It's Spring Time ! It's hirshhorn After Hours TIME!

Friday, April 4^th 8:00 pm - midnight - Washington, DC
@ the hirshhorn !

$10 in advance  $12 @ the door (hirshhorn members get in free)

The party kicks off with music by DJ Solomon Sanchez followed by
special live performances by Lucky Dragons and Hooliganship.

Peter Burr and Christopher Doulgeris, aka Hooliganship, have been
called Portland’s “neon-clad archangels of hyper-digitized cell phone
music.” Prepare to embark on a dizzying 3D adventure,combining a
grunge rock inspired, live-action dance off with freak-out animations
for a sensory overload multimedia party.


Luke Fischbeck and Sarah Rara perform as Lucky Dragons.
Using homemade hardware and software, audience members
cooperate to build a fragile network of digital signals connected
by touching on the skin.  Sound, video, dance and interactive
technology merge into a mysterious and unpredictable “happening,”
in which each individual’s slightest touch registers a shift in the
sound and image created.

“Lucky Dragons… is a truly great celebration of the human spirit,
giving real hope for the techno-future our society is racing toward.”  
- ArtForum, March 2006

Annnd…

Don't miss the opportunity to view the Hirshhorn's newest exhibitions Directions—Amy Sillman, third person singularThe Cinema Effect
Part I: Dreams. Also on view are... Currents—Recent Acquisitions Black Box: Rivane Neuenschwander in the Lower level.

There are several ways to buy tickets:

Online – Buy tickets now!
Additional fees, charged by the ticketing agent, of $1.50 per ticket and $2.00 per order (non-refundable) apply for tickets ordered online.

By Phone – Tickets may be purchased by phone by calling the Smithsonian Business Ventures Reservation Center at (202) 633-4629 or toll free at (877) 932-4629. Phone operators are available seven days a week from 10 am to 5 pm, EST, except December 25th. From the menu of options, press 2 to purchase tickets and notify operators that you are calling to purchase tickets for the hirshhorn After Hours event on April 4. No surcharges or fees apply to After Hours tickets ordered by telephone. Please note that additional fees do apply to other ticket types sold through the Reservation Center. The Reservation Center phone recordings reference a $2.00 handling fee, but it does not apply to After Hours tickets, and you will not be charged these fees when your order is processed.

Phone tickets are available until 24 hours before the event.

In Person – Advance tickets for After Hours can be purchased at the Smithsonian IMAX® theater box offices located at the National Air and Space Museum and the National Museum of Natural History. Box offices open at 10 am each day and close after the start of the last scheduled show.
* Advance tickets for After Hours cannot be purchased at the hirshhorn *

At The Door – Tickets are $12. If you plan to buy tickets at the door, arrive early in the evening as tickets tend to sell out. VISA, Mastercard, American Express and Discover are accepted at the door. After Hours tickets are not refundable or exchangeable.

Tickets purchased in advance online or by phone are available for pickup at Will Call on the night of the event.

Whino-FOOX !

Art Whino opens the doors of its new second
location at the National Harbor with:
FOOX: The art of David and Jessica Foox
April 5th, 2008 from 6pm to Midnight
GRAND OPENING EVENT !
173 Waterfront Street, National Harbor, MD 20745

The event is FREE and open to the public. Music from DJ Lil'e.
The exhibition will run through April 19th from 10 am – 10 pm from Monday – Saturday, and Noon – 6pm Sundays.

I'm excited about this! More ART for DC! Good art. Emerging Art! See you there !!!

Here's a little bit of what David says about himself...

"My goal is to overwhelm the mind with images and colors that swim with each other and throughout the canvas or board. I have adopted an approach that is part anime, part pop, and part old skool shading. Being color blind myself has simply meant using stronger contrasts in shading and more reds and browns. It also means that while something looks well shaded to me, it must REALLY pop for anyone else with normal vision! My inspiration comes from: the number "8", dragons, graf lettering, inane politics, time and space travel, good kicks, acrylics, the color "ice blue", and loud music. Thanks for reading this far."

David resides and creates in Dallas Texas with his wife and partner Jessica and their Wheaton terrier Stetson. Together they continue to create a prolific body of work for representative galleries and people that ask nicely. David loves his art the way he loves his Texas steak - well done champ. Born in South Africa but reared in New Zealand, David makes quite the Texas transplant.

