Image Courtesy of Art Enables.

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The celebration is on February 25 from 2 to 4 pm.

Art Enables is celebrating it’s tenth birthday this year. Ten years ago Art Enables was entrusted with renting out a classroom in the former Millennium Arts Center aka Randall School at 65 I Street. Now they celebrate ten years of success.

Join them Saturday, February 25, 2012, 2 – 4 pm to meet Mary Liniger, the new Executive Director of Art Enables, and say goodbye to Joyce Muis-Lowery, the old Executive Director.

If you’d like to know more details about the changing of the guard–and to lend your support to  making it even more successful–click here. 

Art Enables is located at 2204 Rhode Island Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20018.

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Image Courtesy of Porch Projects.

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Opening Reception on Saturday, February 25 at 4-7pm. Remembrance speech at 5pm.

Porch Projects opens its second year of artist-focussed programming with MEGATRON’S DEAD, a collaborative exhibition by artists Bonner Sale, Samuel Scharf, and Zac Willis.

MEGATRON’S DEAD is a multimedia experience honoring the cultural icon Megatron, leader of the Decepticons. Join the artists, visitors, and other interested parties in celebrating MEGATRON’S life and achievements while also paying your respects at the character graveyard.

About the Artists:

Bonner Sale is a Brooklyn based artist who has exhibited his drawings and collages in several venues in Washington, DC, and Baltimore, MD. His work was included in Nudashank Gallery’s Wise Guise (2009) and Stay Tooned at John Fonda Gallery (2011). Learn more at bonnersale.com

Samuel Scharf is a has exhibited his multimedia works throughout the Washington, DC, region. In 2011, his work was included in Conner Contemporary’s annual Academy exhibition and the Arlington Arts Center’s Planning Process. He will receive his MFA from American University this spring. Learn more at samuelscharf.com.

Zac Willis received his MFA from American University in 2009. He has exhibited his sculpture and photography in the area, including recent projects at Artspace in Richmond, in Washington Project for the Arts’ Coup d’Espace program, and at Greenpoint Gallery in Brooklyn. Learn more at zacwillis.com.

Opening Reception is on Saturday, February 25 from 4-7:00 pm with a remembrance speech at 5:00 pm.
Exhibition available by appointment at other times.

Porch Projects is located near 13th & D Streets NE.

For more information visit http://porchprojectsdc.blogspot.com or email porchprojectsdc@gmail.com to schedule your RIFT entry.

Please be mindful that Porch Projects is located in a private residence.  Email the organizer directly for location information.

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DC Sketchers at the US Botanic Garden in 2011.

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DC Sketchers at the National Gallery of Art

 

• 2/25 – Capitol Hill Arts Workshop
• 3/3 – US Botanic Garden
• 3/10 – Trapeze School of New York – DC
• 3/17 – National Gallery of Art
• 3/24 – A Sketch Journey on the Metro
• 3/31– Blossom Kite Festival on the National Mall
• 4/7 – Library of Congress – Jefferson Building
• 4/14 – No class
• 4/21 – Capitol Hill Arts Workshop
• 4/28 – Smithsonian National Zoo
• 5/5 – Mount Pleasant Farmers Market
• 5/12 – A Morning at Garfield Skatepark in SE DC
• 5/19 – Dragon Boat Festival

To register online go to www.chaw.org or call 202.547.6389

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Attendees at Art Soiree's Apocalyptoon January 26, 2012.

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Organized by Sandro Keresa of Art Soiree, ApocalypTOON 2012 was a first of its kind, pop-up style exhibition that took place at Artisphere in Arlington, VA on January 26.  The exhibition took a humorous look on the year to come. Will the world truly end in 2012?  Who knows, but leave it to political cartoonist to use Mayan doomsday predictions as fodder for their oeuvre!

Vivid Solutions DC Print Lab, acting in the capacity of an official sponsor, printed the works of several international political cartoonists at their state-of-the art print lab in Anacostia.   Vivid Solutions is a project of the ARCH Development Corporation which also owns and operates The HIVE, Honfleur Gallery and an artist residency program.

