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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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| Date |
Event |
Location |
| July 4 - October 13, 2008 |
"Local Color: Washington Painting at Midcentury"
Explore the expressive possibilities of color in this special installation of twenty-seven large-scale paintings from SAAM's permanent collection. Local Color: Washington Painting at Midcentury examines the cross influences of Washington, D.C.-based artists between the mid-1950s and mid-1970s when our nation's capital was home to one of the most dynamic artistic communities in the country. Looking beyond the Color School label, this exhibition explores the astonishing breadth of styles and techniques adopted by Washington artists Leon Berkowitz, Gene Davis, Thomas Downing, Sam Gilliam, Fel Hines, Jacob Kainen, Howard Mehring, Paul Reed, and Alma Thomas who were conducting innovative experiments with color and form. |
Smithsonian American Art Museum
9th and G Streets NW
Metro: Gallery Place metro station
Washington, D.C.
(202) 633-1000
http://americanart.si.edu |
| July 1 - July 27 |
"New Faces "
A Special Exhibition of New Washington Printmaker
Gallery Artists: Lila Oliver Asher, Anne McLaughlin, Carole Nelson, Cecilia Rossey, and Joyce Ellen Weinstein.
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Washington Printmakers Gallery
1732 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington DC 20009
DuPont Circle Metro Stop,
Q Street exit
(202) 332-7757
First Friday Reception
July 11, 5 - 8 p.m.
Artists Reception, Sunday,
July 13, 12:30pm
Talks by: Lila Asher and Carole Nelson
http://www.washingtonprintmakers.com |
| July 2 - 27 |
"Foundry Gallery Presents Two Solo Exhibits:"
Exhibit One (in Gallery I) : "Dual Reality"
Recent Paintings and Prints by Ann and Philip Bennet.
Ann's pastels and monotypes are based upon photographs she has taken of places whose beauty has inspired her. Her travels in the United States and Europe are represented. When working with monotypes Ann uses a lithograph plate to ink an image, then paints a watercolor on mylar of the same subject and combines the two images on one sheet of paper. Although the prints are representational, the vibrant, expressionistic colors Ann uses make her interpretations unique. Likewise her pastels, though representational, simplify shapes and push color to intensify her personal response to time and place.
Philip's abstracts emphasize saturated color and texture. His pastels on beeswax involve etching into roughly applied beeswax to create heavily textured color and line. By contrast his monotypes often combine subtle watercolor washes as a background over
which rich lithographic inks are printed. To do this he uses multiple plates and numerous printings on the same paper to create his abstract expressionist images. Also, included in the exhibit are some large stained acrylics on unprimed canvas.
Exhibit Two (in Gallery II): "Recent Works by Alice-Marie Gravely"
Alice-Marie is a contemporary abstract artist who works in a variety of media including printmaking, oils, acrylics, and watercolor. Her art has been juried into national and international exhibits and is held in many private collections. A Washington, DC newspaper article once stated: Gravely likes to surprise you
with the unexpected, what she did last week is different this week. Her recent work at the Foundry Gallery takes the viewer on yet another journey on a different creative path. The exhibit includes Alice-Maries three-dimensional acrylic works on canvas with multi layers of color and collage.
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Foundry Gallery
1314 18th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
202-463-0203
Opening Reception: Friday,
July 11 from 6 to 8 pm
http://www.foundrygallery.org |
| July 2 - 26 |
"Luis Guillermo Botero H"
This exciting exhibition will feature recent paintings by Colombian artist Luis Guillermo Botero H. Botero has studied at the Museum of Modern Art 'La Tertulia' and at CIT, the Textile Engineering Center, in Cali, Colombia. He holds a Teacher of Plastic Arts Degree from the School of the Plastic Arts, State Institute of Plastic Arts, Cali, Colombia. He lives and works in Cali, Colombia. L
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Gallery 10, Ltd
1519 Connecticut Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
(202) 232-3326
Reception: Friday, July 11, 6-8 pm
(in conjunction with the Dupont
Circle Galleries Walk)
http://www.gallery10dc.com |
| May 3 - October 26 |
"The Great American Epic: Jacob Lawrence's Migration Series"
The complete 60-panel series, rarely seen in its entirety, will be on view exclusively at the Phillips. Told through vivid patterns and colors, this masterpiece of narrative painting depicts the great 20th-century exodus of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North. The exhibition will take an in-depth look at Lawrences powerful interpretation of this significant moment in
American history and examine how the story still resonates today. In the tradition of the African griot, or storyteller, visitors will be invited to share their own migration stories and read firsthand accounts by others at a computer kiosk in the gallery, as well as on the museums Web site.
