Scott Pennington at Otis Street Arts Project

Scott Pennington

at Otis Street Arts Project

March 24- April 21st

Opening Reception

Saturday March 24th

5-8 PM

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Otis Street Arts Project :: Studio Available

We are seeking applications for a Resident Artist at Otis Street Arts Project

Otis Street Arts Project serves as artist studios and a creative incubator for those interested in a dynamic, supportive, and community oriented work environment of professional artists. Situated among other group studios in a light industrial space, including a glass studio, ceramics studios, painters and public artists. We aim to create an active space open to visitors, guest artists, collaborations, critiques, interactions, and other events.

The space consists of subdivided unfurnished studio areas roughly 11' x 11' with 9.5' ceilings and concrete floors. There is a bathroom, community area, flex space, kitchenette, utility sink, and exhibition space to showcase rotating exhibitions. The studio has a loading dock and parking. 

It is located in Mount Rainier, MD, just over the DC line.

Studios are $425/month each 

Utilities, WiFi, and Access to select events and workshops included.

The studio will be available January 1, 2018.

To apply please email otisstreetartsproject@gmail.com 

Include:

-Contact and social media info

-Website

-Please write up something to give us a sense of what kind of work you want to do in the space.

Otis Street Arts Project

3706 Otis Street

Mount Rainier, MD

OtisStreetArtsProject@gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/otisstreetarts

http://otisstreetarts.wixsite.com/otisstreetarts/about

Dracula at Otis Street Arts Project.

Come see a place in our studio!

Experience this nightmarish achievement of storytelling as it drags you through the memorandum, newspaper clippings, and diary pages of a frantic vampire hunt. With faithful adherence to Stoker’s text, immersive staging, and chilling, terrifying (and of course silly) performances, we bring the audience into the heart of Dracula’s conflict: the intersection of predator and prey.

Bring Your Own Garlic.

DIRECTED BY

Robert Pike

FEATURING

Grant Cloyd, Meg Lowey, Kerry McGee, & Jon Reynolds

THE PRODUCTION

Details about the production can be found at http://www.wehappyfewdc.com/dracula

Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3086069

The show runs about an hour, and is spooky, silly, and family-friendly.

ABOUT WE HAPPY FEW

We Happy Few was founded by Hannah Todd and Raven Bonniwell at the beginning of 2012. Our mission is to present stripped down, small cast, ensemble productions with a group of talented artists, providing unique perspectives on classic texts.

OUR PRESS

Named by the DCist as one of The Best Small Theatre Companies of 2015

"We Happy Few Productions makes a great case for revisiting the golden oldies. This theater troupe . . . makes the words from bygone eras feel fresh and urgent." - DCist

"A new approach to Shakespeare you will not want to miss." - DC Metro Theatre Arts

"We Happy Few has made its mark with pared down but impactful productions." - DC Theatre Scene

Broadway World DC credits WHF with "Enlivening classic theatre through bare-bones, ensemble storytelling."

Powerful Resistance Workshop at Otis Street Arts Project

Powerful Resistance Training
Sunday
September 17th
5-7 PM

In conjunction with our current exhibit, "Body Language", we would like to invite you to join us for a healing session with Sarah Massey.

Together, we can pivot from fear and despair to strength and positivie power. This 2-hour, interactive workshop aims to support the social justice movement to resist new threats and to create the loving, just community we envision.

The election and the results are unprecedented. I don't need to spell out all that went wrong and what could go wrong. You know it. And, it hurts.

I posit a valuable first step includes developing resiliency within ourselves -- you are strong, you are brave, and you are a leader. You can foster internal resources to bounce back from challenges.

What do we do? How can we assist anyone when our mind is full of anger, when depressed, or overwhelmed?

Let’s breath, let’s get creative, let’s create personal, powerful resiliency so we have the strength to serve.

In this 2-hour, interactive workshop, we will meditate, examine anger and fear, learn about personal resiliency, and create personal plans for developing positivity.

What to bring:
A notebook
Your contributions
Your willingness to be vulnerable

Sarah Massey is a social justice activist and Director of Communications at the National LGBTQ Task Force

Sunday September 17th
5-7 PM
Otis Street Arts Project
3706 Otis Street
Mount Rainier, MD

Details HERE

Body Language

Body Language

Queer and Activist Artists from Post-Yugoslavia 

Curated by Alma Selimovic

September 9- October 7

Opening Reception and Performance

Saturday, September 9th, 3-7 PM

Otis Street Arts Project is proud to present Body Language, a show curated by Alma Selimovic, that will feature the works of seven queer artists/activists from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia.

