IceBox 2011
WPA Holiday Gift Shop
December 2 - December 23, 2011 Opening Reception: Friday, December 2, 6-8pm Shopping Hours: Monday - Friday, 10am - 6pm. Special Holiday Shopping Events: Sunday, December 18, 10am-4pm & Monday, December 19, 6-8pm. at 2023 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC
Including work by Sondra Arkin, Kristina Bilonick, Liliane Blom, Karen Kozojet Ching, Tim DeVenney, Maribeth Egan, Liz Georges, Sandy Gold, Becca Kallem, Alice Kresse, Laurel Lukaszewski, Robin Moore, Maryanne Pollock, Primrose Press, Trinka Roeckelein, Doris Ross, and Candy Schilbli.
WPA is excited to announce IceBox 2011, its third annual holiday gift shop. Featuring crafts, jewelry, housewares, and small works of art, all hand made by WPA member artists, IceBox is the perfect stop for all of your holiday shopping. Find unique, original, and surprising holiday gifts for friends, family, and maybe even yourself at IceBox 2011!
Above image, clockwise from upper left: Nonwoven polyester (lutradur) necklace by Alice Kresse, buttons by Becca Kallem, ties by Kristina Bilonick, and porcelain snowflake by Laurel Lukaszewski.
Washington Project for the Arts Presents Inter-Net a Coup d’Espace Project by Michelle Lisa Herman
November 4 – November 23, 2011
Opening Reception: Friday, November 4, 6-8pm
at 2023 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC
Exhibition Hours: Monday – Friday, 10am-6pm
Washington Project for the Arts is pleased to present Inter-Net, a Coup d'Espace project by Michelle Lisa Herman. An interdisciplinary artist working in multimedia video installation, audio sculpture, and new media, Herman’s work explores the impact of new communication technologies on our desire for connection, both with one another and with the natural world. For Inter-Net, she presents three new projects that grapple with the increased use of technology to mimic and mediate human experience. As our interactions with one another and the natural world become increasingly mediated through new technology, we face both new opportunities for connection, coupled with a decrease in direct human contact. Herman explores this new communications landscape, finding alienation, but also humor and unexpected poetry.
Inter-Net is funded in part by the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities, an agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Curated by Stefanie Fedor, Executive Director, Arlington Arts Center
Exhibition Dates: September 15 - October 29, 2011
Exhibition Hours:Wednesdays through Saturdays, 12-6pm
Exhibition Location: 629 New York Avenue, NW, 2nd Floor, Washington, DC
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 15, 6-8pm
Curators Talk: Saturday, October 1, 3pm
Washington Project for the Arts is pleased to announce OPTIONS 2011, the fourteenth installment of WPA's biennial exhibition of emerging and unrepresented artists from DC, Maryland, and Virginia. OPTIONS 2011 will take place from September 15 through October 29, 2011 at 629 New York Avenue, NW, 2nd floor, Washington, DC. Highlighting the breadth and diversity of contemporary art practice in the area, OPTIONS 2011 will include work by fourteen artists selected by curator Stefanie Fedor.
Participating artists include: John James Anderson (Washington, DC), Bittersweet Zine (Washington, DC), Heather Boaz (Baltimore, MD), Amy Chan (Baltimore, MD), Mahwish Chishty (Hyattsville, MD), Lisa Dillin (Baltimore, MD), Adam Dwight (Takoma Park, MD), Twig Harper (Baltimore, MD), Artemis Herber (Owings Mills, MD), Katherine Mann (Washington, DC), Jimmy Miracle (Washington, DC), Amber Robles-Gordon (Washington, DC), Oscar Santillan (Richmond, VA), and Stewart Watson (Baltimore, MD).
Above images, left to right: Mahwish Chishty, Untitled 1 (detail), 2011, Gouache and tea stain on handmade paper, 8 x 28 1/2 inches.
Amy Chan, Desert 1, 2010, Gouache and acrylic on paper, 15 x 18 inches.
Jimmy Miracle, Beam, (detail), 2011, Thread, nails, tree slice, and concrete slab, 72 x 16 x 132 inc
WPA at the (e)merge art fair
September 22 - 25
Room 211 at the Capitol Skyline Hotel
Washington Project for the Arts is proud to participate in the (e)merge art fair! Come visit us in Room 211 to see new work by Mei Mei Chang and Kyan Bishop, along with a flat file of works on paper by 120 WPA Member Artists.
Opening Night Party
Thursday, September 22: 7pm-11pm (advance ticket purchase required)
Fair Hours
Friday, September 23: 12pm-7pm
Saturday, September 24: 12pm-7pm
Sunday, September 25: 12pm-5pm
Capitol Skyline Hotel
10 I Street SW
Washington DC 20024
BLOCK PARTY!
On Saturday, September 24, WPA will be participating in the DC Block Party, taking place from 7pm - 11 pm at 1350 - 1358 Florida Ave., NE. The Block Party will feature work from DC galleries and organizations participating in the fair installed at Industry Gallery.
WPA members in the Flat File include:
Farah Ahmed, David Allison, Marcia Anderson, Sondra Arkin, Cedric Baker, Carol Barsha, Leslie Berns, Cynthia Bickley-Green, Gordon Binder, Jennifer Bishop, Tom Block, Stephen Borko, Monica Bose, Laurie Breen, Daniel Brooking, Dianne Bugash, Sabine Carlson, Beth Cartland, Luis Castillo, Beth Chucker, Andrea Collins, Adriane Connerton, Patrick Craig, Jessica Damen, Richard Dana, Sam Dixon, Ian Delaney Doherty, Cheryl Edwards, Maribeth Egan, Laura Elkins, Rita Elsner, Dorothy Fall, Felisa Federman, Cianne Fragione, Pam Frederick, Maggie Gourlay, Freya Grand, Ruth Schilling Harwood, Artemis Herber, Linda Hesh, Shahrzad Heyat Jalinous, Ellen Hill, Judy Jashinsky, Mariah Anne Johnson, Becca Kallem, Flora Kanter, Chandi Kelley, Angela Kleis, Shirley Koller, Heather Levy, Barbara Liotta, Shelley Lowenstein, Carol Lukitsch, Megan Maher, Joey Manlapaz, Marielle Mariano, Carolina Mayorga, Antonio McAfee, Kathryn McDonnell, Russ McIntosh, Nancy McNamara, Maureen Minehan, Elba Molina, Jenny Sidhu Mullins, Jessica Murray, Georgia Nassikas, Kendall Nordin, Amie Oliver, Mary Ott, Betsy Packard, Anthony Palliparambil, Kelly Perl, Paul Pietsch, Maryanne Pollock, Judith Pratt, Rujunko Pugh, Gail Rebhan, Barrie Ripin, Marc Robarge, Lisa Rosenstein, Deborah Saks, Deanna Schwartzberg, Amelia B. Shachoy, Bhaval Shah Bell, Lisa Sheirer, Steven Silberg, Alexandra Silverthorne, Judy Southerland, Isabelle Spicer, Julie Steinberg, D. B. Stovall, Elizabeth Janis Sweeney, Bonita Tabakin-Latterner, Rob Tarbell, Andres Tremols, Dan Tulk, Laurie Tylec, Raymonde van Santen, Lina Vargas De La Hoz, Pamela Viola, Gail Vollrath, Jenny Walton, Candice Welsh, Alice Whealin, J. Bertram White, Clare Winslow, and John Wise
Gun Show A Coup d'Espace Project by John James Anderson
August 12 - September 2
Opening Reception: August 12, 6-8pm at the WPA Office at 2023 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC Exhibition Hours: Monday - Friday, 10am-6pm
Washington Project for the Arts (WPA) is pleased to present Gun Show, a Coup d'Espace project by artist John James Anderson. In Gun Show, the artist approaches the gun control debate by focusing on two distinct but often overlapping narratives: coping with violent crime and interpretation of the Second Amendment, specifically the conflict between the individual's right to bear arms and the government's authority to regulate their sale and possession. Approaching a heated, emotional discussion from a dispassionate, almost clinical, perspective, the artist collects facts, statistics, and newspaper articles, synthesizes the information, and presents it through hand-drawn quotes, charts, and video. Focusing on DC's unique and well-documented roles in both the debate over gun rights and discussions of gun violence, Anderson approaches the topic as a concerned citizen, attempting to untangle a complex and contentious issue.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
John James Anderson is an associate professor of art at Prince George's Community College in Largo, Maryland. He has taught at the American University, George Washington University, George Mason University, and the Corcoran College of Art and Design. He is the recipient of several grants from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, including two Young Artist Grants and a 2011 Artist Fellowship. Anderson received his MFA from American University, Washington, DC and BFA from Iowa State University, Ames, IA. He has exhibited his work in solo and group exhibitions in venues including Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA; American University Museum, Washington, DC; The Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery at Smith Farm Center, Washington, DC; the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; and the Athens Institute of Contemporary Art, Athens, GA. Anderson is also a contributing writer for the Washington City Paper.