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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 |
| May 31 - July 12 |
"Common Bond XI"
The Common Bond Exhibition embodies Strathmore's value for building community through the arts. The initial exhibition began with Howard University-affiliated artists John P. Beckley, Richard Fitzhugh, Barbara Hardaway and Wayland House in 1996 and has blossomed into an exhibition of works of more than 30 African-American artists, all with a link to the original four. Weaving together a variety of media and themes, this outstanding exhibition is a rich celebration of meaningful artistic expression.
Art Talk
June 7, 1 p.m.
An afternoon of education! Strathmore's Director of Fine Art Millie S. Shott leads a special tour of Common Bond. Participants have the opportunity to ask questions and learn more about many exciting works
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The Mansion at Strathmore
10701 Rockville Pike
North Bethesda, MD 20852
(301) 581-5200
http://www.strathmore.org/fineartexhibitions |
| June 28 - July 31 |
"Bhutan: The Sacred Within"
Using a turn of the century technique, photographer Kenro Izu takes platinum palladium prints with a custom built camera that produces 14 x 20-inch negatives. Born in Japan, but now a New York resident, Izu has work in such collections as the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. His work consists of various subject matter including flowers, the human form, ancient monuments, and foreign cities. The Sackler Gallery, part of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, will have an exhibition of Izus photographs in 2002 |
Addison/Ripley Fine Art
1670 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20007
Opening reception: Saturday,
June 28, 5 - 7 pm
http://www.addisonripleyfineart.com |
| June 22 - September 28 |
"Martin Puryear"
A native Washingtonian who has achieved international acclaim, Martin Puryear (b. 1941) has created a distinctive body of sculpture that defies categorization. Serenely quiet and poetic, his work explores natural forms and materials, especially a wide variety of woods, and it engages issues of history, culture, and identity. In the first American retrospective of the artist's work in more than 15 years, some 48 objects created between 1976 and 2007 reflect the integration of concepts of minimalism. Many different influences have nourished the career of Martin Puryear, who was born in Washington, D.C. Puryear studied painting at Catholic University there and then served as a Peace Corps teacher in Sierra Leone from 1964 to 1966. Impressed by the artistry of the West Africans, Puryear became immersed in crafts, including wood working and basketry. Wanting to extend his time abroad, he moved to Europe in 1966 to attend the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts. In Stockholm he met the acclaimed cabinetmaker James Krenov, who permitted Puryear to observe him at work in his studio. Puryear continued his studies as a graduate student at Yale University from 1969 to 1971, a time when minimalism was a pervasive style. His sculpture reflects the purity and simplicity of minimalism, yet it also alludes to powerfully expressive organic forms.
Puryear works primarily in wood, and his sculpture reveals an appreciation of its unique qualities. He builds by joining parts rather than carving a form out of a single block of wood. In this way, the artist displays the process by which a piece was made as well as the craft and thought required in the making. His sculptures often appear heavy and monolithic, yet they are energized by sweeping curves. Some works suggest a dual identity in their resemblance to containers, shelters, or tools. As a result, Puryear's sculpture seems both familiar and mysterious.
