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Washington, D.C. is an art connoisseur's paradise -
- More than a dozen academic institutions that offer undergraduate or graduate degrees in art.
- A wealth of local and national museums that require no admission fee.
- Many local jurisdictions offer various incentives (e.g., grants, lower taxes) to local artists.
- Gallery exhibits, community bazaars and art shows are plentiful.
Bask in the plethora of fine art venues throughout the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Take a leisurely stroll on a Sunday afternoon to the Hirshorn Museum, The National Gallery of Art, or any of the other excellent art venues in the area. This experience is sure to heighten your enthusiasm and enhance your appreciation of art.
"Around Town" will keep you informed of all significant fine art activities in the metropolitan area and other selected cities. Perhaps, you will be inspired to consider acquiring a piece of art from one of our local artists, especially one featured on this Web site.
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| (New) September 9 - 11 |
"ARTS ON FOOT"
The annual Washington Examiner's ARTS ON FOOT, sponsored by the Wines of Argentina, is viewed as Washington's premier Fall festival that debuts the upcoming performing arts and visual arts season.
This spirited event [in its 18th season] spanning four city blocks will again draw tens of thousands to Downtown D.C.'s vibrant Penn Quarter neighborhood. Penn Quarter, the region's bustling cultural center, is also home to the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery . Here's a sampling of the festival events:
- a four-day juried fine arts market of over 100 exhibitors
- food sampling courts with 30 high-end restaurants
- a wine area for sampling and seminars
- three entertainment stages
- a cultural corridor with galleries, theaters, museums and arts organizations
Please, visit the festival's Web site [below] for maps and other event information.
http://www.artsonfoot.org/
Art Market: [Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday] September 9 - 11, 11 am - 7 pm.
Festival: [Saturday] September 11, 11 am - 6 pm.
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7th and F Sts NW
[in the Penn Quarter]
Washington, D.C.
http://www.artsonfoot.org/ |
| (New) September 3 - December 17 |
"The Art Gallery at Iona Senior Services"
The Gallery at Iona presents Artist in Residence, Lee Goodwin, and Special Guest Artist, Marilee Harris Shapiro.
Artist's Reception: Friday, October 15, 5 - 8 pm
Lee Goodwin is a fine art photographer who has concentrated on landscape photography in and around Washington, D.C., with particular emphasis on Great Falls, the C&O Canal, and the Potomac River. His photographs have won numerous awards, and have been widely exhibited in solo and group shows in Washington, Maryland, and Virginia. Like many photographers of his generation, he learned his craft with traditional film cameras, but recently has been exploring the creative possibilities offered by digital photography.
Marilee Harris Shapiro began her art education at a class being offered in her neighborhood through the Work Projects Administration (WPA). She then studied with sculptor Alexander Archipenko and painter Rudolph Weinsenborn. After she came to Washington, D.C., she continued her studies at American University. In 1960, Marilee and three other local artists formed Associated Artists, a cooperative gallery in an old coach house next to the Phillips Gallery which garnered great attention and praise for their foward looking ideas, classes and studio tours.Marilee has continued to work and show in and around Washington, D.C. since that time, working primarily in clay and bronze. At the age of 89, she took her first computer graphics course at the Corcoran, and now uses her computer as an expressive painting tool. Her work is found in the collections of the Kreeger Museum and the Bowdoin Collage Museum of Art, among many private collections [e.g., "Art Connoisseurs"].
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The Gallery at Iona
4125 Albemarle Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20016
(202) 895-9407
Gallery Hours: Monday through Friday from 9 am to 5 pm.
http://www.iona.org |
(Cancelled) Thursday, September 2, 2010
5 - 8:30 pm |
"Phillips After 5: Thursday, September 2, 2010"
"Phillips After 5", a lively mix of art and entertainment on the first Thursday of each month, and every Thursday in August. Due to the popularity of Phillips after 5, advance reservations during special exhibitions are encouraged to insure admission. No reservations are needed for Phillips members. Members get in free.
Lecture and Book Signing: Suzanne Hudson: Robert Ryman: Painter 6:30 pm
Contemporary Jazz: Bob Tublin Trio, 5 - 8:15 pm
Gallery Talk: Pousette-Dart and Shapes: "I've always liked circles" at 6 & 7 pm
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The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street, NW (at Q Street)
Metro: Dupont Circle, Q Street exit
Washington, DC
(202) 387-2151
http://www.phillipscollection.org |
| (New) September 11 - October 23 |
"Conner Contemporary Art Presents Three Concurrent Solo Exhibits"
Conner Contemporary Art presents three concurrent solo exhibitions featuring a sculptural installation and opening night performance by John Kirchner, a new cycle of oil paintings by John Stark and recent video by Susan MacWilliam.
Artists' Opening Reception: Saturday, September 11, 6 - 8 pm
[1] "Infinity": JOHN KIRCHNER
Infinity is a large-scale sculpture installation by John Kirchner. To create his 4th solo exhibition with the gallery, the DC-based artist physically and metaphorically deconstructs a 26 foot boat. The Chris-Craft cabin cruiser, named "Infinity," was built and marketed in 1955, the year of Kirchner's birth. Reconstructing the vessel in the exhibition space, Kirchner re-interprets the boats social symbolism, turning the American dream, and the world-view that gave rise to it, on its head.
[2] "Mercurius Duplex": JOHN STARK
This is John Stark's first solo exhibition in the U.S. An innovator in the dark undercurrent of Londons contemporary art scene, Stark integrates styles and themes from recent and past artistic traditions to form his own system of meaning. The London-based artist makes his much anticipated American debut with a powerful new series of paintings in oil on wood panel.
