5 posts tagged “opening”

Busy? Yes, ridiculously busy. So busy I haven't been blogging or, you know, anything really very fun. Although I've been able to do a liiiiiitle gardening. Only to watch my efforts wash away. Again. For the fourth time. Fifth, this morning, when I jumped out of bed at 4 am to try to save my plants for the latest deluge. SIGH. The few bits that sprouted in the herb garden after the big wash have sprouted and.... nothing. They're the same little sprouts they were when the sprouted two weeks ago. In the meantime, it's been pretty much non-stop fighting with my new computer... it was supposed to make things faster, and the processor is definitely faster, but it has vista on it and vista plays with NOTHING.... so many many many hours have been dedicated to trying to find work arounds that will make the computer more than a place to set down my coffee.

In the middle of that I went and hung my stuff at Artomatic!. It opens tonight, so come on down! I'll be there next Friday, May 16th, for Artists' Night.

Road-trip

So, the 411 on AOM 2008 is:

Opening night is Friday, May 9 and the show closes on Sunday, June 15, 2008

Capitol Plaza I
1200 First Street, NE
Washington, DC

My space is on the 12th Floor, SE Quadrant, Space C7. I will be there on Friday, May 16th from 7:30 on for Artists' Night. So come say hey, take a look at the pieces I have up, and come for the view:

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Phil (Mr. Dr. Birdcage) is having his first solo show this month at Irvine Contemporary, and of course, you should make sure to get there to see it! The opening is Saturday, January 12th from 6 to 8 pm. The show runs from the 12th through February 16th, and the gallery is located at 1412 14th Street, NW in D.C. (just south of P Street).

There was an article about the show in Thursday's (January 10) Washington Post Style section (on page C13 in the hard copy). You can read it here. Unfortunately, the web version doesn't include an image, though the paper version printed the image of the soldier on the Irvine Contemporary website.

Hope to see you there!

There is an opening tonight over at DCAC of Manon Cleary's lovely cloud paintings. So you should head out there! You'll get to see some great art by a maven of the Washington art world, and get to see some awesome folk down there as well. Not to mention that my dear friend Lea Bigelow, who is whip smart, has a fabulous eye, and both sharp and enjoyable insight, has curated the show. Make sure you read her essay!

So get down there! Goes from 7 to 9 pm, 2438 18th Street, NW, second floor, up in Adams Morgan.

Or rather, Anonymous III. I have a piece in Anonymous III, a show/auction to benefit the WPA/C and Flashpoint. The idea is that there are a hundred or so pieces in the room, all of the same size (24" x 24"), with no labeling. They are created by ten established artists who each select an additional nine emerging artists, and all are shown together. The pieces auction for the same price, and you don't know (at least not for sure) who's work is whose until after it's purchased. Which means, of course, that I can't say which piece is in there... but guessing which piece was made by whom is half the fun, yes?

I like the idea a lot-- I mean, it seems as though people will end up buying what they like because they like it, since it's without attribution. And I'm really happy to have been asked by Ian Jehle to participate. Just going through the process has been interesting. I used to paint as well as photograph, and when I painted 2' x 2' would have been a smallish piece for me. But for a photograph, that feels bloody massive. I've never seen any of my photographs printed that large. It was really cool to see one of them so large-- as a print, and then ready for display. I like the image that was selected, and was really chuffed to have it chosen, as it was one of those images that I thought was quirky and only I would really like it. (A picture only a mother could love? Apparently not.) And the show looks really interesting-- I was there the other day to drop off the image, and there are some wonderful pieces up for grabs.

So, if you're in the DC metro area you should come see it while everything is up (and maybe get yourself a great work of art!). The show opens tonight and runs through July 23rd at the Flashpoint gallery. Opening is tonight, so if you're around, you should pop by for an evening of speculated attribution!

OPENING PREVIEW RECEPTION: THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 6-8pm
Sorry, no works will be sold at the preview.

FIRST DAY TO PURCHASE: FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 6-8pm
First come, first served.

GALLERY AT FLASHPOINT
916 G STREET NW
WASHINGTON, DC 20001
Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 12-6pm
202.315.1310 / www.flashpointdc.org

Tonight, peoples! Tonight's opening night... which is why I'm deathly ill. Also, while I'm feeling bummed and whiny about that let me say how very very very sad I am to discover that the Arctic Monkeys-- whom I was just complaining were touring in Japan and not here-- are coming to DC and IMMEDIATELY SOLD OUT, before I could get a ticket. I'm really heartbroken about it :(

But anyway, Artomatic is opening tonight! And there are many many people I know who are going to be showing things or playing or performing or something over the next month, so you should come see them too!

Phil and I are in Room 6D36
Eric Peterson Room 6T17
Chris Chen Room 6A35
Brett Davis Room 6A47
Amber Baum Stairway A (6th Floor) 
Pamela (Capital City Rock) Room 6CO8
Anita and Ben Knight Stairway D, at the intersection of Corridors X and C (6th Floor)
Rebecca Gordon's Antomatic installation niche 6B07

Pat Padua film programming in the screening room:
May 9th and 15th 8-10 PM

John Snelson film programming in the screening room:
April 21st 10pm to midnight
May 4th 9:30 to 11:30pm

Rick Callendar performs:
Sunday, April 15 3pm-4pm
Tuesday, April 24 8:30pm-9pm
Saturday, May 5, 7pm-8pm

Map here. Hope I'm not forgetting anyone.....