations, and even the sale of a limited edition scarf by Hermes, photographer d'Orgeval documented this unique moment in Deyrolle's history.
These large-scale photographs show the shop in the aftermath of the fire-the walls, floors and furniture are charred and damaged almost beyond recognition. However, natural sunlight filters through the wreckage, emphasizing the beauty of decay. In a striking juxtaposition, some of the animals stand unscathed among the rubble. The effect is one of a type of unreality, a theme that encompasses the practice of taxidermy and of preservation itself. With his work, d'Orgeval explores and redefines questions of nature, habitat, and temporality. Martin d'Orgeval lives and works in Paris and has exhibited all over Europe. A book of d'Orgeval's photographs of Deyrolle, Touched By Fire, will be published by Steidl in 2009.
Adamson Gallery
1515 fourteenth street nw
washington dc / 20005
202.232.0707
www.adamsongallery.com
Friday, March 13, 2009
Fit to Structure
The Fifteen Before Fifteen
Article written by Chris Davis
Visit
Nevin Kelly Gallery
1400 Irving Street NW #132
(inside The Highland Park Apartment building)
Washington, DC
Article written by Chris Davis
Nevin Kelly Gallery's charm is that you can look at art in a relaxed setting. Moreover the display is scaled to that of an actual home. The space accurately represents the size of the work, thereby eliminating the chance that a patron will take home a piece of work that doesn't fit. Add to that the fact that Nevin employs different techniques in hanging works of art. From their website, "We change our exhibition format periodically between formal hangings of work in 'gallery style' that allows us to showcase a select sampling of our inventory and a less formal 'salon style' approach that shows a broader selection or works by each of our artists. We think this keeps things interesting." It most definitely does.
Visit
Nevin Kelly Gallery
1400 Irving Street NW #132
(inside The Highland Park Apartment building)
Washington, DC
Art Still Available from WPA Gala
This past Saturday, Washington Project for the Arts hosted the 28th Annual Art Auction Gala at the Katzen Arts Center. The event serves as WPA's major fundraising effort each year while also providing an opportunity to showcase the work of regional and national artists. WPA sold over 80 works of art on Saturday and raised much needed funds for the organization. In spite of these sales they fell short of fundraising goals and are asking supporters to considering purchasing one or more of the unsold works.
Their website has been updated to show the works that remain available and the current sales price. As of this moment there are 30 works available priced from $500. In addition, they have 24 table sculptures available starting at $250.
If you are interested in purchasing work, please direct all inquiries to the WPA: 202-234-7103 ext 4 or 5.
Washington Project for the Arts | 500 Seventeenth Street, NW | Washington | DC | 20006
Their website has been updated to show the works that remain available and the current sales price. As of this moment there are 30 works available priced from $500. In addition, they have 24 table sculptures available starting at $250.
If you are interested in purchasing work, please direct all inquiries to the WPA: 202-234-7103 ext 4 or 5.
Washington Project for the Arts | 500 Seventeenth Street, NW | Washington | DC | 20006
Oneness Theories / The Art of Adam Russell
Saturday March 14th, 6pm-Midnight
This Saturday - The Oneness Theories
Russell relates his art to his general worldview, and likens his series to the fortitude of a building, its meaning and value, and how it is affected by the combination of its components. As in a building, where each brick connects together to create a physical security based on the integrity of the foundation, so is his art related to its components. It is the underground source unseen that holds up the visual expression. This body of paintings is composed of a combination of many structures; portraits, animals, landscapes, structures, and impromptu expressions of color to build a conceptual environment, a home for their conversation.
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Art Whino,llc
173 Waterfront St.
National Harbor, MD 20745
Office: 301.567.8210
www.ArtWhino.com
Connie Imboden
Reflections: 25 Years of PhotographyMarch 14 - April 25
Opening reception and book signing:
Saturday, March 14
Opening reception and book signing:
Saturday, March 14
book signing at 5pm
reception at 6pm
reception at 6pm
Heinemann Myers
4728 Hampden Lane
Bethesda, MD
Billy's Parents' House
Sunday, March 15, 7pm 'til wheneverBringing back the high school house party with a touch of class.
