Ottis Street Arts Projects Presents: The Critiqued

October 10, 2016 in exhibit

We’re interested in elevating our conversations about art. We feel that group studios and areas of artist density provide fertile ground for interaction, conversation, growth and development. While this is an important part of our daily interaction as artists, we also feel that Curators, Critics, Gallarists, Collectors, Art Writers, and other Arts Professionals bring an amazing amount of insight for an Artist. With the our first two sessions of The Critique having received a great amount of interest and positive feedback, we’re going to keep it up!

Opening Reception - i found god in myself: the 40th anniversary of Ntozake Shange’s for colored girls…

October 06, 2016 in exhibit

African American Museum in Philadelphia

Curated by Souleo

Join us for the opening of AAMP's latest special exhibition i found god in myself: the 40th anniversary of Ntozake Shange’s for colored girls. This two-gallery art exhibit celebrates the 40th anniversary of the choreopoem, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, and is curated by Souleo.

Through 20 commissioned artworks by artists including Renee Cox (in collaboration with Rafia Santana), Kimberly Mayhorn, Dianne Smith, Margaret Rose Vendryes and Danny Simmons the exhibition is a tribute to the Broadway play. Each work honors the individual poems and underscores their enduring significance in highlighting issues impacting the lives of women of color.

Adrian ‘Viajero’ Román and Amber Robles-Gordon two Puerto Rican artists at The African American Museum in Philadelphia

September 16, 2016 in exhibit

PR ART NEWS -The Puerto Rican artists Adrian ‘Viajero’ Román and Amber Robles-Gordon are among the 20 artists whose works were selected for the group show “ i found god in myself: the 40 anniversary of Ntozake Shange’s for colored girls” is a two gallery art exhibit celebrating the 40th anniversary of the choreopoem/play for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, curated by Souleo Wright at The African American Museum in Philadelphia.

*The Watcher, 2015, Gelatin printing, acrylic, collage, hand-stitching and conte, 50” x 38" by Delita Martin*

Lest We Forget

September 12, 2016 in exhibit

Galerie Myrtis

About the Exhibition

The exhibition presented at Galerie Myrtis, Lest We Forget examines pivotal moments and figures in U.S. history, as well as the everyday occurrences and unknown individuals that have impacted, to various degrees, the African American experience here, and by extension, throughout the world.

IT TAKES A NATION

September 06, 2016 in exhibit

EXHIBITION DESCRIPTION

In the Alper Initiative space, Washington artists respond to the graphics of Black Panther artist Emory Douglas with sculpture, paintings, photography and multi-media installations. The exhibition features Emory Douglas and Howard University colleagues and members of the African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists (“AFRICOBRA”): Jeff Donaldson, Akili Ron Anderson, James Phillips, Jay Jarrell and Wadsworth Jarrell. Collectively, they create a powerful lens to the socio-political landscape of the late 1960s and 70s that helps to visualize the 1967 Black Panther Party 10-point platform addressing issues of freedom, employment, economic exploitation, affordable housing, education, war, police brutality, prison, due process, and access. The exhibition also includes artists examining these same issues 50 years later within a contemporary context, including: Holly Bass, Wesley Clark, Jay Coleman, Larry Cook, Tim Davis, Jamea Richmond Edwards, Shaunte Gates, Jennifer Gray, Amber Robles Gordon, Njena Jarvis, Simmie Knox, Graham Patrick, Beverly Price, Sheldon Scott, Stan Squirewell and Hank Willis Thomas.

Quilts and Social Fabric: Heritage and Improvisation

July 06, 2016 in exhibit

Quilts and Social Fabric: Heritage and Improvisation

July 16, 2016 - January 16, 2017
PAST EXHIBITION

In Brief:

This exhibition uses the work of one of the most renowned artistic quilt makers, Faith Ringgold, as an entry point to look backward at traditional African American quilts and forward to decorative and artistic quilts, and the work of painters and mixed media artists who improvise upon the form.

