25th Annual Mayor's Arts Awards

The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
is pleased to invite you to the 25th Annual Mayor's Arts Awards

Presented by
The Honorable Adrian M. Fenty
Mayor, District of Columbia

Hosted by
Dr. Anne Ashmore-Hudson
Chair, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities


Honors of Distinction
Félix Angel
Inter-American Development Bank, Cultural Center
2010 Mayor's Award for Visionary Leadership in the Arts

Michael O'Sullivan
The Washington Post
2010 Mayor's Special Recognition Award


"...and the 25th Annual Mayor's Arts Awards Finalists are"
- Gloria Nauden
Executive Director, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities

EXCELLENCE IN AN ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE · Cathedral Choral Society · Ira Blount · Lawrence Bradford · Pan American Symphony Orchestra · Peter Waddell · Step Afrika! · The Suzanne Farrell Ballet · Theater Alliance Of Washington DC · Transformer · EXCELLENCE IN SERVICE TO THE ARTS · Dance/Metro DC · Kim Roberts · Margery E. Goldberg · Washington Project For The Arts · OUTSTANDING EMERGING ARTIST · Andrew Wodzianski · Brian W. Grundstrom · Sarah Elizabeth Koss · Helanius J. Wilkins · Luciana Stecconi · Michelle Herman · INNOVATION IN THE ARTS · Daniel Pheonix Signh · Fotoweek DC · GALA Hispanic Theatre · Miriam's Kitchen · Taffety Punk Theatre Company · The Theatre Lab School Of The Dramatic Arts · Velocity Dance Festival · OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO ARTS EDUCATION · Citydance Ensemble, Inc. · Duke Ellington School Of The Arts · The Shakespeare Theatre Company · The John F. Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts/ Education Dept. · The Washington Ballet · Washington Performing Arts Society · MAYOR'S AWARD FOR ARTS TEACHING · LANGUAGE ARTS · Kathy Echave · Mark A. Williams · PERFORMING ARTS · Gregory E. Lewis · Premila Mistry · Thomas Kingston Pierre, Jr. · Rebecca Stump · Benjamin Whelan-Morin · VISUAL ARTS · Stephanie Basralian · Daniel A. Foley · Eric Michael Ginsburg · Bill Harris · Charles Jean-Pierre · Vinson Irby · Andrea Perll · Lindy Russell-Heymann


Monday | March 22, 2010 | 6:00pm

Historical Society of Washington, DC
801 K Street, NW (at Mount Vernon Square)
Washington, DC 20001

Valet Parking Available $10
This event is free and open to the public
This invitation does not guarantee admission

For more information contact Victoria.Murray@dc.gov

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CityDance Catalyst Promo!

Check out this promo video for CityDance Ensemble's upcoming concert: Catalyst!

March 13 & 14, 2010 at the Lansburgh Theatre, Harman Center for the Arts.

Tickets: 202.547.1122, harmancenter.org Still on sale but going fast! Get yours today!

Catalyst: CityDance in Concert (Promo 2) from CityDance Ensemble on Vimeo.

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MPA Call for Entries!

Fantastic Journeys: Call for Entries!

EXHIBITION DATES

June 17 – July 31, 2010

CASH AWARDS of $1,500

SUBMISSION DEADLINE

April 12, 2010, 5 pm

TO ENTER

• Artists may submit up to four images. Images must be sent on a disc in 300 dpi resolution jpeg format. Please do not email images. Each image should be labeled with the artist’s last name, first name and image number (example, smith.jane1.jpeg). Cover and disc must both be labeled with artist’s name, title of piece, length and year created.
• A hard copy of a list of images. Include artist name, title of piece, sales price, medium, size and year done.
• Artist statement
• Current resume
• Self-addressed, stamped envelope if you would like your submission returned. Only submissions with SASE included will be returned.
• Completed entry form
• Entry fee of $25.

Make checks payable to:

McLean Project for the Arts

For further information email Nancy Sausser:

nsausser@mpaart.org

McLean Project for the Arts,

1234 Ingleside Avenue,

McLean, VA 22101

Phone: 703.790.1953

TDD 703.827.8255

www.mpaart.org

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Save the Date: March 21st Sunday Circus!

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Call to Photographers! Portraits of DC

PORTRAITS OF DC: A Photo Competition

CALL TO PHOTOGRAPHERS!

The DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities,

FotoWeek DC, and DC Counts Campaign;

are partnering to issue all DC artists, at all skill levels,

a challenge: to capture the diverse beauty reflected in

the faces of Washington residents. Like the census, we seek portraits

representing people of all ages, races, and ethnic groups in each quadrant

of the city. Fifty-one portraits will be selected and exhibited at Social,

a Columbia Heights Restaurant.

