contributors

Phil Hutinet is the Editor-in-Chief of East City Art.  Hutinet began East City Art in 2010 to document and promote the growing contemporary art movement in the eastern communities of Washington, DC.  A DC native and third generation Capitol Hill resident, Hutinet holds undergraduate degrees in History and Sociology from the University of Maryland, College Park and an MA in Social Sciences from the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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Wade Carey is a native Washingtonian. He was born in George Washington University Hospital’s then “new” building in the early 50s during the worst heat and humidity of July. His mother says that she was determined not to go to Columbia Hospital for Women but rather to GW because they had air-conditioning. He has been a witness to the changes here in East City since 1964, the year that his mother, Helen Carey, opened her real estate practice on Capitol Hill. He remembers before Metro when the streetcars were torn out and when people chanted, “O. Roy Chalk is a capitalist pig.” He lives near Eastern Market with Ted Coltman, his life partner since 1976. They have been full-time residents of Capitol Hill since 1979. He remembers the Penn when it was a movie theater and H Street before the riots. He began writing for an audience on Friday, January 22nd, 2010, in a blog at www.wadecarey.wordpress.com, which records his experiences undergoing a stem cell transplant to treat multiple myeloma. He is happily still in remission. His current interest lies in writing about people and places at the intersection of fine art and contemporary design. He wants to see the work of artists and designers based in or exhibiting their work in East City showing up everywhere.

Kent Gay is teaching a new class at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop called DC Sketchers, which records the places, people and happenings of the DC area. Each Saturday morning the class ventures out to capture the views and interesting details of our area’s rich architectural and cultural landscape. Beginners are led through a series of exercises that develop the perceptual skills needed to draw,  while intermediate students benefit from a class structure that encourages cooperative learning and exploration.  Kent earned a Bachelor of Environmental Design from the University of Minnesota’s School of Architecture and a M.A. in Applied Design from the University of Minnesota’s Graduate School. He has taught classes in design foundations – Drawing, Two-Dimensional Design, Three-Dimensional Design, and Color. After working as a museum exhibit designer for 15 years, Kent is now working as a Development Assistant and Theater Facilitator at Capitol Hill Arts Workshop and is a regular contributor to Urban Sketchers – DC. http://urbansketchers-dc.blogspot.com/

Eric Hope is a curator and writer based on Capitol Hill.  He moved to Washington DC in 1997 and a twist of fate found him a volunteer marketing job at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.  In 2009, after ten years of marketing work at large museums in DC he moved into the realm of curating, staging a variety of solo, duo and small-group shows for the Evolve Urban Arts Project.  He currently freelances as a curator and writes about local artists and the DC arts scene for a variety of online publications.  Originally from Missouri, Hope holds degrees in International Relations and Public Service Administration from DePaul University in Chicago..

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Jessica Oros is completing her senior year at McDaniel College in Westminster, MD. She is receiving her BA in Studio Art and English Literature. After graduation, she plans to take a year off and work on her portfolio of work before applying to graduate schools.

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