Street/Studio June 20 - July 25 Street/Studio will feature works by young and established artists who use the street and urban space as extensions of their studios, and who bring the street and urban sites into their studio practice. Artists include Shepard Fairey (LA), Gaia (Brooklyn, NY), Imminent Disaster (Brooklyn, NY), Oliver Vernon (Brooklyn, NY), James Marshall (Dalek) (NY and Raleigh, NC), EVOL (Berlin, Germany), and PISA73 (Berlin, Germany). Further information. Conceived as a continuous installation of interior and exterior works, Street/Studio will include both the gallery interior space and the exterior walls and alleys behind Irvine Contemporary. This continuous installation will create a unified view of works created as works for a gallery art space as well as exterior public street murals that work with the location of the neighborhood and the urban environment of Washington, DC. (Image: Gaia, hand print on found plywood, street mural, 2009.)

For further information, contact Lauren Gentile, Assistant Director and Director of Sales (202-332-8767, lauren@irvinecontemporary.com).

IRVINE CONTEMPORARY
1412 14th St., NW, Washington, DC 20005
www.irvinecontemporary.com
Phone: (202) 332-8767

Hamiltonian Artists and Hamiltonian Gallery are pleased to announce
“FELLOWS CONVERGE: Redefining the Environment,” a group exhibition marking the culmination of the Hamiltonian Fellowship's first year.
May 9 - June 6, 2009

Opening: Saturday May 9, 2009 7-9 pm
Panel Discussion: June 3, 2009 at 7 pm

Curator and Mentor Artist, Helen Frederick, leagued all of the Hamiltonian Fellows together to contemplate associations they have built over the year, and to design a collaborative show across disciplines, media, content and colleagues. Comprised of all new work, this exhibition highlights their ability to converse and broaden their understanding of one another, thus allowing for new interpretations of their work to be created.

Acknowledging their resonance with the environment, both within the gallery and the changing U Street neighborhood, the Fellows have sought out new potential and perspectives. Whether directly sourcing the people or facades of the U Street area, using materials from the streets and buildings surrounding the gallery or studying the socioeconomic fabrics within the community, each artist has distilled the tenor of this neighborhood and reconstructed it with common threads they find in their own artistic vocabulary.

Hamiltonian Gallery
353 U Street NW
Washington DC 20009
www.hamiltoniangallery.com

Flaunt: Photography & Fashion Collaboration
Saturday April 25th - Saturday June 6th, 2009

Closing Reception and Runway Show: Saturday, June 6th @ 7pm
Tickets: $10.00 contact 202-536-8994 for advanced purchase or arts@archdc.org

Fashion Collaboration, a special exhibition showcasing emerging local talent in photography and fashion design. To highlight the synergy between the two mediums, the show will feature two events: an opening launch on Saturday, April 25, 2009, and a runway show on June 6, 2009.

Flaunt, produced in association with Ten Miles Square and Project Beltway, LLC, will feature new fashion portrait work by photographers Joshua Yospyn, John Ulaszek, Meaghan Gay, and Steve Goldenberg. The work is the result of collaborations with local fashion designers Dana Greaves, Taimur Baig, Lara Akinsaya, and Will Sharp, who will showoff their talent as their clothes grace the runway.

An artistic experiment of sorts, Flaunt aims to challenge and explore the notions of what constitutes fashion photography. "This unique visual event revolves around the concept that the beauty of art is its lack of fixed rules and definitions," says Heather Goss, founder of Ten Miles Square. "Each photographer captured the essence of high fashion in their own terms, as did each designer." The show is meant not only to ignite discussion about fashion photography as a genre, but also to remind DC residents and artists of the ongoing need for a strong artistic- and affordable- voice in the community. "Creativity is something we cannot afford to lose in this economy, but unfortunately so many designers are limited by what sells," says Rachel Cothran, founder of Project Beltway, LLC. "This show in many ways is about the artists and their explosive creative vision; visions that should not be hindered by a desire to sell, but rather embraced for their desire to create works that define their style."

