The DC Traveler

November 24th, 2007

Art and the Feminist Revolution

My first experience with “feminist art” was in 1980 when I attended the Judy Chicago exhibit of her piece The Dinner Party, in Chicago.  The piece is a triangle table of 39 place settings representing mythical and historical famous women throughout history. The place setting for each woman represented was a ceramic plate that all depicted a flower-like sculpture, […]

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November 9th, 2007

Grab Your Ice Skates

While it may seem strange with the mild Fall weather we’ve been having, sometime during the middle of this month (hopefully the 17th)…weather permitting applies, the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden will be transformed from this…

To this…

The ice skating rink at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden opens for it’s 9th […]

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October 11th, 2007

Nighthawks

If you’re a fan of American painter Edward Hopper, as I am, the title says it all.
 
Nighthawks, the icon of American art is normally on display at the Art Institute of Chicago, where I first saw it as a kid. It’s now on display at the National Gallery of Art as part of […]

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October 6th, 2007

Kid’s Art Safari

Kids get to journey through a day of storytelling, art demonstrations and performances with hands-on craft activities at the Torpedo Factory’s twelfth annual Alexandria Arts Safari.
In previous years, kids have been exposed to working with clay, paper folding and dying and papier mache.
On the 3rd floor, the Alexandria Archaeology Museum will teach kids about archaeological […]

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October 5th, 2007

America’s Photographer - Ansel Adams

Photographer Ansel Adams shot some of the most amazing and iconic images of American landscapes and nature.
Born in San Francisco and the grandson of a wealthy timber baron, he grew up near the dunes of the Golden Gate.  During the 1904 San Francisco earthquake as a 4 year-old, he fell and broke his nose, […]

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October 3rd, 2007

Bodies - The Exhibition Ends Oct. 14th

Bodies - The Exhibition, the controversial exhibit currently on display at The Dome in Roslyn, is ending on October 14th.
Now is your last chance to check out this wildly successful and somewhat controversial display of plastination mummies.  
Over 20 million people have seems the exhibit worldwide.

This second video is how the plastination process happens.  […]

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September 23rd, 2007

Old Town Tour of Homes

Here’s a rare chance to tour seven of Old Town Alexandria’s most beautifully restored and decorated homes.  At the 66th annual Alexandria Tour of Homes you can take a self-guided tour of some of the most notable homes in Old Town.
While the list of homes will not be released for security reasons until just before the […]

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September 3rd, 2007

Alexandria Festival of Arts - Sept. 8-9

The Alexandria Festival of the Arts is one the the areas most attended and most enjoyable art shows of the summer.  Over 200 artists from around the country turn King Street in Old Town Alexandria into an outdoor mega-gallery. 
There will be over $15 million in fine art for sale, ranging from $20 to over $20,000 including […]

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August 23rd, 2007

Frida Kahlo’s Personal Photos and Letters

 When I ask people to name as many famous fine art painters who were women, the list is usually fairly short. I’m not sure why so few names are front of mind.  The list usually stalls after just a few names. Grandma Moses. Mary Cassett. Georgia O’Keeffe. And perhaps Frida Kahlo.
Frida was probably best known for her expressive and symbolic […]

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August 18th, 2007

American Impressionism

I never really enjoyed much of the Impressionist art movement until a trip back to Chicago a few years ago.  While there, a buddy’s ex-girlfriend, who’s an art dealer and was in town for an art show, took me on a tour of one of the biggest French Impressionist’s shows to be held at the […]

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