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Come to the opening reception for Denatured: Technology and the Natural World this Friday from 7-9 pm! This exhibition is part of DCAC’s curatorial initiative and runs until November 12th. Pictured above: Rachel Schmidt, “City Swimming”.

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DC Arts Center’s Tumblr turned 5 today!

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Here’s a sneak peak of Process & Practice, which opens tonight! Will we see you at the opening reception (7p-9p)? 

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Installation for Process & Practice is underway! This new Sparkplug art exhibit opens February 17th. 

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Alexis Gomez, Maquette Figure, 2016, Wood, 15 x 70 inches (lifesize)

Process & Practice

A new exhibit is coming to the main gallery! 

Process & Practice comprises painting, drawing, sculpture, and mixed media installations and assemblages. Both the diverse and interrelated practices of each artist lend themselves to the unique notion of a collective. Noting the physical, mental, social, psychological, and spiritual processes of each artist, the exhibition motivates the work to reveal its origins, ultimately prompting the viewer to move beyond what they simply see.

Presented by Sparkplug, DCAC’s Artist Collective.

More info here.

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Saying goodbye to our current intern this week! We're accepting applications for Winter/Spring 2017 internships, check our website for more information: http://dcartscenter.org/programs_5_internship.htm (at DC Arts Center)

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Setting up Power (I Know It When...)!

Interested in joining DCAC's 2017 Artist Collective? Check out tonight's opening reception of Power (I Know It When...) starting at 7pm! It'll be a great opportunity to chat with this year’s Sparkplug artists and curator. 

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Kevin Peterson’s “Sovereign” at Thinkspace Gallery.

Opening Saturday, August 20th at Thinkspace Gallery in Culver City, California is artist Kevin Peterson’s fantastic looking solo show “Sovereign.”

The Houston-based painter is known for his hyperrealistic works in which urban sprawls and rough city landscapes are offset by innocent subjects. Children and wild animals peacefully coexist as complicit companions in the detritus of stark urban environments. The poetic staging of these unexpected oppositions visually elicits powerful psychological themes. Recurring concepts continue to surface in Peterson’s work, like the perpetuity of change in self and environment, the navigation of personal trauma and loss, and solitude and the pursuit of companionship.

“Sovereign” is on display until September 10th, 2016.

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Hello darkness

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Sol LeWitt Centre Pompidou de Metz

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Some girls

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Doorways to Potential by Andrew Baines.

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Hear an eerie extended version of the Stranger Things theme song.

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JR in Rio.

For the 2016 Olympics, French artist JR created three huge installations in Rio before opening ceremonies.  Created from scaffolding and semi-transluscent material, the installations feature high-jumper Mohamed Younes Idress and swimmer Léonie Periault.  Both of these athletes did not qualify for the 2016 Olympics and JR explains them as icons of hope, “people working hard for the passion of sport.”

By donating only $1, you can support Supersonic Art.

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Portrait using thread & nails,  Kumi Yamashita

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Photo of the Day: A Bath of Pain

Edited photographer caption: Manjal Neerattu is a ritual followed by the people of Chengannur, Kerala, at the Vandimala temple. After boiling water mixed with turmeric powder, they use palm leaves to whip their bodies with the concoction. The process is said to purify the mind and body. It’s beautiful – and messy.

Photo by Aashit Desai (Bangalore, India); Chengannur, Kerala, India

Submit your best shots to our 14th Annual Photo Contest, open now!

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From Dependence by Domenica Battaglia (more here)