Featured works were drawn by renowned international editorial and political cartoonists: Kal of The Economist, Tom Toles of The Washington Post, Jeff Danziger (Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post), Daryl Cagle of MSNBC, Matt Wuerker of Politico, Damien Glez (Le Monde, Courrier International, La Gazette) and Dan Piraro of Bizzaro.

The walls of Artisphere were splashed with political and social commentaries delivered to the viewer through witty one liners. The exhibition gave event goes the feeling as if  they had walked into the comic page of the Sunday paper with choice black and white and colored pieces along the walls of the exhibition space. The night was rounded out by some great music from Toles band and the hefty beats from DJ Neekola and DJ Manifesto.

For more information about Vivid Solutions DC Print Lab, contact Andrea Hope, Director of Digital Productions via Email at ahope@archdc.org or by Phone: 202.758.0339.  The print lab is located at 2208 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE (MLK) Washington, D.C. 20020

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Artist Talk Thursday, February 16, at 7 pm.

The 39th Street Gallery will be holding an artist talk with artist J.J. McCracken on Thursday, February 16, at 7 pm. The talk will focus on her solo show, Thirst. Thirst is a response to McCracken’s two-person performance piece, Thirst and the Martyr. In both works she explores the ideas of abundance and scarcity in society through the idea of human thirst.

To read a review about Thirst please visit http://www.eastcityart.com/?p=6979.

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Curated by local artist and educator Deborah Winram, Retold uses a T.S. Elliot poem found in the catalogue for MOMA’s 1961 exhibition on assemblage as a springboard for “visual storytelling”.  Historically, assemblage’s most notable characteristic is its integration and use of found objects within the body of the work in lieu of (or in addition to) more traditional mediums such as

Works by Brian Slagle, C. Mason, Michael Mendez and Kristin Bohlander

acrylics or inks.  Here Elliot’s poem speaks to the decay of forgotten “things”, yet infers that this detritus still has a spark of life and story to tell.  Winram’s goal in this exhibition is to showcase artists who use aspects of assemblage to inject this spark of life into the narrative of their work.

The nine artists, all participants of last year’s Artomatic in Fredrick, display works with an eye for storytelling; yet it is interesting to note that several are photographers rather than sculptors or mixed-media artists.   At first their linkage to the process of assemblage felt tenuous and seemed to imply that modern technology is perhaps making traditional assemblage techniques less relevant.  When questioned about this discrepancy, Winram posits something of a more nuanced view- to her eye, the photographers, with their focus on discarded objects and tightly-structured linear compositions, echo the ethos of assemblage while simultaneously updating it with a 21st-century sensibility.  While not apparent in every photo, this notion has merit and the photos that successfully wed the traditional with the modern are a feast for the eyes.

"How to Explain Painting to a Pig", closeup view

Upon entering the street-front gallery, the observer is immediately confronted by Brian Slagle’s How to Explain Painting to a Pig, a showstopping, multidimensional piece that best fits the definition of traditional assemblage.  Slagle, whose art often references his agrarian past, uses everything from old tin cans and cloth to metal and pencil drawings to give us an cheeky read of the all-mighty art world.  The gallery’s walls (on rolling casters) have been spaced to provide this piece its proper due, and the viewer will surely make this piece their first stop.

While Slagle’s piece dominates the room, more quiet gems await. Black and white photography features prominently in the exhibition, such as in Michael Mendez’s nostalgic Pop Bottle, a large-scale image of its namesake, which plays with light and shadow to delightful effect, providing a good example of using modern processes (in this case, an archival inkjet print) to breathe life into old, discarded objects.  After all, when was the last time

"Pop Bottle", Michael Mendez

you drank pop from a bottle?  Taking nostalgia to a more somber place, Burnt Cabin Window by C. Mason, a tightly-shot closeup of a dish-laden farmhouse kitchen sink presents a myriad of story lines, not all of which will end on a happy note.  Jesse Cohen’s Ziatype prints (a type of photogram) are dark, mysterious pieces that read more like charcoal drawings than photos.  Cohen’s works are the hardest photographs to decipher in their abstraction, yet perhaps the most evocative of unadulterated emotion.  Tints of color can be found in the photos of Jenny Wallace and Carlos Fyfe.  Wallace’s photos, all untitled, document her subject’s fleeting occupation of a physical space and inject a time element into the narrative of the piece.  Fyfe’s work, particularly, Fortress No. 14, tightly focuses on a few key elements (a disembodied arm, an iron door), expanding the narrative possibilities in the process.

