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…

Continuing our brief series on the new and shiny members of the art community, we move from the chaotic to the highly structured, with recent Maryland Institute College of Art, MFA recipient Courtney Jordan. Smitten with art and mostly self-taught, Jordan’s paintings and ink drawings breathe new life into the architecture we’ve stopped seeing for all its designed beauty. Having grown up in New York, she’s drawn to bridges and industrial creations. Irvine Contemporary was…

August is harvest time for the yearly crop of new art grads. Irvine Contemporary, Conner Contemporary, and Project 4 are each hosting shows featuring the ripest of the bunch, their walls, ceilings, and floors strewn with the efforts of these Bachelor and Master of Fine Art recipients. DCist couldn’t resist grabbing a basket of our own, so over the next few weeks we’ll be tracking down the Up and Comers, those we think are especially…

Out With the New: Irvine Contemporary gallery is officially moving into the old Fusebox space on 14th St. NW as of May 1, but in the meantime they have their last show at the old Connecticut Ave. space, with new paintings by Susan Jamison and Robert Mellor opening Friday, opening with a reception on April 7 from 6 to 8 p.m. Mellor’s Gracile is at right. Other Dupont Circle galleries will also be open since…