DC:ART:Around My Way: Art Openings in Anacostia this Friday!

The Gallery at Vivid Solutions presents

A space for the transitory
Chajana denHarding

opening reception: Friday, January 14th @ 7pm

Chajana denHarder uses photography and interactive installations to investigate changes. In this current exhibition she is simultaneously photographer, subject, and model. Her process involves merging with her subject on film, then editing herself out of the images. Each photograph walks the line between reality and fiction: questioning what is manipulated and what is real.

exhibition dates: January 14 – February 18, 2011

address: 2208 MLK Jr Ave SE, Washington, DC 20020

gallery hours: Noon – 5pm, Tuesday through Friday 12pm to 5pm on Saturdays or by appointment

contact: 202-365-8392

Honfleur Gallery presents two solo exhibits

opening reception: Friday, January 14th @ 7pm

New Works

by Jordan Kasey

Jordan Kasey is an emerging artist living in Baltimore, Maryland. Her large scale paintings are surreal oil on canvas landscapes and portraits. She grew up in the Chicago area and moved to Baltimore in 2004 to study painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). She received the 2010 Maryland State Arts Council’s Individual Artist Grant in Painting.

Upstairs at Honfleur:

Controversial Characters of Portraits Past

by Eric Finzi

Eric Finzi is a dermatological surgeon who uses syringes, propane torches and other nontraditional tools to create epoxy resin paintings. The exhibition includes works from three series, Augustine, Down the Rabbit Hole and Sarah Bernhardt.

Controversial Characters of Portraits Past is curated by Cheri Landry, founding director of Divergence Fine Art, a Baltimore based ﬁne art consulting ﬁrm.

exhibition dates: January 14 – February 18, 2011

address:1241 Good Hope Road SE, Washington, DC 20020gallery hours: Noon – 5pm, Tuesday through Friday 12pm to 5pm on Saturdays or by appointment

contact: 202-536-8994

Event Rentals

@ Honfleur Gallery and The Gallery at Vivid Solutions

Hourly rentals are available please contact our Events Manager, Chloe Evans, with questions or visit the websites for more details.

Contact:

Chloe Evans

310-743-6730

chloe.archdc

www.honfleurgallery.com/rental.html

www.vividsolutionsdc.com/gallery/rental.html

Creative Rentals @ Blank Space SE, a new permanent pop-up space

Blank Space SE fills the void of needing a temporary creative space and allows the freedom for any group, individual, or organization looking for an affordable space to promote creativity!

Contact:

Beth Ferraro and Lisa Bacon

202-365-8392

bferraro

lbacon

www.blankSPACEse.com

Honfleur Gallery, The Gallery at Vivid Solutions, Vivid Solutions DC Print Lab,
Blank Space SE & The Hive are all projects of ARCH Development Corp.

www.honfleurgallery.com I www.archdevelopment.org I www.vividsolutionsdc.com

www.blankSPACEse.com I www.thedchive.com

January 7, 2011

MD:POETRY: OUT LOUD FOR DR. KING! JANUARY 17

January 4, 2011

DC:MUSIC: the Cornel West theory performing in D.C., Pittsburgh, Pa. & Columbus, Ohio

Show Announcements

BloomBars in D.C.

When: Friday Jan. 7
Where: BloomBars @ 3222 11th Street, NW
Washington D.C., 20001
Doors: 8:30 p.m. (Tickets: $10)

AVA in Pittsburgh, Pa.

When: Saturday Jan. 8
Where: AVA @ 126 S. Highland Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa., 15206 (next door to Shadow Lounge)
Doors: 8 p.m. (Tickets $5 +21)

Columbus State Community College

When: Monday Jan. 10
Where: Columbus State Community College 550 East Spring Street, Columbus, OH 43215 (Conference Center Ballroom, 4th floor, WD)
Performing with keynote speaker Dr. Cornel West to honor MLK Day
Doors: 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Columbus State Community College

When: Tuesday Jan. 11
Where: Columbus State Community College 550 East Spring Street, Columbus, OH 43215 (Nestor Hall Auditorium)
Doors: 6 p.m.
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Photos: Yulia Graham (top); Rahima Marsh (bottom)

thecornelwesttheory | washington, dc

January 3, 2011

DC:ART:Save the Date: Romare Bearden, American Modernist

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CASVA: Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, Washington

SAVE THE DATE

A program celebrating the publication
Romare Bearden, American Modernist

Monday, March 14, 2011
4:30 p.m.
East Building Auditorium

Romare Bearden, American Modernist: An Introduction
Ruth Fine, curator of special projects in modern art, National Gallery of Art

Romare Bearden and the Art of the Grotesque
Mary Schmidt Campbell, dean, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University

Please see announcement for complete program (PDF 470KB).

