October 2010
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Washington artist Scott G. Brooks
"WE THE PEOPLE" - a solo exhibition of 12 new works by Washington artist Scott G. Brooks - opened on Friday evening, October 29, 2010, at Long View Gallery in Washington, D.C. Brooks' works reflects the political and economic turmoil that takes up the head space of those who are paying attention, and shows the detailed figures and storytelling themes the artist has become known for. In the past the messages were often subtle and hidden in the elaborate artworks. In contrast, "We the People" blatantly speaks to the pop-culture-obsessed and politically-charged landscape in which Brooks live today. This is the artist's first solo exhibition in Washington, D.C. in two years.
Christie Pell, Long View Gallery, and Thomas Henry Quinn
BROOKS IS originally from Flint, Michigan, and attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He currently lives and works in Washington, D.C. Brooks has recently been featured in the shows "100 Artists See Satan" at Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana, California, "New Work" at Last Rites Gallery, New York, "Everything But the Kitschen Sync" at La Luz de Jesus, in Los Angeles, October 9, 2010 - November 7, 2010, and "The Thirteenth Hour" at Last Rites Gallery in New York, October 2010.
Long View Gallery is located at 1234 Ninth St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001, tel. 202-232-4788. For more information: www.longviewgallery.com.
Swedish artist Anna U. Davis and her husband Peter Davis
Siobhan Gavagan, Long View Gallery, Nathan Ford, Ken Lavine and Megan O'Neill
Peggy Orchowski and Mary Lou Collector
Parisa Mazratian and Maria-Stella Gatzoulis
Pierre and Evan Rahal
Artist Cory Oberdorfer
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Gallery owner Norman Parish, Dr. Dianne Whitfield-Locke and Walter Bryant
"LIVING LEGENDS" was the theme of an evening with collector, Dr. Dianne Whitfield-Locke, with a panel discussion on the importance of collecting art by black artists at Parish Gallery in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., on Saturday, October 23, 2010. Moderator was Larry Frazier and panelists were Janet Stanley, chief librarian at the National Museum of African Art; and Richard Everett, creator of Tokesplace.com. The event was presented by Parish Gallery (www.parishgallery.com) in Georgetown and Misty Brown Productions.
Photographer Bruce McNeil and Juanita Hardy
Radio host and columnist Jonetta Rose Barras, artist Michael Platt and Mimi Wolford of Mbari Institute for Contemporary African Art
Misty Brown of Misty Brown Productions and photographer Bruce McNeil
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Swedish artist Anna U. Davis, Swedish musician Andi Almqvist, Swedish producer Carl Granberg and Peter Davis
THE D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities celebrated D.C.'s emerging and established arts movement with a festive opening of "Synergy" on Thursday evening, October 21, 2010, at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
THE CELEBRATION, or Grand Fete as they called it, featured works by D.C. Arts and Humanities artist fellows. It was fittingly presented during October, which is the National Arts & Humanities Month.
Artist Marta Perez-Garcia in front of her artwork "La Fleur de l'Age."
Peter Davis and his wife Swedish artist Anna U. Davis
"Self Portrait" - artwork by Anna U. Davis
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Swedish Cultural Counselor Eva Bergquist and Moto Boy
"I PLAYED romantic pieces, it was love all the way," said Swedish musician Moto Boy (www.motoboy.se) after an acclaimed performance at the House of Sweden on Wednesday night, October 20, 2010. "I'll always love," "Young love," - the musician's own composition -- and "Ave Maria" were among the songs on the repertoire. The next day Moto Boy was off to the CMJ Music Marathon and Film Festival in New York, along with a performance at the Backstage Bar on Saturday.
MOTO BOY, whose real name is Oskar Humlebo, has been described as "a one man's choir with a magnificent 'operaesque' voice accompanied by high lonely tones on a hard rock guitar with the distortion pedal well hidden in the basement."
OVER THE YEARS leading up to his emergence as Moto Boy in 2006, he has worked his way through various forms of music and living, and in late 2006 he planned one final concert before he quit his quest for artistry. The concert became instead the first one, followed by a year of appearances cementing a new form of artist, and a new sort of audience, both humble and glamorous. Moto Boy's debut album was released in January 2008 in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway.
Swedish musician Moto Boy
Gunilla Fritjofsson and Moto Boy
Rodrigo Cabezas and Jenny Zhang
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Artist Tina Palmer and Tony Cord
A COCKTAIL PARTY featuring an exhibition of artist Tina Palmer's nationally acclaimed work (www.tinapalmerart.com) was held on Wednesday evening, October 20, 2010, at Woolly Mammoth Theatre in Washington, D.C. Guests at the reception enjoyed delicious appetizers from Tuscana West restaurant and fine wines from Chateau O'Brien. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of art at the exhibition will be donated to the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company.
