Glass at the Washington Craft Show 2012

SPECIAL GLASS EXHIBIT

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of studio art glass, the Washington Craft Show has provided the Maurine Littleton Gallery with an 800 square-foot space to illustrate the history of glass. The exhibit will feature work from Harvey K. Littleton, the founder of the American glass movement, and next generation artists Dale Chihuly, Fritz Dreisbach, Michael Janis, Allegra Marquart, Joel Myers, Ginny Ruffner, Therman Statom, Tim Tate, Erwin Timmers, Sean Hennessey and more. Maurine Littleton is the daughter of Harvey K. Littleton.

That Worlds Unseen Surround the World We Know
Glass, Paint, LED
36"x24"
by Sean Hennessey

Friday, November 16 • 10am-8pm

Saturday, November 17 • 10am-6pm

Sunday, November 18 • 11am-5pm (note: Screening of “A Not So Still Life” will begin at 10am in a room adjacent to the show floor. See box office attendant.)

Tickets $15 / seniors $14 / under 12 free with paid adult

Group discounts for 10 or more: $10 ea.

Friday after 6pm: $6

Washington Convention Center

801 Mt. Vernon Place NW

Washington, DC 20001

Collection of Washington DC area Artists. Wildly Subjective Post.

I wanted to share something very personal to me. our art collection. not pictures or anything, but the artists that we collect. My wife Rania and I have, over the last few years, been trying to collect works of DC area artists. We're pretty committed to promoting and supporting local art and we have a lot of great friends that happen to be great artists. Place and community are important to us. We also want to shape our collection into something very personal and a narrative of sorts or our life, people and things that we want to be close to.  Our collection is one venue and outlet for our creativity. I've talked to a number of people recently that want to collect DC art but were uncertain where to begin. I hope this helps those people... as well as just serving as a list for me to remind myself to buy art. Plus, you know.. if any of you want to buy us gifts (our birthdays are both in february). And yes, its 100% subjective. And no, I mean no offense if you are not on this list. 


So far, we've managed to get works by these wonderful artists:
Novie Trump-
 I knew Novie a looong loong time ago, well before either of us knew of one another as artists. I was taking a year off of college, she was working at a punk rock pizza joint where a roommate of mine worked. We were acquaintances, but not really friends.  I re-met her at a lecture at the Arlington Art Center and she showed me some of her work. I fell in love with it. Plus Novie is a great woman. I got to know Novie better as we were both on the board of the Washington Sculptors Group for a spell and we are now studio neighbors out in Mount Rainier. I can't get enough of her work and if rich enough would get her to design an entire room. I deeply hope that I can actually work with her on projects in the future.
Andrea Haffner-
 I first saw Andrea's work at Artomatic back in 2002. Stunning pieces and I've been buying jewelry from her for years. Her studio was nearby our house and before she took a sabatical from DC we bought a small piece of hers. we need a larger piece i'm afraid. it's unique and beautiful. natural and synthetic. delicate and indestructible.  I dont know a soul that doesn't love her work.
Michael Janis-
Once michael started working in his now renowned scraffito technique i really wanted a piece of his. I've managed to pick up a few of his pieces at the Washington Glass School open studios. I'd really love to buy a large panel of his works, especially his more architecturally oriented pieces. he should be an art megastar. His work is that compelling.
Tim Tate-
I met and became good friends with Tim at the 2002 Artomatic. I had gone a bit over the top with a painting installation at that artomatic and was fortunate to have tim fall in love with my work. I was able to barter with tim to get some cool pieces of his.  nothing like his newer pieces... which i covet. Even though he is mostly known, these days anyway, for his self contained video installations, my favorite pieces of his are complicated and narrative arrays of found objects with cast and blown glass. series such as the 7 deadly sins. But then again, maybe if ya'll would stop buying his work, his prices would go down and i could afford it. ; ) Tim is one of the founders of the Washington Glass School, a MUST SEE studio for every art lover and collector in the dc area.
Kirk Waldroff -
I met Kirk in 2003 through the Mather Studios, a subsidized housing project for artists. we became friends, but also, along with Kristina Bilonick and rania hassan, worked together on a secret project called Art Monday. We've even exhibited together under the pseudonym Arthur Monday. Kirk is a printmaker and carpenter, but sometimes casts his wood blocks in glass. or concrete. ( he and i made a concrete countertop for his place once) 
Jaime Zollars-
I set up across from Jaime at a Crafty Bastards and few years ago and fell in love with her and her work. I bought a piece of hers as a present for Rania for Christmas last year.  I guess really all i have is a print. I want originals, so I'll have to keep checking her work out.
Kerri Sheehan-
Kerri and I became friends through the Washington Glass School where she used to teach. She was doing some interesting work with Venus figures and drawings on cast plate glass. recently I plastered the walls of her new house. 
Elizabeth Baldwin-
Beth and i worked together at the Shakespeare Theatre. I've known her for, i guess around 12 years or so. i have a few small pieces of hers from original pastel to prints to her current series of plush figures.
Scott Brooks
I've absolutely loved Scott's work since I first saw it... prolly at Artomatic 2000?.. I became friends with Scott at some point... don't really know how... but I was fortunate to go to his moving sale and score a really cool piece. The pieces of his that I love are, like a few artists that i know, a bit beyond our budget.
Kelly Towles-
I don't remember when I met Kelly, but the first time I saw his work was at the warehouse cafe and he had done a large painting, possibly on the wall. super cool.  i first got to hang out with kelly while doing the Pool Tradeshow in Vegas a few years ago. i've gotten two pieces as gifts. but I hope I can buy a large piece of his someday. 
Erin Antognoli-
Erin creates really cool holga photos. but she has a certain and unique style that I really like. I first met Erin through Artdc.org and some gallery hopping. recently she's been seduced by the dark side of art: sculpture. I'm excited to see where that might go.
Sean Welker ( Sadly, he's moved on to Chicago. Rat bastard)
If sean had stayed in dc we'd be best friends by now. I love him, and his work. I picked up only a very tiny piece of his at his going away studio sale. i got to visit with him once in Chicago and would love to go back.
Carlos Beltran Baldiviezo-
I set up next to and met Carlos a few years ago at the Downtown Holiday Market just outside the National Portrait Gallery in DC. His figurative clay sculptures are beautiful and we traded pieces. I really like his work, though I have only seen him a few times since. he works out of the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria, Virginia.
Jessica Wade Howard
Jessica made a painting for us when we got married. I met jessica and her husband Lee, another sculptor, during my time at the Shakespeare Theatre. Jessica was once one of the set painters, then went on to work for Stanislavsky theatre, and then onto motherhood and a non art job. I hope she someday finds her artwork again. she's very talented.