Mixed-media and sculpture certainly don’t take the back seat in this show.  While Slagle’s main work might dominate (he has a total of three in the show), Jeff Bohlander’s wall pieces demonstrate the close-knit relationship between collage and assemblage.  Likewise sculptor Steve Dobbin deftly combines assemblage with traditional sculpture.  Dobbin’s Karl’s Barrow

"Karl's Barrow", Steven Dobbin

uses a found object (a wheelbarrow) as the vessel for the traditional, sculptural facet of his piece, the result of which is a charming riff on mans’ control of the environment.

Also contrasting nicely with the linear photography are the playful, three-dimensional works by Kristin Bohlander resting atop plinths in the middle of the room (additional forms are hanging in the gallery’s office/conference room).  Using organic materials such as as mud, felt and found twigs, Bohlander’s Breathe and Mini Pod Series seemingly anthropomorphic larval forms-cum-earth creatures  look like they might upend themselves and wiggle across the floor.  The easy-breezy charm of the pieces masks the inherent physical struggles that organic bodies (such as our own) all go through during the cycle of life.  Caught in seeming moments of flowery awakening, we forget for just a moment that decay and destruction are somewhere over the horizon.

"Mini Pod Series" and "Breathe" by Kristin Bohlander

It is easy in a themed group show this large (9 artists, 46 pieces) to have moments of unevenness.   By showcasing the possibilities of assemblage (both old and modern) rather than attempting to be a compendium on the movement, this show largely sidesteps this conundrum.  In focusing intently on the narrative possibilities created by the structural forms, Winram invites the viewer to take a moment and engage their own poetic license. You might be surprised where your mind takes you!

Retold runs through February 25th, 2012 at the Artdc Gallery in Hyattsville.  For more information, visit their website at www.Artdc.com

Image Courtesy of Kreative Ways.

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New Children’s Reading Center at Former DC Hospital Will Open February 17th 1 to 4pm

Unity Health Care will unveil a new children’s reading center at its clinic in the former DC Hospital, 1900 Massachusetts Ave SE, building 29, from 1 to 4 p.m.  Friday, February 17. The brief program will include remarks from Vincent A. Keane, President/CEO of Unity Health Care, key staff and city officials.

Promoting Literacy to DC’s Homeless Population
Unity’s goal is to increase literacy among children during the critical literacy skills acquisition years of six months to five years. Through a partnership with Reach Out and Read of Metro DC, Unity has developed the Key Corner Project. The Key Corner Project promotes early literacy by bringing new books and advice about the importance of reading aloud into the pediatric exam room, unlocking the door to reading success.

Sherry Ways of Kreative Ways and Solutions has been heading the design project for the reading room, which will include new furnishings, books, murals and accent walls. Two members of the Kreative Ways team, Bretnage Blair and Shea Capri Bartley, have been working on the project for six months. Shea Capri, a student at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond and an intern at Kreative Ways have painted two murals for the project. This is the second Unity Reading Room redesign that Ways has led. She coordinated the redesign of a reading room at Unity’s East of the River health Center in 2008.

Also participating in the project are Cindy Athey of Percision Tech, who has donated painting services; Benjamin Moore Paints, which donated paint; and Kate Smith of Sensational Color, who also donated paint.

Invited guests include Mayor Vincent Gray, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, DC Ward 6 Councilmember Tommy Wells, and members of the City Council, Dr. Mohammad Akhter, Director of the District of Columbia’s Department of Health, Federal and District officials, community leaders and stakeholders.

About Unity Health Care
Unity Health Care, Inc. (Unity) was founded in 1985 as Health Care for the Homeless Project (HCHP) providing primary health care services to homeless individuals and families that resided in local emergency shelters or on the streets of the District of Columbia. With a patient population that is plagued by low literacy, the promotion of literacy has become an important part of standard primary care, enabling children to grow up with books and a love of reading.

