New attitudes, techniques and cultural influences have created "hybrid" processes that have changed the face of collaborative screen-printing today. To better understand the history and future of the process, please join us for a conversation about screen printing with Director of the Hand Print Workshop International, Dennis O'Neil titled:
New Directions and Alternative Processes:
An informal discussion about prints from the Hand Print Workshop International at Civilian Art Projects
Thursday, July 10th, 2008 7:30pm
Refreshments provided
RSVP:
info@civilianartprojects.com
or
202-347-0022
PLEASE JOIN CIVILIAN ART PROJECTS for a talk with Jason Zimmerman and a closing party for his exhibition “Feel better, longer.”
Friday, June 13, 2008. 7pm.
Refreshments provided.
The more the merrier but seating is limited.
RSVP to info@civilianartprojects.com
“Feel better, longer” is an installation based exhibition where the artist explores the notion of “mediating” nature and human nature. To commemorate a time that has passed, to relish a moment of desire or fantasy, or to temper certain pervasive clichés, humans go to great lengths to negotiate our natural state and our natural environments.
In “Feel better, longer,” Jason Zimmerman delivers his most ambitious exhibition to date. Comprised of several interdependent projects that mediate nature or some form of what we perceive as natural, Zimmerman embraces the idea of recreational simulacra and replicas of truth or reality in place of the real thing. Seeing the world as a kind of Lynchian Disney World, Zimmerman’s work contains reality or explores the boundary between what is artificial, what is real, and what is remembered.
Often scratching the surface to reveal what is underneath, “Feel better, longer” shows the importance of process as a central characteristic in Zimmerman’s art. Many of the works deliberately reveal their mechanics including a choreographed, collaborative video where the artist surrounds a young man in a halo of artificial flowers and a table full of terrariums created by the artist and friends. The terrariums are small self-contained ecosystems made in commonly discarded plastic materials found and cleaned by the artist. The project grows within the gallery. Another project includes “specimens” or items collected over time in places of meaning, places the artist seeks to remember for their weight and importance. All
are displayed and shared with the visitor.
"Feel better, longer" and Jen Stark's solo exhibition "Much-much" close Saturday, June 14, 2008 at 6pm.
PLEASE JOIN CIVILIAN AND CURATOR'S OFFICE FOR A CONVERSATION WITH:
craigslist artists
John Dumbacher, Jason Horowitz & Jason Zimmerman
FRIDAY, April 18, 2008
7PM
Join co-curators Andrea Pollan and Jayme McLellan for a conversation with the artists featured in Civilian's current exhibition, craigslist, on display through April 26. Artists John Dumbacher, Jason Horowitz and Jason Zimmerman will discuss and share their ideas and artistic process with the audience.
RSVP to info@civilianartprojects.com or 202-347-0022.
Refreshments provided.
If you have not had a chance to read Blake Gopnik's studio review of the Dumbacher's, please click here.
Kate's conversation with photographer and art professor Colby Caldwell
Please join us on Saturday, April 26th (the last day of the show) for an "art conversation" with Kate MacDonnell, Colby Caldwell, and you. We are going to free form it as words and topics inspired from Kate's exhibition 100 ways to kneel and kiss the ground provoke thoughts and discussion. Join us. 3pm. Free.
CIVILIAN ART PROJECTS at SCOPE Miami
Booth #23
Exhibiting works by:
Ken Ashton
Lisa K. Blatt
Martin Brief
Frank Hallam Day
Jason Falchook
Peter Garfield
Erick Jackson
Paul Jeffreys
Amanda Kleinman
Kate MacDonnell
Jen Stark
Noelle Tan
Jason Zimmerman
SCOPE Miami General Info
Location:
Roberto Clemente Park
101 NW 34th St
Wynwood Art District, Miami
Shuttles:
Shuttle buses run daily to the SCOPE pavilion from The Standard Miami Beach, the Raleigh Hotel and Art Basel Miami Beach.
HOURS:
First View-VIP:
Wed 12/5: 10am - 5pm
Daily:
Thurs 12/6-8: 10am - 8pm
Sun 12/9: 10am - 6pm
Civilian Art Projects and the BW Research Council present:
"Beyond Literacy: An Evening of Words and Verse"
Grace Cavalieri, Cathy Eisenhower, Stewart Lupton, Casey Smith
Reception 7pm, Reading 7:30 to 8:30pm
$ 3.00 donation
Grace Cavalieri is the author of several books, and 21 produced plays. She's produced "The Poet and the Poem" from the Library of Congress on public radio, now in its 31st year. Among honors, Grace holds the Allen Ginsberg Award for Poetry, A Paterson Prize for Poetry, the Pen- Syndicated Fiction Award, the Bordighera Poetry Award, the Folger's inaugural "Columbia Award" and CPB's Silver Medal. Her book What I Would do For Love (Poems in the Voice of Mary Wollstonecraft, 1759-1797) is the basis for her new play, "Hyena in Petticoats." Among production awards, her play "Quilting the Sun" received a key to the city of 
Cathy Eisenhower lives and works as a librarian in
Stewart Lupton is a writer and musician living in
Casey Smith teaches writing, literature, and cultural studies at the Corcoran College of Art + Design. He is a founding member of the D.Steel(e) Society of Advanced Poetics, and co-author of "Office Taste" (2006) a collaboration with photographer Vesna Pavlovic.
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BE OUR MYSPACE FRIEND!
Civilian Art Projects has officially launched a MySpace page. Please add us as your friend and spread the word to everyone that you know that may be interested friending our civic-minded gallery. Exclusive to our page is images taken by fellow Civilian's at our events. Check them out!
