Weekend Art Roundup

Happy Thursday, TNG! This means it's almost the weekend, which I will be spending in sweatpants, writing papers, and watching La Dolce Vita. I can't wait. Here are some fun art events that you should go to for me, since graduate students can only lead glamorous lives part time.

Thursday:

The Ellipse Arts Center opens The Thread as the Line: Contemporary Sewn Art tonight with a talk at 5:30 p.m. Reception follows at 6:30 p.m. Clarendon Strings will perform during the reception.

Friday:

The Foundry Gallery opens The Figure is Central: Paintings by Stephen Nordlinger today with a reception from 6-8 p.m. Nordlinger's figurative work is based on close observation to catch the motion, the mood and the attitude of his subjects. He works in acrylic, pastel, charcoal, tempera, watercolor and digital images on paper, canvas, Mylar, X-rays and multimedia board. 1314 18th St., NW, 1st Floor. Nordlinger's work, Let's Celebrate, is above.

DCAC’S Sparkplug collective launches its first exhibition as part of an ongoing pursuit of adventures beyond the commercial gallery system. Sparkplug is a gathering of a dozen or so DC metro area emerging artists, curators and writers that meet once a month to discuss their work, explore common concerns and ideas and dream up creative engagements both in DC and around the globe. Opening reception is tonight at 7-9 p.m. at 2438 18th St., NW.


Saturday:

The American Art Museum holds a talk, Color as "Cool" at 3 p.m. in conjunction with the Color as Field show, which runs through May 26. Exhibition Curator Karen Wilkin examines the evolution of Color Field painting.

Sunday:

Mindy Wiesel gives a talk about her work, Of Roses and Rasa, at the Prada Gallery in Georgetown at 2 p.m. 1030 Wisconsin Avenue, NW.