Gateway Arts District Open Studio Saturday May 12th

Gateway Arts District Open Studios

Saturday May 12th

Noon-5:00

The artists of Maryland’s Gateway Arts District present the 14th iteration of the Spring Open Studios on Saturday, May 12, 2018 from 12-5 p.m. The self-guided tour takes place in the Gateway Arts District along Route 1 in Prince George’s County, MD in the towns of Mount Rainier, North Brentwood, Brentwood and Hyattsville. The inaugural opening celebration of the new Lab Gallery at the Brentwood Arts Exchange in the Gateway Art Center—located at 3901 Rhode Island Ave, Brentwood, MD 20722—will take place after the open studios from 5-8 p.m.

The Gateway Arts District is the DC metro area’s largest arts district and houses internationally renowned galleries, studios, workshops and art spaces. Visitors have the opportunity to directly interact with artists in their studios and to connect with their artistic process.

20 Venues. 70 Studios. Over 100 Artists!

On Saturday, May 12, studios, art organizations, and galleries throughout the Gateway Arts District will open their doors to the public. The event is free and open to people of all ages. Over 100 individual artists participate in the event making the 2018 Spring Open Studios the region’s most prominent visual arts event. Audiences can attend art openings, glass-blowing demonstrations or select artwork in an artist’s studio. This artist-led event presents a once-a-year opportunity to connect with the region’s most important and economically vital centers of art production.

A free shuttle bus will make stops from Artists by the Tracks in Mount Rainier to Pyramid Atlantic in Hyattsville.

Between studios and gallery stops, the Gateway Arts Districts offers several new food and drink options along Route 1 including the recently opened Pizzeria Paradiso in Hyattsville, known for its outstanding pizza and wide selection of craft beers. Pizzeria Paradiso will host a beer festival on May 12 from 12-5 p.m.

More information, including a self-guided map of the open studios, visit the events’ Facebook page at www.facebook.com/2018springopenstudios in advance of the tour.

Sponsors

The 2018 Spring Open Studios is sponsored by the artists of the Gateway Arts District, Prince George’s Arts & Humanities Council, Portico Gallery and Studios, Studio 3807 Apartments, City of Hyattsville and media partner East City Art. 

More Information HERE

Spring 2018 Artist Run Gateway Arts District Open Studio Tour

Artists of The Gateway Arts District 

Spring 2018

Open Studio Tour

Saturday May 12

Noon-5:00

In the towns of Mount Rainier, Brentwood, and Hyattsville, MD

Participating Studios:

