The Washington Glass School

>artdc.org and Art Outlet are partnering with Halstead Arlington, a luxury apartment community in South Arlington, and the Columbia Pike Revitalization Organization, to present The ZIP Code Show, an event featuring artists and their relationships with their surroundings. The show will be held at Halstead Arlington, 1028 South Walter Reed Drive, Arlington, VA, 5:30 pm – 12:00 am, August 29 and September 5, 2009.

For the show, artists were asked to use ZIP codes and other postal code schema as a jumping off point for personal dialogues with the physical, biological, and cultural features of the earth. A team from Art Outlet and artdc.org is curating their ideas and strategies into an polyvalent exploration of artists’ personal geographies, which range from the private sanctuaries of home to public memories and actions.Artists will be on hand to talk about their pieces at the show’s two evenings, which will include indoor and sidewalk live art and performances, and yours-for-a-donation summer libations.
They are still accepting artist registrations for more info:
http://www.artoutlet.org/news/events/zip-code-show

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>The last class of our LED Enlightenment series is tonight! These pictures from last week show the students hard at work, trying to make that LED light up ;)

If you look carefully, you can see our TA Dave scratching his head.

After making some “throwies” (tagging with light) they made an LED tester, and then started on an ambitious RGB color controller. We’ll find out tonight how they did…

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Nicole Puzan works on a commissioned public art project.

Things have settled down a bit, Artomatic art festival is ongoing; and work on school and studio projects continues. The Food & Friends charity organization had commissioned an outdoor sculpture for their headquarters here in Washington, DC – more on this project in a separate posting.
Dan Schubmehl organizes the BE color bins.

Tim Tate and Sarah Frey catch up on studio documents.

A surprise visit by glass superstar Liz Mears!

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The most recent installment in our technology series was last night’s LED class and it was excellent! The first session of 3 introduced the students to the world of LEDs and the endless possibilities. Guest teacher Tim Slagle showed us the breadth of his knowledge and enthusiasm, and filled the table with glowing and blinking eye candy…

>The last evening for Mig welding class was a huge success: frames, stands, shelves… and all other forms of abstract
art!

>The artists are out in force, setting up their artwork and info about the glass school.
Tim Tate and Erwin Timmers installing artwork.

Laurel Lukaszewski and Novie Trump setting up their ceramic artwork on Level 8.

Erwin Timmers works on the electrical connections.

Nancy Donnelly stops in from her artwork on Level 9 to see how progress is on Tim Tate’s artwork.

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That would be Mr Tim Tate. He will be featured in an upcoming Post story on the DC Craftweek

>Marriott hotels held a team-building exercise at the Washington Glass School. Food, Fun and Glass (in that order) was the day’s schedule.

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Mayor’s Arts Awards

Monday, March 23, 2009

6:00 PM

@ John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall – Millennium Stage

Hosted by Mayor Adrian M Fenty, The Mayor’s Arts Awards are the most prestigious honors conferred by Washington, DC on the individual artists, arts organizations, and patrons of the arts.

In the tradition of the Academy Awards, winners are announced for the first time during the ceremony hosted by award-winning journalist Cyneé Simpson, weekend evening anchor for ABC 7/WJLA-TV. This year’s award ceremony will feature a performance by special guest Raheem DeVaughn. Throughout the evening the audience is treated to a diverse range of performances including The Washington Ballet, Coral Cantigas and DC’s own Mambo Sauce.

The ceremony is free and open to the public. RSVP’s are not required.

For additional information on the Mayor’s Arts Awards or other DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities programs call (202) 724-5613.