ABOUT COUP D'ESPACE
Coup d'Espace is WPA's member-generated programming series. By inviting member artists and curators to plan installations, exhibitions, and events in its office project space, WPA provides a venue for unusual collaborations, exploration of new concepts, and the production of new and experimental work. Coup d'Espace allows artists and curators to utilize the WPA office as a laboratory or workshop space, to introduce new and in-process projects and present challenging ideas.
above image: It's a Political Statement, Charcoal and graphite on paper, 11" x 14", 2011
Contain, Maintain, Sustain
Curated by Welmoed Laanstra, Sara Reisman, and Ernesto Santalla
Exhibition location:Artisphere, 1101 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22209
Located one block from the Rosslyn Metro Exhibition dates: Thursday, May 19 – Sunday, July 17, 2011 Opening Reception: Thursday, May 19, 7-10pm Curator Talks: Saturday, May 21, 3pm with Sara Reisman; Saturday, June 11, 3pm with Welmoed Laanstra; Saturday, June 25, 3pm with Ernesto M. Santalla CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO SARA REISMAN'S TALK
Artisphere, Washington Project for the Arts (WPA), and Washington Sculptors Group (WSG) are pleased to announce a joint exhibition entitled Contain, Maintain, Sustain on view in Artisphere’s Terrace and Works-in-Progress galleries from May 19 through July 17, 2011. Contain, Maintain, Sustain is a group exhibition which takes stock of the ways in which concerns around sustainability are being articulated and visualized by contemporary artists today. Curators Welmoed Laanstra, Sara Reisman, and Ernesto Santalla selected a combination of 24 local and international artists to activate and complicate the local/global dynamic that has historically framed ideas about reuse and conservation of environmental resources.
Participating artists include Jane Benson (Brooklyn, NY), Michael Booker (College Park, MD), Greg Braun (Hartwood, VA), Carlos Bunga (Barcelona, Spain), Michael Cataldi (Brooklyn, NY), Ronit Eisenbach (Takoma Park, MD), Gregory Euclide (Le Sueur, MN), Tom Greaves (Washington, DC), Rachel Higgins (Brooklyn, NY), Christopher K. Ho (New York, NY), Mariah Johnson (Washington, DC), Morgana King (New Orleans, LA), Barbara Liotta (Washington, DC), LoVid (New York, NY), Mary Mattingly (New York, NY), Jens Praet (Florence, Italy), Cordy Ryman (New York, NY), Katrín Sigurdardóttir (New York, NY), Dan Steinhilber (Washington, DC), Tattfoo Tan (Staten Island, NY), Katja Toporski (Takoma Park, MD), Lina Vargas de la Hoz (Silver Spring, MD), Julia von Eichel (Brooklyn, NY), and Ishmael Randall Weeks (Brooklyn, NY and Cusco, Peru).
Curators for this exhibition include Welmoed Laanstra, Public Art Projects Curator, Arlington Cultural Affairs, Arlington County, Virginia; Sara Reisman, Director of Percent for Art Program, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; and Ernesto Santalla, a Cuban-born architect and interior and graphic designer, whose firm, Studio Santalla, Inc., is located in Washington, DC.
Related Programming at Artisphere:
S.O.S. Guilds: Art as a Tool for Social Change on Sustainability and Ecology
with Artist Tattfoo Tan
Saturday July 9 - Sunday July 31, 2011 / FREE / Works In Progress Gallery
S.O.S. Guilds is an art and sustainable entity that creates social changes by applying the power of artistic imagination to inform, inspire, engage, animate and motivate in various communities around the world, by giving grants to artist to execute art projects that high light sustainable issues, social activism and civic engagement.
Art Making Drop In: S.O.S. Guilds Change4Change Money Trees
Saturday, July 9 Sunday, July 10 11am - 7pm / FREE / Works In Progress Gallery / All ages
Make DIY (do-it-yourself) piggy banks and create a forest of various shaped trees, flora and fauna from real bank note that was acquired by Tattfoo Tan from Ebay.
Sun Tag! Family Drop in with Greg Braun Saturday, July 9 / FREE / Outdoor Terrace / 11am -1pm / All ages
Manipulate sunlight and hit targets with hand held mirrors! CMS exhibiting artist Greg Braun will give a brief introduction discussing sun reflections, their use in creating artworks and using sustainable solar resources for energy efficiency in architecture. Then teams of 3-4 would be formed and timed for hitting targets. The teams with the fastest/highest point total will win prizes. Participants are required to wear sunglasses for eye safety and to make them look cool.
Learn SketchUp: Visualizing, Creating, and Presenting your Creativity Digitally
Instructor: Greg Braun, professional CAD consultant and training instructor
Education Lab / $10 / Ages 15+
Session 1: Intro to Sketch Up - Presentation
Wednesday June 8, 6pm Sunday June 12, 2pm
Session 2: Hands On Sketch Up - Bring your laptop!
Wednesday July 6, 6pm Sunday July 10, 2pm
Discover the freely available Google SketchUp software that Washington Sculpture Group artist Greg Braun used for his initial digital architecture and sun studies to create his CMS exhibition proposal. Free software usually comes with limitations and frustrations. Google SketchUp software breaks this stereotype and provides a unique, and vibrant set of tools to visualize just about anything, simply and quickly. Professional architects, designers, artists, set designers, and computer game designers use this software to create some of the most amazing images and objects you have ever seen. Let Greg show you how to use this invaluable software tool in creating sculpture, visualizations, installations, or working out problems with three dimensional sketches and studies. You will be shown how to create walk-through animations with sun studies and place objects directly into Google Earth for viewing your projects and presenting them to others. A must-attend event, even if you only have the slightest bit of computer savvy.