Chief Mixers: Adam Bernbach and Owen Thomson
DJs YellowFever - with special guests
Warehouse
1017-1021 7th Street NW
(between New York Ave. and L St. NW)
Washington, DC
Maya Lin / Systematic Landscapes
March 14, 2009 — July 12, 2009
The Corcoran Gallery of Art opens Maya Lin: Systematic Landscapes—a dramatic installation of major new works by contemporary artist and architect, Maya Lin (who designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial).
Read Dcist preview of the exhibit here.
Also on view
From the Permanent Collection:
Corcoran Gallery of Art
500 Seventeenth Street NW
Washington, DC 20006
The Corcoran Gallery of Art opens Maya Lin: Systematic Landscapes—a dramatic installation of major new works by contemporary artist and architect, Maya Lin (who designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial).
Read Dcist preview of the exhibit here.
Also on view
From the Permanent Collection:
Sculpture from the Mouse House: The Olga Hirshhorn Collection at the Corcoran
Reopens March 14–30, 2009
Nature as Nation: 19th-Century American Landscapes from the Collection
Reopens March 14, 2009
Corcoran Gallery of Art
500 Seventeenth Street NW
Washington, DC 20006
Museums lending to commercial galleries
Museums lending to commercial galleries: the debate - The Art Newspaper:
By Michael Rush
Posted online: 25.2.09 | From Issue 199 (February 2009)
By Michael Rush
Posted online: 25.2.09 | From Issue 199 (February 2009)
"Lindsay Pollock’s piece “Public Art for Private Gain” (The Art Newspaper, December 2008) was a thoughtful and measured discussion of a major topic in the increasingly boundaryless world of art. The issue of museums lending works of art to for-profit galleries for exhibitions is, indeed, a murky one,"
FARAWAY NEARBY:
A Juried Contemporary Art Exhibition in Celebration of GRACE’s 35th Anniversary
Call for Entry
Presented by Greater Reston Arts Center
June 18 – July 31, 2009
Opening Reception: Friday, June 19, 6 - 8pm
All-media exhibition to be held June 18 - July 31
http://www.restonarts.org/Exhibitions/Exhibit-Opps.htm
Greater Reston Arts Center
12001 Market Street Suite #103
Reston, VA 20190
703.471.9242
Call for Entry
Presented by Greater Reston Arts Center
June 18 – July 31, 2009
Opening Reception: Friday, June 19, 6 - 8pm
All-media exhibition to be held June 18 - July 31
http://www.restonarts.org/Exhibitions/Exhibit-Opps.htm
Greater Reston Arts Center
12001 Market Street Suite #103
Reston, VA 20190
703.471.9242
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Rebuilding after Katrina Never Tasted So Good
Happy spring (almost) and good eatin'. This story is a little off the art path and every now and then I like to surprise readers with something a little different. Good food is my second love so I'll share with you. Here's a family tale to start getting ready for spring with a helping of good vegetables. Good taste runs in the family as dished up by my sister and her husband, Gladys and Jim Core of Happy Oaks Farm in Folsom, (I love that name) Louisiana. Jim and Gladys continue to provide quality produce to the New Orleans and Covington, LA farmers markets even in the current economic climate.
If you like gumbo, you'll like the batch that Jim Core cooks up, gumbo z'herbes. I've included the recipe below.
Tonight, for a fundraiser with Alice Waters for the Crescent City Farmers Market, Jim is making a couple of pans of his kale jambalaya, featured in the new "Crescent City Farmers Market Cookbook" that is being celebrated. Author Poppy Tooker writes that Core is "a market legend." Chefs John Besh, Chris Montero, Darin Nesbit, Tory McPhail, Emmanuel Loubier, Stephen Stryjewski and Adolfo Garcia are cooking, too, as are vendors and shoppers Kay Brandhurst, Anne Churchill, Dave Cash, Bruce Gallassero and Justin Pitts.
Read today's article The Jolly Green Gardener
Folsom, Louisiana farmer Jim Core grows the greens to make a mean pot of gumbo z'herbes
By Judy Walker
Jim Core's greens gumbo Recipe
1 bunch mustard greens
1 bunch collards
1 bunch kale
1 carton (32 ounces) low-sodium vegetable broth (or equivalent)
1 medium onion, chopped
½ clove garlic, minced
Salt, pepper and Creole seasoning
Support your local Farmers markets!