[3} SUSAN MACWILLIAM (recent video)
Susan MacWilliam is the Belfast-based artist who represented Northern Ireland at the 2009 Venice Biennale. MacWilliams art probes the paranormal, the supersensory, and the tradition of psychic research. The artist approaches her subject through the history of occult photography, biography, and archival discovery.
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Conner Contemporary Art
1358 Florida Ave, NE
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 588-8750
Gallery summer hours: Wed - Sat,
10-5 pm or by prior appointment.
http://www.connercontemporary.com |
| (**Upcoming**) October 15, 2010 - May 1, 2011 |
"The Kinsey Collection: Shared Treasures of Bernard and Shirley Kinsey"
Organized by the Bernard and Shirley Kinsey Foundation for the Arts and Education
This "must see" art exhibit has been on tour of art museums in major U.S. cities and is now being showcased in the nation's capital! Make plans to visit this exquisite art exhibit and while you're there, join the NMAAHC membership.
Throughout their over 40-year marriage, collectors Bernard and Shirley Kinsey have celebrated their heritage by seeking unusual souvenirs. From an early version of the Emancipation Proclamation to correspondence between Malcolm X and Alex Haley, the couple has amassed a trove of rare artifacts and artwork that spans four centuries and embodies the hardships and triumphs of the African American experience. Originally housed in a wine cellar in the Kinseys' Los Angeles home, items from their private collection forms The Kinsey Collection -- a new exhibition organized by the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
The exhibition will be on display in NMAAHC's gallery at the National Museum of American History.
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Smithsonian
National Museum of African American
History and Culture (NMAAHC)
Constitution Avenue & 14th St NW
Washington, DC 20560
(202) 633-1000
Open Daily 10 am - 5:30 pm
http://nmaahc.si.edu/ |
| (New) September 3 - October 22 |
"New Hillyer Art Space Exhibits "
"Puzzling (a) Space"
Featured artists: Soun Hong, Chakraphan Rangaratna, Ding Ren, and Eric De Leon Zamuco
FIRST FRIDAY RECEPTION: September 3rd, 2010, 6 - 9 pm
Free food and refreshments. $5 suggested donation.
A site-specific exhibition of painting, installation, video and performance by four contemporary Asian artists: Soun Hong (Korean), Chakraphan Rangaratna (Thai), Ding Ren (Chinese American), and Eric De Leon Zamuco (Filipino). This exhibition is co-curated by Jeong-ok Jeon (Korean) and Jammie Chang (Taiwan), and as a collaborative project it will bring dynamic cultural perspectives to the District arts community and increase cultural exchange between Asia and the U.S.
"Puzzling (a) Space" is a dynamic exhibition of paintings, videos, installations and performance that not only reflects the site-specificity of Hillyer Art Space and a multi-cultural aesthetic, it also creates an atmosphere for people to see themselves as a integral feature in the emergence of an artistic event.
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International Arts and Artists
Hillyer Art Space
9 Hillyer Court, NW,
Washington, DC 20008
(202) 338-0680
http://www.artsandartists.org |
| (New) September 3 - 17 |
"Pretty Things, Little Treasures and Hidden Meanings"
An exhibition of collage and assemblage creations by artists Jamea Richmond-Edwards and Amber Robles-Gordon. "Pretty Things, Little Treasures and Hidden Meanings" is inspired by the themes in their work that convey the feminine mystique. Both women focus on their personal stories and the roles of women in society. The "Pretty Things" refers to the physical beauty and the sentiment that women attribute to the things they collect and adorn themselves with. "Little Treasures" are the intricate details that create the narratives. The "Hidden Meanings" are the various images and concepts that encompass the feminine mystique, yet reproduce social norms that confine.
This exhibition is the product of an artistic partnership and dialogue about emerging women artists. The dialogue began about how to navigate through the art world and challenge the notion of the individual and isolated artist. The two artists met while working on their MFAs at Howard University and through their affiliation with Black Artists of DC. They discovered commonalities in their work and decided to partner and exhibit works focusing on womanhood.
Public Reception: Friday, September 3, 6:30-8:30 pm. The exhibition will remain on view by appointment until Friday September 17, 2010.
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The Gallery at AYN Studio
923 F St. NW Suite #201
Washington, D.C.
(202) 271-9475
http://www.aynstudio.com |
| (New) Through Sunday, September 18, 2010 |
"First Solo Exhibit of Local Portrait Artist, Marilyn Witkowski: Paintings and Prints"
Marilyn is a local portrait artist who has been painting portraits on commission since 1978, while working in marketing and communications for several large area organizations. A few years ago, she reevaluated her priorities, retired from the corporate world, and directed her energy into painting, printmaking, and learning the art of digital illustration. Her unique style of working with solid, flat areas of bright colors will immediately engage and delight you.
Her first exhibit includes recent acrylic on canvas portrait and landscape paintings, and silkscreens. Though one can clearly see the influence of pop artists in Marilyns lively, colorful, and bold works,
her portraits are surprisingly personal and intimate. Many are based on nostalgic black and white family photos.
Marilyn's contact information:
Website: www.marilynwitkowski.com
Phone: (301) 651-5746
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Art at Penn Place Gallery
4600 Waverly Avenue
Garrett Park, MD 20896
The Penn Place Gallery is located next to the Black Market Bistro Restaurant, so you may want to combine dining with seeing the artworks.
http://www.garrettpark-md.gov/c/328/art-at-penn-place |
| (New) September 25 - October 31 |
"Something old, something new and something blue..."
