E.J. Montgomery @ The James E. Lewis Museum of Art

E. J. Montgomery

celebrate creation  
exhibition

October 17 - December 10, 2010

"Stand Witness"
The printmaking Process Demystified
Panel Discussion for Collectors and the General Public
Sunday, November 14, 2010; 2:00 pm
RSVP by november 9th
tiffany.french at morgan.edu

@

the james e. lewis museum of art

morgan state university

Carl J. Murphy Fine Arts Center

2201 Argonne Drive

Baltimore, MD 21251

443.885.3030   

Yves Klein, Immaterial?

This essay is posted on  Mark Cameron's Blog, Theory Now by one of his Theory students, Jackie Hoysted. The Yves Klein retrospective, Yves Klein: With the Void, Full Powers was on exhibition from May 20, 2010 to September 12, 2010 at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden here in Washington, D.C. Mark Cameron and Jackie Hoysted present the idea that Yves Klein saw “immateriality” as a conceptual move and that he negated the commodity of art with his "Immaterial Zones". Wrap your head around this and respond with your ideas on Mark's Blog post at Theory Now.  

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Yves Klein: Metaphysicist, Trickster or Marketer Extraordinaire
by Jackie Hoysted 

Conceptually Yves Klein’s “Ritual for the Relinquishment of the Immaterial Pictorial Sensibility Zones” is a hard act to follow. It is a wonderful play on the antonymous meanings of the expression “to have and to have not” as can be related to conventional notions of art. At its core, the art concept describes a transaction that requires the exchange of gold by the buyer, in return for a receipt from the artist, as proof of purchase of an “immaterial zone” or rather a portion of the void.

Read at Source: Mark Cameron's Blog, Theory Now
 http://theorynow.blogspot.com/2010/10/its-immaterial-mr-karmel.html

INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED SCULPTOR ANTONY GORMLEY TO LECTURE AT THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION

INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED SCULPTOR ANTONY GORMLEY
TO LECTURE AT THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION

 Prominent British sculptor Gormley is best known for iron sculptures cast from his own body and placed in a variety of surroundings. Horizon Field, his most recent work, positions 100 life-size cast iron statues of the human body in the Austrian Alps. In this lecture, presented by the Phillips's Center for the Study of Modern Art, Gormley addresses the centrality of art in the human experience.

Tues., Nov. 9, 6:30 p.m.

TICKETS:   By donation; registration required: www.phillipscollection.org/calendar

@ The Phillips Collection
1600 21st St., NW.
Washington, DC
Metro: Dupont Circle (Q St.)

Artishphere Exhibitions

WHAT'S ON THIS WEEK : 

"SURFACES" BY PETE MCCUTCHEN
Exhibition runs through November 7, 2010 

SKATEBOARDING SIDE EFFECTS
Exhibition runs through 28 November, 2010  

CREATIVE REVIEW in the WIP GALLERY
Exhibition runs through 7 November   

FOLDING/UNFOLDING COLLIDER in the WIP LAB
Lia Halloran & Sarah Strauss Collaboration:  Live On-site Installation
Monday, 8 November - Friday 12 November,   

FOTOWEEK DC: OUTDOOR IMAGE PROJECTION
North Moore & Wilson Blvd., Evenings 6 - 11 pm 
 
http://www.artisphere.com  

Chocouture | Photographs by Joshua Yospyn

Now Showing in Studio B for FotoWeekDC
Chocouture | Photographs by Joshua Yospyn

Opening reception in Studio B
Sunday | November 7th | 5pm - 7:30pm
Complimentary - no R.S.V.P. needed. Sponsored by Worn Magazine
November 7 until November 14, 2010

For the latest issue of Worn Magazine, Josh photographed Katie Musser, a chocolatier at Co Co. Sala in Chinatown as she handmade a Cruella de Vil-themed dress out of chocolate for the 2010 Sweet Charity pagent. Weeks of shooting and hundreds of photographs later, Musser won the runway competition at the Mandarin Oriental, and Worn Magazine had a story. Take a look behind the scenes of the photo editing process at Worn Magazine's first ever photography exhibition featuring 39 chromira prints, many with hand-written captions, that give a glimpse into the world of chocolate, photography, and fashion.  The show opens on Sunday, Nov. 7th from 5-7:30pm.  Copies of Worn Magazine will be available for purchase.