I would wholeheartedly recommend adding these artists to your collection. We, of course, have some fine examples of our OWN WORKS. all over our house. too many. want some?  Clearly you should have our works too.


There are still a ton of artists that we still want pieces from and I would encourage everyone to seek them out. That list includes, but is not limited to:
Margaret Boozer-
I have been in love and a hero-worshiper of margaret forever. she's awesome and her work kicks ass. I really want a piece of hers but I know that I will need to be very careful in picking which one. Also, once margaret co curated a show at DCAC with a curatorial statement that still haunts me. Her studio is a MUST SEE for every collector and art lover in the DC area.
Sondra Arkin
I first met Sondra through her curation of the DC City Hall's Art Collection ( which you should go through... for free, any weekday) . She's a masterful curator, but a subtly amazing encaustic aritist. I say sublte, because the impression that her work has made on me has been slow. Perhaps I have grown to appreciate it, but I think that the non objective nature calls for a contemplation that takes time. In any case, all of the sudden her work became fresh in my eyes. It's funny how that works. 
Erwin Timmers
Now, I could kick myself for not buying one of Erwin's Snake Lights when I first saw it and I could actually afford it. Someday. Someday I will get a piece of his. Erwin is a director and studio mate of mine at the Glass School, so I've gotten to talk to him quite a bit about his work. His news stuff is going to skyrocket him. Buy it if you can.
Chris Shea
Chris is a master of iron and metal working. A MASTER. If you appreciate quality functional metal pieces, check his stuff out. I'd kill for him to make me a dinning room table. Or just about anything. 
Michael Sirvet
Mike is a friend also through the Mather artists. His metal sculpture is a bit mind numbing when you contemplate his exactness and labor. Now, of course, he's gigantic and his greatness means i never see him anymore. Someday i'll get one of his pieces though. 
Syl Mathis
A glass artist that makes exquisitely cast glass "boats" with wonderful metal stands. The simplicity and elegance of his work is very nice, and really its only that its cast glass and steel that it would fit in our collection, as i think "exquisite" doesn't describe what we usually like. I guess you start to learn a lot about yourself as you collect art.....
I met Syl through the Washington Glass School.
Allegra Marquart
Allegra's work is playful, and colorful, yet highly industrial and rugged. no one is doing work like her.
Another Washington Glass School artist.
David D'Orio
I first saw Dave's work at an artomatic, though i'd heard of him earlier since he owns and operates one of DC's only hot shops. I met Dave mainly through taking a metal casting class at his DC glassworks, and i keep stopping by to say hi. we've been in some shows together. anyway, his work is fantastic. narrative, symbolic, rugged, unusual, a bit crazy. everything i like in sculpture, Dave represents.
Megan Van Wagoner
Another DC Glassworks artist. I first saw Megan's work at Artomatic 2009. She had these cast glass potatoes on ceramic pillows with a kind of decorative element, all held up by steel. Delicate, rugged, 3 great materials. subtly strange, yet poignant. Totally engaging work. I've only managed to buy some of her functional pieces.. 2 coffee mugs.. but we'll get some sculpture sometime.
Jeanette Herrera
I first learned of Jeanette through Artdc.org. Loved her work, but it really doesn't translate to a jpeg well. Seeing her work in person you can really see how detailed and rich it is. I like works that just dominate and force you to believe in another world entirely. Her work does that. I don't ever see Jeanette, so i don't know her as much as other people on this list, but i've met her once and know her to be rock solid.
Leila Holtsman
I first saw and met leila through Artomatic..  2008?  A great combination of silk screening on steel and ceramic. Once part of the Boozer Kingdom of Red Dirt Studios, I saw leila fairly regularly, and i think we both learned to MIG weld at the same workshop at Sam Notos studio in Greenbelt.  Plus Leila is super nice.
Andrew Wodzianski
Andrew is a bad ass, plain and simple. Once i went to a show of andrews where his girlfriend was dressed up as a nurse and he stayed in a closed coffin the entire time. How hot is that? to me, HOT. I love andrew to death and hope I get to spend more time with him. And I want one of his paintings.. but may have to settle for a less expensive series. 
Cory Oberndorfer
I first saw Cory's work as spray paint work on a column at Artomatic 2007 (nearly all of my friends are through artomatic....). He had these roller derby girls and penguins. totally fresh. totally cool. i didnt actually met him for a few years... maybe 2009? Not sure. He's become a friend now though and I really look forward to seeing his new work. 
