Arts Agenda: Print and Photo Exhibits in Abundance
Spring is in the air (we hope!), so get out and visit the various galleries and museums around D.C. We've picked some of the week's highlights to help you figure out where to go.
>> "Bodies," an exhibit of prints by Mathew Clay-Robinson opens this Thursday at the University of Maryland's Union Gallery in College Park. Exhibition events include an artist's lecture on Thursday from 4-4:45 p.m. in the Stamp Student Union's Margaret Brent Room, and an opening reception to follow from 5-7 p.m. in the Union Gallery. One of Clay-Robinson's prints, "Four Weeks in October," is shown at left.
>> On Wednesday, "Collaboration as a Medium: 25 Years of Pyramid Atlantic" opens at Edison Gallery (701 Eighth St. NW). The exhibit features lithographs, silk screens, paperworks and installations by Michael Platt, Akira Kurosaki, Bill Christenberry, Y. David Chung, and more.
>> A new exhibit opens at Hemphill Fine Arts on 14th Street this Thursday, featuring the work of William Christenberry. The artist's painting, photography, sculpture and drawing will be on view. A reception takes place that night from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
>> Friday features the exhibit openings at the Dupont area galleries. New at Washington Printmakers Gallery is a show of etchings and monotypes by Gabriel Jules with a reception from 5-8 p.m. His "Mystic Tree" is shown at right. Also at the gallery, during the month of April, gallery members will show the corresponding matrix for each print. A matrix is the metal plate, stone, wood block, screen, etc. from which a print is pulled and gives viewers a rare opportunity to see the matrix and print exhibited together.
>> Another highlight of the Dupont openings is "Maria Friberg: still lives" at Conner Contemporary. This promises to be one of the most interesting photography exhibitions of the month. The opening is from 6-8 p.m. on Friday and Friberg will be in attendance. On R Street, JET Artworks has New York-based artist Laura Fayer's abstract paintings in the artist's D.C. debut.
>> If you're hanging around Georgetown on Friday, then visit "Resonance," a show of abstract paintings by John M. Adams and biomorphic sculptures by Frances Sniffen on view at the Anne C. Fisher Gallery . The reception is from 6-8 p.m. Sniffen's "Genesis #2 (colors)," composed of pigmented rubber, is shown at left.
>> For those in Arlington on Friday night, the newly refurbished Arlington Arts Center has an opening reception for "Art with Accent: Latin Americans in the Mid-Atlantic States" from 6-9 p.m. The exhibition offers 71 works of contemporary art by 19 artists of Hispanic heritage who live or work in the Mid-Atlantic states.
>> On Saturday, Irvine Contemporary Art will host an Open House and Artist’s Talk with Peter Charles from 2-4 p.m. Peter Charles’ new work on view at Irvine Contemporary employs multimedia sculptures in multiple house shapes with small flat-panel TV screens using live TV images.
>> Also on Saturday, Transformer Gallery has an opening for Cynthia Connolly in her first Washington, D.C. solo exhibition. On exhibit will be an installation of photographs, found objects and handmade works on paper detailing her recent experience in West Alabama. The opening reception is from 7-9 p.m.
>> "Small Masterpieces: Whistler Paintings from the 1880s" also opens Saturday, at the Freer Gallery of Art. The exhibit features 23 mini-paintings by the artist generally known for his large oil paintings.
>> If you're willing to wander outside the District, check out Anna Demovidova's "Impressons / Expressions," opening Saturday at Howard Community College with a reception for the artist from 5-7 p.m. The exhibition continues through April 28.
>> "Through the Lens: Jeremy Goldberg's Washington" opens at the Tifereth Israel Congregation (7701 16th St. NW) this Sunday. The 21 panels that make up the exhibit trace Washington's Jewish community from a tight cluster of 19th century synagogues downtown to neighborhoods across the city and into the suburbs. The opening reception is from 4-6 p.m. Reservations are required and it's $10 for non-members of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington.
>> Last chance: Saturday is the last day to catch Carolina Sardi's exhibit at Flashpoint Gallery. A photograph of the site-specific installation is shown at right.
>> This weekend is also your last chance to see a snazzy pair of Marie Antoinette's earrings -- given to her by Louis XVI and taken from her during the French Revolution -- at Hillwood Museum and Gardens on Linnean Avenue NW. It should be a nice time to take in the beautiful gardens there as well.