PAST EVENTS
LAST CHANCE TO SEE MEGALOPOLIS AND AT STAKE AND RIDER!
In its final week, Ken Ashton's Megalopolis and Lily Cox-Richard's At Stake and Rider closes on Saturday, July 21, 2007. Join us for a talk with the artists to round out an amazing show. Open to the public, the discussion will begin at 3:00 p.m. and will be moderated by Civilian Art Projects' Director, Jayme McLellan. Refreshments will be served.
Exhibition hours are Wednesday through Saturday from 12:00 to 6:00 p.m. and by appointment.
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After July 21, Civilian will be open by appointment only through September 6, 2007. On September 7th, Civilian Art Projects begins its Fall exhibit series with photographer, Noelle Tan and painter, Erick Jackson. The exhibition will feature Tan, who creates innovative photographs dominated by either white or black space, who will debut her new white series of large scale photographs (50" x 40") of desert landscapes and other ethereal subjects. Jackson's new series of paintings are based on an imaginative reflection of the interior of Dracula's house. Tan's exhibition is sponsored by the Creative Capital Foundation, a poem and essay by Grace Cavilieri, host of the Poet and the Poem from the Library of Congress, will accompany the work.
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SUMMER FUN EVENT! August 1
If you are like us, enjoying the baking asphalt and smells of summer in DC, please join Panache, Civilian, Reuben Breslar and the folks at 1644 N. Capital in saying a big DC hello to ....
THE SHOW IS THE RAINBOW
Wednesday, Aug.1, 2007
THIS EVENT IS NOT AT CIVILIAN, IT IS AT:
The Bobby Fisher Memorial Building
1644 N. Capitol Street
8 - 11 PM
Wednesday, Aug.1, 2007
$2 donation to help with gas for the band and refreshments
Joining THE SHOW IS THE RAINBOW:
Black and Tan Fantasy Band (Hash & Jay Conny)
Pontiak
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Self Made: rock-band-style touring group of 3
7 - 10pm
Hopelessly Sad songs by Kevin Parks Hauser
THREE ARTISTS TOUR THE COUNTRY LIKE A ROCK BAND
(download full press release in PDF format)
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"Draw In" Happening Project
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007, 6-9 pm
Civilian Art Projects hosts this open to all community drawing event organized by artist and musician Reuben Breslar. About the project, Breslar says:
"The Draw-In project, as I have come to name it, is a community awareness happening composed loosely around art environments and the act of drawing. It is in continuum and will occur as often as possible. It combines issues of personal sincerity and interaction in the public scenario. The idea has evolved from the crossroads of two major influences in my life. The first being the joy of drawing amongst friends over drinks, and the conversation and serendipitous moments that come about from social engagement based around drawing. The second stems from issues of cultural awareness and identity- subjects that need to be addressed in the artworld as well as the public sphere amongst the contemporary artmarket and other pressing insularly 'conversations.' My end goal is to have the event serve as a reminder as to the potential of art and the need for wholesome human relations."
Come one, come all, and draw!
When: Wednesday, May 30th, 2007, 6-9 pm
Where: Civilian Art Projects (406 7th St., NW, Floor 3 WDC 20004)
http://civilianartprojects.com/ 202-347-0022
Why: Because fun times need awesome people in attendance
The event itself is an after work affair, an evening of drawing, drinking, eating and having a good time. Some drinks will be provided, all you have to do is show up. The project is about community awareness and bringing together as many strangers under one roof as possible.
Please come with your materials of choice.
Sponsored by Flying Dog Ale
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FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 2007 AT THE HOSIERY APES, DMBQ, FOOD FOR ANIMALS
This event is NOT at Civilian; it is at The Hosiery:
443 I Street NW
10pm
$8 donation
Sponsored by Flying Dog Ale
APES emerged from the wet, heavy jungle of Washington DC in 1999 to command the rock subculture. Their modus: uniting great warlords, absorbing rogue factions, and educating red-handed guerilla bands with a passionately wayward rock signal.
DMBQ: No discussion of Tokyo underground scene would be complete without mentioning DMBQ. They are the missing link between the much-divided Japanese Noise/Alternative music and garage rock scene. Their Hard Rock/Psychedelic-based music, infused with elements of Noise and Free Improvisation, still unleashes an unstoppable power to embrace the whole spectrum of underground music. Creating a sonic wasteland of instruments, they barrage you with a sound reminiscent to Led Zeppelin on acid. Defining that rockíníroll is still a forced to be reckoned with, DMBQ stretches the limitations of the human physique as well as the livelihood of their musical equipment with their deranged finales at the end of each show.
FOOD FOR ANIMALS: "Food for Animals step up to the plate and mostly obliterate the rhythmic conventions we've come to expect from hip-hop." -- Pitchfork
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TUESDAY, JUNE 12 ART FOR DARFUR
DC school children depict the crisis,
organized by filmmaker Aisha Bain (Darfur Diaries) and teachers of the DC Public School System
SEE the conflict in Darfur through the eyes of children
HEAR from activists working to end this crisis
LEARN about the simple things that you can do to end the genocide
Join us at Civilian Art Projects
6:30 to 8:30 pm
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Guest Speakers:
Julia Spiegel, ENOUGH!, the project to abolish genocide and mass atrocity
Scott Warren, STAND, a student anti-genocide coalition
Sponsored by Civilian Art Projects and DC for Peace in Darfur
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FRIDAY, JUNE 15TH
7-9pm
Ken Ashton
Megalopolis
Lily Cox-Richard
At Stake and Rider
June 15 - July 20, 2007
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, June 15, 2007, 7-9pm
EXHIBITION HOURS:
Wednesday - Saturday, 12 to 6pm