Forty-third Annual Faculty Exhibition at Montgomery College’s King Street Gallery

Montgomery College’s Department of Visual and Performing Arts presents the 43rd Annual Faculty Exhibition. The exhibit opens December 3 at the King Street Gallery, with a reception from 6–8 p.m. This exhibition features artwork by notable emerging and established DC artists. 

The prolific faculty and staff of Montgomery College’s Visual and Performing Arts department exhibit recent work in this annual exhibition. The show includes notable local artists J. J. McCracken, Jake Muirhead, Renee Lachman, Jeremy Flick, Ellington Robinson, and Jenny Walton, among others. 

The 43rd Annual Faculty Exhibition runs December 3–February 7 at the King Street Gallery. A reception will be held Thursday, December 3 from 6–8 p.m. The event is located at the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Arts Center. For more information, visit http://cms.montgomerycollege.edu/arts-tpss/exhibitions/. 

Free and open to the public. 

About The King Street Gallery: The King Street Gallery’s exhibitions compliment the academic programs of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts while bringing art to the community. As part of the Silver Spring arts community, exhibitions focus on current pieces by working artists. 

The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Arts Center 

930 King Street, Silver Spring, MD 20910 

Parking is available in the West Campus Garage, located immediately behind the center. 

The Same but Different: Creative Morphology opens at Mclean

McLEAN PROJECT FOR THE ARTS 

November 21 – December 23, 2015

Reception and Gallery Talk December 3, 7 – 9 pm 

 The Same but Different: Creative Morphology 

Emerson Gallery

This curated exhibition features works by artists who make use of the processes of observing, sorting and classifying as a prelude to creating shape, structure and color. The exhibit will high-light the inherent conceptual and procedural similarities between scientific and artistic pro-cesses. Works by Susan Eder and Craig Dennis, Laurel Lukaszewski, Richard Dana, and Tom Green are included. 

Wanderer: The Travel Journals, Works by Maria Karametou 

Atrium Gallery

McLean Art Society Juried Exhibition

Ramp Gallery

 Wanderer: The Travel Journals, Works by Maria Karametou

Atrium Gallery

These mixed media works are based on visual observations the artist has collected while wandering in different parts of the world. Karametou has saved these visual glimpses as a way of synthesizing and interpreting her experiences, encasing them in small plastic sleeves, like an archival photographic display. Hung together with artist made books and other works, they present an open-ended story with both personal and universal impact.

McLEAN PROJECT FOR THE ARTS AT THE McLEAN COMMUNITY CENTER 

WWW.MPAART.ORG

Auction: Color Code NOVEMBER 12 @ 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Auction: Color Code
November 12 @ 10:00 am - 6:00 pm ID requested
1300 New York Ave., NW, Washington, 20577

Artists support social projects in Latin America and the Caribbean. Organized by the Family Association of the Inter/American Development Bank Family Association

IDB Family Association

Exhibition by Artists who are Visually Impaired CLB & GWU Corcoran School

Exhibition Opening featuring works by Artists who are Visually Impaired CLB & George Washington University Corcoran School of the Arts and Design Exhibition Design Students

WHAT: Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind (CLB), in partnership with the students from the George Washington University Corcoran School of the Arts and Design’s MA in Exhibition Design Program, and the Pepco Gallery, is pleased to host this exhibition featuring works by artists who are visually impaired. The exhibition will feature approximately 60 works of art, including paintings and sculpture. Artists will be in attendance at the opening reception to share their experiences and background on their works. The five-week-long exhibition is open to the public and admission is free. Select works will be for sale.

WHO: The keynote speaker is Marsha Ralls, a global fine art adviser, technology entrepreneur and the CEO and Founder of Closed Monday Productions, LLC. Special guests include At-Large DC Councilmember David Grosso.

