Image by soleil1016>> Tonight is a good time to head to the Arlington Arts Center, where you can always see tons of art in one space. They’ll open their annual Spring Solos show, featuring an in-depth look at five up-and-coming artists, curated by the Hirshhorn’s Anne Ellegood and D.C. collector Philip Barlow. Also in the Center are two more exhibits: in the “experimental gallery” downstairs, catch Mel Chin’s Fundred Dollar Bill Project, and in the Wyatt gallery, Lisa McCarty’s Neutrogena ad gone wrong in Time Sheet, made from blotting papers pressed to her face over the course of a year. 6 to 9 p.m.
>> Another hot show this weekend is Inked Souls 2009 at Art Whino, a successful exhibit they started last year. A group of graffiti and graphic artists from around the country, including D.C.’s Decoy, in.fa.mousIKB, and Truth Among Liars, were given AKA Blank Tagür sneakers by the company to customize. A smaller related photography show is included, and the opening reception will feature tunes from D.C.’s DJ Lil’e and Los Angeles’ DJ Heavy Grinder with a live performances from Big Benz, and a break dance performance by The Document. Catch it all Saturday, 6 to midnight.
>> On 14th Street NW, see Chan Chao’s Six Years Eight Months at G Fine Art. Chao calls the photographic exhibit a “humanistic portrait project”; named after the standard sentence for drug trafficking in Peru, the images feature women held in Lima’s Santa Monica low-security prison, all of whom are foreigners captured at the airport. Opening Saturday 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
>> You might call it the Baby Artomatic. Art Outlet’s Flux event goes on from 6 p.m. to midnight this Saturday, featuring 40 artists, performers, documentaries, video projections, poetry, acoustic progressive, electronica and metal music “stuffed into neo-graffiti artist Kevin Irvin, aka Jazi Rock’s early 60s, second story storefront studio out on the Pike (Columbia Pike) in South Arlington.” No cover, cash bar.
>> As part of Craftweek DC, the WPA will hold a panel discussion about the “Tug-of-War” between art and craft next Wednesday, 5:30 to 7:30 at their headquarters in Dupont, including DCist arts writer Kelly Rand. RSVP to kbilonick[at]wpadc.org. We’ll have more for you on Craftweek DC a little later.
