Andrew Zimmerman, Colorado Winter I, The Fisher Gallery, traditional darkroom print>> Take a trip to South Africa at The George Washington University’s Luther W. Brady Art Gallery and relive all the FIFA World Cup action you watched on TV. Three former G.W. students documented their travels this summer (as DCist did) through Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban, and captured their own perspective on the largest soccer game in the world from the view of the first African country to ever host the tournament. See why South Africa Kicks starting today through December 17. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Friday.
>> Sunday is the opening of the Pleasant Plains Workshop, a shared studio and print shop in a Georgia Avenue storefront, featuring work by resident artists Kristina Bilonick and Anthony Dihle and a rotating lineup of D.C.-based artists. Stop by between 1 and 4 p.m. for refreshments and a screen-printing demonstration, and check out the first art-window installation by D.C. artist and designer Billy Colbert. Free.
>> Artist Heather Bursch choreographed individual videos of herself moving a gold sheet up and down, then mosaicked them to create a larger video in her new exhibit Unreleased at Flashpoint. Opening reception on Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m.
>> When Comic Culture Invades the Art World, you’ll make sure curators Jeffry Cudlin and Cynthia Connolly are on your guest lists in the future! Party Crashers straddles the line between comic art and contemporary gallery culture with Cudlin’s selection of fine and comic artists creating abstract, avante-garde work without words or recognizable imagery and Connolly’s group of fine artists who mimic the appearance of comic art — all of which exemplify the values of contemporary fine art. At Arlington Arts Center on Friday, 7 to 9 p.m.
>> Also on Friday, Focus Group: Four Walls, Five Women, featuring artists Jamea Richmond-Edwards, Kristen Hayes, Amber Robles-Gordon and Danielle Scruggs, opens at DC Arts Center. This collaboration with Black Artists of DC explores how the artists’ choice and use of materials reflects black feminity. Opening reception Friday from 7 to 9 p.m.
