Arty stuff this week...

City Hall Art Collection Adds New Work by:

Wayne Edson Bryan, Lilian Thomas Burwell, Manon Cleary, Gene Davis, Willem De Looper, Aziza Claudia Gibson-Hunter, Janis Goodman, Kevin Kepple, Kevin MacDonald, Percy Martin, Paul Reed, Robin Rose, Molly Springfield, Di Bagley Stovall, Lou Stovall, Alma Woodsey Thomas, Dan Treado, Andrea Way, and
James Lesesne Wells

Reception:
Tuesday, September 23
5-7 pm
@ John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW


Tupac: Resurrection

Wednesday, September 24
7pm
@ National Portrait Gallery
Nan Tucker McEvoy Auditorium

Andrew Wodzianski

Joan Bevelaqua and Andrew Wodzianski
Trajectories

Opening reception:
Thursday, September 25
6:30 - 7:30pm
@ The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Arts Center
900 King Street, Silver Spring


Women by Women: A Juried Exhibition of WPOW members

Thursday, September 25th
6:30 - 8:30 pm
@ Sewall-Belmont House and Museum
144 Constitution Ave, NE



Groove Arts Collective and Art Whino Present a Special Art Event:
Block Party 2.0
Thursday, September 25
7 - 11pm
@ Art Whino
113 Waterfront Street
National Harbor, MD


sculpture by Barbara Josephs Liotta

The Art of Commissioning Sculpture
a dialogue with collector Philippa P. B. Hughes and sculptor Barbara Josephs Liotta

Thursday, September 25
7pm
@ REYES + DAVIS
923 F Street NW #302

Video still from Passive Resistance by Jefferson Pinder and Matt Ravenstahl, 2008

From the Gallery to the Street: Artists Talk Politics

Friday, September 26
6:30 - 7:30 pm
after party from 7:30 - 9:00
@ Arlington Arts Center
3550 Wilson Boulevard

a special screening of the first presidential debate between John McCain and Barack Obama in the Tiffany Gallery at 9:00


Symposium: Painting in the 21st Century
Saturday, September 27
10 am - 5 pm
@ The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street NW



Tim Conlon, Dave Hupp, and Cory Stowers

Pyramid Atlantic, The Floating Lab Collective, Words, Beats & Life, Inc and
Renowned graffiti artists Tim Conlon, Dave Hupp, and Cory Stowers
Live Outdoor Graffiti Demonstration to Keep Arts in the Schools

Saturday, September 27
1-5 pm
@ The Pyramid Atlantic Community Arts Store
821 Wayne Avenue (across the street from Whole Foods Market)



Gi-ok Jeon, Untitled, Chinese ink with color, gauze and thread on rice paper, 2007

gi-ok jeon, julie wolfe:
Surface/Tension
September 27 - November 13th

Opening reception:
Saturday, September 27
5-8 pm
@Shigeko Bork mu project
1521 Wisconsin Ave., NW, No. 2



Ann Purcell, Listening Earth, Acrylic on Canvas

Ann Purcell: Recent Work and James Hilleary: Paintings (1964-1968)
September 27 - November 8

Opening reception:
Saturday, September 27
5-8 pm
@ Osuna Art
7200 Wisconsin Avenue,
Artery Plaza Lobby, Bethesda

Patricia Zannie, In the Woods, mixed media
Amy Barker-Wilson, Shaune Bazner, Daniel Bell, Jenny Brake, Brett Davis, Patsy Fleming, Holly Foss, Mina Oka Hanig, Donna K. McGee, Debra Naylor, Steve Nordlinger, Marina Reiter, Ronald Riley, Bobbie Salthouse, Martin Slater, Luba Sterlikova, Kathryn Wiley, and Patricia Zannie
Foundry Gallery First Silent Auction to Benefit
Duke Ellington School for the Arts

Final Bidding Reception:
Saturday, September 27th
6-8pm
@ Foundry Gallery
1314 18th Street, NW


Leo Villareal -Diamond Matrix (detail)
2008, light emitting diodes, micro-controllers, circuitry and anodized aluminum

Leo Villareal new work & gallery artists recent work September 27 - November 9

Opening reception:
Saturday, September 27
6-8 pm
@Conner Contemporary Art
1358-60 Florida Ave, NE
RSVP is required
info@connercontemporary.com

Rosetta DeBerardinis, Ascension, Ceramic bisque on wood, 2008

Black Artists of DC (BADC)
Legacy of Hope Open Studio Exhibitions

Sunday, September 28
11 am - 5 pm
Click HERE for a map to the studios
Proceeds to Support Obama Campaign through Obama For America

Allegra Marquart, The Nightingale, 2007

Tim Tate, Michael Janis, Allegra Maequart
New Work
September 28 - October 18

Opening reception:
Sunday, September 28th
5 - 7pm
@ Maurine Littleton Gallery
1667 Wisconsin Ave., NW


Upcoming Lectures:
Design in Spain Now: An Evening with Martin Azúa and Juli Capella
Tuesday, September 23
7 pm

Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century
Wednesday, September 24
7 pm

Richard Avedon: An Evening with Curators Frank Goodyear and Paul Roth
Thursday, September 25
7 pm

Upcoming Performances:
Contemporary Music Forum’s VERGE Ensemble
Sunday, September 21
4pm