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Relative Territory // Annoying Poem // Good and Plenty – Opening Receptions
Friday, September 9th : 6-9pm

School 33 Art Center
1427 Light Street : Baltimore 21230

In “Relative Territory,” American intermedia artist Carrie Fucile and Brazilian sculptor Lidia Malynowskyj explore issues of territorial definition through natural materials. Fucile utilizes sound and motion to consider the subject of war and shelter. Malynowskyj questions the concept of “landscape” through clay, plaster, and light. This presentation of their work is a counterpart to the Summer 2016 exhibition, “Territórios Relativos,” held at Casa Contemporânea in São Paulo, Brazil. As such, it forms a bridge between two countries and reveals how all of us are a product of the world’s ever-shifting borders.

“Annoying Poem” is a visual/sound experiment documenting a simple, pointless act repeated over and over.  The viewer is surrounded by projections of combined instances of wood being repeatedly thrown at a corner in the artist’s studio.  The images of flying detritus and cacophonous ricochet sounds are viscerally alarming while simultaneously verging on becoming calming white noise. The viewer is standing inside a memory of a calamitous event that was actually a simple, boring, monotonous event.  Loud clattering sounds.  Why are you doing this?

Most of us grew up with color televisions, computer monitors, and mobile phones whose screens emanate a myriad of colors seemingly not replicable in the natural world. Using them daily, how much do these devices influence us? Utilizing distinctive methods, the artists of “GOOD AND PLENTY” may be attempting to recreate the luminosity and hue from these glowing beacons. Matt Hollis constructs new worlds using manufactured materials, drawing viewers close by employing the clean vivid color of familiar objects and textures disguised through accumulation. Stephanie Williams’ installation features unnaturally bright colors in thread and fabric, at first obscuring the depiction of forcemeat and human body parts. Darcie Book uses dried acrylic house paint to create swirled, candy-like three-dimensional environments. Estee Fox and Amy Hughes Braden both work in heavily saturated colors, either with acrylic paint or ink on canvas or paper, beckoning viewers to stand close and discover every slash of color and its meaning.

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Public Displays of Privacy – Opening Reception
Friday, September 9th : 7-9pm

DC Arts Center
2438 18th Street NW : Washington DC 20009

Curated by Martina Dodd

DC Arts Center presents Public Displays of Privacy, an exhibition featuring four local women artists who explore the complexities of identity, memory and subjectivity in relation to Black Womanhood.

Performance + second veiwing on September 29 at 6:30 pm: Special performance of Communal Restriction by Khajidah Wilson and Lionel Frazier White.  Bond together by a mask constructed by Wilson, the two struggle for independence as they visually transform from collective unit to individual entities, forcing their viewers to reexamine the narratives of self and community.

With a particular focus on hair, the body acts as a site of agency for Nakeya Brown, as her photographs draw attention to the ways beauty standards can reflect politics, cultural memories and racial identities. Khadijah Wilson’s installation physically binds her subjects together using deconstructed material and applies pressure to their communal existence, causing them to literally tug at their freedom. Their strained necks mimic the double burden of race and gender experienced by Black women, while their limited mobility hints at a loss of individual agency.

Using images of family members as her source of inspiration, Adrienne Gaither investigates the social constructs and constraints of familial ties by “merging traditional techniques of painting and digital manipulation.” Danielle Smith’s soft brush strokes portray intimate moments of joy, pain and vulnerability as she distinguishes between reality and perception. This group exhibition blurs the lines set in place to demarcate what is kept private and what is for public consumption and examines how personal and collective experiences shape our existence.

<><><><><><><><><><>We Are Orlando – Opening Reception
Friday, September 9th : 6-9pm

Towson Arts Collective
40 West Chesapeake Avenue : Towson 21204

WE ARE ORLANDO, an exhibition and art auction benefiting the families of the victims of the Pulse shooting in Orlando.  A variety of artists are coming together to share their work and unite against hate and intolerance with love and acceptance. Proceeds of the art sales will be donated to the One Orlando fund.  Bring your friends and loved ones to both the free opening reception Friday, September 9, 6-9p.m. at The Arts Collective’s EBC Arts Center, 40 W. Chesapeake Ave, 21204.