Trends in Contemporary Art

June 01, 2016 in exhibit, Event

Personal Patterns-Panel Discussion at Montgomery College, Cafritz Foundation Arts Center

October 30, 2015 in exhibit

We will be talking about questions that were posed by curator, Claudia Rousseau's essay. We were interested in how an artist's use of pattern might reveal something about his/her sense of identity, express cultural traditions, ethnic or racial origins, and family ties. Might it be used to express an opinion on political or scientific ideas, or a concern for the environment and its current problems? How can pattern communicate emotion and express meaning? Does it invite intimacy or does it tend to hold the viewer at a distance? Is it feminist, or connote feminism, or is it universal? Where does it fit in modern art history?

"How We Lost DC" at Honfleur Gallery Wednesday, Sept. 16

September 11, 2015 in exhibit

By Emily Walz, Washington City Paper

Few cities are undergoing a period of gentrification as lengthy as D.C.’s, and perhaps none are gentrifying as quickly. The individual stories of displacement, as well as the larger narrative arc that shows how class and racial lines overlap to push out poorer minority communities, have particular poignancy in D.C., one of the first cities in the U.S. with a black majority. Against this backdrop, the local African-American artist collective Delusions of Grandeur created How We Lost DC, an exhibition the group calls “a visual discourse on gentrification.” The work of Wesley Clark, Larry Cook, Shaunté Gates, Jamea Richmond-Edwards, Amber Robles-Gorden, and Stan Squirewell encompasses photography, textile, paintings, mixed media, and sculpture in a show that moves between portraiture and would-be artifacts to tapestry and art made from maps of the District itself.

My Big Black America

May 16, 2015 in exhibit

http://rushphilanthropic.org

My Big Black America

Curated by Mikhaile Solomon

Through works in various media presented by a diverse group of contemporary artists, My BigBlack America, curated by Mikhaile Solomon, chronicles the losses and triumphs of BlackAmerica before and during Barack Obama’s presidency. Author Michael C. Dawson, argues “achieving the dreams of racial and economic equality will require the sort of coalition-building [that reaches] across racial divides that [has] always marked successful political movements”. The artists in My Big Black America collectively address this critical point in our history, in which we still experience inequality and injustices that damage the structural integrity of the entire nation. The exhibition title is based on Wesley Clark’s eponymous work, which serves as a metaphorical construct, illustrating Black America’s contribution to America as well as the injustices we have historically endured.

Arts & Culture in Anacostia - The Kojo Knamdi Show

May 15, 2015 in exhibit, Event

The historic neighborhood of Anacostia has been home to the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum for nearly 50 years, where it’s focused on African American history and culture. In the past decade or so, cheaper rents East of the River have drawn artists and arts organizations to the area, including the Anacostia Playhouse, which relocated from H Street NE. We explore the arts scene, and what increasing development and property values will mean.

Guests

Amber Robles Gordon Visual Artist
Camille Giraud Akeju Director, Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum
John Johnson Playwright

Divinity Revealed at African Heritage Cultural Arts Center

February 07, 2015 in exhibit

In honor of Women’s History Month, the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center presented the Amadlozi Gallery Exhibition

Divinity Revealed will premier works by national artists, LaToya Hobbs, Sheena Rose, Martin Nyarko, and Amber Robles -Gordon. This exhibition explores femininity from the artist’s perspective within the context of their community and the world. The gallery’s opening reception is March 5th at 6pm with curatorial presentations at 6:30pm at the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center, 6161 NW 22nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33142. It is free to attend, rsvp required. The Divinity Revealed exhibition is part of “Sankofa: Looking Back, Going Forward,” a year-long series of events and performances that bring alumni back to the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center to inspire the next generation of talent, in celebration of the Center’s fortieth anniversary with funding support from The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, as part of its Knight Arts Challenge.

