Wilmer Wilson’s a busy man. Today he’ll be channeling Henry Box Brown in a performance that’s part of the city-wide public art extravaganza called the Five by Five Project.
For the last eight years, Conner Contemporary Art has been one of the creative hubs of Dupont Circle with its focus on emerging and experimental artists. Located on the north end, it has served as a entryway to the neighborhood, leading into the plethora of neighborhood galleries, bookstores, and craft shops. But the gallery announced today that it will soon be shifting homes to Trinidad, in the large, 12,000 sq. ft. former auto body shop…
>> Obviously, you’ll be attending Unbuckled 6 tonight. Le Loup, XYZ Affair, and a DJ set by members of Middle Distance Runner. 9 p.m., $8. DC9. Do we really have to tell you again? Other acceptable options: From 5:30 – 7 p.m., Joseph Cirincione will discuss and sign his new book: Bomb Scare: The History and Future of Nuclear Weapons, at Busboys and Poets. This ends 2 hours before Unbuckled starts, meaning you can…
Academy 2007, at Conner Contemporary Art, is the gallery’s seventh invitational survey designed to give wider exposure to recent graduates of the area’s university level fine art programs. Jamie Smith, a product of formal art academia herself, curated the show along with Karyn Miller and chose the pieces after attending area BFA/MFA exhibitions between January and June. The show is designed not only as a platform for talented artists, but also as a profile…
>> Conner Contemporary opens Academy 2007, their annual BFA/MFA art show featuring talented graduates from the region. The curators have been touring student shows since January to find the best from this year’s class in a wide variety of media. Find the Next Great Artist this Friday at their opening reception from 6 to 8 p.m. >> Art Enables is really settling into their new space, and are celebrating the induction of their official gallery…
Have you ever put off seeing a movie dealing with man’s inhumanity toward man, such as Hotel Rwanda or Life is Beautiful, know it will be shocking and sometimes painful, and will force you to confront the ugly reality that people often do very bad things to other people? That’s how one might feel when approaching Mary Coble’s new show, Aversion, at Conner Contemporary Art. Coble confronts the horrible effects of electro shock therapy prescribed…
While a couple of us on the DCist staff are still trying to wipe our minds of the image of the live circumcision performance art that happened last night at the Warehouse gallery (seriously, can you use soap on your eyeballs?), we will nevertheless try to explain that across the street at artDC … wait, what was happening over there? Oh right, that international art show. When we told you about it last year, some…
>> Welcome to March and another First Friday in Dupont Circle from 6 to 8 p.m. Find the gallery locations here. >> We’ve all got our old movie favorites. If you pop in Gone with the Wind everytime you’re home sick, or channel surf for old episodes of I Dream of Jeanie on a Sunday afternoon, you’re just the person Mark Bennett is drawing for. His India ink draftings of the fictional homes used in…
FRIDAY: >> Baltimore’s Fertile Ground return to 9:30 Club for a concert with collaborator Raheem DeVaughn called Let’s Do It Again. Also singer Anthony David. 9 p.m., $22. >> Gallery Openings of Note: Maria Friberg opens her show, titled embedded, at Conner Contemporary, reception 6 to 8 p.m. That’s embedded #4 at left. Also we checked out a preview of Colby Caldwell’s new show, Small Game, at Hemphill Fine Arts on Wednesday, and definitely recommend…
With so many large cities boasting their own international fine art shows and biennials, isn’t it high time that the nation’s capital got a piece of that action? Finally, it looks like we have a major fine art show of our very own. You might have already heard the buzz about artDC, but now it’s time to start marking your calendars. The fair’s organizers have announced that the show will be held next April 27-30…