The Community Quilt Project: With Artist Michael Booker
Wednesday, June 22 - Wednesday, July 6 / FREE / Works In Progress Gallery
Quilts are fragments of memories, usually old clothes and fabrics, pieced together to form a new thing that represents those memories. With the community, artist Michael Booker will assemble together discarded and reused found objects personally contributed from visitors to create a new collaborative artwork.
Art Making Drop In: Community Quilt Creation
FREE / Works In Progress Gallery / All ages Week 1: Bring in materials that represent community and collective memories to contribute to the collaborative quilt! Items may include textiles, clothing or nontraditional quilting materials such as wall paper, food labels, receipts, documents, papers, old family photos, laminate flooring, etc.
Wednesday, June 22, 4-8PM / Thursday, June 23, noon - 4pm / Friday, June 24, 4-8pm / Saturday June 25, noon - 4pm / Sunday June 26, noon - 4pm
Week 2: Finishing the community quilt
Wednesday, June 29, 4-8PM / Thursday, June 30, noon - 4pm / Friday, July 1, 4-8pm / Saturday July 2, noon - 4pm / Sunday July 3, noon - 4pm
Artist Talk and Quilt Presentation, Wednesday July 6, 6pm
ARCADE June 2010 - June 2011
at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, on M Street between 7th and 9th streets NW.
Washington Project for the Arts (WPA) is pleased to announce ARCADE, an exhibition of public art by WPA Member Artists in the display windows at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. The show is organized by WPA, with the support of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, DC Creates! Public Art Program (DCCAH) and the Washington Convention and Sports Authority (WCSA).
The ARCADE exhibition features work by WPA Members Artists Melissa Ichiuji, Dana Jeri Maier, Kendall Nordin, Ayodamola Okunseinde, Athena Robles, and Cynthia Sands. The exhibition is phase two of Windows into DC, an innovative public art program begun by WCSA and DCCAH that transforms retail windows into a street side art exhibition.
above image:
right window:
Ayo Okunseinde, 3 Months Last Winter, Plastic balls in scrim, interactive range sensors, micro-controller, and geared motors
left window: Melissa Ichiuji, Family Portrait, Natural & Synthetic materials - Nylon Stockings, dried watermelon & squash, polyurethen, glass beads, thread, wire
photo by Max Cook
Coup d'Espace: The Final Girl Exhibition + Video Store Organized by Adam Dwight, Video Artist and Illustrator
June 3 - 24, 2011
Opening Reception: June 3, 2011, 6-8pm
Blood, Boobs & Beast Documentary Screening + Discussion with Director, John Kinhart: Thursday, June 16, 2011 6:30-8:30pm
Performance Double Feature Night: Thursday, June 23, 6-8pm
Animations by Ryan Hill + Ken Moss on guitars by Mark Behme
FEED ME performance by Jon Lee
Exhibition + Video Rental Store featuring the works of: Mark Behme · Christopher Fuentez · Ryan Hill · Victoria F. Gaitán · Felipe Goncalves · Linda Hesh · James Huckenpahler · Mike Johnson · Peter Killeen · Marissa Long · Rob Parrish · Bonner Sale · Shalo p · Adrien Varallyay · Zac Willis · Andrew Wodzianski · Luke Wyatt
Video Lounge featuring the works of: Stephen Ausherman · Jeremy Beaudry · Brett Bergmann · Christopher Cassidy · Terry Berlier + Luciano Chessa · Christine Chin, Andrew Berry, Maria Elena Brodeur, Sarah Watkins · Mary Helena Clark · Adam Cruces · John Davis · Clint Enns · McLean Fahnestock · Giada Ghiringhelli · Sabine Gruffat · Henry Gwiazda · Mary Hill · Thom Heileson and Wyndel Hunt · Gautam Kansara · Selina Loper · Jeannette Louie · Lilianne Milgrom · Sean Niesen · Aaron Oldenburg · Leah Peterson · Ian Alexander Scott · Julia Kim Smith · Dmitry Strakovsky · Claudia X. Valdes · Roland Wegerer
The Final Girl is an exhibition meditating on the conventions of the horror and psychedelic film within the context of a video store installation. The show includes an exhibition of works in various mediums, a video viewing lounge, and a video store where visitors can rent DVD compilations and standalone DVDs of various artists' video works surrounding the show's premise.
The Final Girl explores themes of feminism in the electronic visual age, exploiting cinematic conventions of the horror genre, which is notoriously known for its ambiguous treatment of the female narrative center. Instead of focusing on horror and psychedelia as tools for populist consensus and social anxiety, the exhibition will raise questions about these genres' grotesque and celebratory treatment of the female body.
above image: Claudia X. Valdes, Minutes to Midnight, Super 8 video transfer, 10'26
The Infinite Reduced to 2968 A Coup d'Espace Project by Megan Mueller and Christine Varela
May 6 - May 27
Opening Reception: May 6, 6-8pm
at WPA HQ, 2023 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC
Washington Project for the Arts is proud to present The Infinite Reduced to 2968, a Coup d'Espace project by Megan Mueller and Christine Varela. Mueller and Varela will dramatically transform the WPA office space with a canopy installation. Created with simple materials, the installation is inspired by the organic geometry found in nature and aims to simulate the experience of being under a canopy of trees.
International Art & Artists, Washington Project for the Arts, and Black Artists of DC present:
Process: Reaffirmation
A visual dialogue between members of BADC and WPA
Curated by Gina Marie Lewis, Assistant Professor of Art,
Bowie State Univ.
Exhibition location: Hillyer Art Space, 9 Hillyer Ct. NW, Washington, DC Exhibition dates: Friday, April 1 through Saturday, April 29, 2011 Exhibition hours: Mon. 12-5pm, Tues.-Fri. 12-6pm, Sat. 12-5pm Opening Reception: Friday, April 2, 6-9pm Artists Talk: Saturday, April 23 at 3:00pm
Featuring work by Anne Bouie, Daniel Brooking, Joel D'Orazio, Victor Ekpuk, Corwin Levi, Barbara Liotta, Adrienne Mills, and Cleve Overton.
Curated by Gina Marie Lewis, Process: Reaffirmation is an exhibition which focuses on and reaffirms the processes of artists within their studios. This exhibition honors the personal philosophies, practices, and vocabularies of eight artists and attempts to explore a visual dialogue between their works.
The exhibition represents an opportunity for artists to retain power over their work in the context of their own philosophies and interpretations. In some cases, the relationships between their works may be obvious, and other instances invite the viewer to inquire and explore the relationships from their own point of view. As a starting point, such aspects as linear relationships, creation of new processes, innovative use of materials, the making of marks, and defining space were most apparent during the curatorial process.
ABOUT THE CURATOR:
Gina Marie Lewis is a mixed media artist and educator. She holds an MFA in painting from Howard University and a BA in Cultural Studies and Studio Art from Norwich University.
