MOCA and Figure Models Guild Update

MOCA DC - Figure Models Guild

1 - Wednesday model
2 - Figure Models Guild calendars ready!!!
3 - Now accepting work - Every Picture Tells a Story
4 - Erotica 2007 - Call for Submissions - 1st Juried Show
5 - Call for Photographers - Monumental Nudes!!
6- Light Street Gallery has a new option for exhibits
7 - Art History Movie Matinee's start Monday evening - January 8

1 - Wednesday, December 20 - Paula Phipps - 7 to 10 pm - - One pose - $12 artist fee

2 - Figure Models Guild Portrait & Nudes Calendars are ready now. Pickup at gallery - $10 each, $15 both - or send check payable to David R. Quammen for one or both - add $2.50 Postage & Handling - for pricing on more than one (set) of calendars, contact me by email or at 202.342.6230 - gallery or 202.361.3810 - cell

3 - Call for Artists - Now accepting work for the Januray show - Every Picture Tells a Story - get entry form at www.MOCADC.org or contact Dave as below

4 - Call for Entries - Erotica 2007 - 1st Juried Show - $1000 value 1st prize - $200 cash 2nd prize - $100 cash 3rd prize - check out www.MOCADC.org or contact Dave

5 - Call for Photographers - Now accepting photographs for Monumental Nudes, a search for the best shot with 1 or more nudes in, on or near a national landmark - $200 for best submission - Nationwide - $5 for submissions of 5 images each - submit via email or on CD - Deadline February 1, 2007 - winner will be announced by Presidents Day - contact Dave for details

6 - Light Street Gallery (Baltimore) has two Showcase Galleries, located upstairs above the Main Floor Gallery, available for sublet to Artists and Craftspeople to exhibit their Artwork. The Showcase Galleries are available to artists, art dealers, artist representatives, art brokers, and independent curators. The Showcase Galleries can be used for a solo exhibit or a group show, wherein the artists share the rental expenses, and it is not necessary for Artists to live within the region to sublet a Showcase Gallery. For more information, check out their website at www.lightstreetgallery.com or contact Linda Krensky, Owner & Gallery Director at 410.234.0047
7 - Art History Movie Matinee's Start Monday Evening, January 8, 2007 - The Impressionists - 6 weeks - free entry - just show up
MOCA DC
1054 31st St NW
Canal Square in Georgetown
Underground Parking - $7 all day on Weekends and after 5 pm weekdays
Free parking may be found on side streets a few blocks up or down 31st St

visit our web sites
Figure Models Guild - www.FigureModelsGuild.org
Artists & Models chat group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Artists-Models/
MOCA DC - www.MOCADC.org
MOCA DC Gallery chat group at www.MOCADC-A_M-subscribe@yahoogroups.ca

for more info contact Dave Quammen
202.342.6230 gallery 202.361.3810 cell - figuremodel@verizon.net

Holiday Open Photography Studios

Holiday Open Studios

Hosted by Matt Achhammer and Alexandra Silverthorne
The Gallaerie
2800 Wisconsin Ave., NW, #707 and 1644 Newton St. NW (Saturday), Washington, DC

Looking for that perfect gift? Art lovers on your list? Want something unique?
Look no further.

Join your three favorite DC photographers as we clear out our studios and reduce prices to give you amazing gifts, all under $100! We will have photos that usually sell for 3 times more, but we need to get them out the door to make room for other work! You can make them into a present like no other.

The photographers are:

Matt Achhammer - www.canyoupicturethat.com

Alexandra Silverthorne - www.alexandrasilverthorne.com

Robert Walton - www.teamwetdog.com

We'll have brunch snacks, mimosas, and the art work, and we hope to have you there with us to socialize and shop and talk about photography.

Cheap Art Sale!

The District of Ladies in Mt. Pleasant presents a Cheap Art Sale!
All the work will under $100 and 50% of the proceeds will be donated to Hermanas Unidas, a program working with Latina survivors of domestic violence. There will be some great work up by artists Alexandra Silverthorne, Anastasia Chernyavsky, Pat Goslee, Becca Hopson & Kate Macdonnel, Kat Irannejad, Jupiter, Karey Kessler, Carrie Lipscomb, K Murphy, Karen Joan Topping and Ruth Trevarrow. This is a great opportunity to buy affordable artwork while supporting both the artist and the community.
3166 Mt. Pleasant Street, NW
Wash DC

Holiday Sale at Wohlfarth Galleries

Annual Holiday Art Sale at Wohlfarth Galleries

Sat and Sun Dec 9 & 10.
11 AM – 4 PM.
Wohlfarth Galleries, 3418 9th Street, NE, Historic Brookland!

works at a 40% -50% off retail prices!

Paintings, fine art drawings, works on paper, sculpture. Also, lots of used frames
of many different sizes.



If that doesn't interest you….there’s always a glass of wine and conversa
tion.



See you, call with any questions 202-297-1125

Transformer

Transformer Update 12.5.06

Exhibitions:

Transformer ends the year 2006 and starts 2007 with Drawn to It (December 16, 2006 - January 20, 2007), an exhibition that explores the appropriation and manipulation of comics in contemporary drawing through the work of two dynamic DC based emerging artists Ryan Nelson and Rachel Waldron.

