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Emperor by Thomas Muller at Project 4 |
D.C.'s art scene is gearing up for Fotoweek DC, as many galleries get a head start on the festivities by opening their photography exhibits this week. Take advantage of these shows now and you'll have room for more of all the photography goodness that's opening soon.
>> The ever popular Hirshhorn After Hours brings Dan Deacon and his high-energy electro-pop show to the museum Friday night. The party starts at 8 p.m. and continues with DJ Gavin Holland. Take a break from the dance floor and be among the first to view the new exhibition, The Panza Collection, with a gallery tour. $10 advance tickets have already sold out. You can try your luck with $12 at the door.
>> On Friday, go for a stroll through Dupont and take advantage of extended gallery hours at participating galleries during First Friday. Be sure to stop into Hillyer Art Space, which has two Fotoweek entries with The Burden of Representation: Contemporary Iranian Photography and Known Unknowns, in conjunction with Washington Project for the Arts. Opening reception for both, 6 to 9 p.m.
>> Still don't know what to do with yourself now that Project Runway is over for another season? Well get your fashion fix with Rami Kashou tonight, live and in person, at Phillips After 5. Kashou will be talking about his career and experience on Project Runway. Hear music by The Potomac Jazz Project and enjoy wine and cheese starting at 5 p.m. Program is included with admission to the Phillips Collection. $13.
>> Our own Heather Goss' Ten Miles Square opens their second show with Looking Sideways. View impressive architecture and unusual urban scenes by Cesar Lujan at Big Bear Cafe. Saturday, opening reception 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
>> Continuing right along with their fellow/mentor program, Hamiltonian Gallery opens an exhibit on Saturday with a reception from 7 to 10 p.m. View photographic works by Jonathan B. French, Michael Dax Iacovone and Anne Chan. Upstairs, check out Project 4's inaugural exhibit in their new digs, featuring works by Thomas Müller, this Saturday. Müller challenges viewers with the definition of art and explores time and our perception of it. Artist's talk at 4 p.m. and reception at 6 p.m.
>> Friday, 8 p.m. at Civilian Art Projects, Brian Steidle, and his sister Gretchen Steidle Wallace, Founder & President of Global Grassroots, talk about their work to aid survivors of genocide while advocating for an end to the genocide in Darfur, Sudan. In association with the exhibit, DARFUR/DARFUR. Suggested donation of $25.
>> In more pre-Fotoweek fun, Adamson Gallery opens a solo exhibit of Lawrence Schiller's photographs. Noted photographer, journalist and film director, Schiller captured past presidents, movie stars and notorious criminals for publications such as LIFE and The Saturday Evening Post, among others. View his revealing portraits of Marilyn Monroe, and Gary Gilmore, convicted murderer, photographed two hours before his execution. Opening Saturday with a reception from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
>> Curators Office presents their entry into Fotoweek with works by Vanitas Nicholas and Sheila Pye in Vanitas. See their interpretation of the still life genre and the blurry line between their relationship and their art. Opening reception Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m.
>> Aquí Estamos opens at H&F Fine Arts with recent work by several important Cuban artists working out of Havana, as well as Cuban artists from the Cuban Diaspora. Curated by former DCist arts contributor Lenny Campello. Opening reception Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m.
>> Hemphill Fine Arts opens two shows on Saturday. View Kendall Messick's photographs in The Projectionist and more photographs in Drive-In Theaters and Portraits by Hiroshi Sugimoto, also part of Fotoweek. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Photo by Lawrence Schiller |
>> Where... or what... is heaven on earth? Answers to this question is on display in a new show at the Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, entitled Visions of Paradise: National Geographic Contemporary Masters. Opening Reception with National Geographic Photographer David Doubilet Friday, November 7 from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m.
>> Saturday, take a break from photography with a dance performance. The Music Made Me Do It, hosted by Jane Franklin Dance, brings together dance, live music, and community collaboration. Thomas Jefferson Community Theatre, 8 p.m.
>> The Capitol Hill Arts Workshop is holding its seventh annual Arts Ball on Friday, November 7, from 7:30 to 11 p.m. at historic Saint Mark's Episcopal Church on Capitol Hill. This black tie gala event is the organization's largest fundraiser and celebrates art and CHAW's work in the community. Tickets are $85 in advance and $100 at the door. Then on Saturday join the Capitol Hill Art League at Untitled, an unthemed all media show. Partake in dance instruction at 7 p.m. and see selections of CHAWBeret starting at 8 p.m. Reception opens at 5 p.m. Suggested donation $10.
>> If the book embodies art for you then the 10th Biennial Book Arts Fair & Conference is the place to be this weekend. Enjoy two full days of book fair browsing for only $10, or go all out and get entrance to the fair and conference ($40) to hear speakers on the artistic book and print. While at the fair, check out American Psyche: a Visual Essay on Personal and Military Violence. November 8 and 9 at Montgomery College, Silver Spring, Md.
>> For a more extensive craft show, visit D.C.'s Convention Center for the Washington Craft Show highlighting 190 contemporary crafters from all over the country. Friday through Sunday. Hours and admission rate can be found here.
Art Notes:
- Friday, the Del Ray Artisans present Bead it! 3, a show celebrating the art of bead making and beading. The show will include a marketplace where visitors may purchase unique bead art. Opening 7 to 9 p.m.
- See architectural paintings and an exploration of light in works by Robert Rea and Linda Press at Susan Calloway Fine Arts. Friday, 6 to 8:30 p.m.
- The Medium is the Message opens at Zenith Gallery. Friday, 6 to 9 p.m.
- R Street Gallery opens Photofields 2008, a collection of photo-assemblage works by Michael W. Barnard. Friday, 6 to 9 p.m.
- Marsha Mateyka Gallery shows new works by Athena Tacha in Rock and Water: New Photoworks. Friday, 6 to 8 p.m.
- Washington Project for the Arts and Washington Sculptors Group present Aquifer at Pepco's Edison Place Gallery. Saturday, 6 to 9 p.m.
- Original collages by Patricia Zannie will be on view at Foundry Gallery in City Scapes. Friday, 6 to 8 p.m.
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Graphic Design and Digital Media ALumni exhibition at the Corcoran College of Art + Design tonight from 6 - 8