She has curated exhibitions at Montpelier Arts Center and Howard University and has exhibited at the Hampton University Museum in Hampton, VA, Flashpoint Gallery in DC, and The Banneker-Douglass Museum in Annapolis, MD. She is currently teaching at Bowie State University.
Select: WPA 2011 Art Auction Exhibition and Gala February 19 - March 12
Gallery hours: Wednesday - Sunday, 11am-6pm
Opening Reception: February 19, 6-9pm Free and open to the public
Curators Talk and Presentation of Alice Denney Award: March 1, 6:30-9pm Free and open to the public
Catered by Peackock Cafe
SELECT: WPA 2011 Art Auction Gala: March 12: 6:30-midnight
Coup d'Espace: Fort Distraction Mariah Johnson
January 18 – February 11
First Friday Reception: February 4, 6-8pm
For the project Fort Distraction, artist Mariah Johnson will transform the WPA office space by slowly folding, arranging, stacking and layering bed sheets around the architectural features and furniture in the space. Part performance, part site-specific installation, Fort Distraction invites viewers to witness Johnson’s process and the work behind her beautifully arranged installations. Throughout the project’s four-week run, Johnson will add to the installation on a daily basis. The public is welcome to stop by during the installation process to view the installation’s progress and watch Johnson at work. After weeks of adding, rearranging and layering, Johnson’s installation will engulf the audience, transforming the WPA office space into a kind of artist’s pillow fort. A First Friday reception in honor of Fort Distraction will be held on Friday, February 4, 2011.
image: Mariah Johnson, Tornaduh, bed sheets with plastic chair, 2009. Part of This…is your…This…is my…, a group exhibition curated by Jaime Salvador Castillo, University of Texas at San Antonio Satellite Space.
November 9 – December 19, 2010
Location: American University Museum
at the Katzen Arts Center
4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW DC
Hours: Tuesday - Sunday 11am - 4pm
Opening Reception: Saturday, November 13, 6-9pm
Curator's Talk: Saturday, November 20, 4-6pm
As Washington’s premier alternative arts organization for over three decades,
Washington Project for the Arts (WPA) has supported tens of thousands of
regional artists and presented exhibitions to hundreds of thousands of visitors.
CATALYST will be a dynamic, narrative recollection of the Washington area’s multidisciplinary arts scene and WPA’s legacy, showcasing selected artists, exhibitions, programs, and events from its 35-year history.
The exhibition, curated by J. W. Mahoney, will include recent and period artworks, documentation in both still and moving media, a series of related performances and public programs, and a fully-illustrated catalogue.
Read more about CATALYST and WPA's 35-year history on the exhibition website.
Featured Artists:
Sharron Antholt
John D. Antone
Shahla Arbabi
Ken Ashton
Catherine Batza
Joan Belmar
Alan Binstock
Ruth Bolduan
Lisa Brotman
S. Ross Browne
Wayne Edson Bryan
Kendall Buster
Renee Marcus Butler
Colby Caldwell
Chan Chao
William Christenberry
Y. David Chung
Manon Cleary
Suzanne Codi
Bruce Conner
Don Cook
Kathryn Cornelius
Sheila Crider
Noche Crist
Steven Cushner
Virginia Daley
Richard L. Dana
Gene Davis
Frank Hallam Day
Frank DiPerna Dog Dream Project: Tom Ashcraft, Georgia Deal, Ed Bisese, and
Carrie Meinburg Burke
John Dreyfuss
Mary Early
Mary Beth Edelson
Susan Eder & Craig Dennis
Sharon Fishel
Sherman Fleming
Fred Folsom
Helen Frederick
Christopher French
Inga Frick
Alberto Gaitán
Sam Gilliam
Kurt Godwin
Carol Brown Goldberg
John Gossage
Simon Gouveneur
Vin Grabill
Tom Greaves
Tom Green
Carole Greenwood
Jason Gubbiotti
Ryan Hackett
Lee Haner
Greg Hannan
Frank Herrera
Karen Holzberg
Jason Horowitz
Marilyn Horrom
Jim Hubbard / Shooting Back
James Huckenpahler
Michal Hunter
Hilary Mark Hynes
Tazuko Ichigawa
Erick Jackson
Susan Jamison
Martha Jackson Jarvis
Judy Jashinsky
Gary Kachadourian
Patrice Kehoe
Margarida Kendall
Jae Ko
Walter Kravitz
Bridget Sue Lambert
Elaine Langerman
Barbara Liotta
Kevin MacDonald
Kate MacDonnell
Maxwell Mackenzie
Isabel Manalo
Robert Mapplethorpe
Percy Martin
W. Reid McIntyre
Maggie Michael
Mike Mitchell
Ledelle Moe
Nan Montgomery
Keith Morrison
Brandon Morse
Tom Nakashima
Gayil Nalls
William A. Newman
Betsy Packard
Lawley Paisley Jones
Michael B. Platt
Ding Ren
Jock Reynolds & Suzanne Hellmuth
W.C. Richardson
Robin Rose
Jose Ruiz
Jim Sanborn
Erik Sandberg
Lynn Schmidt
Yuri Schwebler
Joe Shannon
Charles Sleichter
Jeff Smith
Sylvia Snowden
Carroll Sockwell
Alan Sonneman
Judy Southerland
Jeff Spaulding
Molly Springfield
Alan Stone
Renée Stout
Kelly Towles / Wall Snatchers - Ghost Market
Frank Warren / Post Secret
Genna Watson
Andrea Way
Mindy Weisel
Joe White
William Willis
Yuriko Yamaguchi
Amy Glengary Yang
Jason Zimmerman
Highlights from the Experimental Media Series 2006 – 2009 featuring: Patrick Bergeron, Linda Besemer & Erika Suderberg, Alan B. Callander, Martijn Hendricks, Jonathan Monaghan, Chad Staybrook, and Aaron Valdez
Special Performances and Projects by: Kelley Bell, Kathryn Cornelius, Maida Withers Dance Construction Company, and Rogelio Maxwell
Dan Steinhilber: Cast Angels September 12 - October 24, 2010 at Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens
Steinhilber's project, Casting Angels, invited the public to create 'sand angels' - imprints of their body in a sand box - which the artist then filled with concrete. The resulting concrete angel casts constitute the exhibition Cast Angels and will be on view at Scorates Sculpture Park through October 24.
For more on Dan's work, the Casting Angels project and the Public Art Residency Pilot Program, check out this piece by Blake Gopnik from the Washington Post and Jeffry Cudlin's interview with WPA Executive Director Lisa Gold on the City Paper Arts Desk Blog.
photos by Dan Steinhilber
August 6 - August 27, 2011 a Coup d'Espace project by member artist, Adam Good:
The Lab For Remixed Knowledge
Opening Reception: August 6, 2010, 6-8pm, with a performance lecture by the artist at 7pm (@WPA) Additional programming:August 19, 2010 4-7pm, an afternoon of guest speakers, August 26, 2010 6pm, closing lecture
The Lab for Remixed Knowledge transforms the WPA office into an interactive research space for exploring the techniques and implications of remixing knowledge. The Lab invites visitors to become researchers in our work in the emerging fields of object-oriented thought, quantum semantics, and radical recombinance.
