PARTY LIKE IT'S 1929 // NYE at The Fridge DC

Nothing like waiting until the last minute to pull something awesome together!

And The Fridge has done it. Inauguration demands on the DC government have left us high and dry as far as permits for renovations, but we won't let that stop us from throwing down Fridge style on New Years eve.




Performing are:David London
DJ Gold
Aligning Minds




THIS JUST IN:
DJ Anish








HOT OFF THE PRESSES:
DJ Jackie O








No cover charge. Small donations for booze, or bring your own, or both!









View street view map of the alley where you find The Fridge DC

UPDATED [ART] SiteProjects DC covered up my art ... with art

ORIGINALLY POSTED JUNE 18, 2007:
A few days ago I met one of the artists involved with SiteProjects DC, Michael Lease, as he was wheatpasting his installation of dozens of 11x17 photographic prints over top one of my street art pieces (a piece that has been up at 14th and T NW since the day James Brown died last year...)



Ironically, he included a photo he took of my piece as one of his images in his installation. he described that image (and one other image of one of my other 14th street art pieces) as an homage.

Guess thats cool ... but only because he was so nice about it, I guess I couldn't get too pissed. Plus he had permission to put his piece up. It came out pretty cool, actually.


Washington Post article

Fourteenth Street NW is pretty much the District's Gallery Row. So it is curious indeed that Washington Project for the Arts..Corcoran bypassed all of its art spaces and set its new exhibition, SiteProjects DC, out in the corridor's elements -- on 14th Street's sidewalks, on the sides of its buildings and in its shops.

SiteProjects, opening today, explores the fleeting nature of the cityscape by filling it with art, and then -- like much of what has occupied 14th Street over the years -- simply disappearing.

Michael Lease's
Michael Lease's "For the Lack of Words" is part of SiteProjects DC, opening today on 14th Street NW. (Washington Project For The Arts..corcoran)

Sixteen artists -- some tapped by independent curator Welmoed Laanstra, some chosen from entries -- have created the ephemeral site-specific sculptures, wall pastings, "graffiti" molded from moss and performances. Among their works:

· Michael Lease, "For the Lack of Words," a set of wheat-pasted photographs recalling CD release posters and concert fliers, will feature images from the community on a brick wall at 14th and T at the old Church of the Rapture.

· Elizabeth Lundberg Morisette's "Shoe Tree," a hanging installation of found objects including shoe laces, will be at Duke's Shoe Repair (the piece is being donated to the store, so it will be there indefinitely). 2000 14th St. NW.

· Live performances include "Art Services: (Waste)," in which visual and performance artist Kathryn Cornelius will take out the trash from the galleries and art spaces on the block and clean the sidewalks. It's intended to draw parallels between the lives of a working artist and a blue-collar worker. July 10-14, 5-8 p.m. daily. 14th between P and V streets.

· Beginning in mid-July, you can catch Tom Greaves's " The Compliment Machine," a cylindrical sculpture with an audio device inside that offers up praise to passersby. It will be at the Metropolis Development storefront that's become an arts hub of late. 1541 14th St. NW.

Tonight at 8, during the opening reception at the Black Cat, Laanstra will lead a tour of the sites, beginning at the Cat. The opening is 7-9 p.m. Free. 1811 14th St. NW. Or catch one piece at a time through July 28. For a full list of the SiteProjects installations, visit http://www.wpaconline.org/events/siteprojectsdc.html. 202-639-1828.

UPDATE: Also, I just found this old blog post by the artist.

Pictured, my art being covered up with his art.

DC51 Artist Collective Jumpoff Party FRIDAY!!!!




DC51 Artist Collective's Jump-Off Party is on Friday, December 19th at The Rock and Roll Hotel in Washington D.C.! DC51, which began as an Artist Collective with local street artists in the D.C. area, has now branched out to include socially-conscious bands in the area as well. This will be a great night at RNR Hotel- complete with Art on display by: DECOY, OWEL, RVLTN, Unjuanted, Taxi Gang, and more.

