Moon for Katrina
Trawick Prizewinner Jiha Moon's donated piece from her show at Curator's Office sold last night at the opening for $800. Moon also donated the sales proceeds from one work at Atlanta Contemporary Art Center in Atlanta, where she's in the group show called "Red Beans and Rice"; that work sold for $700.
Sunday, September 11, 2005
Saturday, September 10, 2005
Tapeman Cometh
Mark Jenkins raised $410 dollars today for Habitat for Humanity's Katrina Relief Fund.
A special thanks to our upstairs neighbor, the lovely Anne C. Fisher, who threw in a couple of nice checks both to Mark's fundraiser and one to be added to our donation to the Southern Arts Federation.
Monuments, TV and Tape
Saturday schedule:
1. Drop daughters off at the Mall for sightseeing, museum hopping and monument visiting.
2. Head to Alexandria for videotaping of ArtsMedia News' first segment: the Alexandria Festival of the Arts.
3. Head to Georgetown to Canal Square, where Mark Jenkins is having an installation "tape yard sale" going on from 12-6PM (lots of sangria and munchies). The Canal Square is at 31st and M Street, NW in G'town.
Friday, September 09, 2005
Trawick Prize Winners Announced
Jiha Moon of Annandale has won the $10,000 Trawick Prize.
Read the WaPo story by Jonathan Padget here, and see lots of photos from the opening and awards ceremony here.
Winners were announced last night at a private reception in Bethesda's Creative Partners Gallery, which is hosting the exhibition of work by the ten Trawick Prize finalists.
Dean Kessman of Washington, DC (who will be having a solo show coming soon at Conner Contemporary) came in second and received $2,000. The third-place winner, Denise Tassin of Baltimore, received $1,000.
Baltimore's Michele Kong, 30, won the $1,000 young-artist award, which we sponsor.
The Trawick Prize is sponsored by the amazing generosity of Carol Trawick, who also sponsors the annual Bethesda Painting Awards. Buy Jiha Moon now!
Art Season Opens Tonight
The DC "art season" opens tonight with a series of openings throughout the city and continues through the weekend...
Details here.
I'll be on the radio and on TV over the next few days and weeks discussing all the upcoming DC area gallery and museum shows. More later.
Bethesda Art Walk Tonight
Tonight is time for the Bethesda Art Walk, with 13 participating galleries and art venues.
A free guided tour is also offered. See details of the tour here. Tours will begin at 6:30pm. Attendees can meet their guide at the Bethesda Metro Center, located at the corner of Old Georgetown Road and Wisconsin Avenue. Attendees do not have to participate in tours to visit Art Walk galleries.
And the $14,000 Trawick Prize(s) winners at the finalists' exhibition will be on display at the Creative Partners Gallery in Bethesda. The opening reception will be from 6-9PM.
Also not to be missed is Neptune Gallery's solo exhibition for Scott G. Brooks titled "Jumping Through Hoops." Reception for Scott is from 6-9PM.
We will host the return to the DC area of former area artist (now living in Philly) Michael Sprouse, who returns with an exhibition of new paintings. The catered reception for Sprouse is from 6-9PM.
See ya there!
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