South Capitol Skyscape: Amber Robles-Gordon

November 07, 2014 in exhibit

Washington Projects for the Arts

WPA presents a new work by DC-based artist Amber Robles-Gordon for the second installation in its South Capitol Skyscape series. For the 50-foot banner on the South Capitol Street façade of the hotel, WPA has excerpted a portion of Robles-Gordon's new work entitled At the Altar: Dance of the Serpents. Created through her signature assemblage process combining textiles and found objects, the work takes new form using a recycled hammock as its support and foundation, representing the structural constructs of the past and the restrictive patterns of repetitive thinking.

Join Us! Honfleur Gallery & Womble Carlyle

November 02, 2014 in exhibit

Womble Carlyle invites you to join us for an evening of art and networking,
as we once again transform our DC office into an art gallery featuring four local artists including:
BK ADAMS • I AM ART, Amber Robles-Gordon, Mei Mei Chang, and Monica Stroik.

In collaboration with Honfleur Gallery, our spring exhibit will also showcase pieces from Critical Exposure, a non-profit that teaches photography and advocacy skills to youths throughout Washington, DC.

Monica Stroik will show three video installations.

WHEN: Thursday, May 15, 2014
5:30-8:00 p.m. - Reception

WHERE: Womble Carlyle
1200 19th Street, NW - Suite 500
Washington, DC 20036

Directions

There is no cost to attend.

By invitation only, space is limited.

Kindly RSVP by Friday, May 9, 2014.

Can't make the reception?

You can still view the artwork, which will be on display from May 15 – June 16.
By appointment only.

Questions?
Please contact Lynn Edwards-Hall at
202.857.4414 or LEdwards-Hall@wcsr.com.

Artwork co-curated by: Beth Ferraro, Honfleur Gallery

Real Beauty at Carroll Square Gallery

May 09, 2014 in exhibit

Catalyst Projects is pleased to announce

March 16, 2014 in exhibit

The creative process for a sculptor can more often than not include drawing. Whether it be the technical planning of a three dimensional work, documenting the creative process or a wish to expand their vision to include other mediums, a sculptors approach to drawing is widely varied and unique.

Julia Bloom (DC) presents large scale charcoal drawings on paper for this exhibition. Bloom's three dimensional works are in a large way drawings themselves. Constructed from sticks and wire, and sometimes covered in paint or rust, her sculptural pieces take on a tenuous, airy quality. In contrast, the drawings, which are meant as portraits of the sculptures, are bold, dense images of the structures they represent.

I Kan Do Dat curated by Danny Simmons and Oshun Layne.

February 03, 2014 in exhibit

In the past week there have been three art openings at three different galleries that are all part of the same massive exhibition of contemporary abstraction "I Kan Do Dat" curated by Danny Simmons and Oshun Layne. This exhibition ties in 87 artists of all cultural backgrounds and a huge spectrum of materials and techniques in Contemporary Abstraction. The galleries involved include Rush Arts Gallery in Chelsea, a Skylight Gallery at Restoration Plaza in Bed-Stuy Brooklyn, and Selena Gallery in the LIU downtown Brooklyn campus.

Inaugural Edition of Prizm Art Fair Launches Featuring Artists Representing the African Diaspora and Emerging Markets at Marquis Miami on December 5-8, 2013

December 01, 2013 in exhibit

Miami, Fl- A talented collective of established and emerging artists from locales as varied as the Democratic Republic of Congo to Washington D.C. will showcase contemporary art at the inaugural blockbuster Prizm Art Fair to be held December 5-8, 2013 at the Marquis Miami (1100 Biscayne Blvd, downtown Miami). The opening night reception will take place on December 5th from 11pm-2am and is open to the public. Admission is free. Prizm Art Fair is a collaborative effort between, Mikhaile Solomon, designer and arts advocate who is the founder of Prizm Art Fair and Marie Vickles, an independent curator, arts educator, and artist based in South Florida. Salient works presented will highlight the diversity evident in contemporary visual art practices including painting, sculpture and mixed media installations.

Against the Bias

November 08, 2013 in exhibit

Click HERE to download the pdf show information

Too Much is Not Enough

October 04, 2013 in exhibit

Little Haiti Cultural Center