Rachel Horner and Gallery 788 are organizing this show of art that highlights LBGTQ themes related to the concepts of unity, healing, love, and acceptance. During Wed.-Sat. gallery hours noon- 5pm, the community is invited to create their own artwork alongside artists involved in this exhibition.  This exhibit is free and open to the public.  The exhibit ends Friday, September 30 with a silent art auction from 7-10pm.   www.towsonartscollective.org

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AKIMBO Dance & Movement Art Festival

Saturday, September 10: 1-6 pm

Station North Arts District (check the website for map)

Presented by Deep Vision Dance Company, the 5th annual AKIMBO Festival offers another layer of unusual expectations: all performances are site specific, created for non-theater settings in Baltimore’s Station NorthArts & Entertainment District. The festival, which offers a rigorous proposal and professional development process, encourages “interdisciplinary projects, proposals that take artistic risks, and ideas that focus on a strong artistic vision/voice from the company or artist.”

AKIMBO 2016 is the 5th annual festival of site-specific dance and movement art in Baltimore’s arts district. AKIMBO this year features 15+ regional professional dance companies and movement artists from traditional to experimental, plus music, spoken word, art installation, puppets, multi-media, performance art, and more. That’s OVER 150 individual artists and performers presenting original work all in one day!

Artists present work at art galleries, restaurants, bridges, parks, murals, and businesses.  At their own pace, audience members explore the neighborhoods rich architecture while viewing and participating in live art, unique site-specific performances, and installations.

Over fifty volunteers in bright yellow shirts fill the neighborhood, assisting people in moving from place to place.

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Live Arts Festival
Saturday, September 10th : 2-9pm

Ruins Hall
30 Enterprise Street : Glen Rock PA

The Fourth Annual Live Arts Festival will be held on September 10th, 2016 at Ruins Park in Glen Rock Pa. This year’s Live Arts Festival features local bands and artists gathering together to create a cultural experience that’s fun for the whole family. The event will be held from 2pm to 9pm and is free to the public however donations at the door are encouraged.

The Live Arts Festival began four years ago as a way to bring life back to an abandoned space. Byron Banghart of Trailer Whale Productions and Terry Steyer of the Glen Rock Mill Inn saw an opportunity to revitalize the shell of the historic warehouse from what it was, a magnet for drug use with racial slurs painted on the walls, to a space used for community gatherings and artistic expression. Banghart, founder of the Live Arts Festival, believes in the power art and music can have in a community. The first Live Arts Festival immediately transformed Ruins Park into what is today, an extremely active, multi-purposed outdoor venue which brings people together to celebrate community and culture.

This yearʼs Live Arts Festival will showcase some of the areaʼs finest musicians and artists, including graffiti and mural artists Mas Paz, Adam Stab, Todd Grey and Missy Jones. Musical performances by the Philadelphia based band Darla, and Dr. Slothclaw from York, Pa. will headline the event. We are also excited to welcome Weathervane from York, Pa, Skribe from Baltimore and the Charlie Eron Trio from Hanover Pa. There will be a kids corner for aspiring artists and attendees are encouraged to join the experience by picking up a paint brush and expressing themselves.

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BBW, a solo exhibition by Theresa Chromati – Opening Reception
Saturday, September 10th : 7-10pm

Platform Gallery
116 West Mulberry Street : Baltimore 21201

PLATFORM is pleased to present BBW, a solo exhibition of works by Theresa Chromati. BBW, an acronym used in popular culture, is reclaimed by Chromati in this body of work to celebrate the excellence of black women. Chromati takes Platform into the her BBW world through a full scale installation to compliment and court her series of works on paper. The gallery becomes a three dimensional portrayal of wilderness with a kitchen-esque checkerboard flooring. The space is accompanied by aerial melodies paired with dissonant accents produced by Pangelica.

Creating a world for each of her femme figures, Chromati taps into idealized depictions of black women as partners. In each figure, Chromati highlights the beauty of black women’s essence, from their poses to the elegant curves of each silhouette. The details in each piece centralize the figure’s with a heavy reliance on color and mood. Primary colors and dramatic lighting are reminiscent of clubs and nightlife in Baltimore city.

“BBW” stands for “big beautiful women”. And I agree we have assets that are big and beautiful, but there is more to them then just bounce. Could it be that The B’s in this acronym point to other descriptors? The artwork seen in “BBW”, with it’s leisure scenes of black women enjoying life with and without interruptions….just living, reflects on the many “B” words that weave themselves in and out of the varied narratives of Black women: black, besties, bold, brave, bodies, baes, benefits, brains, bliss, blending, bruised, and blame. Just to name a few.” – Theresa Chromati

<><><><><><><><><><>Jeff Goldman Solo Exhibition – Reception
Saturday, September 10th : 6-8pm

Full Circle Photo Gallery
33 East 21st Street : Baltimore 21218

Come celebrate the opening of Jeff Goldman’s solo exhibit, “When the Quiet Comes.” Goldman photographs rusted objects, headstones, abstractions, flowers, and landscapes. The images convey death, decay, life, quiet, ghosts and rebirth. Losing his father, at a very young age affected his life and art. Starting to photograph was a way for Goldman to work through the grieving process and to grow into an adult.

