CREATE "OUR PLAYGROUND DC" MURAL ON SUNDAY- May 23

CREATE "OUR PLAYGROUND DC" MURAL ON SUNDAY

Come paint a mural with Albus Cavus for Union Station this Sunday. The theme is DC as our playground, a place where we love to live, work and play. The leading artist of this workshop will be Kevin "Jazi" Irvin. Everyone is encouraged to come and contribute to this massive collage.

Sunday, May 23 from 2pm to 4pm at The Freezer, 633 E Street SE (rear alley). Painting will be on primed paper using variety of media. Wear working clothes. Recommended donation but none is turned away. All supplies provided.

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.

Public Art Workshops

Date: January 17, 2010 (2-4pm)
Workshop Title: Wheatpasting for Beginners
Description: Learn art of large posters. Decoy, one of the most prolific DC artists will share the tricks about pasting them on the walls and more.
Instructor: Decoy
Examples of the artist’s work: Edgewood Mural, Sherman Ave Mural…
Recommended Age: All
Suggested Donation: $20

Date: January 24, 2010 (2-4pm)
Workshop Title: Drawing Graffiti Art
Description: Ultra will guide you through graffiti art in DC. You will get chance to draw your own style and draw it large. This class is prerequisite for all aerosol lessons this semester.
Instructor: Ultra
Examples of the artist’s work: Edgewood Mural, Sherman Ave Mural…
Recommended Age: All
Suggested Donation: $20

Date: January 31, 2010 (2-4pm)
Workshop Title: Colorful Science and Art
Description: Peter will talk about physics of colors and how it applies to artists. Together, we will split sunlight into rainbow and explore relationship between its colors.
Instructor: Peter K
Examples of the artist’s work: Edgewood Mural, Sherman Ave Mural, The Fridge
Recommended Age: All
Suggested Donation: $20

For more info visit Albus Cavus Classroom

BENEFIT PARTY FOR OUR CLASSROOM

The Fridge Hosts the Albus Cavus Classroom Campaign on Friday, 1/15/2010, 8 - 11 PM. The Fridge is located at Rear Alley, 516 8th St SE, just two short blocks from Eastern Market Metro. The fundraiser features DC's favorite Indie / Folk / Experimental musician Aaron Thompson. Suggested Donation: $20 ($125 Supports One Student Scholarship for a Month), Cash Bar.

Young artist Dana collaborating with Decoy.

Join Albus Cavus, The Fridge, and Aaron Thompson to raise funds for the new Albus Cavus Classroom, where creativity is the core subject. We want to encourage hundreds of DC kids to become active and engaged residents by empowering young artists with the creative skills to improve our neighborhoods.

Cristian and Mika brainstorming. Cristian has designed T-Shirt for Albus Cavus and Mika maintains our photo gallery.

Come meet the amazing Albus Cavus artists and other supporters, listen to marvelous music from Aaron Thompson and donate what you can to educate DC's young artists. While you're here, check out The Fridge's exciting new exhibit: Uncle Cory's Art Show. Your participation is the key to success in creating a healthy community. Please RSVP: albuscavus@gmail.com

For more info click here.

AVAILABLE ARTIST STUDIOS
Are you an artist looking for a studio space? You are in luck, because some just opened up in Pyramid Atlantic - this is one of the best working environments for artists of all disciplines in the greater DC area. Please email Jose Dominguez at jdominguez[at]pyramid-atlantic.org for more info.

Please Donate at www.albuscav.us.

Murals around Washington, D.C.

Read about MuralsDC Program that has created over 20 murals around the city over the last two years. Written by Ann Cameron Siegal, it features all the participating organizations and artists. You will be able to meet all the artists who worked on the "Seasons in the City" mural tonight at our Albus Cavus Classroom Fundraiser in The Fridge at 8pm.

Legal graffiti artists create murals around Washington, D.C. as past of MuralsDC By Ann Cameron Siegal

Art lovers, meet the city's legal graffiti initiative, a program responsible for the creation of 20 of Washington's most vibrant, thought-provoking and contemporary outdoor works.

Announcing the New Albus Cavus Classroom Campaign

Albus Cavus Classroom Campaign.

Please Donate at www.albuscav.us.

Albus Cavus, a non-profit public art organization, is taking participatory public art from the outside to the inside. Albus Cavus wants to encourage hundreds of kids to become active and engaged residents. We are empowering young artists with the creative skills to improve their neighborhoods.

Your donations will buy art supplies, create scholarships, and support teachers. Albus Cavus Classroom will have a tremendous impact on children, students, and communities. Albus Cavus offers a unique learning experience, connecting with DC's young people who see the new murals going up in their neighborhoods and want to be a part of it.