Jenny Walton
I met jenny through my half assed attempt to become part of Sparkplug, the artist collective formed by DCAC. Sadly it conflicted with Sunday dinners with the Mather artists and I had to bail on it. No regrets and now I see Jenny fairly often. Her work in mono type has a haunting quality and an imagery that lingers with you. I've not yet decided on which vein of her work i like the most.
Cheryl Derricotte
I met cheryl through the Washington Glass School. She's been on a hiatus from making work, but when she gets back to it in 2011 i'm sure we'll see really great work come out of her.  
Sherill Gross
I first met sherill at artomatic 2000 and admired her work from the get go. ( another example of why you should snap at work you like right away!.. hard lesson learned thank you erwin timmers) i didnt really become friends with Sherill till the last few years. I even have an upcoming show with her, thanks to her for arranging it and inviting me to participate.
Kristina Bilonick 
I met Kristina through the Washington Glass School. I used to go to her open studios in MidCity. and see her around at shows. Once rania and i started doing street festivals, i became friends with Kristina and she was part of our Art Monday thing. Kristina keeps going on to greater and greater things all the time. Her work is really cool. I had a framed silk screen at my house for a long time ( not a print.. the actual screen) but was just holding it and friend of mine bought it. I own a shirt she silk screeend but no real artwork. Someday that will be remedied.
Matt Sesow
I first saw matts work at artomatic 2000 but didn't really meet him until 2005. Matt is simply the most prolific painter in the world. no dc collection can be complete without a sesow. matt is also one of the most dedicated people i've ever met. he is also Dana Ellyns husband. someday he'll take me up on the going out for drinks offer i always make. ; )
Dana Ellyn
Maybe the second most prolific painter in the world. She's matt sesows wife, making them the most awesome art couple. Dana's work is very obviously akin to matts work, but she has more emphasis on the drawing and coherency of brush work. Her style has noticeably gotten tighter since i first saw it, and i really like the direction it's gone. 
Emily Greene Liddle
Another artist i first saw at Artomatic. And there was a time i saw her work EVERYWHERE. all kinds of shows. I didnt meet emily until the past 2 years I think. she's an amazing painter with a very minimal classy approach, though her content is a bit dark. All the better. She's a super cool woman and she and her husband are two of the nicest people you'll meet. I wish I knew them better. And had a painting.
Billy Colbert
I don't personally know Billy, but his work is absolutely fantastic. I want a piece if his. we have many many mutual friends, so i know he's a great guy. And that's important to me in buying peoples work.
CeCi Cole McInturff
Ceci's studio. gallery is right around the corner from my house. i don't know her well, but i love Ceci and her work just keeps getting better and better. It's probably time to get some before her prices go up.
Brendan Smith
Brendan is a neighbor of mine and really genuine guy. His work is irreverent with really cool found objects. He has a smart biting satire in his work. We'll have to get one of his pieces soon.
Decoy
I've only met Decoy a handful of times, but if you've been in DC for a bit, you've seen her work. One of the most prolific DC street artists in the 2000's. She's got her own style and a multitude of series. Hopefully DC will have her around for a long time.
Bridget Sue Lambert
Another person i've only met a few times but Bridget is really nice and has a very cool aesthetic. I like miniatures and dollhouse/ diorama/ model kinds of things and she's got that is spades. Cool work, and though photography doesn't tend to draw me, hers does.
Henrik Sundqvist
Cool cool guy. And very dynamic. Henrik founded Art Outlet which has produced some of the most fun art shows in the dc area. His prints are graphic and punk rock and i love that. 
Christian Tribastone
i've never met Chrisitan, though I've tried. I first saw his work at....yup.... Artomatic and absolutely love it. 
Mark Behme
Mark's work is wickedly cool. So complicated and skillful. Plus mark is a great guy and was extremely vital in the work of the washington sculptors group.
Sergio Olivas
I first met Sergio and his awesome artist wife Claudia at Artomatic 2007. I've been to their beautiful studio, which i recommend visiting. i don't see them much and i don't think they are particularly active in the DC gallery world, but i do love them.  A very kind couple, and extremely dedicated to art making.
Sergio's work hits me in a way that jives right. its visceral work that forms a visceral reaction.
Matt Hollis
Matt is a super great guy who creates a wonderful world of soft sculpture. he does photography and prints and drawings, but his sculpture is what i absolutely am drawn toward.