The publication Romare Bearden, American Modernist will be available in spring 2011 from Gallery Shops.

images.magnetmail.net/images/clients/NGart/attach/2011_01_03_CASVA_Lectures_PDF.pdf (Announcement PDF 470KB)
shop.nga.gov/nga/category.cgi?category=books-casva_publications (Gallery Shops)

Mary Schmidt Campbell has been dean of the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University since 1991. She earned her BA in English literature from Swarthmore College and her MA in art history and PhD in humanities from Syracuse University. She is the co-editor of Artistic Citizenship: A Public Voice for the Arts (2006) and co-author of Memory and Metaphor: The Art of Romare Bearden, 1940–1987 (1991) and Harlem Renaissance: Art of Black America (1987).

Before going to NYU, Campbell was assistant curator at the Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse; cofounder of the Community Folk Art Center, Syracuse; and executive director of the Studio Museum in Harlem (1977–1987). From 1987 to 1991 she served as New York City commissioner of cultural affairs. Campbell was NYU’s provost for the arts (2004–2007) and chair of the New York State Council on the Arts (2007–2009), and she currently serves as chair of Tisch School of the Arts Asia. In September 2009, Campbell was appointed by President Obama as vice chair of the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities.

Campbell is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and sits on the boards of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival, and the Harlem School of the Arts. She holds honorary degrees from the College of New Rochelle, Colgate University, the City University of New York, Pace University, Maryland Institute College of Art, and Swarthmore College.

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Washington, DC 20565 | Map

Hours: Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 11am-6pm
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January 2, 2011

DC:MUSIC:Blue Monday Blues Schedule for January 3rd – Eddie Jones

Blue Monday Blues @Westminster Church
400 I Street, SW ~ Washington, D.C. 20024 ~ 202.484.7700
swrenaissance.com

BLUE MONDAY BLUES

Mondays 6 – 9pm ~ $5 admission

Monday, January 3, 2011
Eddie Jones &
the Young Bucks

Eddie Jones, guitar

John L. Gray, keyboard

Les Campbell, bass

Freddy Gomillion, drums

Emmitt Queen, guitar

Blue Monday Blues is a project of Southwest Renaissance Development Corporation launched in 2006. It welcomes a great many of the area’s finest electric, down-home artists to lead incredible live performances every Monday evening without any exception.
The BLUES is a truly great American art form. With distinct influences from African, Caribbean and Southern origins it has expressed the passions of people very familiar with adversity and hardship. Perhaps this is why it has such a compelling appeal: the very common human experience of transcending these difficulties and reclaiming a new harmony. Blues is anything but sorrowful; it leaves you with a renewed sense of vitality and offers a new way of seeing things.

We hope you will enjoy these experiences and find something inspiring every time you come.

Blue Monday Blues is presented by Southwest Renaissance Development Corporation (Southwest Renaissance Development Corporation | 400 I Street, SW | Washington | DC | 20024) with the generous support of many individuals and institutions including the D.C. Commission for the Arts & Humanities which receives a portion of its funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Your continued support is much appreciated!

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December 31, 2010

SUPPORT:DC:POETRY: Make a Year-End Contribution to the American Poetry Museum

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Kuumba (Creativity) – to do always as much as we can, in the way we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it.

For those of you who supported us by attending INTERSECTIONS, participated in a writing and dialogue workshop, or gave in response to our fundraising campaign, we thank you for your support!

Your attendance, donations, and volunteer time have helped us to embrace the Kwanzaa principle of Kuumba every day throughout 2010!

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Happy New Year!

Jon West-Bey

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P.S. A sincere thank you to all who have made a contribution in 2010 and/or supported us in other ways. We appreciate you!

December 29, 2010

DC:ART: Anacostia: What’s next? Join us in 2011!

Thank you so much for your support in 2010! It has been a busy year here in Anacostia with new projects (The Hive, Blank Space SE, Eat Shop Live Anacostia), two art galleries (Honfleur & The Gallery at Vivid Solutions) and our custom digital print shop (Vivid Solutions DC Print Lab). We look forward to more events in 2011! Here are just a few Save the Dates…

A LOOK AHEAD IN ANACOSTIA:

January 5th, 11am – 7pm

* Blank Space SE Open House
Blank Space SE, a new permanent creative rental space in Anacostia, will be hosting its first Open House event. The special performance portion is from 5-7pm by Urban Artistry, a non-profit collective of dancers, artists, historians, musicians, folklorists and documentary filmmakers. Also on display is a photo exhibition by Critical Exposure, a non-profit organization that teaches youth to use the power of photography and become effective advocates for school reform and social change. Stop by at lunch or after work to see the new space. The first three people to rent the Blank Space SE during the Open House receive 10% off! For more info contact Lisa Bacon at lbacon or www.blankSPACEse.com

January 14th, 7pm

The following three opening receptions are the same night; come meet the artists and gallery hop East of the River!