About Sherry Ways
Sherry Ways started her design firm, Kreative Ways & Solutions, LLC, in  2004. Ways earned a BS and a Master’s Degree with additional training in Interior Design from the Maryland Institute College of Art and the American Feng Shui Institute. She holds a Certificate in Certified Color Therapy through the International Certified Aromatherapy Institute and has recently become a Certified Interior Environment Coach through the DeGangi Group.

Artwork by Alan Braley. Image Courtesy of Hill Center Galleries.

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Opening Reception will be on, February 16th 6 to 9pm.

“8 Artists” will showcase a diverse group of techniques including watercolor, pastel and photography.  With a wide variety of subjects and materials, each artist shares a unique and fresh point of view.

The following artists will be featured in this exhibition:

• Alan Braley
• Gina Clapp
• Marlo Underwood Collins
• Nancy Freeman
• Betsy Glassie
• Jim Magner
• Sarah Porter
• Colin Winterbottom

Hill Center Galleries will present rotating exhibits in its five gallery spaces. The exhibit runs February 4 through March 28, 2012.

Gallery Hours:

• Monday through Thursday 10am-7pm
• Friday 10am-5pm
• Saturday 9am-5pm
• Occasional closings for special events (call 202-549-4172 to confirm open hours)

Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital has become a welcoming campus for lifelong learning, cultural enrichment and community life.  HillCenterDC.org has a complete listing of programs and exhibits. Ideas for new programs and events can also be suggested through the website. Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital is located at 921 Pennsylvania Avenue SE, between 9th and 10th Streets.

Artwork by Marlo Collins. Image Courtesy of Hill Center Galleries.

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Opening Reception: Sunday, February 12th from 5:30-6:30pm

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Tom Pullin, a local Capitol Hill based photographer,  recently returned to the Corcoran College of Art and Design continuing his studies in fine arts.

While on a recent trip to Mexico, he became intrigued with maps and our understanding of them.   His current exhibition Mexican Topography  provides a visual deconstruction of maps as we use them today.   “The images seek to redress the limitations of modern maps and remind the viewer to look deeper into the world for philosophical and ritual understandings of reality” explains Pullin.

An opening reception for “Mexican Topography” will be Sunday, February 12th from 5:30-6:30 at the Park Cafe, 106 13th St SE on Lincoln Park.

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Quilt courtesy of Off Rhode Studio

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This article is cross-posted in the following DC Blogs:

DC Style is Real

Free In DC

Frozen Tropics

H Street Great Street

The Hill is Home

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Saturday February 11

Off-Rhode Studio Gallery (1pm to 4pm)

Off-Rhode Studio Gallery, a project of Art enables, presents an exhibition of locally produced quilts inspired by a recent exhibition at the American Folk Art Museum in New York.   For additional details, click here.

Off-Rhode galleries is located at 2204 Rhode Island Ave NE.

CHAL (5pm to 7pm)

The Capitol Hill Art League hosts an opening reception for an all-media exhibit entitled Far Away. The League’s exhibition will be juried by Marsha Staiger a Torpedo Factory Artist and faculty member of the Alexandria-based Art League School.   For additional details and a preview of the work, click here.

CHAL exhibits at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop located 545 7th Street SE

The Fridge (7pm to 10pm)

The Fridge presents new work by Pose II and Catherine Koch.  Pose II, AKA Daniel Hopkins, is a graffiti “writer” born in the Bronx and raised in Yonkers, NY.  Koch, a photographer,  has spent the last three year following Pose II and documenting his work around the globe.  Her photographs should provide a spurious curatorial statement in the form of visual documentation of Pose II’s larger murals.   For additional details, click here.

The Fridge is located in the Rear Alley behind 516 8th Street SE

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Photo Courtesy of Off Rhode Gallery

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Opening Reception: Saturday, February 11, 2012, 1-4

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For the quilt lovers among you, a show of thirty-nine quilts by Washington area masters of the craft inspired by the Joanna S. Rose Red and White Exhibit at the American Folk Art Museum in New York.

• Off Rhode Studio is downstairs from Art Enables
• Parking in rear
• The Gallery is open open weekdays 9 am to 4 pm.

Off Rhode Studio is located at 2204 Rhode Island Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20018  Visit them online at www.art-enables.org

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Phil Hutinet assumed the role of Chief Operating Officer of ARCH Development Corporation and Managing Director of Honfleur Gallery in January of 2012.

