Chris Scarborough, Untitled (Big Bang), courtesy Curator’s Office.

Don’t forget to vote for your favorite Make Your Own Morandi photo from our three finalists. Tonight go see the real things at the Phillips Collection and check out the first installment of this is not that CAFÉ, designed to create interaction between artists and viewers. The café, run by On the Fly, will be open for purchases, and tonight visitors are encouraged to meet the project collaborators, the dB foundation. The event will take place every first Thursday during Phillips After 5.

>> We love to hear about budding local photographers, like high school junior Joel Carela, who emailed us about his first solo show at the Latin American Youth Center’s Art + Media House on 14th and Columbia Streets NW. You can see his work at the gallery throughout May and find more online at his Flickr site. We expect to see him in DCist Exposed very soon.

>> Curator’s Office opens Portraits from Aftermath this Saturday. Artist Chris Scarborough’s explosive work leaves you in that moment of chaos, wondering what just happened, and what is to come. 6:30 to 8 p.m. Next door at Adamson Gallery, Yuriko Yamaguchi presents her light and airy wire based sculptures in Ku. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

>> As the Hamiltonian brings their first year to a close, they’re bringing their 11 featured artists together for one last show in Fellows Converge: Redefining the Environment. Rather than a retrospective, the exhibit features all new work by the artists. Opening Saturday, 7 to 9 p.m.

>> View The New Color in the work of six recent Corcoran grads. The show is up for two days only, with an opening reception Friday from 7 to 10 p.m., and open for viewing Saturday, 12 to 6 p.m. at 87Florida. Curated by Corocran professor Terri Weifenbach and Civilian Art Project’s Jayme McLellan.

>> Speaking of Corcoran grads, see them all at the All-Senior Student Exhibition that opened Tuesday. The students’ work is spread through four of the museum’s galleries and runs through May 25.

>> The sixth annual Bethesda Fine Art Festival is this weekend with tons of art, food, music and activities. Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Warm up for the event on Friday night during Bethesda’s monthly art walk featuring new exhibits at Gallery Neptune, the Washington School of Photography, and 11 other venues, between 6 and 9 p.m., with a tour starting at 6:30 p.m.

>> If you like your art more auditory than visual, stop by the Warehouse this Friday, where the DC Listening Lounge is presenting Sound Scene 2009: The Human Body, featuring a “large-scale audio-interactive of the human body” that hopefully isn’t as gross as it sounds. $6 at the door, includes free cd, 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.

>> Pyramid Atlantic opens two shows on Saturday. Kind Favor, Kind Letter in the main gallery features a site-specific installation made from paper by three artists, while in the project room, Kevin Jerome Everson will show his short films about the African culture. 6 to 8 p.m.; gallery talk at 7 p.m.