This list will be amended as my brain works through it. 


Then there are far too many people whose work doesn't really fit our collection or house or budget but I admire greatly nonetheless.  Even people who are good friends. I'm not even going to list them, but most are on the WPA Artfile or the WSG Gallery, which i would encourage all DC area collectors to check out.  As i said, a collection of art becomes your voice, you should shape it in a way that jives with you. Buy a piece of art because you love it. 


Los Links:


Mather Studios
Artomatic
Red Dirt Studios
DC Glassworks
Washington Sculptors Group
Washington Glass School
WPA 


We do have some non-dc artist's pieces too, but that's a different post for a different time.


in short, here are my tips:
1. If you love it buy it now.
2. Buy what you love. buy what speaks to you.
3. It means more if you get to know the artist. Go to open studios. Meet an artist for coffee. Go to openings, but get there early.
4. Take art workshops. you'll make something, learn about the process, and meet tons of artists.

Bloomingdale Holiday Art Market 2010

Get your Art! Drink your Rum and Cider!
Buy your Christmas Trees!
The Bloomingdale Holiday Art Market Returns!

On Sunday December 5th, from 4-9pm, the Bloomingdale Holiday Art Market returns to the Big Bear Cafe in Washington, DC.

A small sampling of Artists and Artisans selected from the Crafty Bastards Arts and Crafts Fair will be setting up their work to sell. Big Bear Cafe will be open, Special Holiday Drink will be served, and fresh cut Christmas Trees will be available.

Vendors Include:

Goshdarnknit:

Ghost writers, imaginary friends, runaways, unite! Goshdarnknit is illustrated notebooks for your pockets and knit paintings for your walls, all by DC artist Rania. She knits, paints, embroiders, and gocco prints every surface imaginable with swirly tales of cherry swallowing, bunny spinning, arm doodling fun.

Sean Hennessey:

Sean Hennessey creates beautiful wall sculptures from upcylced glass combined with concrete and steel. Using common and slightly nostalgic imagery, he presents work as archeological remnants of our present world and ways of thinking, with hopes to inspire and make your life better.

60bugs:

"60 bugs" is a punk rock song written by a 5 year old. 60bugs is the line of awesome hand-embroidered and gocco-printed stuff inspired by it. Sometimes funny, sometimes absurd, mostly always cute, Debbie Lee of 60bugs makes fun items for all ages like tee shirts, pins, greeting cards and reusable coffee sleeves.

Tiger Flight:

I have a compulsion to make stuff. Lately (at least for the past 2 years) I have been really taken with making stuff out of other stuff. I use recycled materials in the creation of my animals which forces me to incorporate the patterns and shapes inherent in the found materials and work within the limited size and availability of the materials. Each piece I make is unique and done mostly without pattern which helps to reinforce the idea of originality inherent within each creature.

Eve VanDalsen:

Since taking summer classes at Parsons many years ago and apprenticing for a leather smith, I have slowly developed my own business of designing, making, and selling handbags, wallets and dog collars. I use material from deconstructed old leather bags and clothing as well as odd lot remnants and past season skins. Very rarely are two pieces the same. Every single piece is made by me from start to finish in my Capitol Hill basement and dining room table.

Figs & Ginger:

Figs & Ginger makes recycled Sterling Jewelry for all stages of life. Pieces are inspired by Forests and designed to grow with you. A new line of charms & family critter necklaces has been added to the Figs family. Pieces start at $10 and none go above $80. We're affordable, well made, and oh so cute!

Other Special Events!


Book Signing by Rosemarie Onwukwe

New from local author Rosemarie Onwukwe is Bloomingdale, the latest title in Arcadia Publishing’s Images of America Series. In over 200 vintage photographs, Rosemarie shares the history of this historic neighborhood. The book was released on June 14, 2010.

Caroling by Capitol Blend

Capital Blend is a Washington DC based all-female a cappella group.  The group formed in the spring of 2008 when several coworkers at Discovery Communications learned they shared a common interest in singing.  Capitol Blend will be bringing lyric sheets so others may join in.






Buy Holiday Portraits at the Photo Booth
There will be a photo booth with a Christmas themed background. Bloomingdale photographer Tony Rich will be snapping your photos and printing them on the spot.

Christmas Tree Sales from Painted Hand Farm

Painted Hand Farm is a sustainable diversified farm located in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. In addition to Christmas Trees, Painted Hand Farm is a regular vendor at the Bloomingdale Farmers Market.









What: Bloomingdale Holiday Art Market
When: Sunday, December 5, 2010
Time: 4-9pm
Where: Big Bear Cafe: 1700 1st Street NW, DC [First and R NW]

(this was cross posted on my personal blog  )

Heres the FACEBOOK page

Crafty Bastards is this Saturday!!!!

Please come.