New Crescent City Farmers Market cookbook collects 13 years of farmers recipes by Judy Walker
Video by David Grunfel
Contact: James C. "Jim" and Gladys Core
Taylor's Happy Oaks Farm, Folsom, LA
phone: 985-796-9654
Product: greens, turnips, canteloupe, strawberries, peaches
If you like gumbo, you'll like the batch that Jim Core cooks up, gumbo z'herbes. I've included the recipe below.
Tonight, for a fundraiser with Alice Waters for the Crescent City Farmers Market, Jim is making a couple of pans of his kale jambalaya, featured in the new "Crescent City Farmers Market Cookbook" that is being celebrated. Author Poppy Tooker writes that Core is "a market legend." Chefs John Besh, Chris Montero, Darin Nesbit, Tory McPhail, Emmanuel Loubier, Stephen Stryjewski and Adolfo Garcia are cooking, too, as are vendors and shoppers Kay Brandhurst, Anne Churchill, Dave Cash, Bruce Gallassero and Justin Pitts.
Read today's article The Jolly Green Gardener
Folsom, Louisiana farmer Jim Core grows the greens to make a mean pot of gumbo z'herbes
By Judy Walker
Sitting on the rugged 4-by-4 that he uses to get around his 15 acres, Jim Core contemplates the log cabin where he used to spend most of his time with his grandparents. His people have been here on this land outside Folsom for more than 100 years.
Green gumbo, also known as gumbo z'herbes, is made most often during Lent. It's always made with an odd number of greens: 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, or whatever. For every green put in the gumbo, you'll make a new friend during the year, the story goes.
Jim Core's greens gumbo Recipe
1 bunch mustard greens
1 bunch collards
1 bunch kale
1 carton (32 ounces) low-sodium vegetable broth (or equivalent)
1 medium onion, chopped
½ clove garlic, minced
Salt, pepper and Creole seasoning
Support your local Farmers markets!
New Crescent City Farmers Market cookbook collects 13 years of farmers recipes by Judy Walker
| VIDEO: The Jolly Green Gardner |
Video by David Grunfel
Contact: James C. "Jim" and Gladys Core
Taylor's Happy Oaks Farm, Folsom, LA
phone: 985-796-9654
Product: greens, turnips, canteloupe, strawberries, peaches
The 24-Hour Drawing Project
Beginning March 13, 2009, the Hamiltonian Gallery on U Street will host the 24-Hour Drawing Project. For the first time, this iteration of the 24-Hour Drawing Project will take place simultaneously in both Australia and the US. Project co-founder Hannah Bertram will lead the project in Melbourne, Australia. Six artists, led by project co-founder Kendall Nordin, will participate in Washington, D.C.
Friday 9 am - midnight and Saturday morning 7 am- 9 am.
The 24-hour Drawing Project is an event in which artists start and finish a work of art in a continuous 24-hour period. Artists work on their own projects - the materials, scale, purpose or content are not restricted. The art-making does not necessarily result in an outcome that could be exhibited, so the labor of the artists is ultimately the exhibit. The artists will all be working on projects related to duration and space.
Artists: Kendall Nordin, Leah K White, Hamiltonian artist Leah Frankel, Erica Prince, Heather Bregman, Sarah Ritch from the Pen 16 Collective in Philadelphia.
Hamiltonian Artists
1353 U Street, NW
Suite 101
Washington,DC 20056-3975
Friday 9 am - midnight and Saturday morning 7 am- 9 am.
The 24-hour Drawing Project is an event in which artists start and finish a work of art in a continuous 24-hour period. Artists work on their own projects - the materials, scale, purpose or content are not restricted. The art-making does not necessarily result in an outcome that could be exhibited, so the labor of the artists is ultimately the exhibit. The artists will all be working on projects related to duration and space.
Artists: Kendall Nordin, Leah K White, Hamiltonian artist Leah Frankel, Erica Prince, Heather Bregman, Sarah Ritch from the Pen 16 Collective in Philadelphia.
