DC Trip: Civilian Art Projects, Flashpoint, National Gallery

Awesome Fall shows in DC

Erick Jackson, Nightscaping and Trish Tillman, In Irons @ Civilian Art Projects:

Jayme McLellan under Trish Tillman's sculpture

Trish Tillman

Erick Jackson (my favorite painting in his solo show, Nightscaping)

Fav painting detail

Michael Dotson in front of Erick's painting

Patrick McDonough's Reck Room @ Flashpoint:

McDonough explores art and machismo in his Reck Room installation, complete with a combination pingpong / foosball table, sports posters and paper airplanes.  

Michael and Patrick playing ping pong

google image search rug of "Aaron Curry"

National Gallery:

Look at this cool painting at the National Gallery, by "Jess"............. yep.  Really amazing painting though.  Does anyone know how to find more work by Jess?

Photos from the Opening of Jackie Milad's Inside Mouth @ Flashpoint in DC

Jackie Milad's solo show of new work, Inside Mouth, is on view at Flashpoint DC through February 13, with an artist talk at 1pm on that date.

Faces and facial expressions galore! Large grids of tiny heads, photographs, and props to facially interpret the drawings yourself:

Lots o heads!

Lauren Bender makes the best faces.

Ric Royer's faces are ok too

Love Letters and Debriscapes @ Civilian Art Projects

Love Letters, new works by Cara Ober opens Friday, September 11, 7 - 9 pm

Love Letters is Baltimore-based artist Cara Ober’s first solo exhibition with Civilian Art Projects. Ober layers drawing, painting, and printmaking into mixed media works that examine and reinterpret sentimental imagery. Intricate and funny, Love Letters explores the relationship of the artist to image, word, and personal meaning found in the exploration of secret fantasy and expressive interlude.
Also Opening @ Civilian:
Debriscapes by Nikki Painter
With Debriscapes, her first solo exhibition in Washington DC, Richmond VA-based Nikki Painter exhibits new drawings and a site-specific installation that explore -- in bright neon colors, pencil lines, and various materials -- the relationship and continuum between the built and natural worlds.
BE THERE.

DCAC 20th Anniversary Gala @ Halcyon House

The District of Columbia Arts Center celebrated its 20th year of support for DC's emerging artists at the Halcyon House in Georgetown:

Steve Frost

Nathan Manuel

Kim Hackett and Jenny Walton

Max Cook, Philippa Hughes and Steve Frost

Philip Barlow and Jeffry Cudlin

Cory Cochran

Erik Jackson

Buck Downs

Fire performers

For more information on the DCAC, visit their website