Gateway Arts District Open Studio Tour on Saturday May 14th Noon-5:00

Gateway Community Development Corporation welcomes you to the 12th Annual Gateway Open Studio Tour in the Prince George's County Gateway Arts District, home to one of the DC metro area's most innovative and creative artist communities. On Saturday, May 14th, 2016, from 12-5 p.m., Gateway Arts District artists, studios and galleries will open their doors to the public.   My studio Otis Street Arts Project is excited to be participating. I'll have some new pieces, some works in progress, some old works.  Plenty for you to buy. Two of our Artists will be demonstrating aspects of their studio process 1:00 Jenna North will be doing a demo of painting on water. 2:00 Hebron Chism will be showing his carving techniques. In addition to being able to see the work of our resident artists, we'll have the fantastic Plastic Sky playing her lyrical ambient dreamscape music for you. From 5-8pm, the Gateway Arts Center will host an After Party and an Opening Reception at the 39th Street Gallery. Come spend the day exploring our creative spaces! 3706 & 3708 Otis Street  Mount Rainier. MD We'll have maps and information for all the surrounding studios. Here's a PDF version Facebook Page

Exhibitions and such winter/ spring 2016

I have a few things happening right now.

Otis Street Arts Project Artists at Logan Fringe Arts Space

A number of my studio mates at Otis Street Arts Project an I have work up in the Logan Fringe Arts Space. A cool showing of our different styles and approaches to artmaking.  Come see some art. grab a drink. maybe see a few plays.

Artists:
Sean Hennessey, David Mordini, Gloria Chapa, Hebron Chism, M.L. Duffy, Liz Lescault, Alma Selimovic, GrinGoh

Reception: Thursday February 4th 7-11PM
The exhibit runs through March 1
Facebook Event Page
Logan Fringe Arts Space
1358 Florida Ave NE
Washington, DC 20002



DC 5, a Glass Narrative at OKAY SPARK

My other studio home is the Washington Glass School. A collection of artists at WGS will be exhibiting glass pieces at OKAY Spark Gallery in Norfolk, Virginia.

Artists: Sean Hennessey, Tim Tate, Michael Janis, Audrey Wilson, Erwin Timmers.

Reception: Friday February 5th 6-8PM
Exhibit runs through March 6th

Okay Spark Gallery
801 Boush Street
Norfolk, Va



SCOPE NYC with Habatat Galleries

I will be showing some exciting new work at SCOPE with Habatat Galleries.

SCOPE NYC
March 3-6
639 W. 49th St
New York, NY



44th Annual International Glass Invitational at Habatat Gallery

I'm excited to once again be participating in the International Glass exhibition at Habatat Gallery in Royal Oak, Michigan. It's a huge show with some of the worlds best artists working in glass. It's a crazy huge honer to be showing with these stellar artists.

VIP events: May 5-7th
Grand Opening May 7th 8-10 PM

Habatat Gallery
4400 Fernlee Ave
Royal Oak, Michigan



Open Studios May 14th

There will be an Open Studio Tour on Saturday May 14th for all studios within the Gateway Arts District of Prince George's County, MD

Be sure to stop by my place!

Otis Street Arts Project
3706 & 3708 Otis Street
Mount Rainier, MD 20712

I'll post more details later.

Gateway Open Studio Tours and Otis Street Arts Project Grand Opening.

The Gateway Arts District organizes tours of all the Artist studios in Mount Rainier, Brentwood and Hyattsville, Maryland every spring. It's a great time to see tons of amazing art, meet up with friends, and enjoy the area's artists in their natural habitat. This Saturday, May 9th is the day.

For the past 9 years, I have been participating in the open studios with my former digs at the Washington Glass School. It's my first Spring Open Studios at my new space, The Otis Street Arts Project. As such, we'll be staying open a little later than the other studios for our Grand Opening Party. 
After the open studio tours, we'll dim the lights, relax, and listen to DJ NEW spinning some tracks. Help us bring good luck and energy to our endeavor. If you're an artist, we still have space available to rent. If you are a curator, we'd love to talk to you about putting on shows with us. If you've got ideas, share them with us.




