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DC Art with Friends

3/13/2019

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I just spent two wonderful days seeing, talking about, and walking through art! I went to several museums with two of my fiber buddies, and we then talked art over good food, and while sitting in various transportation vehicles!

Monday we went to Washington DC. We decided to try out two of the smaller museums, the National Museum of Women in the Arts and the Renwick Gallery, before we hit the National Gallery.

​The National Museum of Women in the Arts

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We had all been to the NMWA before, and all agreed that this time the experience was more extensive and higher quality than we had remembered. We were happy to see several examples of fiber art represented.

The building is beautiful, but the curation takes a bit of getting used to. Rather than grouped chronologically or by media, it is very integrated in every gallery which, at times, requires the viewer to make some quick changes in their thoughts and perceptions. But a good visit nonetheless.
Behind the welcome desk, was a separate room with a traveling exhibit by Ambreen Butt. It was magnificent and moving. Her work uses so many different processes and exquisite craftsmanship to convey incredible concepts. 
Here is her bio (right) and one of her pieces (below). Click on the images if you need them larger!
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The Renwick Gallery

The Temple that was built for the Burning Man show was still up on the second floor and there was evidence of the next show being installed, so not much new to see up there (except the beautiful building itself!), but on the first floor there was some interesting work. Four artists, Tanya Aguiñiga, Sharif Bey, Dustin Farnsworth, and Stephanie Syjuco were all represented in a show named "Disrupting Craft ". The common thread between their work was that they all addressed social justice. The work included clay, fiber, wood, found objects and more.

For me the most interesting was Dustin Farnsworth. I was also a bit proud to read of his connections to the UW in Madison, WI. The work stood on its own as  aethestically; then the layer of social justice/injustice representation added additional depth to the work.  for more on the exhibit click here. Here are a couple shots of his work:
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As is often the case, we were too optimistic about how much time we would have, so it was a quick visit to the National Gallery. I decided to head over to the East Wing, and just say "hi" to the I.M.Pei building, and not worry about deciding what art to savor in only an hour.  My next post will be about our next day at the Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore.... stay tuned.

in the meantime,  here is a slide show are some of my shots from the national gallery, the Metro, and one from the wonderful deli/restaurant we stopped at for lunch.
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Platform Jumping in DC

1/23/2014

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I love the Metro stations in DC. My dream house is a Quonset hut, so maybe that has something to do with it. The stations are relatively new, and starkly industrial, but with lots of gentle curves that contradict the concrete. They are generally devoid of piped in music and surprisingly quiet until the train whooshes and squeals. There is that same strange time zone that you feel at airports; one that houses both quiet waiting and frantic speed.  They are both crowded and lonely. They have views that are long, and high, and downward. There are vast spaces, but there are also small cubicle waiting areas that are  intimate. Here are photos I took yesterday of some of the indoor (it was about 11F degrees , so no outdoor ones other than the one I started at on my journey!) platforms. Most of them have been merely sharpened and cropped... otherwise as shot with my trusty Fujifilm S8200.

Tunnels, stairs, and curves;

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Waiting and rushing;

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There is art and design all around us; just as musicians hear rhythms in the everyday movements around them, visual artists see patterns, colors, and compositions... whether in nature, or in urbanscapes they are all around us, Open your eyes and enjoy the bounty!
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Riding the Rails in Washington, DC

1/22/2014

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Today I spent the day on the Blue line of the DC Metro. I rode to the various stationed and got out and then got back in again.

The people watching was fantastic; The DC residents for whom this was a daily grind; A tourist or two; People heading home from the latest protest on the Mall.

It as colder than these Virginians are used to, but they were coping well.
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Coming from a non-urban area, I really enjoyed the mosaic of humanity on the trains... If only we would all talk together a bit more!
I took these photos and then manipulated them to add to the feeling established by the photo.
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Tomorrow,I will have some photos of the Stations of the DC metro...and the people waiting for the trains.
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