Megan Marlatt / Molded from Complicated Mixtures

Megan Marlatt / Molded from Complicated Mixtures 
November 4 through January 2, 2011
Opening Reception / Sunday, November 7, 4:00 to 6:00 pm (free)
Drawing inspiration from the number of quirky characters and funky forms produced in plastic toys, Megan Marlatt renders in a classic style paintings that depict the many meanings behind toys. Most of the toys she paints are products of children's packaged fast food meals that have been discarded and salvaged from thrift stores. In a complicated mixture of emotions both critical of and complicit to our consumer society, half of Marlatt's paintings reflect our mass plastic consumption run amuck, while the other half reminiscent for a time when a toy was a precious object.

Athenaeum
201 Prince Street, Alexandria, Va 22314
703.548.0035 / nvfaa.org

Salon Contra and Solas Nua Present Julie Feeney

Salon Contra and Solas Nua Present
Julie Feeney, Chamber Art Pop Musician
Wednesday, November 10, 7 to 9 PM
@ Pink Line Project HQ
RSVP  HERE.

GALLERY TALK BY ARTIST ELISABETH SUBRIN AT THE JEWISH MUSEUM NOVEMBER 8

Shifting the Gaze: Painting and Feminism

ARTIST ELISABETH SUBRIN AT THE JEWISH MUSEUM
NOVEMBER 8, 2010

New York, NY - An afternoon gallery talk by artist Elisabeth Subin will be offered at The Jewish Museum on Monday, November 8 at 1 pm. Ms. Subrin will talk about the current exhibition, Shulie: Film and Stills by Elisabeth Subrin. The gallery talk is FREE with admission to The Jewish Museum.

Shulie (1997, 37 min.) is a shot-by-shot remake of a little-known documentary about 1960s feminist Shulamith Firestone. Author of the treatise The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution, Firestone was a student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1967 when four male directors selected her as a subject for a film about the so-called Now Generation. Shot in the style of direct cinema, the original Shulie featured Firestone discussing religion, the limitations of motherhood, and racial and class issues in the workplace. Thirty years later, Elisabeth Subrin recreated Shulie using actors in many of the original locations. The resulting film is a nostalgic and somewhat cynical reflection on the legacy of second-wave feminism. Subrin writes, "in the compulsion to remake, to produce a fake document, to repeat a specific experience I never actually had, what I have offered up is the performance of a resonant, repetitive, emotional trauma that has yet to be healed."

This gallery talk is part of The Jewish Museum’s Artist Talk series presented in conjunction with the exhibition, Shifting the Gaze: Painting and Feminism.

The Jewish Museum
1109 Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street, Manhattan
http://www.thejewishmuseum.org

Michael Dax Iacovone and Billy Friebele: FREE SPACE

Flashpoint Gallery Presents
Michael Dax Iacovone & Billy Friebele

FREE SPACE: A Communal & Interactive Survey of Washington, DC
November 9 – December 4, 2010
Opening Reception: Tuesday, November 9, 5 – 7pm
 
WASHINGTON, DC – Flashpoint Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition by Michael Dax Iacovone and Billy Friebele who will present a participatory photo and video project inviting visitors to become collaborators. Presented as part of FotoWeekDC, FREE SPACE will be exhibited off-site at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library at 901 G Street NW, directly across from Flashpoint. The work presented in FREE SPACE will be generated by an open request from the artists to the community to gather photographs from each quadrant of the District.

In an attempt to demystify the role of the artist, Iacovone and Friebele will invite viewers to become collaborators and co-authors of the work. The initial photographs assembled in the installation will be taken by 10 Miles Square photographers. During the course of the exhibition, viewers will be invited to submit photographs of public space in Washington, DC that will be added to the initial installation. The resulting work will consist of a grid of photographs – each picture will correspond to a square mile of Washington, DC. To submit images for inclusion in the project, visit: http://www.dcphotogrid.com for more information.