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The National Gallery of Art
4th and Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20565
The exhibition is on view in the
National Gallery's East Building
Ground Level, West Building Upper
Level and West Building Rotunda.
http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/puryearinfo.shtm |
| June 25 - July 27 |
"Gallery plan b presents two art exhibitions:"
(1) "Sleeping Dogs Lie"
Paintings by Andrew Criss
Andrew's recent paintings are double portraits, a dog and a person asleep. He began his career as a figurative painter and after many years of painting landscapes and cityscapes he returns to what he loves most.
(2) "Silhouettes of Steel"
Paintings by Paula Amt
Painted on dimensional boxes, Paula identifies and immortalizes massive usually steel structures. She isolates the shapes as bold, hard-edged silhouettes, contrasting them against dreamy, watery, colorful, and textured backgrounds.
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Gallery plan b
1530 14th Street NW
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 234-2711
Artists' reception, Friday,
June 27, 6:00pm 8:00 pm
http://www.galleryplanb.com |
| June 21 - September 7 |
"The Phillips Collection Presents:"
Two magnificent exhibitions --
(1) "Diebenkorn in New Mexico"
This exhibition will be the first to concentrate on the body of works created during Richard Diebenkorns formative and relatively little-known Albuquerque period of 1950-52, including paintings, works on paper and a rare sculpture made from welded scrap iron. As a student at the University of New Mexico, Diebenkorn developed a highly individual approach to his art, responding to the particular color and light of his surroundings and laying a foundation for all his future painting and drawing, whether representational or abstract. The exhibition will provide a context for the outstanding group of works by Diebenkorn that constitutes an essential unit of the Phillipss permanent collection. It is organized by The Harwood Museum of Art of the University of New Mexico.
(2) "Brett Weston: Out of the Shadow"
This major retrospective exhibition will feature photographs taken by Brett Weston (19111993) from the 1920s through the 1980s. The son of famed photographer Edward Weston, Brett developed an understanding of form and composition at an early age. Throughout his career, Weston manipulated the technical qualities of the camera to frame objects close up and push subject matter toward abstraction. These experiments placed
him at the forefront of non-objective fine-art photography. Brett Weston: Out of the Shadow will include landscape photographs of the West, views of New York City, and abstracted forms and textures from nature. The exhibition will also highlight a selection of recent gifts from Christian K. Keesee and the Brett Weston Archive. Co-organized by The Phillips Collection and the Oklahoma City Museum of Art.
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The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
(202) 387-2151
http://www.phillipscollection.org |
| June 20 - July 15 |
"Tayo Adenaike"
This is an alluring exhibition of watercolor paintings by Nigerian artist Tayo Adenaike. Adenaike has developed his own visual idiom and mastery of watercolor. His keen sense of color, design and composition, evident in his work, translates into vivid thought-provoking images. |
Parish Gallery - Georgetown
1054 31st Street NW
Washington, DC 20007
(202) 944-2310
Opening Reception: Friday,
June 20, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
http://www.parishgallery.com |
| June 20 - September 17 |
"Trompe L'oeil"
Trompe L'oeil, (Fr., "trick the eye") is a masterful group exhibit of ceramic sculptures portraying objects in artists' studies to create optical illusions that "trick the eye." Featured artists include: John Brickel, David Furman, Sylvia Hyman, Lilianne Milgrom, Michelle Rigg, Victor Spinski and Linda van der Linde. |
Cross MacKenzie Ceramic Arts
1054 31st Street NW
Washington, DC
(202) 994-2310
Opening Reception: Friday,
June 20, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
http://www.crossmackenzieceramicarts.com |
| Through Nov. 9, 2008 |
"Earth and Sky: Photographs by Barbara Bosworth"
Nature's strength, endurance, and fragility are captured in the dynamic work of Barbara Bosworth (b. 1953). Best known for her photographs of National Champion treesthe largest identified example of each species in the United StatesBosworth creates panoramic images using a unique method that combines multiple large-format negatives in a single print. The exhibition, which celebrates a recent gift of the artist's work, will feature forty of Bosworth's photographs, including The Bitterroot River, an extended narrative sequence that deals with loss and recovery, and her most recent color photographs of songbirds and the New England landscape surrounding her home near Boston. While Bosworth's subjects appear direct and straightforward, her images are notable for their grace and emotional resonance. Surveying two decades of her photographs, this exhibition reveals an artist who speaks with singular passion and sentiment for the American landscape. Toby Jurovics, curator for photography, is the exhibition curator. |
Smithsonian American Art Museum
9th and G Streets NW
Metro: Gallery Place metro station
Washington, D.C.
