Weekend arts

The 2007 fall art season kicks off this weekend with lots of great shows. Following is an incomplete (and slightly long) sampling of what's on the docket this weekend.

FORGOT ONE!
At the Warehouse . . .
Art Romp 20 + Art Romp 20 + Art Romp 20 + Art Romp 20
Friday Sept 7 from 6 - 11pm

*art *performance *projection inside and out *picnic in the parking lot

See the work of artists from all the years of Art Romps
See art in all the Warehouse spaces buzzing with the echoes of the past
Be part of the past and future of Warehouse. AND as usual Food - Drink - Fun

(Our final ART ROMP, but not our final art show - more shows scheduled for Oct., Nov., and Dec.)

Over 100 Art Romp Artists!

blk w/bear * Monocle Collective 4 * Adrienne Moumin * Nooni Reitig * Alexandra Silverthorne * Peter Romero * Angela White * Manon Cleary * Anne Marchand * Piero Passacantando * Beth Baldwin * Randall Stoltzfus * Beth Cartland * Rania Hassan * Bridget Sue Lambert * Jane Jerardi * Carolina Mayorga * Richard Wellons * Cameron Ayres * Joele Michaud * Dana Ellyn * Rosetta McPherson * Dara Friel * Peter Wood * Elizabeth Morrisette * Ruth Trevarow * Ellen Weiss * Frederick Nunley * Erwin Timmers * Tim Martin * Gregory Ferrand * Ryan Hackett * Gabriela Bulisova * Tim Tate * Gail Peck * Michael Janis * Ian Jehle * Karen Schnitz * Heather Schmaedeke * Stephanie Dinkins * Heather Levy * Matt Sesow * Ira Tattelman * Sheila Crider * Isabel Manalo * Sondra Arkin * James Coleman * Sonia Linebaugh * Jared Davis * Steven Strichter * Jason Gottlieb * Dan Murray * J S Adams * Terence Nicholson * Joroko * Tom Drymon * Jose Ruiz * Rick Delany * Karen Joan Topping * Verta Reyes * Karey Kessler * Travis Childers * Kevin Cowl * Douglas Kingsbury * Kerri Sheehan * Anita Walsh * Kristin Holder * Christina Ruppert * Richard Kightlingler * Scott Brooks * Kim Burke * Jo Anne Carr * Kristina Bilonick * Pat Goslee * Keith Stanley * Randall Stoltzfus * Laura Elkins * Jim Dadey * Linda Hesh *Emily Tellez * Mark Planisek * Richard Chartier * Margaret Dowell * Claudia Vess * Michele delamenardiere * Gatien Cezeget * TM Lowery * Andrew Wodzianski * Pat Dunning * Jenufa Kent * Lucy Clark * Sherill Gross * George Koch * Eric Hammesfahr * Edward Purcell * Seth Kaplan

Warehouse Arts
1021 7th Street NW
202 783 3933

Heineman Myers Contemporary Art
Recent paintings of gallery artist Gerardo Bravo Garcia
Opening reception on Saturday, September 8th from 6 to 9pm.

Bravo’s message to viewers is that we should “live every day with the awareness that this moment is all we’ve got.”


Ice Stories: Digital Prints by Lisa Sheirer

September 7, 2007 - October 25, 2007
Opening Reception: 6 - 8pm on September 7, 2007
@ Hillyer Art Space
9 Hillyer Court, NW

To create her Ice Stories, artist Lisa Sheirer takes photographs of natural landscapes through ice coated windows, then manipulates them to create abstracted compositions. Minimalist in shape, but complex in their detail, Sheirer sculpts the images digitally in order to accentuate the symmetry and repetition found in the pattern of the ice crystals.

The Ice Stories radiate the natural color of the landscape and appear illuminated from within. No longer resembling a traditional landscape, Sheirer’s abstract forms instead exude the inner energy of the landscape. Their meditative quality conveys universal concepts about time, memory and dreams.


DIVIDED WE FALL: AMERICANS IN THE AFTERMATH

A film by Sharat Raju & Valarie Kaur
2006 | 110 min | Color | U.S.A.