Visitors will learn how to apply basic techniques of sampling and remixing to sources of knowledge, appropriating and adapting language from our interdisciplinary library into an open data set for collective experimentation. Together we will create concepts, remix descriptions, and discover new terrains of knowledge and understanding to explore. By donating a source text and/or contributing to the Lab’s work through simple exercises, visitors will receive certificates of membership in the first Lab for Remixed Knowledge.
The Lab will open and close with interactive performance lectures by chief researcher Adam Good, who will also conduct research from the Lab every Thursday during office hours, and post research findings online. The Lab will host an afternoon of presentations by guest researchers on Thursday, August 19th.
July 2 - July 30, 2010, online and at WPA HQ
a Coup d'Espace project curated by Blair Murphy
Online Bidding dates: July 2 - 21, 2010
web site to view/bid on items: http://www.blairmurphy.com/barter/
Closing/Exchange reception: Friday, July 30 6-9pm
WPA member curator, Blair Murphy presents Barter, a web-based, non-monetary silent auction. From July 3 – July 23, twenty items will be put up for auction at www.barter-project.com and participants will place bids by proposing a good or service they would exchange for the auction item. The auction will close at midnight on July 21 and the twenty participants who have put items up for auction will have until July 23 to choose which bid they wish to accept. Exchanged items will be installed at the WPA Office for the closing reception on July 30, 2010 from 6-9pm.
Though the project itself is modest in scope, Barter’s aim is to begin a dialogue about alternative economic models, blur the lines between producer and consumer and create a space for the consideration of value beyond currency.
June 11 - July 9, 2010 at WPA HQ Permanent Impermanence
a Coup d'Espace exhibition curated by Larissa Leclair
featuring photographs by Christopher Colville, Todd Hido, Kate MacDonnell, David Maisel, Curtis Mann, and Doug + Mike Starn. David Maisel, History's Shadow GM16, 2010, archival pigment print
17" x 22", courtesy of the artist/Von Lintel Gallery NY/Haines Gallery SF
Exhibition Dates: June 11-July 9, 2010
Opening Reception: Friday, June 11, 2010 6-8pm
Exhibition Hours: Monday-Friday 11am-5pm
Permanent Impermanence explores fundamentals of the photographic medium, through artistic expression in both subject and process. On view are photographs by Christopher Colville from his "Emanations" series; Todd Hido from "A Road Divided"; Kate MacDonnell from "100 Ways"; Curtis Mann from "Modifications"; David Maisel from "History's Shadow"; and Doug + Mike Starn from "alleverythingthatisyou.
Larissa Leclair is an independent photography writer and curator. Visit her web site at: www.larissaleclair.com
Washington Project for the Arts presents the first installment of the 2010 series of Coup d’Espace: Oneness, Shock and Return
An exhibition of works by WPA member artist Chajana denHarder Sitting Area, Chajana denHarder, 2010, photographic sculpture, 16 x 20 in.
Exhibition Dates: May 7 – June 4, 2010 Exhibition Location: WPA Headquarters, 2023 Massachusetts Ave, NW Opening Reception: Friday, May 7, 2010 6-8pm, Artist’s talk at 7 pm Hours: Monday - Friday, 11am - 5pm
WPA Member artist, Chajana denHarder presents, Oneness, Shock, and Return. The exhibition launches the 2010 season of WPA’s Coup d'Espace series that invites WPA member artists to stage their own exhibitions and programming in our Dupont Circle office space.
Oneness, Shock and Return documents a month long performance in which the artist spent time in the WPA office, uniting her body with the space. After photographing her performance, the images were digitally manipulated to create “photographic sculptures” that will be reinserted into the setting in which they were created. During the May 7th opening, the artist will complete her piece by inviting the audience to eat a life-sized bread sculpture of her body.
Left to right: Erling Sjovold, Titanic and Mockorange, 2004, courtesy of the Artist; Oliver Vernon, Pink 1, 2009, courtesy of the Artist and Irvine Contemporary; Marissa Long, Untitled (legs), 2006, courtesy of the Artist.
Exhibition Dates: January 30 - March 6, 2010 Exhibition Location: American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center,
4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW DC Opening Reception: Saturday, January 30, 6:00-9:00pm Curator's Talk & Alice Denny Award Presentation: Thursday, February 25, 6:30-9:00pm
(exhibition, opening reception, and curator's talk are free and open to the public)
The 29th iteration of this exhibition highlights some of the region's most talented artists, presenting a broad range of media and styles of both new and emerging artists as well as more established career artists. As an annual WPA presentation, the auction exhibition has gained new stature and recognition, evolving from a brief 'showing' of artists' works as a preview for the WPA's auction event, to one of the most prestigious and recognizable art showcases of its kind. Cream is a notable survey of contemporary art in the region and beyond, featuring works by more than 110 local and national artists selected by an esteemed group of eight top curators including scholars, museum directors, practitioners and collectors. The works will be on view until the WPA 2010 Art Auction Gala on March 6, during which the exhibited works are available to the highest bidders.
Cream exhibition curators and their selected artists include:
KEN ASHTON, Visual Artist and Museum Technician for Works on Paper, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Margaret Adams, Chan Chao, Natalie W. Cheung, Billy Colbert, Frank Hallam Day, Matthew Girard, Avi Gupta, James Huckenpahler, Michael Dax Iacovone, Hatnim Lee, Marissa Long, Kate MacDonnell, Beatrice Valdes Paz, Ding Ren, E. Brady Robinson
KRISTEN HILEMAN, Curator of Contemporary Art, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Ken Ashton, Clarke Bedford, iona rozeal brown, Renee Butler, David Carlson, Zoë Charlton, Mary Coble, Jennifer Dorsey, Susan Eder & Craig Dennis, Bernhard Hildebrandt, Ryan Hill, Brece Honeycutt, Dean Kessmann, Cara Ober, Erik Sandberg, Joe White
CAROL K. HUH, Assistant Curator of Contemporary Asian Art, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Jon Bobby Benjamin, Howard Carr, Neil Greentree, Max Hirshfeld, Tim Hyde, Franz Jantzen, Courtney Jordan, Martin J. Kotler, Jeffrey Smith, Stanley Staniski, Oliver Vernon
JOANNA MARSH, The James Dicke Curator of Contemporary Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Mark Dion, Michelle Elzay, Kota Ezawa, Devon Johnson, Mark Newport, James Prosek, Jean Shin, Joseph Smolinski, Alison Elizabeth Taylor, René Treviño
JOCK REYNOLDS, The Henry J. Heinz II Director and Visual Artist, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
William Christenberry, Tom Green, Jacob Kainen, Betsy Packard, Lisa Scheer, Jeff Spaulding, Alan Stone, William Willis, Yuriko Yamaguchi
CHARLES RITCHIE, Visual Artist and Associate Curator of Modern Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art
Jay Bolotin, Astrid Bowlby, Georgia Deal, Douglas Florian, Cassandra Kabler, Mark E. Karnes, Karey Ellen Kessler, Sangram Majumdar, Rob Matthews, Beverly Ress, James Stroud, Lynn Sures, Bill Thompson, Alice Whealin, John Wilson, Janine Wong
MERA RUBELL, Co-founder, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL
m. gert barkovic, Holly Bass, Judy Byron, F. Lennox Campello, Rafael Cañizares-Yunez, Adam de Boer, Mary Early, Victoria F. Gaitán, Carol Brown Goldberg, Pat Goslee, Jason Horowitz, Barbara Liotta, Patrick McDonough, Brandon Morse, Dan Steinhilber, Lisa Marie Thalhammer
N. ELIZABETH SCHLATTER, Deputy Director and Curator of Exhibitions, University of Richmond Museums, Richmond, VA
Hsin-Hsi Chen, Irene Clouthier, Joelle Meredith Francht, Ron Johnson, Sue Johnson, Kirsten Kindler, Martin McFadden, Susan Noyes, Erling Sjovold, Jessica Van Brakle, Barbara Weissberger, Andrew Wodzianski, Amy Glengary Yang, Shannon Young
Additional works on view in the exhibition this year include a new series of glass sculptures created by Joe Corcoran, David D'Orio, Steve Jones, and Megan Van Wagoner, members of DC GlassWorks, a public access glass blowing and sculpture facility located in Hyattsville, MD. These pieces will be featured in the museum exhibition and on the dining tables during the auction event, also available for bid.