Show runs September 3 – October 8, 2016

<><><><><><><><><><>Teacher by Dominic Terlizzi – Opening Reception
Saturday, September 10th : 7-10pm

Terrault Contemporary
218 West Saratoga Street : Baltimore 21201

Terrault is pleased to present Teacher a new series of acrylic cast paintings by Dominic Terlizzi. In Teacher, Terlizzi uses a symbolic palate and textural lexicon to discuss youth and unknowing. Spectrums of color offer a lush backdrop to divergent narratives and coded meanings. By the shows’ namesake Teacher there is a Socratic posture upheld in which the work asks more questions than can be answered. These are scenes that do not exist, from stories never written, about things misunderstood.

The textures are made with a mold method developed around grains and ubiquitous sundries. Terlizzi uses grains as a way of accessing unknown history. It is a recipe, currency, and sustenance. The process necessitates a jack-of-all-trades approach, utilizing baking, scavenging, mold making, and color mixing. Placing these textures into mosaics is a democratizing action, allowing content to conjure and comingle.

Relationships between wildlife, human figures, and mythology are created through collisions of language. Side scrolling and role-playing keep viewing playful. Characters abut gradients and presidential gazes guard bucolic landscapes. Questions arise around which narrative is being constructed, and to what ends.

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INCUBATOR: ATTENBOROUGH–NAFTEL
OPENING RECEPTION  Sat. Sept. 10 | 7–10p
Jordan Faye Contemporary

September 10 – October 15

About Incubator: Often the hardest part of getting a new business off the ground is sourcing all the components needed to create something able to compete with current producers. Inevitably, using what you can find becomes the most practical way to make it happen. Incubator is a series of work in which Attenborough-Naftel look into the aesthetics of ad-hoc construction of both the spaces that facilitate small start-ups and the goods that are commonly produced there.

Attenborough Naftel’s DIY aesthetic supports and celebrates a desire to gather and play. Their work appropriates visual cues from common social events/experiences; encouraging the audience to transcend it’s role as viewer to become an active participant.

About Attenborough-Naftel: Attenborough Naftel (A/N) is an ongoing collaboration between Chris Attenborough (Baltimore) and Sean Naftel (New York). Having met in graduate school at the Burren College of Art in rural Ireland, Attenborough-Naftel began making situation-based installations in 2008. A/N has shown work at De Buck Gallery (New York), Monster Truck Gallery (Dublin), SEVEN Art Fair (Miami), Emerge Art Fair (Washington DC), Contemporary Museum (Baltimore) and VOLTA Art Fair (New York). They were the featured artists from Queens for the television show ArtTrek NYC (2011). In 2012 they began collaborating with Union Craft Brewing in Baltimore. The collaboration developed into a limit edition beer, Pregame Session Ale, for their artwork Tailgate Man Cave. Their installation Yard Sale (2014) at De Buck Gallery was featured in the New York Times and on New York Public Radio (WNYC).

Like most of Attenborough–Naftel Openings there will be plenty to eat and drink and smile at. This event would not be complete either without live music. For this special occassion, Jordan Faye Contemporary will host Thrive Live Music with saxophonist, Tyrone Page Jr.

Coinciding with Incubator’s Opening Reception is a mini-solo exhibition in our front gallery of work by Lori Larusso, entitled Bourbon Cocktails.

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Encoach: Georgia Dickie and Keith J. Varadi

Saturday, September 10: 7-10 pm

Springsteen

498 N Paca St, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA

Springsteen is thrilled to present Encoach, a two-person exhibition featuring Georgia Dickie and Keith J. Varadi. Please join us for the opening reception, Saturday, September 10, from 7-10pm. Exhibition will be on view through October 8.

Georgia Dickie (b. 1989, Toronto, Canada) graduated with a BFA from the Ontario College of Art and Design University in 2011. Her work addresses the complexities of contemporary object-based practice and is characterized by a deep interest in found materials and their inherent limitations. Recent and forthcoming exhibitions include Springsteen, Baltimore; Et Al, San Francisco; Halsey Mckay, East Hampton; Cuevas Tilleard, The Journal, New York; Greene Exhibitions, Los Angeles, USA; V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark; Xippas, Paris, France; Croy Nielsen, Berlin, Germany; COOPER COLE, The Power Plant, the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto; Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Canada. In February 2015, she was the Canada Council for the Arts artist in residence at Acme Studios in London, UK. Dickie currently lives and works in Toronto, Canada.