WHEN: Thursday, November 12, 2015, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Event Schedule

 5:30 PM
Exhibition Opens to the Public

6:00 PM
Program Begins

7:30 PM
Exhibition Ends

WHERE: Pepco Edison Place Gallery, 702 8th St NW, Washington, DC 20068

CLB in the News

“WONDER” Opens Nov. 13 at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum

Works by Nine Major Contemporary Artists Transform Nation’s First Art Museum in Celebration of Reopening

“WONDER,” the debut exhibition at the newly renovated Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, celebrates the opening of the historic building with immersive installations by nine leading contemporary artists—Jennifer Angus, Chakaia Booker, Gabriel Dawe, Tara Donovan, Patrick Dougherty, Janet Echelman, John Grade, Maya Lin and Leo Villareal. “WONDER” will open Nov. 13 and will be on view for six months. The exhibition is organized by Nicholas R. Bell, The Fleur and Charles Bresler Curator-in-Charge of the Renwick Gallery.

The artists featured in “WONDER” were selected for their ability to transform spaces through installation and for their focus on process and materials. Each was invited to select a gallery in the Renwick while the building was closed for a major two-year renovation and then create an installation inspired by that space.

Public Programs and Events
A series of public programs and events will accompany the opening. Celebratory galas will be held Tuesday, Nov. 10, and Wednesday, Nov. 11 (tickets $75). A morning ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday, Nov. 13 (weather permitting), will precede a free open house where the public can explore the galleries, meet curators and enjoy live music. The Renwick will remain open after hours that evening to present a large-scale version of its DIY program, “Handi-hour,” featuring “all you can craft” activities inspired by artworks in “WONDER,” craft beer and live music. This event is ticketed ($25 in advance, $30 at the door) and available for ages 21 and up. A free festival Saturday, Nov. 14, for children, families, and visitors of all ages, will feature craft activities, artist demonstrations, musical performances and museum tours. renwick.americanart.si.edu/opening-events.

The Renwick Gallery is the branch museum of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, featuring a wide range of contemporary craft and decorative art. The Renwick Gallery is located on Pennsylvania Avenue at 17th Street N.W. It is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (closed Dec. 25). Admission is free. Website: renwick.americanart.si.edu. 

Support Emerging Artists & Celebrate Contemporary Art in DC!

12th Annual Transformer Silent Auction & Benefit Party November 21, 2015 8-11pm American University's Katzen Arts Center Purchase Your Auction Tickets HERE while still available! Check out the fantastic profile of our Auction  in the November issue of DC Magazine! Many thanks to our friend   Shepard Fairey  for the inclusion of this gorgeous 1st edition piece in the Auction:  This New Wave is a Little Slick for My Taste, 2014,    silk screen, wood panel, 18"x24", 1/6 ____________________ Let's Drink a Dozen Roses Transformer's 5th Annual Storefront Exhibition November 7 - November 29, 2015 Presented in conjunction with Transformer's 12th Annual Silent Auction & Benefit Party, Transformer is pleased to present Let's Drink a Dozen Roses, a site-specific storefront installation by Parisian artist and Glassbox curator, Hélène Garcia.   Garcia is also guest curating a selection of her peer emerging Parisian artists' works in Transformer's 12th Annual Silent Auction & Benefit Party. Transformer's 5th Annual Storefront Exhibition, Let's  Drink  a  Dozen  Roses presents paper and printed images that create a set of volumes  and textures directly responding to the window space environment, while  echoing  the  function  and nature of  storefront  windows for  display  and public engagement. Click here for more information. Image credit: Hélène Garcia, Lets Drink A Dozen Roses, 2015 ____________________    FlatFile at Fringe October 1 - December 31, 2015 Logan Fringe Art Space 1358 Florida Ave NE Washington, DC  FlatFile at Fringe, a monthly rotating exhibition of 2D works from Transformer's FlatFile program October 1 -December 31, 2015 at the new Logan Fringe Arts Space, is a fantastic way to start or expand your art collection and build relationships with some of DC's best emerging visual artists. FlatFile works are available for purchase at FlatFile at Fringe, Transformer's online FlatFile Store, and at Transformer's 1404 P Street, NW location an on-going basis. FlatFile at Fringe  Event Thursday, December 3rd, 6:30 - 8:00 For more information, click here. Image banner credits: Big Daddy's Package, Cynthia Connolly; In with the Tide, Amy Bonne McCreesh;  Alchemy #32, Joan Belmar; Untitled (BOOK), Tang; Tiny Heads Present Themselves, Amy Hughes Braden, David, 2014, Hannah Spector t r a n s f o r m e r is a Washington, DC based 501 (c) 3 artist-centered non-profit visual arts organization, providing a consistent, supportive, and professional platform for emerging artists to explore and present experimental artistic concepts, build audiences for their work, and advance their careers. A catalyst and advocate for contemporary artists and emergent expression in the visual arts, Transformer connects and promotes emerging visual artists within regional, national and international contexts through exhibition and programs partnerships with artists, curators, commercial galleries, museums and other cultural institutions.  Transformer's 2015/16 Exhibition Series and programs are supported by: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, The CrossCurrents Foundation, The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities/NEA, The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, The Bernstein Family Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts' Access to Artistic Excellence award,  The Robert Lehman Foundation, and The Visionary Friends of Transformer. t r a n s f o r m e r | 1404 P St NW  Washington  DC  20005 | 202.483.1102 | transformerdc.org

