David Getsy Lecture-tonight at 6:00p.m.

The George Washington University Department of Fine Arts and Art History presents:

'I don't make boy sculptures': David Smith, Frank O'Hara, and Gender Assignment

a lecture by David Getsy

Goldabelle McComb Finn Distinguished Chair in Art History

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Senior Fellow

Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts

Tuesday, November 17 6:00pm

Room A-114

Smith Hall of Art

801 22nd Street

Washington, DC 20052

Artist Talk with Cara Ober and Nikki Painter

Saturday, October 17, 2009:

Artist Talk with Cara Ober and Nikki Painter
6-8pm
406 7th Street NW, 2nd Floor

Civilian Art Projects invites you to attend an artist talk with Cara Ober and Nikki Painter to discuss their shows, "Love Letters" and "Debriscapes."

This will be our last event in the 406 7th Street space before moving to the new and illustrious Warehouse Arts Complex space at 1019 7th Street NW, so please come and help us say goodbye!

Come prepared to ask the artists questions and enjoy some champagne.

RSVP on Facebook: click here

or email info@civilianartprojects.com

Thursday, October 29, 2009:

Civilian Art Projects and G Fine Art at Sorg Architects Open House
918 U Street NW

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AND COMING SOON....

Friday, November 13, 2009:
Opening Reception

Terri Weifenbach
Woods

Carole Wagner Greenwood
Controlled Burn

7-10pm
1019 7th Street NW

Friday Sept. 18: CURATOR & ARTIST TALK @ The Hirshhorn

CURATOR & ARTIST TALK:

September 18, 2009; 12:30pm
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden

The Impact of the Global Art World: an Artist's Perspective - Part of the Hirshhorn’s “In Conversation” series, this special discussion with New York and Beijing-based artist and Ink Storm guest curator Jennifer Wen Ma, and Hirshhorn Curatorial Research Associate and Transformer Board Member Ryan Hill, will explore: How does an artist's practice in an increasingly global art world find personally and culturally significant meaning? How do contemporary artists find a unique aesthetic vocabulary in this age of assimilation?

Conversation at the Mexican Cultural Institute: Sat. Sept. 12th

Please join Transformer at the Mexican Cultural Institute this Saturday, September 12, 2009 at 2pm, for a special artist talk and presentation of images from our Give & Take / Da y Toma exhibition in Mexico City

Transformer is excited to share a public conversation with Give & Take / Da y Toma artists - Holly Bass, Breck Brunson, Nilay Lawson, Solomon Sanchez, and Señor Tangcito (aka Tang) - at the Mexican Cultural institute on September 12, 2009. Please join us for this special presentation highlighting our exhibition and creative experience, including extensive images and a talk with the artists about their work. Attendance is free.