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oh snap: Pop Up @ Affinity Lab

Reported by Vincent Gallegos

Pop Up @ U Street is lovingly presented by Monument Music and Arts Festival and Dreams for Kids, who have have joined forces with The Corcoran Gallery of Art’s Jackie Cantwell to put together an incredible lineup of artists to show and sell during an evening of silent and live auctions. Artists showing have generously agreed to donate 20% of the proceeds to Dreams for Kids, a organization that unites at-risk children of diverse backgrounds through community outreach and service learning via after-school clubs, in-school workshops, and national conferences. Hosted at Affinity Lab’s newest space at 920 U Street from 6:00 to 10:00, Pop Up @ U Street will be soundtracked by live music from Matthew HemerleinPhilippe Chetrit (Fatback DC), and One Big Woo.

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  • Published July 19th, 2010
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oh snap: Susan Jamison & Susana Raab’s Exhibition Opening @ Irvine Contemporary

Reported by Vincent Gallegos
oh snap: Susan Jamison & Susana Raab’s Exhibition Opening @ Irvine Contemporary

Brian & Jaemie next to Susan Jamison’s Carrion On, 2010; Egg tempera on panel, 24″ x 24″
Susan Jamison’s Swallowtail and Susana Raab’s American Vernacular open at Irvine Contemporary. The exhibition runs through April 20. Susan Jamison has an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and lives and works in Roanoke, Virginia. Susana Raab is an award-winning photographer from Washington, [...]

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oh snap: The Fantastical at Project 4 Gallery

Reported by Vincent Gallegos

Artist Hedieh Ilchi viewing Julie Hughes’s installation

The Fantastical is a group show at Project 4 Gallery with artists Justin GibbensJulie HughesMel KadelJordan Kasey and Sophie Ruspoli. Photos taken at opening reception; show through April 17. Read Project 4′s press release. (more…)

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  • Published March 29th, 2010
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oh snap: G Fine Art Re-opening

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oh snap: G Fine Art Re-opening

We celebrate the re-opening of G Fine Art at its new location in the Atlas District of Northeast DC. Once housed in the 1515 Arts building on 14th Street N.W., the nationally-respected gallery has adapted swiftly in a harsh economy. It was not long ago that director Annie Gawlak invited us to preview the space before [...]

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Persona Grata Opens at Gallery Plan B

Reported by Vincent Gallegos
Persona Grata Opens at Gallery Plan B

Have you heard? Gallery Plan B on 14th Street has joined Twitter, and they want you to join them. As the neighborhood gallery turns five on April 2, we recommend you check out its latest exhibition, Persona Grata.
All artists will be present at the group show this Saturday, March 12: Timothy Johnson, Shelley Laffal, Keith [...]

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  • Published March 12th, 2010
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ReadysetDC Previews: Sweetgreen (Logan Circle)

Reported by Vincent Gallegos

Sweetgreen‘s Jonathan and Nate met up with ReadysetDC to discuss their latest expansion: to the Logan Circle neighborhood. “It’s perfect here, right?” Jonathan tells us. “We started three years ago out of Georgetown, having fun trying to create a cool, local brand.” Now, Jonathan thinks that Sweetgreen Logan will be his best store yet. “It’s a natural community for our ideal customer. The area is young and vibrant and people really appreciate healthy living and the arts. In fact, I’ll probably move here.” (more…)

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VIDEO(S): DC Snowball Fight

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Vincent Gallegos on Vimeo

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Joan Belmar’s “Migrations” at the Chilean Embassy. Last Week to Enjoy!

Reported by Vincent Gallegos
Joan Belmar’s “Migrations” at the Chilean Embassy. Last Week to Enjoy!

Joan Belmar is a wonderful local artist that you should know about. He is represented by Nevin Kelly Gallery and funded by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. This week is your last chance to enjoy his mini-retrospective at the Chilean Embassy, featuring works from 1995 to present. Dubbed “Migrations,” the exhibition is [...]

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  • Published November 25th, 2009
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Streetfront: Cork Market

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Streetfront: Cork Market

I’m excited to see these guys work on Cork Market, because for a while there we couldn’t see construction. They are getting ready for business, as you can see from the permits. The place is located at 1805 14th Street NW (b/w Home Rule and Pulp DC), on what used to beEl Paraiso Market. One [...]

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ReadysetDC Previews: “ONCE” Laurel Lukaszewski @ Project 4 (Opening Tonight)

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ReadysetDC Previews: “ONCE” Laurel Lukaszewski @ Project 4 (Opening Tonight)

Returning from an artist-in-residency program in Tulsa, OK, Laurel Lukaszewski went right to work at Project 4 Gallery. Her solo show opens tonight at 6:30 PM. We met up with Laurel as she prepares for the opening.
The most striking piece in the show is Sakura (2009), conceived and prepared with the Project 4′s space in [...]

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  • Published November 6th, 2009
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Recap: Salon Contra w/ Jenn Figg and Jeffry Cudlin

Reported by Vincent Gallegos
Recap: Salon Contra w/ Jenn Figg and Jeffry Cudlin

Photos by Vincent Gallegos
When she’s not working on huge shows, such as this weekend’s Fixation event, Philippa P.B. Hughes likes to bring her Pink Line fans together in a more personal way (for instance, her own place!). There is brilliance to this aspect of connecting, and the results are almost always surprising. Called Salon Contra, [...]

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  • Published November 5th, 2009
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A Lot of Photos from techARTS: A Spooky Union

Reported by Vincent Gallegos
A Lot of Photos from techARTS: A Spooky Union

(Ed. Note: All words and photos by our newest contributor Vincent Gallegos! See more of him on his blog and Flickr Photostream.)
We hope you had a great time over Halloween. For web geeks and art lovers, techARTS was the place to be, Peter Corbett’s latest mashup for DC creatives. Over 600 designers, artists and techies [...]

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