RECEPTION. Friday, Feb. 1, 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Meet the artists, teachers, and students of Art for the People. Outsider Art by the Clients of Community Vision, featuring sculptures by Alvin Lewis Thomas. Exhibit ends this weekend.
Monday, January 28, 2008
Last Week to See Amy's Show at Politics & Prose
Amy Kincaid fineartcollage.blogspot.comPlaces of Mind
Jan 6 — Feb 2, 2008
Modern Times Coffeehouse
5015 Connecticut Ave., NW (Politics & Prose Bookstore)
Mon - Fri: 8 am – 10 pm
Sat: 9 am – 10 pm
Sun: 8 am (new! earlier opening) – 8 pm
202/362-2408
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Community Conversation on Pakistan
Dr. Kaung’s Salon: Pakistan -- Military Rule and DemocracyFriday, January 25, 7:10-8:00 pm
Dr. Kaung wishes to add that she is not an expert on Pakistan, only a supporter of worldwide democracy. This event was first planned in October 2007, after the first assassination attempt on Benazir Bhutto of the Pakistan People's Party. Since her assassination December 27, we sadly mourn her loss and worry for Pakistan's future.
For this event there are no specific book reading assignments other than to read the news. We look forward to a discussion that will add to our understanding of this complex region. Free and open to the public.
Painting by Kyi May Kaung
Poet Anne Becker to Host Reading in Takoma DC
In the Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World
An evening of poetry at The Culture Shop
Saturday, January 26, 2008, at 5:30 pm
The Culture Shop, 341 Cedar St., NW, DC - adjacent to Takoma Metro station
(202) 726-2211
Anne Becker, poet laureate of Takoma Park (MD), hosts and reads with Naomi Ayala, Nan Fry, Anne Sheldon, Ninie G. Syarikin, exploring the theme of creation: mythic, cultural, biologic, physical, and artistic.
These poems encompass beginnings—the birth of matter, the universe, living things.
“In the first days, in the very first days,
In the first nights, in the very first nights,
In the first years, in the very first years,
When everything needed was brought into being,
When everything needed was properly nourished,
when bread was baked in the shrines of the land
And bread was eaten in the homes of the land . . .”
(from Inanna: Queen of Heaven and Earth, translated by Diane Wolkstein and Samuel Kramer from a Sumerian cuneiform text ca. 2000BC into English).
They tell stories which locate the human place in the cosmos and delineate human values, which give meaning to our lives.
Note: Anne will be signing and celebrating the release of her new book at Kefa Cafe on Sunday, February 10, 3:30 to 5:30pm.
An evening of poetry at The Culture Shop
Saturday, January 26, 2008, at 5:30 pm
The Culture Shop, 341 Cedar St., NW, DC - adjacent to Takoma Metro station
(202) 726-2211
Anne Becker, poet laureate of Takoma Park (MD), hosts and reads with Naomi Ayala, Nan Fry, Anne Sheldon, Ninie G. Syarikin, exploring the theme of creation: mythic, cultural, biologic, physical, and artistic.
These poems encompass beginnings—the birth of matter, the universe, living things.
“In the first days, in the very first days,
In the first nights, in the very first nights,
In the first years, in the very first years,
When everything needed was brought into being,
When everything needed was properly nourished,
when bread was baked in the shrines of the land
And bread was eaten in the homes of the land . . .”
(from Inanna: Queen of Heaven and Earth, translated by Diane Wolkstein and Samuel Kramer from a Sumerian cuneiform text ca. 2000BC into English).
They tell stories which locate the human place in the cosmos and delineate human values, which give meaning to our lives.
Note: Anne will be signing and celebrating the release of her new book at Kefa Cafe on Sunday, February 10, 3:30 to 5:30pm.
Patricia Zannie at Foundry Gallery
The Foundry Gallery will present the artwork of their newest members: Shaune Bazner, Brett Davis, Cavan Fleming, Bobbie Salthouse, Luba Sterlikova, & Patricia Zannie, in the New Members Show from January 30th -- March 2, 2008. A Space 7:10 artist, Patricia will be gallery sitting on both the opening day, January 30th and the first Sunday, February 3rd.
Foundry Gallery
1314 18th Street, NW, 1st Floor
Washington, DC.
Opening reception, Friday, February 1st from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.
For additional information, check the "News" section of Patricia's website: www.patzannie.com or the "Events" section of the Gallery's website: www.foundrygallery.org, or call the Gallery at 202-463-0203.
Foundry Gallery
1314 18th Street, NW, 1st Floor
Washington, DC.
Opening reception, Friday, February 1st from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.
For additional information, check the "News" section of Patricia's website: www.patzannie.com or the "Events" section of the Gallery's website: www.foundrygallery.org, or call the Gallery at 202-463-0203.
Monday, January 14, 2008
Bijan's Book Shelf
Friday, January 18, 7:10-8:00 pm
Shooting Water, A Memoir of Second Chances, Family, and Filmmaking
by Devyani Saltzman
Writer and historian Bijan C. Bayne will facilitate discussion of the book he says is the “best non-fiction book I've read this century.”
