Weekend East City Event Round Up: September Super Saturday Edition
Saturday, September 10th
Note: This post has been divided by neighborhood
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Brentwood, MD
3901 Rhode Island Ave - Brentwood, MD
above The Brentwood Arts Exchange.
See metro for best bus access from metroThe Brentwood Arts Exchange at the Gateway Arts Center
The Brentwood Arts Exchange present The Sky’s the Limit, the 2011 Prince George’s County Juried Exhibition featuring work of 37 artists who either live or work in Prince George’s County. The theme centers on the influence that images, such as those we see on social media, have on our daily lives.
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Bloomingdale/ Florida Avenue, SE area
Conner Contemporary Art
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Free
Conner Contemporary asks “Is Realism is Still relevant?” The gallery answers its own question with a resounding YES! See three concurrent solo exhibitions with new figurative paintings by Erik Thor Sandberg, Nathaniel Rogers and Katie Miller. In addition, the gallery will take advantage of its massive outdoor terrace with an installation by Conner *gogo special project artist Lauren Adams entitled Plunder
1358 Florida Ave, NE
Metro: best reached by bus, see metro for best bus access6:00pm - 8:00pm
G Fine Art begins its 10th anniversary season with There is No Rising or Setting Sun, new paintings and works on paper by Maggie Michael. Michael’s fourth solo exhibition with the gallery features a group of mixed media (including spray-paint) paintings on paper executed this summer in Cetate, Romania.
1350 Florida Ave, NE - near Conner Contemporary
Industry Gallery
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Free
Industry Gallery will be launching its Fall 2011 design season with the first U.S. solo exhibition of work by innovative British artist and designer, Tom Price entitled meltdown. Specializing in modern furniture products, sculpture and lighting design, process plays a key role in Price’s work which has been bought by international museums, galleries and private collectors.
1358 Florida Ave, NE in the same building as Conner Contemporary
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Eastern Market/ Barracks Row area
The Fridge
7:00pm - 11:00pm
Free
The Fridge presents a few more drawings… all new work by DC-based artist Ben Tolman. Tolman’s dizzying drawings weave together a visual mythological narrative of his own creation.
516 8th St, SE
Rear Alley, across from matchbox
Metro: Eastern Market, short walk from metro-------------------------
Atlas District/ H St Corridor, NE
H Street Chalkwalk
10:00am - 6:00pm
The H Street Chalkwalk, sponsored by CHAMPS, H Street Mainstreet and East City Art, will begin at 10am when artists set up their installation all along the Street Corridor. From 3pm to 6pm, the public will get a chance to vote for their favorite creation. The event’s winner will be announced at an after party taking place at Little Miss Whiskey’s Golden Dollar Located at 1104 H St, NE from 6:30pm until last call!
Tubman Mahan Gallery
4:00pm - 7:00pm
Free
SCRAP-DC presents their first exhibition, Making Meaning: Remember • Repurpose • Restore. SCRAP-DC is partnering with The Center for Green Urbanism, The 9/11 Arts Project and the Tubman Mahan Gallery for their first ever exhibition in Washington, DC. Consistent with SCRAPS’s mission to use the arts to connect our diverse community, the exhibition consists of works by several artists using reused materials. The exhibition seeks to open a citywide healing discourse on 10th anniversary September 11th.
3938 Benning Road, NE
Metro: Minnesota Ave, short walk (walking map).
Phil Hutinet is the Editor-in-Chief of East City Art. You can get more information about East City Art on Facebook or follow them on Twitter
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