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 25, 2010, 5 - 8 pm
Zimstone Gallery present the works of Cheryl Edwards, painter, and Henry Ferrand, photographer, along with works of the living masters of Zimbabwe stone carving.
Edwards was taught how to paint and draw by the late Ernest Crichlow. Her latest series show the mystical cultures involving people of color. Her paintings of the Ndebele Dolls and the Modern Day Madonna tell the story of symbolism and spiritual aspects of these subjects.
Ferrand has that unique photographers eye to see and capture scenes and perspectives that most people look at but do not see. His compositions are mesmerizing. They invite the viewer to see their world through a different lens and for a few moments experience a feeling of tranquility and inspired introspection.
Zimstone Gallery is both proud and humble to represent some of the last living first generation (pre-independence) master sculptures of Zimbabwe. The works here are all hard stone ranging from Butter Jade and Lepedolite to Opal, Serpentine and Verdite. Some of the semi-precious stones are 50 million years old and fall between 5 to 7 on the Mohs hardness Scale
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Zimstone GALLERY
4814 Rhode Island Avenue
Hyattsville, MD 20781
(301) 699-1499
GALLERY Hours: Wed - Fri, 3 - 7 pm; Sat - Sun, 12 - 5 pm
http://www.ZimstoneGallery.com |
| (New) September 11 - October 16 |
"Abstraction: More Than Meets the Eye"
Reception: Thursday, September 16, 7 - 9 pm
Curator Harriet Lesser presents an in-depth look at abstract art and explores the journey from representational art to abstraction in this multi-media show featuring works in glass, wood, neon and metal sculpture, colored pencil and photography. Featuring the following artists: Karin Abromaitis, Michael Brining, Dottie Campbell, Craig Kraft, Cliff Lounsbury, Joel O'Dorisio and Lien Yao.
Adult Art Talk: September 11, 1 pm, [Free, no reservations required]
Children's Art Talk & Tour: September 11, 10:15 am, [Reservations required, call (301) 581-5109]
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The Mansion at Strathmore
10701 Rockville Pike
North Bethesda, MD 20852
(301) 581-5200
Mansion Hours - Galleries and Gift Shop
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday -
10 am - 4 pm
Wednesday, 10 am - 9 pm
Saturday, 10 am - 3 pm
Closed Sunday
http://www.strathmore.org/ |
| (New) September 9 - October 10 |
"Relative: Recent Paintings and Drawings"
Gallery plan b presents two outstanding exhibits:
Opening reception with the artists: September 9, 6 - 8 pm
[1] Works by Chad Andrews
Primarily a printmaker, Andrews uses all his skills in his work and often includes a combination of drawing, painting with the printmaking.
[2] Works by Gail Vollrath
(artist's statement):
"...These paintings and mixed media works represent the day, current affairs, conversations and events. I have a situation in mind and become very anxious to see the result. The representational images are derived from clip art or actual objects (sometimes found)..."
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Gallery plan b
1530 14th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 234-2711
http://www.galleryplanb.com |
| (New) September 1 - 26 |
"Donna K. McGee: Abstract Blues"
Donna's perspective for her new works:
"The recent oil spill has affected my painting and is revealed in the colors and images of my new show. Water is a central part of our very existence. It not only is crucial for us to stay alive it enriches our aesthetic experiences. Looking out over the ocean or sitting next to a babbling brook restores a sense of inner beauty and contentment with the world. I hope that my new works will make others ponder this incredible resource and realize that we must act to protect all our precious water resources. We must guarantee it will always be a part of our existence for many future generations; not just for drinking, but also for our aesthetic existence. I want to always know that we will be able to look out at the ocean or sit next to a babbling brook and feel at one with the world." donna K. mcgee |
Foundry Gallery
1314 18th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 463-0203
Gallery hours: Wed - Sun,
noon - 6:00 pm
http://www.foundrygallery.org |
| (New) Through October 24 |
"The Katzen American University (AU) Museum Exhibition"
Note: Artists Reception [for all exhibits]: Saturday, September 11, 6 pm
(1) "BG Muhn: Love Affair of the Empress"
August 31 - October 17, 2010
BG Muhns first installation work is an ambitious and stunning series of invented portraits of mythical Chinese empresses. Using techniques ranging from deadpan official Chinese portrait style to a face composed of hundreds of houseflies glued to the canvas,
Gallery Talk: Saturday, September 11, 5 pm
(2) "Luciano Penay: Time, News, Paintings, and Natural Forms"
August 31 - October 17, 2010
Professor Emeritus Luciano Penay taught several generations of art students at American University. He valued experimentation over dogmatism, as will be evident in this one-person show of large-scale paintings and collages.
Gallery Talk: Saturday, October 9, 4 pm
(3) "RE-VISION: American University Alumni"
August 31 - October 24, 2010
This second Alumni Show in the American University Museum will be will be selected by Art Department faculty members Tim Doud and Zoe Charlton, and Museum director and curator Jack Rasmussen.
Kids @ Katzen: Sunday, September 12, 1 pm
Gallery Talk: Saturday, October 23, 3 pm
(4) "Alan Binstock: Way-stations"
August 31 through October 24, 2010
Washington sculptor Alan Binstock will present a series of new works for the Sylvia Berlin Katzen Sculpture Garden integrating steel and glass to create monumental forms.