The first thing you want to do:
Visit the Gateway Arts District page and get a map
There will also be maps available at participating studios.

Then come out and enjoy the DC area's largest concentration of artists.

Visit the Brentwood Arts Center, the EZ Storage studios, Alan Binstok's Studio, and ArtBar.
Get a coffee at Vigilante or the Waterhole. Grab a vegan snack at Sweet and Natural, or have lunch at Franklins or Busboys and Poets.

But be sure to come visit us in the Artists by the Tracks section, where you will find:

The Otis Street Arts Project
The Washington Glass School
White Point Studio
Orange Door Studios
Blue Door Studios
Blue Fire Studio
Tanglewood Arts

So much to see!

Here's who you will find at Otis Street Arts Project

Sean Hennessey
David Mordini
Gloria Chapa
Hebron Chism 
Matthew Duffy
Alma Selimovic
Scott G. Brooks
Anne Smith

PLUS, we are excited to announce Special Guest Exhibiting Artists Cory Oberndorfer and Jeff Huntington.




See the article in the Washington City Paper
and East City Arts

May 9th
Studio Tours: Noon-5:00
Grand Opening Party 5:00-9:00

Otis Street Arts Project
3706 Otis Street
Mount Rainier, MD 201712
otisstreetartsproject@gmail



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Getting to OSAP

1. Drive. We have parking. We're 2 blocks from the intersection of Rhode Island Avenue NE and Eastern Avenue.

2. UberX and Lyft. get the app, add your credit card. It's probably the easiest way.

3. Car2go - Its possible to Car2go within a few blocks. We're a short walk from the DC line

4. Metrobus. Use the Wmata Trip Planner. Enter Mount Rainier Library as your destination. We're a 7 minute walk from there.

Artomatic Opens Tonight!

Artomatic 2009
55 M Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003

Opens May 29, 2009

Fri-Sat: Noon-1 am
Sun, Wed, Thu: Noon-10 pm

Take Metro! Located directly above the Green Line Navy Yard Metro Stop, West Entrance
website



Come to the 9th floor to see my new creations in Glass, Concrete and Steel.
In creating my pieces i use common and slightly nostalgic items to tell a story of transformation and growth based on my interpretations of religions, spirituality, and myths.The ethereal quality of glass set within the earthly and corporeal concrete is the metaphor our our yearning and questing souls confined in these earthly bodies.

Plus, they're like wicked cool and i'm really happy with them!
more of my work can be seen here

SCULPTURE NOW 2009 Opening Reception tonight!

This is a reminder to have you join the party,
visit with good friends and most important,
experience wonderful sculpture!

SCULPTURE NOW 2009

Opening Reception:
Thursday, February 12, 2009
6:30 to 8:30 pm
An awards presentation will take place at 7:15 pm





February 1 - May 2, 2009

Location:
Washington Square
1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW (entrance on L Street)
Washington, DC 20036
(Nearest Metro: Farragut North)

Building Hours:
Washington Square is open to the public daily from 7 am until 7 pm.
Juror: Victoria Reis, Executive and Artistic Director, Transformer

Artists included in the exhibition: Michael J. Bednar, Constance Bergfors, Kyan Bishop, Jackie Braitman, Janet Brome,
Frederic Crist, Joel D’Orazio, Leah Frankel, Carol A. Jason, Mila Kagan, James Kessler, Lois Levitan, Mitra Lore,
Jacqueline Maggi, James Mallos, Ryan McKibbin, Bill Moore, Marcella Morgese, Sharon Murray, Ethan Rochmis,
Rachel Rotenberg, Craig Schaffer, Bo Simeon, Lynda Smith-Bugge, Pamela Soldwedel, Berta Stegmeier,
Garrett Strang, Lynn Sures, Elizabeth Whiteley, and Alice Yutzy.

