Getting to the Gallery: 3938 Benning Road NE, Washington DC 20019
Metro: Minnesota Ave (Orange Line) – see map to walk to CGU
Bike: Capital Bikeshare at Minnesota Ave
Bus: X2 (www.wmata.com)
Parking: see map
Art Exhibition
The ReCREATE: H20 art exhibition will celebrate the one-year anniversary of the opening Center for Green Urbanism’s Tubman-Mahan Art Gallery in Washington, DC. The Gallery is part of the Center’s eco-friendly business incubator facility providing office space for small to mid-sized businesses and start-ups. The Center and Gallery is located in Ward 7 of northeast Washington, DC on the edge of Fort Mahan Park, a national park site and gateway to the Fort Circle Park Trail.
This year’s theme is: WATER. Water plays such an important role in our lives, encompassing social, economic, cultural, and environmental issues. Some ideas to think about are: How does water play a role in your life individually and on a global scale? How would you recreate your world to make it better? What would you change? How does your art express the vision of ReCreate and theme of water?
FEATURED ARTISTS:
Irisol Gonzalez
Carol Herwig
Featured Entertainment:
East of the River Boys and Girls Club Steelband
Upcoming Events:
*All events are at The Center for Green Urbanism
Wednesday 10/19 6:30-8:30pm: Coffee with the Artists of ReCreate
Saturday 11/5 11am-2pm: Film viewing of F.L.O.W. (For the Love of Water), DCWater presentation and discussion
http://www.911artsproject.com/events/center-for-green-urbanism/coffee-artist-talk-material-swap.html
We are excited to host SCRAP-DC for a “creative reuse” art exhibition which will be held as part of The 9/11 Arts Project in September of 2011. The 9/11 Arts Project is a city-wide effort to harness the transformative power of the arts in the hope of inspiring a “year of healing” throughout the 10-year anniversary of 9/11. SCRAP-DC made the exhibition theme making meaning based on the following quote from the 9/11 Arts Project website:
The truth is, that in the face of destruction, we are impelled to create. Upheaval begets both crises and opportunity. Shiva dances to create as well as destroy. It’s a survival impulse that I am not sure we have any control over. In the face of the unfathomable, the senseless, the cruel, the devastating, we roll up our sleeves and get down to the business of making meaning.
- William Cleveland, Art an Upheaval: Artists on the World’s Frontlines
All events will take place at The Center for Green Urbanism
3938 Benning Road NE, Washington DC 20019
Hours: Tuesday-Friday 10-5 • Saturday 11-4 • closed Sunday & Monday
Contact: tubmanmahangallery@gmail.com or 202.506.3867
EVENTS
Opening Reception—Saturday 9/10, 4-7 pm
Music by Cooking with Gas
Refreshments will be served, including sweets by Dessert Station
Collection bin for your scrappy donations
Hands-on reuse activity
Creative Reuse Workshop—Saturday 9/17, 11am-1pm
Accepting up to 15 participants ages 15 and over
Gather up your outdated receipts (or we’ll provide some) for an artistic/poetic work session with: Making Meaning artist Nicole Salimbene
$3 materials fee; registration required
Contact karen@scrapdc.org or at 301.830.8690
“Coffee & Craft” Artist Talk & Materials Swap—Sunday 9/25, 10am-1pm
10:30 am: Hear our artists talk about their processes and enjoy a free cup of coffee in the beautiful and well-lit gallery space (free)
11:15 am: Bring craft materials no longer inspiring you and leave with some that do! $5 entry free to cover supplemental items provided by SCRAP-DC (begins after talk)
A one person show by Wanda Aikens.
Ward 7 Art Collaborative, Inc.
Friday, July 8, 2011
Between 6 and 9 PM
ways to shift to green
Grow your own food. When you plant your own garden you can ensure that your food is organic and healthy. A National Gardening Association study found that the average family spends $70 a year on maintaining a vegetable garden, and grows $600 worth of harvest.
Curated by Stephanie Shapiro, Curatorial Assistant
Authentic Contemporary Art/Tubman-Mahan Art Gallery @ The Center for Green Urbanism
Presented by Authentic Contemporary Art & The Center for Green Urbanism
Exhibition Dates: April 8 – May 6, 2011
The Tubman-Mahan Art Gallery
Center for Green Urbanism
3938 Benning Road, NE
Washington, DC 20019
Opening Reception: Friday, April 8, 2011, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Live music by http://www.alexmartinmusic.com/
Mama Earth is a visual celebration of the beauty of the planet Earth. The show encompasses feng shui (literally meaning wind and water) – the Chinese art of placement to bring balance and harmony to a physical space (e.g. bedroom). Feng Shui is based on having good energy – called chi, and its positive flow.
Throughout the exhibition, viewers will be able to enjoy the pieces from not only an aesthetic perspective, but also of chi and Feng Shui. Mama Earth will allow give viewers a chance to see our world macroscopically – in the big picture where Earth is part of the solar system, as well as microscopically on an elemental level where atoms are the building blocks of earth and what makes up not only us, but everything else.
Artists Participating:
Maria Byrk
Kimberly Gaines
Amy Kincaid
Tina Lassiter
Caitlin Masters
Russ McIntosh
Otis Motley
Christin Nicoll Parson
Heather Schmaedeke
Sydnei SmithJordan
Nancy Wallace
The Center for Green Urbanism is open Tuesday-Friday, 10 am – 5 pm and on weekends by appointment. Closed on Mondays
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Whitening your whites the natural way
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When you plant your own garden you can ensure that your food is organic and healthy. A National Gardening Association study found that the average family spends $70 a year on maintaining a vegetable garden, and grows $600 worth of harvest.