ARCH Development Corporation (ADC) has announced the appointment of Philip Hutinet to the position of Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director for Honfleur Gallery, which started this January 2012.

“I am very pleased that Phil has joined our team.  His experience in operating a gallery and knowledge of the District of Columbia art scene will assist ADC in expanding our programming to both east of the river residents and to the artists that we represent”, says ARCH CEO, Duane Gautier.

A third generation Washingtonian and Capitol Hill resident, Hutinet opened Studio H Gallery on H Street NE in early 2009 at a time when the Washington art establishment overlooked the area as commercially viable.  A year later, he opened CITY Gallery a few blocks away and began publishing East City Art, the definitive online guide to the visual arts for SE and NE that is still active online today. Hutinet says, “ARCH and its three galleries has been a driving force for the visual arts in historic Anacostia.  I am hoping to bring the lessons I learned from my time on H Street and generate positive momentum in this rapidly changing Washington neighborhood.”

ARCH Development Corporation is a nonprofit with over two decades of experience revitalizing the Anacostia neighborhood of Washington, DC through the creative economy and small business development. As the largest arts organization in Anacostia and in Ward 8, ARCH’s projects and programs have had a significant impact developing the Arts scene East of the River. ADC projects include: Honfleur Gallery, Blank Space SE, The HIVE, The Gallery at Vivid Solutions, Vivid Solutions Digital Print Lab, Eat Shop Live Anacostia and LUMEN8Anacostia. ADC strives to collaborate and support all East of the River arts organizations.

“The time is now for Anacostia to come into its own as both an arts district and a hub of economic development”, says Nikki Peele, Ward 8 resident and ARCH’s Director of Economic Development. She continues, “I am excited for Phil to bring his knowledge, experience, and passion for community and artistic development to Anacostia and I am looking forward to the next chapter in our story. The best is yet to come.”

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Interested parties gather at Honfleur Gallery before the tour. Photo Courtesy of ARCH Development Corporation (ADC)

On February 4, 2012, a crowd of approximately 50 artists, curators, performers, educators and entrepreneurs met at Honfleur Gallery in Historic Anacostia to gather more information about the upcoming LUMEN8Anacostia festival.  The event, which will take place from noon to midnight on Saturday, April 14, will inaugurate what organizers hope to be over a dozen “Temporiums” or temporary spaces dedicated to a mixed range of experiences from site specific installations, to musical performances to small craft boutiques.

The project, funded by an Artplace grant,  is a joint project of the DC Office of Planning and ARCH Development Corporation, the non-profit that runs Honfleur Gallery and the Gallery at Vivid Solutions in Anacostia.  The grant intends to re-energize vacant storefronts in urban areas with temporary art spaces.  Anacostia is one of over thirty municipalities nationwide benefiting from this funding.

The LUMEN8Anacostia festival will inaugurate the dozen or so temporiums along the Martin Luther King Avenue SE – Good Hope Road SE commercial corridor of Historic Anacostia.  For one night only, the former Curtis Brothers furniture factory on Shannon Place will serve as the centerpiece of the LUMEN8Anacostia festival.  Currently, the organizers have planned an event hosted by Pink Line Project and a performance by a Belgian theater company courtesy of the Alliance Française.

Below are several photos of Saturday’s walk:

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At the corner of Good Hope RD SE and Martin Luther King Ave SE. In the background on the left is the site of a 450 square foot space that will be available. Photo Courtesy ADC.

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Outside Vivid Solutions at 2208 Martin Luther King Avenue SE. Photo Courtesy ADC.

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Bay entrance to three temporiums located at 2250 Railroad Avenue SE. Photo Courtesy ADC.

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Over 5,000 square feet of space at 2250 Railroad Avenue. This is one of three spaces available at this location. Photo Courtesy ADC.

• For more information about LUMEN8Anacostia, to download a prospectus for a temporium or to join their mailing list, visit www.lumen8anacostia.com

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Image Courtesy of The Fridge

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Opening Reception Saturday, February 11, at 7-11pm

This exhibit will consist of new paintings on canvas by legendary “concrete-alchemist” and world-renowned muralist POSE II (aka Maxx Moses), as well as a select collection of giclee prints of photographs of Mr. Moses’ murals by world renowned photographer Catherine Koch. Artist workshop and artist talk to be announced soon. Exhibit is free and open to the public.

