Arts Agenda
>> Art Whino, the new 22,000 square foot exhibition and studio space at 717 N. Asaph St. in Old Town Alexandria, holds its grand opening tonight. The gallery's debut event will be soundtracked by DJ Stylo, and marks the start of two new exhibits: a solo show by artist Derrick Wolbaum and a group show of Pop-Surrealism work in the Permanent Gallery. The opening reception is tonight from 6 to 11 p.m, admission is free.
>> Mount Rainier gallery H & F Fine Arts opens their new exhibit, Dig, this weekend. Dig is guest-curated by Philadelphia bloggers Roberta Fallon and Libby Rosof, and features the work of nine Philadelphia artists, several of which have won prestigious awards such as the Whitney Biennial and the Pew Fellowship in the Arts. The opening reception for is on Saturday from 4 to 7 p.m
>> Famed abolitionist Henry Highland Garnet lends his words to the new exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery, Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American Portraits, which opens today. This collaboration with the National Museum of African American History and Culture includes photographic portraits of the people who pushed racial relations to the next level and "redefined an America that needed but rarely accepted its black citizens." Featured figures include Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, and W.E.B. Dubois. Stop by the gallery tonight to hear a discussion, Voices of Resistance: African American Athletes, by author William C. Rhoden. Nan Tucker McEvoy Auditorium, 7 p.m.
>> The Hirshhorn is having a little show to flaunt its new fall collection. The museum will feature 22 recent acquisitions by emerging artists from both D.C. and all over the world, including a little throwback with a series of photographs taken when the museum and sculpture garden opened nearly 30 years ago. The exhibition opened yesterday.
Image of Elephanta, courtesy the H&F Fine Arts web site.
>> The Choreographer's Collaboration Project, a local modern dance company that encourages collaborations between artists and musicians, will perform this Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Nannie J. Lee Community Center in Alexandria. The group will be performing sections of On the Move, a work inspired by Alexandria's Del Ray neighborhood.
Art Notes:
- Long View Gallery has an opening reception tomorrow, 6 to 8 p.m., with various works from the collection of Weber Fine Art, a local art studio.
- Gallery Plan B also has a reception tomorrow, 6 to 8 p.m., for two artists with serene works: John Skwiot with his landscape photography and Anne Manley with her abstract paintings.
- Aspiring writers should book their lunch break next Wednesday, Oct. 24, with the lecture The Nuts and Bolts of Historical Fiction by popular novelist David L. Robbins. Library of Congress at noon, admission is free, book purchase and signing of The Assassins will follow the discussion.
- The Smithsonian American Art Museum will discuss the talents of famed landscapes painters Thomas Cole and Asher B. Durand, currently exhibiting in the museum. Saturday, 3 p.m., free.
- Inspired by the ongoing Annie Leibovitz and Ansel Adams exhibitions, the Corcoran will hold a panel discussion this Saturday at 1 p.m. regarding Agents of Change: Artists, Politics, and the Planet. $10 for non-members.
Lynne Venart and Meghan Welsh contributed.