The Critique Returns!

Our blockbuster smash hit series The Critique is returning with a fantastic lineup!

The Critic!

George Hemphill

( Owner of Hemphill Gallery)

The Artists!

Lorenzo Cardim

Michael West

We will show the work of these 2 artists and have Mr Hemphill guide us through talking about the work. Our aim is to intelligently discuss the work, pointing out strengths and flaws in the pieces, and providing a suggested guidance for the future. 

We would like to invite everyone that is interested in hearing this conversation about specific works of art to sit in on The Critique. The conversation is meant to be critical, and constructive. We aim to discuss what works, what doesn’t work, and to lead the artist toward possible resolutions or developments. 

Thursday

November 16th

3708 Otis Street 

Mount Rainier, MD

6:30-7:00 Meet and Greet

7:00-9:00ish The Critique

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The Critique with Eric Hope November 16th

The Critique

Please join us for the November installment of our ongoing series The Critique. An invited special guest critic will lead us in a discussion of the work of 2 artists. We'll see slides, see actual work, and talk about the ideas the artists are conveying and attempting to convey. 

Guest Critic: Eric Hope
Eric Hope is a curator and writer based in the Brookland neighborhood of Washington, DC. He moved to the District in 1997 and a twist of fate found him a volunteer marketing job at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. In 2009, after ten years of marketing work at large museums in DC he moved to the realm of curating, staging a variety of solo, duo and small-group shows for the Evolve Urban Arts Project. He is currently a Senior Contributor at East City Art where he regularly profiles artists and critiques local exhibitions. Originally from Missouri, Hope holds degrees in International Relations and Public Service Administration from DePaul University in Chicago.

Gues Artists:
Eve Hennessa
http://www.evehennessa.com/

Kate Kretz
http://www.katekretz.com/

Food and Drink provided by the Gateway CDC's 39th Street Gallery. All programming of the 39th Street Gallery are generously supported by the MNCPPC's Department of Parks and Recreation, Arts and Cultural Heritage Division, Prince George's County.

Wednesday November 16th
6:30-7:00 Meet and Greet
7:00-9:00 The Critique
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The Critique with Jayme McLellan September 14th

The Critique
with
Jayme McLellan

Here at Otis Street Arts Project, we’re interested in elevating our conversations about art. We feel that group studios and areas of artist density provide fertile ground for growth and development. While this is an important part of our daily interaction as artists, we also feel that Curators, Critics, Art Writers, and other Arts Professionals bring an amazing amount of insight for an Artist. With this in mind, we host an ongoing series we call The Critique.

We would like to invite everyone that is interested in hearing this conversation about specific works of art to sit in on The Critique. The conversation is meant to be critical, and constructive. We aim to discuss what works, what doesn’t work, and to lead the artist toward possible resolutions or developments. 


Our Guest Critic will be Jayme McLellan
Jayme McLellan is a curator, gallery director, educator, and artist. McLellan has a twenty-year history of curating exhibitions and working with artists and art spaces including curating over one hundred exhibitions at the gallery she created and directs, Civilian Art Projects. McLellan has curated and managed independent projects and exhibitions at galleries, museums, and non-profit art spaces in the U.S. and Europe and has led classes on curatorial practice and professional practice for visual artists for eight years. She is presently adjunct faculty at Georgetown University in the Art & Art History Department. She has published essays and articles about artists, and is a practicing visual artist working in photography and video.  An essay about her career will be included in “Living & Sustaining a Creative Life: Artist as Culture Producer,” edited by Sharon Louden, published in March 2017. Prior to creating Civilian Art Projects, McLellan co-founded Transformer, a non-profit arts organization in Washington, DC, and she "cut her teeth" at DC Arts Center as a fundraiser. It is at DCAC where she realized her first independent curatorial projects.

Our Guest Artists are
Jessica Burnam
and
Eric Celarier

Please join us
Wednesday September 14th
6:30-7:00 Meet and Greet
7:00-9:00 The Critique

Otis Street Arts Project
3706 Otis Street
Mount Rainier, MD 20712
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The Critique with Mark Jenkins June 8th

The Critique with Mark Jenkins
Wednesday June 8th
6:30 - 7:00 Meet and Greet
7:00 - 9:00ish The Critique

Otis Street Arts Project
3706 Otis Street
Mount Rainier, MD

Come on out to The Critique with special guest critic Mark Jenkins.