Entry Deadline: Tuesday | March 30, 2010 | 7PM

Click here to view the Call to Artists and to obtain an application

For more information, visit www.dcarts.dc.gov

or contact Zoma Wallace at zoma.wallace@dc.gov

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Check out the DC Irish Writer's Festival! Now through March 15th!

opening this thursday the dc irish writers festival 11th - 15th march 2010 all events are free! please help us make season 5 possible. we need you to make our brilliant and unique programming happen. contribute here now other march events! selected events check back for updated and added events march 5th - april 4th nevan lahart residency at noma march 8th pinkline salon contra with nevan lahart march 8th solas nua book club let the great world spin by colum mccann march 9th fishamble: the new play company forgotten by pat kinevane march 10th - april 21st beginner irish language classes march 11th - 28theverything between us by david ireland 11-13, 18-20 march at the annenberg center for the performing arts, philadelphia. 15-16 march at the alleyway theatre, buffalo. 23-28 march at flashpoint, dc. march 17th irish book day march 17th at 8pmcraicdown part 2! monday, march 22nd at 7pm fishamble play reading series monged by gary duggan directed by rex daugherty march 29th at 7pm irish popcorn! free irish films the tiger's tail directed by john boorman and starring brendan gleeson beyond march... april 1 - may 8, 2010 bart o'reilly old lines from the luminous state thursday, april 8th, 2010 lunchtime talk with artist bart o'reilly monday, april 12, 2010 solas nua book club confessions of a fallen angel by ronan o'brien monday, april 19th 7pm fishamble play reading series noah and the tower flower by sean mcloughlin directed by linda murray thursday, april 22nd evening panel withbart o'reilly and selected critics on modern irish painting monday, april 26th 7pm irish popcorn! free irish films cinegael paradiso directed by robert quinn starring bob quinn may 10, 2010 solas nua book club the holy city by patrick mccabe monday, may 17th 7pm fishamble play reading series the pride of parnell street by sebastian barry directed by des kennedy monday, may 24th 7pm irish popcorn! free irish films a song for rebecca directed by norah mcgettigan starring gemma doorly june 10 - july 3, 2010 the american premiere of johnny meister + the stitch by rosemary jenkinson directed by des kennedy june 14, 2010 solas nua book club the truth about love by josephine hart monday, june 21st 7pm fishamble play reading series rank by robert massey directed by colin hovde monday, june 28th 7pm irish popcorn! free irish films tara road directed by gillies mckinnon starring andie macdowell july 12, 2010 solas nua book club john the revelator by peter murphy monday, july 19th 7pm fishamble play reading series strandline by abbie spallen directed by dan brick monday, july 26th 7pm irish popcorn! free irish films when brendan met trudy directed by kieron j. walsh starring peter mcdonald thursday, 11th march nick laird and glenn patterson in conversation with chris agee the goethe institut at 8pm 812 7th street nw metro: gallery place/chinatown ________________________________________ sponsored by the northern ireland bureau, our opening night of the festival promises to be an exciting conversation about new writing in northern ireland punctuated by readings from nick laird and glenn patterson. friday, 12th march christine dwyer hickey the arts club of washington at 7pm 2017 i street nw metro: foggy bottom __________________________________________ christine dwyer hickey is the author of tatty, the gambler andlast train from liguria. saturday, 13th march claire kilroy busboys & poets at 4pm 1025 5th street nw metro: mount vernon square _______________________________________ claire kilroy is the author of all summer (winner of the rooney prize), tenderwire and all names have been changed. saturday, 13th march the yellow bittern: the life and times of liam clancy the goethe institut at 8pm 812 7th street nw metro: gallery place/chinatown _______________________________ a special screening of the yellow bittern - a new feature documentary from alan gilsenan about liam clancy, the man that bob dylan called "just the best ballad singer i'd ever heard in my whole life". sunday, 14th march chris agee busboys and poets at 4pm 1025 5th street nw metro: mount vernon square ______________________________ chris agee is a poet and the editor of the irish pages. sunday, 14th march philip o ceallaigh busboys and poets at 5.30pm 1025 5th street nw metro: mount vernon square ______________________________ philip o ceallaigh is the author of notes from a turkish whorehouse and the pleasant light of day. monday, 15th march gerard donovan busboys and poets at 6.30pm 1025 5th street nw metro: mount vernon square ______________________________ gerard donovan is the author of schopenhauer's telescope ( long-listed for the man booker prize) and julius winsome.

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The cameras they carried at DCist Exposed

Rafael Valero writes about some images he saw at the DCist Exposed show HERE.

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