Keith J. Varadi (b. 1985, Pittsburgh, PA) is an artist, writer, poet, performer, and curator, who has mounted solo exhibitions at Night Gallery (Los Angeles), Cooper Cole (Toronto), and Et al. (San Francisco) this past spring. His writing has appeared in Art in America, Carla, Kaleidoscope, LEAP, and Spike Art Quarterly, among other publications. Additionally, he has recently released a book of poetry and photography (Maga Books) and a limited edition 7″ record (Night Gallery).

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Architectural Body: Se Jong Cho

Saturday, September 10: 7-10 pm

Open Space

Open Space is thrilled to present Architectural Body, a solo exhibition of new works by Se Jong Cho. Please join us for the opening reception on Saturday, September 10, from 7-10pm. The gallery will be open on Saturdays from 1-5 pm until October 8.

Now it is time that gods emerge from things by which we dwell…
–Rainer Maria Rilke

These paintings are about figuring out how architecture came to organize around humans or how humans came to organize around architecture. The title comes from Madeline Gin and Arakawa’s book that explores and contemplates the architectural solutions to the dilemma of mortality.

The dilemma of mortality comes from the assumption that consciousness is personal, that when our bodies expire, we cease to be conscious; we cease to exist: the ultimate existential crisis. This assumption rises from the self-awareness that doesn’t seem to extend beyond our individual physical bodies. Apparently, Wittgenstein thought so too, concluding from his investigation of mind through an experiment of “beetle in a box.” He conjectured that one cannot feel another person’s pain, but can only infer from their own. However, if you ask a person with an alien hand syndrome, when their hand is prodded with a stick, whose pain they feel, this person would respond that it is somebody else’s pain, distinctly not their own. So, if consciousness is truly personal, how can anyone feel somebody else’s pain that is not inferred from their own?

These paintings explore our relationship with architecture as a way to expose the non-personal, collective consciousness concealed by our mortal habitation. The audience is physically external to these architectural artifacts while the body parts are integrated in them. Thus, the audience can make clinical observations of feelings of restrain and dependence, anxiousness and relaxation, and desperation and liberation. Consequently, we can begin to imagine what it feels as a body alien to our own that could foster a greater comprehension of our collective consciousness. – Se Jong Cho, 2016

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The September Show: Sanzi Kermes – Opening Reception
Sunday, September 11th : 1:30pm

Glenview Mansion Art Gallery
603 West Edmonston Drive : Rockville 20852

The September Show at Glenview Mansion Art Gallery just might prove to be the social event of the season as artist Sanzi Kermes exhibits a show designed, and tailor crafted to fancy the former reigning ladies of Glenview Mansion while engaging with today’s contemporary art world.

Sanzi is an interdisciplinary artist working in a mix of media including paper, wood, and fabric. A Scrabble aficionado, Sanzi documents the games she has played, then creates works that highlight the pattern and text formulated during each game. Sanzi’s love of language, letters, numbers, and visual arts is omnipresent throughout her work incorporating screen prints, letterpress printing, and senryu. Senryu is a Japanese form of short poetry akin to haiku, which Sanzi features throughout her work.

For the Glenview Mansion Art Gallery exhibition, Sanzi re-images costumes recently acquired from Center Stage in Baltimore, Maryland, with screen prints of rich and vibrant text and graphics. Each element within the final presentation has been carefully edited and selected based on the history of the house, from the airy light- filled sleeping porch to the adjacent gallery occupied by the ladies who reigned over Glenview Mansion, from 1838 until 1950. “From my initial walk-through of the salons and gallery space at Glenview Mansion Art Gallery, my subsequent designs interpret an evolution of the socialites who inhabited Glenview Mansion via wardrobe pieces which create a cultivated statement about yesteryear vis-a-vis a contemporary unveiling.”

<><><><><><><><><><>Michael Chandler: New & Resolved – Opening Reception
Sunday, September 11th : 2-5pm

Bismark/Wilson Gallery
1760 Bank Street : Baltimore 21231

Michael Chandler: NEW & RESOLVED

September 11 – October 23, 2016

Opening Reception

Sunday, September 11 | 2:00 – 5:00 pm

The artist will speak briefly at 3:30 pm.