Gallery Talk: September 25, 4 pm
(5) "Norse Soul--the legacy of Edvard Munch, social democracy, old myths, anarchy, and death longings"
Through October 17
An exhibit of Norwegian contemporary art from the 1930s until today. |
The Katzen Arts Center at
American University
4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20016
(202) 885-2787
Museum Hours:
11:00 am to 4:00 pm, Tues - Sun
http://www.american.edu/museum |
| (New) September 16 - October 24 |
"Images from & Beyond: Visions of Our Solar System"
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 16, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Film Screening: Sunday, September 26, 6 - 8:30 pm (with talk by Michael Benson)
A ground breaking photography exhibition by celebrated photographer, filmmaker and journalist Michael Benson.
Beginning in 1995, Michael Benson began hunting through hundreds of thousands of solar system photographs, dating as far back as the late 1960's, to find raw or partially processed images with potential significance in the photographic landscape. As locator, editor and curator of these images, which were originally taken by interplanetary probes traveling through space, Benson devoted substantial time to the creation of composite mosaics and the optimization of this body of work for print production.
While Benson's images strike you first with their arresting beauty, a certain uneasiness can follow due to the realization that our preconceptions concerning what these planets and moons look like are frequently so far from reality.
The aesthetic beauty of Benson's photographs is undeniable, but he hopes there are larger lessons to be learned. He writes, Venus is the victim of a runaway greenhouse effect&with heat on its surface hot enough to melt lead. Mars, by contrast, lost much of its atmosphere and is a frigid desert.
[Continuing Exhibit, Through September 12, 2010]
"Tony Savoie: New York"
Tony Savoie's distaste for war is front and center in much of his work. His pieces often position animals, perfectly obedient, in front of soldiers or other expressions of warfare, drawing comparison in their training to follow commands. Savoie criticizes the pack mentality and questions the morality of acting solely on orders rather than self -evaluation. |
Long View Gallery
1234 9th Street NW
Washington, DC, 20001
(202) 232-4788
http://www.longviewgallery.com |
| August 18 - September 26, 2010 |
"Touchstone Gallery 50 Artist's Member Show"
Champagne Celebration at the new Touchstone Gallery Grand Opening: Friday, September 10 6 8:30 pm
Touchstone Gallery, owned and operated by an association of Washington DC area artists since 1976, is re-opening in a new space on New York Avenue September 10, with a "champagne celebration." Touchstone, which has been without a home since leaving its former Penn Quarter location nearly a year ago, begins its latest incarnation with fifty members in a custom-designed, ground-floor site at 901 New York Avenue, next to Acadiana restaurant and a block from the D.C. Convention Center. |
Touchstone Gallery
901 New York Avenue, NW
Metro: Mt. Vernon Square, or
Metro Center, Chinatown
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 347-2787
GALLERY HOURS: Wednesday - Thursday 11-6, Friday 11-8, Saturday - Sunday 12-5
http://www.touchstonegallery.com |
| (New) Through February 20, 2011 |
"Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) Exhibits"
The BMA offers a treasure trove of fine art venues. Take a leisurely drive to our sister city, Baltimore, and visit its many cultural offerings. (I enjoy driving up on a Saturday morning, staying overnight - having dinner and breakfast at Gertrude's restaurant in the BMA)
FEATURED EXHIBIT:
"Advancing Abstraction in Modern Sculpture"
July 21, 2010 - February 20, 2011
[Free exhibition]
One of the earliest examples of David Smith's welding is shown for the first time in this exhibition of more than 30 works drawn from the BMA's collection, the Estate of David Smith, and private collections. It is joined by works by Hans Arp, Naum Gabo, Julio Gonzalez, Henry Moore, Louise Nevelson, and other modern artists who moved beyond the figure to create sculptures based on a new language of abstract forms.
"On the Mark: Contemporary Works on Paper"
July 3 - September 12, 2010
[Free exhibition]
This intimate exhibition of nine recently acquired prints and drawings shows how a single element takes on new meaning when multiplied or magnified. The highlight is Ellsworth Kelly's River II, a monumental lithograph more than six feet by nine feet in size that presents a grid of enlarged brushstrokes rearranged in what appears to be random order. Also shown are works by Astrid Bowlby, Annabel Daou, Tara Donovan, Ann Hamilton, Juan Logan, Vik Muniz, Gerhard Richter, and Koo Kyung Sook.
"Textiles Recycled/Reimagined"
March 10, 2010 - October 10, 2010
[Free exhibition]
This intimate exhibition presents more than a dozen unique objects made either wholly or in part from reused and/or repurposed materials. Examples include a Japanese Buddhist priest's robe most likely composed of expensive fabrics donated by wealthy acolytes, a quilt made of scraps of ordinary commercial fabrics sewn by an African-American woman, and handcrafted mats from the Grenfell missions of Labrador made of silk or rayon jersey from worn out stockings and undergarments.
Note: a visit to Gertrude's restaurant [serving delicious regional cuisine] at BMA is also highly recommended.
Call (410) 889-3399 for reservations
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Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA)
10 Art Museum Drive
Baltimore, MD 21218
(410) 396-7100
http://www.artbma.org |
| (New) August 6 - September 4 |
"The Cinecitta Chapel"
Opening reception: Friday, August 6, 6 - 8 pm
This is local painter Matthew Mann's first solo exhibition in Washington, DC. Adapted from Renaissance artist Giotto's Arena Chapel fresco cycle in Padua, Italy, Mann's "The Cinecitta Chapel" is comprised of six large-scale paintings. Created over the last year and a half, Mann's epic series replaces the religious iconography of Giotto's frescoes with cowboys and cartoon violence, creating pop culture allegories steeped in American myth.
