Paint the Town: Provocation on Display | Washington Life Magazine

Paint the Town: Provocation on Display | Washington Life Magazine: "Paint the Town: Art Registry’s Provocation on Display"

NY photographer Gene Fischer’s solo show is on display at the Art Registry in Georgetown.

By Julie LaPorte

The Art Registry in Georgetown presents “Gene Fischer: Winter Trees, Moons and Baptist Camp – Provocation on Display…Photography and the Art of Reaction.” This powerful and challenging solo show is the New York photographer’s first exhibition in Washington D.C. and will run through May 4th.

The Murals DC program

From Councilmember Jim Graham's office.

The MuralsDC program has been recognized again – this time internationally with a major piece on BBC World.  at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/world_news_america/8637972.stm

MuralsDC program is paying off. It has become such a great success, enhancing our arts and our youth programs. Murals DC was featured in The Washington Post Weekend section in January. There are more than 20 around town.

TAPE SCULPTURE WORKSHOP

Art by Mark Jenkins, the originator of this technique.

Are you familiar with the packing tape sculptures by Mark Jenkins? If not, this is your chance to learn everything about them. If you are Mark's fan, you already know that right now he is working with CON on a huge surprise show in The Fridge.

And this weekend, you will get a chance to work with Sandra Fernandez who will teach you how to create your own tape cast of any object or your body. Bring a small object (a vase for example) to create a cast of. Sandra is an artist living in the greater DC area. She has worked with Mark for many years and is one of the few masters of this technique in the world.

The tape sculpture workshop is on Sunday, April 4, 2010 in The Freezer, 633 E Street SE (rear alley), Washington, DC. It is in walking distance from Eastern Market Metro Station. Bring your friends. Suitable for all ages. Suggested donation $30 (sliding scale). Duration 2 hours. The workshop will be mostly indoors. Al supplies provided. Working clothes covering full body is recommended.

For more information about Albus Cavus Workshops, please visit www.albuscav.us/classrooms.

2010 WPA PUBLIC ART RESIDENCY PROGRAM

2010 WPA PUBLIC ART RESIDENCY PROGRAM
Deadline: Friday, April 23, 2010  
Public Talk: Tuesday, April 6, 2010 4-6PM at the Corcoran Gallery of Art Auditorium

Washington Project for the Arts (WPA) and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (DCAAH) are 
partnering with Socrates Sculpture Park (SSP, the Park) in Long Island City, NY to create a Public Art 
Residency (PAR) Program  to instruct and inform artists about practical and conceptual issues related to 
the creation of public art. Through this program, artists will learn the fundamentals of developing a 
proposal for public art work, identifying sources for materials and funding of projects, and access a 
support network for technical assistance and future opportunities related to creating and presenting art 
in the public realm. 
 
In this pilot program, one artist who resides in the District of Columbia will be selected to receive a two
month paid residency and exhibition opportunity at Socrates Sculpture Park.  The work will be 
exhibited under SSP's "Open Space" program from September 12, 2010 to November 2010 
(end/deinstallation date to be determined and agreed upon by the artist and SSP).  Once the exhibit has 
ended, the artist  will re-fabricate or re-install, in Washington, DC, the work made through the 
residency. The artist will be required to give a public presentation about his or her residency experience 
and may also be asked to advise WPA and/or DCCAH on other public art initiatives. 


To learn more about the Park, please visit their website:  www.socratessculpturepark.org. 


This opportunity is open to all artists who live in the District of Columbia. Artists who are enrolled in a 
school, college or university at the time of the residency (May - September 2010) are not eligible for the 
PAR Program.


Artists interested in this opportunity are asked to submit a proposal for an artwork to be created and 
exhibited at SSP.  Artists applying for this opportunity are strongly encouraged to visit SSP and/or 
attend the public talk by SSP Executive Director Alyson Baker at the Corcoran Gallery of Art  Auditorium on April 6, 2010 from 4-6pm before submitting their application. The auditorium is located 
at 500 Seventeenth Street NW, Washington, DC.


click here to download the full call for artists and entry form>>


The 2010 WPA Public Art Residency Program is funded in part bythe DC Commision on the Arts & Humanities DC Creates! Public Art Program and made possible with assistance from Socrates Sculpture Park.