>> Starting this Friday, Conner Contemporary brings back ACADEMY, the gallery’s 5th annual attempt to cull the most interesting recent graduates from area art schools. Virginia Warwick, from the University of Maryland, has a piece included that looks interesting, but also like fodder for for a PETA demonstration. Brent Webb’s (Maryland Insititute College of Art) painting “I Laugh at Danger!” is shown to the right.

>> “E2: Carving a Path,” featuring new work by Djakarta (just interviewed by DCist), Ginger Farnham and Nathan Manuel closes this Saturday at Transformer. DCist highly recommends you catch it before it’s gone.

>> The next installment of the Hirshhorn’s ongoing “Directions” series opens tomorrow with a new installation by Canadian artist Janet Cardiff, known for her use of sound technology. Cardiff has created a 20-minute multisensory audio walk on iPod shuffles, offering visitors an interactive museum experience. It’s hard to tell whether this is more audio tour or artwork, but the Hirshhorn’s description indicates it is neither one exclusively.

UPDATE Grammar.police has the skinny on the Cardiff project.