Sam Sanders and Lauren Brown
Salman Mujahid, Maryim Mujahid, Tony Cord, artist Tina Palmer, Kaitlin Kusturiss and John Kusturiss
Musician Mateo Monk, who performed at the event, and Tony Cord
Aram Taghavi of Bisnow, artist Tina Palmer and Tony Cord
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Luis Chang Boldrini, the Head of the Public Diplomacy Department at the Embassy of Peru; Ana Maria Deustua, Commercial Counselor of Peru; and geologist and mineral commodity specialist William E. Brooks, who has translated "Mineria y Metalurgia en el Antiguo Perú" to English.
AMERICAN geologist and mineral commodity specialist William E. Brooks discussed his translation to English of "Mineria and Metalurgia en el Antiguo Perú" by Georg Petersen G. - at an event at the Embassy of Peru in Washington on Tuesday evening, October 19, 2010. The English title is "Mining and Metallurgy in Ancient Peru." The book was originally published in Spanish in 1970 through the Institute of Anthropological Researches in Lima, Peru.
IN 2009, Peru was the world's leading producer of silver, the world's second leading producer of copper, and the leading producer of gold in Latin America. And the country's importance as a metal producer extends to centuries in the past.
GEORG PETERSEN GAULKE was born in 1898 in Flensburg, Germany, and received his Ph.D. in 1922. In 1924 he came to Peru, and became a Peruvian citizen in 1934. He was also the President of the Geological Society of Peru.
PETERSEN'S book blends the archeology, art history, biology, Colonial exploration, ethno-history, geochemistry, geology, metallurgy and the mining technology of ancient Peru. It also gives valuable knowledge about ancient mining in the country, the tools and the methods, mining sites in the extensive Andean region, metallurgical techniques and fabrication procedures.
For more information about "Mining and Metallurgy in Ancient Peru:" www.geosociety.org.
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Evangelia Papaioannou and Liliana Pulvirenti
AN EXHIBITION of Drawings and Photographs, titled "Before and After Winter Stories," by Paolo Ventura, opened at the Italian Embassy/Italian Cultural Institute (www.iicwashington.esteri.it/IIC_Washington) in Washington, D.C. on Monday evening, October 18, 2010.
IN THE exhibition, Mr. Ventura shows work in progress inspired by Venice during the World War II, as well as a few drawings from "Winter Series," his latest book. Two works by Mr. Ventura were recently acquired by the Library of Congress - the first time an Italian photographer will be included in the prestigious collection.
MR. VENTURA was born in Milan, Italy, in 1968. He studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan in the early 1990s. His work has been exhibited internationally at, among other places, the Forma International Center for Photography in Milan, the Rencontres de la Photographie in Arles, France, and the Maison Europeenne de la Photographie in Paris. Mr. Ventura now lives and works in New York and Italy.
Peter Hickman and Nazira Karimi
Work by photographer Paolo Ventura
Work by photographer Paolo Ventura
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Pakistani designer Nomi Ansari and Naomi Foster
FASHION FIGHTS POVERTY (FFP) (www.fashionfightspoverty.org) - a non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness on the fight against global poverty through the world of fashion - hosted its 6th annual benefit at Artisphere in Arlington, Virginia, on Friday evening, October 15, 2010.
WITH CUTTING edge presentations every year, this year's "Raw" theme is a return to the "primal" state of making clothes and art for both spiritual nourishment and economic survival. For this year's show Pakistani designer Nomi Ansari (www.nomiansari.ws) presented his collection, with extraordinary pieces. Nomi Ansari Studios supplies not only prêt-à-porter but also Eastern and Western couture pieces to Dubai, India, United Kingdom and the United States.
Anika Maiden, Kadrieka Maiden, Vice President of Communications and Co-founder of Fashion Fights Poverty, and Barbara Maiden
PROCEEDS FROM from this year's benefit will support Fashion Fights Poverty's community youth programs, including Woodrow Wilson High School and its globally sustainable projects, aimed at creating income-generating or microfinance opportunities for individuals as well as for families and communities in developing countries.