Otis Street Arts Project

3706 Otis Street MOUNT RAINIER

- Sean Hennessey

- David Mordini

- Gloria Vasquez Chapa

- Ceci Cole Mcinturff

- Beth Curren

- Chris Bohner

- Kirsty Little

- Liz Lescault

- Eric Gordon

- Nick Alberti

- A. Drauglis | Furnituremaker and Woodworker

- Shelley Lowenstein

-Melissa Allen

Red Dirt Studio

4051 34th St, Mt Rainier

- Margaret Boozer-Strother

- Tim McLoraine

- Carolyn Cardinet

- JJ McCracken

-Leslie Holt

-Amy Hughes Braden

-Jessica Burnam

-Lorenzo Cardim

-Mike Corigliano

-Big D  

-Rex Delafkaran

-Nehemiah Dixon, III

-Jeremy Flick

-Gayle Friedman

-Claire Huschle

-Mariko Iwata

-Liz Lessner

-Emily Liddle

-Raina Martens

-Scot McKenzie 

-Philip Mecham  

-Diana N'Diaye

-Lara Payne

-Andre Pellerin

- Siobhan Rigg

-Rafael Rodriguez

-Marita Roos

-Robin Schaefer

-Peter Sprung 

-Juliana Vallejo

-Julia Walther

Washington Glass School

3700 Otis Street Mount Rainier

- Tim Tate

- Michael Janis

- Erwin Timmers

- Laura Beth Konopinski

- John Henderson

- Patricia Kent

- Patricia De Poel Wilberg

-Laurie Brown

-Debbie LoCicero

-Max DeMulder

-Nancy Kronstadt

-April Shelford

White Point Studios

3708 Wells Avenue Mt Rainier

- Laurel Lukaszewski

- Kate Kretz

- Jo Ellen Walker

- Tamara Laird

Orange Door Studios

3706 Wells Avenue Mount Rainier

- Ellyn Weiss

- Ellen Sinel

- Jassie Rios

Tanglewood Works

5132 Baltimore Ave, Hyattsville

Blue Door Studios

3704 Otis St, Mt Rainier

- Alonzo Davis

- Alec Simpson

Art Works Now

4800 Rhode Island Ave, Hyattsville

Gateway Arts Center

3901 Rhode Island Ave, Brentwood

-Laurie Breen

-Leila Holtsman

-Ann Stoddard 

Brentwood Arts Exchange

3901 Rhode Island Ave, Brentwood

EZ Storage Studios

4301-4303 Rhode Island Ave, Brentwood

- Wayson R. Jones

- Wamalingo Studio

- Suzanne Koch and Colin O'Brien

-Susan Crane

Studio 3807 & Portico Gallery and Studios

3807 Rhode Island Ave, Brentwood 

Art Enables

2204 Rhode Island Ave DC

3613 Oak Lane

-Peter Bain McClintock

-Veronica Szalus

- Tanglewood Studios

Blue Fire Ceramics Studio

3700 Wells Ave, Mount Rainier

-Margaret Flaherty

-Robert Devers

3706 Otis Street REAR Mount Rainier

- Valerie Theberge

- Shahin Shikhaliyev

- Sharon Robinson

Pyramid Atlantic

4318 Gallatin St, Hyattsville

- Jenny Walton

DC Glassworks

5346 46th Ave Hyattsville 

-David D'Orio

3702 Otis St Mt Rainier

- Janis Goodman 

- Anne Smith

3804 38th St Brentwood

- J. Coleman

Robinson Forged Metals

5530 Tuxedo Rd, Hyattsville

3403 Windom Road Mt Rainier

- Megan Van Wagoner

- Steven R Jones

- Alma Selimovic

- RozArt

Fleishers of Maryland Hosting HCAA

5200 Baltimore Avenue Hyattsville

-Denise Brown

-Nancy V. Sims

4021 35th St. Mount Rainier

-Steve Wanna

3700 Wells Ave Mount Rainier

-Arlette Jassel

Brewers Arcade

4015 35th St Mt Rainier

There will be a beer festival going on at Pizzeria Paradiso Hyattsville

The Brentwood Arts Exchange will be hosting the

“Inaugural Reception for the new Lab Gallery.” from 5-8PM

Otis Street Arts Project

3706 Otis Street

Mount Rainier, MD

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More Information to come

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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Available Studio

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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Ambit :: Opening Reception Saturday May 13th

We have a new exhibition opening to coincide with the Gateway Arts District Open Studio Tour on Saturday May 13th from noon-5:00.

Exhibiting Artists
Gloria Chapa
Hebron Chism
Art Drauglis
Alma Selimovic
Ceci Cole McInturff
Beth Curren
Shelley Lowenstein
Liz Lescault

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Saturday May 13th
Noon-5:00
3\\Otis Street Arts Project
3706 Otis Street
Mount Rainier, MD

FundRaiser for Alma Selimovic's Berlin Residency

Fundraiser for Alma Selimovic’s Project in Berlin

April 1, 2017

Starting at 6 PM

Otis Street Art Project Studio would like to invite you to fundraising event for Alma Selimovic.

Alma is going to Berlin for a two-month residency at the INSTITUTE FÜR ALLES MÖGLICHE in Berlin, Germany. The focus of the residency will be to create digital drawings of people from Eastern Europe who are queer, trans and/or gender neutral. Alma’s drawings will be exhibited in Germany and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The final installation, "In Transition" will be exhibited in the USA and potentially a few other locations. 

