WPA at Artomatic
6th floor Visual Arts Resource Center (VARC)
May 9 - June 15 , 2008
Organized by Washington Project for the Arts (WPA) in collaboration with Artomatic and local arts organizations, the VARC was a space where artists and visitors can take a break and pick up information and materials from various arts organizations, galleries, and businesses that support visual artists. Throughout the Artomatic show, the VARC offered scheduled programming featuring topics that are important to visual artists such as pricing artwork, the business of art, navigating the DC art scene, and more.
6th floor VARC lounge at Artomatic
Organizations participating in the VARC included:
Artcade, Arlington Arts Center, Artdc.org, The Art League, Artist Owned, Galleries, Black Artists of DC, CHALK4PEACE, City Arts, Copyright Alliance, Cultural Development Corporation (CuDC)
Ellipse Arts Center, Empowered Women International, International Arts & Artists, McLean Project for the Arts, Pyramid Atlantic, Studio Gallery, Torpedo Factory, Transformer, Waverly Street Gallery, Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts, Washington Project for the Arts (WPA), Washington Sculptors Group, Washington Studio School
9x10 MEMBER SHOWS @ WWP GALLERY
Monthly, March 2007 - January 2008
In tribute to the late William Warren Parker’s support for emerging DC artists, his family generously donated space at the William W. Parker (WWP) Gallery– housed in Mickelson’s Fine Art Framing at 629 New York Ave NW - to WPA\C for a new “nine-by-ten” exhibition series: 9 shows of 10 member artists each. These shows provided a new outlet for WPA\C member artists, and each exhibition presented a diverse cross-section of the WPA\C membership to the public, showcasing works in all media.
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OPTIONS 2007
September 13 - October 26, 2007
Curated by PAUL BREWER
OPTIONS is WPA\C's biennial exhibition featuring talented under recognized and emerging artists in the DC, VA, and MD region.
ARTISTS: Taylor Baldwin / Anne Chan / Neil Feather / Eli Kessler / Cory Oberndorfer / Pat O'Malley / Siobahn Rigg / Kathleen Shafer / Sayaka Suzuki / Rene Trevino
LOCATION: Pepco's Edison Place Gallery, 702 Eighth Street NW, Washington, DC 20001
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SiteProjects DC
June 15 - July 28, 2007
A public art project designed to engage local artists in the creation of public art installations along the 14th Street Corridor. Curated by Welmoed Laanstra, this project invited artists to create site specific, temporary, two or three dimensional art installations. In addition to painting and sculpture, new media, performance art, and installations on view for a shorter amount of time were also featured.
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ANONYMOUS III
June 7 - 23, 2007
@ Flashpoint Gallery
Ten established area artists were invited to create 2’ x 2’ pieces, and serve as curators by inviting nine more artists to do the same. The resulting 100 artworks will be hung without artist identification, with creators’ names being revealed only after their pieces have been purchased, making ANONYMOUS III a playful survey of contemporary art in the greater DC area and a unique art buying experience.
CURATORS: Seth Adelsberger, Iona Rozeal Brown, Cynthia Connolly, Travis Fullerton, Ian Jehle, Ledelle Moe, Michael Platt, Noelle Tan, Alessandra Torres, and Heide Trepanier.
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MEMBER SALONS @ FLASHPOINT
Ongoing, September 2006 - June 2007
In regular sessions held at the Flashpoint gallery and theater spaces, Artist Members from both the WPA\C and the CuDC had the opportunity to view and discuss the work of their fellow artists and to present their own work for discussion.
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EXPERIMENTAL MEDIA SERIES : ColorField.remix
@ Corcoran Gallery of Art / Armand Hammer Auditorium
WPA\C’s Experimental Media Series – ColorField.remix challenged artists to reinterpret the Color-Field artists with experimental video, sound and performance pieces. Selected works will be presented in a three-night curated and juried series. The Kraft Media Prize will be awarded to one finalist and one honorable mention finalist, selected by the jurors for Night 3. Jurors will make selections based on overall quality and innovation as it relates to Color Field influences.
NIGHT #1 - APRIL 25, 2007
Curated by RICHARD CHARTIER
With additional screenings April 27 - May 26
@ G FIne Art and The Ellipse Arts Center
Live audio/visual performances by:
MARK FELL [SND/BLIR] (UK) + ERNEST REDMONDS (AU)
SAWAKO (JP)
Screening of video and sound works by:
FRANK BRETSCHNEIDER (DE)
CHRIS CARTER + COSEY FANNI TUTTI (UK)
SUE COSTABILE (US) + BEEQUEEN (NL)
EVELINA DOMNITCH + DMITRY GELFAND (RU/US)
TINA FRANK (AT) + GENERAL MAGIC (AT)
BAS VAN KOOLWIJK (NL)
RYOICHI KUROKAWA (JP)
STEPHAN MATHIEU (DE)
STEVE RODEN (US)
Download the program for Night #1 here.
Download the program for the gallery screenings here.
Download the flyer for the screenings here.
NIGHT #2 - MAY 30, 2007
Curated by BRANDON MORSE
Screening of video and sound works by:
VICTOR AGUILLAR (US)
HC GILJE (NO)
ROBERT HODGIN (US)
WOBBE KONING (NL/US)
LIA with audio by @C (AT) (PT) work courtesy of optofonica
NEAL MCDONALD (US)
META (US)
CONRAD M MEYERS II (US)
CHRIS ROBINSON (US)
DAVID TINAPPLE (US)
Live performance by: JEFFERS EGAN (US)
Download the program for Night #2 here.