(202) 633-1000
http://americanart.si.edu |
| June 19 - July 17 |
"Derivative Composition"
This is an exhibition of fourteen participating artists from VSA arts. VSA arts is an international, nonprofit organization founded in 1974 by Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith to create a society where all people with disabilities learn through, participate in and enjoy the arts. "Derivative Composition" highlights the synergy between the disciplines showcasing art that is inspired by the aesthetics of music, theatre and dance. |
Kennedy Center
Terrace Gallery
2700 F St NW
Washington, DC
VSA arts: (202) 628-2800
http://www.vsarts.org |
| June 12 July 12 |
"Portraits - by artist Tim Davis and Common Thread - by artist Leonard Dawson"
Artist, Tim Davis in the current show entitled "Portraits" focuses on his ever present themes; the changing conditions of the human spirit and the interactions in the context of relationships between people. He describes his work as "complex on the surface, but simple in content." Davis explores transparent imagery, photography, 3-D textures, and multiple layering of paint in his compositions.
Leonard Dawson's new works involves what he describes as visual literacy. He introduces the human form or parts of the human form in bronze, carved wood, and paintings for his relief sculptural paintings. He adds supporting abstract elements of natural everyday common objects. His works derive from the world of interpretation, using slang words, and visual puns to suggest ideals and formulate thought. Dawson uses mixed media in all of his work. In this show entitled Common Threads , you will see copper, tin, plaster, pencil, wood, bronze, paint and other materials used to create his compositions and also various emotions and feelings that certain materials bring naturally. |
International Visions - The Gallery
2629 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington, DC 20008
(202) 234-5112.
OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday,
June 14, 6:30-9:00 p.m.
http://www.inter-visions.com |
| June 10 - July 19 |
"She's So Articulate: Black Women Artists Reclaim the Narrative"
An exhibit of work by emerging and established artists that challenges assumptions on how gallery-goers think about the relation of narrative to contemporary art by African-American women. The show includes selected works and room-filling installations by 11 artists: Maya Asante, Renee Cox, Stephanie Dinkins, Djakarta, Nekisha Durrett, Torkwase Dyson, Faith Ringgold, Erika Ranee (tidbit for art connoisseurs: Erika is Bill Cosby's daughter), Nadine Robinson, Renee Stout, and Lauren Woods.
Local collector and curator Henry Thaggert drew his inspiration for assembling these artists in part from the furor surrounding African-American artist Kara Walkera MacArthur Foundation "Genius" grant winner who recently had a mid-career retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art. (Walker creates larger-than-life tableaus that refer to slave testimonials, historical novels and minstrelsy with caricatured silhouettes of antebellum slaves and their white masters.)
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Arlington Arts Center
3550 Wilson Boulevard
Metro: Orange Line, Virginia Square
Arlington VA 22201
(703) 248-6800
Reception: Friday, June 13,
6:00 9:00 pm
Music will be provided by The Kinara String
Quartet, an all-black, all-female ensemble
featuring Sonya Haye and Linda Smith on
violin, Phyllis Fleming on viola, and Elise Cuffy
on cello.
http://www.arlingtonartscenter.org/exhibitions |
| June 11 - December 8, 2008 |
"TxtStyles/Fashioning Identity "
Textiles are powerful communicators of status, gender and accomplishments in Africa. The extraordinary costumes and textiles of the African continent--from ensembles to wrappers to wall hangings to chain mail and accessories/hats--featured in an exhibition drawn from the National Museum of African Art's collection, present a wide array of Africa's textile arts that have seldom or never been on exhibit.