Touchstone Gallery Openings

November 6-29, 2015 Opening Reception:  Friday, November 6, 2015, 6-8:30 pm

GALLERY A A mix of unframed and framed photography by Touchstone Gallery photographers as part of FotoWeekDC November 7 - 15, 2015 Photographers: Elaine Florimonte, Carolyn Johnson, Harvey Kupferberg, Michael Lang, Rosemary Luckett, Pete McCutchen, Newton More, Mary D. Ott, BD Richardson. Connoisseur by Michael Lang (FotoWeekDC) and “Seeing is believing” See the world interpreted through each Touchstone member artist's eyes.  Attentive and sharp-eyed they express their vision, whether literal or otherwise, in photography as well as painting, sculpture, hand pulled prints, collage, and drawing.

GALLERY B: “Nature Sketched” by Betsy Forster A new series of pastel paintings inspired by a personal response to the beauty of nature. press release Tuscan Trees by Betsy Forster

GALLERY C "Handpicked: Works from Miriam's Kitchen Studio Artists" The Touchstone Foundation for the Arts presents artwork created in the studios of Miriam’s Kitchen, a DC non-profit dedicated to ending chronic homelessness. The show, scheduled for November, is the latest exhibition in the Foundation's "Handpicked" series, which brings non-traditional artists to show their work at the Touchstone Gallery in downtown DC for one month. Miriam’s Studiohas an award-winning art therapy program rooted in three core values: that art therapy is an expression of human dignity, it provides disconnected individuals with a sense of belonging, and it can be an effective vehicle for guiding people towards positive change. press release Bird by Carl Foley (Miriam’s Studio) GALLERY HOURS: Wed-Fri 11-6, Sat-Sun 12-5 Touchstone Gallery 901 New York Avenue, NW Washington DC 20001  202-347-2787 www.touchstonegallery.com

Mid City Artists Fall Open Studios

Mid City Artists Open Studios, Washington, DC

Saturday-Sunday, November 7-8
Dupont/Logan Circle Neighborhoods

Twenty two artists, who are part of the “Mid City Artists” collaborative, will open the studio doors of their own unique galleries, homes, garages, carriage houses, live/work studios, and studio collaboratives this weekend. This bi-annual event in DC’s “Mid-City” – in and around the Dupont Circle and Logan Circle neighborhoods – enables art-lovers to connect personally with artists and learn more about how and where they make art. Their diverse works include: drawings, sculptures, paintings, prints, photographs and mixed media. 


Mid City Artists Open Studios Event


Plan your studio visits by mapping your route on the downloadable Tour Map, which also features personalized “open” times at each studio: www.MidCityArtists.com.

