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(e)merge Art Fair opens Tonight and runs Sept. 22 – 25

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The (e)merge art fair celebrates galleries, artists, and the creative process with an an energetic environment of collaboration and discovery. The fair takes place September 22 – 25, 2011, in Washington, DC, within blocks of the U.S. Capitol Building, at the Capitol Skyline Hotel.

(e)merge features over 80 international exhibitors in two platforms: GALLERY PLATFORM – for galleries and nonprofit art spaces to show in the Hotel rooms on designated floors and ARTIST PLATFORM – for artists who are not represented, (e)merge will provide exhibition space, free of charge, for vetted works in various media (throughout the Hotel’s public areas and grounds).

Exhibitors include over 80 Commercial Galleries, and a number of non-profits, independent, and artist-run spaces, as well as installations by emerging artists. Some of the Baltimore Galleries and artists exhibiting include: Goya Contemporary, MICA, Steven Jones, Bart O’Reilly, David Page, Katherine Mann, and Stewart Watson. For more info, go to http://www.emergeartfair.com.

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