Artisphere

Arlington's wonderful new Artisphere has three visual art galleries within it:

The Terrace Gallery is a 4000 square foot gallery that showcases international, national and regional artists in five annual exhibits. Curated exhibits often investigate trends in contemporary art.

The Mezz Gallery promotes the work of artists and curators who live, work, study or have a studio in Arlington, Virginia as well as artists from our Sister Cities program. Artists and curators may propose individual or group exhibits to be featured along the 140 running feet of wall space. Group shows may feature work from non-Arlington artists so long as the curator meets the requirements. Shows are scheduled one to two years in advance. Visit Artist Opportunities to learn more.

Works-In-Progress Gallery - The WIP (Works-in-Progress) Gallery is situated at the entrance to the Terrace Gallery. WIP exhibits cross multiple disciplines that are constantly changing, providing the public a window into the creative process and offering critique opportunities for artists as their work evolves.

At the Mezz Gallery they currently have Victoria F. Gaitán's photographic series of "flesh-and-blood still lifes visualize human subjects as meat puppets. The images are calling cards from the artist's explorations of internal worlds, illness, in-between states, shared delusions and hells, stillness, memory, interpretations of pain, private and public intimacies, trauma, beauty and conditioned responses." That exhibition is through March 12, 2010 and it is a "must see" for all DMV art aficionados.

An artist talk with Victoria F. Gaitán and Curator Al Miner is scheduled for Friday, February 25, at 6 pm. Also, the below video has Victoria talking about the exhibition:

VICTORIA F. GAITÁN from Arlington Arts on Vimeo.

Both Victoria and Al Miner are in my 100 Washington, DC Artists book. Check it out on Amazon here.

PS - If you are an artist and you live or have a studio in Arlington, then see this.