Director of Educational Programs at Artisphere Lisa Marie Thalhammer
Gail Sullivan and Lais Lacher
Christina Fulton and Stephen Leacock
Sara Hafiz, Designer Nomi Ansari, Nazia Hussain, Ahmed Bajwa and Sara Malik
Sean O'Brien and Nathalia Veale
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Washington art impresaria Philippa Hughes
THIS WEEK, guests were invited to an exciting arts and performance property - called "Wonderbox" -- next to a dark and winding alley in central Washington, D.C., to celebrate well-known art impresaria Philippa Hughes' birthday. The big crowd - asked to "Dress like a star!" in the invitations -- got to enjoy a buffet of delicious food and drinks, listen to stimulating music provided by a deejay and musicians, watch energized performances of modern dance and pose for pictures taken with the "Birthday Girl."
PHILIPPA HUGHES, who is the successful founder and Chief Creative Contrarian of the Pink Line Project (www.pinklineproject.com), has been a major leader in developing the local art scene in the nation's capital. She has been featured in The Washington Post as one of "The Cultural Crowd's Refreshing Faces" who is "remaking the scene" in Washington as a connector and gatekeeper. She is also a commissioner on the D.C. Commission on the Arts & Humanities among other assignments.
Artist Emma O'Rourke, press secretary and spokesman of the Embassy of Finland Kari Mokko and Krista Taubert
Michael Clements, who is Executive Editor at the Washington Life Magazine, and Anchyi Wei
Michael Pollack and Lena Skanby
David Tittsworth
Art impresaria Philippa Hughes
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Pianist Mari Paz, baritone José Sacín and Cultural Attaché at the Peruvian Embassy in Washington Blanca Ochoa
PERUVIAN BARITONE José Sacín, accompanied by pianist Mari Paz, did an acclaimed performance at the United Church in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday evening, October 13, 2010. The special concert included a program mainly of Peruvian songs as well as tangos, boleros and some zarzuela, and was presented by the Embassy of Peru in Washington.
MR. Sacín, whose "voice of liquid gold was heard soloing in the Papal mass at the Nationals Stadium," has performed as a soloist with the Washington Opera, the Baltimore Opera, Opera Camerata of Washington, Opera de Lima, and several other prestigious venues. Mr. Sacín is also a winner of the Montpellier Cultural Arts Center Competition in 2001, the 1999 Annapolis Opera Competition and the National Association of Teachers of Singing Competition. Among his operatic roles are Count Alma viva (Le Nozzedi Figaro) and Alfio (Cavalleria Rusticana). He has also performed as a conductor.
MARI PAZ, who was influenced by her uncle Cuban composer Maestro Rodrigo Prats studied piano in Cuba, Mexico and the United States. She received a B.A. in piano from La Habana, Cuba. In Washington, D.C., she has appeared in concerts at the Mexican Cultural Institute and several embassies, as well as for the Mount Vernon College "In Series." Ms. Paz has also been a featured artist at Gala Hispanic Theatre in several productions as both pianist and arranger.
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Swedish Ambassador Jonas Hafström, Senior Financial Sector Expert at the IMF Åke Lönnberg, Governor of Sweden's Riksbank Stefan Ingves, Chair of SNS Washington Therese Lindé and Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of Sweden in Washington Karin Olofsdotter
THE GOVERNOR of the Swedish Riksbank (the Swedish version of the Federal Reserve) Stefan Ingves held an interesting and informative presentation about how Sweden handled the financial crises of the last few years at the Swedish Embassy in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, October 12, 2010. Mr. Ingves laid out the role of the Riksbanken during the financial crisis: from the increase of the repo interest in the beginning of September 2008 through the Lehman Brothers' crash and then the fast downturn which followed, and then the rebuilding of the financial stability.
THE SEMINAR was arranged by SNS (Studieförbundet Näringsliv och Samhälle or Centre for Business and Policy Studies) Washington. SNS is an independent network of leading decision makers from the private and public sectors who share a commitment to social and economic development in Sweden. SNS, which is a private, nonprofit and nonpartisan organization based in Stockholm, has 4,000 individual members and 23 local branches, eight of which are outside Sweden.
SNS WASHINGTON arranges seminars with focus on learning more about politics and global economy - with a Swedish-American perspective. For more information: www.sns.se.
Posted by Susanna at 10:19 AM, Oct 11, 2010 (Comments)
Annalisa Meyer and Christina Sevilla
BRIGHESTYoungThings.com (www.brightestyoungthings.com) and the Pink Line Project (www.pinklineproject.com) co-hosted a grand opening "Burst! Party" on Saturday night, October 9, 2010, for the recently opened Artisphere in Rosslyn, Va.