The post-Yugoslav region has seen its share of oppressive and dysfunctional governing, warfare and genocide, corruption and inept politics. Human rights in general and LGBTIQ rights speci cally have suffered as a result of it. People have lived with an acute sense of urgency to resolve issues of nationalism, discrimination, hostility and social exclusions, but months turned into years and years into decades.

Body Language is an initiative of connecting with queer artists from Post-Yugoslavia and bringing their work to Washington, DC. The goal is to open an exchange of dialogue concerning issues of importance to both regions.

Body Language includes paintings, photographs, video installations, and a live performance exploring (non)autobiographical stories of bodies, its expressions, identities, fears and intentions. The exhibit explores issues of gender identity/expression along with its vulnerabilities, hostilities, transitions and gentleness.

The body is a battleground, the smallest denominator of struggles that take place every day, privately and publicly. 

About Artists:

Kristofer Andrić is from Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is finishing his BFA (graphic design) at the Art Academy in Sarajevo. His paintings represent emotions and moments of everyday lives and struggles of transgender individuals before initiating hormonal therapy.

Azra Čaušević is from Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As a queer feminist activist, community organizer and one of core-team members of LGBT*IQA Association Okvir, Azra is passionate about queer spaces of love, memory and resistance. Azra’s work engages video, graphics and sound production and design.

Ranka Delić is from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She currently works at the University of East Sarajevo, at the Department of World Litera- ture and Library Science. Her eld of interest is photography, giving her the possibility to dream on the edge of reality. Photography allows Ranka to express how she feels about herself, about the world inside and around her.

Nedžiba Idrizović is from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Nedžiba’s photography explores boundaries set by the society they live in and freedom within four walls. The work focuses on details and moments of privacy and intimacy that we try to hide from the public. The artist is both in front and behind the camera, exploring their own freedom, which has been restricted throughout Nedžiba’s life.

Damir Prljača is from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. In his photographs, he captures mostly human bodies by deconstructing the shield (made out of social constructs) that the body represents. He is a director, screenwriter and cameraman who has worked on many

campaign/music videos and documentaries featuring human right issues.

Anita Prša is from Zagreb, Croatia. She studied graphic design at the Art Academy in Zagreb. Anita’s work researches manifestation of feminine identity via different objects and ritualistic activities. Most often she approaches her work autobiographically using the documentary form of representation. She often explores repetitive forms that create the effect of rituals as a need to resolve non-passionate patriarchal awareness.

Alex Spyke is from Belgrade, Serbia. He studied art and philosophy, and currently works in the eld of performance art and physical theatre. He uses his own body as a primary artistic tool. He believes that it is the duty of every artist to bring the audience into the mindset where they can question outside problems (society politics) and introspectively think about themselves.

Hours:

Saturdays, Noon-5:00 By Appointment M-F

Otis Street Arts Project

3706 Otis Street

Mount Rainier, MD 20712 

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Open Studios Saturday December 10

Otis Street Arts Project 

Open Studios!

Saturday December 10

Noon-5:00

3706 Otis Street

Mount Rainier, MD

Otis Street Arts Project Artists

Sean Hennessey

David Mordini

Art Drauglis

Alma Selimovic 

Svetlana Durkovic

Liz Lescault

Heborn Chism

Jenna North

M.L. Duffy

Gloria Chapa

Chris Bohner

with Special Musical Guest 

Plastic Sky

Other Open Studios and Art Spaces:

Otis Street Arts Project - 3706 Otis Street

ReCreative Spaces - 3501 Perry Street

Veronica Szalus, Peter McClintock - 3613 Oak Lane

Washington Glass School - 3700 Otis Street

Robinson, Theberge, Shikhaliyev - 3706 Rear Otis Street

White Point Studio - 3708 Wells Avenue

Orange Door Studio - 3706 Wells Avenue

Janis Goodman 3702 Otis street rear

Brentwood Arts Exchange - 3901 Rhode Island Avenue

Gateway Arts Center 3901 Rhode Island Avenue

EZ Storage - 4301 Rhode Island Avenue

Blue Fire Studio - 3700 Wells Avenue

Jackson Jarvis Studio #2 3600-3602 Oak Lane

Arlette Jassel 3700 Wells Ave

PLAKOOKEE - 3702 Otis (rear)

Blue Door Studios 3704 Otis Street Rear

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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

Tonight! Rockville! Come seen The Otis Street Arts Project Resident Artist exhibit.