Here's a little bit of what Jessica says about herself...

I was born in Hadley, MA in the 80's. I grew up surrounded by a mixed Euro-Mediterranean heritage. Growing up with such contrasting cultures and surroundings has greatly influenced my art. I started with simple monochrome sketchings. I would always draw humans - mostly the female form. I think being one myself (human and female that is) made me feel more comfortable making pictures of them.

After studying art therapy and working in the field, I decided to leave this career path and pursue painting full time. In short, I started doing what I love.

Street art played an enormous role in why I started painting - because it allowed me to add color to my drawings. Teaching yourself to paint and to create your own reality on each canvas is one of the greatest joys an artist can experience. It may have taken me longer than most, but I was born an artist. When my husband David and I met and started working together- we both new it was our dream and we dropped all of our extra baggage to fully get into it.

I don't limit myself to painting any specific thing, but looking at my work anyone can see that I paint a lot of human creatures. I feel like being a human allows my mind to work very intimately with the subject on my canvas. Limbs, musculature, flesh, hair, breasts, and even feet - they all fascinate me. I love painting the human body. It is a vessel we are all given to roam around in. I love to explore ideas of human consciousness, awareness, dreamlike states, and emotion in my paintings. Being exposed vulnerable sensual and whimsical. Painting on a clean canvas is like creating my own dreams without sleeping. If you can dream it, it will come."

dcist EXPOSED

Friday, March 7 @ Civilian Art Projects

There will be a Panel Discussion from 7-8 pm with Sarah Kennel, the Curator of Photography at the National Gallery of Art; Henry Thaggert, a collector; Jason Falchook, a photographer; Alyssa Rosenberg, an emerging collector; and Philippa Hughes moderating.
They'll talk about editions, the different printing processes, and other stuff of interest to the emerging photographer or collector.

The panel begins at 7 pm and costs $10 to attend.
The opening is free to all.
...And best yet, Erin will have some work up on the walls!

Buzz out of Work for Lunch...

& head over to the House of Sweden for a mid-day delight!

Pecha Kucha Night !

Thursday, March 6th @ the Embassy of the Czech Republic

Pecha Kucha Night - Vol. 3
sponsored by the Embassy of the Czech Republic

OK... I already hear it... You're saying... "Pachacco? ... picachoo???" Noooo.... Pecha Kucha Night ! Pecha Kucha Night was devised by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham (Klein-Dytham Architecture) in 2003 as a place for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public. But knew right away that if you ever give a designer a mic (especially an architect), you’ll be trapped for hours! So, the key to Pecha Kucha Night is its patented system for avoiding this fate... Each presenter is allowed 20 images, each shown for 20 seconds – giving 6 minutes 40 seconds of fame before the next presenter is up. This keeps presentations concise, the interest level up, and gives more people the chance to show.

Pecha Kucha (which is Japanese for the sound of conversation) has tapped into a demand for a forum in which creative work can be easily and informally shown, without having to rent a gallery or chat up a magazine editor, and has spread virally to over 100 cities across the world.

And look at *us*, DC, with our own Capitol Pecha Kucha! Thanks Rouzita! Thanks Bita ! Thanks Yiselle !

MEN

Bubblegum Fun, Fri Mar 7 @ The Black Cat

MEN (JD Samson and JO of Le Tigre) w/ HEY WILLPOWER & special guest DJ STEREO FAITH (of Sorted) $10 Adv/$12 DOS Mainstage 9:00
Get your bubble gum & let's have some FUN !

THE LK

Sat March 8 @ HOUSE OF SWEDEN


Swedish indie pop at it's best, THE LK - Live!, performing to the visual artwork of Cindy Lee, Peter Larsson, Christian Nihlen & Sabastian Rozenberg
Doors at 6:30 PM Show at 7:00 PM
Suggested Donation: $5

& if you miss that... a repeat performance Sun March 9 @The Kennedy Center (free show at 6pm)

Interview on Salad Days <<<
Myspace the LK
order the new album VS. THE SNOW <<<

JUSTICE

@ SONAR (baltimore) Sunday March 9