THE PARTY'S featured line-up included Baltimore's Deep Sugar DJs; DJ Chris Burns; a presentation by Special Family Hemerlein; performances curated by Kelly Bond and Melissa Krodman; a Balloon Artist explosion led by Katie Balloons and Addi; and an interactive photo wall by Alberto Gaitan, among other artists.
Erin Kotheimer and Pepijn Helgers
THE PARTY WAS was the second opening party for Artisphere, the first of a new breed of American cultural centers in the D.C. region. Combining the newly-renovated former Newseum space with the existing Spectrum Theatre next door, Artisphere's multi-disciplinary cultural offerings will permeate this 62,000 square foot cultural campus seven days a week, 12 hours a day, offering more than 100 events per month!
ARTISPHERE is located on 1101 Wilson Blvd. in Rosslyn, Virginia. For more information: www.artisphere.com.
Judy George and Sarann Nuon
Donald Syriani and Tino Angelov
Eric Brewer and Caroline Bermudez
Niyati Shah, Anant Agrawal and Nayna Agrawal
Justin Young, Bipin Badhe and Jonathan Monaghan
Balloon artist
Painting by Sean Greene
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Patricia and Timothy Trudeau, AFTA founder Lolo Sarnoff and Executive Director of AFTA Janine Tursini
"NIGHTS OF STARS 2010" was the theme of AFTA's (Arts for the Aging, Inc., www.aftaarts.org) 22nd Anniversary Benefit Gala at the elegant Washington Golf & Country Club in Arlington, Virginia, on Friday evening, October 8. The ball featured the third annual Lolo Sarnoff Award presentation to Jerome Barry, who did an appreciated performance, accompanied by George Peachey on the piano. The event's chairs were Mrs. Warren J. Polk and Dr. Joyce Hagel-Silverman, and Patrick Haggerty served as Master of Ceremonies. The evening program included remarks by Executive Director Janine Tursini, a poem recitation by John Lawrence, a participant in an AFTA program at the Lewinsville Adult Day Center; a live auction; and dancing to the music of Angel & Aces.
AFTA, which is a nonprofit organization that provides enhanced care giving and healthy aging for older adults, was founded by sculptor, scientist and entrepreneur Lolo Sarnoff in 1988. Partnering with care centers, nursing homes and community centers throughout the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, AFTA brings a regular curriculum of high-quality art programs led by trained professional teaching artists.
THE ANNUAL BENEFIT gala raises funds in support of the mission to engage older adults in health improvement and life enhancement through the arts.
Eva and Steven Lamb
Gerhard Mally, Monique Summers-Mally and Phil Day
Dr. Joyce Hagel-Silverman, Lolo Sarnoff, Janine Tursini and Mrs. Warren J. Polk
Daniella Taveau and Ronnyka Fitzpatrick
Charles Silverman and Dr. Joyce Hagel-Silverman
Letizia Sirtori and Valentina Papagni
Jan DuPlain, Janine Tursini and Susan A. Rosenbaum
Vanessa Meccarielli and Kristin Guiter
Washington Golf & Country Club
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Maja Persson, Executive Manager of SACC-DC, and Jari Jokinen, Embassy of Finland
Members and friends of SACC - Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce (www.sacc-usa.org) - and its local chapter SACC-DC (www.sacc-dc.org) gathered for Happy Hour at the popular bar and restaurant Front Page in the Dupont Circle area of Washington, D.C. on Thursday evening, October 7, 2010.
Jonas Sohlin and Birgitta Arnesdotter
Anna Winberg, Sara Dahlén, Cornelia Larsson and Annamaria Sundbye
Therese Lindé, Niklas Munck and Aaron Dinardi
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Swedish musician Moto Boy will perform at the House of Sweden, Wednesday, October 20, 2010.
Photo of Moto Boy by Adam Lundberg
THE POPULAR Swedish musician Moto Boy (www.motoboy.se), whose real name is Oskar Humlebo, will perform at the House of Sweden on Wednesday October 20, 2010. Moto Boy has been described as "a one man's choir with a magnificent 'operaesque' voice accompanied by high lonely tones on a hard rock guitar with the distortion pedal well hidden in the basement."
OSKAR HUMLEBO was born in 1980 in the village of Färila in Sweden, and at the age of eight he experienced a boys' choir rehearsal in a London cathedral and was forever turned on to music. Back in Sweden, he signed up with a boys' choir. Later he became interested in playing a guitar and his late teenage years he focused on jazz and experimental music.
OVER THE YEARS leading up to his emergence as Moto Boy in 2006, he worked his way through various forms of music and living, including truck driving, photo modeling, royal friends, music for modern dance, Pikko, law-studies and always with a longing for pure romance.