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National Museum of African Art
Smithsonian Institution
950 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20560
(202) 633-4600
http://africa.si.edu |
| Through August 8 |
"Every Dog Has its Day: Celebrating Our Canine Companions"
WVSA ARTiculate Gallery is an innovative and great place to purchase and view art created by children and young adults with special needs, special skills, and special talents. The main gallery space showcases the artwork done by the ARTists Apprentices of the ARTiculate Employment Training Program.
This special exhibit of canine art also extends a special offer to the Washington area arts community to commission your pet's portrait and help young people succeed! For additional information on how to commission an art work of your cat, dog, hamster or whomever you love, please visit the WVSA ArtIculate Gallery's Web site ("click" on the Web link shown in the location box on the right).
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WVSA ARTiculate Gallery
1100 16th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 296-9100
http://www.wvsarts.org/gallery |
| June 11 - July 6 |
"Touchstone Galleries Presents"
Three inviting art exhibits:
Main Gallery -
(1) "Black and White" by Jeanne Garant
Garant's comments about her works, "...I was asked to do several black and white paintings for a collector, I could not stop. When I finally came up for air I was well on my way with enough work for this solo show. This series of oil or acrylic paintings on canvas are all squares, formal compositions and a limited palette. Non-traditional materials, such as string, paper yarn and objects that relate to the fiber arts create a textured surface that add interest to the simple, quiet style I try very hard to maintain..."
(2) "Wish You Were Here" by Nancy Novick
Novick's forty 12" x 12" paintings reflect the character of recently visited places and meaningful events. Using the language of her earlier body of work, particularly her exploration of the square, she adds a new element of collage. She revisits her ephemera, adding bits of maps, menus and tickets to create a whimsical yet personal postcard of each place.
Annex Gallery -
(3) "Suspended Reflections" by Philip J. Gross
Gross's artwork has its origin in his fascination with the use of mirrors and cameras to create pieces combining an array of colors and shapes into geometric images that let the mind and imagination wonder. A variety of elements are combined to create his works ranging from feathers to beads to wire screens and more, often in an oil base enabling the creation of depth and universality. The images are then digitally photographed and printed on various media depending on the nature of the image.
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Touchstone Gallery
406 7th St NW 2nd Floor
Washington, DC 20004
(202) 347-2787
Opening Reception: Friday,
June 13, 6 - 8:30 pm
http://www.touchstonegallery.com |
| June 4 - July 5 |
"The Bethesda Painting Awards"
The Fraser Gallery is pleased to host the 4th Annual Bethesda Painting Awards. This is Bethesda's annual juried art competition that exclusively honors painters from Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. The work of 9 finalists, selected by Dr. Anne Goodyear, Timothy App and Reni Gower, will be on display. |
Fraser Gallery Bethesda
7700 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite E,
Bethesda, MD
(301) 718-9651
Opening Reception, (in conjunction
with the "Bethesda Art Walk")
will be held on Friday, June 13,
6:00 - 9:00 pm
http://www.thefrasergallery.com/ |
| June 11 -September 7 |
"China's Forgotten Fleet Voyages of Zheng He"
Nearly a century before Columbus arrived in the Americas, a massive Chinese armada commanded by Admiral Zheng He set sail on the first of seven epic voyages spanning three decades. Objects from the National Museum in China, such as a bronze bell commissioned by Zheng He and copies of maps created on his voyages, as well as ship models from the Quanzhou Maritime Museum, help tell the story of these little known journeys and cultural exchanges. Travel in the fleet's path to five portsMalacca, Sri Lanka, the Malabar Coast of India, the Arabian Peninsula, and Malindi in East Africa. View models of the many types of ships in Zheng He's fleet, including a 10-foot-long replica of a baochuan or treasure ship and learn about Chinese navigation and shipbuilding methods. |
