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"Hijras" by Antonio di Vico, courtesy Subcontinental Drift.
>> Every first Thursday, The Phillips Collection holds Phillips After 5 with music, cash bar, gallery talks and discussions. Doors open at 5 p.m. (free with museum admission), and they've collaborated with the American Poetry Museum this month for a panel on poetry and hip-hop starting at 6:30 p.m. Two gallery talks, at 6 and 7 p.m. will focus on Jacob Lawrence's work, and in between enjoy tunes by DJ Adrian Loving.
>> Transformer Gallery shuns all time and space by opening Summer Camp this weekend, filling the next month with events and workshops for everyone, for free. Start with a reception on Friday for April Behnke and her delicate drawings in flights of fancy, 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, take the party to Comet Ping Pong for VIDEYO!, where a slew of artists, including Kathryn Cornelius and Victoria F. Gaitán, will fill the venue with, you guessed it, all kinds of video art during the reception, 9 to 11 p.m., followed by an after-party until 2 a.m.
>> It's First Friday for the Dupont galleries. If you missed January's not-really-First Friday, you're in luck, because Hillyer is still running its two exhibits, the literal Tools for Change and the installations of Judy Stone's work in Spirit. Listen to DJ Neville Chamberlain and enjoy food and beverages for a $5 suggested donation. 6 to 9 p.m. Foundry Gallery shows the work of three painters, Doris Colbert Kennedy, Marina Reiter and Ron Riley, in RESHUET (Joy). 6 to 8 p.m. Over at Marsha Mateyka Gallery, see new photographs by Susan Eder and Craig Dennis. 6 to 8 p.m. The brand new web site the Dupont Galleries put up a few months ago seems to have disappeared, but if you start at one of the galleries above and follow the tipsy patrons carrying plastic cups of wine through the streets, you'll should find the rest of them.
>> H&F Fine Arts in Mt. Rainer opens a socio-political show with the works of Anthony Armstrong. Fragmented Idioms is based on African-American history and culture, delineated into past/present/future through categories: Definition, Identification, and Direction. Opening reception is Friday, 6 to 8 p.m.
>> Penn Quarter has a couple events on Friday, too. The artist collective at Caos on F has a reception for four of their artists, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. If the opening of MySpace on 7th at Touchstone was a little too clasutrophobic for you, stop by Friday after 6:30 p.m. for their closing event, which includes poetry, music, and more art by Tres Raices Arts Collective.
>> One of the biggest art auction and galas of the year is coming up soon. Get your tickets now for the WPA Annual event on March 7 here.
>> If you'd rather walk up to the artwork you want and select it right off the wall, rather than wait around for bidding to end, get the Art League's Annual Patron's Show on your calendar. Tons of artists donate their work, and your ticket gets you one of them of your choice (assuming someone didn't beat you to it). The show went on view Tuesday and continues through the evening of the drawing, Feb 15 at 5 p.m. They're still taking names for tickets on a wait list, so contact them soon.
>> Take a tour and maybe even make some artworks of you own at a Glass and Metal Casting Demo and Workshop held by DC Glassworks and the Washington Sculptor's Group. Starts at 5 p.m., free for the tour, $20 if you choose to sculpt an artwork. RSVP to art[at]wheresmycoffee[dot]com or call 202.550.4634.
Art Notes:
- Tonight drop by Gallery31 at the Corcoran College of Art +Design to check out some senior thesis exhibits. 5 to 8 p.m.
- Civilian Art Projects holds a closing reception for its two shows, along with presentations by writers and poets. $2 suggested donation. Saturday, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
- Govinda Gallery opens Soul Rebel: An Intimate Portrait of Bob Marley with photographs by David Burnett on Friday, 6 to 9 p.m.
- Do Old Dogs Dream? Wouldn't you like to know. Head to Long View Gallery tonight where author Harold J. Creel, Jr. will sign copies of his book with all the answers; a portion of the proceeds from art sales and the auction tonight go to the Washington Animal Rescue League. 6 to 8 p.m.
- The Art Museum of the Americas opens Puerto Rico: Human Geography tonight at 6 p.m.
- Warehouse holds a closing party for their Inauguration show this Friday from 6 to 9 p.m.
- See a dance performance this Saturday at the Atlas Performing Arts Center, where Gesel Mason Performance Projects presents NO BOUNDARIES: Dancing the Visions of Contemporary Black Choreographers.
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