The resident artists at Otis Street Arts Project were invited to put on an exhibition of their world at Artists and Makers Studios in Rockville, MD. Come on out tonight for a fabulous opening reception!

The Otis Street Arts Project
&  
Elements of Nature 
 at
Artists and Makers Studios



Otis Street Arts Project was invited to exhibit the works of our resident artists at Artists and Makers in Rockville, MD

Exhibiting Artists
Sean Hennessey
David Mordini
Art Drauglis
Alma Selimovic
Liz Lescault
Jenna North
ML Duffy
Gloria Chapa


The Otis Street Arts Project  &  
Elements of Nature
Opening Reception
6-9 on Friday, May 6, 2016
Hours:
M-F 9-4
Sat 10-4
Sundays by appointment.
Exhibit runs through May 26th
Artists & Makers Studios
11810 Parklawn Dr., Suite 210
Rockville, MD 20852

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"The Critiqued" opening reception and 1 year anniversary party!

The Critiqued

An invitational exhibit of artists who have participated in The Critique, as quasi monthly series produced by Otis Street Arts Project

On Saturday April 2, Otis Street Arts Project, a studio center and gallery in the Gateway Arts District of Mount Rainier, MD,  will be celebrating their one year anniversary with a special exhibit and afterparty. 

The evening will begin with a reception for the opening of The Critiqued, an exhibittion of 13 artists who have participated in The Critique, a quasi-monthly series produced by Otis Street Arts Project. The Critique is a formal critical discussion of invited artists led by a DC area arts professional. Guest critics have included F. Lennox Campello, Adah Rose Bitterbaum, Michael O’Sullivan and Dr. Claudia Rousseau. For this exhibit, the Artists will each be showing one piece each that reflects the conversations pertaining to their works. This special exhibit illustrates the growing arts community and inclusiveness of the Gateway Arts District and Otis Street Arts Project’s community building. 

The night will continue with a dance party featuring DJ New spinning an ecletic mix from Go-Go to 

New Orleans Brass Bands to House grooves. 

Otis Street Arts Project has had an exciting year of events, exhibtions and art making. Founded in Spring of 2015, they have opened their doors to tour groups, student groups, bands, DJ’s, art critics, gallarists, artists, art collectors, and the general public. Their resident artists have exhibited in international exhibits, national art fairs in Chicago, Miami, and New York, and widely in DC area galleries and art centers. For their one year anniversary, they are once again throwing open their doors to the public for a fantastic evening of Visual Art, Performance Art, and Music.

Please come and celebrate with Otis Street Arts Project and the talented Artists in this exciting invitational exhibit.

Exhibiting Artists:

Zofie Lang

Christian Tribastone

Ceci Cole McInturff

Amy Hughes Braden

Jose Fernandez

Alexandra Silverthorne

Fallon Chase

Amber Robles-Gordon

Joan Belmar

Katie Pumphrey

Steven Durow

Jacqui Crocetta

Stephanie Booth

Opening Reception : Saturday April 2 5:00-10:00

Reception 5:00-7:00

Performance 7:00

Music 8:00 onward.

Exhibit runs through April 30

Hours: 

Saturdays Noon-5:00

By Appointment M-F

Otis Street Arts Project

3706/ 3708 Otis Street

Mount Rainier, MD 20712
202.550.4634

otisstreetartsproject@gmail.com

http://otisstreetarts.wix.com/otisstreetarts

Otis Street Arts Project at Logan Fringe Arts Space:: Opening Thursday Feb 4. 7-10 PM

FRINGE ART presents a group show including studio artists from the Otis Street Arts Project. 

February 4-28
Opening Reception :: Thursday, February 4th | 7pm to 10pm 

Otis Street Arts Project serves as artist studios for 9 Artists of various visual art disciplines, a space for workshops, demonstrations, lectures, critiques and events, a gallery, and a creative incubator for those interested in a dynamic, supportive, and community oriented work environment of professional artists. We aim to create great art and provide great art experiences. 

Artists Featured :: 
Sean Hennessey 
David Mordini 
Alma Selimovic 
Gloria Chapa 
Hebron Chism
M.L. Duffy
Liz Lescault
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