The Cream exhibition is open for viewing, Tuesday - Sunday, 11am - 4pm at the Katzen Arts Center, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. Admission is Free. More information on the exhibition is available at www.wpadc.org. Preview the works at auction.wpadc.org
This exhibition and related programming is supported in part by: the American University Museum Katzen Arts Center; Haleh Design, Allied Telecom, Arent Fox, Arnold & Porter, LLP, DC Magazine, Handle With Care, Inc.; J+J/Invision; MOI; TTR Sotheby's International Realty, Akridge, Michael-Cleary, Inc., Robert Shields Interiors, and The Washington Post Company.
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CEBOX:
The coolest shop for the hottest holiday gifts
Icebox Dates: December 4 - 21, 2009
Opening Night: December 4, 2009, 6 - 8pm Special Shopping Event: December 21, 2009, 6-8pm Hours: Monday - Friday, 11am-5pm and by appointment
Washington Project for the Arts is pleased to announce the opening of
our holiday gift shop, IceBox at WPA headquarters, located at 2023
Massachusetts Ave, NW. The shop will feature artworks and products for
sale by WPA artists.
Small
works, photographs, hand sewn brooches, notecards, ornaments, jewelry,
candle holders, accessories, apparel and more- made by hand by WPA
member artists. Items range from $4 to $250 (most under $100, many
items under $25)
Participating member artists: John M Adams, Beth Baldwin, Tom Block, Maureen Burns-Bowie, Sabrina
Cabada, Cynthia Connolly, Charles Farmer, Sandy Gold, Alex Goldschmidt,
Julie Hart, Linda Hesh, Rebecca Kallem, Kathleen Kelley, Erica Orgen,
Project Dispatch, Susana Raab, Lisa
Rosenstein, Amy Carmichael Smith, Jerry Svat, John Totaro, Claudia Vess,
and Robert Weiner
'Box of Iceboxes' postcard set by Cynthia Connolly
'Neck Sculpture' by Maureen Bowie-Burnscut paper portrait by Alex Goldschmidt
FotoWeek DC 2009 EXHIBITION:
November 10 - December 11, 2009
Framing the Economic Downturn (FED)
Curated by Jim Hubbard, award winning photojournalist and Creative Director of Venice Arts Location: Gallery O/H, 1354 H Street NE, Washington, DC Opening Reception: Tuesday, November 10 6-8pm Gallery Hours: Friday & Saturday 2-8pm, Sunday 12-5pm
Featuring works by: Kike Arnal, Jaimie E. Beach, Sharon Farmer, Linda Hesh, Michael Kent, Brenda Kenneally, Carolina Mayorga, Judith Pratt, and
Michelle Renay Wilson
Michael Kent, Final Days ; Linda Hesh, I want what we had
As part of FotoWeek DC 2009, WPA presents an exhibition of photography selected exclusively from the ArtFile Online (AFO) by the acclaimed documentary photographer, Jim Hubbard. In 1989, Hubbard created Shooting Back, a Washington-based organization dedicated to empowering
children at risk by teaching them photography. For this exhibition, Hubbard presents a group of works selected from WPA member submissions along with selections by invited artists.
Jaimie E. Beach, 1342 Argyle Street ; Michelle Renay Wilson, Faces of the Recession
...This new exhibition explores the human drama and its various visual forms against the backdrop of the current and former economic meltdowns that have left millions of our fellow Americans outside the American dream and framed through the lens. -Jim Hubbard
This exhibition is funded, in part, by generous contributions from Michael D. Abrams, the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
November 6 - 25, 2009
COUP D'ESPACE installment V member artists take over WPA HQ! INFLUENCE = CONVERGENCE
Minna Nathanson and Joan Belmar
Opening Reception: Friday, November 6 6-8pm
at WPA: 2023 Massachusetts Ave, NW
Opening reception: Friday, November 6, 2009 6-8pm
A show of works produced by two member artists who once shared a studio that reveal the unforseen influence they had on each other's work.
OPTIONS '09
curated by Anne Collins Goodyear Exhibition Dates: September 17 - October 31, 2009 Hours: Wed - Sun 11am - 5pm Exhibition Location: Conner Contemporary Art, 1358 Florida Ave, NE,
2nd Floor Opening Reception: Thursday, September 17, 2009 6-8pm Artists & Curator Talk: Saturday, October 17, 2009 3-4:30pm Performative tours by OPTIONS '09 Artist Graham Coreil-Allen: September 17 at 7pm; September 26, October 17 & October 24 at 2pm (meet at gallery) (click here for tour info)
Washington Project for the Arts will presents the thirteenth installment of the biennial exhibition, OPTIONS, from September 17 - October 31, 2009 at 1358 Florida Avenue NE, second floor, Washington, DC 20002. The exhibition will include works by Leah Beeferman (VA), Jessica Braiterman (MD), Graham Coreil-Allen (MD), Younseal Eum (VA), Andy Holtin (DC), Sue Johnson (MD), Patrick McDonough (DC), Kim Manfredi (MD), Jenny Mullins (DC), Ding Ren (DC), Matthew Smith (DC), Polly Townsend (DC), and Matthew Wead (MD).
As a tradition, OPTIONS is a survey of the brightest and most talented emerging artists in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia regions and offers visibility for artists who do not have gallery representation. WPA originally developed the biennial series in 1981 with legendary artist Gene Davis and Washington Review Managing Editor Mary Swift as curators of the first WPA OPTIONS showcase.
This year, WPA is fortunate to have Anne Collins Goodyear, Assistant Curator of Prints and Drawings at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, curate the exhibition.
