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Hillyer Art Space April Artist Talks

Hillyer Art Space, Black Artists of DC (BADC), and Washington Project for the Arts Present:

BADC’s Artist Talk on Saturday April 23rd, 2011 @

3:00 PM!

Admission: Free

Process: Reaffirmation is on show now @ Hillyer Art Space:

April 1st 2011 – April 29th 2011

The exhibition represents an opportunity for artists to retain power over their work in the context of their own philosophies and interpretations. The artists selected for this exhibition include Anne Bouie, Daniel Brookings, Joel D’Orazio, Victor Ekpuk, Corwin Levi, Barbara Liotta, Adrienne Mills, and Cleve Overton. In some cases, the relationships between their works may be obvious, and other instances invite the viewer to inquire and explore the relationships from their own point of view. As a starting point, such aspects as linear relationships, creation of new processes, innovative use of materials, the making of marks, and defining space were most apparent during the curatorial process.

For additional information about the artists and images of works in the exhibition, please contact Lisa Gold at lgold or 202-234-7103 ext 3.

For more information contact: jordanb

And from our friends at The Phillips Collection…

Bring a friend for free to your own private birthday party celebrating 90 years at The Phillips Collection:

http://www.phillipscollection.org/anniversary/index.aspx!

Use this DIY Birthday Kit: http://www.phillipscollection.org/anniversary/diy_birthday.aspx

to invite a friend to visit America’s first museum of modern art on a date of your choice in 2011. By filling out the form, you will receive an e-coupon for 2-for-1 admission to the museum.

9 Hillyer Court NW, Washington, DC 20008 USA

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Gallery Hours: 12pm – 5pm Monday, 12pm – 6pm Tuesday – Friday, 12pm – 5pm Saturday.

Otherwise by appointment

International Arts & Artists (IA&A) is a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing cross-cultural understanding and exposure to the arts internationally. IA&A’s services include a Traveling Exhibition Service, the Hillyer Art Space gallery, the Design Studio, the Cultural Exchange Program, and Membership Services for artists and the arts-interested public.

Posted on March 28, 2011 by mdhousing
Baltimore – Secretary Skinner joined Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and other dignitaries for the grand opening of City Arts Apartments, a 69-unit, mixed use development geared for artists and their families.

The $13.5 million building sits in the newly designated Station North Arts and Entertainment District in the Greenmount West neighborhood, a part of the city neglected by residential developers since the 19th century. Financing was made possible through a $2.6 million award from Tax Credit Assistance Program, part of federal stimulus funding.

It was developed through a joint venture of three nonprofit organizations, Homes for America, Jubilee Housing and TRF Development.

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First Friday April Opening

DATE: Friday, April 1st, 2011

TIME: 6PM-9 PM

ADMISSION: $5 suggested donation

First Friday Openings are a collaborative effort to strengthen arts and culture in the beautiful, multi-cultural neighborhood that is Dupont Circle. On the First Friday of every month galleries in our community open their doors to multitudes of art enthusiasts from all walks of life for simultaneous openings. We encourage all to join us for our openings and to circulate between our neighboring galleries, which host an ever-changing array of styles and media.

Hillyer Art Space April Exhibitions

Hillyer Art Space, Black Artists of DC (BADC), and Washington Project for the Arts Present:

Process: Reaffirmation

April 1st 2011 – April 29th 2011

The exhibition represents an opportunity for artists to retain power over their work in the context of their own philosophies and interpretations. The artists selected for this exhibition include Anne Bouie, Daniel Brookings, Joel D’Orazio, Victor Ekpuk, Corwin Levi, Barbara Liotta, Adrienne Mills, and Cleve Overton. In some cases, the relationships between their works may be obvious, and other instances invite the viewer to inquire and explore the relationships from their own point of view. As a starting point, such aspects as linear relationships, creation of new processes, innovative use of materials, the making of marks, and defining space were most apparent during the curatorial process.

Barbara Liotta creates installations which float, cascade, and undulate as suspended stone defines an ethereal space.The flowing linear character of her "chords" call to a similar aspect of Anne Bouie’s shields. The raw naturalness of these shields reaffirms a cultural past in Daniel Brooking’s masks, which also possess an other-worldly quality that Joel D’Orazio’s chairs embody.While Cleve Overton adds to the linear conversation, his statement challenges the unearthly with a sense of solidity.Victor Ekpuk and Corwin Levi share in the composition of rhythm and texture through their use of marks and text calling to both the real and contrived in written and visual language. Adrienne Mills’s photographic compositions dance within the implied space between past, present, and future which addresses the multitude of time, timelessness, and continuum references made in the work of the other artists.