National Geographic Society
1145 17th Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036-4688
(202) 857-7588
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/museum |
| June 14 - July 20 |
"Access to Life"
Access to Life pictures the lives of AIDS patients in nine countries before and after they receive free treatment. Photographed by Jonas Bendiksen, Jim Goldberg, Alex Majoli, Steve McCurry, Paolo Pellegrin, Gilles Peress, Eli Reed, and Larry Towell and curated by William Horrigan, director of media arts at the Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University, the exhibition is a collaborative project between the legendary agency Magnum Photos, and The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. |
Corcoran Gallery of Art
500 Seventeenth Street NW
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 639-1700
http://www.corcoran.org |
| June 6 - July 2 |
"Old Bones and Artifacts "
This exhibit reveals two of artists', Dave Moreland, explorations back in time and through the history of art. The exhibition features a selection of his newest repoussé pieces, drawings, and constructions inspired by classical artwork and its preservation. The two different explorations manifest themselves into different art forms reflecting varying inspirations: his repoussé pieces fuse acrylic paints, metal and fabrics together to create textured images inspired by classical art and Greek mythology, while his drawings and constructions are a direct result of his efforts to connect with Native American people and their history. |
Hillyer Art Space
9 Hillyer Court NW
Washington, DC 20008
(202) 338-0680
http://www.artsandartists.org/artspace.html |
| June 6 - July 19 |
"William D'Italia: Landmarks & Monuments"
[45 oils and 5 pastels of familiar sights in the Washington area] Bill D'Italia returns for his fifth exhibition with his talent of examining familiar sites from unfamiliar perspectives. It is that surprising encounter, that first glimpse of recognition of the grand and majestic monuments that he is tying to convey. These paintings are not so much portraits of buildings as they are pictures of buildings in a broader context. He hopes to have his viewers share he excitement of Washington D.C. - the beautiful city he lives in. The paintings are done in plein-air or worked up from pastels done directly from the motif. |
The Watergate Gallery
2552 Virginia Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20037
(202) 338-4488
http://www.watergategalleryframedesign.com |
| June 7- July 5 |
"Early Look: An Exhibition of Work by Undergraduate Art Students from the Mid Atlantic"
F. Lennox Campello has been a force in the world of art for over 30 years. His experience has trained his eye for the discovery of artistic greatness. Campellos artwork has been shown in galleries and museums across the globe, and his critical writing has been published in newspapers and art magazines as well as on his wildly popular art blog, DC Art News. He has curated nearly 50 exhibitions and is often heard on NPR and the Voice of America discussing art. Now, he is sharing his success with a new crop of artists making their way through the ranks of undergraduate art school. After spending six months scouring the numerous art schools along the Mid-Atlantic, and running into more than his fair share of personalities, the likes of which have been immortalized in the film Art School Confidential, Lenny selected a stellar group of nine artists. These nine artists have talents ranging from oils on canvas to printmaking, from photography to etchings and from video work to installation.
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Long View in the City
1302 9th ST NW
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 232-4788
Opening Reception: Saturday,
June 7, 5 - 8 pm
http://www.longviewgallery.com |
| May 31-July 5 |
"Sarah Wilmer: New Photographs"
Sarah Wilmer creates abstracted narratives in her photographs that evoke mystery and a sense of heightened reality. Her subjects are often lone figures or creatures set within a dark and wooded world engaged in actions that transcend those of the everyday. Sarah Wilmer lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
Her work has appeared in such publications as V Magazine, Vision, Nomenus Quarterly and Surface and she was named to PDN Magazines "30 under 30 to Watch" in 2007.