COUP D'ESPACE installment IV member artists take over WPA HQ!
featuring Carolina Mayorga and her interactive installation, Miraculous Artist
October 2 -30, 2009 Opening Reception: Friday, October 2 6-8pm
at WPA: 2023 Massachusetts Ave, NW click here to read the press release>>
August 7 - September 18, 2009 : Turning the Page 2009
Curated from the WPA Artists Directory and ARTFILE Online
by WPA interns- Goli Abedini & Gabi Banzhaf
Idylls juried by Andrea Pollan, Director of Curator's Office in partnership with the World Bank Art Program May 29 - July 3, 2009 works by Christene Carr and Joan Belmar
Opening Reception: Friday, May 29 6-8pm
Featuring WPA member artists: Joan Belmar, Christene Carr, Sara Clark, Benjamin Edwards, Amy Glengary Yang, Pat Goslee, Tom Greaves, Bridget Sue Lambert, Barbara Liotta, Isabel Manalo, Mark Parascandola, Diane Szczepaniak The World Bank aims to build better societies through lending funds for civic infrastructure, basic services, housing, and food programs. This is a critical yet utopian agenda that tries to take into account the needs of its constituents. The goal of this exhibition is to see how artists of this greater metropolitan area interpret the idea of an idyll or a utopian environment. - Andrea Pollan
Location:
The World Bank
Main Complex, Front Lobby Gallery
1818 H Street, NW
Washington, DC
COUP D'ESPACE
Installment III: UNWRAP
featuring WPA member artist, Anita Walsh June 5 - June 26, 2009
Opening Reception, Friday, June 5, 2009 from 6-8pm in conjunction with Dupont First Friday Art Walk
WPA member artist Anita Walsh transforms the office into a room-sized installation of color and memory. This interactive project asks participants to type their memories of specific colors onto paper that were hand made by the artist from old crayon wrappers; these personal recollections become collaborative works which are then attached to the walls of the artist’s “castle” installation. Location:
at WPA, 2023 Massachusetts Ave. NW Gallery Hours: June 8-26: Tuesday - Friday 11-5pm
COUP D'ESPACE
Installment II: Secret Garden, an installation by Tom Block
April 16 - May 15, 2009
Artist Talk, Friday, May 1st 5:30 - 7:00 pm
Opening Reception, Thursday, April 16th 5:30 - 7:30 pm
WPA member artist, Tom Block, presents Secret Garden, an installation of drawings and ideas inspired by the teachings of the Sufi mystics of Islam. The installation of over 300 pieces will spare no space within our office headquarters!
'Secret Garden' uses the teachings of the Sufi mystics of Islam as
inspiration to create the installation. The exhibit is comprised of
350 small (7" x 5" and 6" x 4") panels, arrayed around the four walls
of the gallery. Centered around the form of the circle, which visually
holds together the series as well as most facilely represents the
underlying theme of the Sufi Way, 'Secret Garden' includes fragments and collections of other ideas -- some recognizable and some not -- all of
which symbolize different manners in which the unity of the universe
can be expressed in our temporal world. Mixed in with the drawings
are short sayings from Sufi poets throughout the centuries...- Tom Block
Featuring Sculpture and New Media Works By: Joseph Barbaccia, Dennis Beach, Christian Benefiel, Alan Binstock, Renee Butler, Richard Dana, Pattie Firestone, Leah Frankel, Gail Gorlitzz, Pat Goslee, Nestor Guzman, Mila Kagan, Rebecca Kamen, Kathy Walden Kaplan, Tetsuya Kato, Joanne Kent, J.T. Kirkland, Barbara Liotta, Jacqueline Maggi, Howard and Mary McCoy, Ryan McKibbin, Emily Piccirillo, Beverly Ress, Pat Segnan, Mike Shaffer, Marilee Schumann, Lynda Smith-Bugge, Pamela Soldwedel, Lucy Norman Spencer, Betsy Stewart, Kazue Taguchi, Paul Vickers, Virginia Warwick, Elizabeth Whiteley, Amy Glengary Yang and Millicent Young ...From the political to the spiritual, the scientific to the economic, water pervades all aspects of human culture. This ubiquitous liquid makes its way into the nightly news in one
form or another: We see it inundating an entire seaport city, or gathering into a gigantic tsunami, disabling multiple nations. We watch it transforming from polar ice caps into rising sea levels, while simultaneously becoming a vanishing resource that stirs countries towards war or revolt. We are formed aquatically, in amniotic fluid and remain comprised of about 60% of this miraculous meeting of hydrogen and oxygen. We assign metaphor and religiosity to water, cleansing our bodies and purifying our souls with its sanctifying qualities...
Location:
Pepco's Edison Place Gallery
702 Eighth St. NW
Washington, DC 20068
Known Unknowns curated by Amanda Maddox, Assistant Curator of Photography, Corcoran Gallery of Art November 7 – December 20, 2008 In conjunction with Fotoweek DC
Christopher Saah, Untitled 01v (for Carnaedes), 2008, Electro-Cinemagraph
Featuring Photographs By: Avi Gupta, Kate MacDonnell, Sandra Rottmann and
Christopher Saah Opening Reception: Friday, Nov. 7 6-9pm Curator and Artists Panel Discussion: Wednesday, Nov. 19, 6-8pm
Thinking about photography as a source of knowledge, and as something that is knowable, calls into question what we understand is unknowable about images. This exhibition seeks to explore the notion of information existing beyond the photographic frame and behind the surface of the image.
-Amanda Maddox, curator
Location: Hillyer Arts Space
9 Hillyer Court, NW
Washington, DC 20008
Uncommon Beauty Juried by Sarah Tanguy October 2 – December 13, 2008
Featuring:Kay Chernush, Mary Coble, Frank Day, Jason Horowitz, Lucian Perkins & Athena Tacha
Thursday, October 16, 7 - 9 p.m.
Personal Identity and the Disjunction of Public Perception: A Discussion with Kay Chernush and Mary Coble
Thursday, October 16, 7 - 9 p.m.
Art Eyes Happy Hour: Interact with select Uncommon Beauty artists as we connect the Deaf and Visual Arts communities. Art Eyes is designed to create dialogue, art critique among peers and interpretation of artworks. Their mission is to empower the Deaf community to become move involved in the Visual Arts. Targeted audiences include all artists, art lovers and art-curious. ASL interpreters will be present and parking is free/open late for the reception, discussion and Art Eyes happy hour.
Please note: "Uncommon Beauty" exhibits photographs with adult content that may not be suitable for children. Parental discretion is advised.
more info, related events & directions for the Ellipse Arts Center here>
COUP D'ESPACE Artists take over the WPA office!! Thursday, October 9th 4-7pm
Kickoff event: For & Against Benches, by Linda Hesh Drop by the WPA office where member artist, Linda Hesh will have her For and Against Benches set up outside.
You can choose any of these ways to participate in the artwork:
1) Write 1 thing you are For or Against
2) Sit on the bench of your choice
3) Have your picture taken on the bench (either by Linda or bring your
own camera)
4) Track the project at http://www.lindahesh.com/html/benches/
Turning the Page 6 Launched August 7, 2008
Opening Reception: Thursday, July 2, 2008, 5-7pm at WPA
9x10 MEMBER SHOWS @ WWP GALLERY Monthly, March 2007 - January 2008
In tribute to the late William Warren Parker’s support for emerging DC artists, his family generously donated space at the William W. Parker (WWP) Gallery– housed in Mickelson’s Fine Art Framing at 629 New York Ave NW - to WPA\C for a new “nine-by-ten” exhibition series: 9 shows of 10 member artists each. These shows provided a new outlet for WPA\C member artists, and each exhibition presented a diverse cross-section of the WPA\C membership to the public, showcasing works in all media. MORE INFO...