There will be a free talk with the curator and artists featured in the exhibition on Saturday, April 23 at 3:00pm.

For additional information about the artists and images of works in the exhibition, please contact Lisa Gold at lgold or 202-234-7103 ext 3.

About the Curator

Gina Marie Lewis is a professor at Bowie State University in Bowie, Maryland as well as a practicing artist. Gina’s work is currently on view at the Kreeger Museum in Washington, DC as part of the exhibition In Unison: 20 Washington, DC Artists. She has curated a number of exhibitions, most recently Contemporary Color: Contemporary Artists and the Color School Legacy,co-curated with Sam Gilliam.

About WPA

Washington Project for the Arts is an independent, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to provide essential resources to support the creative spirit and success of regional artists. WPA presents contemporary art through imaginative and provocative programs, and connects artists with the community in both traditional and unexpected ways. www.wpadc.org

About BADC

The purpose of Black Artists of DC is to create a Black artists’ community to promote, develop, and validate the culture, artistic expressions, and aspirations of past and present artists of Black-Afrikan ancestry in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Some of the goals of BADC are to produce, exhibit, document, continue, and conserve our artistic legacy; create a cooperative trans-generational training ground for artists; create an advocacy for Black artists through community and political activity; and create and support a market for the art created by people of African descent.badcblog.blogspot.com

For more information contact: jordanb

Transformer Gallery, Art House Co-op and Hillyer Art Space present:

The Sketchbook Project @ Hillyer Art Space

April 15th – April 16th 2011

On April 15th & 16th, Hillyer Art Space is collaborating with Transformer and the Brooklyn based Art House Co-op to host The Sketchbook Project for two days in our gallery space. This exhibition is taking place in conjunction with Transformer’s SKETCH exhibition (on view in April and May), which focuses on artistic development and the creative process and features the work of 16 Washington D.C. artists working in a variety of mediums.

The Sketchbook Project is a touring library and exhibition which features nearly 10,000 sketchbooks by artists from a variety of artistic backgrounds and nationalities. Each artist included in the project was given a brand new 5½" x 8½" moleskin sketchbook and requested to fill it with art demonstrating their own individual style and creative eccentricities.

The sketchbooks offer unique insight into the artistic process–echoing Process: Reaffirmation’s focus–and work with one another to form a fascinating, fun exhibition. Audiences are invited to peruse over the inspiring books to their hearts’ content!

Over 700 D.C. area artists participated in the Sketchbook Project!

The Sketchbook Project will be touring nationally until the end of July when the sketchbooks will enter the permanent collection of The Brooklyn Art Library where they will cataloged and available for public view.

About Transformer Gallery

Transformer is a Washington DC based non-profit visual arts organization, providing a consistent, supportive and professional platform for emerging artist to explore and present experimental artistic concepts, build audiences for their work, and advance their careers. Transformer connects and promotes emerging visual artists within regional, national and international contexts through exhibitions and programs partnerships with artists, curators, commercial galleries, museums and other cultural institutions.- www.transformergallery.org

About Art House Co-Op

Art House Co-Op is a Brooklyn based organization, creating massive, international art projects that tie thousands of artists together – and anyone can participate. They have interacted with tens of thousands of artists from around the world, all brought together with the common goal of creating art and sharing it with each other. In an attempt to give artists as much recognition as possible, they have started taking select projects to guest galleries around the country. – www.arthousecoop.com.

For more information, please visit: http://www.arthousecoop.com/projects/sketchbookproject

9 Hillyer Court NW, Washington, DC 20008 USA

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Gallery Hours: 12pm – 5pm Monday, 12pm – 6pm Tuesday – Friday, 12pm – 5pm Saturday.

Otherwise by appointment

International Arts & Artists (IA&A) is a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing cross-cultural understanding and exposure to the arts internationally. IA&A’s services include a Traveling Exhibition Service, the Hillyer Art Space gallery, the Design Studio, the Cultural Exchange Program, and Membership Services for artists and the arts-interested public.