On Wednesday, August 25, the gallery will partner with Pink Line Project to present Pink Panel @ Flashpoint, a panel discussion with artist Matthew Mann and Chief Creative Contrarian Philippa Hughes about the exhibition.
"Thought DJs" Adam Good and Jon Lee's "WE ARE SCIENCE!" will give a live performance in conjunction with the event which begins at 6pm [$10 suggested donation.]
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Gallery at Flashpoint
916 G Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 315-1305
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 12-6 pm or by appointment
http://www.flashpointdc.org |
| (New) July 16 - September 14 |
"GALLERY ARTISTS SUMMER SHOW"
An exhibition of Parish Gallery artists: Tayo Adenaike, Alex Bay, Deborah Brisker Burk, Antonio Carreno, Ed Clark, Dennis Cook, Shelia Crider, Lilya Dear, Robert Freeman, Herbert Gentry, Hamid Kachmar, Harriet Lesser, Percy Martin, Richard Mayhew, Bruce McNeil, E.J. Montgomery, Curtis Nelson, Oggi Ogburn, Kathryn Stedham and Tessfaye Tessema.
Saturday Visitors between 1 and 5 pm are welcomed with
refreshing mint juleps
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Parish Gallery Georgetown
1054 31st Street NW
Washington, DC 20007
(202) 944-2310
http://www.parishgallery.com |
| (New) July 24 - September 4 |
"New. Now. 2010 New Fellows Introductory Exhibition"
Hamiltonian showcases their new five fellowship recipients with an opening group exhibition of their respective works. The five new fellowship winners are: Selin Balci, Ryan Hoover, Joyce Lee, Jessica Van Brakle, and Elena Volkova.
Opening Reception: Saturday, July 24, 7 - 9 pm |
Hamiltonian Gallery
1353 U Street, NW
(14th and U Streets)
Washington, DC
(202) 332-1116
http://www.hamiltonianartists.org |
| (New) August 5 - September 12 |
"Shelf Life / Mary [Mimi] Frank "
The works in "Shelf Life" were created specifically to be displayed on the Athenaeum gallery's walls.
"With this body of work Frank took a light touch: the forms are space, outlined. Developing the forms was an intuitive process, unplanned. The scale is slight. All of these factors work against our usual expectations for steel - the material of structure and weight, of massive scale. This is powerful work indeed, containing contradictions, engaging us with its sense of whimsy, all the while maintaining its strong and evocative presence." - Beverly Ress
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The Athenaeum Gallery
201 Prince Street
Alexandria, VA
22314
(703) 548-0035
http://www.nvfaa.org |
| (New) August 13 - 25 |
"2011 Artist Fellowship Program Visual Arts Exhibition"
Hosted by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, this exhibition presents some of the District's finest visual artists with the opportunity to display their work in hopes of being awarded the highly competitive Artist Fellowship grant for FY 2011 in the amount of $5,000 from the Commission. Each artist was asked to submit a piece that represents his or her body of work and individual artistic perspective. |
The Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery
at Smith Farm Center
1632 U St NW
Washington DC
20009
(202) 483-8600
Gallery Hours: Wed - Fri 11 am - 5 pm, Sat 11 am - 3 pm and by appointment.
http://www.SmithFarm.com |
| (Extended) Through September 6, 2010 |
"Trees of Life II"
A multi medium show featuring many Zenith Gallery artists.
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Zenith Gallery @
Chevy Chase Pavilion
5335 Wisconsin Avenue NW
Metro Stop (Red Line):
Friendship Heights
Chevy Chase, D.C. 20015
(202) 783-2963
http://www.zenithgallery.com |
| (New) July 30 - September 10 |
"Greetings From East of the River!"
Four art exhibits open concurrently in Historic Anacostia on Friday July 30th at 6:30pm, highlighting the multifaceted Anacostia community. Local artists explore and react to the spiritual, social, environmental and historical issues of this neighborhood. The exhibits encompass the voices of a range of emerging to established artists and creative minds.
(1) For the fourth year running, artists rooted in Wards 7 and 8 will be featured in Honfleur Gallery's juried East of the River exhibition. Eleven artists are included in the exhibition; BK Adams, Nigil Brice, Ralston Cyrus, Melani Douglass, Matthew Mann, Samuel Mercer, Marlon Normon, Luis Peralta, Amanda Stephenson, Deborah Terry and Renee Woodward. Photography, drawings, paintings and sculptures by artists who are Anacostia natives and recent newcomers.
(2) Upstairs at Honfleur Gallery, Capturing the Spirit, an exhibition of photographs by local talent Bruce McNeil examines the Anacostia River, using the mythic spirit Mami Wata as inspiration. McNeil uses portraits of women, including his own mother, to personify the spirit of the river, overlaying them with nature imagery shot on the river.
(3) TREEts & TREEties: Documenting gifts from
nature and examining our agreement with the environment
Where: ARCH Training Center
1231 Good Hope Road SE, Washington, DC
A collection of student photography on show at features ecologically-inspired imagery. The exhibit includes works by James Holiday, Joseph Roberson, Brittany Jackson, and Audrea Blackwell; a final product of a digital photography class sponsored in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Anacostia: Never Far From Home
Where: The Gallery at Vivid Solutions
2208 MLK Jr Ave SE, Washington, DC
An interactive exhibition, includes community participation, featuring local bloggers Fred Joiner, Nikki Peele, and David Garber. Residents are invited to bring their own photographs to hang on the community wall and assist the gallery in telling a visual story of Anacostia. The exhibit will evolve over the course of the show,
as local residents and bloggers react to and build their story.
