Sacha Ingber, Untitled (detail), 2011, Hillyer Art Space, Mixed Media

Hey, D.C., what’s the hottest collection of photography by Washington area photographers ever put together in 114 glossy pages? The DCist Exposed Magazine, of course! This collection of nearly 200 photographs spans the entire history of the DCist Exposed Photography Show, including this year’s winners. And, you, too, can get your sticky little hands on a copy. Order online or risk a sell-out at the show – your online order also gets you a digital version. While you’re at it, reserve your ticket for the opening (in just two short weeks) to ensure your entry and cut the line.

Now with that out of the way: the first Friday of the month is upcoming, and we’ve got a busy schedule, so let’s get started.

>> For their First Friday opening, Hillyer Art Space has a lot going on with two features plus a members’ show. Karin Burch combines highly detailed hand-stitching with a loose and abstract approach to painting to create landscape-inspired maps of emotional terrain. With her work Meaning in Abeyance, Burch’s slow exploration of pattern and line lets the meaning wait for the viewer to experience every fiber and turn until it unravels naturally. Sacha Ingber, on the other hand, studies the driving forces behind the apparent random and unpredictable physical placement of objects and organisms of the world. In Remnants, Traces, & High Maintenance, Ingber investigates this organization of living and non-living through an undefinable combination of object, still life, architecture, and model, which may also incorporate found objects. Hillyer’s March Members’ Show is curated by photographer Tom Wolff and features work by six of the gallery’s member artists. Friday, 6 to 9 p.m., $5 suggested donation.

>> Anonymous blogger The Jealous Curator has put together an exhibition of Canadian artist Ben Skinner’s work over at Honfleur Gallery. Try a Little Tenderness as Painful as It Seems comprises contemporary sign-making materials and unconventional canvas or traditional art-making techniques to, as the artist says, “point at things directing the viewer’s attention to something they may normally miss.” With this collection of work, he’s pointing in the direction of the socio-economic issues of Anacostia. Opening reception on Friday from 7 to 9 p.m.