We'll show the work of 3 great DC/Baltimore area artists and have a conversation led by Mark Jenkins.




Artists:
Alessandra Torres
Wayson Jones
Brandon Morse

If you've been, you know it's been fun, and always different.
if you've not been, this is a great chance to make it and experience it for yourself!

We look forward to seeing you on Otis Street.

The Critique with Mark Jenkins

The Critique with Mark Jenkins
Wednesday June 8th
6:30 - 7:00 Meet and Greet
7:00 - 9:00ish The Critique

Otis Street Arts Project
3706 Otis Street
Mount Rainier, MD

Come on out to The Critique with special guest critic Mark Jenkins.

We'll show the work of 3 great DC/Baltimore area artists and have a conversation led by Mark Jenkins.

If you've been, you know it's been fun, and always different.
if you've not been, this is a great chance to make it and experience it for yourself!

We look forward to seeing you on Otis Street.

The Critique with Deirdre Ehlen MacWilliams May 11th

The Critique with
Deirdre Ehlen MacWilliams
Wednesday May 11th
6:30-9:00ish

Another installment of The Critique!
We've been having such a great time with this monthly event. I hope you've been, but if not, please come!

We will show the work of 3 artists and have an invited arts professional guide us through talking about the work. There will be actual and projected jpgs of the work. Our aim is to intelligently discuss the work, pointing out strengths and flaws in the pieces, and providing a suggested guidance for the future.

We would like to invite everyone that is interested in hearing this conversation about specific works of art to sit in on The Critique. The conversation is meant to be critical, and constructive. We aim to discuss what works, what doesn’t work, and to lead the artist towards possible resolutions and developments.

Our Guest Critic this month is Deirdre Ehlen MacWilliams, a Curator and Independent Consultant for Temporary Public Art and the Public Art Project Manager for Arlington County. Deirdre was the producer of 5x5 in 2012 and 2014, the curator of Georgetown GLOW and of the Foggy Bottom Sculpture Biennial in 2012.

Our Guest Artists will be
Kathryn McDonnell
Jeff Huntington
Alan Binstock

Please join us
Wednesday May 11th
3708 Otis Street
Mount Rainier, MD
6:30-7:00 Meet and Great with the Artists and Critic.
7:00-9:00ish The Critique

We're back on tonight with The Critique, our Monthly series having a fantastic and honest discussion of the works of artists, led by an area arts professional. 

We're pleased to have Gallery owner George Hemphill as our Critic for April.

Our invited artist are: Elsabé Johnson Dixon, Bridget Sue Lambert, and Kyujin Lee.

If you haven't yet made it out to The Critique, please try. I think you'll enjoy it.

We will show the work of 3 artists and have an invited arts professional guide us through talking about the work. Our aim is to intelligently discuss the work, pointing out strengths and flaws in the pieces, and providing a suggested guidance for the future. 

We would like to invite everyone that is interested in hearing this conversation about specific works of art to sit in on The Critique The conversation is meant to be critical, and constructive. We aim to discuss what works, what doesn’t work, and to lead the artist toward possible resolutions or developments.


Please join us
Wednesday April 13th
3708 Otis Street
Mount Rainier, MD
6:30-7:00 Meet and Great with the Artists and Critic.
7:00-9:00ish The Critique
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The Critique: Session 4: Wednesday January 13th

Mark your calendar for our next session of The Critique.


Wednesday January 13th
Meet and Greet from 6:00-7:00
Critique from 7:00-9:00ish

Here at Otis Street Arts Project, we’re interested in elevating our conversations about art. We feel that group studios and areas of artist density provide fertile ground for growth and development. While this is an important part of our daily interaction as artists, we also feel that Curators, Critics, Art Writers, and other Arts Professionals bring an amazing amount of insight for an Artist. With this in mind, we are hosting a series we call The Critique. 

We will show the work of 3 artists and have an invited arts professional guide us through talking about the work. Our aim is to intelligently discuss the work, pointing out strengths and flaws in the pieces, and providing a suggested guidance for the future.