WPA celebrates its 40-year anniversary November 14

In just a few more weeks, WPA will celebrate its 40-year anniversary by moving to their new exhibition and administrative space in The JBG Companies' Atlantic Plumbing Project. Their new home is certain to change the face of contemporary art in DC, and will be located at 2124 8th Street NW, just one block from the U Street cultural corridor.  

Join in celebrating their new home at the inaugural exhibition, Washington Produced Artists. 

Curated by Laura Roulet, the exhibition will serve as a proud recognition of local artists who created significant works in conjunction with WPA early in their careers and who have since built esteemed reputations. Washington Produced Artists will feature work by longtime D.C. metro-area resident artists William Christenberry, Jim Sanborn, Joyce J. Scott and Dan Steinhilber, with a mobile public art project created by Workingman Collective, a video installation by Michelle Lisa Herman, and an opening night performance by Maida Withers Dance Construction Company. 

Washington Produced Artists will be on display from November 14 - December 19, 2015 with an Opening Reception on Saturday, November 14, 2015 from 6-9pm.

For more information please visit the website and follow on Facebook, and Twitter to stay up-to-date with news and announcements. 

Rick Wall + Open Studios this weekend

Ground Zero Gallery presents Andrew Krieger Drawings 10.24 & 10.25

Personal Patterns @ King Street Gallery, Reception: Thursday, October 22, 6–8 p.m.

Exhibition Dates: October 22 - November 25, 2015  
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 22, 6 - 8 p.m.  

Nineteen local artists exhibit work in media as diverse as glass, photography, mixed-media sculpture, and acrylic painting. Personal Patterns shows how artists use abstract pattern in work about activism, ethnic identity, psychology, and more. 

According to curator Claudia Rousseau, Personal Patterns engages “how an artist’s use of pattern might reveal something about his/her sense of identity, express cultural traditions, ethnic or racial origins, and family ties.” Personal Patterns brings together 19 artists who work in media as diverse as glass, photography, mixed-media sculpture, monotype, and acrylic painting. Their work is linked not by medium, but through their adoption of pattern in a personally distinct way. 

Personal Patterns includes work by local artists Sondra Arkin, Michele Banks, Jessica Beels, Joan Belmar, Shanthi Chandrasekar, Alonzo Davis, Helen Frederick, Susan Goldman, Amber Robles-Gordon, Pat Goslee, Elyse Harrison, Sean Hennessey, Ellen Hill, Matt Hollis, Bridget Sue Lambert, Carien Quigora, Jessica Van Brakle, Ellyn Weiss, and Helen Zughaib. 

Personal Patterns Panel Discussion: Thursday, November 5, 4-5:30 p.m

Presented by Montgomery College's Department of Visual and Performing Arts at King Street Gallery

This discussion focuses on the work in Personal Patterns at the King Street Gallery. Participating artists will discuss the meaning embedded in pattern: how it might reveal emotions, politics, a sense of identity, or origins. The panel, moderated by curator Claudia Rousseau, features exhibiting artists Joan Belmar, Helen Frederick, Susan Goldman, Amber Robles-Gordon, and Jessica Beels.

The discussion will be held in the Cafritz Foundation Arts Center, room 101.

Regular Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. 

Location: The King Street Gallery is on the ground floor of The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Arts Center on the west side of the Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus. The arts center is located off Georgia Avenue at 930 King Street. Parking is available in the West Campus Garage, which is immediately behind the center. Additional parking is available in the East Campus Garage on Fenton Street with pedestrian access by a bridge and walking path.  

For maps and directions, visit http://www.montgomeycollege.edu/maps   

For more information: Call 240-567-5821 or visit http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/arts-tpss/exhibitions

Sound and art with Robin Rose on Wed. Oct 21 at MPA

Last chance to catch Robin Rose's Scriptronics Event Demo is on Wednesday, October 21, 7-9pm in the Emerson Gallery at McLean Project for the Arts! See, and hear, the awesome compilation of Rose's pioneering work. RSVP at events @ mpaart.org or call 703.790.1953 to reserve your spot for a truly sensory evening!