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Honfleur Gallery
1241 Good Hope Rd. SE
Washington , D.C. 20020
(202) 536-8994
Gallery Hours: Noon - 5pm , Tuesday through Friday and 11 am to 5 pm on Saturdays.
Gallery will be closed on Sundays and Mondays
http://www.honfleurgallery.com |
| (New) July 16 - September 10 |
"the light thread, the dark thread: paintings by Anna Kipervaser"
Artist Anna Kipervaser's Time spent with the Bedouins of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, provides the theme for this exciting exhibit -- " the light thread . the dark thread" refers to the Qurans instruction about Ramadan, "You may eat and drink until the white thread of light becomes distinguishable from the dark thread of night at dawn."
Cutting and painting her wood panels to form the shapes of her paintings, the artist interprets "the place where inbetweenness is everything, where opposites are indistinguishable, where they are one."
The artist is also working with an international team to document the muezzins of Cairo through a multi-media project entitled Voices and Faces of the Adhan: Cairo, a documentary film, audio archive, multi-media library and art installation project about the Muslim call to prayer in Cairo.
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The Jerusalem Fund Gallery
2425 Virginia Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20037
Tel. (202) 338-1958
Gallery hours: M - F, 9 am. - 5 pm
or by appointment
http://www.thejerusalemfund.org |
| (New) August 9 - March 27, 2011 |
"Word, Shout, Song: Lorenzo Dow Turner"
Word, Shout, Song documents the historical journey made by people from Africa, their language, and their music, to the Americas. Through words, music, and story, Lorenzo Dow Turner discovered in the 1930s that the Gullah people of Georgia and South Carolina still possessed parts of the culture and language of their enslaved ancestors, which had long been believed lost. |
Smithsonian Institution
The Anacostia Community Museum
1901 Fort Place, SE
Washington, D.C. 20020
(202) 633-4820
http://www.anacostia.si.edu |
| (New) July 2, 2010 - January 2, 2011 |
"Telling Stories: Norman Rockwell from the Collections of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg"
Two of America's best-known modern filmmakers, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, recognized a kindred spirit in Norman Rockwell and formed significant collections of his work. This exciting exhibition is based on new research into Norman Rockwell, his work and the relationships between the artist and the movies. It showcases fifty-seven major Rockwell paintings and drawings from these private collections. The museum is the only venue for the exhibition. "Telling Stories" is organized by Virginia M. Mecklenburg, senior curator.
Exhibit: 1st floor West, American Art Museum |
Smithsonian American Art Museum
9th and G Streets NW
Metro: Gallery Place metro station
Washington, DC
(202) 633-1000
Museum Hours: 11:30 am - 7:00 pm, daily
http://americanart.si.edu |
| (New) July 1 - January 2, 2011 |
"Up Where We Belong: Native Musicians in Popular Culture"
Native people have been active in contemporary music for nearly a century. This exhibit features many Native artists have had successful and influential careers in almost every form of popular music. Up Where We Belong tells their stories and histories and provides visitors the opportunity to hear music and discover artists with whom these exceptional musicians collaborated. Visitors will also learn of the musical greats who inspired these artists, as well as the growing number of contemporary performers who follow in their path.
In addition to a video that discusses the musicians and their histories, the museum has gathered several personal objects to display. These include a colorful, full-length leather coat that belonged to famed electric guitarist Jimi Hendrix (Cherokee heritage).
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National Museum of the American
Indian (NMAI) On the Mall
4th Street & Independence Ave., SW
Washington, DC 20560
Phone: 202-633-1000
http://www.nmai.si.edu |
| (New) June 16 - July 31 |
"Scherezade Garcia & Bela"
International Visions invites all Metro-area art lovers to this exhibit which provides one with a slice of the Caribbean. Tim Davis (gallery proprietor) says "this is a summer show you don't want to miss! It's hot!" The exhibit features mixed media works by artists Beatrice Mellinger ("Bela") and Scherezade Garcia. Bela, who was born in Martinique, and Garcia, who is Dominican-American, both reference their Caribbean heritage as the force behind a passionately creative spirit.
Bela explains, "Painting allows me to reconcile my multicultural references... the influence of my ancestors, my world travels, and the Western Civilization in which I am culturally grounded." The fusion of cultures in her island nation - French, African, Asian, and native - is celebrated and contemplated in vivid compositions.
For Garcia, these creations are her memories: recollections "of a faraway home, the hopes and dreams that accompany planting roots in a new land."
OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, June 19, 6:30 - 9 pm
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International Visions - The Gallery
2629 Connecticut Ave NW
Across from Woodley Park Metro stop
Washington, DC 20008
(202) 234-5112.
http://www.inter-visions.com |
| (New) June 5 - September 12 |
"Pousette-Dart: Predominantly White Paintings "
This is another spectacular exhibit presented by the Phillips Collection. In the early 1950s, Richard Pousette-Dart (1916-1992) created a series of paintings nearly without paint, using graphite and oil on canvas to produce works both complex and spare. These luminous and poetic works are filled with symbolic imagery and natural forms, and represent a dramatic departure from the artist's more characteristic richly colored and thickly painted surfaces. This exhibition of 23 paintings and works on paper, as well as four sculptures, marks the first time in over 50 years that a significant number of these works are on view.
