Monday, September 05, 2005

Jiha Moon for Katrina

Curator's Office next hosts the exhibition Symbioland: Works by Jiha Moon. The exhibition opens on Saturday, September 10 and runs through October 15, 2005. A reception for the artist takes place on Saturday, September 10, from 6 to 8 pm.

As part of the exhibition, they will donate the proceeds from the sale of the piece "Tie the Knot" to a charity helping the victims of Katrina. See the image below:

Tie the knot by Jiha Moon

Curator's Office micro-gallery Hours are Wednesday - Saturday, 12 - 6 pm and by appointment.

Curator's Office
1515 14th Street NW
Suite 201
Washington, DC 20005
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Lichtenstein Painting Slashed in Austria

A German woman from Munich visiting the Kunsthaus Bregenz exhibition "Roy Lichtenstein — Classic of the New" in Austria pulled a pocket knife from her purse and delivered several slashes to a painting by Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein.

Read the story here.

Catriona for Katrina

The fair Catriona Fraser has one of her spectacular infrared photographs from her "Seven Celtic Nations" project on auction with all proceeds to be donated to the The Southern Arts Federation's Emergency Relief Fund to assist arts organizations and artists residing in Gulf Coast communities most devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

click here to bid
Bid for "Balvenie Castle, Scotland" here.



Keegan for Katrina

The fair Candace Keegan has one of her sensual paintings up for auction at her website, with all proceeds going to the American Red Cross.

Bid for this painting here
Bid for it here.

Sunday, September 04, 2005

Bailey on Katrina

If Art Blogs were eligible for Pulitzers, then I'd vote for Black Cat Bone, who is doing an amazing job reporting from inside the devastation and focused on the effects upon the area's art world.

Read it all here.

More Katrina Art Fundraisers

Two new artists in the below listing of area artists who are having artwork for sale/auction and who will donate the proceeds to a reputable charity to help with the Katrina disaster. If anyone else knows of anybody else, please email me. Be generous. The new artists are Heather Levy and Meghan Taylor. Also Solarize This has a kicking listing here.

Matt Achhammer

James W. Bailey

F. Lennox Campello

Warren Craghead

Paul Goode

Duane Kaiser and also here.

J.T. Kirkland.

Tracy Lee

Heather Levy.

Alexandra Silverthorne

Meghan Taylor

Samantha Wolov

Saturday, September 03, 2005

ArtsMedia News Returns

The second season of the TV show ArtsMedia News returns in a couple of weeks, and we'll be videotaping a segment next week.

As some of you know, I am the talking head (or often voice) discussing the Greater DC area art scene, doing reviews of area shows or interviewing DC area artists and curators.

The show airs on Thursdays at 8:30PM and and Saturdays at 8:30AM on the MHz TV Network.

In some of the next few segments, we'll be covering the Alexandria Festival of the Arts next weekend, and later on I'll be taking the camera crew (maybe next month) through some of the openings of the Dupont Circle galleries on their First Friday Art Walk.

Bethesda Artist Market Returns Sept. 11

On Sunday, September 11, 2005, from 10am-5pm, the Bethesda Artist Market returns to Bethesda Place Plaza, 7700 Wisconsin Ave, Bethesda (one block from the Bethesda Metro stop). The event features artwork and fine crafts for sale by nearly 30 regional and local artists working in painting, photography, jewelry, turned wood, blown glass, metalwork and mixed media.

Details here.



Arts on Foot Returns September 17

Arts on Foot is a one-day event on September 17, 2005 from 11AM-5PM celebrating arts in the Penn Quarter. The event takes the place both as a street festival and in neighborhood venues and institutions between 4th and 14th Streets, from Pennsylvania Avenue to L Street.

The Art Market is located in the "T-Shaped" Street Festival adjacent to the Hotel Monaco and National Portrait Gallery (currently closed):

Street Festival Location:
F Street, NW between 7th and 9th Streets
8th Street, NW between E and F

In addition to the Art Market artists, museums, restaurants and theaters will have activities in the Street Festival and there will be a stage with music and dance performances.

Details here.