IN LATE 2006, he planned one final concert before he quit his quest for artistry. The concert became instead of the last one, the first one, followed by a year of appearances cementing a new form of artist, and a new sort of audience, both humble and glamourous. Moto Boy's debut album was released in January 2008 in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway.
HOUSE OF SWEDEN has presented performances by several accomplished Swedish musicians in the past, and one of the more popular was the rapper Adam Tensta, who sang last September to a sold-out and highly enthusiastic crowd. For more information about the Moto Boy concert: www.swedenabroad.com.
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Mentor International Gala will be hold at Four Seasons Hotel in Washington, D.C. on Thursday evening, October 14, 2010.
QUEEN SILVIA of Sweden will visit Washington, D.C. next week, and be the guest of honor at a gala fundraiser for Mentor International on Thursday evening, October 14, 2010, at the Four Season Hotel in Georgetown.
THE GALA Chair is James Wolfensohn, the Dinner Committee Chair Dr. Susan Blumenthal, the Dinner Committee Co-Chairs are Eva Hafström and Esther Coopersmith.
THE MENTOR Foundation is an international non-government, non-profit organization with a focus on the prevention of drug misuse and the promotion of health and well-being of young people.
FOR MORE information and ticket information: www.mentorfoundation.org.
Four Seasons Hotel in Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
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Martha Joseph, assistant director of Conner Contemporary Art, artist Matias, Eleanor Smitherman and Anna Maria Gonzalez.
ON SATURDAY evening, October 2, Conner Contemporary Art and Hamiltonian Artists hosted an event for emerging artists, beginning with a panel discussion focusing on gallery representation and the dynamics of artist - gallery relationships. Panelists were Seth Adelsberger, visual artist, represented by Civilian Art Projects, and co-founder of Nudashank Gallery; Craig Appelbaum, founder of Industry Gallery; Leigh Conner, co-founder of Conner Contemporary Art; Kathryn Cornelius, performance artist, represented by Curator's Office; and Maggie Michael, visual artist, represented by G Fine Art. The discussions were moderated by Jacqueline Ionita, director of Hamiltonian Gallery.
THE EVENT was held at Hamiltonian Gallery (www.hamiltoniangallery.com) at 1353 U St., N.W., Washington, D.C. Conner Contemporary Art (www.connercontemporary.com) is located at 1358 Florida Ave., N.E., Washington, D.C. The event was sponsored by Marvin restaurant and the Pink Line Project.
Leigh Conner and Jamie L. Smith, founders of Conner Contemporary Art
Artist Magnolia Laurie, executive director and founder of Hamiltonian Artists Paul So, and G.A. Gardner
Andrew Sostek, artist Lylie Fisher, director of Hamiltonian Gallery Jacqueline Ionita, and artist Lina Vargas De La Hoz
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Honorary Co-Chair Dr. Christine Warnke and Matt Anderson, Producer/Co-Director of "From Place to Place: the Movie."
"FROM PLACE TO PLACE: The Movie" (www.fromplacetoplacemovie.com) is a feature documentary that tells the story about Mandy and Raif and their upbringing in the American foster care system. There are nearly 500,000 children living in America's foster care system, and every year 30,000 of them will age out, becoming independent adults on their 18th birthday. The film follows them for two years as they struggle to make it on their own, and take their story to Capitol Hill. For the first time, they find their voice after being hurt, lost and silenced by the system that was supposed to care for them. And the power of the voice begins to change the system that raised them.
Page Williams, Director/Co-Producer/Cinematographer/Editor of the film; Hosts Mary Bird and Felicia Stidham, Producer/Co-Director of the film; and Honorary Co-Chair Dr. Christine Warnke.
THE FILM is produced by Porch Productions, and Matt Anderson is the Producer and Co-Director. Page Williams, who formed Porch Productions in 2006, is Director, Co-Producer, Cinematographer and Editor. Mr. Anderson became a co-owner of Porch Productions in 2009.
Former Maryland Lieutenant Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend speaks about the situation in the American foster care system.
ON THURSDAY EVENING, September 30, 2010, a shorter version of the movie was shown at Blake Hall at Saint John's Episcopal Church in Georgetown in Washington, D.C. Hosts for the event were Mary Bird and Felicia Stidham, Honorary Co-Chairs Senators Charles Grassley (R-IA) and Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Congresswoman Diane E. Watson (D-CA) and Dr. Christine Warnke, Hogan Lovells US LLC.