MPA's current exhibition, featuring Barbara Januszkiewicz, John M. Adams, and Robin Rose, will close on October 24. Make sure you stop by to view these three shows before they come down!

Check out this Washington Post article By Mark Jenkins about MPA galleries! 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/…/07255b24-728c-11e5-8d93-0a…

McLean Project for the Arts
1234 Ingleside Ave, McLean, Virginia 22101

+1 703-790-1953
www.mpaart.org

Hours
Tue-Fri: 10:00 am-4:00 pm
Sat: 11:00 am-5:00 pm

ALLEY MUSEUM OPENS IN DOWNTOWN WASHINGTON

DC ALLEY MUSEUM • DEDICATION / OPENING RECEPTION

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2015 (4-7PM)

BLAGDEN ALLEY • OUTSIDE LA COLOMBE COFFEE SHOP

BETWEEN M & N AND 9TH & 10TH STS NW • WASHINGTON DC

WASHINGTON, DC is now becoming known for fresh (non-historic) public art and vibrant mural

painting done by our living artists. A coalition of painters from the region have come together

and created the DC ALLEY MUSEUM in BLAGDEN ALLEY – opening 24/7 on Friday

OCTOBER 30TH in downtown WASHINGTON DC.

Just a few blocks from the now trendy Blagden Alley, there once was a Museum of Temporary

Arts, a d.c. space, a Washington Project for the Arts, and in the Shaw neighborhood alley, there

were spaces known as The Fight Club, The Warehouse, and Signal 66, not to mention dozens

of artists and production businesses like City Lights and Eco Media, all in venues created by

artists for the presentation of their work.

The DC ALLEY MUSEUM builds on this tradition in a fresh way while celebrating the temporary

nature of outdoor artworks and life. Beginning in 2015 a series of works were commissioned

by artists with a history in the Shaw neighborhood and the alley -- BILL WARRELL, LISA

MARIE THALHAMMER, ROZEAL BROWN, ANIEKAN UDOFIA, CITA SADELI CHELOVE.

They have created a stunning display of new works painted directly on the garage doors of

several buildings. In the coming year more artists will be commissioned from across the city to

fill more blank garage doors and walls. The museum will expand to include video documentation

of the multi-year project, connecting new generations of artists with some of our city’s “old

masters.”

Murals get the artwork of painters out into the public sphere in a uniquely bold and playful way,

a great way to educate the public about local artists living and working in their community.

Imagine a Museum that features DC artists open 24/7 without restrictions (no hours, no guards,

cameras encouraged); welcoming the entire city to stroll or drive through, stop in the LA

COLOMBE coffee shop and pick up your postcard/map of the DC ALLEY MUSEUM and join in

the art, music and celebration.

This wonderfully serious artwork is made possible with a grant from the D.C. COMMISSION ON

THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES • PUBLIC ART BUILDING COMMUNITY PROGRAM and the

BLAGDEN ALLEY NEIGHBORS that supply the canvas for some of DCs finest artists.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION https://www.facebook.com/events/434721746728129/

LAST CALL FOR ARTISTS AND PERFORMERS!

Artomatic 2015 is ON and there are just a few spots left for YOU to show YOUR art or performance skillz!  Never exhibited before? We want you to join us!!  Seasoned artist?  Don't hesitate any longer!  Did you know you can SELL your ART at Artomatic?  Sign up and join the party!

Anyone can participate in Artomatic - there are no criteria to register, and space is allocated on a first come, first served basis. TIME IS TIGHT AND WE WANT YOU!

Artomatic routinely attracts more than 70,000 visitors to see work by more than 700 artists, and more than 300 performances. The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) Department of Parks and Recreation is hosting Artomatic in a 90,000 sq ft building in Prince George's County. 

