Tuesday, December 11, 2007

call to ACTION! from the 12/9/07 meeting

1-The Wack! Show at the National Museum of Women in the Arts ends on Sunday (12/16/07). Of the 7 of us that were at last Sunday's meeting at least 4 of us were interested in going so we thought it would a good jumping off spot for discussion. We set a loose schedule to be at NMWA between Noon & 2:30 PM. If you prefer to go on your own or can't make this time frame, that's cool, but I do hope you see the show.

To start off the discussion here is a link to a review I wrote in October of the WACK! show at NMWA on my school blog. If you are "afraid" this is just a show of feminist art, or artists that are "Feminists" I think you are wrong. Take a look at the review.

National Museum of Women in the Arts, is at:
1250 New York Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20005, 202-783-5000, 1-800-222-7270

Admission
Adults: $10.00, Visitors 60 and over: $8.00, Students: $8.00, NMWA members: Free
Youth 18 and under: Free, Free Community Days are the first Sunday of every month.

Hours
Monday-Saturday: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Sunday: noon - 5:00 p.m.

2- We also discussed an installation that sparked an interesting discussion about drawing. It is called Loop and is by Jennifer Steinkamp's and seems like it is on view right now as part of the Corcoran's permanent collection. The Corcoran graciously provided this archived link to info about the piece called Loop. It would be interesting if WE ALL went and looked at it and then talked about it in relation to drawing. Once again the loose plan is to meet here at 2:30 PM, Saturday 12/15/07 if you are interested. The Corcoran is at 500 Seventeenth Street NW, Washington, DC 20006, 202) 639-1700.

Hours

10 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 10 a.m.–9 p.m. Thursday. The Gallery is closed Tuesdays.

Admission
General Admission $6, Children aged six and under admitted free of charge.
Complimentary Admission for Members. General admission gains the visitor access to the Corcoran’s permanent collection galleries. All reciprocity agreements will be honored. However there is an additional charge for the special exhibition (Annie Leibovitz & Ansel Adams)- we were not really focusing on that, just "Loop" in the meeting so don't be compelled to see it except for your own edification.
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