You REALLY need to go to the Corcoran Gallery of Art and check out the All Senior Show which takes up over three galleries within the museum. It spans graphic and digital media design, photography, photojournalism, and fine art studies. The exhibition is up until May 26th. -Rachel
Photos from Wednesday night’s opening below (and if you weren’t there you missed out on stuffing your face with good food):
The New York Studio Program is a three month residency for undergraduate and graduate art students from around the country and Canada who are enrolled in AICAD accredited art schools. (Full disclosure: I am an alum of the program which explains how I would know art students in Milwaukee) The students are given large studio spaces to do whatever they want for the semester- no assignments. The young artists represent their home schools and build strong relationships with their new studio-mates. I visited the current group in March then came back for the end of the semester opening on Tuesday. It is always amazing to see how so many participants end up pulling a 180 with their art. Some who came in as painters ended up doing installation, installation artists end up doing performance, photographers make sculptures, etc etc etc. -Rachel
Here are some photos I took from Tuesday night’s opening:
Amber Landis, the Corcoran College of Art + Design
Katie Short, Detroit’s College of Creative Studies
Anastasiya Gutnik, Maryland Institute College of Art + Design
Jessie Bowie, Ringling School of Art + Design
Georgia Cowley, Shawn Moriarty, and Ashleigh Meusel
stand in front of their design in Redeem’s window
Brian Corrigan’s students have dressed up the 14th Street boutiques with an artsy flair! So next time you are in the neighborhood take a good look at a semester’s worth of work at Redeem, Muleh, Vastu, and Home Rule. The shops have been super sweet and generous to hand over their windows to a bunch of art students and the final products look great. It’s also a fantastic way to get artists and designers involved with the community and show that real DC is way cooler than Capitol Hill.
-Rachel
Feel Better Longer/ Much More opens @ Civilian
I know I’ve been slacking on the calendar… it’s that time of the semester when finals overload.
Here’s a weekend round up! -Rachel
ps. Any WordPress pros out there know how I can prevent the hundreds of spam I get daily?
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“The Thread as the Line” was curated by Cynthia Connolly who brought 16 artists from around the country and a couple from outside of the States to explore the diverse range of fibers art. On view at the Ellipse Art Center in Arlington, VA until July 12, 2008.
-Rachel
Steve Frost
Zac Monday, foreground and Rachel Bernstein, background
Brece Honeycutt sharing stories about her work at the artist talk.
It has been such a pleasure getting to know the MFA candidates of SVA over the past year and seeing their work evolve by leaps and bounds. They are really experimenting, taking risks, and pushing their work. Even with the “UNMONUMENTAL” style that seems to be the biggest art school trend, they are able to put a fresh spin on it. Good luck to the second years who are graduating this month!
-Rachel
Gregg Louis’s Waiting Room
Habby Osk’s attempt to stay smiling for hours on end
Kahori Kamiya and sculpture
DC native, Jabari Owens Bailey’s attempt to gentrify his wall.
Nicholas Fraser in his studio over flowing with spilled paint and cups with personal notes.
DC native, Trish Tillman’s sculpture
Noa Charuvi
Marc Ross is a senior Graphic Design major at the Corcoran. He also designs outstanding acrylic furniture pieces. Tonight when you go to Vastu for the 14th Street Creative Economy opening, you can check out Marc’s Lore Swivel Chair also. The chairs retail for $2,999. During the month of May, Vastu will hold a silent auction for the clear prototype, #1 of 2,000, with all proceeds benefiting future Corcoran College of Art and Design thesis development. This Wednesday, May 7th, you can see more of Marc’s designs at the All Senior Show Opening reception (Corcoran, 6-8pm). Marc and his colleagues will be showcasing their senior thesis exhibitions in design. -Rachel
There is way too much going on Friday. I have no idea how I am going to be at several places at once. Make your picks wisely.
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I woke up this morning only to be informed by my (faux) Facebook friend, Jeff Koons, that he is featured on Google. And if you haven’t seen and heard enough of him lately, today on Google you will notice that the logo icon is our one and only, Jeff Koons. Once you click on the icon you may choose from a variety of artists and musicians who have designed themes to enhance your Googling experiences. Check it out.
-Rachel
I am SO EXCITED for this weekend to come! Not only because of all the awesome events going down in DC, but also because my good friends at SVA are having their open studios! During the reception Thursday night (5-9pm), Sarah Ferguson, one of our past featured artists, will be dancing with her paintings of Hillary Clinton while playing Donna Summer. The open studios will run Friday 12-9pm, and Saturday 12-6pm. I’m gonna hit up the DC openings Thursday and Friday then the SVA open house on Saturday. -Rachel
Here are a couple teaser pieces that you will see in the studios:
Official White House Portrait of Hillary Clinton, Sarah Ferguson
Dressed in Mourning, Trish Tillman
One of our past featured artists, Natalie Cheung, has recently uploaded some new photograms to her website. She is now doing color pinholes! Check out her website for more. http://www.nataliewcheung.com/
Dominic Terlizzi, Hoffberger School of Painting, uses ephemera and a family bread recipe to create several installations for which you have to peak into in order to see the worlds he has created.
Virginia Warwick, Rinehart School of Sculpture
Eileen Cubbage, Hoffberger School of Painting
-Rachel
I just picked up the current CMYK Magazine because on page 56 my friend Christopher MacDonald is featured in their illustration competition selections. Chris is about to graduate this May with a BFA and concentration in Illustration at Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. If you are in Milwaukee right now you should check out his senior thesis exhibition.
Boris in front of an installation of lollipops that resemble his profile. Photo by Meg Onli.
Also is the exhibition is another friend of mine, Boris Ostrerov who the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has deemed as the city’s “Most Promising New Artist!” A studio visit with Boris can be streamed here. And to read about him in the MJS click here. Meg Onli of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago went to their BFA Thesis opening and reported it on her blog here. If I can get a hold of some photos I will share.
-Rachel
http://www.dissidentdisplay.com/
Dissident Display has relaunched their site with a new feature for SCENE. Check it out and get the down-low on their new exhibition, “Black Rock City” which opens this Friday!
http://hirshhorn.si.edu/
I also just noticed that the Hirshhorn has recently jazzed up their website. It looks way better and much easier to navigate through!
-Rachel
The best museum opening you will go to ALL this season is coming up at the Corcoran. It’s the All Senior Show which displays the finest of our graduating class (fine art, photo, photojournalism, design). From what I hear, the museum is going all out to make this THE event to be at. Here’s the catch: you gotta RSVP to come so email allseniorshow@corcoran.org right now and get your butt on the list! The opening is Wednesday May 7th from 6-8pm @ the Corcoran Gallery of Art Be there, or be not cool.
