Category: Events

New Exhibit Coming in March — Like Nowhere I’ve Been: Landscapes de un Sueño  

Evolve Urban Arts Project Presents:Like Nowhere I’ve Been: Landscapes de un SueñoMark Parascandola and John M. AdamsMarch 5, 2011 – April 23, 2011Opening reception: Saturday, March 5, 5-8 pm The Evolve Urban Arts Project is pleased to announce Like Nowhere I’ve Been: Landscapes de un Sueño featuring photographer Mark Parascandola and visual artist John M. Adams. The exhibition examines how these two DC-based artists create and document artificial, man-made landscapes conceived from elements of modern day visual and cultural reality. Parascandola bases his landscapes in specific architectural detritus found in the arid Almeria province of Spain. The deserts of Spain […]

The Neighborhood Network  

Along with a dozen Mid City Artists, I’ll be participating in the Social Network in the Neighborhood exhibit at the new DC Loft Gallery. I have three prints in the show from the Icon in Miami and Algarrobico in Almeria, Spain. Both are newly-constructed luxury real estate developments that have been left uninhabited (or uninhabitable) amid the real estate crisis. Unfortunately, I’ll miss the opening reception, but there are plans for an artist talk evening in December. The new space is near 14th and U streets, above Domino’s Pizza at 1926B 14th Street.

Mid City Artists Open Studios: November 6 & 7  

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City Paper Picks for this week: Cult Show  

Louis Jacobson has a nice write-up in this week’s City Paper about the Cult of Frank Van Riper photography exhibit an the Gallery@Social. The back story removes some of the mystery about the group’s origin. And my “image of a ramshackle facade” (above), showing a now-demolished structure on Belmont street, gets a mention.

Cult: 10/29  

Friday, October 29 at 6:00pm till Midnight The Gallery at Social 1400 Meridian St. NW (Columbia Heights Metro)   Join The Dunes and the Gallery at Social as we kick off Halloween weekend with the opening of Cult: 10/29, featuring photographs from 18 members of the Cult of Frank Van Riper — an underground DC-based photography group. This art event will merge photography of diverse perspectives with music, food and body art. Later in the evening, the opening will roll into a full-fledged Halloween party on all three floors of Social. Music b…y DJs Adrian Loving and Soul Call PaulDesigner […]

Mid City Artists Open House  

Spanish Ghosts: Notes on the Locations  

I provided some information at the Spanish Ghosts exhibition about the locations where the photographs were taken. These buildings and spaces have many intriguing stories behind them that add to their significance. Here are the descriptions: Cortijo del Fraile: Federico Garcia Lorca’s Bodas de Sangre was inspired by a true story that appeared in a Spanish newspaper in 1928. A bride-to-be ran off with another man (her cousin) the night before the wedding, but the groom’s brother discovered the couple and shot and killed the lover. The bride-to-be lived on a farm called El Fraile. Over 75 years later, the […]

Spanish Ghosts opening  

Thanks to all who came out for the opening of Spanish Ghosts: Spain’s Abandoned Architecture last thursday. The event was a great success — a couple hundred people turned up throughout the evening to view the photos and taste spanish wines and chocolates. The event was also a great start to the SpainDC month-long celebration of spanish culture. The exhibit will remain up at Studio B at Biagio Fine Chocolate throughout the end of October. Feel free to drop by for another look and to read about the stories behind the buildings and locations in Spain where the photographs were […]

Spanish Ghosts: Spain’s Abandoned Architecture  

Photographs by Mark Parascandola   Opening Reception: Thursday, October 8, 6:00-8:30 Free Spanish chocolate and wine tasting! Studio B at Biagio Fine Chocolate 1904 18th Street NW (between T Street and Florida Avenue)Washington DC Chocolate samples from Biagio Fine Chocolate Spanish wine tasting by Tradewinds Specialty Imports The landscape of Spain is dotted with abandoned structures, ghosts of a multi-layered history. Preserved in the arid climate, these architectural remains reveal the impact of time, weather, and transient visitors who have left their own mark. The subjects in this series of photographs include the Carabanchel prison in Madrid, a salt-eroded church […]

The Guest Book  

This year at Artomatic I left a guest book for visitors to sign. I never anticipated the range of comments the DC Tags images would inspire. Of course, it was great to hear from friends, neighbors, coworkers, family connections, and fellow artists and art fans. Many left encouraging words. Some left their own artful tags in the book. Others commented on what the images made them think of — the freedoms we enjoy in this country and the challenges some citizens face in having their voices heard. And a few visitors were disturbed by what they saw, objecting to the […]