Flavored with strangeness, dis-order, and unease, Nelson's and Waldron's humorous and sardonic works further the dialogue between art and popular culture, uniquely utilizing vernacular illustration to address themes of longing, loss, and power dynamics, among others.

OPENING RECEPTION for Drawn to It: December 16, 2006, 7-9pm

ARTIST TALK with Ryan Nelson and Rachel Waldron: December 20, 2006, 6-7 pm

A press release for the Drawn to It exhibition can be downloaded in PDF format from Transformer's website: www.transformergallery.org


Recent Grants:

Transformer has been awarded $15,000 from the DC Commission on the Arts' City Arts Projects Program to support our exhibitions and programs during the 06/07 season.

Additionally, Transformer has been awarded $20,000 from the Creative Community Fund - a program of The Community Foundation of the National Capital Region - to support the commissioning of new work by DC based artist Kelly Towles (Itsy Bitsy Bollocks exhibition at Transformer April 2006). In his first comprehensive public art project, Kelly will be creating large scale murals this spring and summer 2007 within the 14th Street Corridor and beyond.

As part of the Creative Community Fund, Transformer will also be assisting in the presentation of public performances and projections created by artist Jane Jerardi (Touch & Go performance art series at Transformer February 2005).

Transformer is thrilled to be a participant in commissioning and presenting new work by two of Washington's visionary emerging artists.


New Initiatives:

In Spring 2007, Transformer will launch a new program for emerging artists and collectors - the Transformer Emerging Artist Flat Files. Created as a way to support a large number of emerging artists beyond our exhibition series, the Transformer Emerging Artist Flat Files will feature approximately 100 unframed works on paper in various sizes and mediums that can be purchased throughout the year.

2007 will also see the re-invigoration of Transformer's Framework Panel Series. The first of the 2007 panels is being organized to take place in February 2007 and will focus on arts writing and criticism.

For further info on these and other Transformer programs, please visit our website: www.transformergallery.org, email us at: info@transformergallery.org, and/or give us a call at 202-483-1102.

Best regards,

Victoria Reis, Executive Director

Founded in summer 2002, Transformer is a Washington, D.C. based 501(c) 3 non-profit, artist-centered, visual arts organization that connects and promotes emerging artists locally, nationally and internationally. Partnering with artists, curators, art spaces and other cultural entities, Transformer serves as a catalyst and advocate for emergent expression in the visual arts.

Transformer is supported by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities/NEA, the Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, The Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation, and The Visionary Friends of Transformer.

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t r a n s f o r m e r

1404 P Street NW Washington DC 20005 (202) 483-1102 / www.transformergallery.org

War of the Worlds at DCAC

The War of The Worlds
by Howard Koch and Orson Wells Directed by Robert McNamara
Dec. 7-Jan. 14
Thurs-Sat 7:30pm, Sunday 3pm
at
DCAC
2438 18th Street, NW
Washington, DC
in the heart of Adams Morgan
Scena
Washington's International Theatre

www.scenatheatre.org

Buy some Art for the Holidays in Mt. Rainier!

Hands of Creation
Holiday Fine Arts and Craft Show
Saturday, Dec. 9th, 2006
12noon-7pm
Mt. Rainier Artist Lofts
3311 Rhode Island Ave.
Mt. Rainier, MD 20712
301-864-3860

MOCA DC Happenings

MOCA DC - Figure Models Guild

1 - Wednesday model
2 - Now taking orders - Figure Models Guild calendars due by 12/10
3 - Still accepting work - Holiday Gift Member Show and Membership Drive
4 - Erotica 2007 - Call for Submissions - 1st Juried Show
5 - Call for Photographers - Monumental Nudes!!
6- Light Street Gallery has a new option for exhibits
7 - Art History Movie Matinee's start Monday evening - January 8

1 - Wednesday, November 22 - Amanda Ganong - 7 to 10 pm - - One pose - $12 artist fee

2 - Now taking orders: Figure Models Guild calendars: Portrait & Nudes - accepting orders - but don't send money yet - will let you know when ready

3 - Call for Artists - Still accepting work for the December show - Holiday Gift Member Show and Membership Drive- get entry form at www.MOCADC.org or contact Dave as below

4 - Call for Entries - Erotica 2007 - 1st Juried Show - $1000 value 1st prize - $200 cash 2nd prize - $100 cash 3rd prize - check out www.MOCADC.org or contact Dave

5 - Call for Photographers - Now accepting photographs for Monumental Nudes, a search for the best shot with 1 or more nudes in, on or near a national landmark - $200 for best submission - Nationwide - $5 for submissions of 5 images each - submit via email or on CD - Deadline February 1, 2007 - winner will be announced by Presidents Day - contact Dave for details