Download the flyer for the screenings here.
NIGHT #3 - JUNE 27
Juried from open calls by RICHARD CHARTIER + BRANDON MORSE
Screening of video and sound works by:
ERIKA SUDERBURG + LINDA BESEMER (US)
Finalist, $1000 KRAFT MEDIA PRIZE
ALAN CALLANDER (US)
Honorable Mention, $500 KRAFT MEDIA PRIZE
CHRISTINA BATTLE (CA)
GREGG BIERMANN (US)
REBECCA CARTER (US)
JOHN DAVIS (US)
ERIC FLEISCHAUER (US)
KERRY LAITALA (CA)
OLIVER LYONS (US)
TONY MYATT (UK)
KAMRAN SADEGHI (WA)
SEMICONDUCTOR (UK)
CHAMPNEYS TAYLOR (US)
TeZ (NL)
Download the program for Night #3 here.
Download the flyer for the screenings here.
ColorField.remix : SATURATED
April 25 - 29, 2007
Curated by Zoe Myers
An exhibition and artist party featuring works from the current generation of Washington, DC-based artists exploring the use of color in original ways. Curated by Zoe Myers from the WPA\C ArtFile, and presented as part of the DC-area ColorField.remix project.
Featured artists: Joseph Barbaccia / Joan Belmar / Jonathan Bucci / Renee Marcus Butler / Craig Cahoon / Tory Cowles / Mary Early / Eric Finzi / Gail Gorlitzz / Eve Hennessa / Lisa Kellner / Kevin Kepple / Joan Konkel / Isabel Manalo / Crisley McCarson / Antonio Puri / Darren Smith / Trish Tillman / Robert Kent Wilson
Heineman Myers Contemporary Art
4728 Hampden Lane
Bethesda, MD 20814
info@heinemanmyers.com / 301.951.7900 / www.heinemanmyers.com
Read a review of the show here.
INDEX : WPA\C Members @ artDC
April 26 - 30, 2007
WPA\C members were invited to contribute small "index card-sized" works to INDEX, a miniature exhibition in the WPA\C's artDC booth intended to give the public a glimpse of the artists that make up our membership base.
EXPERIMENTAL MEDIA SERIES - Installment #2
Night #1 - Cowboys, Cliches, Codes, and Conspiracies
Curated by Peggy Parsons (Head, Department of Film Programs, National Gallery of Art)
September 27, 2007
Untitled - Lisa Blatt - Washington , DC
Digital Poem #1 - Paris Bustillos - Washington , DC
Figure in the Carpet - Jennifer Levonian - Philadelphia
Seasonal Quartet, Winter Movement - Chris Lynn - Maryland
Pushing Cowboys - Lilly McElroy - Chicago
ADAGIO - Roger Ngim - San Francisco
In Places - Erik Olofsen - Amsterdam
State of the Union - Randall Packer - Washington , DC
Oil: You Can Depend On It - Rob Parrish - Washington , DC
Shroud of Security - James Schneider - Washington , DC
Sigh - Ann Steuernagel - Massachusetts
Nature on a Leash - Gail Scott White - Virginia
Live Power Point performance & 3D video by:
Ben Coonley, New York
Remapping the Apparatus: Cinematographic Specificity and Hybrid Media [Otto Content Wizards]
Valentine for Perfect Strangers
3D Trick Pony
Night #2 - Rocky Mountain Twilight
Curated by Paul Roth (Curator of Photography & Media Arts, Corcoran Gallery of Art)
October 18, 2006
Stan Brakhage
- Rage Net (1988, 16mm silent)
- Black Ice (1994, 16mm silent)
- Commingled Containers (1997, 16mm silent)
My Life as a Bee (2002, 16mm, silent) - Robert Schaller
Clouds (2003, 16mm, silent) - Andrew Busti
Hail and Fire (2003, 16mm) - Victor Jendras
Sand Castle 2 (2001, 16mm, silent) - Mary Beth Reed
Phantom Canyon (2006, 35mm) - Stacey Steers
Cocteau Cento (2003, digital video) - Dan Boord & Luis Valdovino
Song of Kali (2004, 16mm) - Thomas Helman
Bautismo (2000, 16mm) - Casey Koehler
Twilight Psalm II: Night of the Meek (2002, 16mm) - Phil Solomon
Night #3 - Silver Wings
Juried from open calls by Peggy Parsons & Paul Roth
November 29, 2006
Qingjing Jing - Peng Hung-Chi - NY
Reel - Lynn Cazabon - Baltimore
Super-8 Mom - David Ellsworth - Michigan
Out of Step - Lynn Marie Kirby - CA
27/12 - Karla Carballar - NY
Saida - Graciela Fuentes - NY
Feeding - Leslie Furlong - Baltimore
Threnody - Janis Crystal Lipzin - CA
East Whist and Starry Noes, Mix #1 - Cynthia Lovett - NY
Elaine Drive - Robbie Land - Atlanta
Stop Motion Studies - Series 13 - David Crawford - Sweden
Ultimate Reality - Jimmy Joe Roche - Baltimore
You, Starbucks - Jennifer Levonian - Philadelphia
Life and Times of RFK - Aaron Valdez - Iowa