I’m not sure it is as good as this one but I was pretty impressed. I have zero artistic talent so when I see folks who do, it amazes me.
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This is one of the very few totem poles I’ve spotted around town…
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I thought this piece was super unusual. It’s located above the door of a sunken entrance in Georgetown.
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This one really struck me as super cool (from 7th Street near the Convention Center).
From time to time folks ask me about any artist workspace living arrangements available in DC. The following sounds like great news! The Cultural Development Corporation reports:
We are working with Union Place Phase I, LLC, to qualify 30 artists, arts administrators, arts educators and their families for affordable artist live/work apartments at 3rd and K, NE, in the NoMa area of Washington, DC. The artist housing units at The Loree Grand will be live/work housing — apartments designed primarily as residential, with studio/work space as an ancillary use. The building will feature studios, one-bedroom, two-bedroom and two-bedroom with den units ranging from 596 to 1362 square feet.
The Loree Grand includes over 200 residential units, a roof garden, a courtyard, a gym and ground floor retail, all within steps of the New York/Florida Avenue Metro Station and Union Station. Individual units include washers and dryers, stainless steel appliances and open floorplans. Construction is under way with occupancy expected mid 2010.
You can find more info here.
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From an email:
“As part of FotoweekDC, Metro Collective is hosting ‘Outernational’, a photo night tonight at Local 16 (1602 U St NW). DC-based member photographers – Michael Bonfigli, Daniel Cima, Bill Crandall, and Hector Emanuel – will be projecting a range of their documentary photography from around the world, with discussion and Q&A. Info on the Fotoweek site is here:
http://fotoweekdc.com/events/
To check out Metro’s amazing work click here:
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Thanks to a reader for sending:
“Have you seen the new “art” outside the city vista busboys (5th and K Street, NW). Not a fan of the form, but I am going to drunk climb all over that.”
It certainly is interesting. I’ll have to go back and take some daytime photos. But from the reader’s photo, what do you guys think – thumbs up or down?
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Photo by Amit Mehta, “Air Guitar, DC Regional #1″, courtesy Ten Miles Square”
Ten Miles Square and Pink Line Project present
Fixation
at
Industry Gallery
Saturday, November 7, 6 to 10 p.m.
1358-60 Florida Avenue NE, Second Floor
“Join Ten Miles Square and the Pink Line Project with the work of nine local photographers for the second annual Fixation exhibit.
These photographers each create a narrative with a short series of images, differentiating the stereotypical image of our Nation’s Capital from the people actually living inside it. Their photographs inspect our city’s individual subcultures and the people who thrive in them, whether it’s the intense rock convulsions of serious air guitar competitors or the eager characters at the local Renaissance festival. Some create their own scenes by simply coming together as bystanders, while others transit separately in search of the same something. What these images all have in common is a fixation on subculture carved out inside the story of this city.
Featured photographers: Nicole Aguirre, Karon Flage, Angela Kleis, Drew McDermott, Amit Mehta, Pat Padua, Jay Westcott, Aziz Yazdani, and Joshua Yospyn.
Performances:
6-9 PM Music by Yoko K!
7:30 PM ayyoko confidential
9:00 PM Suspicious Package (recently mentioned in Spin magazine!)
Portrait photographs:
Have your portrait taken by Ten Miles Square photographer Tracy Clayton in front of a specially commissioned backdrop created by fab artist Cory Oberndorfer.
Celebrate DC’s newest art center with:
–The opening of Koen Vanmechelen’s Cosmopolitan Chicken Project (DC) at one of DC’s top contemporary art galleries, Conner Contemporary.
–G Fine Art’s new space on the same block.
–A first look at the home of the new Industry Gallery, a contemporary design exhibition space.
$10 suggested donation
Special Deal:
$2 tall-boy PBR drink special at the Rock & Roll Hotel if you wear our wrist band.
Huge thanks to our beer sponsor PBR and event sponsor Scion for making Fixation possible.
Industry Gallery is located on the second floor of Conner Contemporary, at 1358-60 Florida Avenue NE. When it opens in 2010, Industry will specialize in 21st century design, focusing on international artists who create functional art from industrial materials.
From their Web site:
FotoWeek DC is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization founded in 2008 to celebrate the power of photography. Our first annual weeklong festival brought over 20,000 visitors to the Nation’s Capital, galvanizing the Washington, DC community. Washington is unique in the photographic world, consisting as it does not only of a nexus of talented photographers, but also its far-ranging collections of photography. From national institutions like the Smithsonian to edgy galleries on 14th Street, the image is everywhere, and FotoWeek DC was created in part to pay tribute to this. The inaugural competitions attracted an astounding amount of high caliber work, and a photographic light show on the walls of the Nation’s monuments was, well, electrifying.
FotoWeek DC isn’t just about seven days or one city, however. Exhibitions continue throughout the year, including our most recent exhibition, Fotobama, at the Newseum. The educational, community building and informational exchange platforms we provide for photographers and photo enthusiasts have expanded to an international level, which is why, in 2009, our awards competition has gone global. Finally, as the first organization to recognize the need to create a photographic forum that engages people of all ages, races, and economic means, FotoWeek DC hopes to foster both grassroots initiatives and public/private partnerships to publicize global issues and encourage positive social change.
You can see the full schedule of events here. And Heather Goss from DCist makes her recommendations to the Washington Post here. Should be a great time!
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Back in September a reader mentioned some new art going up at the Convention Center. In addition to M St. there is also art on L as well where I found this one. It put a big smile on my face.
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Long View Gallery has opened up its new space at 1234 9th Street, NW. It’s looking good!
The old space at 1302 9th Street, NW has become Shakti Yoga studio. Previously they were located at 7th and New York and in a quick conversation they said the new space should be open today!