* Honfleur Gallery presents New Works by Jordan Kasey
Jordan Kasey is an emerging artist living in Baltimore, Maryland. Her large scale paintings are surreal oil on canvas landscapes and portraits. She grew up in the Chicago area and moved to Baltimore in 2004 to study painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). She graduated in December 2007 and currently works as an Art Handler.

* Upstairs at Honfleur, Controversial Characters of Portraits Past by Eric Finzi and curated by Cheri Landry
Eric Finzi is a dermatological surgeon who uses syringes, propane torches and other nontraditional tools to create epoxy resin paintings. The exhibition includes works from three series, Augustine, Down the Rabbit Hole and Sarah Bernhardt. Controversial Characters of Portraits Past is curated by Cheri Landry, founding director of Divergence Fine Art, a Baltimore based ﬁne art consulting ﬁrm.

* The Gallery at Vivid Solutions presents Chajana denHarding’s A space for the transitory

MORE EVENTS @ :

January 8th, 7pm
* Amy Royce and Briony Hynson guest jury the exhibit “Mixing Bowl” @ The Torpedo Factory’s Target Gallery located at 105 N. Union St.Alexandria, VA 22314
January 21st, 6:30pm
* In partnernship with The Alliance Francaise of Washington, Honfleur & The Gallery at Vivid Solutions present Owen Franken’s photography Retrospective @ The Alliance Francaise located at 2142 Wyoming Ave. NW Washington, D.C. 20008 (please call for reservations 202-234-7911)

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Vivid Solutions DC Print Lab is proud to offer three new printing surfaces to provide you with a multitude of creative new ways to display your work.

Metallic Paper : this high-gloss surface makes prints that are sharp, vibrant and rich-looking

Backlit Polyester Film : this mylar-like film with its matte surface is ideal for back-lighting

Extreme AquaVinyl™ PSA : this new “paper” is long-lasting, vinyl-backed with a permanent, but removable, adhesive for indoor or outdoor wall murals, signs and vehicle wraps.

A special New Years offer for the month of January. One per customer. Share with your friends and family. To order: www.vividsolutionsdc.com / 202.758.0339

Offer Expires: January 31, 2011

Honfleur Gallery, The Gallery at Vivid Solutions, Vivid Solutions DC Print Lab,
Blank Space SE & The Hive are all projects of ARCH Development Corp.

www.honfleurgallery.com I www.archdevelopment.org I www.vividsolutionsdc.com
www.blankSPACEse.com I www.thedchive.com

December 28, 2010

DC:MUSIC:WPFW:BRING THE NOISE! The instrumental music of Public Enemy Thursday December 30th @11PM, WPFW (89.3FM and www.wpfw.org)

BRING THE NOISE!

The instrumental music of Public Enemy and the Bomb Squad

“Power to the People and the Beats”

(Public Enemy)

On this Thursday December 30th at 11PM, WPFW (89.3FM and www.wpfw.org)’s Bobby Hill presents “BRING THE NOISE”, our annual year-end closing special on the instrumental music of Public Enemy and the Bomb Squad. For our 22nd year edition we present 2 hours of Bomb Squad ReStRuCtUrInGs (i.e., “Mash Ups”). For the adventurous of ear, tune in and find out which artists PE songs will be mashed-up w/. Imagine Public Enemy and the Bomb Squad‘s…

He’s Got Game w/percussionist Mtume

Shut Em Down w/vocalist Diamanda Galas

Don’t Truss It w/poet Jane Cortez

Louder Than A Bomb w/shakuhachi player Seizan Matsuda and bassist Peter Kowald

Rebel Without A Pause w/saxophonist Albert Ayler

Give It Up w/saxophonist David Murray

Nighttrain w/singer Jimmy Driftwood

Mao Tse Tung w/Funkadelic

Livin In A Zoo w/saxophonist Ornette Coleman

Fight The Power w/saxophonist John Coltrane

Night Of The Living Baseheads w/tuba player Joe Daley’s Earth Tone Ensemble

Buck-Whylin’ w/guitarist Sonny Sharrock

Hazy Shade Of A Criminal w/vocalist Jeanne Lee and bassist Peter Kowald

Prophets Of Rage w/guitarists Melvin Gibbs, Mary Halverson, Vernon Reid, Lee Renaldo, and Elliott Sharp

Bedlam w/turntablist Christian Marclay

…to find out, set your dial to 89.3FM or www.wpfw.org@11PM this Thursday night and free your mind!