Art on Halloween: Ofrenda

OFRENDA

Art for the Dead

Almaz Ethiopian Restaurant
1212 U St. NW
Washington DC,
Fri, Oct 31
7:30 pm - 2 am
Sat, Nov 1
1 pm - 2 am


Get all the scoop here athttp://artoutlet.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=49&Itemid=129.

EXHIBITING ARTISTS:
Pruitt Allen, Michael Auger, Jennifer Beinhacker, Jennifer Bishop, Alison Christ, Andrea Collins, Megan Draheim, Victor Ferrante, Cavan Fleming, Vickie Fruehauf, Rania Hassan, Sean Hennessey, Jeannette Herrera, Matt Hollis, Paul Jutton, Rob Lindsay, Carrie Lipscomb, Bono Mitchell, Nancy McIntyre, Johanna Mueller, Thomas Paradis, Chris Peloso, Kevin Perone, Caren Quinn, Paivi Salonen, Heather Schmaedeke, Kerri Sheehan, Kimberly Stark, Marina Starkova, Erika Stone, Henrik Sundqvist, Sally Tsou, Pindar Van Arman, Jack Whitsitt, Alexandra Zealand

Friday, Oct 31
Exhibition Opens
7:30 pm (Second Floor)
Paint Sugar Skulls
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm (with Heather Schmaedeke)
American Sinner (Folk Rock, Lower Stage)
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Highballers (Country, Lower Stage)
9:30 pm - 10:30 pm
DJ Uncle Eric (Electronica, Upper Stage)
11:00 pm - 2:00 am

Outside Altar by Rob Lindsay
Inside Altar (Second Floor) by Andrea Collins

Come Dressed Day of the Dead Style! And don't forget to bring your offering to our two public altars.

Saturday, Nov 1
Exhibition Opens
1:00 pm (Second Floor)
Flo Anito (Pop, Lower Stage)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Meet the Artist (Second Floor)
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Yoko K (Electronica, Upper Stage)
9:00 pm - 11:00 pm
David London (Magic, Upper Stage & Lower Stage)
12:00 am - 12:30 am
Aligning Minds, 88 Aleph Zero (Electronica, Upper Stage)
11:00 pm - 2:00 am

Artomatic 2008 Opens tomorrow Friday May 9th

Artomatic is dc's biggest art event. dont miss it!

its free!
its metro accessible!
there will be a bar and a cafe!

1200 First Street NE
Corner of First and M streets NE, next to the South entrance of the new york avenue metro station.

Come see my installation of concrete lightbulbs, and three new glass panels.

Artomatic opens Friday, May 9th, 12 noon

• Wednesdays and Thursdays: 5 pm – 10 pm
• Fridays and Saturdays: 12noon – 2 am
• Sundays: 12noon – 10pm
• Mondays and Tuesdays: Closed

Glass3- reception Thursday February 21st.

Glass 3
I will be taking part in a rather interesting international event bringing together three important glass art studios:

Dualism Concrete, Glass 15" x 29"2008 Sean Hennessey





Glass3 is a collaborative exhibit featuring the works of The Washington Glass School, Cohesion Artists from Sunderland England, and artists selected by the Arts Commission of Greater Toledo.
Glass3
February 21st- March 9th
Monday- Saturday: Noon- 8PM
Sunday: Noon- 6 PM
Reception: Feb 21, 11AM -1:00PM and 6-8PM Two Receptions!


The Shops at Georgetown Park
3222 M Street, NW

More information can be found here



Dcist Review Here
Tracy Lee took some cool photos

Sculpture Now 2008 reception tonight.