“Shooting Water" by photojournalist Devyani Saltzman details a year the the-collegiate Toronto native spent working on a film crew with her estranged mother, award-winning Indian documentary director Deepa Mehta. The book addresses Indian politics, Hindu widows, divorce, biracial identity (Saltzman's dad is a Canadian Jew), romantic love, and the difficult decision Devyani made as a pre-teen to "choose" which parent with whom she would live.
Free and open to the public.
Shooting Water, A Memoir of Second Chances, Family, and Filmmaking
by Devyani Saltzman
Writer and historian Bijan C. Bayne will facilitate discussion of the book he says is the “best non-fiction book I've read this century.”
“Shooting Water" by photojournalist Devyani Saltzman details a year the the-collegiate Toronto native spent working on a film crew with her estranged mother, award-winning Indian documentary director Deepa Mehta. The book addresses Indian politics, Hindu widows, divorce, biracial identity (Saltzman's dad is a Canadian Jew), romantic love, and the difficult decision Devyani made as a pre-teen to "choose" which parent with whom she would live.
Free and open to the public.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Classes with Space 7:10 Artists: Pat Zannie and Joanna Axtman
Patricia ZannieEXPLORING CREATIVITY
Wed 9:30 am to noon 10 sessions 2/13 - 4/23
Every artist needs a creative refresher to moveto another level of artistic expression. new artists may need a creative jumpstart to begin to explore the artist within.
CREATIVE COMPOSITION: Abstraction from Nature
Fri 9:30 am to noon 10 sessions 2/15 - 5/2
Through the art of collage you will learn how to use the Post Impressionist approach of master artists such as Cezanne, Gauguin, Matisse, and Picasso...
Cafritz Foundation Art Center, Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus
www.montgomerycollege.edu/wdce
Joanna Axtmann (exhibit scheduled for September 2008 at Space 7:10)
Winter-Spring Art Workshops in 2008
WEDNESDAY MORNINGS 9:30AM – 12:30PM OR EVENINGS 7 –10PM
Session I: LIFE DRAWING: Translate experiences into art - active seeing. Drawing materials include charcoal, oil pastel, chalk pastel, pencil.
FOUR SESSIONS: January 30 February 6/13/20 $200 Registration deadline 1/15/08
Session II: MIXED MEDIA: Combine various wet & dry materials, explore collage, found objects & assemblage.
SIX SESSIONS: February 27 March 5/12/19 April 2/9 $300 Registration deadline 2/15/08
Session III: PAINTING: Make images with a brush, explore various techniques using water-based media – watercolor, gouache, acrylic – on canvas, paper, wood.
SIX SESSIONS: April 16/23/30 May 7/14/21 $320 Registration deadline 4/1/08
We will be starting the first session-Life Drawing, on January 30th. The deadline to receive registrations is 1/15/08. There is a 10% discount for two and 20% for three sessions.
Contact Joanna Axtmann (202) 723-4428 jaxart@infionline.net
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
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Saturday, January 05, 2008
Art for the People Exhibit
EXHIBIT. Jan 8 through Feb 1, 2008
Outsider Art by the clients and artists of Community Vision, featuring sculptures by Alvin Lewis Thomas.
RECEPTION. Friday, Feb. 1, 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Meet the artists, teachers, and students of Art for the People.
Outsider Art by the clients and artists of Community Vision, featuring sculptures by Alvin Lewis Thomas.
RECEPTION. Friday, Feb. 1, 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Meet the artists, teachers, and students of Art for the People.
Space 7:10 Founder Shows Human Rights Project Portraits at Takoma Park Seminary
The Human Rights Painting Project
January 3 - March 22, 2008
Tom Block
Washington Theological Union
6896 Laurel St NW, Washington, DC 20012
(202) 726-8800 (near Old Town, Takoma Park)
Opening reception: January 16, 4:30-7 pm
January 3 - March 22, 2008
Tom Block
Washington Theological Union
6896 Laurel St NW, Washington, DC 20012
(202) 726-8800 (near Old Town, Takoma Park)
Opening reception: January 16, 4:30-7 pm
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
Preview of 2008 Exhibits
** Check more recent posts for updated schedule **January 2008
Outsider Art by the Clients of Community Vision, featuring sculptures by Alvin Lewis Thomas. Art for the People
February 2008
Mixed media, Bobbi Kittner
March 2008
Abstract paintings, Elsa Gebreyesus
April 2008
Photos, ellen x silverberg
May 2008
Photos/Assemblage, Daniel Reyes
June 2008
Founder’s Show, guest curator Tom Block
July 2008
Outsider art, Art Enables: coffeehouse theme
August 2008
TBD
September 2008
Paintings, Joanna Axtmann
October –November 2008
Graphic novel illustrations and drawings, Sarah Palaszynski
November-December (January) 2008
1968 by Sharon Burton
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