DC51 Performing Artists:

Drop Electric (Instrumental Set)
Christlez Bacon
Godisheus (feat. Head-Roc)
Cornel West Theory

For more info visit:

http://www.myspace.com/dropelectric
http://www.myspace.com/triflava
http://www.myspace.com/godisheus
http://www.myspace.com/cornelwesttheory
http://www.rockandrollhoteldc.com
http://www.dc51.com

Friday, December 19, 2008 at 9:00pm
Rock and Roll Hotel
1353 H. Street NE
Washington, DC

The Obvious Song









An oldie but a goodie — that's right yours truly in the two scenes – going all the way back to 1991 for the worst song Joe Jackson ever recorded. He was a tool too. He never came out of his dressing room, he was back there playing GAMEBOY the whole time.

Don't blink, or you'll miss me. ;-)

Photos from DC51 at Tee Time @ Tiffany's






Thanks to Philippa of The Pink Line Project for inviting DC51 to participate in Tee Time @ Tiffany's. The event was fantastic all around, and people loved designing their own shirts for DC51 to stencil while they watched.

My pix => HERE

More pix => HERE


Pictured are DC51 artists RVLTN and DECOY

DC51 Artist Collective Jumpoff Party




DC51 Artist Collective's Jump-Off Party is on Friday, December 19th at The Rock and Roll Hotel in Washington D.C.! DC51, which began as an Artist Collective with local street artists in the D.C. area, has now branched out to include socially-conscious bands in the area as well. This will be a great night at RNR Hotel- complete with Art on display by: DECOY, OWEL, RVLTN, Unjuanted, Taxi Gang, and more.

DC51 Performing Artists:

Drop Electric (Instrumental Set)
Christlez Bacon
Godisheus (feat. Head-Roc)
Cornel West Theory

For more info visit:

http://www.myspace.com/dropelectric
http://www.myspace.com/triflava
http://www.myspace.com/godisheus
http://www.myspace.com/cornelwesttheory
http://www.rockandrollhoteldc.com
http://www.dc51.com

Friday, December 19, 2008 at 9:00pm
Rock and Roll Hotel
1353 H. Street NE
Washington, DC

[DC51] Tee Time at Tiffany's this Friday




Tee Party @ Tiffany's:
Revolution Begins With Tee [shirts]

Friday, December 12
6 - 11 pm
@ Arlington Arts Center
3550 Wilson Boulevard
(Metro: Virginia Square)

Music: DJ Anish

Buy all your holiday presents!

6 - 10 pm
Live t-shirt stenciling by DC51

6:30 pm and 8:30 pm
Tee Party Fashion Show
Featuring designs by:
Kristina Bilonick
Billy Colbert
DC51
DECOY
Cory Oberndorfer
Lisa Marie Thalhammer

7:00 pm
Panel Discussion: The intersection between art and fashion
Moderator: Kristina Bilonick
Billy Colbert - Artist
Rachel Cothran - Project Beltway
Tom Pipkin - DC Source
Josh Tiktin - Dekka

Latest purchase: "Mary's Mouthpiece (Full of Grace)" by Dana Ellyn


I'm very pleased that I bought an awesome painting of "Mary's Mouthpiece (Full of Grace)" by Dana Ellyn yesterday at her open studio!

DECOY recently blogged about this piece, here:
http://fizgigdc.blogspot.com/2008/12/life-is-nothing-if-youre-not-obsessed.html

Call for photographers and video artists

For a group show in April 2009.

Please email alex [at] thefridgedc [dot] com with your submissions or recommendations.

peace = a

[Updated] Petar Podzemaljac

Resident NuBlu visual artist, and Brazilian Girls cover art illustrator, Petar Podzemaljac will be visiting The Fridge DC, from New York, this weekend. I'm excited.






Painting live at a Brazilian Girls concert:




I just bought this painting from him: