The Painter's Secret Geometry by Maggie Siner.

Washington Studio School announces
The Painter's Secret Geometry.   
 
Lecture by Maggie Siner: 
Friday, October 16th, 7pm, $15.00
    
Registration is required. Please contact Washington Studio School for more information and to register for the lecture.

Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Siner began her studies at the Art Students League of New York in 1968, then graduated from Boston University (BFA, 1973) and American University (MFA, 1976) where she studied with Robert D'Arista. She subsequently lived for extended periods in France and China.  Her work has been exhibited in galleries and museums for over 30 years and is in hundreds of private collections around the world.

She has been on the faculty of l'Institute d'Universités Américaines and the Lacoste School of Art in France (Cleveland Institute of Art),  a visiting professor at Xiamen University in China, artist in residence at the Savannah College of Art and Design, Dean of Faculty at the Washington Studio School and teaches master classes around the country.  She is a frequent guest artist and public speaker known for her lectures on painting.  
         
She has taught at the Washington Studio School since 1983 and is represented by several galleries in the US. To learn more about Maggie Siner and to see examples of her work visit www.maggiesiner.com.

Washington Studio School
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Washington, DC 20008
202.234.3030
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Divining Nature: An Elemental Garden by Rebecca Kamen

Photo by Angie Seckinge

Reception and Catalog Signing
Saturday, October 17, from 5 - 7pm with a Gallery talk at 6pm.

As the sun sets and the evening light illuminates the gallery, visit GRACE for a unique opportunity to wander amongst the flowers of the elemental garden. Rebecca Kamen’s sculpture, created to represent the first eighty-three elements of the periodic table, explores the territory where science and art converge. The evening is highlighted by an artist talk at 6pm. In attendance will be soundscape composer Susan Alexjander, collaborating architect Alick Dearie, and catalog essayist James Mahoney.

Catalogs will be available for signing and purchase.

Greater Reston Arts Center
12001 Market Street
Suite #103
Reston, VA 20190
703.471.9242

Art of Can at Union Station

Philippa P. B. Hughes talks about The Red Bull Art of Can, a touring exhibition now in DC.

WASHINGTON - The 2009 Red Bull Art of Can exhibition will be held in Washington D.C. at Union Station from October 8 – 19, 2009.

The exhibition will feature original pieces of artwork that have been created or inspired by Red Bull cans.

Exhibit judge Philippa Hughes and artist Leanne Spencer joined FOX 5 Morning News with more on the D.C. exhibit.

Cross-Currents: Trends in Contemporary Art Media

October 13 - November 6, 2009

Panel Discussion: Wednesday, October 14, 4 - 5 p.m.
Opening Reception: October 14, 5 - 7 p.m.

Artists:
Dana Reifler Amato
Elizabeth Burger
Ian Davis
Mary Early
Leila Holtsman
Hadieh Shafie

Curators:
Michael Farrell and Ken Jassie

The Sarah Silberman Art Gallery is located on the second floor of the Paul Peck Art Building on the Rockville Campus, Mannakee Street.

The Sarah Silberman Art Gallery is an educational resource of the Rockville Campus Art Department. Its primary function is to augment, enhance, and promote the teaching and understanding of art through a diverse program of changing exhibitions, benefiting Montgomery College and the public.

Gallery Hours: Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.

Montgomery College
Rockville Campus Art Department
Sarah Silberman Art Gallery
51 Mannakee Street
Rockville, MD 20850
www.montgomerycollege.edu/artrockville

Obamas Bring Bold Art to the White House - ARTINFO.com

Obamas Bring Bold Art to the White House - ARTINFO.com
by Judd Tully

WASHINGTON, D.C.—In a tradition dating back to the Camelot years of the Kennedy administration, President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have cherry-picked artworks from the nation’s federal museums to decorate the family’s private White House quarters.

Decoy Closing

Close out the run of DECOY's Memento Mori in true Fridge style. Saturday, October 10, 2009

This is your final chance to check out DECOY's premiere solo show, which has been heralded by numerous publications (such as The Washington Post, City Paper, Thrillist, Brightest Young Things). Exploring the religious imagery that has been a lifelong obsession for the artist, the all-new work reminds us all to make the most of the one life we are each given.

The artists’ ability to tap into and interpret the fears, desires, and love we all experience is clearly expressed in this group of large-scale paintings.

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There will be live music by special guests, Andy Matchett & The Monorail.

This event is free.

Doors open at 8 p.m. Set begins at 9 p.m.

Source: DCCAH

JCS Museum - Elvis at 21

Elvis at 21, New York to Memphis:  Photographs by Alfred Wertheimer

"Organized in conjunction with Govinda Gallery, Washington, D.C."

October 10, 2009–January 9, 2010
Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Arts at Auburn University  

Bill L. Harbert Gallery

Kennedy Center Enlists Art Groups for Education

Kennedy Center Enlists Art Groups for Education- Artdaily.org

WASHINGTON, AP.-

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is starting a new program that could reinvent arts education for schools struggling with budget cuts and fewer art teachers, organizers said Friday.

The pilot "Any Given Child" project announced Friday for schools in Sacramento, Calif., could be expanded to as many as three cities each year, the center said. Under the strategy, the Kennedy Center will link local arts groups with schools to help teach students in grades K-8.

The groups will draft long-range plans specific to each city to ensure all students have access to music, theater and the visual arts. The Kennedy Center is devoting about $500,000 to begin the program and expects to keep costs low for local schools.

National Gallery of Art Acquires Leo Villareal's Installation Multiverse

WASHINGTON, DC.- Conner Contemporary Art announced that the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC has acquired for the permanent collection Leo Villareal's installation Multiverse.

Multiverse, the largest and most complex light sculpture created by American artist Leo Villareal, may be seen and experienced by visitors as they pass through the Concourse walkway between the East and West Buildings of the National Gallery of Art. Commissioned by the Gallery and on view until November 2009, the work features approximately 41,000 computer-programmed LED (light-emitting diode) nodes that run through channels along the entire 200-foot-long space. The development of this LED project began in 2005, and the installation created by Villareal specifically for this location began in September 2008.

Artdaily.org - The First Art Newspaper on the Net

Reflections / National Capital Art Glass Guild

Nancy Donnelly

American Craftworks Collection

 A Juried Exhibition of the National Capital Art Glass Guild

The show runs through October 31, 2009

National Capital Art Glass Guild

189B Main Street, Annapolis, MD

410-626-1583

Galleries: Pinder and Ruiz, ‘El Museo del Ghetto'; Nekisha Durrett, ‘Colossus' - washingtonpost.com

Galleries: Pinder and Ruiz, ‘El Museo del Ghetto'; Nekisha Durrett, ‘Colossus' - washingtonpost.com: "Colossal Transformations at Hillyer and G"

Working in the visual equivalent of surround sound, District artist Nekisha Durrett transforms Hillyer Art Space's main gallery into an epic landscape. In a delightfully mixed visual metaphor, Disney-ish bears live alongside a capricious monster who could have been plucked off a Kabuki stage. Chilling and enchanting at the same time, Durrett's work mimics the look of graphic novels and children's books even as it turns decidedly circumspect.

Gallery 10 accepting applications for membership

GALLERY 10

Washington, DC

Dupont Circle

Gallery 10, one of Washington's oldest artist-run galleries, is accepting applications for membership.

Established in 1974, Gallery 10 has a history of presenting provocative new art. Its members have shown extensively in the Washington area, as well as nationally and internationally.

Please send up to 30 work samples on CD (no slides, please), artist statement, and resume, to the  address below. Materials may also be delivered in person during gallery hours.

Both emerging and established artists are encouraged to apply. Those without exhibit experience may include other personal/professional information as they consider appropriate.

Gallery 10

1519 Connecticut Ave. NW

Washington DC 20036

Gallery hours: Wed-Sat, 11 am – 5 pm

202 232 3326

Man Ray, African Art and the Modernist Lens / Phillips Collection

 October 10, 2009 -January 10, 2010 

Man Ray translated the 20th-century modernist taste for African art into photographs that reached a popular audience. About 60 of his photographs, many never before exhibited, along with more than 40 photographs by his contemporaries, including Cecil Beaton, Walker Evans, and Alfred Stieglitz, will appear side-by-side with 20 of the African objects featured in the images. The exhibition explores the pivotal role of these photographs in shaping the perception of non-Western objects as fine art. Man Ray, African Art and the Modernist Lens is organized by International Arts and Artists.

Catalogue: Man Ray, African Art, and the Modernist Lens by Wendy A. Grossman IA&A
8.75”x 11.5” Soft Cover, 184 pages
Published: 2009

The Phillips Collection | 1600 21st Street, NW | Washington, DC 20009 | 202-387-2151

"Windows Into DC" Installation

Photo by: Christiana Aretta, originally uploaded by New Community for Children.

Anne Marchand at the ribbon cutting ceremony for "Windows Into DC" with Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and New Communiy for Children on Tuesday, September 29, 2009.

WALTER E. WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER
WINDOWS INTO DC / "Playground Series" by Anne Marchand

This series of paintings was inspired by the creation of the Westminster Playground "Community" Mural in the Shaw neighborhood at 913 Westminster Street, NW (between 9th & 10th Streets) See Web Gallery

Courage Unmasked II at Pyramid Atlantic's ArtSpring

CU2 / A Unique Art Auction

October 10-24, 2009 

Closing Reception: Saturday, October 24, 12 to 4 pm @

Pyramid Atlantic Art Center

8230 Georgia Ave.
Silver Spring, MD 20910
301-608-9101

The exhibition of approximately 40+ masks will be at the Pyramid Atlantic Store, Art Spring, on Georgia Ave at Ellsworth Dr. in Silver Spring, MD. There is a large parking garage very near the store.  Bidding will begin on Oct 9th and culminate in a reception on Oct 24th from 12 to 4pm.

