Coming Up! G40 summit by Art Whino

Here's a peek at some of the artwork that I'm showing at Art Whino's G-40: The Summit, in Crystal City, VA. It's shaping up to be a huge event. There's gonna be 4 floors of art. I'm really excited for it. The Grand opening is on March 6th. Hope you can make it!

Yokai in Your Eye: 6/14/08-7/26/08

"Futakuchi-Onna" 11.5 x 11.5", acrylic on wood

This past weekend was the opening of Yokai in Your Eye group show at the Bear and Bird Boutique + Gallery in Florida, I was unable to attend, but Amanda, the gallery owner, was able to take some really great shots of the participating artists' work and the show itself. Check out her Flickr set here.


Bear and Bird Gallery walls.

To purchase this painting, check out the Bear and Bird Boutique + Gallery Online Shop (unless you're local of course!)

Artomatic 2008 is here!

Tonight is the night folks!

It's time for ARTOMATIC 2008 and I'll be participating for the very
first time! I'll have 2 new paintings and a new serigraph print
available. (pictured here)



The opening night is TONIGHT, Friday (May 9th) from 12pm-2am. Free
admission.

I'm on the 11th floor (the floor with the bar) on the NW side (the
side without the bar). I plan on being there from about 7pm until late. So drop by whenever you can.



Artomatic (http://artomatic.org)
Opening Friday, May 9 - Closing June 15
1200 First St NE
Capital Plaza I - corner of First & M streets NE - NY Ave Metro
Wed-Thu: 5pm-10pm; Fri-Sat: noon-2am; Sun: noon-10pm; closed Mon-Tue

The amount of artists this year is huge, There's around 1,000 participants. 10 floors of artwork. And no worries about finding your way around. It's a simple layout (unlike the maze of rooms from last year).

Parking, from what I understand, is on the street, there's 2 clubs nearby, so the metro is probably your best bet. It's a quick couple blocks from the NY Ave. train station, you can see the building from the platform.

Thanks everyone, hope to see you there, with friends!

Yuri's Night

Here's a couple images from Yuri's Night 2008. Had a great time and saw some great artwork and amazing stripteases. Thanks to Jared, Kate and Art Whino for a great evening!





If you want to see some more photos from the event that night, I believe Jared has some, and Scott Brooks does as well!

Not "Crafty Mofo"

from KarenElizabeth's Flickr stream.

I think it's noteworthy that Silver Spring is going to have it's own branch of the Crafty Bastards fair this year. As per Silver Spring, Singular:

Are you the child of an unwed mother and posses mad crochet skills? If so, then Crafty Bastards is a perfect opportunity for you! As I mentioned before, the Washington City Paper's crafts fair is expanding to Silver Spring this summer, and they are now accepting applications for booth space. Better hurry, as the deadline is April 16th. Let's ensure that MoCo is adequately represented at the event instead of allowing carpetbaggin' DC crafties to monopolize the booths.

Yuri's Night '08

The info has been released!

Come on out to VA on Saturday, April 12, 2008 for the Yuri's Night 2008 Space Party!

I'll have brand new (space themed) artwork for your viewing pleasure, plus there will be vodka drinks and (mostly) naked ladies!

From the press release (found here in it's entirety):

Art Whino (www.artwhino.com) in partnership with ABJ Productions (www.artbyjared.com) launch Yuri’s Night ‘08 World Space Party, April 12th, 2008 from 8pm to 2am at 717 N. Saint Asaph St. Alexandria, VA 22314.Tickets are now on sale, $20 in Advance or $25 at the Door. Admission price includes entertainment and 3 drink vouchers good for Stoli Vodka’s cosmic-concoctions. Cash Bar available all evening.

To purchase tickets, visit www.outofthisworldparty.com

This is a 21 and older event.

 

This Just In ...

ARTOMATIC 2008

May 9 – June 15, 2008
Capitol Plaza building, located at 1200 First Street, NE
(at the corner with M Street)
Washington, DC 20002
Metro stop: Red Line, New York Ave./Florida Ave./Gallaudet Univ.
(M Street exit)
Free admission. Donations accepted

HOURS
Wednesdays and Thursdays: 5 pm – 10 pm
Fridays and Saturdays: Noon – 2 am
Sundays: Noon – 10 pm
Closed Mondays and Tuesdays

Artomatic, the Washington, D.C., area’s eclectic, engaging — and occasionally even eye-popping — arts extravaganza is back this spring and promises to be more of a draw than ever before.

The NoMa (north of Massachusetts Avenue) Business Improvement District (BID) will host this year’s homegrown art extravaganza, Artomatic. From May 9 through June 15, 2008, hundreds of local and regional artists will exhibit their works throughout the Capitol Plaza building, located at First and M Streets, N.E., just one block west of the New York Avenue Metro station.

Held regularly since 1999, Artomatic transforms an unfinished indoor space into an exciting and incredibly diverse arts event that is free and open to the public. In addition to displays and sales by hundreds of artists, the event features free musical, dance, and theater performances; holiday celebrations; films; educational presentations; and much more.

This year’s Artomatic, occupying 200,000 square feet at Capitol Plaza, will be the largest to date. Designed by the renowned architect Shalom Baranes and owned by Polinger, Shannon & Luchs, Capitol Plaza offers 293,000 rentable square feet of Class A office space, with dramatic Capitol and city views from the upper floors.

GOG

Looks like Art in Heat '07 made it into an end of year list over at washingtonpost.com's Going Out Gurus. Thanks Jared for pointing this out! Will there be an Art in Heat '08? Only time will tell (I vote for yes)

From the GOG article:

"'Tug of War' at Hemphill and 'Art in Heat' at the Warehouse. I was glad to see a number of lowbrow/pop-surrealist shows on local gallery dockets this year. Even though the technique in most of the pieces on view was top notch, this brand of sometimes-cartoony art doesn't take itself too seriously and that's kind of refreshing when you go out for a night of art viewing. We have a great stable of locals who produce this kind of work, and it was great to see their pieces represented in the Warehouse show. Many of those same artists' names are now on the walls at Alexandria's newish Art Whino gallery."

Spent the weekend in Bedford Springs, PA. A photo or two from that once Tony gets them sorted!

Been working on a series of ink paintings on cardboard. More on that soon too!

Friday, November 9th ~ Art Whino!

Check it out guys. Coming up Friday, November 9th, I've got a group show with the Art Whino collective in Alexandria VA.You'll see 2 digital prints on canvas as well as 2 new acrylic paintings, including "Come Back!" shown above. You'll love'em I promise. So come on out and see lots of great work.See ya there!
~Alan
www.alandefibaugh.com


Art Whino Gallery
www.artwhino.com
717 N. Saint Asaph St
Alexandria, VA 22314
O 703.462.4135
F 574.830.1651

Tussle

Tussle
Originally uploaded by Alan Defibaugh.


Giclee print on canvas, edition of five.
On Display at Washington DC's Warehouse through July 30th.
Print available at the Art in Heat website!

Who Do You Want Me To Be To Make You Sleep With Me?

Who Do You Want Me To Be To Make You Sleep With Me?

Originally uploaded by Alan Defibaugh.


Giclee print on canvas, edition of five.

On Display at Washington DC's Warehouse through July 30th.

Print available at the Art in Heat website!