Blue Lock :: Cast Glass, Steel :: 6"x9"

My focus has been a bit different in the last few months. In the past i had been mixing a lot of concrete castings into my exhibitions, but lately it's all been glass. and i've been attempting to make steel frames for all my pieces. and i've been abandoning my very small formats that have been what i mainly exhibited at fairs and festivals. this crafty bastards will showcase the last pieces of my smaller series and i'll be bringing a few slightly larger pieces. if you have been interested in purchasing small works of mine ( less that 12 inches x 12 inches) this may be one of your last chances.

 i will have my remaining concrete doors as well. I've got about 15 left and i don't foresee making more.

Concrete Door :: 6"x3"

I've been doing fewer and fewer street festivals and not sure how i'll approach this next year, but i have been focusing on larger works and commissioned pieces.

We Share What We Have :: Glass, Concrete, Steel :: 24x12

So, come, and get some of my work!

Crafty Bastards
Saturday October 2, 2010
10-5
Marie Reed Learning Center
18th street in Adams Morgan
thats basically 2150 18th street nw washington dc for you out of towners.

Specifically, Rania and I will be set up here:






Online Store (will be restocked next week)
Portfolio
i may have some special offers available to my twitter followers too

Friday Gallery Openings in Penn Quarter

REYES + DAVIS Gallery sent out this nice reminder of gallery openings in Penn Quarter

Gigantic Open Studios this Saturday! now with free shuttle bus!

This coming saturday from noon to 6 is the annual spring gateway arts district open studio tour.
The Gateway Arts District is centered on the Rhode Island Avenue Corridor of the towns of North Brentwood, Brentwood, and Mount Rainier in Prince George's County Maryland.
It is hub of artistic activity and production for Washington, DC.

 Gateway CDC Website

A PDF map of the Gateway Arts District and shuttle bus info
the shuttle bus will leave from the West Hyattsville Metro Station. there will be signs for the shuttle.
There's plenty of parking if you want to drive.


The Gateway Arts District is home to the Washington Glass School and its our 9th anniversary!

Artists exhibiting at our studio for the open house include: Michael Janis, Tim Tate, Erwin Timmers, Syl Mathis, Robert Kincheloe, Jessica Beels, Nancy Donnelly, Sean Hennessey, Rania Hassan, Jennifer Lindstrom, David Pearcy, Anne Plant, Cheryl Derricotte, David Cook, Allegra Marquart, Chris Shea, Nancy Krondstat, Kirk Waldroff, Alison Sigethey, and more!
we will also have Torchwork demonstrations, discounts on class registrations, music, food & fun!
We will also have good prices on artwork and will be around to talk about what we make and why.

Surrounding artist studios (Red Dirt Studio with Margaret Boozer, JJ McCracken; Flux Studios with Novie Trump, Laurel Lukaszewski; Ellyn Weiss Studio) will be participating in the huge event.


What: Open Studio
Where: 3700 Otis Street, Mount Rainier, MD 

When: Saturday May 15 Time: Noon- 6 PM Washington Glass School Website

Details on my exhibit at NIH

National Institutes of Health . NIH .

My wife Rania Hassan and I both  have artwork on exhibit at the National Institutes of Health [NIH] in Bethesda, Maryland. Artwork will be on display through July 2 in the Clinical Research Center Galleries in the Mark O. Hatfield NIH Clinical Center, Building 10.

National Institutes of Health [NIH]
Clinical Research Center Galleries
Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center, Building 10
May 7–July 2, 2010
9000 Rockville Pike :: Bethesda, Maryland 20814
Click here for map
Click here for visitor information

NIH is accessible 24 hours a day, everyday.
Weekends and evenings are the best time to visit.
On the weekends, visitors need to use the delivery entrance on Rockville Pike, and on weekdays, the visitors entrance.

Annual Open Studios and Holiday Sale This Saturday

Green Light Bulb
available for purchase HERE

8th Annual Washington Glass School Holiday Party/Sale and Open House!
Time: 2 to 6pm
Date: Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009
Where : 3700 Otis Street, Mt Rainier, MD

This Saturday is our 8th Annual Holiday Party/Sale and Open House! Always our biggest event of the year! Dozens of glass artists will be showing in the studio....plus holiday food and music. Sculpture, video, bowls, jewelry.......tons of great artwork to purchase!

Plus this year, we have joined with all the other Mt. Rainier artists....so all the studios in our complex will also have their doors open. Painting, sculpture, ceramics......its all here at the largest cluster of professional artist in the area!

Time: 2 to 6pm
Date: Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009
Where : Washington Glass School (ground zero) and all surrounding studios of the Gateway Arts District
3700 Otis Street, Mt Rainier, MD

more info on the other open studios in the gateway arts district HERE

two fringe festival plays

somehow, i'm still not quite clear on the details, some friends convinced me to work on two Capital Fringe Festival Shows.
here are the details:



"Pepe! The Mail Order Monkey Musical" is a 50-minute Broadway-style musical based on an infamous true tale told by renowned glass artist Tim Tate -- in the spring of 1968, two young brothers test suburban conventions when they order a live monkey from an ad they saw in a comic book.