October 30th - December 12th 

8100 Corporate Drive, Hyattsville MD 

right by the New Carrollton Metro Station

REGISTER NOW through the link below so you can start planning your exhibit.  For only $125, your artwork/installation will be on display for 6 weeks, 7 weekends by thousands of visitors.   Sale terms are between you and the buyer.  It doesn't get better than this!  

>> ARTOMATIC 2015 ARTIST REGISTRATION LINK

For more information or to volunteer and help us put on this huge show please visit  http://2015.artomatic.org/ Should you have additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at registration@artomatic.org.  

We look forward to having you with us at Artomatic 2015! 

LAST CHANCE - Register today!!

Renée Stout: WILD WORLD

September 26 - December 19, 2015 

Opening Reception: Saturday, September 26, 2015, 6:00pm - 8:00pm 

In her fifth solo exhibition at HEMPHILL, Stout addresses a progression of themes, first inviting the viewer into a “Room of Spirits” which sets the stage for there being a presence beyond the self. Stout then introduces devices designed as a mechanical means to transfer magic or captured energy from one source to another. The artist asks “do I have the ability, if I try hard enough, to tap into a universal energy that’s more enlightened?” Stout’s hand-built machines, utilizing wire, wood, paint, and a myriad of found items, are systems of the mind powered by spiritual energy. Stout urges the viewer to embrace and believe in the presence of spiritual energy, capably presenting the tools of her own creation through which it works.

Stout believes in the power of objects to transmit knowledge. In creating a lifelong body of work that serves as evidence of existence, she shows the unfolding story of a modern culture that embodies everything that came before. Her work draws power from the struggle of forces – political, religious, intellectual – present at this moment in history. As a society we are “At the Crossroads” embroiled in a storm of conflicting viewpoints, social and economic inequality, and political and religious conflict. We are presented with daily news of tragic killings, mass shootings, and the destruction of cultural and societal heritage. Stout faces this Wild World head on, responding to anguish with compassion and the desire to move forward. Always questioning – do you see me? do you see yourself? – Stout commands the viewer to examine their choices and conjure the consequences.

• GALLERY HOURS
• Tuesday–Saturday, 10:00am–5:00pm, and by appointment.
• The Gallery will be closed from Thursday, November 26 to Saturday, November 28 in observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday.

HEMP HILL

1515 14th St NW

Washington DC 20005

tel 202.234.5601

hemphillfinearts.com

Humanities Arts Technology (HATS) Fest Sponsored by HumanitiesDC/Art All Night

www.dcmurals.info

PUBLIC MURALS EAST OF THE RIVER

OLD AND NEW MURALS, MEET THE ARTISTS

Sept. 26, 9 pm--midnight

RISE Demonstration Center, 2730 Martin Luther King Ave., SE

Enter through Gateway DC, St. Elizabeths East, 2700 Martin Luther King Ave., SE, Washington, DC

Limited parking; accessible through public transportation: www.wmata.com

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

DC Murals: Spectacle and Story, will showcase historic and new public murals in Wards 7 and 8 as part of the HumanitiesArtsTechnology (HAT) FEST sponsored by HumanitiesDC on September 26. Meet the artists and travel from cherished early murals celebrating African American accomplishments and life to the vibrant street art that is changing neighborhoods East of the River today. James Greggs, Founding Director of Sign of the Times Cultural Workshop and Gallery, will headline the program, and Cory Stowers, muralist and event moderator, will demonstrate a new interactive technology that permits viewers to access information about a mural through a free app. The event is part of Art All Night, a two-day celebration of creativity throughout the city.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION AND REFRESHMENTS.

*Funding for these grants is provided by St. Elizabeths East, Government of the District of Columbia, and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning & Economic Development. The HAT FEST at St. Elizabeths will be presented in the RISE Center. Additional funding for the HAT FEST at St. Elizabeths is provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Cafritz Foundation. The HAT FEST is presented by HumanitiesDC and THE ARC.

www.dcmurals.info