By Punch Pep Correspondent Elizabeth Fischer So this is a MUST see! The exhibit ends Sunday, May 6th and you do not want to miss this one. The Phillips Collection is the perfect place to relax away from work and to unwind from the busy week. For renowned post-impressionist artists like Pierre Bonnard and Edouard [...]
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Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival Announces Its Performing Arts Line Up
Bells + percussion instruments + cell phones + nature + kids + adults + professional musicians + film + artists = what? A scene from the next big budget Pixar movie? Not quite. It’s actually a compilation of what you will experience when you are participate to the fullest extent at the Northern Virgina Fine [...]
GRACE Gives Us a Good Reason to be in Reston
The GreaterRestonArtsCenter (GRACE) kicks off a weekend full of arts, artisans, crafts, live entertainment and action for the whole family with its annual upscale Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival Opening Night Party at the Town Center Pavilion within the Reston Town Center (11900 Market Street Center) on Friday, May 18th. Think Art + Craft + [...]
Punch Pick : ArtJamz Pop Up Sessions at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
One of our favorite past times in and around the nation’s capital is participating in ArtJamz, which over the course of a few years since its inception, has brought people together, raised money for charities, provided a platform and venue for the most novice artist to the most professional (and everyone in between), and unleashed [...]
Park Hyatt Washington to Partner with Corcoran Gallery of Art : Culture at the Park
Washingtonians and their out of town (or in town) guests can take part in merging art and luxury hospitality together beginning March 19th when the epitome of Americana, the Park Hyatt Washington DC and the Corcoran Gallery of Art (one of my favorites in this city) partner together with the Culture at the Park package, [...]
Contemporary Art Collectors Make Their SELECTions at the Washington Project for the Arts Gala and Art Auction
Last Saturday night contemporary art collectors came out in droves for SELECT, the Washington Project for the Arts (WPA) Gala and Art Auction. Held at the former Borders Books space on 1800 L Street NW (where Tuesday evening’s Entreprelooza will be) the ground floor was buzzing with everyone competing for mixed media, photographs, sculptures, paintings, [...]
Countdown to SELECT : Washington Project for the Arts Gala
Saturday, March 3rd is SELECT, the annual gala and art auction benefiting the Washington Project for the Arts. We hope you can make this “fun” event, which is the word Phillips Collection Director Dorothy Kosinkiused to describe when I asked her about it recently. It’s truly a culmination of the modern art world, artists and [...]
A Case for a Love of the Modern Dance : The Washington Ballet & Twyla Tharp : All American
I recall when someone I know told me years ago she didn’t much care for The Washington Ballet (TWB) because in her opinion, they didn’t “do ballet.” This is after we’d seen some of their modern dance performances and were comparing notes, as she had been a classically trained ballet dancer in her day and [...]
ArtJamz Finds Its Home in Dupont Circle
Popping up is no longer a necessity for ArtJamz, which we at the Punch have chosen on several occasions as a Punch Pick. But one must understand that ArtJamz is an experience and less about the “where” and more about the “what” and the “how,” not even about the “who,” all though the “who” is [...]
SELECT: Washington Project for the Arts Reception Hosted by UBS
Wednesday night, guests of the firm UBS wandered throughout the former Borders retailer at 1800 L Street, NW, this time not to take in stacks of books but instead walls of contemporary art. The ground floor of the vast space currently holds the Washington Project for the Arts (WPA) curated exhibition filled with some mix [...]
SELECT: Washington Project for the Arts 2012 Exhibit & Auction Opens February 11th
I was recently introduced to Washington Project for the Arts (WPA) by my friend Alexia von Lipsey, whose passion for the arts and for this organization is palpable. I had not been familiar with WPA, shame on me, but after our conversation and perusing the marketing material she presented, I was thoroughly interested to learn [...]
January 11th : Strathmore presents Rising D.C. R&B artist and Strathmore Artist in Residence Jay Hayden
By Punch Pep Correspondent Elizabeth Fischer It is the beginning of 2012 and that means many things to many people but one prevalent theme is the new year’s resolution – for most it is about exercise and diet – yet it should be about living life more (heck if the Mayan’s are correct we [...]
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