TICKETS, information on the show, video and photos of rehearsal -- and soon -- a song clip -- are available online at http://PepeMonkey.com

Dates for performanes are:

-- Wednesday July 15 @ 9:30pm (special guest TV legend, Dick Dyszel)
-- Saturday July 18 @ 5:30pm (special guest Dick Dyszel)
-- Wednesday July 22 @ 5:45pm (special guest story originator, Tim Tate)
-- Friday July 24 @ 10:30pm (special guest Top Chef, Carla Hall)
-- Saturday July 25 @ 8:00pm (special guest Tim Tate)

Tickets are only $15 each.
All ticket holders for the Capital Fringe Festival are required to show the door usher a "Fringe Button." The money raised from the sales of the $5 buttons are given directly back to the artists. Wearing the button throughout the year gets you discounts are various restaurants, shops and theaters. These buttons are available for sale at the Fringe Box Office at 601 New York Avenue, NW.

Performances are at a venue called "The Mount" -- the Mount Vernon United Methodist Church at 900 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington DC 20001
The church is located at the corners of 9th Street, Massachusetts Avenue and K Street, NW, and is 3 blocks north of Gallery Place Metro. There is street parking, and the old convention center parking lot is a block away.


The Tactile Dinner

A TACTILE DINNER

a synæsthetic experience in seven-courses inspired by the Futurists
adapted and directed by Carmen C. Wong

Marking the 100th anniversary of Futurism, banished? productions cordially invites everyone to celebrate the passé-ist glory of Futurist degustation: a tactile seven-course “meal” of gastronomic revolution! Pasta Prohibited!

R.S.V.P. or food-related concerns to info@banishedproductions.org

Course 1: Polyrhythmic Salad
Course 2: Aural Sensations
Course 3: Aerofood
Course 4: Magic Food
Course 5: Visual Nutrients
Course 6: Totalrice
Course 7: Tactile Vegetable Garden
Digestivo

Playing as part of the 2009 Capital Fringe Festival at
The Arthur S. Flemming Center (1426 9th St. NW, map)

Performances:
Sat 07/11: 7p, 9:15p
Sun 07/12: 3p, 6:15p, 8:15p
Mon 07/13: 7:30p
Sun 07/19: 4p, 7:30p

$15 with $5 suggested gratuity. Advance tickets on sale June 22 at the Capital Fringe Festival Box Office at 607 New York Ave NW, by phone toll-free at 1-866-811-4111, or online at www.capfringe.org. All major credit cards accepted. Tickets may also be purchased with cash only at the door one hour prior to scheduled performance times.

For more info, call 443-803-1163 or email info@banishedproductions.org

Banished? Productions

Both shows would be thrilled to receive donations as well.

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

Artists Happy Hour in DC! tomorrow! thats tuesday!

Tuesday May 19th
Happy Hour at Warehouse Cafe

The Washington Sculptors Group and the Washington Project for the Arts
invite artists to join one another at the Warehouse Café
Meet. Talk. Share ideas, Plan projects together. Solve problems.
In person. Live. IRL. Together.
Everyone is Welcome!

Warehouse Café
Tuesday May 19th
5:30-8:30 PM
http://www.warehousetheater.com/
1021 7th Street NW
MT. VERNON SQ. (Green/Yellow Lines): 1 Block – walk south on 7th St.
GALLERY PLACE – Chinatown Exit (Red/Green/Yellow Lines): 4 Blocks –
walk north on 7th St.

the Summit of Awesome starts today

Friday May 1

*Make Something Awesome area open all day 10 -5 at Miss Pixies*
9:30 a.m. Check in and breakfast - Miss Pixies
10:30 a.m. Welcome
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Morning Sessions:

• Crafting a Green Craft with Jamie Chan and Blas Herrera - Urban Fauna Studio, Liz Grotyohann and Jeff Fein-Worton - Cosa Verde, Becky Streipe - Glue and Glitter - Solly’s
• What’s a Social Network and How to use it for Good with Danielle Maveal - Etsy Success & Virtual Labs, Willo O’Brien - WilloToons - Bar Pilar
• Customer Service. Crafting with a Smile with Caitlin Phillips - Rebound Designs, Rebecca Juliette - This Chickadee - Gate 54
• Street Teams. Why you should connect and collaboratee with Jen Menkhaus and Megan Van Wagoner - B.E.S.T. - DC9

1 - 2 p.m. Lunch with Craftnote: Maria Thomas - CEO, Etsy - Miss Pixies
2:30 - 4:00 p.m. Afternoon Sessions:

• FIber Workshop with Jamie Chan and Blas Herrera - Urban Fauna Studio - Miss Pixies
• Simple Mold Making with Adam Maron - Miss Pixies
• Am I a Business? How and when to form a business for your crafty endeavors with Cynthia Gayton and Paige Totaro - Washington Area Lawyer for the Arts - Gate 54
• How to Photograph your Work with Sherry Insley- Dandelion Blu - Bar Pilar
• Branding and Identity with Jeffrey Everett - El Jefe Design - Solly’s
• Event Sponsorship with Deb Dormody and Margaret Carleton - Craftland - DC9