OPTIONS 2007 September 13 - October 26, 2007 Curated by PAUL BREWER OPTIONS is WPA\C's biennial exhibition featuring talented under recognized and emerging artists in the DC, VA, and MD region. ARTISTS: Taylor Baldwin / Anne Chan / Neil Feather / Eli Kessler / Cory Oberndorfer / Pat O'Malley / Siobahn Rigg / Kathleen Shafer / Sayaka Suzuki / Rene Trevino LOCATION: Pepco's Edison Place Gallery, 702 Eighth Street NW, Washington, DC 20001 MORE INFO...
SiteProjects DC June 15 - July 28, 2007
A public art project designed to engage local artists in the creation of public art installations along the 14th Street Corridor. Curated by Welmoed Laanstra, this project invited artists to create site specific, temporary, two or three dimensional art installations. In addition to painting and sculpture, new media, performance art, and installations on view for a shorter amount of time were also featured. MORE INFO..
ColorField.remix : SATURATED
April 25 - 29, 2007
Curated by Zoe Myers
An exhibition and artist party featuring works from the current generation of Washington, DC-based artists exploring the use of color in original ways. Curated by Zoe Myers from the WPA\C ArtFile, and presented as part of the DC-area ColorField.remix project. Featured artists: Joseph Barbaccia / Joan Belmar / Jonathan Bucci / Renee Marcus Butler / Craig Cahoon / Tory Cowles / Mary Early / Eric Finzi / Gail Gorlitzz / Eve Hennessa / Lisa Kellner / Kevin Kepple / Joan Konkel / Isabel Manalo / Crisley McCarson / Antonio Puri / Darren Smith / Trish Tillman / Robert Kent Wilson
Heineman Myers Contemporary Art
4728 Hampden Lane
Bethesda, MD 20814 info@heinemanmyers.com / 301.951.7900 / www.heinemanmyers.com
Read a review of the show here.
INDEX : WPA\C Members @ artDC April 26 - 30, 2007 WPA\C members were invited to contribute small "index card-sized" works to INDEX, a miniature exhibition in the WPA\C's artDC booth intended to give the public a glimpse of the artists that make up our membership base.
EXCHANGE Exchange: DC @ Richmond
Presented by Gallery5 & WPA\C
December 1 - December 31, 2006
Opening Reception: Dec. 1, 7-10pm
Location: Gallery5, 200 West Marshall St, Richmond, VA 23220
Featuring: Breck Brunson, Avi Gupta, Nilay Lawson, Carrie Mallory, Isabel Manalo, Piero Passacantando, Solomon Sanchez, Molly Springfield, Rocky Wang, and Jason Zimmerman
Curated by: Gabriel Martinez
Exchange: Richmond @ DC
Presented by DCAC & WPA\C
November 10 - December 10, 2006
NEW** Curator's Talk : Sunday, December 10, 4pm
Location: DCAC, 2438 18th Street, NW, Washington, DC
Featuring: Sanford Biggers, S. Ross Browne, Caryl Burtner, Sonya Clark, Taliaferro Logan, Ayo Ngozi, and Heide Trepanier
Curated by: Tosha Grantham
Exchange: Baltimore @ DC
Presented by the Creative Alliance
September 9 - October 14, 2006
Location: Warehouse Arts Complex,
Warehouse 1021 7th Street, NW
Washington, DC
Featuring: Laura Amussen, Christine Bailey, Kelley Bell, Lauren Bender, Michael Benevento, Heather Boaz, Audrey Lea Collins, Sarada Conaway, Temple Crocker, Laure Drogoul, Chiara Giovando, Jenny Gräf, Jill Greenberg, Andy Hayleck, Bonnie Jones & Mike Rippe, Gary Kachadourian, Lyle Kissack, Jessie Lehson, Andrew Liang, Ryan McCabe, Jackie Milad, Melissa Moore, Hugh Pocock, Valeska Maria Populoh, Peter Quinn, Cindy Rehm, Ric Royer, Jason Sloan, Snacks (Tom Boram & Dan Breen), Denise Tassin, Fred Van Dyk, Stewart Watson, and Shannon Young
Curated by: Peter Quinn (Creative Capitalism), assisted by Jackie Milad
Exchange: DC @ Baltimore
Presented by WPA\C
September 16 - October 21, 2006
Location: Creative Alliance at the Patterson, 3134 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD
Featuring: Breck Brunson, Avi Gupta, Nilay Lawson, Carrie Mallory, Isabel Manalo, Piero Passacantando, Solomon Sanchez, Molly Springfield, Rocky Wang, and Jason Zimmerman
Curated by: Gabriel Martinez
CONVERSIONS
Collaboration with Ellipse Arts Center
Thursday, July 19 - Friday, September 29
Juried by Sam Gilliam, Dennis O'Neil and Heather & Tony Podesta.
Location: The Ellipse Arts Center, 4350 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 125, Arlington, VA 22203
Featuring: Renee Butler, Kathryn Cornelius, Susan Eder & Craig Dennis, Marty Sedestrom Guthrie, Lisa Kellner, Michele Kong, Tomas Rivas, Tai Hwa Goh, Joan Sarah Wexler, Ami Martin Wilber, and Amy Glengary Yang.
SCULPTURE UNBOUND
Collaboration with Washington Sculptors Group
January 13 - March 31, 2006
Juried by Glenn Harper, editor of Sculpture Magazine
Location: Edison Place, 702 8th Street, NW Washington, DC 20001
Juror's Talk: Thursday, March 23
Featuring: Charlotte Andrew, Margaret Boozer, Anthony Brock, Gillian Brown, Cynthia Saunders Carter, Amanda Davies, Vincent Donarski, Mary Early, Nicole Fall, Pattie Porter Firestone, Constance Fleres, Breon Gilleran, Kate Hardy, Ken Huston, Rebecca Kamen, Joanne Kent, James Kessler, Jessie Lehson, Laurel Stevens Lukaszewski, Cat Manolis, David Meyer, Conrad M. Meyers, L. Mudd, Betsy Packard, M. Wolfson Ray, Tom Rooney, Richard Schellenberg, Katie Schuler, Foon Sham, Bonnie Shelor, Frances Sniffen, Lucy Norman Spencer, Anne R. Stein, Sarah Stout, Brian Sykes, Diane Szczepaniak , Athena Tacha, Anita Walsh, Adam White, Ami Martin Wilber, Mahasti YMudd, Millicent Young
WALL SNATCHERS
February 23 - March 26, 2006
Curated by Kelly Towles
Featuring: Bask, Eon, Faile, fi5e, Mister Never, Nick Z, and Tes One.
Location: 3307 M Street, Georgetown
Washington, DC 20007
Panel Discussion: 4pm, Sunday, March 26, 2006
Panelists included: Members of Faile, Marc Schiller (founder of Wooster Collective), and Kelly Towles.
'Neck Sculpture' by Maureen Bowie-Burns
cut paper portrait by Alex Goldschmidt
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