Secret Number Two

Nothing like amazing success to make one's critics eat crow.

Who's got the second highest ranked BLOG in the entire world wide web?

None other than our own Frank Warren!

And the hardcover book by Frank Warren based on the phenomenal PostSecret project started by Frank at the last Art-O-Matic is being released November 29, 2005.

The PostSecret Book, "PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives," is now available from Amazon.

Pre-order the book here.

And next December 15, 2005 through January 8, 2006, the WPA\C presents Post Secrets.

Opening Reception: Thursday, December 15, 2005 from 6-10pm
Fundraiser: Wednesday, December 14 from 6-10pm for Kristin Brooks Hope Center ($10 suggested donation)
Location: Former Georgetown Staples Store, 3307 M Street, NW, Washington, DC 20007
Exhibition Hours: Wed, Thurs, Fri 6-10pm, Sat & Sun 2-10pm

Peregrine Honig

Went out gallery hopping yesterday, as it was the perfect autumn Friday for it, and the Dupont Circle galleries had their usual first Friday gallery openings going on.

The best show that I saw on the night were the terrific drawings by Peregrine Honig at JET Artworks. I will return to this young artist next week if I have time, but let me say right now that her original drawings, going for under $1000 each, are a steal for such a young artist already in the collection of the Whitney and the NMWA. The exhibition runs through Nov. 13, 2005.

Unlocked

Unlocked: Open Exhibition 2005, juried by Andrea Pollan, and presented by The Arts Council of Fairfax County through December 2, 2005 at the Verizon Gallery of the Northern Virginia Community College. The openingr reception is next Thursday November 10, 2005, 7:00 - 9:00 pm with Pollan's remarks at 7:45PM.

I juried this show a few years ago, and if you haven't been to this gallery, it is a nice space in the heart of Annandale.

Verizon Gallery
Ernst Community Cultural Center
NVCC Annandale
8333 Little River Turnpike
Annandale, VA 22203

Opening Reception:
Thursday, November 10, 2005
7:00 - 9:00 pm
juror's remarks
7:45 pm

Gallery Hours:
Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm

Artists featured: Aldo Becci, Saul Becker, Craig Cahoon, Naomi Chung, John Cleary, Sandi Croan, Heidi Fowler, Pat Goslee, Gwendolyn Graine, Josephine Haden, Linda Hesh, Blair Jackson, Ian Jehle, Karey Ellen Kessler, Susan LaMont,Amy Lin, Rita Ludden, Betty MacDonald, Tyler Mallory, LaRinda Meinburg, Michele Montalbano, Heidi Neff, Erin Root, Ben Tolman, and Elena Volkova.