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From the recent awards ceremony at Gallery West...

Mirror art at ARTiculate Gallery

There's a cool upcoming exhibition opening at VSA's ARTiculate Gallery. The show, "Reflections" was inspired by local artist Bob Benson and his work at the American Visionary Art Museum.

Benson worked with the artists in the ARTiculate Program (which provides artistic and vocational training to youth and adults with special needs) to create "mirror art" using glass-cutting techniques in a variety of styles, and the artists have created a unique body of work.

The opening will take place on Thursday, March 10th between 5:30 and 7:30pm at the ARTiculate Gallery, located at 1100 16th St NW. The reception will be free, open to the public, and light refreshments will be served.

Postconceptualism: The Malleable Object at UMD


The Opening Reception of Postconceptualism: The Malleable Object is on Thursday, Mar. 10, 2011 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. They also welcome your presence at the Panel Discussion with Artists & Curator on Thursday, Mar. 17 beginning at 6:00 pm.

The Stamp Gallery is located on the first floor of the Adele H. Stamp Student Union-Center for Campus Life, at the University of Maryland, College Park. The gallery is free and open to the public Mondays-Thursdays 10:00am – 8:00pm; Fridays 10:00am – 6:00am, and Saturdays 11:00am – 5:00pm. For more information visit the gallery’s website or call (301) 314-8493.

Lest we forget

"Their struggle is your struggle," he told the ballroom crowd of former Marines and local business people. "If anyone thinks you can somehow thank them for their service, and not support the cause for which they fight - our country - these people are lying to themselves. . . . More important, they are slighting our warriors and mocking their commitment to this nation."

Kelly is the most senior U.S. military officer to lose a son or daughter in Iraq or Afghanistan. He was giving voice to a growing concern among soldiers and Marines: The American public is largely unaware of the price its military pays to fight the United States' distant conflicts. Less than 1 percent of the population serves in uniform at a time when the country is engaged in one of the longest periods of sustained combat in its history.

Read this moving piece by Greg Jaffe in the WaPo.

DC Art Map

I just checked the DC Art Map over at artdc.org and it keeps growing by leaps and bounds.

Check it out here and add your info to it.

Wave of arrests

With an eye on what's going on in the Islamic nations, and the oncoming demise of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya's (Lybia's full name) nasty dictator, the nasty dictators in our own continent are not taking any chances.

According to the Cuban Commission for Human Rights, more than 390 pro-democracy activists were arrested by the bloody Castro regime in February 2011.

In other words, 390 arrests were identified and documented in one-month alone. There may have been many more unknown arrests.

It's clear the Castro brothers are not taking any chances that this spark of rebellion against heavy-handed governments may spread to their 52-year-old reign in Cuba.

DeBerardinis Shoes

Visual artist and sometimes contributor Rosetta DeBerardinis will launch her first line of hand-painted shoes and accessories on April 15th at Lucinda Gallery in Federal Hill in Baltimore.

We wish Rosetta much success with her new line.

Lucinda Gallery is located at:

929 South Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21230-4037
(410) 727-2782