On November 9 from 5-7pm, an opening reception will be held at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library at 901 G Street NW. 

Catalyst 35 Years of Washington Project for the Arts

Catalyst
35 Years of Washington Project for the Arts
November 9 - December 19, 2010
Curated by J.W. Mahoney

Opening Reception: Saturday, November 13, 6-9pm
with Special Performances by Leah Curran Moon & Friends
and Shannon Young & Jaimes Mayhew

Curator's Talk with J.W. Mahoney: Saturday, November 20, 4-6pm

Additional Programming and Events:

VIP Benefit Preview: November 9 at 6:30pm purchase tickets
Bookworks Show and Tell: November 21st at 2pm
Rogelio Maxwell presents City/ Things You Can Put In Your Mouth: November 17th
Holly Bass presents Race (Talc and Ash): November 21 at 4pm

Location: American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center
4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW DC
Hours: Tuesday - Sunday 11am - 4pm

Visit the Catalyst exhibition website

Catalyst is a dynamic, narrative recollection of WPA's legacy, showcasing selected artists, exhibitions, programs, and events from its 35-year history. Featuring works by over 100 artists, the exhibition celebrates the catalytic power of the WPA and the artists who benefited from the organization's support and encouragement. Curated by J. W. Mahoney, Catalyst includes recent and period artworks, documentation in both still and moving media and a series of related performances and public programs.

The exhibition is accompanied by a 100-page, fully illustrated color catalogue. With an introduction by American University Museum Director and Curator Jack Rasmussen, the catalogue features essays by exhibition curator J.W. Mahoney, former WPA Executive Director Jock Reynolds, and former Bookworks Manager Robin Moore; an illustrated timeline of selected moments in WPA's history; and an illustrated exhibition checklist. The catalogue is available for the price of $35 through the WPA website and will be available at the American University Museum bookstore after the opening of the exhibition .

The exhibition website, www.wpadc.org/catalyst, includes a timeline of events and exhibitions, images from the past 35 years, and a growing archive of stories from artists, curators and arts supporters about their involvement with WPA. Visit the submission page to send in your own story about the WPA or to submit photos to the archives.

Industry Gallery Hosts "din-din" -- An Exhibition of New Work by Jerry Mischak

NDUSTRY GALLERY HOSTS din-din - AN EXHIBITION OF NEW WORK BY JERRY MISCHAK
Includes a 36-ft. long Table with Objects & Twelve Reconstructed Chairs Wrapped in Colored Tape

Industry Gallery will host din-din, an exhibition of new work by Jerry Mischak, opening November 6, 2010, 6-8 PM, and running through December 18, 2010.  Mischak, a senior critic at the Rhode Island School of Design, visiting professor at Brown University and instructor at the University of Rhode Island, will exhibit one large-scale installation and twelve chairs, all unique prototypes.  The installation piece dinner table/such a night is a 36-foot long table with 40 plates, 80 pieces of flat ware, 45 glasses, 25 empty wine bottles, and 100 empty water bottles, all wrapped in more than 3000 yards of orange vinyl tape.   The exhibition's 12 chairs are found objects reconstructed via sanding, cutting with the addition of plastic, Styrofoam and wood, and all encased in colored vinyl tape.

INDUSTRY
1358 Florida Ave., NE, 2d Floor
Washington DC 20002
(202) 399 1730
www.industrygallerydc.com

5x5 Exposed Exhibition and Workshop

Glimpse
Solo Exhibition by Lee Newman
Exhibition Runs October 26 - November 28

This exhibition features almost 60 works from a career spanning three decades.  Come to see the preliminary drawings and trial proofs as well as finished prints by Lee Newman, AU graduate and Fulbright scholar.