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The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street, NW
[Metro: Dupont Circle,
Q Street exit]
Washington, DC
(202) 387-2151
The Phillips Collection is open Tuesday to Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm, with extended evening hours on Thursdays until 8:30 pm, and on Sundays from 11 am to 6 pm.
http://www.phillipscollection.org |
| (New) Through September 12, 2010 |
"Yves Klein: With the Void, Full Powers"
One of the last century's most influential artists, Yves Klein (French, 1928 - 1962) took the European art scene by storm in a prolific career that lasted only from 1954 to 1962, when he suffered a heart attack at the age of 34.
This exhibit is the first major retrospective of the artist's work in the United States in nearly 30 years. The exhibition will include examples from all of Klein's major series, including his Anthropometries, Cosmogonies, fire paintings, planetary reliefs, and blue monochromes, as well as selections of his lesser-known gold and pink monochromes, body and sponge reliefs, "air architecture," and immaterial works. The installation will also foreground the artist's process and conceptual projects through a range of ephemera, including sketches, photographs, letters, and writings.
The exhibition is co-organized by the Hirshhorn and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, and is co-curated by Hirshhorn deputy director and chief curator Kerry Brougher and Philippe Vergne, director of Dia Art Foundation
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Smithsonian Institution
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Independence Avenue at 7th Street SW
Washington, D.C.
(202) 633-4674
Hours of Operation:
Open daily except December 25
Museum: 10 am to 5:30 pm (EST)
Plaza: 7:30 am to 5:30 pm
Sculpture Garden: 7:30 am to dusk
http://hirshhorn.si.edu/ |
| (New) June 11 - October 15, 2010 |
"RETHINKING TRADITION: Contemporary Design from Mexico"
Contemporary Design in Mexico will present over 200 objects created by the most talented and innovative designers in Mexico today. This exhibition celebrates the landscape of Mexico City where a dynamic, cosmopolitan and ever-changing urbanity inspires a new generation of artisans in infinite ways. This exhibition will show how contemporary designers often seek to integrate social, economic and environmental elements through the use of varied objects and materials to create unique products.
OPEN HOUSE: Saturday, June 12, 10 am - 4 pm
Other Events associated with the "Design" exhibit:
Book Presentation and Conference: Friday, June 11, 7 pm
Internationally acclaimed Mexican Chef, Enrique Olvera (Puyol Restaurant, Mexico City), will present UNO, his first publication, in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of his distinguished restaurant Pujol in Mexico City. He will discuss the ways in which his imaginative and artistic approach to cuisine has incited a new, inventive culinary scene.
Conversation with designers: Saturday, June 12, 3 pm
"Mexico City: The Urban Creative Lab"
Innovative, contemporary Mexican designers Emiliano Godoy, Thierry Jeannot and Ariel Rojo will come together to talk about Mexico City´s recent transformation into a creative laboratory where the energetic, cosmopolitan and urban environment inspires in infinite ways.
Discussion: Saturday, September 25, 3 pm
"Recycling History: Design and Handicraft"
How are Mexico´s oldest artisanal traditions being re-appropriated and reinterpreted by contemporary designers? In this discussion featuring Kithzia Barrera, Manuel Álvarez Fuentes and Raymundo Sesma, the materialized form is replete with historical elements, and design is seen as a social process and instrument for integration in which an aesthetic, multi-varied base forms a functional object.
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Mexican Cultural Institute
2829 16th Street, NW
Metro: Blocks from the Columbia
Heights Station
Washington, D.C. 20009
(202) 728-1628
Gallery Hours:
Monday - Friday 10 am - 6 pm
Saturday: 10 am - 4 pm
http://www.instituteofmexicodc.org |
| (New) May 15 - January 23, 2011 |
"GODS OF ANGKOR: BRONZES FROM THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CAMBODIA"
An exhibit that tells the fascinating story of bronze sculpture and casting in Cambodia. Featured are thirty-six works dating from the prehistoric period to the post-Angkorian period (third century BCE to sixteenth century CE) which present the origins, uses, and techniques of bronze casting and the development of a distinctly Cambodian style.
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The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Smithsonian Institution
1050 Independence Avenue
Washington, D.C.
(202) 633-1000
http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions |
| (New) May 12 - Aug 22 |
"Paul Emmanuel: Transitions"
An installation featuring five drawings and the critically acclaimed film 3SAI: "A Rite of Passage," by South African artist Paul Emmanuel. The photographic works which, when examined closely, reveal sensitively hand-drawn, photo-realist images on photographic paper. The works contemplate manhood and the transitions an individual goes through in society.
The adjacent video installation explores the transition, when a young man is either voluntarily or forced to let go of one identity and take on a new identity as property of the state. The 14-minute film documents the head shaving of new recruits at the Third South African Infantry Battalion (3SAI) in Kimberley, one of two South African military training camps that still perform the obligatory hair shaving of army recruits joining the South African National Defence Force.
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Smithsonian
National Museum of African Art
950 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20560
(202) 633-4600
http://africa.si.edu/exhibits |
| (New) May 2 - September 6 |
"Beat Memories: The Photographs of Allen Ginsberg"
In the first scholarly exhibition of American poet Allen Ginsberg's photographs, all facets of his work in photography will be explored. Some 79 works on display will range from the 1950s "drugstore" prints to his now celebrated portraits of Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs, snapshots of Ginsberg himself taken just before he achieved literary fame, and his later portraits of the Beats and other friends made in the 1980s and 1990s.
