Not UMD related, but my friend Fraser Gray is in a cool show at Scottish National Portrait Gallery which has been given over to Scottish Graffiti artists before being renovated:
http://www.nationalgalleries.org/whatson/calendar/5:367/7989/8571
photaes....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalgalleriesphotos/3788640748/
THere is still a month left to see the work of UMD MFA 2009 grad. Mahwish Chisty at MoCADA in Brooklyn, NY. This exhibition of "Women, Art and Islam" ends on September 13th.
CURRENT EXHIBITION
PERSPECTIVES: WOMEN, ART and ISLAM
Curated by Kimberli Gant and Lisa Binder
Co-Presented by MoCADA and the Museum for African Art, New York
On View: June 4 - September 13, 2009
Opening Reception: June 4, 7-9 PM
BROOKLYN, NY - May 4, 2009 - The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA) and the Museum for African Art are proud to present Perspectives: Women, Art and Islam, an exhibition of five female artists whose major connection is their personal relationship with Islam. Perspectives, curated by Kimberli Gant and Lisa Binder, will be on view at MoCADA, 80 Hanson Place in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, from June 4 - September 13, 2009, and is presented in conjunction with Muslim Voices: Arts and Ideas, a multi-institutional celebration of the extraordinary range of artistic expression in the Muslim world.
Spanning three continents and the mediums of video, photography and installation, Perspectives features work by Fariba Alam (Bangladesh), Zoulikha Bouabdellah (Algeria), Mahwish Chisty (Pakistan), Safaa Erruas (Morocco), and Nsenga Knight (Brooklyn), who explore the connections, or lack thereof, between the practice of Islam and the various Muslim communities in their lives. Alam infuses ceramic tiles with personal archival photography of family in Bangladesh; Bouabdellah carves out space for gold high-heels in a series of prayer rugs, and takes self-portraits with couscous pots; Knight interviews Muslim women from her Brooklyn community for a video installation; Christy projects Kufic script into a pool of water; and Erruas uses multiple sections of soft white textiles to set out the gallery's walls as spaces of perceived femininity. Each work challenges preconceptions, defies categorization and raises timely questions about gender and the Islamic faith.
MoCADA and the Museum for African Art proudly join BAM, Asia Society, and New York University's Center for Dialogues as a part of Muslim Voices: Arts and Ideas. Muslim artists and speakers spanning the globe from as far away as Asia, Africa, the Middle East and as near as Brooklyn will gather for an unprecedented ten-day festival and conference. Through performances, films, exhibitions, talks, and other events—ranging from the traditional (calligraphy, storytelling, and Sufi chanting) to the contemporary (video installations and Arabic hip-hop)-the festival offers New York audiences the opportunity to experience and learn about the cultural diversity and multiple perspectives that represent the Muslim world.
Perspectives
is co-organized by MoCADA and the Museum for African Art, and is presented in conjunction with Muslim Voices: Arts and Ideas, a city-wide, multi-institutional celebration of the extraordinary range of artistic expression in the Muslim world. ALL PROGRAMS WILL TAKE PLACE AT MoCADA (80 Hanson Place).
www.africanart.org
www.musimvoicesfestival.org
Take a look at Jack's new website up and running: www.jackhenryartist.com
Jack is currently in NY state installing his work in a new group show organised by the Wassaic Project opening on August 5th:
The Wassaic Project Summer Festival
Here are some pictures taken by Meaghan Gay for DCist.com of Jeremy Flick's synchronized swim performance at Capital Skyline Hotel on 19th July:
"The Washington Project for the Arts held a synchronized swimming showcase and competition, dubbed WPA SynchroSwim, at the Capitol Skyline Hotel pool on Sunday, and DCist photographer Meaghan Gay stopped by to take in the action." Dcist
Jeremy Flick/Uprooted Dance at Capital Skyline Hotel
August 1 – September 4, 2009
Conner Contemporary Art is very pleased to announce ACADEMY 2009. Exhibition founder, Jamie Smith, Ph. D., is the curator of our 9th annual invitational survey of outstanding work by recent fine art graduates of regional college art programs.
Participating artists: Celina Amaya, Danny Baskin, Alan Callander, Charles Clary, Margot Ellis, Kyle Ford, Jeremy Flick, Corey Grimsley, Steve Ioli, Casey Reed Johnson, Jin Young Kang, Patrick McDonough, Aziza Murray, Igor Pasternak, Ding Ren, Alex Roulette, Andrew Schrock, Ryan Schroeder and Rafael Soldi.
Represented institutions: American University, Catholic University of America, Corcoran College or Art and Design, Georgetown University, George Washington University, Maryland Institute College of Art, Savannah College of Art and Design, University of Maryland.
Nearly 150 grads have participated since ACADEMY’s 2001 debut. Some have achieved international recognition, exhibiting at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC; the Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York; Nassauischen Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Germany and The British Museum, London, England.
We are thrilled to announce these initiatives in conjunction with the Academy exhibition:
> PULSE Presents
PULSE Contemporary Art Fair will award one of this year’s Academy exhibiting artists an exhibition space at PULSE Miami 2009. Jurors Helen Allen, Executive Director of PULSE and Ed Winkleman, Director of Winkleman Gallery, NYC and Gloria Nauden, Executive Director of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities will announce the winner at 7pm the night of the opening.
PULSE is committed to creativity and innovation which furthers the influence of contemporary art in all corners of society. PULSE Presents, a collaboration between PULSE Contemporary Art Fair and organizations, institutions, artists and individuals dedicated to the visual arts and contemporary culture, stages exhibitions and symposia in various cities around the world. These events bring the public together with leaders in the culture sector to explore themes relating to contemporary art and society.
> No Artist Left Behind / Washington Project for the Arts
Washington Project for the Arts will co-host a workshop as part of its No Artist Left Behind series: The Top 10 Things Every Artist Should Know with Heather Darcy Bhandari and Jonathan Melber, authors of ART/WORK: Everything You Need to Know (and Do) As You Pursue Your Art Career (2009). The authors will discuss career management, business and legal issues for artists. Book signing immediately to follow. The NALB Series is a professional development initiative created by WPA to provide resources and workshops to DC area visual artists.
An opening night reception will be held Saturday, August 1: 6-8pm. The WPA / workshop will be held from 4 – 6pm.
Additional information may be found at: http://www.connercontemporary.com/. For further information or images, please contact the gallery @ 202-588-8750 or info@connercontemporary.com.
Conner Contemporary Art is located at 1358 Florida Avenue, NE –Washington, DC 20002, in the H Street Corridor/ The H Street shuttle runs from 5pm to 2am daily. Gallery hours: Wednesday - Saturday 11-5pm.
** with big THANKS to Drink More Water - the official hydration of Academy 2009!
http://www.connercontemporary.com/current/
