From an email:
“On December 5, Past Tense yoga studio (3253 Mt. Pleasant Street, NW) is hosting The Gift of Fab holiday sale featuring several of our talented staff like photographer Stacey Vaeth and students like pastry chef Josh Short. We are still looking for vendors so crafty locals should contact Kelly at [email protected] for more details.”
Ed. Note: Past Tense is a PoP advertiser
Anyone know who the musician is?
Thanks to a reader for sending:
“Have you seen this art on Newton St. between 14th and 16th? Any ideas on its origin? Hardly your standard dilapidated building graffiti.”
Anyone know who the artist is?
Someone mentioned this exhibit back in a previous comment thread last week. I checked it out last weekend and gotta say – it’s kinda cool. I know it’s basically an advertisement but man these are some creative ads. Anyone else check them out? The exhibit, Red Bull Art of Can, is up at Union Station until Oct. 19th. You can see the full gallery online here. What do you guys think – cool or kitsch?
This is from the unit block of R Street, NW. I’ll let the photos do the talking: (more…)
“Dear PoP,
I wanted to let you know about some new artwork in the display cases outside the Convention Center at Mt. Vernon Square. The cases are under the Convention Center bridge, which I pass everyday walking from the metro to work. They’ve been empty forever, it’s great to seem them put to use, and there are some really interesting pieces. I especially like the DC street map done in yarn and pins. If you’re down that way you should check it out.”
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I thought these painted LPs were pretty cool on 15th Street just south of Park Road.
This is from Jess, 25, who got it done at Jinx Proof in Georgetown. It’s a peacock feather and I think it came out very cool looking.
I heard the H Street, NE festival was awesome. Sadly, I was in NYC and had to miss it. Ed. Note: Happy New Year everyone, I can’t believe it’s already 5770… Anyway, I was really disappointed to have missed the festival so I was pretty psyched to have seen a few of the cars near the Convention Center. The folks were super nice and were heading back to their respective homes in Georgia and Kentucky. For folks who went to the festival, what was your favorite part? Tomorrow morning I’ll post this week’s Ojo Latino featuring the fashion part of the festival.
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You can see the original post and more photos of the benches here. The person behind the benches sends an email of explanation:
“Dear PoP,
I see you posted some photos on your blog about an art project I recently installed at 14th, Oak and Ogden Streets. Contrary to your commentary “I’ve always known there were benches here but I never noticed the writing on them before,” benches have not been a part of the park for the past 2.5-3 years but had been a part of the park for decades before that. I installed these benches early August.
Thank you,
Sarah Tooley
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For the installation Public Dialogues in Public Places, former neighborhood resident and artist Sarah Tooley interviewed 60 community members who live near or own a small business adjacent to the park at the intersections of 14th, Oak and Ogden Streets in Northwest, Washington, DC. She asked about their feelings and thoughts on their relationship to the park and community safety.
With the help of a Small Projects Grant from the DC Commission on Arts and Humanities she worked with a group of volunteers to paint and transcribe selected texts from the interviews onto the slats of seven brightly painted wooden benches. She met with the D.C Department of Parks and Recreation to create a Donation Agreement to allow for the public installation of the benches until renovation of the park begins.
Through the physical manifestation of the text painted on the benches privately expressed opinions are launches into the public realm. The differing views and experiences expressed lay side by side to confront and co-exists with the assumptions, stereotypes and lived realities of the people who choose to spend time in the park, who steer clear of it, or those who have felt pushed out.”