About the Fundraiser:

This event will feature a presentation by Alma, a screening of a documentary about her activist work in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Queer Sarajevo Festival: Documentary), and an exhibit and silent auction of her sculptural work and smaller works by her sister company RozArt. 

All proceeds from the sales will go toward “In Transition” project. Alma would like to compensate travel and time of all of her models. Other expenses are included, such as the creation of a working team that will assist Alma with logistics, audio translations and photography. This project will geographically span Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia, in order to reach more people. 

Alma has initiated a GoFundME campaign 

https://www.gofundme.com/residency-in-berline 

Please visit the page and donate and share it with others. 

Saturday 

April 1, 2017

6:00 PM -9:00 PM

Otis Street Arts Project

3706 Otis Street

Mount Rainier, MD

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The Migration of Pestilence

January 14th- February18th
Opening reception Saturday January 14th 5-8 PM
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A collaborative art project including Ellyn Weiss, Sondra Arkin and Veronica Szalus

Vector-borne diseases, including malaria, dengue and zika, among others, are transmitted by small organisms (vectors) such as mosquitoes, eas or ticks that carry pathogens from animals to humans, person to person and place to place. As the earth warms and climate changes, the environment conducive to the spread of these diseases expands, exposing vulnerable new populations that lack any protection to these pathogens. In these circumstances, vector-borne diseases can spread rapidly and in unexpected ways, posing severe challenges

to national governments, international health systems and the world’s population. We see this today with the outbreak of zika. The amount of greenhouse gases already in the environment ensures that the phenomenon will only increase for at least the medium-term future regardless of the success of efforts to curtail emissions of CO2.

Artists
Ellyn Weiss, Sondra Arkin and Veronica Szalus have been exhibiting their work locally and nationally for over 20 years; all have signi cant experience creating installation art, as well as more traditional wall-hung work. Weiss and Arkin, for example, collaborated on a gallery- lling installation at the Gateway Arts Center entitled “Big Ideas”, concerned with the evolution of the area now known as the Gateway Arts District. Weiss collabo- rated on a climate change-related installation created at the American Association for the Advancement of Sci- ence and at the McLean Project for the Arts, called “Voyage of Discovery”, which evoked a trip to the melting polar regions. Szalus has created numerous installations, often using fragile and ethereal materials to address the impact of the environment upon them and allow the viewer to become a witness to temporary conditions that frame our lives.
Sound art created for the exhibition by Barry Schmetter 
Access sound HERE

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

Otis Street Arts Project

3706 Otis Street
Mount Rainier, MD 20712

202.550.4634

otisstreetartsproject@gmail.com 
otisstreearts.org 

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Studio Available in the Gateway Arts District

Otis Street Arts Project will have a studio space available January 1st.

Rent $420/month
Security Deposit $420

Space:
Studio is 11"x11'
Walls are drywall with plywood backing
24 hour access.
Fluorescent lights
Electrical Outlets.
Concrete Floor
9'6" ceilings.

Shared space includes: loading dock, utility sink, bathroom, modest flex space for daily projects, parking, heat, AC, kitchenette.

We are a group studio of 10 artists, in a larger compound of other independents group studios in the Gateway Arts District of Prince George's County.

More about us:
Otis Street Arts Project is an artist run space in Mount Rainier, Maryland, founded by David Mordini and Sean Hennessey.

Otis Street Arts Project serves as artist studios, exhibition space, 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.

To Apply:
Send us your website, and a few words about what you would like to work on at Otis Street Arts Project. The ideal studio mate will be interested in a community oriented studio, participation in select group exhibitions, attend our events, and be comfortable with interaction of fellow artists and visitors. We require a 1 year lease.

email to otisstreetartsproject@gmail.com
Otis Street Arts Project
3706 Otis Street
Mount Rainier, MD 20712
http://otisstreetarts.wixsite.com/

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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