Sculpture NOW 2008

February 4 to May 1, 2008

Washington Square
1050 Conn. Ave., NW at L Street
Washington, D.C. 20036

Reception: Thursday, Feb. 14 at 6:00-8:30pm


Christian Benefiel, Brent Crothers, Joel D'Orazio, Pattie Porter Firestone, Frank Fishburne, Breon Gilleran, Michael A. Guadagno, Leonard Harris, James Kessler, Jin Lee, Carol Gellner Levin, Mitra Lore, Phelan Meek, Judy Sutton Moore, William J. Moore, Lincoln Mudd, Mahasti Y. Mudd, Marie Park, Tom Rooney, Richard Schellenberg, Mike Shaffer, Bo Simeon, Frances Sniffen, Pamela Soldwedel-Barrett, Ron Van Delden, Raymonde Van Santen, George Tkabladze, Sarah Wegner, Elizabeth Whiteley, and Joyce Zipperer.

Juror: David Furchgott, President, International Art & Artists

opening tonight

Washington Women in the Arts: A Selection

At OSUNA ART
7200 Wisconsin Ave.
Bethesda MD 20815
P:(301) 654-4500
osuna@osunagallery.com
www.osunaart.com

Opening reception
Saturday, November 17, 2007, 5-8pm

Gallery Hours:
Tuesday-Saturday
12:00-5:00pm

erin antognoli this saturday

Erin Antognoli displays her unique style of Holga artwork in a solo exhibition titled Fragments & Ashes. This will also be the first photography exhibit hosted by the Dumbarton Concert Gallery. Meet the artist on Saturday, November 3, 2007 at the opening reception from 6:30 to 8 PM. The reception is free and open to the public.

Dumbarton Concert Gallery
3133 Dumbarton St. NW
Washington, DC 20007
(Located in Georgetown's historic Dumbarton Church, between N & O Streets off of Wisconsin)
http://www.dumbartonconcerts.org/



The show will run until November 13, 2007, and is viewable by appointment by contacting the gallery at 202-965-2000.

Link to this event listing in Upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/283118/

Art Whino

I went to the Art Whino opening last night and was really excited by what i saw. Cool work. cool selection of artists. great space with plans for expansion.

here are my photos of the show

or click HERE for a slideshow.





Art Whino, 717 N. Saint Asaph St, Alexandria, VA 22314



I'm still adding photos to my flickr set. my internet connection has been nonexistent to very shaky this week.

kristin holder at warehouse.

warehouse 1021 7th Street, N.W.

The Last Next is an exhibition of paintings and drawings by Washington-based artist Kristin Holder. Works from 2002 until the present will be included in the exhibition, including a site-specific wall drawing. In recent years Holder has been the recipient of the Second Place Trawick Prize, a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant, and a one-year fellowship from the British Academy in Rome. Her work is included in several public and private collections.

The exhibition will be on view at Warehouse (third floor) from October 11 through October 28, 2007. The opening reception will take place on October 13 from 7:00-10:00 p.m.

warehouse’s gallery hours are Thursday and Friday 4:00 – 8:00 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 1:00 – 6:00 p.m. The nearest metro stop is Mt. Vernon Square/Convention Center on the Green Line. Further information can be found at www.warehousetheater.com.

two artists that have changed the way i worked. this friday!

I'm very excited about the opening of the Fall Solos 2007 at the Arlington Arts Center this friday.

here are the details:
FALL SOLOS 2007
October 2 - November 17, 2007

Reception: FRIDAY, October 5, 2007: 6 - 9 p.m.
Location: The Arlington Arts Center, 3550 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA (conveniently located one block from the Virginia Square Metro Station on the Orange Line)
Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 11 am - 5 pm


Please join us for a reception on Friday, October 5, 2007, from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Arlington Arts Center on Wilson Boulevard to celebrate the opening of FALL SOLOS 2007.

This collection of seven solo exhibitions-each distinct, and occupying its own gallery at the AAC-encompasses everything from traditional representational painting, to wall mounted sculptural installation, to hybridized projects using video in combination with other media.

