Welcome to another DC art weekend. I am in Austin overdosing on indie rock in all it's forms but for those of you in DC, here are some things to bear in mind:
Some general notes first as always:
- Hirshhorn After Hours tickets are on sale. Everyone knows how fast they go, everyone hates the lines once they are there, and still, everyone goes. Get yours here.
- G40 Summit is still going on and out of control in Crystal City
- Artini season is in full swing. Make plans to go to a tasting, buy tickets, plan outfits accordingly.
- On the similar note, save the date for Philips Collection's annual Gala afterparty, May 7th
- Make sure you check out our weekly DC Art History series. This week: David Hammons white faces Jesse Jackson.
NOW-FOR THE EVENTS (make sure to click on links for more details)
FRIDAY
- Fans of documentary photography should make their way over to Glen Echo where "Mirror To the World" show is opening. (keep your eye out for photos by Mark Silva, one of our staff shooters)
SATURDAY
It's a big night for NE art universe:
- Conner Contemporary opens two exhibits, Maria Friberg's Transmission and Dean Kessmann's Art as Paper as Potential, with the artists present
- and Industry Gallery picked to showcase the concrete furniture of two Dutch designers, Tejo Remy and René Veenhuizen, for their second show ever. Both receptions are from 6 to 8 p.m
- Also, in association with Kate Kretz’s exhibition, “Purge/Deluge”, the artist will host a screening of Who Does She Think She Is? @ Hillyer by Academy Award winning filmmaker Pamela Tanner Boll, features five fierce women who refuse to choose between mothering and working. Through their lives, we explore some of the most problematic intersections of our time: mothering and creativity, partnering and independence, economics and art. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with four artists who are also mothers: Elena Patiño (whose exhibition “Laborious Futility” is also on exhibit at the Hillyer Center), Sarah Wallace Petruziello, and Tess Cummins Hipps.
SUNDAY
- David London's Sunday Circus is at the Fridge today
- Allso, Transformer's annual Collector's View event starts today. Tickets are $50 and you'll get a special viewing of one of four collections, each belonging to influential D.C. art patrons, or spend $175 and see all four. Tours are once a month through June. All contributions are tax-deductible and will go directly to support Transformer's 2010-2011 exhibition series.
That's what we're aware of, leave comments with happenings we may have missed.
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