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Susan Yanero Exhibit at the Washington Studio School
Washington Studio School
Mixed media work on canvas by faculty artist Susan Yanero, on view at Washington Studio School through the summer. Visiting hours are Monday-Friday 9am-5pm, Saturday 10am-3pm and Sunday from 2-4pm.
Categories: Arts
gute aussichten: young german photographers 2008/2009.
Goethe-Institut Washington, the German Cultural Center
June 18 – September 2, 2009
Opening reception on Thursday, June 18, 6 – 8 pm with Stefan Becht and Curator Josefine Raab
RSVP to 202-289-1200 ext. 165
Works by nine winners of the German competition for graduate photography students come to Washington as part of the exhibition’s worldwide tour. gute aussichten, an annual competition now in its fifth year, covers a wide spectrum ranging...
Categories: Exhibits
Call for Entries - Revenge of the Sequel Art Exhibit
The Del Ray Artisans Gallery
The Del Ray Artisans is now accepting entries for Revenge of the Sequel, its September art show.
Revenge of the Sequel, the first of its kind exhibition in the country, is a juried art show in which artists have the opportunity to unleash their talents to create an image(s) that depicts and conveys their uninhibited and unabashed versions of a sequel. For this show, the artist is creating...
Categories: Auditions, Exhibits, Other Events
Guerilla Art Exhibit
The Workhouse Arts Center
Metro area artists descend on the Workhouse Arts Center's Gallery W-16 as everything is hung in the Workhouse’s first Guerilla Art show!
The public is invited to an artist’s reception Sunday, July 19th from 2:00-4:00pm.
Date(s): 7/1/2009 to 7/26/2009
Venue: Gallery Building 2nd Floor
Categories: Exhibits
King Lear
Shakespeare Theatre
One of the most powerful dramas in Western literature, King Lear is both an intimate family drama and an explosive political epic. Beginning with a monarch’s division of his kingdom amongst his three daughters, Lear explores the most basic questions of human existence: love and duty, power and loss, good and evil. Tony Award winner Robert Falls remounts his 2006 production, which captures bot...
Categories: Theater
"Fabrications," Nancy Pane Fortwengler's Solo Artist Show
Art League
10:00am – 6:00pm
In Nancy Pane Fortwengler’s series of figurative dress paintings, the body exists without the figure. The human body is not present in any of her work. The dresses, costumes, and tiers of fabric are in motion without a body to propel them. “Fabrications” reveals the construction, shape, and composition of these vibrant forms while embodying the presence of the human figure.
Explorin...
Categories: Arts
CMDupre: The Mysterious Other
Torpedo Factory Art Center
10:00am – 6:00pm
A selection of paintings by the Friends of the Torpedo Factory Artist of the Year, CMDupré. This year's juror was Shauna Lee Lange, who praised Dupré for creating paintings that "achieve visual ecstacy at its best."
Reception: Second Thursday Art Night, June 11, 6-8pm
Juror Talk: 7pm, during reception
Meet the Artist: Second Thursday Art Night, July 9, 6-8pm
Award Ceremony: 7pm, during reception
Ballston Farmers Market
Welburn Square
11:00am – 3:00pm
The 2009 Ballston Farmers Market runs on Fridays between 11am-3pm starting May 29 through October 16 (no market on July 3). The market is conveniently located in Welburn Square at N. 9th and N. Stuart streets across from the Ballston Metro on the Orange line. A great place to find farm-fresh fruits and vegetables, cut flowers, herbs and plants, artisan baked-goods and meats, specialty foods and much more! Plus, live music from noon - 2:00pm.
Categories: Free
Live! 2009 is out of this Orbit Kicking Off with Chaka Khan
Woodrow Wilson Plaza
12:00pm – 1:30pm
This is it. Live! on Woodrow Wilson Plaza has gone out of this orbit to find one of the galaxy‘s brightest stars. Brace yourself! Clear your schedule for the celestial sounds of soul diva Chaka Khan. And wait it gets better…The show is Free! That’s right Free! Live! is officially the nation’s best outdoor lunchtime concert series sizzling all summer long.
Where else can you see the ...
Categories: Arts, Dance, Other Events
Gaithersburg Fine Arts Association Exhibit
Glen Echo Park
12:00pm – 5:00pm
The Yellow Barn Studio, Glen Echo Park’s resident painting and drawing studio, presents works by sixteen local artists and members of the Gaithersburg Fine Arts Association. Collectively, their accomplishments range from high-level academic degrees to local and national awards of excellence. The Gaithersburg Fine Arts Association provides a forum for members to collaborate on activities that ...
Free Health Screenings
Briggs Chaney Walk-In Clinic
9:00am – 7:00pm
This Friday July 3rd the Briggs Chaney Walk-in Clinic will be helping you to start out your independence day the right way. Join them for your free Blood Pressure and Diabetic Screening. Located at the Briggs Chaney Plaza off of Rt. 29 and Briggs Chaney Rd. For more information call 301-890-8000. Walk-ins are welcome!!
Categories: Free
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