FALL SOLOS maps the boundaries of contemporary art practice, and introduces gallery-goers to some of the finest artists-emerging or established-currently at work across the Mid-Atlantic region:

Gillian Brown projects video onto translucent objects, breaking evocative images apart and refracting or reflecting them onto various surfaces.
Heidi Fowler paints images of everyday industrial objects on unconventional substrates-her recent work features networks of phone or power lines painted across collaged beds of junk mail envelopes.

Chawky Frenn's representational paintings are dense with art-historical allusions and violence in equal measure. His work has been formed by his experiences growing up in Lebanon, witnessing the atrocities of war firsthand.

Laurel Lukaszewski is a sculptor who explores pattern, rhythm, and line using black stoneware and porcelain. The abstract tangles projecting off of the walls in her installation at AAC, Kaminari, playfully represent brush strokes in three-dimensional form.

Timothy Michael Martin is an abstract painter who, in his reductive paintings, combines diagrams and schematics with oblique pulp sci-fi references. His work comments on the visual codes of modernism and on utopian and dystopian visions of the future.

Claire Sherwood creates mixed media installations with lace, concrete, wax and coal. These materials are combined to form objects that are paradoxically both decorative and crudely industrial--or both stereotypically masculine and feminine.

Alessandra Torres is a performance and installation artist. Her AAC project, Figure Study, draws elements from Zen painting and dance; in it, Torres presents flat, jointed, reductively rendered figures mounted on magnets that the viewer is invited to manipulate and reposition at will.
FALL SOLOS 2007 will continue through November 17th.
The Arlington Arts Center is a private, nonprofit visual arts organization dedicated to presenting and supporting new work from contemporary Mid-Atlantic artists. Founded in 1976 and housed in the historic Maury School in Arlington, Virginia, the AAC bridges the gap between the public and contemporary arts discourse-through exhibitions, educational programming, and subsidized studio spaces.



The two artists that have been influential to me are Claire Sherwood and Laurel Lukaszewski.




Claire, because i took a workshop in concrete from her a number of years ago that tipped my interest in concrete enough to begin focusing on its craft to create my own pieces.






Laurels influence has been more subtle, though again, was a tipping point for me. in terms of my narrative/ iconographic approach to object-making toward utilizing my imagery as installation, Laurel's series of works, and discussions with her as a studio mate pushed the new minimalistic abstract thoughts of the content of my work toward fruition. I have yet to exhibit these explorations, so you guys havent really seen this yet! ; )



i'm excited that both these artists have openings the same night and the same place!

art this weekend

friday night

Micahel Sirvet at Touchet Gallery
6-9.

536 S. Ann Street
Baltimore, MD 21231


Saturday.

Arts On Foot 2007
12-7
8th and f.



saturday night

Michael Janis at Neptune Gallery.
7-9
That Quadrant of Sky: New Works by Michael Janis
September 12 - October 6th, 2007
Reception: Saturday, September 15th from 7-9pm
Gallery Neptune
4901 Cordell Avenue
Bethesda MD 20814
www.galleryneptune.com

art stuff going on

The summer has been pretty busy and i wanted to catch you up on where and when i'll be showing in the next few months.


Current Exhibitions
1. I have a number of pieces hanging at the DCAC Wall Mountables Show
Up through September 7th
District of Columbia Arts Center
2438 18th Street NW

http://www.dcartscenter.org/


2. Two new experimental pieces at the Touchet Gallery in Baltimore.
Moving Beyond Craft: Artists of the Washington Glass School


Michael Janis, Erwin Timmers, Tim Tate, Deborah Conti, Cheryl Derricotte, Sean Hennessey, Syl Mathis, Evan Ross Morgan and Alison Sigethy
August 3 - September 8, 2007
Opening Reception: August 3, 2007, 6-9pm
Touchet Gallery
536 S. Ann Street
Baltimore, MD 21231
410.522.2280
http://www.touchetgallery.com/


3. A number of works in a series as part of a duo show with Joanna Knox the
The Black Rock Center for the Arts.


Metaphor. Truth Time.
Strands that weave through the works of Sean Hennessey and Joanna Knox as they strive to find the mythical, the abstract in our lives. Using diverse media- Sculpture and Photography- they lead us down paths that open our minds, that explore the intangible, that inspire fresh thought.





