WPAC is hosting the first of a three night experimental media series, titled After Effects, curated by local heavy Kathryn Cornelius. From 7 to 9 p.m. tonight at the Corcoran Gallery of Art’s Armand Hammer Auditorium, check out new video work from Jason Zimmerman, Chad Stayrook (a still from his everytime a scientist dies, a unicorn gets its horn is at right) and a live performance from videohippos at 8:20 p.m. Drink it In: It’s…

We’ve mentioned it before, but in case you missed it, Fusebox is closing its doors, and they have indeed announced a closing reception: It’s this Saturday, Feb. 11 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Sarah and Patrick would like to invite everyone to come and drink a toast to five years of great art. Other gallery owners no doubt are also encouraged to attend and poach their now homeless roster of artists. See you all there….

Kick off the New Year by checking out some of the plentiful new exhibits around town. >>The Dupont Circle galleries will be open late (6-8 p.m.) for First Friday this week. Highlights include two new solo shows at Irvine Contemporary, featuring paintings and drawings by Brooklyn-based Bede Murphy and photographs by D.C.’s own Jason Zimmerman. The artists will give gallery talks about their work on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. Zimmerman’s Straight, Street, Traditional is shown…

Editor’s note: This top ten list was compiled by local art blogger and man-about-town Kriston Capps. Let’s be forward about it—top ten lists don’t really make a lot of sense. Especially for a field as diverse as contemporary art. Really, how much better is the sculpture of the giant Cheetoh than the digitally manipulated photograph? A true accounting for the decision-making process behind a hierarchical ranking of art shows would make the BCS computerized college…

>> Hometown artist and color field innovator Sam Gilliam’s work is everywhere this month. A sizable inventory of pieces were hung last Friday at the Marsha Mateyka Gallery, and a retrospective is due to open at the Corcoran Gallery of Art this Saturday. >> It’s your last week to catch Jason Zimmerman’s video installation at Transformer Gallery, titled Fair Game. Zimmerman’s looping edit of scenes from the FOX show Cops is one of those cases…