4:30 p.m. Break
6:15 p.m. Summit showing of Handmade Nation - DCJCC
8:30 p.m. Public showing of Handmade Nation - DCJCC

-Dinner on your own-

Saturday May 2

*Make Something Awesome area open all day 10 -5 at Miss Pixies*
9 - 9:30 a.m. Check in and breakfast - Miss Pixies
10 - 11:30 a.m. Morning Sessions:

• Sew a Felt Broach with Beth Baldwin - Tiger Flight - Miss Pixies
• Fun with Duct Tape with Kristina Bilonick - Miss Pixies
• Developing a Product Line. Deciding what to make and sell with Ali Dryer - Pistol-Stitched, Rebecca Juliette - This Chickadee - Bar Pilar
• Navigating the Art world with Craft with Joetta Maue, Quincy Pearson, Sean Hennessey, Jaime Zollars - Solly’s
• Selling in a Brick and Mortar with Urban Fauna Studio, Deb Dormody and Margaret Carleton - Craftland - Gate 54
• Plate Breaking Demo with Juliet Ames - The Broken Plate - DC9

12 - 1 p.m. Lunch with Craftnote: Jenny Hart, Sublime Stitching - Miss Pixies
1:30 - 3 p.m. Afternoon Sessions:

• Sewing Demo with DC Threads - Miss Pixies
• Embroidery Demo with Jenny Hart - Sublime Stitching - Miss Pixies
• Consumption and Sustainability. How DIY will Save the World with Sara Cotner - $2000 Wedding, Autumn Wiggins - Upcycle Exchange - Gate 54
• Selling Successfully Online with Danielle Maveal- Etsy Success & Virtual Labs, Liz Grotyohann and Jeff Fein-Worton - Cosa Verde - Bar Pilar
• Tax Implications of Starting a Business with Michael Kreps, Debbie Leung, Benjamin Takis and Paige Totaro - Washington Area Lawyer for the Arts - Solly’s
• Organizing a Craft Fair with Al Hoff, Jessica Manack - Handmade Arcade, Christy Petterson, Shannon Mulkey - ICE, Kathy Malone - Brooklyn Indie Market - DC9

3:30 - 5 p.m. Afternoon Panel: Going out on a Limb with Jeffery Everett - El Jefe Design, Kasey and Kelly Evick - Biggs & Featherbelle - Miss Pixies

-Dinner on your own-

8 p.m. - 11 p.m. Show of Awesome Craft Party - Miss Pixies

Sunday May 3

*Make Something Awesome area open all day 10 - 3 at Miss Pixies*
10 - 10:30 a.m. Check in and breakfast - Miss Pixies
11 - 12:30 Morning Sessions:

• Make a Small Book with Esti Gerson - Miss Pixies
• Screen Printing Demo with Christy Petterson - Miss Pixies
• Copyright and Tradmarks, How to protect yourself and your work (Note this session will start at 11:30 am) - Megan Gray - Solly’s
• The Ins and Outs of Trade Shows with Rania Hassan - goshdarnknit, Sean Hennessey, Rhonda and Elijah Wyman- Figs and Ginger - Gate 54
• Craft Fair Booth Set up and Displays with Caitlin Phillips - Rebound Designs, Shauna and Stephen - Something’s Hiding in Here - DC9

1 - 2 p.m. Lunch at Miss Pixies
2 - 3 p.m. Awesome Crafty White Elephant - Miss Pixies
3 - 3:30 p.m. Wrap up and Farewell - Miss Pixies

*All programming is subject to change, but hopefully will not!

Your registration includes all programming from Friday through Sunday. Spaces are extremely limited, so register now!

All access passes are $180. Day passes are available.

Artists Happy Hour in DC April 21st.

WSG/WPA Happy Hour
Tuesday April 21st
6-8 PM

Organizational Mixer!
WPA and WSG invite you to a member happy hour (other artists welcome to join in!)

The Washington Sculptors Group and the Washington Project for the Arts invite all artists to join one another at the Warehouse Café from 6-8 on Tuesday April 21st.

Meet. Talk. Share ideas, Plan projects together. Solve problems. In person. Live. IRL. Together.



Warehouse Café
http://www.warehousetheater.com/
1021 7th Street NW
MT. VERNON SQ. (Green/Yellow Lines): 1 Block – walk south on 7th St.
GALLERY PLACE – Chinatown Exit (Red/Green/Yellow Lines): 4 Blocks – walk north on 7th St.


Washington Sculptors Group
http://www.wasshingtonsculptors.org

Washington Project for the Arts
http://www.wpadc.org/

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.

interview on internet radio

Sherry Ways of Design Scheme Interiors, LLC invited me to be interviewed on Inside Design, an internet radio show about interior design.


You can call in or email questions, if you'd like
hotline: (301) 560 6992,
e-mail insidedesign@im4radiodc.com

The Show starts at 10:30 AM and can be listened to HERE

me, in hi-fi.

i'll be on the internet radio show Inside Design, next Friday.
go here

Metal and Glass Casting at DC Glassworks

February 7th
5 PM
Metal and Glass Casting at DC Glassworks

The Washington Sculptors Group has a fun and exciting program for February 7th at DC Glassworks, DC area's premier hot glass facility. We'll get a tour of the facilities and see their small gallery space to get an idea of work created there, and the kind of work thats possible. There will be a glass casting demonstration and an aluminum casting demonstration. Additionally there will be some room for artists to create pieces of their own.