Honfleur Gallery
1241 Good Hope Rd. SE within Historic Anacostia,
between the 11th Street Bridge and Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., SE.
www.honfleurgallery.com

Ten Miles Square is a venture to promote local photographers through independent, art supporting businesses, while also nurturing a new generation of collectors by offering real art at affordable prices. www.tenmilessquare.com. Project Beltway started as a local street-style blog and has evolved into an insider resource for all things fashion in D.C. www.projectbeltway.com

Image of Malinda 31 by Joshua Yospyn, courtesy Ten Miles Square.
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"The Rose Harper Collection of South African Art"
May 6 – June 6, 2009

Opening. Saturday, May 9 from 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Artist Talk, Saturday, May 23 from 4pm - 7pm

"Man with Horse" by Ben Macala, pastel on paper, 40x92

International Visions Art Gallery cordially invites you to our opening reception this Saturday, 6:30-9pm for the,"The Rose Harper Collection of South African Art", featuring works created during the apartheid era (1987 - 1994), by black artists, who today are recognized as the preeminent artists of South Africa. Within the rich diversity of their creative expressions are references - both direct and metaphorical - to barriers and transcendence.

Often referred to as propaganda or protest art, the imagery reflects the consciousness of a people. The art became the weapon of empowerment; the voice for those who were not allowed to speak without fear of prosecution. These brilliant and powerful works of art serve as historic documents on the black experience.

Artwork created during the apartheid era is becoming increasing rare as many of the artists died young, as they were subjected to the cruelties of apartheid. So much of their art was ephemeral, but their legacy lives on. The body of work they left behind possess an emotional force and vision for equality, freedom and democracy, yet to be fully realized by the indigenous people of South Africa.

The Rose Harper Collection is recognized as one of the leading, privately held collections of South African art in the United States. An art connoisseur for over thirty years, Ms. Harper has cultivated a collection of extraordinary beauty and exceptional value. Ms. Harper is a philanthropist, entrepreneur, lecturer, adjunct professor, author, global events planner, and contributing writer to golf publications; and has received countless awards for her lifetime achievements in the field of sports and business development.

Featured artists: C. Kumalo, Ben Macala, David Mbele, Nat Mokgosi, Velphi

International Visions
2629 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington, DC 20008
PHONE: 202-234-5112
FAX: 202-234-4206
E-MAIL: Intvisions@aol.com

Gift Exchange Cynthia Connolly Thomas Campbell, Edgar Endress Joseph Casseus, Helen Frederick Julia Kjelgaard, Inga Frick Gillian Brown, Muriel Hasbun Jennifer O'Neill, and Dennis O'Neil S. Dukachev
Friday, May 8, 2009 through Saturday, June 7, 2009

Inspired by Lewis Hyde’s classic 1979 book The Gift, Gift Exchange presents the work of six accomplished Washington D.C. artists paired with six works by associated artists received in exchange. The notion of art as a gift rather than a commodity, but also a change, underlies the exhibit.

Opening: Friday, May 8, 2009, 7-9pm
Gallery Talk: June 7, 2009

District of Columbia Arts Center
2438 18th St. NW, WDC
Info: 2024627833 / murielhasbun@gmail.com / http://www.dcartscenter.org

Project 4 presents : FOON SHAM
May 9 - June 13, 2009

Opening Reception: Saturday, May 9 6:00-9:00pm

Project to presents a solo exhibition by Washington DC based sculptor Foon Sham.From their overall composition to how each component fits together, Foon Sham’s intricate wood sculptures utilize principles of design and nature to create a complex,
synthetic poetry. In his deepening study of structure the work has become more architectural in its reference to building as well as to the human body and the environment.

Glenn Harper, editor of Sculpture Magazine, writes, "...it is clear that Sham's work always approaches the viewer with more than a discrete aesthetic experience. His work approaches you through multiple perceptions and cognitions, channeled through the artist's as well as the viewer's conceptual and palpable experience of the world...the smooth and rough, the laminated and carved, the singular and the stacked, the minimal and the multiple are all integral aspects of the work."

