American hero

Later today President Obama will present the Medal of Honor to Sergeant Dakota L. Meyer, a Marine sergeant who braved a hail of enemy fire in Afghanistan to rescue trapped fellow Jarheads and recover the bodies of fallen ones.

We salute this courageous Leatherneck, whom I am told, shared a brewski with POTUS yesterday.

C-Note Art Sale in Reston

The Greater Reston Arts Center's ever popular annual art sale is here with a new twist!

Preview the artwork from 11am to 5pm now through the 15th. The sale itself starts on Thursday, September 15th and runs each evening through Sunday the 18th from 5-8pm. Buy your favorite pieces directly off the walls, so get there early. All art will be for sale at $100, $200, or $300.

Your participation in this fundraiser directly supports GRACE's exhibitions, educational programs and the participating artists. Get more info from GRACE, including a list of the participating artists here.

The artists are:

John Adams
Don Allen
Amos Amit
David Amoroso
Lynda Andrews-Barry
Ann Barbieri
Nancy Bass
Ann Batton
Cheryl Bearss
Kyan Bishop
Carol Bladergroen
Sam Bleier
Leonor Brazao
Jim Budish
Ruth Buhrman
F. Lennox Campello
Thomas Clarkson
Gina Cochran
Candiss Cole
Kathy Cooper
Pam Coulter
Andrea Sherfy Cybyk
Anita Dameron
Catherine Day
Danielle Desplan
Gregg Diamond
Jennifer Duncan
Jacqueline Elwell
Joy Every
Laurie Fields
Jo Fleming
Robert Flowers
Amy Flynn
Collette Fortin
Lillian Forziat
Ricky Frank
Paul Freundt
Pong Gaddi
Rosemary Gallick
H.A. Gallucio
Magaly Garza
John Geci
Annie Gedicks
Stephanie George
Geoffrey Giles
Brendan Ginsburg
Silvia Gonzalez Roman
Helen Gotlib
Joseph Grieco
Marie Gruber
Mike Guyot
Hilary Hachey
Laura Jean Hamilton
Michael Hamlin-Smith
Jeanne Hammett X
Marian Howard
Laura Howell
Jackie Hoysted
Walter/Suzy Iwanciw/Gemborowicz
Nicolette Jelen
Kristofer Johnson
Robert Jones
Michael/Steve Kane/Sells
Kathy Kautter
Joan Kelly
Greg Knott
George Kochev
Deborah Kracht
Krista
Kristin Krongard
Michele Ledoux
Steve Levine
Allison Long Hardy
Val Mahan
Marielle Mariano
Ellen Marshall
Nathaniel Mather
Carolina Mayorga
Joyce McAdams
Tom McQuaid
Mary Ellen Mogee
Laya Monarez
Marius Moore
Gene Morris
Vad Moskowitz
Ray Mosteller
Jim Mueller
Charles Munday
Anne Nagay
Michele Norris
Cathryn & Tom Nowicki
Lori O'Neill
Tim Olson
Barbara Palmer
Terri Parent
James Parker
Matthew Parker
Cheryl Parsons
Pat Peck
James Perry
David Petlowany
Jeanne/Dennis Petrosky/Guzinski
Chelsea Pomeroy
Rayhart
Carolyn Reynolds
Greg Roche
Livingston Rodgers
Huguette Roe
Dale Rogers
Lisa Rosenstein
Ellen Rosenthal
Beverly Ryan
Ellen Sanders
Tomas Savrda
John Scanlan
Dana Ann Scheurer
Stephen Sebastian
Karen & Eric Shi
Alan Simensky
Donna Sinclair
Connie Slack
Michael Stewart
Robert Taylor
Douglas Thayer
Roberta Thole
Anne Timpano
Susan Vaughan
Caroline Viene
Elena Volkhanskaia
Paula Wachsstock
Ashley Wells
Ann Marie Williams
Richard Wilson
Marius Winograd
Ping Wu
Lynn Yarrington
Zhou Yu
Zu Sheng Yu
Erica Zap
Jie Zhou

Options 2011 Opens Tomorrow


Opening Reception: Thursday, September 15, 6-8pm
Curator & Artists' Talk: Saturday, October 1, 3pm

629 New York Avenue NW, 2nd Floor
Washington, DC 20001

OPTIONS 2011 is WPA's 30th anniversary biennial exhibition of works by emerging and unrepresented artists from the DC, Maryland, and Virginia region.

Artists include: John James Anderson, Bittersweet Zine , Heather Boaz, Amy Chan, Mahwish Chishty, Lisa Dillin, Adam Dwight, Twig Harper, Artemis Herber, Katherine Mann, Jimmy Miracle, Amber Robles-Gordon, Oscar Santillan, and Stewart Watson.

Curated by Stefanie Fedor, newly appointed Executive Director, Arlington Arts Center

On view: September 15 - October 29, 2011

Wednesdays through Saturdays, noon - 6pm

Admission is free.

Planets aligning


Gorgeous imagery being reflected on the back of the airplane seat as we landed at O'Hare Airport in Chicago on September 11, 2011.

Old Fraser space to host new show(s)

The first exhibit will feature architect and sculptor Mark Kramer, who will present, “A Retrospective of Figurative Bronzes” from Oct. 12 to Nov. 5. Read it in the WCP here and in the Bethesda Patch here.

Anne Marchand at King Street Gallery

Lest We Forget

"Studio View, 9/11"
Oil on Canvas c. 9/11/2001 by David FeBland
I'm sitting on a strangely quiet Reagan National Airport waiting to catch American Flight 467 to Chicago and then 779 to San Diego.

This is a tough week to be away from the DMV, as it is the last week before the (e)merge art fair and I still have loads of things to do before the fair.

Below is the little guy scarfing up the finger sandwiches and veggie sticks at the Marymount University show opening; curator Judy Bass did a great job of assembling this show and I am honored to be included in the company of photography by Jo Ann Tooley, woodcuts by Kristin Reiber Harris, and mixed-media work by Ann Marie Williams