Exhibit located in the West Building, Ground Floor
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The National Gallery of Art
West Building
4th and Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20565
(202) 737-4215
http://www.nga.gov |
| (New) Through September 12 |
"Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration"
For over 30 years, renowned American portraitist Chuck Close has explored the art of printmaking, experimenting with innovative techniques that test and advance the limits of the medium. This exhibition includes more than 100 finished images, proofs, and objects, is the first survey to consider this important artists extensive and groundbreaking work in the field.
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The Corcoran Gallery of Art
500 Seventeenth Street NW
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 639-1700
http://www.corcoran.org |
| Through December 31, 2010 |
"Smithsonian Marks 50th Anniversary of Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-in"
On Feb. 1, 1960, four African American college freshmen [Jibreel Khazan (formerly Ezell Blair Jr.), Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil and, posthumously, David Richmond - the Greensboro Four] sat down at the Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C., and politely asked to be served. When they remained in the seats after their request was refused, they ignited a youth-led movement to challenge injustice and racial inequality throughout the South.
A four-stool, eight-foot portion of the Woolworths lunch counter is on view at the museum as a powerful artifact of the civil rights movement and represents a community's defiance of the policy of racial discrimination. The student-led protests involving the lunch counter heightened awareness of such injustices throughout America and were a catalyst to wide spread change.
"The Greensboro lunch counter, one of the museum's landmark objects, represents the determination of a generation of Americans that decided that segregation was unjust and who worked to end it," said Brent D. Glass, director of the museum. "The Greensboro Four serve as a reminder that ordinary people can accomplish extraordinary things."
Throughout 2010, the museum marks the 50th anniversary of this sit-in and other civil rights milestones with programming that explores America's stories of freedom and justice. More information about the lunch counter, the Greensboro sit-in and how the museum is commemorating the anniversary is available at http://americanhistory.si.edu/freedomandjustice.
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The National Museum of American History
14th and Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC
(202) 633-1000
http://americanhistory.si.edu |
| (New) June 10 - August 7 |
"Two Exhibits @ Hemphill Fine Arts"
(1) Emma Tapley: New Paintings
Abstract perspectives of nature landscapes
(2) Mary Early: Sculpture
This exhibit features the artist's signature works of wood strips with polished beeswax.
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Hemphill Fine Arts
1515 14th Street NW
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 234-5601
Gallery Hours: Tues - Sat,
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Or by appointment.
http://www.hemphillfinearts.com |
| (New) July 21 - August 14 |
"[Studio Gallery] Group Show: Tripping the Light Fantastic"
A group exhibit of Studio Gallerys member artists.
First Friday Reception (as part of the Dupont Circle Galleries openings): Friday, August 6, 6 - 8 pm
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Studio Gallery
2108 R Street NW
Washington, DC 20008
(202) 232-8734
Gallery Hours:
Wed and Thur, 1 - 7pm
Fri, 1 - 8pm, Sat, 1 - 6pm
http://www.studiogallerydc.com |
| New Art Center Opening |
"The Leroy Merritt Center for the Art of Joseph Sheppard"
Art lovers throughout the Washington, D.C. metro area are highly encouraged to visit the new fine art facility at the University of Maryland University College (UMUC) Inn and Conference Center in Adelphi, MD. The Leroy Merritt Center for the Art of Joseph Sheppard was officially opened with a grand gala, April 20, 2010. The Center honors Sheppard's extraordinary work, underscores his lifelong devotion to creating and promoting classical art, and celebrates the legacy of Maryland philanthropist and businessman Leroy Merritt. Designed by well-known Baltimore architect Jim Grieves, this extraordinary cultural arts center serves as an enduring tribute to the accomplished painter and sculptor. Established in 2010, the center furthers the university's goal of promoting lifelong learning and serves as a unique focal point for the university's highly acclaimed visual art collections.
The Center is particularly unusual in that it showcases the work of a unique, living artist--Joseph Sheppard not only paints and sculpts, but also has written several books on art. Sheppard was born in 1930 in Owings Mills, Maryland, and educated at the Maryland Institute College of Art under Jacques Maroger, the former technical director of the Louvre Museum in Paris. One of Maryland's most renowned artists, Sheppard stands now as an acknowledged master of a realism that recalls the style of the Renaissance masters.
The Leroy Merritt Center for the Art of Joseph Sheppard will house a permanent collection of more than 20 of Sheppard's finest bronze and marble sculptures, which have been donated to the university. The gallery will display a variety of paintings, on loan and in rotating exhibits, including a selection of Sheppard's most notable works, many of which were showcased in earlier exhibitions at UMUC, including Beast of Burden and Fifty Years of Art. The study center will house Sheppards extensive personal collection of about 1,000 books about classical art and artists, along with a series of original drawings illustrating themes such as the male figure, still life, and head and portrait studies.
There are three galleries within the Merritt Center, their hours of operation are:
----- The main (central) area/sculpture garden will be opened daily 9 am - 9 pm
----- The two wings (the painting gallery and the drawing gallery/study center) will be open daily 9 am - 5 pm
----- Admission: Individual visitors are welcome anytime the center is open, and there is no entrance fee. Groups are asked to schedule a tour in advance by calling 301-985-7937.
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The Leroy Merritt Center
for the Art of Joseph Sheppard
UMUC Inn and Conference Center
3501 University Boulevard East
Adelphi, MD 20783
301-985-7937
http://www.umuc.edu/sheppard_center |
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