About POSE II
Pose 2 is a Graffiti Writer; his evolutionary style is the driving force and inspiration that keeps him seeking new aspects of himself. His paintings have evolved and merged the elements from hardcore street alphabets and nature’s elegant beauty to form an ‘abstract organic union.’ “My present style represents the exploration of my interpersonal growth and interaction with nature.”

Daniel (Pose 2) Hopkins was born in the Bronx and raised in Yonkers, New York. He is a graduate of Brockport University with BA degree in Business and a Minor in Fine Art. He has painted murals and exhibited his work in Dubai, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Paris, Osaka, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, Numerous books, feature films, magazines, and videos highlight the insightful thoughts Pose 2 values and shares about “Graffiti as an Art Form” and why its so important in this present moment in history.

Find more about Pose 2 on his website.

About Catherine Koch
Catherine Koch has been a photographer for 30 years. She began photographing murals in Spring 2009 and tracked down Pose 2 after admiring one of his pieces on the street. Catherine learned her trade from accomplished photographers Jim Noel, Tomas Sennett and Gene Nocon. Her clients include Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, City Arts San Diego, Tyler Blik Design, San Diego Downtown Partnership, The San Diego Symphony, San Diego Chamber Orchestra, Tulsa Philharmonic, Alexander Fitzgerald Promotions and Design Journey Industrial.

Find out more about Catherine Koch on her website.

The exhibit is on view through Thursday, February 23, 2012.

Gallery Hours:

• Thursday to Saturday 12-8pm
• Sunday 1-5pm
• by appointment at info@thefridgedc.com

The Fridge is located at 516 1/2 8th Street, SE Washington, DC 20003. For more information call 202-664-4151 or visit them online at www.thefridgedc.com.

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'Oranges in a Bowl' by Gayle Krughoff, Image courtesy of CHAL

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Opening Saturday, February 11, 5-7pm.

The Capitol Hill Art League (CHAL) proudly presents an all-media juried exhibit entitled “Far Away” opening on Saturday, February 11, 2012, from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, 545 7th Street SE.  The juror of the show is Marsha Staiger, painter and instructor at The Art League in Alexandria, VA. Admission to the opening and exhibit is free.

Marsha Staiger is a seasoned Torpedo Factory artist in studio 322 and faculty member for painting with The Art League School. She works with Acadia Workshop Center in Maine and does workshops and classes for The Art League on an on going basis. As an artist, she has shown her work with The Art League Gallery, Louisa Gould Gallery in Martha’s Vineyard, MA, and has a five-year installation with Crystal City Art Walls. Her work has been exhibited in numerous locations in the area and recently in “Above Below” a muti-media exhibit at Black Rock’s Art Center in Germantown, MD.

The Capitol Hill Art League (CHAL) is a visual arts program of the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, which presents seven juried shows of members’ work annually in all media as well as a special sale of smaller works in December.  CHAL provides artists with opportunities to exhibit and sell their work; supports artists’ growth; provides opportunities for artists to meet other artists and arts professionals, offers venues for artists to interact with the community at-large, showcases and promotes the work of area artists; educates the public about the value of the arts and artists to the Capitol Hill community and beyond. For information on CHAL and how artists may join the League visit http://www.caphillartleague.org/.

Since 1972, the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW) has provided arts education to thousands of children and adults in the Washington region, especially from the greater Capitol Hill area. Through classes, performances, and exhibitions in visual and performing arts, CHAW brings together diverse segments of the population to connect through the transforming power of creativity.  CHAW offers a tuition assistance program and flexible payment plans

For a complete list of events, workshops, classes or registration information, please visit CHAW’s website at www.chaw.org or call (202) 547-6839.

Gallery Hours:

• Monday to Thursday 9:30am-9pm
• Friday 9:30am-6pm
• Saturday 9am-2pm

CHAL in located at 545 7th Street, SE Washington, DC 20003. For more information contact them by phone at 202-547-6839, fax at 202-543-1723, email at caphillartleague@yahoo.com, or visit their website at www.caphillartleague.org.

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