Each session will be led by a different professional and will, accordingly, be slightly different. 

We would like to invite everyone that is interested in hearing this conversation about specific works of art to sit in on The Critique The conversation is meant to be critical, and constructive. We aim to discuss what works, what doesn’t work, and to lead the artist toward possible resolutions or developments. 

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Otis Street Arts Project
3706 & 3708 Otis Street
Mount Rainier, MD 20712

The Critique- Part III

It's been so much fun, we're doing it again!

Please join us as we host The Critique!

We’re interested in elevating our conversations about art. We feel that group studios and areas of artist density provide fertile ground for interaction, conversation, growth and development. While this is an important part of our daily interaction as artists, we also feel that Curators, Critics, Gallarists, Collectors, Art Writers, and other Arts Professionals bring an amazing amount of insight for an Artist. With the our first two sessions of The Critique having received a great amount of interest and positive feedback, we’re going to keep it up!

Please join us for the 3rd session of The Critique

We will show the work of 3 artists and have an invited arts professional guide us through talking about the work. Our aim is to intelligently discuss the work, pointing out strengths and flaws in the pieces, and providing a suggested guidance for the future.

Each session will be led by a different professional and will accordingly be slightly different.

Our 3rd session will be led by gallarist Adah Rose Bitterbaum
http://www.adahrosegallery.com/

The artists whose work will be critiqued will be
Amber Robles- Gordon
http://www.amberroblesgordon.com/

Steven Durow
http://www.stevendurow.net/

Stephanie Booth
http://perstef.com/


We would like to invite everyone that is interested in hearing this conversation about specific works of art to sit in on The Critique The conversation is meant to be critical, and constructive. We aim to discuss what works, what doesn’t work, and to lead the artist toward possible resolutions or developments.

Please join us between 6:00 and 7:00 for a meet and greet with refreshments, and to see the Otis Street Arts Project space.

The Critique will begin at 7:00. Some works we will discuss will be jpgs, Some will be actual pieces.

The Critique

Wednesday November 11th

6:00-9:30

Meet and Greet from 6:00-7:00

Critique starts at 7:00

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Otis Street Arts Project

3706 / 3708 Otis Street

Mount Rainier, MD 201712

202.550.4634

otisstreetartsproject@gmail.com

otisstreet.org

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The Critique- September 9th.

The Critique
Wednesday September 9th
6:00-9:30 PM

Here at Otis Street Arts Project, we’re interested in elevating our conversations about art. We feel that group studios and areas of artist density provide fertile ground for growth and development. While this is an important part of our daily interaction as artists, we also feel that Curators, Critics, Art Writers, and other Arts Professionals bring an amazing amount of insight for an Artist. With this in mind, we are announcing our series The Critique. 

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We will show the work of 4 artists and have an invited arts professional guide us through talking about the work. Our aim is to intelligently discuss the work, pointing out strengths and flaws in the pieces, and providing a suggested guidance for the future.

Each session will be led by a different professional and will accordingly be slightly different.

Our first session will be led by F. Lennox Campello.

An award winning artist, a published regional art critic, art exhibitions curator, author and book reviewer, and gallerist are some of the adjectives used to describe F. Lennox Campello. You may have read his widely popular blog DC Art News, or see his book 100 Washington, DC Artists, or viewed his wonderful and innovative artwork. Certainly most DC area artists have heard of or know Lenny Campello. We’re proud to have Mr. Campello as our special Art Critic for the evening.

Our first round of artists to have their work talked about are
Nate Lewis
Zofie Lang
Christian Tribastone
Ceci Cole McInturff

Everyone that is interested in hearing this conversation about specific works of art is invited sit in on The Critique. The conversation is meant to be critical, and constructive. We aim to discuss what works, what doesn’t work, and to lead the artist toward possible resolutions or developments.

6:00 - 7:00 Meet and Greet with refreshments, and to see the Otis Street Arts Project space.

The Critique will begin at 7:00. Some works we will discuss will be jpgs, some will be actual pieces. Each artists work will be discussed for roughly 30 minutes.


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(not required for attendance)
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