Driven to action by the murder of a turbaned man in her community, a college student drives across America in the aftermath of 9/11 to discover stories that did not make the evening news. From the still-shocked streets of Ground Zero to the desert towns of the American West, Valarie Kaur's inspiring journey uncovers remarkable stories of hate violence, fear, and unspeakable loss – until she finds the heart of America halfway around the world. Five years in the making, Divided We Fall: Americans in the Aftermath deftly explores race, religion, and what it means to be American in times of national crisis.
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EVENT DETAILS

Location:
Kyle Poole's Home
3716 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington DC 20016

When: Friday, September 7th, from 7 to 10PM

Phone: 202-262-2181

Reception: 7 to 10PM
International food, music, and dance in honor of the 3rd annual 9/11 Unity Walk which will take place on Sunday Septemer 9, 2007. The Walk celebrates religious tolerance and interfaith dialogue. It starts at Washington's largest synagogue, stops at numerous places of worship (including the Islamic Center), and concludes at the Gandhi Memorial in Dupont Circle. For more information see here.

Screening of the Film: 8pm

SEPTEMBER 7 - GALLERY WALK

Botanica
September 7 - November 16, 2007

Opening Reception
September 7
6:00 - 9:00PM

Carroll Square Art Gallery
975 F Street, NW
Washington DC 20004
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Noelle Tan: From Here to the Salton Sea
Erick Jackson: Vlad's Crib
September 7 - October 20, 2007

Opening Reception
September 7
7:00 - 9:00PM

Civilian Art Projects
406 7th Street, NW
3rd Floor
Washington DC 20004
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Brady Robinson: Shift
Curated by Chan Chao
September 7 - October 6, 2007

Opening Reception
September 7
6:00 - 9:00PM

Flashpoint
916 G Street, NW
Washington DC 20001

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MICHAEL PLATT In Transit

International Visions Gallery
2629 Connecticut Avenue, NW
September 1 - October 6, 2oo7

Opening Reception
Saturday, September 8
6:3o-9pm
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For last three decades Platt’s work has evolved trough thought provoking observations of the world with the human body. His current work involves tension between setting and subject, history and identity, and conventional representation with non-conventional representation. Through out his career, Platt has tried to create a new order and direction to explain his personal truth. In his new work his techniques engages us in several layers of artistic involvement, including painting directly on a model, photographing the model in the studio, and digitally collagen multiples images to compose the final work.

THE ONE WORD PROJECT

Curated by J.T. Kirkland
August 28 - September 29, 2007
Opening Reception Friday, September 7
6:30 to 9 PM

Arts Club of Washington
2017 I St., NW, Washington, DC 20006

202-331-7282

Tuesday - Friday, 10am - 5pm
Saturday, 10am - 2pm

The exhibition features work by James W. Bailey (VA), Rachael Baldanza (NY), Joseph Barbaccia (VA), Gregg Chadwick (CA), J. Coleman (DC), Anna Conti (CA), Warren Craghead III (VA), Rosetta DeBerardinis (MD), Greg Ferrand (DC), D. Keith Furon (CA), Matt Hollis (DC), Candace Keegan (MD), Angela Kleis (DC), Tara Krause (CA), Andrew Krieger (DC), Prescott Moore Lassman (DC), James Leonard (NY), Nathan Manuel (DC), Jennifer McMackon (Ontario, Canada), Jennifer Miller (DC), A.B. Miner (DC), Charles Neenan (VA), Peter Reginato (NY), Jose Ruiz (NY), Wayne Schoenfeld (CA), Kathleen Shafer (DC), Alexandra Silverthorne (DC), Marsha Stein (MD), Trish Tillman (NY), Kelly Towles (DC), Bryan Whitson (DC), and Jamie Wimberly (DC).

You can learn more about the project and the show at the curators website, Thinking About Art.



Nevin Kelly Gallery:
Saturday, September 8th, 6-9 pm
"Peer Pressure", guest curated by local artist Thom Flynn and
featuring the work of Sue Huang, Carrie Mallory, Baby Martinez, and Pascual Sisto

Local artist and guest curator Thom Flynn has assembled a group of his peers to size-up contemporary trends in art at Nevin Kelly Gallery, 1517 U Street, NW, in Washington, DC. Flynn chose the title "Peer Pressure" to demonstrate thepositive potential of a concept that is generally perceived as negative.