Sham's current body of work continues this exploration of space through material by appropriating recycled phone book pages into the sculptural forms. The project began in China as a comment on population and identity, but has evolved into a conversation about his preferred medium, wood, and its relationship to the environment.

Foon Sham (b. 1953, Macao China) received a BFA from the California College of Arts and Crafts and an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University. He has exhibited his work in museums and galleries worldwide and is in numerous public and private collections including the Museo De Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico, Washington Convention Center, Art Omi International Arts Center, Ghent, NY and the Nagyatad Sculpture Park, Hungary. Sham is a professor at the University of Maryland. He lives and works in Virginia.

For additional information please contact: Anne Surak, director

DIRECTIONS AND INFORMATION :
Project 4
Contact: 1353 U Street NW, 3rd floor, Washington, DC 20009
tel: 202 232 4340 / info@project4gallery.com / Website: http://www.project4gallery.com/

Spring is in the Air Sharon J. Burton Rosalind Kennedy Constance Mattox Zenobia Rickford George Tuggle E. LaVerne Whitley
March 28, 2009 through June 22, 2009

Les Cuisine des Artistes is a collaborative effort between Creative Artisans Art Consultancy and the Golden Flame Restaurant in Silver Spring, Maryland that promotes and supports local artists.

Opening: Tuesday, May 19, 2009, 6-8 p.m.
Gallery Talk: Tuesday, May 19, 2009

The Golden Flame Restaurant
8630 Fenton Street
Silver Spring, Maryland
Info: 4104353711 / myrtis@creativeartisans.net / http://www.creativeartisans.net

Nature Sings ROBERTA MATTHEWS BERNSTEIN, ELIZABETH W. CARTER, WENDY W. CORTESI, JILL HODGSON, VICKI MALONE, DONALD BEEKMAN MYER, KAPPY PROSCH, MICHAEL RAWSON, EMILY ROWAN, AND ELLEN TUTTLE
June 3, 2009 through July, 6, 2009

This exhibition explores the boundaries of 21st Century Botanical Art by a collaborative group of the region’s most imaginative botanical artists. A variety of subjects and media make this a unique opportunity to see side-by-side interpretations of an historic art form in evolution. This group of 10 artists has created together since 2004, and is now exploring a wider range of images from the natural world.

Opening: Saturday, June 6, 2009

Byrne Gallery, Middleburg,
VA 7 West Washington Street,
Middleburg Virginia See Map
Info: byrnegallery@aol.com / brynegallery.com

Strictly Painting 7
June 18, 2009 through August 1, 2009

Featuring: Choi, Eo ryoung Clark, Sara Clinard, Ruth French Coburn, Deborah Addison De Boer, Adam Farber, Dennis Fowler, Heidi Gagliano, Michelle Gibson-Hunter, Claudia Gray, Noelle I.K. Henneberry, Kathryn Judy, Judith Kauffman, Sally Kim, Hannah Naomi Laffal, Shelly Margolis, Deena Feigelson Mueller, Johanna Peck, Judith Piccirillo, Emily Plattner, Phyllis Santiago, Nicole McCormick Simmons, Kristy Southerland, Judy Wagner, Tom

Strictly Painting 7 is McLean Project for the Arts' eagerly awaited biennial juried painting exhibitiion.

Opening: Thursday, June 18, 2009 7 - 9 pm
Gallery Talk: Thursday, June 18 7:45 pm

McLean Project for the Arts
1234 Ingleside Avenue
McLean, VA 22101
Info: 703-790-1953 / info@mpaart.org / www.mpaart.org

As Far as the Eye Can See Helen Glazer, Annie Leibovitz, Tom Miller, Tracie Taylor, Robert Andriulli, Deborah English, Anne Marie Fleming, Amy Lamb, Kathryn O'Grady, Katja Oxman, Hollis Sigler, Frank Trefny
July 1, 2009 through September 27, 2009

Group show of paintings and works on paper with a sky theme.
Opening: TBA

Steven Scott Gallery
808 S. Ann Street, Baltimore, MD See Map
Info: 4109029300 / steven@stevenscottgallery.com / http://www.stevenscottgallery.com