Watch this interview with 14-year-old Dana Lopez who helped paint the new Sherman Avenue mural. We want to offer Dana the tools to create art and bring it to the world. Please support young artists like Dana by donating at www.albuscav.us

The student artists will learn and work on actual public art projects, murals and sculptures. The will get hands-on experience with innovative techniques and current approaches to public art process.

The Spring 2010 Classroom will be held in The Fridge, an artist space in South East DC, in walking distance from Eastern Market Metro Station.

The Albus Cavus Classroom Campaign will run into early 2010 and culminate with a fun fundraiser party in February. Check your email for more information this creative new classroom project and for the party.


Please Donate at www.albuscav.us

Spray Paint Workshops in DC

Albus Cavus is taking advantage of the last warm fall days in Washington, DC and hoping to finish the new mural on Sherman Ave this week. Stop by on Saturday November 7, 2009 between 1pm and 5pm to see their progress, paint with them, meet the neighbors and have a nice relaxing afternoon. If you are interested you can also learn the basics of painting with spray paint. Wear your work clothes if you want to paint. The location is Sherman Ave and Barry Place NW in Washington DC.

The Edgewood Mural Jam

This Saturday, the capital’s largest public art event is taking place in the Northeast neighborhood of Edgewood.

The Edgewood Mural Jam is sponsored by Albus Cavus, the Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program, Liquitex, Beacon House, District Department of Transportation, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, the Rhode Island Avenue Shopping Center, and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.

From 10am to 8pm, over 100 muralists, artists, and members of the general public will be on hand to complete a public painting on a wall larger than a football field.

The event is for all ages, and will have good food, activities for children, DJs spinning, and of course good company.

The mural will be painted on a wall near the Rhode Island Ave. Metro Stop, on the Red Line.

The DC community is invited to participate in the largest interactive public art event of the summer by meeting the artists, watching them work, and picking up a paintbrush to join in.

Over the last eight weeks, artists Decoy, Quest Skinner, Pose 2, Chor Boogie and Joshua Mays have been leading a group of young people from our Summer Youth Employment Program to develop, design, and create a mural for the DC community. “From Edgewood to the Edge of the World” is the anchor art piece that reflects the souls of the artists and invites the public to imagine a new world. The Edgewood Mural Jam will nearly double the size of public art piece in one day as 100 artists have been invited to contribute their art. The mural walls are visible from the Rhode Island Metro station on the Red Line and along the new Metropolitan Branch Trail.

Public Arts Through Story Telling

(Washington, DC) The story of the Edgewood Mural is told through its characters: the 45 young artists of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities ' Youth Summer Employment Program, five directing artists, DC muralists, and the entire Edgewood community. This week, the Edgewood Mural project team stretched themselves and reached out further into the community to engage more storytellers. On Monday, the young artists participated in a spokesperson training session to put words to their art. They shared the messages they hope the mural will communicate.

"We are creating unity: uniting different DC neighborhoods, uniting young artists with experienced professionals, and uniting communities in their spaces," said Artist Pose 2.

Artist Quest Skinner stated her hope that the Edgewood Mural, "Showcases these young artists' unique talents, dreams, and expressions. I really want these young artists to leave with new gateways and bridges to their future." The mural team sees art as empowerment through the expression of self, and unity can be fostered through joint creativity. The mural is a synergistic effort between self and community, inner and outer. For the Edgewood Mural project, public art is not only the goal. The art is also the frame for the intangible results, such as inspiration to a young child, a flash of vibrant color in the eyes of a cyclist along the new Metropolitan Branch Trail, or a smile on the face of WMATA rider who sees the mural from the Red Line train.

On Tuesday, July 21, the Edgewood Mural project team presented its vision for art and engagement at the local Advisory Neighborhood Commission 5C, which considers a wide range of policies and programs affecting their neighborhoods, including traffic, parking, recreation, street improvements, and more. Ten Commissioners and 30 local residents heard more about how public art can lift up residents’ lives and contribute to safer and healthier streets. “In our experience bringing murals and public art to communities, we see that communities maintain and enjoy the public spaces. Parents bring their kids, and the spaces become more active and safe,” said Peter Krsko, Director of the public arts nonprofit Albus Cavus, which is leading the Edgewood Mural effort.

Another way to bring more attention and engagement is to bring more artists. On August 15, Albus Cavus will host an all-day “mural jam” with 100 DC muralists who will bring their art to an adjoining wall, and extend the mural another 200 feet. The Edgewood Mural runs along the new Metropolitan Branch Trail.

