Plastic Anvil, image courtesy the Hamiltonian Gallery

We are super pleased to welcome the Hamiltonian Gallery officially into the D.C. art scene. After over a year of construction at their 1352 1353 U Street location and a few inevitable delays, the new venue will open to the public with a grand opening reception this Saturday from 7 to 10 p.m. Hamiltonian focuses on emerging and mid-career artists, choosing ten for two-year So Hamiltonian Fellowships, who take turns displaying at the gallery throughout the year. DCist is getting a sneak peek at the new (very green) space tonight and will have a preview for you tomorrow. We hope to see you Saturday night to see the work of Nao Matsumoto, Bryan Rojsuontikul and Ian MacLean Davis, with music by DJ Gavin Holland.

>> This weekend the Warehouse will host the fifth annual 24-hour Drawing Project, founded by artists Kendall Nordin and Hannah Bertram. A group of artists will “draw,” doing whatever that happens to mean to them, from 10 a.m. Friday to 10 a.m. Saturday. There’s no exhibition, as this is truly about the creation of art — the interaction between the artists, as well as the visitors. Stop into Warehouse to see how it evolves.

>> You probably know the names Christo and Jeanne-Claude from their installation of The Gates in Central Park in 2005. Meanwhile, the couple has spent the last 16 years conceiving another massive work, Over the River, that will involve hoisting silvery fabric over nearly six miles of the Arkansas River. The Phillips Collection has the maps, illustrations, and mock-ups that Christo and Jeanne-Claude have prepared, and will display them beginning this Saturday. We’ll have a review of the exhibit soon, and you can see it for yourself during regular hours, including tonight during their extended hours for Thursday Artful Evening.