December 16, 2010

DC:ARTS:Around My Way:New Blank Space SE Arts Venue to Host Open House!!

Blank Space SE, a new permanent creative pop-up space in Anacostia, will be hosting its first ever Open House event since its inception in October. The Open House will be held Wednesday, January 5, 2011 from 11am-7pm with a performance portion from 5-7pm.

The event will include a special performance by Urban Artistry, a non-profit collective of dancers, artists, historians, musicians, folklorists and documentary filmmakers on a mission to preserve and continue the practice of urban dance, music and arts culture. As well as a one-day only, special photo exhibition by Critical Exposure, a non-profit organization founded in 2004 that teaches youth to use the power of photography and their own voices to become effective advocates for school reform and social change.

Blank Space SE welcomes all professional, experimental, visionary, original artists and

organizations to use the space as their own temporary creative home, as it is meant to be the ideal rental venue for all forms of creative projects and outlets. Community members are invited as well as local organizations and schools. This event is free and open to the public.

Blank Space SE, located at 1922 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave SE, is available for many different projects, including (but not limited to): the production of your own art exhibit, a dance or theatre event, a workshop or classroom, a short term studio, a think tank, a creative crucible, a pop up boutique, or business.

Blank Space SE is a project of the ARCH Development Corporation (www.archdevelopment.org), a twenty year old not for profit dedicated to the creative revitalization of the Historic Anacostia community in Washington, D.C.

For further inquiries, please contact Lisa Bacon at lbacon. Be sure to visit the Blank Space SE website for details: www.blankspacese.com

Hope to see you there!

Blank Space_Open House_Press Release.pdf

Posted on December 16, 2010
DC:MUSIC: JAZZ: Jazz Night Schedule for December 17th – Eric Byrd Big Band

JAZZ NIGHT in Southwest
@Westminster Church
400 I Street, SW, Washington, DC 20024 ~ 202.484.7700
swrenaissance.com

FRIDAY, December 17th, 2010, 6-9pm, $5

Eric Byrd Trio &
The Brother Ray Band
Eric Byrd, piano
Bhagwan Khalsa, bass
Alphonso Young, Jr., drums
Brad Clements, trumpet
Paul Carr, tenor sax
Lyle Link, alto sax
Chris Watling, baritone
David Cole, guitar

JAZZ NIGHT in Southwest
is a cultural arts project which works to preserve the art of Jazz in the D.C. area. Its work and activities include:
~ a weekly Friday performance venue featuring the best of live D.C. jazz

~ regular educational programs designed to expand appreciation and knowledge of jazz such as Thinking About Jazz
~ outreach activities which take live jazz to senior centers, hospitals, and community settings where people gather to appreciate lively performances through the Community Connections project

~ gathering and archiving jazz artifacts especially oral histories of musicians and jazz lovers in a Heritage & Archive collection
~ youth music learning activities including Intergenerational Networking

~ the presentation of special events including the annual D.C. Jazz Preservation Festival
All these things are nurtured through the assistance of our much-valued D.C. jazz artists and within the confines of a supportive community of Jazz lovers. Please join us in this most exciting and rewarding work!

The Brother Ray Band

Jazz Night in Southwest has grown continually since its inception over 10 years ago and has presented wonderful performances every Friday without exception for all these years. It happens because of the support and participation of so many wonderful people. It is a true blessing! The gifts of our D.C. musicians and the appreciation of those of us gathered renews our sense of love, joy and unity. Please share this wonderful experience of community and welcome those you care about.
Much love,
Dick Smith, Jazz Program Director
Rev. Brian, Co-Pastor, Westminster Church and SRDC President

Jazz Night happens because of the generous support of many individuals and these organizations. We appreciate your support!

Generous support comes from the D.C. Commission on Arts & Humanities, an agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Jazz Night is a project of Southwest Renaissance Development Corporations.
Southwest Renaissance Development Corporation | 400 I Street, SW | Washington | DC | 20024

For a full schedule and more information please go to www.westminsterdc.org/jazz.htm.
Directions and and information on the free ShuttleBug from Waterfront Metro may be found there.

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