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Randall Scott Gallery
1326 14th Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20005
(202) 332-0806
http://www.randallscottgallery.com |
| May 27 - October 26 |
"Summer Exhibitions at the Katzen"
Five superb exhibits are scheduled for the start of the Katzen's
summer season:
(1) Joe Shannon: Realism Surrealism
May 27 - July 27
This is a major exhibition of paintings by one of the great figurative artists working in the last 40 years. Always challenging and often provocative, Shannon is an antidote to the Washington Color School and its doldrums.The exhibition's catalogue features an interview with the artist conducted by James Demetrion, former director of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
Gallery Talk with Joe Shannon: Saturday,
June 7, 4:00 pm
(2) Noche Crist: A Romanian Revelation
May 27 - July 27
Noche Crist was Washington art's unofficial doyenne of decadence for almost 60 years. Born in Romania in 1909, Noche moved to Washington, D.C., in 1947 and lived and worked here until her death in 2004. A re-creation of her boudoir is only one of the exciting installations being featured in this posthumous retrospective.
A walk-through and discussion with Vivienne
Lassman, curator of the exhibition Saturday,
June 28, 4:00 PM
(3) A Telluric Path: The Art of Nefeli Massia
May 27 - July 27
Greek-born, Batimore based artist Nefeli Massia takes over the second floor of the museum with one of her dynamic and other-worldly environments. According to Dr. Marek Bartelik, "Massia's wandering along her personal telluric path continues at the museum in the Katzen Arts Center at American University in Washington D.C., this time taking the form of a multi-media exhibition that consists of a selection of her paintings, drawings, and installations, all dated 2008."
Gallery talk on Nefeli Massia by Dr. Marek
Bartelik: Saturday, June 14, 4:00 PM
(4) Ledelle Moe: Disasters
May 31 - October 26
South African-born Ledelle Moe will be installing her concrete and steel sculptures in the Sylvia Berlin Katzen Sculpture Garden. Disasters is an exploration into the fragility of power and the provisional nature of permanence through natural or manmade destruction. Employing the human and animal form, this work addresses notions of devastation, evoking some unnamed catastrophic rupture. These massive forms are fragments - still and quiet testimonies to a powerful event.
Gallery talk with Ledelle Moe: Saturday,
June 21, 4:00 PM
(5) Multiplicitocracy
May 31 - July 27
American University arts management program students spent the semester working with Jack Rasmussen, director and curator of the American University Museum, to program exhibitions and performances at the museum and the Abramson Family Recital Hall
Gallery talk on Multiplicitocracy: Saturday,
May 31, 5:00 PM
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The Katzen Arts Center at
American University
4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20016
(202) 885-2787
http://www.american.edu/cas/katzen |
| June 6 - July 13 |
"Rock, Scissors, Paper: Sculpture by Stephen Hansen"
Hansen's clever, ironic, distilled, sculpted social observations in paper mache, stone, steel, copper, hydrocal and other materials will make you laugh whether you see them once or a thousand times. The gifted, self-taught artist refers to himself as a hapless tourist, making snapshots of whatever strikes my fancy, and what this modern-day Daumier creates is art that is intellectually accessible and aesthetically seductive. |
Zenith Gallery
413 Seventh Street NW
Washington DC 20004
202-783-2963
Opening Reception, Friday, June 6,
6 - 9 pm
Artist Talk: Saturday, June 7,
3 - 5 pm
http://www.zenithgallery.com/ |
| June 21 - September 7 |
"Diebenkorn in New Mexico"
The pivotal 30-month period Richard Diebenkorn spent in Albuquerque, New Mexico between 1950 and 1952 has largely been overlooked. Featuring approximately 40 pieces, the exhibition marks the first time these works, now in public and private collections across the country, have been exhibited together
since they were created. The Phillips Collection is the final venue for Diebenkorn in New Mexico, the first in-depth examination of this key time in the abstract expressionist artists early creative development. Diebenkorns paintings and drawings from this period illustrate the enduring influence of New Mexicos textures, shapes, and colors on his mature style.