"We want to liven up the community and get everyone to appreciate art more. The mural is about expressing ourselves and exposing the community to our talents," Participant Brooke Hargrove said. “The Edgewood Mural is creating stronger communities through empowering young DC artists to paint their generations' spirit into public spaces and create something that shows a little bit of our souls.”

This week, listen to Edgewood Mural artists Peter Krsko, Pose 2, and Mike Money on WAMU’s Metro Connection with Host David Furst.

Albus Cavus to Create New Mural in Edgewood

From Albus Cavus

(Washington, DC, June 25, 2009) — Albus Cavus has been creating innovative public art up and down the East Coast for seven years, bringing murals and events to community centers, bike trails, warehouses, and urban centers. This summer, 45 DC young people will work with the non-profit public arts organization to cover a wall in the Edgewood community of Northeast DC with beautiful art and to create a new curriculum on youth leadership in public arts. The result of their work will be a 300 foot-long mural alongside the new Metropolitan Branch Trail, which will serve cyclists and pedestrians when complete. The art will also be visible from the Rhode Island Metro station.

On day one of the nine-week program, Albus Cavus artists and 45 DC young people kick-started their summer with markers and charcoal on sheets of paper the size of tables. Flowers bloomed off the pages while bars of music ran in rainbows over a kaleidoscope of silhouettes and colors. “We start with tackling a big white space together by drawing and filling the page with color and images,” says project director Peter Krsko. “We learn how to work spontaneously and apply our unique personalities to a collaborative effort.”

Under the direction of Albus Cavus and artists Pose 2, Quest Skinner, Decoy, Joshua Mays, and Chor Boogie, the young people will develop their own plans, learn painting techniques, collaborate on projects, and connect with the community. They will learn how to attract attention and talk to the media, finance a project, and create art that reflects and complements the neighborhood. In addition to the large-scale artwork that will uplift the Edgewood community, the young people will write their guidelines for community-sourced public art process. The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities sponsors the 45 young participants who work for the 2009 DC Summer Youth Employment Program.

Albus Cavus will be providing a toolkit that surpasses just the artistic. They are working with the participants to develop the skills to enhance their lives and neighborhoods through art and the ability to transform a plan into action. By mid-August, the Edgewood community and DC will also experience how public art can change urban spaces and lives.

Artists hit the streets to replace graffiti with murals in New Brunswick | mycentraljersey.com | MyCentralJersey.com

Artists hit the streets to replace graffiti with murals in New Brunswick | mycentraljersey.com

It started Sunday as a garage door painted solid blue near the intersection of Central Avenue and Robinson Street. But by midday, thanks to the hand of Leon Rainbow, it was a vibrant mural of the mythological figure Atlas holding up a house, a clock and a car — symbolizing what Rainbow described as the pressures of everyday life.

Murals to Zora

DCist Preview: Murals to Zora HERE

Saturday night from 9 p.m. to midnight, the vacant space beneath Union Row condominiums on 14th Street [was] alive with art and music commemorating the life of Harlem renaissance writer Zora Neale Hurston. Why Hurston? The author and folklorist was born in Eatonville, Florida, and the murals will decorate the forthcoming Eatonville restaurant—owned by Andy Shallal of Busboys and Poets. Artist Chanel Compton waitresses at Busboys, and asked Shallal if he knew of any empty buildings where she could throw an art event. Shallal offered up Eatonville, which is still under construction, currently interviewing chefs, and preparing to open in a couple of months.

About 20 visual artists participated in the event
Eatonville is located at 2121 14th St. NW, at the corner of 14th and V Streets, Washington, DC.


video by erickennedy
washington dc - deadsquid.net, leonrainbow.com, albuscav.us

CONCRETE ALCHEMY TOUR 2008

In 2008, a group of visionary artists got on the road with the only goal - to transform gray sterile cities into colorful works of art. The tour was a collaborative work of Cern, Chor Boogie, Col, Crol, Demer, Eric Kennedy, Kasso, Mike Ciccotello, Mr. Maxx Moses, Plan, Rain, Ricardo Barros, Veng, Vyal and Werc. Organized by Peter Brauch and Peter Krsko.

For more information about the tour and Albus Cavus, visit http://albuscav.us/concretealchemy/.

Pose 2 X Chor Boogie X MTV

Pose 2 and Chor Boogie visited Dubai in October 2008. One of the exciting projects they produced was this work commissioned by MTV Arabia. For more photos and info about the trip visit http://albuscav.us/dubai/


Source: Art Whino on Urbancode
Also look for Chor Boogie in Inked Souls 2009 coming to you April 18th at Art Whino!