Hamiltonian Artists
1353 U Street, NW
Suite 101
Washington,DC 20056-3975
Semi-Final Frontiers and Guantanamo Bay, Artist Talk
Seth Adelsberger and Christopher Sims
for the closing of Semi-Final Frontiers and Guantanamo Bay.
Seth Adelsberger 4:00 pm
Christopher Sims 4:45 pm
Amanda Maddox, co-curator of the Guantanamo Bay exhibition, will join the Q&A with Christopher Sims.
View two unique and important exhibitions by emerging contemporary artists Seth Adelsberger (Baltimore, MD) and Christopher Sims (Durham, NC) on view until March 14th. Gallery hours: Wednesday through Saturday from 12:00 p.m. to 6 p.m. or by appointment.for the closing of Semi-Final Frontiers and Guantanamo Bay.
Seth Adelsberger 4:00 pm
Christopher Sims 4:45 pm
Amanda Maddox, co-curator of the Guantanamo Bay exhibition, will join the Q&A with Christopher Sims.
Free
Refreshments provided
Seating limited: RSVP to info[at]civilianartprojects[dot]com
Civilian Art Projects
406 7th Street NW, Third Floor
Washington, DC 20004
202.347.0022
http://civilianartprojects.com/
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Mural Artists to Commemorate Zora Neale Hurston with Unique Installation
Live Art Presentation and Art Exhibit
Another renaissance is coming to U Street. Muralists and performing artists will celebrate the Harlem Renaissance and the life of Zora Neale Hurston in a "New U" space that will be home to the restaurant Eatonville. Murals to Zora is an event where artists are re-envisioning a piece of profound artistic history and making it their own. A uniquely curated exhibit of large-scale art created at the installation site to celebrate Harlem Renaissance author and folklorist Zora Neale Hurston will be celebrated.
Saturday, March 14, 2009 from 9:00pm to 12:00am – Opening reception featuring performance art, music and refreshments. Open to public. $10 suggested donation.
Sunday, March 15, 2009 from 10:00am to 4:00pm – The exhibition space will be open for public viewing.
Visual Artists: Chanel Compton, Decoy, RVLTN, OWEL, Peter Krsko, Leon Rainbow, Eric Kennedy, Charles Jean Pierre, Rachel Crouch, Shaanon Lindauer, GA Gardner, Cory Stowers, Tim CON, Imani Brown, Kelly Donnelly, Gerald Watson, and more…
Performing Artists: Noon: 30, DJ Natty Boom, Cara Fleck, Too Deep, Jessica Chambliss
Eatonville Restaurant (owned by Andy Shallal)
2121 14th St NW
Washington, DC
at intersection of 14th Street NW and V Street NW
Sponsors: Andy Shallal, Sabotaz, Liquitex, Albus Cavus, DC51, and Redbull.
Another renaissance is coming to U Street. Muralists and performing artists will celebrate the Harlem Renaissance and the life of Zora Neale Hurston in a "New U" space that will be home to the restaurant Eatonville. Murals to Zora is an event where artists are re-envisioning a piece of profound artistic history and making it their own. A uniquely curated exhibit of large-scale art created at the installation site to celebrate Harlem Renaissance author and folklorist Zora Neale Hurston will be celebrated.
Saturday, March 14, 2009 from 9:00pm to 12:00am – Opening reception featuring performance art, music and refreshments. Open to public. $10 suggested donation.
Sunday, March 15, 2009 from 10:00am to 4:00pm – The exhibition space will be open for public viewing.
Visual Artists: Chanel Compton, Decoy, RVLTN, OWEL, Peter Krsko, Leon Rainbow, Eric Kennedy, Charles Jean Pierre, Rachel Crouch, Shaanon Lindauer, GA Gardner, Cory Stowers, Tim CON, Imani Brown, Kelly Donnelly, Gerald Watson, and more…
Performing Artists: Noon: 30, DJ Natty Boom, Cara Fleck, Too Deep, Jessica Chambliss
Eatonville Restaurant (owned by Andy Shallal)
2121 14th St NW
Washington, DC
at intersection of 14th Street NW and V Street NW
Sponsors: Andy Shallal, Sabotaz, Liquitex, Albus Cavus, DC51, and Redbull.
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