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The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
(202) 387-2151
http://www.phillipscollection.org |
| April 17- August 17 |
"Treasures II"
Rarely seen masterpieces -- particularly works made of ivory -- from the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art's collection and special loans from private collections throughout the United States are on view |
National Museum of African Art
Smithsonian Institution
950 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20560
(202) 633.4600
http://africa.si.edu |
| Through August 17 |
"Meditations on African Art: Pattern"
The third and final installation in the BMAs Meditations on African Art series, Pattern features more than 70 diverse worksmany on view for the first timethat define the shape and surface of African art. Dramatic textiles, fragile adinkra dye stamps, delicately carved ivories, boldly painted shields, and figurative works show the role of pattern in cultural style, body adornment, and dynamic visual design. Nigerian-born, London-based artist Mary Evans will create several site-specific works for the exhibition, including: video montages detailing the slave trade in British port cities, West Africa, and on plantations in the southern U.S. that are viewed through a kaleidoscope; floortoceiling intricately patterned murals; and framed works on paper. She has also created a series of rosettes for the windows above the BMA's Visitors Entrance, that opened on February 24 |
The Baltimore Museum of Art
10 Art Museum Drive
Baltimore, MD 21218
(443) 573-1700
http://www.artbma.org |
| April 11 - September 1 |
"Zaida Ben-Yusuf: New York Portrait Photographer and Edward Steichen: Portraits "
Photographer Zaida Ben-Yusuf (1869-1933) was an important figure in the pictorialist photography movement in late 19th and early 20th century New York. The first woman to embark on building a "gallery of illustrious Americans," Ben-Yusuf attracted to her Fifth Avenue studio many of the most prominent artistic, literary, theatrical and political figures of her day. Hoping to break with the conventions of the past, she was thoroughly modern as both a photographer and a woman. This is the first exhibition ever to tell the story of her extraordinary life and bring together her portraits. Frank A. Goodyear III, assistant curator of photographs, is the curator of this exhibition.
During his tenure as chief photographer for Condé Nast's Vanity Fair from 1923 to 1936, Edward Steichen created compelling portraits of many of that era's most celebrated personalitiesfrom Charlie Chaplin to Franklin D. Roosevelt. With their sharpened focus, dramatic lighting and bold compositions, Steichen's sophisticated images captured the public's imagination and set a new standard for photographic portraiture. Ann Shumard, curator of photographs, is the curator of this exhibition. |
Donald W. Reynolds Center for
American Art and Portraiture
Eighth and. F streets N W.
Washington, D.C.
(202) 633-8300
http://www.npg.si.edu/exhibit |
| February 8 - October 26 |
"RECOGNIZE! Hip Hop and Contemporary Portraiture"
Since its inception in the 1970s, hip hop has been arguably the most influential and popular musical form in America. Its popularity extends beyond the urban centers of its inception and pervades youth culture throughout the world. Images of hip hop stars are as pervasive as the music itself, and the National Portrait Gallery is featuring the work of artists who have explored this phenomenon. David Scheinbaum has been photographing hip hop artists since 2000, both in concert and offstage, including such celebrated groups as Public Enemy, Blackalicious, Phar Cyde, De La Soul and Jurassic-5. Kehinde Wiley, best known for his large, colorful paintings of anonymous young black men, has created portraits of hip hop artists such as LL Cool J and Ice T, each based on a famous European or American painting from the 17th through 19th centuries. Nikki Giovanni wrote a poem that will be transcribed onto walls in the exhibition, and also interpreted artistically by artist Shinique Smith. Two Washington, D.Cbased graffiti artists created four portrait murals to be installed in a hallway that connects the galleries. Jefferson Pinder created three video self-portraits that will be included in the installation. Curators for the exhibition are Frank A. Goodyear III, assistant curator of photographs and Brandon B. Fortune curator of paintings; Jobyl A. Boone, a Smithsonian predoctoral fellow is the guest curator. |
National Portrait Gallery
8th and Ft Streets NW
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 633-1000
http://www.npg.si.edu |
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