ArtSpring to feature Unique Sculptures from Cancer Patients’ Radiation Masks

Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center is teaming up with Courage Unmasked: 9114 HNC and CourageCollages to celebrate the power of the arts and to emphasize the importance of cancer treatment and research. The exhibit opens Saturday, October 10, at ArtSpring, Pyramid Atlantic’s new community arts store, 8519 Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring, and it will showcase more than 30 spectacular artworks.

DC Fine Arts ExaminerSharon Burton

To view the  artworks, visit:  http://www.courageunmasked.org/gallery.php

Andrew Wodzianski: House

October 8 - November 7, 2009
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 8, 6-8pm
House Party: Friday, October 30, 9pm-12am

Andrew Wodzianski's paintings lift imagery from William Castle's b-movie horror flick from 1959, House on Haunted Hill. While a painting exhibition in its own right, House will also incorporate the gimmickry and audience participation for which director Castle was legendary. Visitors to the gallery will be invited to participate in a scavenger hunt and will ultimately have the chance to win a painting from the exhibition. On Friday, October 30, a costume party will be held in conjunction with the exhibition.

Starting October 8th, Andrew Wodzianski will be releasing clues for a scavenger hunt via twitter. Five lucky people will win paintings from Wodzianski's exhibition and receive invitations for an exclusive event with the artist immediately after the October 30th House Party. Follow Wodzianski on twitter for clues and more information at: twitter.com/househuntdc.

Flashpoint Gallery
202.315.1310

Cultural Development Corporation | 916 G St NW | Washington | DC | 20001

Lands of Enchantment / NMWA

Sims, Bessie Nakamarra
born c. 1932
Language Group: Warlpiri
Janganpa Jukurrpa (Possum Dreaming), 2006
Acrylic on linen
42 1/2 x 47 1/2 in.
Collection of Ann Shumelda Okerson and James J. O'Donnell
© 2009 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VISCOPY, Australia

National Museum of Women in the Arts
1250 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC, 20005-3970

Grand Opening Celebration Long View Gallery

October 22, 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm

Long View Gallery
1234 Ninth St, Washington, DC 20001

featured artists include
Steve Pyke | Scott Brooks | Anna Davis | Drew Ernst
Mike Weber | Dana Ellyn | Matt Sesow | Stacy Albano
Tony Savoie | Billy Colbert | John Whipple
Victor Ekpuk | Chris Stephens

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By Monday, October 19th to
info@longviewgallery.com
202.232.4788 | longviewgallery.com

Red Bull Art of Can DC Opens This Week in Union Station

The Red Bull Art of Can exhibit is free and open to the public from October 8th to the 19th during Union Station’s regular business hours.

The Red Bull Art of Can gallery will be located in the DC Galleria, which is in the Main Lobby of Union Station.

The Red Bull Art of Can competition challenges artists to construct pieces created with or inspired by Red Bull Energy Drink and Red Bull Simply Cola cans. Fifty six pieces were selected for this year’s DC collection.

Innovative artists—professional and amateur—submitted their designs for consideration. Ultimately 56 pieces were selected to be a part of the DC Collection. The featured artists are creative types of all ages and occupations—from students to industrial designers and sales professionals to artists. The public exhibit curated by Val Lewton, former Chief of Design and Production at Smithsonian American Art Museum, will be housed in a the DC Galleria space designed exclusively for the collection in the Main Hall of Union Station.

Life Pieces to Masterpieces (LPTM) charity organization will also be benefitting from all Red Bull sales during the morning and evening rush hours while Red Bull Art of Can DC is on display. LPTM works with young, underserved African American males living in DC and uses arts-based curriculum to discover and activate their creative abilities. They have served more than 600 boys and young men, changing life challenges into possibilities and created more than 1,000 masterpieces.

A distinguished judging panel based their decisions on the overall creativity, execution and construction of each piece. Special honors will be awarded to the top three scoring artists including the grand prize—an all-expenses-paid trip to Art Basel, the world’s leading modern art exhibit in Switzerland. The public will also designate a “People’s Choice Award” by casting votes for the artists work at the exhibit and online at www.redbullartofcan.com.

The distinguished judging panel includes:

--Tristan Eaton - Illustrator, Toy Designer, President and Creative Director of NYC Toy Brand Thunderdog Studios<
--Stash - New York Graffiti legend, Innovator and Influencer in the world of urban design
--SAGA MOOR - Philadelphia Art Pioneer and Creative Art Director at Miskeen Originals, an urban clothing line
--Philippa P.B. Hughes - Founder of The Pink Line Project, which fosters art innovation through creative programs
--Laurel Lukaszewski - DC installation and sculpture artist and founding member of Flux Studios in Mt. Rainier, MD
--George Charles Koch - Painter and Founder of A. Salon, Ltd., an artist’s service organization in DC

SOURCE: Red Bull North America

National Art & Framing Month / October

October is National Art & Framing Month!  
DC Fine Arts ExaminerSharon Burton

October is National Art & Framing Month, and thousands of frame shops and art galleries will be celebrating with a variety of special events and programs designed to promote the enjoyment of art as part of daily life.

During the month of October, Sharon Burton will be posting tips and information to help you frame your art in style.

Read more HERE