6 - Light Street Gallery (Baltimore) has two Showcase Galleries, located upstairs above the Main Floor Gallery, available for sublet to Artists and Craftspeople to exhibit their Artwork. The Showcase Galleries are available to artists, art dealers, artist representatives, art brokers, and independent curators. The Showcase Galleries can be used for a solo exhibit or a group show, wherein the artists share the rental expenses, and it is not necessary for Artists to live within the region to sublet a Showcase Gallery. For more information, check out their website at www.lightstreetgallery.com or contact Linda Krensky, Owner & Gallery Director at 410.234.0047
7 - Art History Movie Matinee's Start Monday Evening, January 8, 2007 - The Impressionists - 6 weeks - free entry - just show up

MOCA DC
1054 31st St NW
Canal Square in Georgetown
Underground Parking - $7 all day on Weekends and after 5 pm weekdays
Free parking may be found on side streets a few blocks up or down 31st St

visit our web sites
Figure Models Guild - www.FigureModelsGuild.org
Artists & Models chat group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Artists-Models/
MOCA DC - www.MOCADC.org
MOCA DC Gallery chat group at www.MOCADC-A_M-subscribe@yahoogroups.ca

At Gallery Neptune

Red Hot Rockabilly!

The Gulley Jimson Quartet and Traylor Park Romeos at Solly's U Street Tavern this Thursday, December 7th!
9:30pm
Solly's U Street Tavern
1942 U Street, NW
Washington, DC
Red, HOt Rockabilly Music!!

At Touchstone

Upcoming, December 6 – January 7 (closed Dec. 24-Jan 2)
Touchstone Gallery’s 30th Anniversary Show and Sale – all works in the Main Gallery are only $300 each. 10% of proceeds will go to SOME (So Others Might Eat). Take the work you buy with you on the same day!
Playing Outside with Art Enables, in the Annex
Familiarity, paintings by Jeff Hensley, in the Annex

Opening reception: Friday, December 8, from 6-8:30pm
3rd Thursday reception: December 21, from 6 - 8pm
Continue to watch our website for a tentative wine tasting on December 14th at 6pm with Washington Wine Academy

Conner Contemporary at Pulse Miami

Pulse Miami
BOOTH 311

December 7-10, 2006
2700 NW 2nd Avenue (at NW 27th Street), Miami, FL.
http://www.pulse-art.com

CONNER CONTEMPORARY ART
WASHINGTON, DC
phone: + 202 - 588 - 8750
email: info@connercontemporary.com
www.connercontemporary.com


Conner Contemporary Art is delighted to participate in the second edition of Pulse Miami. At Pulse Miami we will feature new digital light sculpture by Leo Villareal, new video and photography by Maria Friberg and large-scale figurative paintings by Erik Sandberg.

In addition to our featured artists, recent works by Julee Holcombe, Patricia Piccinini, Zoe Charlton and Mark Bennett will also be presented. The following artists will be shown in a video rotation: Mary Coble, McCallum & Tarry and Avish Khebrehzadeh. Khebrehzadeh's work may also be seen in Miami Beach at the Sagamore Video Collection, December 6-10, 2006.

> In Leo Villareal's new work Origin (4), the artist integrates physicist Issac Newton's Laws of Motion into his own computer code, augmenting his earlier explorations of rule-based cellular automata programs that were inspired by mathematician John Conway's Game of Life. By applying principles of physics, the artist has increased the complexity of his simulated worlds. As the elements move within the large matrix of white LED's (light emitting diodes),Villareal's encompassing patterns evoke stars swirling in space and at other passages biological interactions deep within the body. Though the organic quality of these emergent patterns elicits an intuitive sense of familiarity Origin (4) will never repeat the exact same sequence.

Villareal's large-scale installation, Origin, is currently on view at Conner Contemporary Art, Washington, DC through December 22, 2006. The artist's work may also be seen at the Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Miami, FL.

> Pulse Miami is the international debut of embedded, Swedish photographer's Maria Friberg's much anticipated new video and photographic series. In embedded , Friberg continues her exploration of 'the myth of male power' by examining the relationship between the world of nature and the world we make for ourselves. In the video and photographs men float like icebergs through the created space, half awake, part of a constant flow, and oblivious to the larger context of their actions.

embedded will be exhibited at Conner Contemporary Art January 12 - February 24, 2006.

> Erik Sandberg paints naturalistic figural imagery in oil glazes on wood panel that reckon with the early modern origins of naturalism to emblazon his identity as a contemporary painter. Sandberg's imagery reveals that his imagination runs wild, though its seamless representational style testifies that his brush does not. He eschews both the raw corpulence of Willem DeKooning's women and the clotted gore of Philip Guston's appendages to uphold the Renaissance dictum that true art conceals itself.

Sandberg recently completed his second solo exhibition with the gallery. The new paintings were heralded by ArtForum's Nord Wennerstrom as "… tremendous achievements in figuration - masterfully painted and richly sculptural, they establish the artist as a worthy heir to John Currin and Lisa Yuskavage."

Pulse Miami is located at 2700 NW 2nd Avenue (at NW 27th Street) in the Wynwood District, Miami, FL.

For further information, please contact Leigh Conner: info@connercontemporary.com | + 202 588 8750