Opening Reception: Sunday, November 7, 1-4 pm
Artist Technical Talk: Sunday, November 14, 1-4 pm

Washington Printmakers Gallery
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center
8230 Georgia Ave
Silver Spring | MD | 20910

VISIONARY DISTILLATIONS: Cassanova, Dylla, and Nathanson

    MN Nathanson, "Black Runes II"

VISIONARY DISTILLATIONS:  

Robert Cassanova, Kim Dylla, and Minna Newman Nathanson
 

Nov. 8, 2010 - April 29, 2011

 

Reception Nov. 8th,  5:30-7:30 pm

Gallery talk 6:30 pm

American Center for Physics

One Physics Ellipse

College Park MD 20740

Open Call for Artists Flashpoint's Gallery and Mead Theatre Lab

Open Call for Artists
Flashpoint's Gallery and Mead Theatre Lab
Cultural Development Corporation (CuDC) is requesting proposals for Flashpoint's Gallery and Mead Theatre Lab September 2011 - August 2012 season.

All proposals must be received no later than 5 pm on Wednesday, December 1, 2010.

For the second year in a row, CuDC is partnering with The Community Foundation of the National Capital Region to make grants to artists participating in Flashpoint's Gallery and Mead Theatre Lab programs. The Creative Communities Fund (CCF) will provide grants of up to $3,000 to artists to support the creation and presentation of new work. DC-area artists applying to both programs are encouraged to submit grant applications in conjunction with their program applications.

The Request for Proposals may be found online.
Flashpoint's Mead Theatre Lab is a venue for playwrights and performing artists to present work that explores provocative ideas from a variety of perspectives and techniques.  Cultural Development Corporation is seeking artists who wish to present original plays, classic material with an innovative vision or work that combines multiple performance disciplines.

Visit flashpointdc.org for more information on the request for proposals and the Creative Communities Fund.

ARTJAMZ painting

ARTJAMZ

Unleash your inner artist with the newest, hottest, and most creative way to spend an evening with old friends and potential new ones. ArtJamz is coming to Crystal City, VA from November 17 - 20, and December 2 - 5. At ArtJamz, each participant receives a canvas on an easel, paint and materials, and gets four hours to create an original work of art – which is yours to take home! Visit their website for more information, and to purchase tickets.

http://artjamzdc.com/

Mid City Artists Meet and Greet

Mid City Artists
Open Studios: November 6 & 7


Come to the pre-event Meet and Greet, hosted by the Arts District Branding Project: meet all of the artists in one place, toast a fabulous Fall, grab a snack, and plan your tour.

Friday evening November 5th, 6 to 8pm
Hounshell Real Estate/Gary Fisher Gallery
1506 14th Street NW (14/P)
Washington, DC


http://www.midcityartists.com/

Suddenspace

Suddenspace  and artdc.org

@

2301 Columbia Pike

Arlington, VA

Opening Reception: November 6, 7pm-12am

Angela White / Sea and Land @ VisArts

"Sea and Land" Exhibition

Paintings by Angela White

November 2 - November 29, 2010

Reception:  1st Friday, November 5th, 6-9 pm
@
VisArts at Rockville, 1st floor Spotlight Gallery
 

Angela White, Sea Rocks, San Francisco, California,  24" x 30." oil on canvas.

http://www.angelawhiteart.com

"Travel continues to be an integral part of my process as I communicate memories of the physical world, as well as emotional and physical responses to one's unique experience of a place". - Angela White

VisArts at Rockville presents a new series of exhibitions titled, MCPS Art Teachers: Inspiration Beyond the Classroom from November 2010 through October 2011. Monthly exhibitions will highlight the artwork of Montgomery County Public School art teachers, beginning in November 2010 with Angela White's paintings of sea and land. Opening receptions to meet the artists are scheduled for the First Fridays of each month.

VisArts at Rockville (VisArts)

155 Gibbs Street 

Rockville, MD 20850
www.VisArtsCenter.org

(301) 315-8200

Mid City Artists Open Studios

Mid City Artists Open Studios:
November 6 & 7

A diverse and talented group of nearly 40 professional artists in the Dupont/Logan neighborhoods of Washington DC will be opening their doors to the public. The twice-yearly open studios allows visitors to see where the artists create and get first-hand look at their most current work.

For  more information and to download a neighborhood map of artists' locations: http://www.midcityartists.com