Glass Casting:
For a $20 ( $30 non-WSG members) per mold fee, 20 artists can create scratch molds to do a solid glass casting. The scratch mold process uses a pre-cast sand "mold blank". These mold blanks are sand molds of square and rectangular shapes. Designs are directly carved in the surface of the sand that will be transferred to the glass during the casting process. The final product will be a bas-relief or a three-dimensional sculpture in which the figures project from the background


Metal Casting:
There will be an opportunity for another 20 artists to create a small styrofoam piece, then do an aluminum casting of that piece. the fee for this is $20 ( $30 non-wsg members), plus 2.50 per pound of aluminum.

You must RSVP to do the hands-on part. Send an email to Art@wheresmycoffee.com ( or call 202.550.4634) to reserve your spot. please indicate which process you'd like to participate in.
If you would just like to come and watch, thats fine too! All are invited.

Refreshments will be provided
There is abundant parking.

You may email info@dcglassworks.com for technical questions.

DC GlassWorks
5346 46th Avenue
Hyattsville MD 20781 -2307
www.dcglassworks.com
301.927.8271


Washington Sculptors Group
http://www.washingtonsculptors.org

This Weekend

Last minute shopping?
Check out these arts markets where i'll be setting up:

1. Bloomingdale Holiday Arts Market
Saturday
4-9 PM
Big Bear Cafe
First and R streets NW @ Florida.


Our vendor list includes:
Andrea Haffner :: http://andreahaffner.com

De*Nada Design :: http://denadadesign.com

Sean Hennessey :: http://dcsean.com

goshdarnknit :: http://shoofly.etsy.com

Kristina Bilonick :: http://kristinabilonick.com

Neighborhood Fiber Co :: http://www.neighborhoodfiberco.com

Realm Jewelry :: http://www.realmbyjessewalker.com

Tiger Flight :: http://tr.im/tigerflight


2. Black Cat Rock n Shop
Sunday
Black Cat
8-12
Mainstage, free admission.
1811 14th Street NW :: DC

open studios abounding tomorrow

see artists in the natural habitat!


Saturday, December 13th, 2:00pm -6:00pm
MT. RAINIER STUDIO AND CLASSROOMS
Washington Glass School
3700 Otis Street
Mt. Rainier, MD 20712

there will be maps to all the other studios open too!

things coming up

1. Washington Glass School Open House and Holiday Sale!

There will be art, glass, music, food, jewelry, craft, class discounts & more!
Artwork by glass artists (including Michael Janis, Tim Tate, Erwin Timmers, Sean Hennessey and all the Washington Glass Studio artists) will be on exhibit and for sale.

The adjoining artist studios will all be joining us to make for a huge event: Cool ceramics works from the artists of Flux Studios and Red Dirt Studios, including works by Novie Trump, Margaret Boozer, and Laurel Lukaszewski; amazing painting and encaustic works by Sinel/Stewart/Weiss Studios, Janis Goodman, Blue Fire Studio and the other artists in the Studios along the Railroad Tracks.

The Gateway Arts District has coordinated the surrounding arts & craft venues and galleries to coincide with events going from Mount Rainier through Brentwood and Hyattsville.

What : Annual Holiday Party and Sale!
Where : The Washington Glass School, 3400 Otis Street, Mount Rainier, MD 20712
When : Saturday Afternoon, December 13th from 2pm to 6pm

Saturday, December 13th, 2:00pm -6:00pm
MT. RAINIER STUDIO AND CLASSROOMS
Washington Glass School
3700 Otis Street
Mt. Rainier, MD 20712

2. The Bloomingdale Holiday Art Market



Arts! Crafts! Cider! Fun!
Yes, it's happening again! The Bloomingdale Holiday Art Market returns for another fun show at the Big Bear Cafe. We're looking forward to our second annual handmade art market in the neighborhood and hope to see you there!

Save the Date! Saturday, December 20th, from 4-9pm at the Big Bear Cafe, 1st and R St NW in DC.

Come shop with amazing local artists including: Andrea Haffner, Sean Hennessey, Realm Jewelry, De*Nada Design, Kristina Bilonick, and more!


Buy Handmade this holiday season and support your local artists and designers! Have you taken the pledge yet?



3. Sign Up for my mold making/ concrete casting class
Class 906 - Mold Making / Concrete Casting & Finishing

Need a great industrial material to compliment your glass? Try concrete! In this class we will explore possibilities in flexible mold-making, concrete casting and finishing. We will make tiles, proper rubber molds, play with concrete using colorants and stains. You will walk away with a few finished pieces, molds for further reproductions, and the knowledge to tackle larger projects

Instructor	Sean Hennessey
Dates	Thursday evenings, March 5, 12, 19, 26
Time	7:00pm to 9:30pm
Tuition	$250 per student (plus $100 lab fee payable to instructor)

more info here