View 25 historic contact sheets at Contact/s: The Art of Photojournalism. Image courtesy of Contact Press Images.

We hope you have your walking shoes on and your art-loving eyes and minds open, because FotoWeek DC is here and it lasts through November 22. We let you know about PixTour yesterday, which is highlighting over 35 restaurants, bars, shops and music venues willing to expose you to photography while you're out and about. In this week's arts agenda, we focus on some (read: a ton) more venues for FotoWeek, as well as a smattering of other art events going on this week.

>> First things first: head to FotoWeek's Georgetown headquarters to register (or do it online) and get a handy free map and event listing brochure. If you can't make it in person, make use of their web site and blog. And, stay tuned for Monday's "Talk to Me, Baby" right here on DCist for more info on FotoWeek's lectures.

>> Starting tonight at 5 p.m., FotoWeek's NightGallery will be in full swing, with large-scale digital photography city-wide, projected onto multiple stories of many of our most famed cultural institutions, including many of the Smithsonians, the Corcoran, the Holocaust Museum and the Newseum. The first showing runs tonight from 5 to 10 p.m. at the Museum of the American Indian, and projections around the city will continue every night through the festival. Check the website for the full schedule and location details.

>> Two promising events are coming up at Civilian Art Projects. Tonight from 7 to 10 p.m., they hold a release party for the D.C. issue of STOP SMILING, which includes articles on George Pelecanos and Anwan Glover, and "focuses on the rich history and indigenous culture of the District of Columbia and its residents." Pelacanos and Glover will be there to celebrate; $5 recommended donation. On Friday, Civilian holds another one-night-only, but this time musical, event with Quintron and Kid Congo. $10 at 10 p.m.

>> Connor Contemporary opens the second exhibit in its new space on Friday, holding three solo shows by artists Zoe Charlton, David Levinthal and Gabriel de la Mora. Levinthal is the only photographer in the group; Charlton will be exhibiting drawings, and De la Mora will be displaying video work. The work of all three sounds intriguing. Charlton's Family series explores "how inherited traits interact with personal choices to define the self," using her Florida-based African American family as her subject. De la Mora's video work depicts him beating the blood and guts out of a life-size Mexican pinata depicting the artist. And, Levinthal shows both new work—Iraq—and his key work from 1977—Hitler Moves East—to form an interesting comparison in both form and meaning. The opening runs from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday. Levinthal will be holding an artist talk and champagne reception on Saturday at 11 a.m., and Charlton will be holding the same at 2 p.m. RSVP appreciated; call 202-588-8750 or email info [at] connercontemporary.com.

>> Friday night, the Pink Line Project and Ten Miles Square (from our own Heather Goss) partner for Fixation, which opens at Fight Club from 8:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. Music will be provided by The Jones and DJ Anish at the opening, and nine area photographers will be displaying their works. Of the photographs, Ten Miles Square says, "What they all have in common is a fixation on the individual in the hands of a much bigger picture." The opening has a $10 suggested donation; Fight Club is located at 1250 9th Street NW; enter through Blagden Alley on N St. between 9th and 10th.

>> Contact/s: The Art of Photojournalism presents 25 contact sheets dating back to 1976 at FotoWeek headquarters on Saturday, presented by Contact Press Images. With photojournalists largely going digital, contact sheets are quickly becoming a thing of the past. The exhibit is meant to highlight these relics and "inform viewers about the history of the last three decades ... showcasing single images: one per contact sheet, plus an additional number of equally 'iconic' images by photographers affiliated to the agency during its thirty-year history."

>> Tonight from 6 to 9 p.m., the Nevin Kelly Gallery opens their FotoWeek exhibit, Temporary Constructions: New Photographs by Stirling Elmendorf and Mark Parascandola. The work highlights the historical changes in D.C. architecture "and elsewhere by juxtaposing images of contemporary monumental architecture with those of time-worn abandoned structures."

>> The FotoWeek exhibit at Heinemen Meyers opened on Tuesday, but they are holding two lectures early next week. On Monday from 7 to 9 p.m., former New York Times art critic and Corcoran Photography Chair Andy Grundberg will speak about the work of Jeanette May and Brady Robinson. And on Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m., the caretaker and nephew of the late "Chim," Ben Schneiderman, will speak about his life and work. The work of all three artists is currently on view at the gallery.

>> Head to the L2 Lounge (at 3315 Cady's Alley NW) on Wednesday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. for Picture Equality: An Evening of Empowerment through Photography, a reception and silent auction to benefit Critical Exposure, which teaches young students documentary photography and encourages them "to use their images and voices to advocate for change." A bunch of big-time photogs have donated their work to the cause, including Steve McCurry, Joyce Tenneson, Michael Weintrob, and others from National Geographic and Magnum Photos.

Art Notes:

• The Embassy of the Ukraine is right next to FotoWeek headquarters, and is opening an exhibit of Ukrainian-American photography on Saturday from 6 to 10 p.m. The embassy is located at 3350 M Street NW.
• The Workingman Collective opens The H Street Project on Saturday from 3 to 5 p.m. at 1341 H Street NE.
• The Goethe-Institut debuts its FotoGalerie space on Tuesday, with the opening of Disenchanted Playroom by photographer Wolfram Hahn, who will give an artist talk at the opening from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
• The Disappeared opens on Wednesday from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Art Museum of the Americas, located at 201 18th St. NW. Thirteen artists from seven countries are featured, in what The New York Times claims "is the most potent show of contemporary art, political or otherwise."
• Hemphill's FotoWeek exhibit opened on the 8th, but you can catch one of the artists, Kendell Missick, speak about his work in The Projectionist series at the FotoWeek headquarters at 2 p.m. on Saturday.
• Art Whino opens an exhibit all about the stencil on Friday from 6 p.m. to midnight.
• The Fraser Gallery holds an opening in conjunction with the Bethesda Art Walk on Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. to celebrate the work of six noted photographers who have each recently published books.
• Zenith Gallery opens Lenscape at Friday from 6 to 8 p.m., and holds an artists talk on Saturday from 3 to 5 p.m. with photographers David Glick and Colin Winterbottom.
• Touchstone Gallery opens a slew of shows on Friday from 6 to 8:30 p.m., including three photographers, one mixed media artist, and an exhibit of paintings by Shahrzad Heyat Jalinous titled QUIET EXILE: Persian/Iran/Women/Faces/No Place.
• A solo exhibit by New Orleans artist John K. Lawson, who explores the loss of his work and home during Hurricane Katrina, opens at the Honfleur Gallery on Friday at 7 p.m. Other venues in Anacostia will also be holding accompanying FotoWeek exhibits.
• The Washington Post hosts an exhibit of their photographers' photojournalism on Wednesday from 6 to 8:30 p.m. The Post is located at 1150 15th St. NW; RSVP to fotoweekdcRSVP [at] washpost.com or call (202) 334-4677.
• The Arlington Arts Center opens its doors this Sunday from 12 to 3 p.m. for their fall open house.