Through September 7th.

The exhibition gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays, when classes are in session. In addition, the gallery is open one hour prior to and during performances.

BlackRock Center for the Arts
12901 Town Commons Drive
Germantown, MD 20874

Festivals

1.The Adams Morgan Day Festival
September 9th. Sunday.

I will be setting up a booth with Rania Hassan on Belmont.
Come by and see us.

noon- 7 PM
http://www.ammainstreet.org/

2.Arts on Foot 2007
September 15th , saturday.
Arts on Foot will take place in various locations in the downtown area between 4th and 14th streets, NW and Pennsylvania Avenue and L Street, NW
noon-5

http://www.artsonfoot.org/


3.Crafty Bastards
September 30th, sunday
Adams Morgan
10-5 PM
list of artists
general info.



4. Ballston Arts Market
October 13th
http://ballstonarts-craftsmarket.blogspot.com/




Lots going on, I hope you can make some of these events!

Metaphor. Time. Truth. opens saturday. 5:30-7:30

I will be having a duo show with the fantastic photographer Joanna Knox at the Black Rock Center for the Arts next month.

August 15th - September 7th.
Reception on Saturday August 18th. 5:30-7:30 PM

from the curator:
Metaphor. Time. Truth. Strands that weave through the works of Sean Hennessey and Joanna Knox as they strive to find the mythical, the abstract in our lives. Using diverse media- Sculpture and Photography- they lead us down paths that open our minds, that explore the intangible, that inspire fresh thought.














The exhibition gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays, when classes are in session. In addition, the gallery is open one hour prior to and during performances.

BlackRock Center for the Arts
12901 Town Commons Drive
Germantown, MD 20874

snaps from the opening in baltimore

here are some shots from the washington glass school exhibit's opening at Touchet Gallery in Fell's Point Baltimore.



more photos here


Moving Beyond Craft: Artists of the Washington Glass School

Michael Janis, Erwin Timmers, Tim Tate, Deborah Conti, Cheryl Derricotte, Sean Hennessey, Syl Mathis, Evan Ross Morgan and Alison Sigethy
August 3 - September 8, 2007
Opening Reception: August 3, 2007, 6-9pm
Touchet Gallery
536 S. Ann Street
Baltimore, MD 21231
410.522.2280

Moving Beyond Craft: Artists of the Washington Glass School opens friday!

Moving Beyond Craft: Artists of the Washington Glass School

Michael Janis, Erwin Timmers, Tim Tate, Deborah Conti, Cheryl Derricotte, Sean Hennessey, Syl Mathis, Evan Ross Morgan and Alison Sigethy
August 3 - September 8, 2007
Opening Reception: August 3, 2007, 6-9pm
Touchet Gallery
536 S. Ann Street
Baltimore, MD 21231
410.522.2280

DCAC Wall Mountables

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Originally uploaded by Scenic Artisan

I have installed a number of pieces in the DCAC's Wall Mountable show that opens this friday night






opening reception Friday, July 20th 7-9pm

show runs through Friday, Sept. 7


I have 4 sections with 11 pieces total. i'm trying a new approach with a few pieces, combining them more as an installation then as individual sculptures. i'd love to hear what you think. Also, i havent included any mixed media peices, these are all straight up concrete. stained, colored and cast, of course.

DCAC is located at 2438 18th Street NW, between Belmont and Columbia Roads, in the heart of the Washington's Adams Morgan neighborhood.